It's just so blatantly transparent at this point that Microsoft's entire agenda with windows 11 is to lock people in to an environment they fully control so that they can crank the enshittify dial to maximum and nobody can opt out.

Time for a new variation on a classic.

I ordered a burger at a BBQ joint. 🍔

Top.

Notch.

Signal have rolled out an update to all users that stops Microsoft Recall from capturing Signal conversations.

I’ve tested this and it works. Brilliant work by the @signalapp team. 💪

They call on Microsoft to build better, as there was no standardised way as an app developer to do this. Because Signal is open source, now app developers have a template to protect their users from Windows.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

Thanks to activist + employee pressure, and over 300,000 letters from the public, Microsoft has admitted concerns about how Israel is using its' tech.
Tech activists are keeping the pressure on + the demand is clear: no tech for genocide!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-microsoft-to-stop-partnering-with-israels-genocide

I've been seeing this a lot lately (DuckDuckGo browser on Android, for what it's worth).

Anyone else?

#Mastodon

@elkcityhazard
I migrated about 15 repos from Github to Codeberg.

I was surprised to learn Codeberg has a built in Migration feature. I don't know if there's any automation built around it, but for just 15 repos, I was happy to do it manually through the web browser GUI.

https://codeberg.org/repo/migrate

#Codeberg

@billinkc
💯

What was the last good thing they did?

I got nothing.

Headline: Microsoft’s Partnership With Elon Musk’s Grok AI Isn’t a Feature—It’s a Liability

Me: Microsoft continues to give me reasons to detest them.

https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-partnership-with-elon-musks-grok-ai-isnt-a-feature-its-a-liability-2000604031

KOSA’s “sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true,” EFF’s @joemullin said. “This bill still sets up a censorship regime” that'll “suppress lawful, important speech online, especially for young people.” https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/republicans-seek-new-oversight-online-speech-boosting-ai-rcna207347

"Across the Internet, marginalized ppl are bracing for weaponized, false takedown requests of their consensual, legal content via the Take It Down Act. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is regularly abused for censorship, Take It Down contains many of the same flaws." - @liaholland

The Celtics rumors will continue until morale improves.

#Celtics
#NBA

@QuantumDot2
Yeah, DOSBox on Linux.

@QuantumDot2
I'm finding the Pool of Radiance experience is not as good as it was in my memories.

The graphics definitely haven't aged well. And the gameplay is a lot more one-dimensional than I remember (ie. all hack & slash combat).

@QuantumDot2
Interesting looking game. It was cool how game makers often ported their games to so many different platforms back them (PC, Apple, Commodore64, etc.)

@SnyperWolf
Pool of Radiance, from the SSI Gold Box series.

My use case was to 'cheat' at a 37 year old DOS game.

Other than that, what else would you use one for? ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

I used a hex editor for the first time (on Linux) today.

@cursedsql
Confession: I thought you had already ditched windows.

(Same distro & desktop I chose, btw.)