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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

A few land border guesses went my way, and one had come in the review right before doing the daily :) Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 1 October 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

But for a silly mistake, today could have been another 5 Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 30 September 2026 5/5 countries in 6/13 guesses 🟡🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

If you don’t want your system to be able to lock people out of the pod bay doors, you can just program or configure it to not have the capability to lock people out of the pod bay doors. This remains true whether your system is written in assembly language or C++ or Python or uses some fancy […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

2 certain, 1 almost certain, and a couple of border guesses that went my way. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 27 September 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

RE: eigenmagic.net/@arichtman/117318962… I have worked on code like this. It was hardware control code, because hardware cares not for how you think it *should* work.

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Just got a very weird email that I'd like to believe is legitimate, but feels too much like a setup for an elaborate link farming scam for me to trust it (new site replacing a domain that is no longer online, generated with Archivarix at an "en-html . org" subdomain with zero mention of the […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Current status: resisting the temptation to share youtu.be/Bz2-49q6DOI more widely at work (I did share it with my manager since my level of corporate cynicism is hardly news to him)

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

From the "Things that make you go 'WTF?'" files (this definitely isn't the worst I've seen, but it's well up there in the "What is that even *for*?" stakes when it comes to trying to work out which, if any, of these entries should actually be allowed to run)

Part 1 of a uMatrix screenshot for JB Hi-Fi showing 5 additional 3rd party domains.

Part 2 of a uMatrix screenshot for JB Hi-Fi showing a further 8 additional 3rd party domains.

Part 3 of a uMatrix screenshot for JB Hi-Fi again showing a further 8 additional 3rd party domains.

Part 4 of a uMatrix screenshot for JB Hi-Fi showing a final 5 additional 3rd party domains for a grand total of 26 3rd party domains across the 4 screenshots.

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Some land borders today that I was very happy to get right. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 16 September 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Mario Munoz @pythonbynight.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

The difference with "AI" technology is that it doesn't just do one thing well. Even if it fulfills its job as "software engineer intern," there are so many problems with the tool itself (propaganda, spam, CSAM, mental health, etc...). Those problems should alone give pause. But in the wider […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

TIL that variable scoping in Ruby changes depending on whether the variable name starts with a capital or not and am now trying to figure out if that offends my language design sensibilities for a defensible reason or just because I'm not used to it.

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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

A rabble-rousing #ACAB "the Luddites were right all along" op-ed in… _Computer Weekly_? By a current editor? Okay then! Not what I expected but I'll take it! (via @loren) #SomeOpEdsAreGood #AllComputersAreBad

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

[Transphobia] Spicy take: If trans rights was an actual negotiation, I MIGHT agree to make some concessions on trans sports and trans surgeries on minors for the other side accepting other aspects of trans rights like accepting social and hormone transition equality for all. But it's not give […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

One easy one, but otherwise some tricky land borders and island identifications. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 10 September 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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BeeWare Project @beeware.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Briefcase 0.4.5 has been released! This is a huge feature release, including support for uv and Conda for application environment management, hash verification of all tool and support package downloads, automated device selection for mobile app runs, and signing of Linux system packages […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 07/09/2026

okay I have successfully avoided responding to any of these directly but after having seen like the TENTH post today saying something like "we don't need to convince you to like AI, the revolution is coming whether you like it or not" I just have to reply, generally, to this whole sentiment […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

All of today's land border coin flips went my way :) Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 5 September 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Is anyone aware of any work or initiatives looking into the links (or lack thereof) between FOSS projects (including things like volunteer run programming workshops) and more established volunteering opportunities? Or has "open-source-as-supply-chain" discourse completely overwhelmed other […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

A day of 50:50 coin flips with the exact locations of land borders (giving middling results) Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 4 September 2026 5/5 countries in 8/13 guesses 🟢🟡🟡🟡🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@nextdayvideo/11720… This was one of the #pyconau talks that stuck with me the most. Yes, it's technically a vibe coding talk, but it's also a talk where the code is very explicitly not the point: the code exists purely in service of visualising an […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Does two references to the same XKCD from different #pyconau talks warrant bonus drinks?

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Open Risk @openrisk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

RE: piefed.zip/c/technology@lemmy.world… Sovereign investment in #opensource software can be the most efficient use of public funds imaginable. Its not a panacea, its not without its own risks but it has been a blind spot for […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Interesting crypto-shredding PII management library from the #pyconau cybersecurity track: pypi.org/project/gdpr-officer

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Flashbacks to primary school admonitions about "Are you going to walk around with a calculator in your pocket?" in the #pyconau education track.

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Uhh, apparently that screenshot is 100% real: naomibashkansky.com/blog/telepathy It seems Silicon Valley is even more thoroughly cooked than I thought #pyconau

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Looking at the Friday #pyconau schedule, I could definitely see myself camping out in the cybersecurity track for the entire day, but there are sessions I'd like to see in the other tracks, too. Anyone got a spare cloning device so I can attend multiple talks at once? #pyconau

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Got lucky with a few border guesses on this one. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 27 August 2026 5/5 countries in 6/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟡🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Definitely getting better at this :) Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 26 August 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Almost messed up one of them, but realised it was too far east for my first thought before submitting the wrong answer. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 24 August 2026 5/5 countries in 5/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

RE: fosstodon.org/@romanoroth/117132207… I like it, but it also makes me want to go find the old "This time will be different" software architecture picture of someone starting with a green field that devolves into a baroque mess of a building despite their best intentions.

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Trio of "Missed north and south, then got it third try" today. Whereabouts Daily 🗺️ 21 August 2026 5/5 countries in 11/13 guesses 🟢🟠🟢🟠🟠 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

RE: discuss.systems/@dan/11712467000869… The only piece of workplace decoration I have ever been asked to take down is a name plate I did up for myself at a previous employer showing my name, my current role, my project name, the ~10 different division names and 2 different company […]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 13/08/2026

An interesting read on the physical manufacturing reasons that e-paper displays are still consolidated, and still expensive, even though the original patent has expired. Via @modos, who has a vested interest in the market (and shows up in the article) […]

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

@davidgerard there’s this assumption a lot of tech people make that anyone outside of tech doesn’t understand LLMs and that’s why they hate the technology weirdly enough a lot of those normal people understand a fucking grift when they see one they understand gambling, and addiction, and […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

More than a decade on and Red Hat still haven't fixed the "vast majority of engineers at Red Hat subscribers can't access the official product docs" problem that they created when locking out Oracle's support engineers.

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Glyph @glyph.im · 11/08/2026

"please tell me how I can quickly address your objections so we can meet our KPIs, I have a hard stop in 45 minutes" and "you are a human being with a heart and a mind in community with other humans who must give each other grace and time and enough mutual recognition that we can ever possibly […]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@djnavarro/11704851705… I'm in the fortunate and privileged position of being able to accurately answer the Australian Census questions discussed here without any significant personal concern. A lot of other trans folks *aren't* in that situation, which makes the […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 09/08/2026

like yeah, if somebody is playing Russian roulette at massive scale with a trillion dollars of shotguns tied to elastic cords and industrial motors whipping them around at speed in a giant warehouse I am not saying that this is _not dangerous_, of course it's extremely fucking dangerous, but […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 09/08/2026

the huggingface hack has escaped containment (by which I mean it's getting covered by the mainstream press, not the thing where it literally escaped a container), and it's *so* frustrating how they are all falling for it. this is a shotgun trigger tied to a jumprope, not an atomic weapon

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

RE: fosstodon.org/@stewardshiplab/11705… I recognise a lot of the names in this launch announcement, so it will be interesting to see what comes out of this effort.

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wendythedruid @wendythedruid.thistlenfern.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

A basketball coach with a roster, a front office, and a job to protect walked into the loudest night of the WNBA's season wearing four words: Trans Kids Belong. Then she stood in a hallway and told reporters flat that the innuendo about trans women being […] [Original post on thistlenfern.org]

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Alyssa Coghlan @ancoghlan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117032105… This is the central truth that makes the bubble collapse inevitable: "... it's not going to replace all economic value to the level at which Anthropic and OpenAI are valued ...". There are real use cases for LLMs. They're just not […]

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