ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:

I like vintage computers and video games. I also collect music and video on old formats. My basement is a CRT display sanctuary.


If I were in a relationship, it'd be gay, but mostly I feel like I'm in a sinking ship.

he/him

I sometimes reply with bad jokes. I am not an authority. Seriously, the anxiety would destroy me.

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2025-07-12

Holy cow, as an American, I wasn't aware of the Horizon IT scandal. ~1,000 postal workers were wrongfully prosecuted for theft and other crimes, imprisoned, and forced to repay tens of thousands of pounds. 13 of them committed suicide! But it was an IT error! AI will make this worse.


nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/e

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⚠️ If you see a post or DM saying "your account is currently suspended for verification purposes", do NOT click on the link. It is a scam.

Fediverse servers do not ask people to verify their identity. There is an optional self-verification system, but that's just for those who want to use it. No one is ever asked to do it.

If you are in ANY doubt about ANY official-looking message, contact your own server's admin directly using their public email address on your server's website's "About" page.

Screenshot of the scam message, it says "Your account is currently suspended for verification purposes, action required, please proceed with the verification using the link below." followed by a link to a dubious website. This image has been overlaid with a red X and the caption "Fake, do not click!"
ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.space
2025-07-12

@FediTips @ai6yr :neocat_thonk: mast”a”don.

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Sasha :verifiedtransbian:sashag@anarres.family
2025-07-12

How NOT to do recruiting:

Message from a recruiter saying: „Hi Gavin,
We appreciate you taking the time to interview with us, but unfortunately we will be pursuing other candidates.
lo
For future reference, asking questions about salary, responsibilities, and work culture are not things we like to discuss during the interview process.
Thank you for your time and we wish you the best of luck“
ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool: boosted:
2025-07-12

My lungs never felt better.

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.space
2025-07-12

@EatYourSheep face masks always when blowing that much dust out. I don’t care if it’s outside. :neocat:

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.space
2025-07-12

@CursedSilicon well that sucks. :neocat_o_o:

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Sean Heberbigzaphod
2025-07-12

ChatGPT and other AI services are basically killing @Iconfactory and I'm not exaggerating or being hyperbolical.

First Twitter/Elon killed our main app revenue that kept the lights on around here, then generative AI exploded to land a final blow to design revenue.

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Slashdot :verified:slashdot@mastodon.cloud
2025-07-12
ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.space
2025-07-11

@BalooUriza i think that’s usually so. :neocat_thinking: I Almost never go for decaf though.

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Marcus Hutchins :verified:malwaretech@infosec.exchange
2025-07-11

Still one of my most unnecessary projects. My apartment complex wouldn't let people have more than 1 garage fob per resident. So, I reverse engineered mine, bought some cheap fobs on Amazon, then wrote custom firmware for them that imitates my apartment fob.

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool: boosted:
2025-07-11

Apple was founded 18,000 days ago.

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool: boosted:
2025-07-11

MBMBaM animatic - “FURRIES CAN DO INFINITE CRIME!”

youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOHvOqiJgI

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Woodsy09 🇨🇦mgrahamwoods@mstdn.ca
2025-07-11

Posting a pic of my cat for no reason other than he and I share the same vibe today. #catsofmastodon #grumpyvibes #cats

Wally, our senior cat is stretched out on the back of the couch. He’s staring directly into the camera with a look on his face that says I’ll have none of your bullshit today!
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2025-07-11

“They don’t want to represent you, they want to rule you.”

From: @black_intellect
mstdn.social/@black_intellect/

#uspol #uspolitics #politics

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The Vergeverge
2025-07-11

iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a ‘piss-poor excuse for a controller’ theverge.com/news/705383/ifixi

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool: boosted:
2025-07-11

#Random comment: Annoyed to be posting more politics than I normally would like. But the only reason I originally started posting on social media was for safety/disasters/emergencies (almost all climate change driven), and politics is colliding headlong into that domain. You can't separate information about a terrible flood disaster from poor political choices, political efforts to eliminate .the National Weather Service, which helps keep people safe from those disasters, the overall NOAA, FEMA when those disaster do happen, funding for wildfire response (USFS, etc.)... it's all wrapped together.

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool: boosted:
2025-07-11

"We didn't include a printed manual because everything you need to know about this device can be found at this dead link."

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Thomas 🔭🕹️thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-07-11

My hobby: blocking people who use AI-generated slop images as hero images for their blog posts

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.space
2025-07-10

@dan @autonerdery here in Spokane there’s a shop that only works on Saabs. Maybe you should relocate, lol. (Seriously don’t, statistically Spokane has some of the worst drivers in the nation, they’ll fuck your shit up doing some dumbass shit)

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