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XScreenSaver 6.13 is out now, including iOS (soon) and Android. Not a lot new in this one, but it has been a while since I synchronized all 3 platforms, so here we are. GL Slideshow does a bunch of fancier transitions when loading new images, inspired...
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Saw someone post something with this text in it and it took me a few tries to figure out WTF "sound the Fez" means.

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OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide.

Ghouls gonna ghoul: Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen's suicide and...
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Happy BitBLT Day to all who celebrate.

Crazy Eddie's Used Computers: I declare that today, Nov. 19, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of BitBLT, a routine so fundamental to computer graphics that we don't even think about it having an origin. A working...
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"Amazon sucks, if you're ordering cheap Chinese junk from them, just use Ali Express instead", they said.

I just spent 30 minutes being unable to complete a checkout, getting stuck in a loop of "some of your discounts have expired". What discounts? I have no idea. Then it seems to have locked my account.

Amazon is
the worst but they sure do excel at making it frictionless to give them money.
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Regret to inform you that Palantir still exists.

The Nerd Reich:
https://jwz.org/b/ykxh

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How to not build the Torment Nexus.

Mike Monteiro: ""What you're actually looking for, I believe, is someone to absolve you of building the Torment Nexus because you took a job at the Torment Nexus Factory. Which is a thing I cannot do."
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"We might lose the [REDACTED] show because the other founding member is also touring as [REDACTED], routing a week behind them, and now they're suing each other."

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Thousands of once-secret police records are now public.

For the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California. LAist, KQED and other California newsrooms, together with police accountability advocates,...
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I'm gonna need you to take some personal responsibility for that data center.

The UK National Drought Group offers this helpful advice: How to save water at home: ...
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