I feel like this is how I ended up with a box full of USB-C cables.

For me it was a Megadrive and my dad legit buying a master system to say "but we have sega at home too"

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I did a thing again. twitchmas.noctis.info

Take action!

fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!

No worries. Politics can be stressful. Sometimes it's a good idea to just take a breather, have a coffee and reassess. No need to apologize. In the end I'm just a stranger on the internet, as we all are.

No need to get defensive. Decent conversations about these things are healthy in a normal society. If you prefer to stay in your own echo chamber, feel free to block me. I won't be upset, I promise :)

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The "abuse" usually stems from people using it in the wrong way (e.g. group chats with randoms, not doing due diligence, etc).

But again, this is not the prerogative of Chat Control. Chat control is packaged as a measure to "protect children". There's better ways to do that.

Maybe. But personally I trust Signal way more than say WhatsApp, for the simple reason that Signal is open source. (github.com/signalapp)

If you're so inclined, one could fork it, investigate it, and create their own builds.

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You do realize there are open source solutions for hobbyists that want to automate their homes, which do not require any data to be sent over the www, right? Home Assistant, OpenHAB, Domoticz being a few examples. Kind of a nothing burger of a response tbh...

Sure. But that's exactly the bowtie they tie around the turd that is chat control. They try to sell it as "a tool to protect children" while in reality it's just another step to gain more control.

Nothing online being actually private does not mean the EU should have a handy backdoor to read over peoples' shoulders. Being secure on the internet should be the people's choice and responsibility and not the governments. We do not live in Orwells' 1984.

Here's a video explaining how Chat Control surveillance would work by the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy...

fair.tube/w/72DCPMByyS...

#speirgorm

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

Demosceners... please link my good pal hitch your demoscene artwork and give him a big thumbs up to use it for his streams please. In the age of AI slop, let's promote art made by humans!

Glowing green text on a black background. The text says "hewwo... techy used to be su su coow, but nyow it’s owned by da wowst, most mony-sicky hoomans on da pwanet b-but!! thewe awe twanssexuaw fuwwy hackews stiww fighty fightin da good fight nya"

Technically that means it's your truck. Congratulations, miss Satan!

Same, but with like... ANY idea 😅

Your sound card works perfectly!
#GilbertGottfried

A brand new Acorn Atom!
Thank you to @grandoldian.bsky.social and The Board Folk who took our donor Atom PCB and created a brand new one, complete with MX switch compatible keyboard option. Great job!

a brown and tan dachshund puppy lays on their back on a tile floor. the puppy is so small that he's the same length as one tile. his ears are splayed out on either side, his paws tucked in to his chest, and his eyes wide with terror. please show him mercy, we're begging you!

This is Dino. He saw you with that hot dog bun. Tried to get away but tripped over his own ears. 12/10 he has a family

Legit though. I was talking to a friend recently about E2E encryption, and I nearly always reference the "going bark" post by Soatok. I'm not in the furry community ftr, but that post is just top tier.

This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

N8 pro is definitely worth it. I've got last year's Xmas edition (red shell) here :D

This is not the dystopia I signed up for. Also, f#ck companies pulling this kind of bullshit.

Let's not even start about all the Final Fantasies that got different numbers depending on the region...

Set up my own domain for bsky, because I want to use it more. The birdsite is becoming a cesspool, and while I'm not yet ready to leave (I've still got friends there), I want to be prepared.

Desktop pattern. The right square represents the (empty) desktop, with the menu bar on top. You could make your own pattern by clicking on the square on the left.

"Hydrox" -> Hydrogen peroxide 🤔