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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Raise your hand all of my fellow “a pleasure to have in class” grown-ups

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I just found out that my pre-school teacher from 30 years ago remembers me

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

The company in question got back to me and said they had no data on me. I checked back and realized that the original email was a phishing attempt 🥲

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I’ve complained about this before, but this is not something you can usefully do from the front-end. If we really want things zeroed, we need compiler functionality that asks the back end to ensure that the data is gone as soon as possible after it’s no longer needed and no later than when the […]

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

This guy just ordered TWO HUNDRED PERCENT SWEET BOBA

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I *swear* there’s a northern Pygmy owl tooting not far from my building. I should get out and try to find it

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bob @bob.feed.hella.cheap.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

this is very funny

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

OH: “who’s Sohil?” “He’s your manager-in-law”

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

> Australian researchers told an AI model to act drunk and found it was more likely to break rules or divulge information it was supposed to keep private. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/drun…

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

A sub-1kg 600mm prime lens huh 🤔

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

In honor of the final posthumous Redwall book coming out, here’s the intro song of the animated series m.youtube.com/watch?v=_2W_3uXqsfw

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If only there were well-established means to financially compensate communities proportionally to capital expenditures around them arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09…

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Very cool news everyone: some time this year I passed the mark of having recorded observations of 10% of the world’s known bird species

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

My recession indicator is everybody talking about recession indicators

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I told somebody I didn’t read their claude-generated description because I don’t need to see anyone else’s claude output and they forwarded me their Claude’s apology

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Inside of you there are two wolves. This no longer disqualifies you from an FBI career

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Honestly they should have called it “retain” and “steal” instead of “retained” and “unretained”. Instantly clear which one it means

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Not sure what you just saw but it definitely was a bird? Just use “bird sp.” in your checklist

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Get in loser, we're sending CCPA requests to the random businesses that email you like you're a customer

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

BIRDING PRO TIP: on iOS, you can start listening with Merlin Bird ID by opening the URL merlinbirdid://record. This means you can make that a shortcut, which in turn means you can assign it to your iPhone’s action button for lightning-fast bird identification (or put it on your lock screen, or […]

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Me editing libc headers: RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I am once more astonished to find out that undocumented implementation details of software can change

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I hate airports, this was entirely too many airports for 24 hours

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

@sven this made me realize I never looked up how SMTP servers chain

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

643 (~2.7%) survived a first pass

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Happy to report that my accidentally turning off optical image stabilization on the lens this morning was overcome by the sheer number of photos that I took

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

The results are in: I took 23,914 photos in the last 2 weeks

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

OH: “$2000 to fold an iPhone in 2026? My iPhone 6 could do it for $649”

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Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: @adamshostack.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

> Tesla put its breathtakingly ugly Cybercab on Austin streets Thursday: it has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no door handles. Tesla published an emergency guide on its website telling first responders the robotaxi can be pushed to clear a lane, but warns that pushing it over 5mph risks […]

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

RE: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117207849921390… Short version: using AI to do your homework might get you a good grade but it doesn’t teach you anything

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

RE: mastodon.online/@kyleve/11723127419… A perfect time to remind all that if you reject your LG TV’s privacy policy, it turns into a dumb TV

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

True story down to the exact number of photos by the way

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Me sowing: fuck yeah! 30fps continuous shooting mode! awesome Me reaping: (3600 photos later) well this fucking sucks

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

LB: felixcloutier.com/x86 had a good run! I’m not in the country currently, but when I’m back I’ll add a banner to say it’s no longer updated and point to intel.github.io/SDM/sdm.html.

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Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual website: Instructions (Volume 2)

A preview of future Intel® Architecture documentation

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Why are they still running American Idol? They found Kelly Clarkson on the first try

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

TIL that you can use [[clang::always_inline]] on a statement, and that tells clang to try to inline every call in that statement: `[[clang::always_inline]] foo(bar());` will ask it to inline both bar and foo

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but as soon as I detect AI ticks in your writing, I stop reading

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

This guy next to me is fully charging his iPad with what has to be a ThinkPad power brick. Truly embracing multiculturalism

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MacintoshGarden Feed @macgarden.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

HFSFix macintoshgarden.org/apps/hfsfix "This program will install a resource in your system file that will patch the file system 'Open' command to make it try harder to find a file. It will find a file no matter what folder it is in, thus #macgarden #Utilities #1985 #AndyHertzfeld

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

some empathy that many patients are forgetful (sometimes medically so) but seriously. if you need to repeatedly ask for my consent, taking "no" for an answer seems like the bare minimum

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Félix @fay59.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

The world: "yes/maybe later prompts are an attack on consent" Walgreens: hold my beer

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