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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

🍁⚕️ 💽

Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • Returning to the fediverse is hard.

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  • Returning to the fediverse is hard.

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  • Check out lemmyverse.net to find communities. If you set your home instance (top right, button with a home icon, enter slrpnk.net in your case), then it will open the page where you can subscribe directly. There's a longer guide here with more tips: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/threadiverse/finding-communities

    If you aren't sure what you want to subscribe to, there is a list pinned on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca @blaze@piefed.zip had an amazing list of non-politics communities that unfortunately I can't seem to find right now.

    Once Lemmy releases the big v1 update, both Lemmy and Piefed will have multi-communities that you can subscribe to in order to get a lot of similar content.

    As for your requests specifically, check out these. Some are more relevant than others, and the small ones grow as interested people post to them:

  • Rabies tags

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  • Out of curiosity, why doesn't the tag go with the cat? It looks like it could fit on a collar.

    Wouldn't it be easier for the person or clinic to keep paper records instead?

  • Exploring the "Dario and Amanda" Prompt | Alec Armbruster - 'Claude Opus 5 may have just leaked a trove of private 2024–2025 chat logs from Anthropic employees'

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  • Added more context to the title

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Exploring the "Dario and Amanda" Prompt | Alec Armbruster - 'Claude Opus 5 may have just leaked a trove of private 2024–2025 chat logs from Anthropic employees'

    alec.is /posts/exploring-the-dario-and-amanda-prompt/

  • Future Problems [Ryan Rds.]

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  • What a scrungy otter 😄

    Thank you for the tip, I'll try to remember that one

  • Anthropic was having FOMO with OpenAI getting all the attention so they let Claude out to play

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  • What's idiotic is that OpenAI broke the law, got caught, and was successful enough in turning it into a marketing stunt (aimed at investors) that other companies want to do it too.

    With this precedent, all you need to do in order to get away with hacking is to change your user agent to something an AI agent uses. /s

  • Traitors

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  • Unfortunately some of the stuff that allows fingerprinting falls into a convenience vs privacy argument. It allows a website / web app to make changes to display things more appropriately, or have helpful functionality. That's why when you use a browser that is very strict about fingerprinting, some stuff will break.

    An even simpler example is the screen aspect ratio. On a small screen, you want to use as much of the space as you can, but that information can be used for fingerprinting. This was annoying on browsers like mullvad, before they updated the aspect ratio to something more modern.

    That doesn't excuse companies that abuse that data for malicious fingerprinting.

  • Chicken Tacos with Green Peppers, Red Onions and Sriracha Mayo

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  • They would disappear so fast, especially at a summer picnic

  • This generation of students, man 🙄

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  • There are people who use and prefer Bing

  • Future Problems [Ryan Rds.]

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  • 🙂‍↕️

    I looked for a photo of a sea otter with fruit, but all I got was AI slop. So here is one enjoying some crunchy

  • Future Problems [Ryan Rds.]

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  • Apparently it is both

  • Future Problems [Ryan Rds.]

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit

    In common language and culinary usage, fruit normally means the seed-associated fleshy structures (or produce) of plants that are typically sweet (or sour) and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. In botanical usage, the term fruit includes many structures that are not commonly called as such in everyday language, such as nuts, bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains.

    These are strange times for Fruit club. Strange times...

  • TIL A "privacy-focused" ad-company owns Startpage, MapQuest

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  • Not only that, but some road networks have gotten a lot more complex because everyone has a GPS or mapping software now.

    I grew up when paper maps were already on the way out, so maybe it's a 'skill issue' for me, but I would have a rough time figuring out lane changes and exits if I had to travel to a new part of greater Vancouver for the first time without GPS. It works fine when everyone is using software to help navigate, and I expect that it would be a mess otherwise.

  • Looking for a solution for training videos/courses (+ big list of LMS software)

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  • User experience wise, Canvas > Moodle easily

    I didn't know Canvas was open source, that's cool

  • Shopping for organs eh?

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  • I'm really hoping this is a joke website, or it was made for a TV show or something. It was the first result when I looked up "buy organs"

    https://organcity.com/about/

    If they are preying on desperate people, then that is just vile and the site should get shut down.

    Because none of this makes sense, emphasis mine

    ORGAN CITY is a group of US based Cardiologist, pharmacists, surgeons, medical doctors and physicians with more than 30 years of experience in the medical field, is the world’s premier supplier

    We are the most reliable suppliers of well preserved and healthy human kidneys online with %100 discreet packaging and fast overnight shipping worldwide.

    preserving it at near-body-temperature for up to ten hours

    Your order will equally be coming with one of our agents who will travel to secure and safeguard same during transit and it can be delivered any part of the world without any problems. We offer shipping via FedEx, USPS or DHL both road and air transport

    We have already extracted human organs in save, healthy and conducive conditions now awaiting orders from the general public. We have machines that can store these organs for one year without any issues, the heart is still beating and pumping blood normally while waiting for a new transplant. Our donors are usually our patients who probably suffered from accidents and other illnesses that does not affect their vital organs, as such we consult their families and also get their personal consent so as to help the world

  • Trump announces re-election bid in rambling address to Washington media

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  • To the people downvoting, the point is that the headline is misleading. No one is saying that Trump's statements are ok

    For example, these previous incidents were not announcements either. It's a BAD thing that he keeps making statements like this, jokes or not, but there's still a difference between announcing a re-election bid and testing the water with "jokes".

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-jokes-running-third-term-speech-house-republicans-rcna189530

    Jan 2025

    Trump jokes about running for a third term in speech to House Republicans

    It's not the first time the president has publicly mused about seeking another four years in the White House, which would be barred by the Constitution.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-trump-has-said-about-pursuing-a-third-term/

    Dec 2025

    The comments came after he told NBC in March that he was "not joking" about seeking another term in office, after repeatedly publicly musing about the possibility. He also said at the time that despite the constitutional limitations, "there are methods which you could do it."

  • SpaceX Investors in Meltdown Over All the Money They’ve Lost

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  • I think it comes down to

    • on paper it isn't gambling
    • in practice it has become gambling

    ETFs are generally better, especially if you don't touch them for a long time.

  • What is the best laptop you can get for under 650€?

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  • Where do you usually go for the used ones?

  • I might have missed something profound.

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  • I'll edit that comment for clarity

    We host a few of the frontends on our own infrastructure, which improves performance for users, among other benefits like reducing strain elsewhere. It's also easy for our local users to remember that old.lemmy.ca goes to the old interface, photon.lemmy.ca to photon, blorp.lemmy.ca to blorp etc. We are taking down the Tesseract one.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c79gw4lj89eo
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE - Dhole Moments

    soatok.blog /2026/07/15/the-long-tail-of-work-left-until-activitypub-has-e2ee/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Frame Gives FFmpeg a Modern GUI for Everyday Media Conversion

    linuxiac.com /frame-gives-ffmpeg-a-modern-gui-for-everyday-media-conversion/
  • Linux @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Hannah Montana Linux Is Back, and Yes, It’s Real

    linuxiac.com /hannah-montana-linux-is-back-and-yes-its-real/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Tidal AI Policy | Promoting Fairness and Economic Empowerment in the Era of AI-Generated Music

    tidal.com /ai-policy
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Fedecan.ca has been updated with a generalized threadiverse section, an updated list of alternative UIs, and an RSS feed for announcements

    fedecan.ca /en/
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Access to the LanguageTool browser extension will become paid in 2 weeks, unless you are using a local model or selfhost it

    languagetool.org /webextension/premium-announcement
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    PeerTube 8.2 Video Platform introduces channel ownership transfers, live stream catch-up support, Studio editing improvements, and admin updates

    linuxiac.com /peertube-8-2-video-platform-adds-channel-ownership-transfers/
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Turns out I have been updating wrong all this time! 🤦🏼

    the.unknown-universe.co.uk /tech-stories/update-conundrum/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Zulip 12.0: Organized chat for distributed teams

    blog.zulip.com /2026/04/27/zulip-12-0-released/
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    GitHub - minio/minio: "This repository was archived by the owner on Apr 25, 2026. It is now read-only."

    github.com /minio/minio
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    Next Gen

    Framework Laptop 13 Pro and highlights from the Framework

    frame.work /blog/framework-laptop-13-pro-and-highlights-from-the-framework-next-gen-event
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Claude Code Unpacked: A visual guide of 'What actually happens when you type a message into Claude Code'

    ccunpacked.dev
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    RESULTS: Fedecan 2025 Instance Census

    fedecan.ca /en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults
  • Linux @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB

    boilingsteam.com /cachy-os-is-now-the-most-popular-distro-on-proton-db
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers within weeks

    apnews.com /article/cambodia-cybercrime-phnom-penh-online-fraud-9bbfe6ee970b5a73529f5f820b931e1f
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse? | BetaKit

    betakit.com /can-canada-find-digital-sovereignty-in-the-fediverse/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse? | BetaKit

    betakit.com /can-canada-find-digital-sovereignty-in-the-fediverse/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: 'Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era'

    discord.com /press-releases/roost-announces-coop-and-osprey-free-open-source-trust-and-safety-infrastructure-for-the-ai-era