Treat the laptop as a desktop and put it in a public space (ie: the livingroom). Meaning gets an external monitor, keyboard or some other reason that it becomes a stationary PC.

Then an adblocker or pihole will be fine. Then have a discussion with your kids, that there are some very ugly places (use death/gore/animals being hurt, etc) that are not suitable people their age (or even your age)... and this computer tried to monitor and block it.

This won't stop curious kids from being curious, but they will understand why the guardrails exist... and having it in a public space will avoid leaving them alone in their personal space with the untethered internet at their finger tips.

I don't like it, but imho it's a reflection of an architectural flaw of Lemmy.

The fediverse should have distributed channels. ...but "distributed" doesn't need to mean, every channel sits on an isolated instance/island and the only way to share a message between instances/islands - is to duplicate content.

A better solution would be that channels would be globally unique (ie there would be just one "til" channel). People would subscribe to it, and each instance would be the "custodian" or keeper of their users comments and posts. The "custodians" could/would moderate their users posts and could "defederate" from other instances (if they don't like how others are moderating their users).

This would avoid situations where one channel gains popularity, but the instance closes shop and the fediverse is left scrambling to fill in the gaps.

Hey, if companies can be people, why not office furniture? /s

Dean Ball, a former White House official who contributed to the AI Action Plan the administration issued in the summer of 2025, said in a post on X that the order suggests all "non-Americans" would be restricted from using ⁠Anthropic's latest ​models, including those based in the U.S.

"This means you should expect to have to prove your citizenship to use Anthropic ​models," Ball said.

There is the real reason, folks.

Yet another effort to force mandatory ID checking to access a website.

I'm sure Anthropic will be including "Please, don't include our source code" as part of their future release prompts.

Take a look at ssh-agent. It's bundled with ssh-client and designed to solve this problem.

The quick usage is, create a terminal and run:

eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add /path/to/your/encrypted/key1
#type in password
ssh-add /path/to/your/encrypted/key2
... 

# all commands in this terminal will use the keys above w/o asking you for a password 
git clone [email protected]...
git push... 
etc

So, basically you type your credentials once during the life cycle of your terminal.

If you really want to go full power-user, simple run ssh-agent (without the eval) and you'll see it just sets some env-vars, which can be imported into any terminal/shell you have open.

So, if you put some logic in your shells rc file, you can effectively share a single ash-agent between all your shells, meaning you just need to type your password for your keys once when you log into your system... and your now passwordless for any future terminals you create (this is my setup).

Also, if you're interested take a peek at the man pages for ash-agent. It has a few interesting features (ie: adding a password lock for your agent, removing keys from the agent, etc).

As far as I understand that's exactly what this project has done. They took the leaked node code as "inspiration" and had it converted to python. Now they're converting that python code in rust.

I'm curious how that'll play out, but as github is owned by microslop - I'm guessing it'll be shutdown all the same.

While the BitTorrent angle is not new, the authors previously only included a ‘distribution’ claim based on direct copyright infringement. This claim has a higher evidence standard, as it typically requires evidence that the infringer shares a whole work with a third party.

Since BitTorrent transfers break up files into smaller chunks before they are shared, it might be difficult to prove that a whole work is shared.

If the case sides with Meta, I can see future defenses pouring in "Ya, see your honor - I'm innocent cause I only seeded 99.99% of that movie."

... and I want my headphone jack, back.

Having Teams remind you that, during session recordings, your video and what you say can be used by Microsoft for whatever purpose they want, including (but not limited to) training AI.

This wasn't the line that was crossed? Seeing/hearing your likeness in the next generated AI / copilot commercial, because you needed to consent in order to work. This is "fine" /s

... but having Microsoft know that you're answering Teams messages while on the toilet... yeah, that's where "the line gets crossed" (eyeroll)

We need to wake-up and drop this technological cancer.

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jaw-drop I can go back to lynx now! /s

Potentially, this is actually a fantastic improvement. It (in theory) means you could request markdown and convert it back to html and meanwhile strip out ads, Javascript, tracking/cruft, etc.

I wonder how accurate of a markdown translation this would be. Would/could it handle single-page apps?

Bingo!

It was always believed that Windows OS was a "loss leader" for Microsoft.

Windows OS will never show a profit, when you take into account the development and testing time and effort. I mean, a one time purchase that's expected to be supported for years!?!

Side note: This also explains why Windows 11 is de-evolving into an AI generated, ad ridden, telemetry gathering, cesspool of an OS ("we gotta make money somehow - think of the share holders")

But, what Windows had done is create a platform for Microsoft to upsell (and vendor lock-in) profitable applications like Office, Outlook, Teams, etc.

However, that business model doesn't work anymore. As, all of Microsoft's products are now in the cloud. They're all subscription bases, which means predictable and indefinite revenue. User's don't need to be running on Windows - they just need a web-browser or thin-client. Microsoft already has people (brainwashed into) wanting Office - they don't need to _force _ people into trying Office.

tl;dr: Developing and supporting Windows OS is a financial drain for Microsoft, and they're doing everything they can to scuttle it.

I 100% agree. Then there will be different (mandatory) verification services. Some will be paid, but the free ones (ran by Microslop and Google) that will sell all your personal data to their 500+ closest affiliates.

Ultimately, the end game will be certain websites (like your Bank) won't trust your identity because your using some FOSS verification service and as "they take security seriously" will require you to use MS or Google.

This is a good article, especially if you're the lucky 10,000.

C++ is useful for learning object oriented programming: Describing what really happens in constructors and destructors, the pros/cons of reference counting and how it actually works (using std::unique_ptr)

These are things that most modern languages try to hide/abstract away, but the underlying problems and limitations never go away, but with C++ you'll have a better understanding of why they happen.

However, if you go down the rabbit hole of Template Metaprogramming, I agree with the original post: it takes decades to learn and really only useful exploitable in C++.

But everything was rolling, pretty goddamn great until...

I beg to disagree there. Each year Big Tech has become more and more aggressive in taking control from us, the consumer. Microsoft with the requirements of TPM in order to install windows 11. Google with they're delaying open source releases of android, preventing apps from being installed unless it's non-cfw. All tech companies shoveling AI everywhere. John Deere with their vendor lock-in hardware.

This needed to stop and these companies need to be reminded that "the consumer owns the hardware and that includes functional software (that does not change without the users consent)".

Unfortunately, the U.S. Government failed it's people in defending consumer rights and tbh, the EU hasn't really done a stellar job either. However, this is certainly the" kick in pants" the EU needs (hopefully) to start to create competition against U. S. Big Tech... and the EU certainly understands that it needs to protect these small EU start-ups as they try to find their footing.

So, I hope this results in the EU creating laws to "level the playing field". Which, I hope, actually spurs innovate and Open Standards (something Big Tech has been working hard on suppressing), which will be good for all of us (regardless, if you're in the EU, U.S., and beyond).

You'll notice there is a lot of "hope" in these sentences. I am skeptical, but I can see how this could be "a good thing".

Yeah, MS Teams (not my choice) had a pop-up that said that in order for a meeting to be recorded, I needed to accept that my video and what I say will be used by Microsoft for various purposes including training copilot.

So, that counts as me using copilot, right? /s

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The watermark says 1990.

They're just people doing a job that I regret is necessary...

I think this is the difference, many people believe that the TSA are not necessary nor effective.

9/11 (which was the fuel to create the TSA) happened because at that time the expected response when you (as the passenger) plane was hijacked, was to stay calm and sit and wait for the plane to land, while random demands/negotiations were made with local governments. Yes, a few people might be killed as an "example" or threat, but if you wanted patiently your government would save you.

9/11 shattered that illusion/"rules of engagement". Now, all of the sudden, if your plane is hijacked you'll find yourself as an unwilling participant in someone's suicide run and your only way to survive will be to fight as though your life depends on it (because it does).

I this respect, the complacency of 9/11 will never happen again regardless if the TSA exists or not.

When I visited Venice, we had some whitewater kayaks with us in the car. We thought it would be a really memorable and unique experience to kayak around the canals of Venice.

Then we got there (in late summer) and took one look at the water and said "nope, I'm not dipping my toe in that toxic mess."

... and I do not regret that decision.