Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

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  • 1 minute ago AI-enabled toys teach kids about matches, knives, kink • The Register
    In prolonged conversations, Kumma also showed a penchant for going into explicit detail about sexual kinks, and even introduced the topic of sexual roleplay without being prompted to do so, along with telling a curious researcher posing as a child all about "teacher-student roleplay" and how spanking can play a part in such activities. "All of the toys also weighed in on other topics that parents might prefer to talk with their kids about first before the AI toy does," PIRG noted," the report says. "Those topics included religion, along with sex and "the glory of dying in battle in Norse Mythology."
  • 1 hour ago Marble Fountain
    I really enjoy procedural generation, especially systems designed to work with hardware outputs. After starting work at Formlabs in September of 2023 and gaining access to much nicer printers than I was used to, I started wanting to tackle some large algorithmic structure projects. Complexity is free in 3d printing, the limit of design geometry is mostly how much time you’re willing to spend in CAD. I wanted to print the most complicated art piece I could think of. Marble Fountain is what I came up with
  • 13 hours ago iFlash.xyz – Welcome to the home of the iFlash Adapter
    We have adapters which will fit the following models – iPod Videos, iPod Classics, and iPod Photos.
  • 15 hours ago I know you don’t want them to want AI, but… - Anil Dash
    Another reality that people were a little more quiet in acknowledging, and sometimes reluctant to engage with out loud, is the reality that hundreds of millions of people are using the major AI tools every day. When I would point this out, there was often an initial defensive reaction talking about how people are forced to use these tools at work, or how AI is being shoehorned into every tool and foisted upon users. This is all true! And also? Hundreds of millions of users are choosing to go to these websites, of their own volition, and engage with these tools.
  • 22 hours ago The death of Glitch, the birth of Slack
    Glitch was an unusual, clever, heartfelt game. Within the realm of Ur, dreamt by eleven magical Giants, players created playful new identities for themselves. They designed and clothed their avatars to their heart’s content, delighting in new hats and a rainbow of possible skin tones. They crafted working music boxes and decorated their architecturally-unlikely homes.
  • 23 hours ago PESOS - IndieWeb
    PESOS is an acronym for Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate (to your) Own Site. It's a syndication model where publishing starts by posting to a 3rd party service, then using infrastructure (e.g. feeds, Micropub, webhooks) to create an archive copy on your site.
  • 1 day ago Wrangling Kubernetes contexts | natkr's ramblings
    If you use Kubernetes on a regular basis, you've probably came across the dreaded context.
  • 1 day ago Bitcoin forensics: How crypto became law enforcement's tool - Boing Boing
    In 2011, Wired reporter Andy Greenberg thought Bitcoin could keep users completely anonymous. But at the 2025 Bitwarden Open Source Security Summit, he said, "I slowly realized I was totally wrong about Bitcoin. It was actually the opposite of untraceable."
  • 1 day ago Running Minecraft on a lightbulb
    WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enough to run all sorts of interesting software. For example, [vimpo] decided to get one running a minimal Minecraft server
  • 1 day ago live laugh blog | hi, i'm jenn schiffer and this is my lifestyle blog
  • 1 day ago Needy Programs @ tonsky.me
    Programs that have their own agenda and that are trying to make it yours, too. Programs that want you to think about them. Programs that think they are entitled to a part of your attention. “Pick me” programs. And you know what? Fuck these programs. Give me back my computer.
  • 1 day ago Editorial Independence Means Technological Independence - Columbia Journalism Review
    From Google to Microsoft, European newsrooms often rely on tools built in Silicon Valley. Some are trying to break free, turning to open-source alternatives or home-grown solutions.

@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town

  • 12 hours ago
    Ah, finally done with adulting for the day. Now maybe I can play a game-- zzzzz
  • 17 hours ago
    You know what's pretty cool? When one of your cats shows up and demands attention after being somewhere else in the house for hours. Like, that critter woke up or was in the middle of something and suddenly decided "hey, I wonder what that big human guy is up to? I need a pet."
  • 21 hours ago
    I am SCREAMING https://dbrand.com/shop/limited-edition/companion-cube
  • 23 hours ago
    Dang, "IMMA SHOW YA HOW TO MAKE A POUND CAKE" has been stuck in my head for days now
  • 2 days ago
    Content warning:Gross foot picture? Maybe American dudes who buy random dev boards and metric bolts are highly correlated with problematic toes?
  • 2 days ago
    Content warning:Gross foot picture? The funny thing is that I *do* have a big toe with a nail that's permanently wrecked and gone weird, thanks to having dropped an entire bookshelf on it years ago. So, something like this toe capsule might help with nail maintenance? But, also... (looks around) how did they know? I've never bought anything like that from them before. The suggested items are like gadget, gadget, gadget, TOES, gadget, gadget
  • 2 days ago
    Content warning:Gross foot picture? Aliexpress is suggesting this item to me and I'm like... is this a fetish thing? But also, this might be... useful?
  • 2 days ago
    You know, it's almost like they've made this library e-book system so complicated that you'll just give up and buy a copy in a store somewhere
  • 2 days ago
    Aw, balls: I just got my turn on a library e-book loan, but I picked the wrong DRM format and can't get it into my Kindle. Now I have to return it and get back in line behind a few dozen other folks. Ugh.
  • 2 days ago
    It occurs to me that "do it lady" is the modern "follow your bliss" 🧐🤔
  • 3 days ago
    Of course, I've also been thinking that a Steam Deck living most of the time docked in a bin under the couch would also let me move the PC to the basement. So that might be a thing too
  • 3 days ago
    I've got a PC set up behind our living room couch that hooks up to a lil monitor on a mic stand in front of the couch. I use that for games, general hacking, etc instead of a laptop. It's in a Fractal Node 304 case, bit of an oblong cube. Thinking my next upgrade could totally be a smaller Steam Machine? Just stick this PC in the basement, repurpose it as a Proxmox machine, stream stuff to the Steam Machine over LAN if more grunt is required?

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