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Nowadays programming in a programming language I don't use daily seems to always require an upgrade cascade of editors, tools, plugins, dependencies, libraries, my DNA, ??? I put some effort into keeping my environment static but all it takes is one autoupgrading thing I missed to kick off one of these cascades, and it feels like whack-a-mole trying to find and lock down every possible cause. This time it looks like a newer version of scala metals might have stopped supporting Java 11 and somehow got updated without my knowledge (maybe? I'm guessing).

P.S. This is not an invitation to post critiques about any of these technologies or recommendations about what I should be doing instead.

#scala #dev #tech #SoftwareDevelopment #coding #programming

Little Bits: Issue #22 for February 2025

Exciting times are ahead, a motivational message and loads of new curated bits found in February 2025 while surfing the Internet for you to enjoy.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-22/

#blog #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #gaming #tech #news

How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
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The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders-neo-nazi-online-hate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence

Meta is facing an AI copyright lawsuit in France brought by authors and publishers who are accusing the company of economic “parasitism.” Read more at @Techcrunch. #Meta #Instagram #Facebook #AI #Copyright #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/mSO6-8

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/peertube-the-fediverses-decentralized-video-platform-part-1-first-impressions/

mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @fedihost @fedihost@video.fedihost.co @paige @veronicaexplains @ewen @docpop @hikingdude

P.S.: this is the 20th article for The Future is Federated 🤗

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #ActivityPub #video

How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations
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When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.
https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #AI #Tech #Journalism #Media #Research #Data #Technology

Custom Keyboard Company WASD Keyboards Goes Defunct?

Can keyboard enthusiasts find answers to the questions we all have been wondering, has WASD Keyboards company gone out of business or was it acquired?

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/wasd-keyboards-defunct/

#blog #opinion #keyboard #tech #news

Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.

This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/ #space #science #art #tech

We identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings.

Each case involved someone who posted in Terrorgram chats, followed Terrorgram accounts or was a member of a group whose leaders participated in the Terrorgram community.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rise-and-fall-terrorgram-inside-global-online-hate-network-frontline-telegram?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence

Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:

➡️ @iFixit

They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.

Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.

#Repairs #Electronics #DIY #Environment #Gadgets #Tech #RightToRepair

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

#GoToSocial empowers you to have your own home on the Fediverse - with unique controls

https://blog.elenarossini.com/gotosocial-empowers-you-to-have-your-own-home-on-the-fediverse-with-unique-controls/

mentioning @shollyethan @ilja @gotosocial @gytisrepecka @Tusky @pinafore @phanpy @MonaApp @elk

and my GtS instance @elena

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #FLOSS #YunoHost #blog #TechEmpowerment #TechResistance

Damn! "Elon #Musk Faces INTENSE ATTACKS From #Republicans In Town Halls"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leORW1EX_Ho #news #politics #press #media #tech #donaldtrump #trump #us #usa #america #elonmusk #russia #nato #europe #eu #canada #ai #putin #video

Enjoy faster browsing with today’s fresh update!

🏁 A smarter, quicker address bar
🏎️ Faster page loading
📅 Turn emails into calendar events
💰 New: Currency widget
⌨️ New: Override Keyboard Shortcuts

And there's more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-2/

#Vivaldi #Browser #Apps #Tech #Software #Email

Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
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Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Consumer #Business #Law #Meta #Tech #Trump #DOGE #Musk

LIVESTREAM!

BREAKING: SECRET Pete #Hegseth #War Plan #Texts EXPOSED by #Press!

https://youtube.com/live/w3NJEx7ONro #media #tech #politics #news #nato #usa #america #europe #israel #musk #trump #donaldtrump #elonmusk #eu #ai #china #russia #ukraine #america #signal #yemen

🚨 Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”

Dear @EUCommission, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find @letsencrypt €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.

If Let’s Encrypt is fucked, the web is fucked, and the Small Web is fucked too. So how about we don’t let that happen, yeah?

(In the meanwhile, if the Let’s Encrypt folks want to make a point about how essential they are, it might be an idea to refuse certificates to republican politicians. See how they like their donation systems breaking in real time…)

CC @nlnet @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

#USA #fascism #OpenTechFund #LetsEncrypt #SSL #TLS #encryption #EU #web #tech #SmallWeb #SmallTech https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263

#tech #comic #webcomic #internet #browser #polandball #countryball #searchengine #europe #america #usa #meme
Didn't take anytime with it and didn't give it much effort, but it's an original by me. Why make it? Idk. The balls are easy I guess. The joke/message is pretty basic too. I guess I'm just testing the waters before putting effort into any real artistic endeavours.

I sort of gave up on this awhile ago, but there's a lot of nerds here so I thought I'd ask: can anyone find a minecraft seed with just a description of around where structures are and other surrounding information? There was a world very dear to me, but my friend that was hosting got bored, deleted it, and refused to give me the seed. I'd do anything to see my village again.
#minecraft #bedrock #tech #technology #videogames #internet #help

SECRET AUDIO: #ELONMUSK CRIES to #DONALDTRUMP In Oval Office

https://www.youtube.com/live/_PMt6klVyqs #news #press #media #politics #usa #us #america #tech #musk #trump #eu #europe #ukraine #russia #writing #ai #video #podcast #canada #economy #tesla #tariffs

Little Bits: Issue #23 For March 2025

A mountain of bits (links) awaits in exploration along with a message to remember to enjoy and be gracious to ourselves with intention.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-23/

#blog #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #tech #news #LinkDump

Lauren Boebert Tries To Be Clever, Jasmine Crockett DESTROYS Her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH01MtI-9dk #news #press #politics #media #DonaldTrump #trump #usa #us #elonmusk #musk #economy #tech #ai #america #tariffs #europe #canada #eu

New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/

This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news

At some point Google Drive started preventing the context menu from appearing when you right-click something. I installed a browser extension that re-enabled this function. The modern web is quite tiresome.

#tech #dev #web #DarkPatterns #GoogleDrive

Representatives Demand Housing Agency Halt Any Cryptocurrency Experiments
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Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Housing #Tech #Congress #Democrats #Crypto #Cryptocurrency

Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
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The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Musk #ElonMusk #Starlink #Microsoft #Trump #Government #Tech