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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Microsoft has announced that Windows Update will be discontinued on legacy versions of Windows, including Windows 7, 8.1, and most versions of Windows 10, in June 2027. A set of critical certificates will expire, and no update will be issued to resolve this on older versions. More info […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

🌎⬆️ In advance of critical Windows Update certificates expiring, Legacy Update 1.14 extends our proxy server to be used on Windows 7 and later. We’ve also made it easier to choose whether you want to use the Legacy Update website or the built-in Windows Update control panel […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Not sure what world grey website man is in, but the Twitter I always see is full of engagement bait that’s void of any substance, blue checks spending far too much time contributing nothing useful to gain followers, and people picking fights with each other over meaningless things. I hear this […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Truly the most important feature of the latest VSCode update. I guess I can be happy they’re basically showing that VSCode is “done”, and all they can think of now is ensuring blind people also get annoyed by silly visual fanfares?

Accessibility
Hear when confetti appears
The new Confetti accessibility signal provides the same celebratory feedback when you cannot see the animation. The joyful sound plays when chat thumbs-up confetti appears and when you successfully mark a session as done in the Agents window.

A clip shows the user clicking the checkmark icon, causing confetti to appear out of it.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Can confirm iPhone 18 Pro Max has battery life of about 1.5 - 2 days for me. Even if this goes down quickly, it’s still saving battery cycles, so it should live a lot longer before needing replacement. Definitely makes it heavier though.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Don’t know what took so long, but GitHub finally assigned it CVE-2026-97381. They said it’ll be published when my GHSA advisory is published, but… it already was, 2 months ago. I wasn’t waiting on them to do me the favor of picking from a list of numbers when my users are at risk. Wish me luck […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Every time some process goes crazy and leaks 10GB+ memory, Activity Monitor gives up and says idk man, I sold your memory to Sam Altman

Activity Monitor’s memory graph shows medium memory pressure (orange). Total physical memory, memory used, cached files, etc are 0 bytes. Swap usage is 15.68GB.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1171988570887278… @marcoarment Fun timing that you mentioned the filesystem bell story, I dug it up very recently 🛎️

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@codecat They teased me a few weeks ago… hachyderm.io/@kirb/1171833341845652… I ended up splitting between the Sublime apps as much as possible + VSCode when I really need IDE features. Wish I could use Sublime full time but it feels like the community there is dead/in a state of mess […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

This is a bad time for my team to be in the seat of reviewing products submitted to Chariz. Almost everything is slop in some way. Not enjoying this and I don’t know how long I can keep up patience for it. Chariz’s purpose was always to uplift new developers, make them realise they are a good […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

It’s unfortunate this is buried in a podcast I can only describe as the voices in my head when I forget to take my ADHD meds for a week, but I wanted to give a shoutout to this interview with John MacFarlane, creator of Pandoc, CommonMark, and a new Markdown replacement, djot. In this era where […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Who needs accessibility or editor improvements anyway? 🤷‍♀️

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

The more GitHub goes down despite adding more infra to feed the AI agents hammering it, the more I feel like it’s only to save face for being the source of the problem. They did reorganise GitHub under the AI group after all, so that infra spend barely registers on the balance sheet. How much of […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@krutonium mostly issues with some apps that check the build number and get confused. that and there being no way to uninstall it once installed led us to make it an intentional opt-in. I haven’t run into issues myself, but we got a few reports of it from the community, so it was safest to […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@krutonium yeah, pretty likely. ESU solves a bunch of problems, but causes a few new ones, which is why we made it no longer the default. Vista is a mixed bag like this unfortunately

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@krutonium interesting, does “Update root certificates store” in Legacy Update setup not handle this one already? (will be hidden if you’ve run that in the past 30 days)

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

When I get a url like ?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share I just have to wonder who exactly are they fooling by exposing their analytics like that. I guess at least it isn’t a unique tracking token

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@CursedSilicon it gives me “software brain” vibes. people who are certain everything in life can be solved by just having more computers and more databases. there are no human elements, just problems computers can solve. apparently to the point of being so blind to not consider/care that people […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Kinda back to a state of not understanding what is going on with Overcast. Marco seems to be getting a lot done, actual features this time not just redesigns, and they’ve all been great. (Volume normalisation is nice for the abysmal Acast ads to not rupture my eardrums every time they interrupt […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

@CursedSilicon I’m just so confused by this. it says it’ll release in April 2026, then further up it says they’ve shipped 10 releases, but all I can find is this site and the guy’s social posts. where are the releases? it says it has AI, but to do what? config help, log analysis, firewall […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

AI agents have made it easy for me to keep up with all my podcasts. Not because they’re summarising them for me, but because every tech podcast keeps yapping about them and every boring episode gushing over them is such an easy skip

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

My favorite feature of watchOS is when I miss my 7:00 AM alarm and it decides to compensate by making it a 10:48 AM alarm that goes off out of nowhere

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Fiddler really is One Of Those Windows Apps that does what it has to do, incredibly well, even if it looks dated. I always thought it was very disappointing that, post-acquisition, it went into maintenance mode and was replaced by a subscription product that STILL doesn’t come even slightly […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1153068922294311… There are new articles this week, citing StatCounter, stating that Linux rose to 10% market share in the US. Exciting if true, but I doubt it is. More bots pretend to be real users than ever now, and as with last time, that messes with the […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Last time, it was a great narrative to say people were switching from Windows 10 to Windows 7 instead of going to Windows 11. Kinda nonsensical, nothing pointed to it being a trend other than StatCounter’s numbers, but people wanted to believe the narrative. Far too many blogs reported on it […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Also, people are noticing that StatCounter for some reason has decided “OS X” and “macOS” are separate. OS X has 2.65x more users than macOS. Why? Who knows, considering this is a very common case that should be handled by them. They’re supposed to be the […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

StatCounter GlobalStats of Desktop Operating System Market Share in United States Of America - July 2026

Windows: 55.95%
OS X: 21.81%
Linux: 11.92%
macOS: 8.24%
Chrome OS: 2.08%
OpenBSD: 0%

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

I guess something I’ve wanted on macOS for a very long time now finally exists, but it’s entirely written by AI. I keep wanting to build an Activity Monitor replacement with the level of information Process Explorer provides on Windows, but haven’t found the […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

An app called Sysinternals Process Explorer, running on macOS. The main window looks like as straight a port from the Windows app as possible, including a Windows-style toolbar and status bar.
A property sheet window is open for one of the processes, where the title bar amusingly uses a thousands separator on the pid (39,396). It only vaguely looks like the Windows app. It has a strange custom tab bar.
The System Information window is the least like the Windows app, and shows a decent summary view of general system info, storage usage, and graphs for CPU, RAM, swap, disk I/O, network, and GPU usage.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Finding it funny Stack Overflow now shows comment timestamps as “over 1 year ago”, even if the comment was made in 2010. Can’t decide if this is laziness about when it makes sense to switch to an absolute date, or an attempt at making the site look artificially more active than it is, or both

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Some fun (?) facts I learned from this event. The architecture of our ActiveX control was heavily inspired by Microsoft’s official Windows Update ActiveX control. They weren’t using their own feature, IObjectSafety, that solves the problem of choosing whether […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 displaying a local file named test.html. The page is titled “Legacy Update 1.13.2 IObjectSafety Demo” and demonstrates that an Information Bar appears because the current page is not safe for scripting.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Love using the very stable and bug-free Windows App app to connect to my Linux machines

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #fedihelp Another week. My unemployment is still being "adjudicated" (going on 12 days now) I'm extra fearful of being given an eviction notice in August. So I wanna get on top of rent *before* August 1st ;-; the more runway I can give myself the better Truly […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.2 addresses a security issue in the ActiveX control. Please update as soon as possible. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/07/21/le… #legacyupdate

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Legacy Update 1.13.2: Security advisory

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.2 addresses a security issue in the ActiveX control. Please update as soon as possible. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/07/21/le… #legacyupdate

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

@CursedSilicon how convenient that customs accidentally sent you $5 of dish soap with your address and the exact necessary packaging instead of your $180 motherboard. happens all the time ya know

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #fedihelp (Boosts hella appreciated as always ;-;) I made it through to July. Cannot thank the folks that helped out enough, truly <3 I wanna get this GoFundMe "finished" and funded before August 1st. That should give me enough "buffer" for Washington State to […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

@CursedSilicon `make -j32` is such a privilege and a blessing

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Every time I need to authenticate with my password manager twice, once to fill out the email step and click next, then again to fill the password, I wonder why no website is smart enough to have the password field hidden and autofillable. Trust that if the browser autofills a password, the user […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

In response to recent industry changes, we’re making the entire 576 KB Legacy Update program available as freeware on a floppy disk. Just send $1 to: Homer Simpson, Jr. Vice President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net 742 Evergreen Tce Springfield, USA Offer void in Nebraska.

Windows XP floppy disk icon overlaid on a stack of colored floppies on a desk.

Image credits:
Windows XP High Resolution Icon Pack by marchmountain https://www.deviantart.com/marchmountain/art/916042853
“Pile of Old Disks” by Jason Coleman https://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_coleman/3614327264/

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

Microsoft quietly extended Windows 10 Extended Security Updates to add another year of free updates for consumers. We updated our article about Windows 10 ESU to reflect this. If you haven’t seen it before, you might find it a useful read to know how to safely continue using Windows 10 […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

[mutualaid] (Boosts highly appreciated!! ;-;) I hate having to do this. But my back is severely against the wall at the moment. I've been unemployed since the end of March and have burnt through what little savings I'd managed to rack up My unemployment claim is "pending" until they verify […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

So you can enable a wacky debugging mode for Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate: `defaults write com.apple.SwiftUI flexiGlassTuningEnabled -bool yes` #apple #macos

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

So you can enable a wacky debugging mode for Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate: `defaults write com.apple.SwiftUI flexiGlassTuningEnabled -bool yes` #apple #macos

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Bonus: I couldn’t trim the video properly because… turns out…

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

For fun, here’s a 2006 interview about the Ribbon, specifically about licensing it for use by 3rd party apps. It has a decent discussion on the philosophy behind the design and why they figured apps would want to use it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OrrXMoOteY

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

This post becoming my most popular on any social media ever was not something I was exactly expecting. Guess I should have expected it when semi-invoking politics on Bluesky. I will note the vibe was better during US sleeping hours. For about 6 hours, nobody tried to explain my joke to me.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

@stroughtonsmith WindowServer in this beta struggles when there’s a full screen window open, at least for me

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