Notices by ☠️ Maggot McFear ☠️ (tankgrrl@hachyderm.io)

@thomasfuchs I've used NetCup (Germany) for VPS. But they also have a basic 'web hosting' offerings with SSH access.

https://www.netcup.com/en/hosting

@thomasfuchs MA as well. https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/05/massachusetts-covid-vaccine-insurance-guidelines-rfk-cdc

@thomasfuchs And why the f*** don't they have the skills to summarize something on their own. Or why are people sitting in things that need to be summarized.
Where the f*** is wrong with everyone.

@skinnylatte The eyeroll is on-brand for a tortie. :)

@thomasfuchs Indeed. They're so otherwise inept.

Sadly the evil genius of it is that someone decided to write it all down for them and say 'just do this'. Those someones being evangelical sociopaths, of course, but nonetheless they knew who their audience was, their failings, and how to direct them.

@thomasfuchs "Somebody once told me..."

@skinnylatte 'Yes, I know I don't own the sidewalk in front of my house... but also I feel like I kind of do own the sidewalk in front of my house.'

@molly0xfff "Had a huge hoard of unused electronic parts, 3D printers, and computers. More than is considered normal."

@dalias My experience, yes. I plugged them in, found their DHCP IP on my router, then connected to their web interface. There's also an app which, I believe, can locate them for you, but they showed up in my DHCP and the MAC identified as 'Amcrest Technologies" (or hunt MAC address starting with 09)'

@dalias I have three of the Amcrest 5MP UltraHD turret cameras, including one that PTZ. They have RTSP and PoE. I have them set up in HA (I use the web interface for the PTZ one, but there is an integration https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/amcrest/ ).

@thomasfuchs 😭

@thomasfuchs @crmsnbleyd Yeah. I mean we've been at it for decades because it's an NP-Hard problem. Sadly, those working on things like deep learning, HIS, etc, now find themselves drowned out by the GAI crowd.

@thomasfuchs I feel compelled to say 'to be fair' in that the con is the people saying 'here it is!', not the researchers saying 'we are not there yet and we still have a long way to go'.

@thomasfuchs
@#(*&^@, Fuchs! Yes, but I'm not buying hardware right now.

....... Bid placed anyway.

@thomasfuchs I've always loved this thing. So much better than all the ever-expanding to the left/right offerings from others.

@thomasfuchs #1 even used to be called "an expert system" before the buzzwords got applied.

Oh, The Onion, you are a treasure.

https://theonion.com/sofa-so-good-1851619418rev1723472411101/

Ugh. The future seems more and more dismal.

Trump October 2021: “On that horrible day of January 6, Ashli [Babbitt] arrived at the United States Capitol. She was shot and tragically killed. Today would’ve been her birthday. Happy birthday, Ashli.”

Trump August 2024: "Nobody was killed on January 6th"

So #weird

Meanwhile at Google

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us-doj-v-google-antitrust-search-suit