ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

TIL: Lemons are not a naturally occurring fruit. They were created in SE Asia by crossing a citron with a bitter orange around 4000 years ago. They were spread around the world after found to prevent scurvy. Life didn’t give us lemons.. We made them ourselves.

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation_cracked/?

The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again

<- By me on @theregister

Code makes the world go round.

Exhibit 9000.
https://www.voanews.com/a/software-problems-delay-us-f-16-deliveries-taiwan-says-/7109499.html

Today I replaced windows on a neighbours computer with #popos

My neighbour is elderly and has a lot of memory and vision problems. And my thinking was that they've used windows for many years, so why add to the confusion with #linux.

But I was wrong. Windows was a struggle. and the machine runs so much better now. It's vision accessibility options are great and the customisability of linux allowed me to strip away everything complicated to focus it on the three main tasks they need it to do.

Given a poll with two options, do you think people that are on the fence, are more inclined to pick the top option or the bottom option.

What do I do if I don't like a book at the library? A handy step-by-step guide.

https://action.everylibrary.org/what_do_i_do_if_i_don_t_like_a_book_at_the_library

due to cutbacks and the current market conditions 🤦‍♂️

A man is sitting next to his newborn baby's cot. From the other room his father comes in and lays a hand on his shoulder.

"You've done really well, mate. You'll make a brilliant dad."

The son looks up and smiles with a bit of anxiety in his voice. "Thanks, Dad. I really hope so."

The old man pulls out a small book from his back pocket and hands it to his son. "Now that you're a parent, I'd like you to have this. I studied it for the first year of your life and memorised every single one. I'd love you to use it for my grandson."

The son looks at the cover which is titled 1000 Dad Jokes To Annoy Your Children. He looks up with tears in his eyes. "Dad...I'm honoured."

His dad smiles: "Hello, Honoured. I'm Dad."

#dadjokes

Shortage of COBOL developers in insurance and banks - https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2023/05/23/informatique-le-secteur-bancaire-manque-de-specialistes-du-cobol_6174417_3234.html

Hey, you: Get a load of this cloud! High-altitude ice clouds (like this one) can help regulate Earth's temperature by reflecting energy from the Sun.

A new @NASAEarth mission called PoISIR aims to study them in greater detail to improve climate forecasts. https://go.nasa.gov/3IAfgjj
#NASA

"Now we'll see who wrote all this terrible code."

@stux Oh… that makes a lot of sense. I was born in Canada, but grew up on my grandparents’ farm. They had immigrated from the Netherlands to Canada when my father was a small child after WW2. They were the same. Zero respect for the natural world around them, and I could never figure that out. They came from generations of Dutch farmers so may have just brought the mind set with them.

These glasses use computer vision to track the eyes and translate blinks into Morse code that can control smartphones and other devices. https://www.hackster.io/news/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-ea50ddb38986

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/Hacksterio/status/1658978123554103303

What's YOUR favorite tech innovation?

$125,972 raised for the funeral of Jordan Neely, the black man who was murdered by Daniel Penny.

$2,067,641 raised for the legal defense of Daniel Penny, the white man who murdered Jordan Neely.

America in a nutshell.

I. AM. TARGETED.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

The Group Decode ROM: The 8086 processor's first step of instruction decoding http://www.righto.com/2023/05/8086-processor-group-decode-rom.html | https://lobste.rs/s/ndo4ko #hardware #historical #reversing

Tiny Privacy Tip 🔒✨:

If you are ready to step up your communication’s privacy, I wrote a comparative review of 4 instant messaging services offering end-to-end encryption:

Signal, Threema, iMessage, and WhatsApp

For each I describe what data they disclose collecting, what data is encrypted, and what data is not:

https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-importance-of-using-messaging-apps-with-end-to-end-encryption-which-ones-to-use-and-why.html

Choose what suits your needs the best, but choose wisely 💬​✨

#Privacy #TinyPrivacyTip #RootForE2EE

Most people probably don't know this (and why would they?):

In 2022, #CNN's parent company was bought by a right-wing billionaire. He immediately set out to transform CNN, making it appealing to right-wing extremists. That's why CNN organized a Trump rally and put it on national TV this week. It wasn't an error. It was the point.

Like you said, CNN is like a radio station that suddenly switched music formats. It's time for us to leave it now.

#USPol

https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column

@danwentzel