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  Well produced walk through of how Apple and other big tech lock up #righttorepair https://youtu.be/NG-lLt5X3Rs?si=vY4Lt6BgYkbX4Imr Pairs well with https://youtu.be/iZxbaCNIwg8?si=tsYgvueF3VPJ1ccH Q&A at the end is worthwhile, several leads to fruitful exploration. Let's go #canada

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  #DIY replacing a broken LED element https://youtube.com/shorts/wI2Ng0IvPzA?si=rrvZhUBIdXG_HA4a

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  Digitalize grandpa's (or yours!) old film camera https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/04/12/your-dusty-film-camera-can-shoot-26mp-digital-no-modifications-needed/amp/

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  History always happens fast, and always has. It's just that when we teach it we skip over all the events and technologies we don't care about in this moment. The digital revolution is happening with the same cadence as print did 550 years ago. Ada Palmer, at ~1hr https://youtu.be/PAIhVfGbREA?si=xXX1dUYtO4krVBv3 This woman is the best #history teacher I never had, bar none. Until now. For 2 hours she says something every minute or two that straightens my spine with insight.

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  we made a thing: zist - zip/unzip zstd compressed files like gzip https://github.com/maphew/zist why? because i reached for one, and couldn't find one all the places i looked* is it any good? i dunno does it work? yes, for me will it still be a thing next month, year? shrug. for me, likely. for you? tell me

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  * now that i've announced mine, a real one will show up. that's still a win

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  Secret to being healthy? Get dirty (results in as few as 28 days) https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/finland-replaced-artificial-playground-surfaces-with-natural-elements-like-mud-and-soil--and-the-results-surprised-even-researchers-184318556.html

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  Energy fish. Use multiple small tethered floating turbines instead of a dam. Work with the water instead of against it. They even account for ice. Sounds promising. Hey #yukon look at this: https://www.ecoticias.com/en/germany-is-already-testing-a-power-plant-on-the-rhine-equipped-with-124-invisible-turbines-that-continues-to-operate-even-after-sunset-and-when-the-wind-dies-down/31289/

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  I got pinged to verify myself in a Claude #discord channel. Is this legit or phishing? Did I join a Claude server? I dunno, maybe. There are so many I've checked out for a moment or three and then forgotten or didn't get around to removing yet. I hate that 'is this a #secop compromise?' is now a daily.

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  Abigail Disney is one of the most thoughtful and human voices I've heard. Her view into what is wealth, how it changes a person and our society is profound. I did not expect to encounter these deep insights here. I'm happy to add her to my #heros. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16211440-the-billionaire-age-pt-2-or-heiress-abigail

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  💥 Cardboard Wars from 20th Century Box is FANtastic 💥 https://youtu.be/ulVscDewRPI?si=aoYZTrm3TrPy5BUx It's #starwars #fanart worth your time. So glad I waited to watch with family on the big TV. We haven't laughed this hard together in years.

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  Help tell Bambu Labs and any other corporation that changing terms of service after purchase will not be tolerated https://youtu.be/qLLVn6XT7v0?si=CeUH5sY-WurzR3pQ #3dprint #opensource #diy #righttorepair

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  The Rhubarb Compendium, Dan Eisenreich's 30-year labour of love (1994–2024), with hundreds of recipes, growing guides, varieties, history and folklore, It went dark when rhubarbinfo.com lapsed and became a casino redirect. I rebuilt 221 pages from #internetarchive snapshots, every entry linking back to its original URL and Wayback timestamp. Content stays under its original CC BY-SA 3.0 US license. 🥬 https://maphew.github.io/rhubarb/ 🛠️ https://gi...

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  #Astral acquired by OpenAI? Oh no no no. You don't need them, they need you. Aw man. I'm bummed. I'm sure you thought long & hard. Charlie Marsh it's your company and ruff and uv and ty are your tools, your decision, obviously. But but but. Argh. Astral is-was enough on its own! We need to tilt away from monopolies not into them :-/ #python

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81StJaRCGjw Wow! I didn't know a man could sing that cleanly in such a high register. I kept wondering if it was lip synch -- until watching some of "what is a countertenor' in the description.

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  Todays Score: 30 pts for FreeFileSync vs WinSCP 3 pts. Estimated time to transfer ~1TB over sftp? 16 hrs vs 5-7 days. I'm a bit sad, since I quite like WinSCP and have used it for years, but also happy, because I also like FreeFileSync, and have paid for it several times over the years even though it's free. I'll keep using them both indefinitely, they do different things with some overlap. You should use them too, but do test which for when! https://freefilesync.org/ htt...

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  I've encountered #canadaland podcast a few months ago. I keep coming back to listen to more, and eventually became a subscriber. So they're worth banging on about, at least a little. Check 'em out #canada! you might appreciate also https://www.labs.canadaland.com/share

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  The rust port ultraworkers/claw-code repo on github is locked and can no longer be forked (101k forks already exist). However commit 0de48c69ea7eb1d35b37e98353740e320ffa50b6 in anthropics/claude-code/, their own repo, has the leaked typescript code. It came from PR #42063, which is now closed with unmerged commits. There are at least 3 other still open PR adding the source code. Any/all of these forks and PR claim to the have Claude's code. There's no guarantee they're a...

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  https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/mapping-the-dismantling-of-the-us 2026-03-31: closure ordered of every U.S. Forest Service regional office in the country. HQ is moving to Salt Lake City. > 50 research facilities across 31 states are being shuttered. The regional structure governing 193 million acres of US national forests since 1908 is being replaced by 15 political appointee State Directors. "USDA received nearly 47,000 emails during the public comment period on the re...

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  Huh. Maybe the data structure underlying my next project should be #quipu. A 600 year track record that's open to hand implementation, literally, might be considered a solid enough basis, yes? https://indiandefencereview.com/thought-was-just-knots-scientists-say-inca-invented-worlds-first-computer-system/

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  Save this to your permanent reference library: https://ngrok.com/blog/quantization It's about how large language models store and use numbers, which for the bits I understand is amazing, but what really caught my attention is how different number types are converted to binary. I finally get it! Found by way of @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net , https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/26/quantization-from-the-ground-up/

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  https://www.localfirstconf.com/ #localfirst conference. Looks awesome, I'd love to go. My problem? It's not local 🙃 LoL

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  @mistersql@mastodon.social thanks for the pointers. I tend to avoid .venv and try for self contained PEP723 scripts as long as possible. In part because the extra step of activating before getting started is annoying to me. Probably I could profit by learning to give up that prejudice and follow what uncounted thousands of other py devs have found useful!

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  "start wondering what a world without apps might look like, things get interesting. For most of the history of computing, software organised data. But when AI begins dissolving those walls, the natural alternative appears: data organising software. Right now I cannot process the data locked inside my apps in any way other than what the owners of those apps permit. We’re so used to this that it barely even occurs to us that things could be different. But imagine something [else]" -- h...

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  https://12gramsofcarbon.com/p/what-if-ai-alignment-is-a-skill-not "Two centuries of institutional design experience should not be ignored because the substrate is silicon rather than citizens." I can't judge if their work is valid but I loudly applaud the thinking. Yes! more valuing of our ancestors' hard-won knowledge.

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  @fdroidorg@floss.social @marcprux@mastodon.social To: info@competitionbureau.gc.ca I'm writing to register my deep concern with Google's intention to block users from installing software WE choose on devices we own from sources WE choose to trust. https://developer.android.com/developer-verification I'm fine with custom software installs being blocked by default, the security concerns are very real. I'm NOT fine with it being blocked entirely unless the developer registers w...

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  @mcc@mastodon.social oof. Good grief, "monetize your posts". Enshittification indeed. Sigh.

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  #handmade software expo, June 6 in #vancouver BC. https://handmade.network/blog/p/9113-announcing_the_handmade_network_expo%2521#30635 I'd love to go! hmmm, the wheels are turning, that's only 2400 km after all

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  Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/ "... > One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they decided to stop maintaining this publication, which has been their most useful public-facing initiative since 1971 and a cornerstone of the public internet since 1997."

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  For sale: One 150 year old Bechstein grand piano:$15 History Hunter: Priceless Klondike artifact saved from the auction block | #Yukon News https://yukon-news.com/2026/02/07/history-hunter-priceless-klondike-artifact-saved-from-the-auction-block/ We can't save everything, or there's soon no place for living. Neither should we let all our past crumble to fragments unchallenged. It's difficult, maintaining a balance. Still, I'm glad this piece has been rescued, agai...