Notices by Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (natanox@chaos.social)

@NeonPurpleStar Screenshots pls

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who knows how most companies and our economy work, #BambuLab is now going forward locking people into their ecosystem after capturing a huge chunk of the market by undercutting the competition with VC money.

For your own security, of course.

https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/

To anyone who called critics like me "haters" and "Prusa simps": I hope the learning pain won't be too painful in the following years.
#3DPrinting #enshittification #capitalism

Anyone who currently got a #BambuLab printer:

Set it to LAN mode and do NOT update, that way you'll keep access with non-Bambu tools.
If you want to make absolutely sure disconnect the device from the internet (f.e. by blocking it in your router) to prevent any potential forced update; there's no way to say if there might be a function like this built-in.

You basically now got the decision between submitting to Bambu's future extortion regime or being cut off from tools you became attached to.

The word "Shader" keeps bugging me. Like, I can imagine why it's called that way historically, but it's way more than just to put shades on stuff (or even manipulate single entities). Yet my head can't unlink that connection when I see the word, I immediately got the picture in my head of a plain 2000's 3D era rock that gets upgraded to a 2024's 3D era rock.

Is it just me who's bugged by that? Or is it perhaps due to English not being my native language? 🧐
#GameDev #Shader #GraphicsProgramming

@nocontexttrek There were a lot of things I expected in my timeline. None of them included this.

@hellomiakoda I keep wondering how there isn't a neatly fitting artificial… "opening muscle" (what's it called?) available by now.

Keep imagining it like in Stargate but less blue.
"Open the iris!"
*shutter-sound*
*toilet splatters*

@kaia Time to eradicate that "spirit" then.

Excuse me wtf, why does @linuxfoundation support #Google #Chromium with Google still remaining in full control?! Not cool!
https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html
#Linux

Irregular reminder that https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to exists, a great list of service providers from Europe (including the exact nation as well as tags to know what's FOSS *AND* Self-hostable) that will enable you to move away from services hosted within and governed by the upcoming US Regime laws.
#privacy #security #Europe #USA #Safety

@NeonPurpleStar *throws ibuprofen at you* Catch!

Service-toot for everyone who was at #38C3 (or recently used public transport in #Hamburg):

Apparently there currently is a virus spreading causing Tonsillitis. Should you notice symptoms like throat pain, cold-like symptoms, fever or swollen lymph nodes (among others) better go to a doctor!

A doctor told me it, more often than not, does *not* just heal on its own but gets complicated by bacterial infection. As it did for me. 😔

For germans: remember the 116117 hotline is a thing.

@kaia Anyone with 75k who still buys a new ICE car is just a dick.

@jawnsy @dalias @sindarina @dansup Would definitely have to be well prepared and managed.
Fortunately the Fedi is decentralized, so Dan could lean into it without centralizing anything around him, therefore circumventing 99.9% of the danger. 😉 Even if it's just some kids-friendly "information website" pointing to ready-to-use Fedi instances as well as managed hosting providers for parents, schools etc.
Take advantage of politicians not understanding tech. They won't give you an inch otherwise.

This PLA-Wood filament prints like a dream, rarely ever had such a perfect bridging layer. Nice. :blahaj:
#3DPrinting #Creality #Anycubic

@dalias @sindarina I see, so there will be an influx of australian teenagers to the Fedi. :awesome:

Hey @dansup, I smell an opportunity especially for Pixelfed and Loops.
Or danger, depending on how you want to look at a horde of teenagers running towards you.

@sindarina So the law ain't clear who it's applied to? Is that even legal, or sth. definitely being cleaned up by your highest court later on?

Fedi instances wouldn't even be able - or willing - to check any age, or even user origin. This law is phenomenal nonsense even without analyzing its intention.

@libreleah Did you modify that wide port on the left side of the laptop? Almost looks like you put an additional USB-C next to a free-floating SATA port in there. 🧐

People on the fedi "arguing" against alt texts are such jerks. :(
#meme #VisualImpairment #AltText

@kaia @altbot @romin On the other side it's equally annoying to, well, annoy everyone who doesn't to please do it themselves.

Something needs to be done about this whole alt text problem… throwing AI at it is just a band-aid.

In light of all the studies linking the "endless scrolling" mechanism as well as suggestion algorithms to actual health risks (literally brainrot) I'd love to see a fedi client that gets rid of it in favour of a design that merely shows you what you haven't seen yet, in chronological order, separated into multiple pages.

If there isn't anything new - well, empty window with "come back later :)" it is!

Make social media an experience that can end.
#SocialMedia #Addiction #Health