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memo 📎
a collection of technologies have come together to make running GUI applications in docker, or even an entire desktop environment, not only viable, but smooth and performant
https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/webtop-4-0-wayland-is-here-engage-the-reality-engine
https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-webtop
https://games-on-whales.github.io/
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std::mem::justsoupDoes anybody have any experience with getting over a fear of needles? I want to donate blood, but I get woozy whenever thinking about needles and pass out if I see one.
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dav :bongoCat:@NIGHTEN@hi.nighten.fr that literally happened to me (and @ASZ@owo.cafe) last week. It’s on purpose, Wacom detects its an old tablet so it forces you to get a newer one.
On Windows it’s as easy as just getting a older driver version that still “supports” that tablet. Works as new on an up-to-date Windows 11 build, palm detection, pressure, etc.
I know this exists for macOS, but have not tried it out yet, hopefully it works for you!
https://opentabletdriver.net/Wiki/Install/MacOS
https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver
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Meko #nowar
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erin // Eileenwhen someone seems possessed, you call an exorcist, to remove demons.
when they seem to be an empty husk, you call an endorcist, to put some demons back in.
remember, look out for your friends, help them maintain a healthy population of demons within.
/erin
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KALANTA 🍂
Mi recomendación para no tener roces y broncas con gente es no tratar en absoluto con gente.
Síganme para más tácticas de evitación ✌🏼
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elly@pabloyoyoista@social.treehouse.systems @claudius@darmstadt.social @cas@social.treehouse.systems @opensourceit@friendica.world @thibaultamartin@mamot.fr @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems Hopefully you don't mind me chipping in here.
I used to maintain my own fork back in high-school (when LineageOS was still called CyanogenMod... ouch, my back). Back in those days smartphones were a wild west. People carrying computers full of personal data in their pockets without any encryption, banking apps and other essential applications didn't care whether you modified your device or not. It was trivial to root your device and relatively easy to maintain your fork.
That started to change around 2016 - 2018. Around Android 8 codebase started increasing, maintaining your forks/rebasing became a pain in the butt. That's why many "Custom ROMs" started disappearing, it simply consumed too much time and required a lot of resources to build the bloody thing.
Around that time prices of smartphones started to drop, and people in developing countries could afford a smartphone (where they couldn't afford a computer). This was the time when we observed a general population shifting their daily computing needs from desktop onto mobile.
With people shifting their habits, companies decided to track users and sell their data in exchange for "free" utilities and forcing everyone to use their stupid apps (where most people couldn't block ads).
Mobile market became a much more lucrative target for spyware and malware, because now everyone had a computer connected to the internet in their pocket at all times. That's why banks started to detect/block people using modified Android builds for "accountability". Soon after, it essentially became a war.
For that reason, I bought an iPhone with my first real paycheck in 2016. Not having to deal with Android's atrocious security, potential malware in custom builds (it happened many times).
It just worked... until 2022, when Apple started adding ads to App Store and so on. It made me angry that I spent a small fortune on a device and manufacturer dared to serve me ads, so I bought a Google Pixel 6 and installed GrapheneOS on it.
To put it bluntly: I despise that phone. I still have it kicking around, but I'm working on gs101-mainline. Heavy, bulky, no expandable storage, no headphone jack, no physical keyboard.
Using GrapheneOS meant I couldn't use contactless payments, notifications didn't work, and in ~2025 my bank added Play Integrity API, which prevented me from using my banking applications whatsoever.
Some people will say it's about keeping users safe, I call it "control". Device manufacturers are trying to take away device ownership from you by removing the ability to "unlock bootloader" (in reality just flipping a flag whether ABL should check signatures) because they want you to stay within their ecosystems.
Google Services that track your every move, $VENDOR shipping uninstallable applications and harvesting your data/serving you ads. I've looked at my brother's Samsung S25 (or whatever it's called) running stock firmware and I was absolutely horrified.
If my brother and I would be talking about sensitive topics, I would ask him and his girlfriend to put their phones into a Faraday cage. That's how bad modern smartphones are.
AOSP is done for, Google doesn't care about opensource anymore (unless it benefits them).
Releases twice a year, delayed security updates. Not publishing trees for Pixels anymore (their own freakin' devices!).
They laid off the entire ChromeOS team, cancelled AMD Chromebooks, and now there are rumors of ditching coreboot in the future (where they could easily lock-down the boot chain and fuse devices with their own signing keys).
One vendor I've worked with (and whom I'll likely work again this year) almost went bankrupt because of Google and amount of control they have on device manufacturers.
Out-of-the-blue Google cancelled Android XR partnership (even though said vendor helped Google get that project off the ground) and left them with AOSP scraps provided by silicon vendor (Qualcomm).
Said company has ~15 employees whom can't possibly write replacements for what Android XR offers nor maintain it down the road. Hell, you need a system with ~64GB of RAM and ~480GB of disk space to build those sources. It's absolutely ridiculous.
While I haven't done much in postmarketOS, I've been tracking the project since 2018 and messing with/maintaining few devices, as well as suggesting ideas myself.
It's the only way we can have computers in our pockets that don't track our every move and that can easily be pwned by 3-letter agencies if your suspected of any (even insignificant) crime.
It's been a wild ride and I'm extremely proud of everyone who's involved in this project. Tremendous amount of work done and plenty still to do. Slowly but surely it will become a viable replacement for Android.
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std::mem::justsoupOkay, my fears are confirmed. It seems that the person who created the project was harassed into quitting (see https://toot.cat/@zkat/115867858076294405). It seems like most of the hate came from Bluesky and Reddit. On Bluesky a user named dame contributed a commit that was apparently drafted by Claude https://bsky.app/profile/dame.is/post/3mbyp2d5fvc2y https://codeberg.org/JustSoup321/open-slopware/commit/25e311eb8bd076d4d7fc4203a36b009379b5db3a. On Reddit, the project got included on some "just debating" subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/comments/1q881jw/antiai_slopware_list_backfires_as_developers/.
This is shitty, but my fork is staying up no-matter-what.
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AlternativeToItaly’s communications regulator fined Cloudflare €14M for refusing to block piracy related domains under the country’s anti piracy rules. The company warned the measures are disruptive and could impact billions of users, while the regulator argued targeted blocking is feasible and necessary to enforce the law https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/italy-fines-cloudflare-14m-for-non-compliance-with-anti-piracy-order/
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Micro SF/F by O. WestinIt leaves a mark on your soul, meeting a god. Most people never meet one before they die. A few saints, prophets, and other holies have more than one mark.
The witch couldn't help stare with her second sight.
"You've met them all? Many times?"
Her friend shrugged. "They say I'm a good listener."
#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories