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patak @patak.cat · 25/08/2026

nitter.net is down. xcancel.com may go soon, too. all the respect to the folks at nitter for their services so far, but to be honest, X completely locking itself out of the web is probably a net positive for us all in the long term

Cease and desist
On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository.

nitter.net is offline and development has stopped for the time being. I'm seeking legal advice and won't be commenting further on the specifics for now.

Thank you to everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years.

— zedeus, 25 August 2026

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Has anyone ever documented that Game Boy Player frame #13 contains tiny text listing the staff who made it? My attempt at a transcription is in the alt text.

Game Boy Player booting a regular Game Boy game. Tiny text is visible in the frame, such as:

GAME BOY PLAYER staff

Director
Tomoaki Kurozawa (??)

Main Program
Tetsuya Suzuki

Super View Shinya Takahashi Takashi Tezuka

Music
Taro ???do

Screen Design
Ken U??hara

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Xe :verified: @cadey.pony.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

If you paste AI output at me, I just won't read it tbh

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

When you "break" the anti-AI software I have on my website that does not illustrate that the software doesn't work well enough: It shows that you are someone who explicitly circumvents people's stated values, preferences and borders. You are an abuser.

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

I am once again asking for help tracking down ProSonus MusicBytes, volumes I and II. These sampler CDs only partially exist online (in other CD-ROMs searchable using DiscMaster), as MIDI files and downsampled mono 22kHz wave files. Full CD audio quality versions of the tunes are missing.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

more and more projects are adding an AGENTS.md that explicitly tells agents to stop, drop, and roll off a cliff, so if you see an AGENTS.md, remember to check what it specifically says before concluding it's there because the project is pro-AI (and people who have done this have reported that […]

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

RE: hails.org/@hailey/116657391001259044 all the criticism has been said, all the takes been had. the only metaphor i have been finding consistently useful for understanding what is happening with people and "AI" is addiction, and specifically gambling addiction.

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Space Hobo @spacehobo.teh.entar.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

I actually worked at the same place as Andrew Tridgell, over a quarter-century ago. I got to know a few of the OzLabs folks during their immediate post-IBM years, and always had the highest respect for them in that way where you feel acute impostor syndrome when they're in the room. Tridge […]

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

Does anyone have a copy of an old sampler CD called MusicBytes from Prosonus? There are bits and pieces scattered around the internet, however the full version is supposed to have 27 MIDI sequences along with full CD quality audio versions of them. Some of these sequences are actually kind of […]

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kcxt! @cas.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

if you're using AI regularly to generate text/presentations that you intend to use persuasively i don't think i can trust a single thing you say. Where does the AI end and the human begin? I think this is why im so against AI generated commit messages especially if the code was written by a […]

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Keith (Keithius) @keith.social.starkeith.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

Shoving AI into everything seems a bit like when we discovered radioactive elements and started putting them into everything like children's play sand, condoms, and cigarettes.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Worth repeating: Claims of "AI" democratizing anything (coding, creative endeavors, etc) are always BS. The thing locking out people from doing that is not having the time/resources. You want to democratize coding/art/creativity? Give people paid time off to do it and access to infrastructure […]

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

I'm lately getting hit occasionally by captchas when using Google or login walls when using YouTube. They think I'm a bot (clearly I'm not). Usually this goes away after I reboot my router, which causes my IPv4 address and IPv6 prefix to rotate. Does anyone know why this happens, and how I can […]

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Xe :verified: @cadey.pony.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

RE: fosstodon.org/@sourceware/115800159… Oh fun, this is a proper layer 7 attack, I may need to learn the git HTTP protocol at some point.

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

PSA: Changing video card trips up BitLocker. If you're about to change your video card, please make sure beforehand to either disable ("suspend") BitLocker, or have a working copy of the recovery key somewhere safe.

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Angela Korra'ti @annathepiper.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

This is getting a bit more traction than my posts usually do, so hi, people reading me, a bit more context for my being pissed off about Calibre putting AI into its feature set: I am an author. I've released work with Carina Press, and I've released work on my own. My released work is on record […]

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

Does anyone know of a DHCPv6 server implementation that can let me subdelegate individual subnets from the dynamic /56 I get from my ISP? Existing ones (ISC, Kea) seem to require you to have a static prefix, which I don't (it changes after every router reboot)

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2025

Big networking upgrade chez fincs

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

I am terribly sick of hearing about Appalling Idiocy and Lame Lying Machines.

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2025

I think Apple broke MTKView and/or CAMetalLayer in iOS 26. I'm observing randomly appearing severe delays in present times, dropping framerate from 60fps to 30fps; this happens even with Apple's own Metal samples.

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

I am once again expressing disappointment at the unavailability of a non-phablet-sized phone, for people who don't have massive hands.

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

"Embrace AI or get out" Welcome to the out club.

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2025

This was supposed to be a picture of a Switch 2 box (MKW bundle), with carrying case and Pro Controller. However, it seems Amazon has completely, royally, utterly fumbled the bag here in Spain with the preorders (and apparently all of Europe by the looks of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A picture of a nothing, sitting on my bed.

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:linux: XaetaCore :420: @xaetacore.mastodon.xaetacore.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025

@0xabad1dea The fact that they try to force Snapd and Netplan down people's throats should have been a good deterrent

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025

General PSA: don’t apply for a job at Canonical. Do NOT apply for a job at Canonical. Treat the blatantly artificially enormous number of job openings they post as the mirages of trickster fae. They are unhinged. Mark Shuttleworth is unhinged. They will drag you through the mud, disrespect you […]

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210561 ✨ [Q] @q.glauca.space.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2025

If you’re affected by the IETF LLC’s inaction, or just find the body in charge for designing the Internet we all rely on to be in the wrong here; I invite you to sign my open letter to the board: boycott-ietf127.org

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ave (moved!) @ao.queer.party.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

To communicate the urgency: I likely have ~2 months from now to find a job, else Germany will kindly ask me to leave. I already qualify for permanent residence (which'd get rid of that looming threat), but can't apply unless I currently have a job past probation period 🙃 (my last company was […]

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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025

This is a public service announcement to **never** ever use Oracle

A screenshot of an interaction with Oracle Cloud customer service where I ask: "I understand that. So for a reason that I cannot be told my account was terminated without any notice, all of my data deleted, and there is nothing Oracle can do to change this?"

Oracle support responds "That is correct."

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fincs @fincs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2025

Things I like about the Switch 2: - Easy to understand name - Much needed SoC upgrade - No gimmicks (other than the mouse thing, which could be interesting for ports) - Compatibility with existing software (although N claims it's not full? What's up with that??) Things I dislike about the […]

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