ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Whoever did this pixel art is awesome .. such is the 90s vibe #retrocomputing. Edit: Someone reached privately and told me about the source/artist https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_YQsnIMKs/ so credit goes to them.

On how many Mastodon hosts do you have an account? (Please boost for wide sampling, thanks)

I have spent the last two days working on making good quality SVG versions of the logo/symbols for #fediverse projects and I feel like it was worth it. I think the hard/less fun part of this project is getting them out there for all to use. I am pretty unfamiliar with submitting to Wikimedia Commons that is probably the best place for them to all live
#FediDev

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software and Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit anyone's ever said, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Beautiful sun dog this morning at NW Minnesota #mnwx #sundog #winter

I’m mostly here to share bird photos I don’t know anything about boosting or quotes or anything and honestly kinda weary of reading about it. Where’s the people who just post their photos?

#2020

Edit: Pic description added.

An impossibly pretty snow scene, from a while ago. Above Scargill House, near Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales.

My response rates for polls on Twitter were 1-2%.

On Mastodon, it's 15-20%.

Twitter and Facebook throttle our natural engagement with our friends and family and colleagues.

They do it so brands will buy ads to reach people who already follow them.

I didn't realise how pronounced the effect is.

I'm angry.

For years, my connection with the people I care about has been diminished, intentionally, to support a losing advertising scheme.

I want that time with my friends and family back.

The #NorthernLights were AMAZING at #Jökulsárlón in #Iceland
#LandscapePhotography #Photography #Aurora #AuroraBorealis #Wanderlust #TravelPhotography #NaturePhorography #Travel #PhotoOfTheDay

I love that everyone is looking at LastPass alternatives right now, so I made this and it amuses me.

My favorite Christmas ornament and I are wishing you a very Merry Christmas Eve.
#ChristmasEve #HappyHolidays

I’m just a Gen Xer playing computer games in my basement. 🤟 I can’t believe this really worked. They really don’t build them like the used to. “Does it boot?” Yes, yes it does!

A Debian Linux installer showing a hostname dialog for the server. Cueball wants to make sure that he chooses a great permanent name that he can give to the server. This one is for @popey ;) Also see my favourite top 15 XKCD comics all time https://www.cyberciti.biz/humour/top-xkcd-comics-for-linux-and-unix-fans/ for geeky lulz. Boy, naming this are hard ;)

Amazing

The holidays can be a really tough time. The advice I often heard was, "Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Help others. Get out of your head." It's perfectly fine advice, but unhelpful if the mere thought of interacting with people is overwhelming. Anyway, here's a thing I did one year that did help:

I bought a Cookie Monster costume, went to the airport, and waited at arrivals with a sign that said "COOKIE"

Didn't have to talk to anyone and boy did I get to watch people's faces light up.

Reports this week illustrate how threat actors consider Microsoft Exchange as a prime target for gaining initial access to corporate networks to steal data and deploy ransomware.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-december-23rd-2022-targeting-microsoft-exchange/