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tomstockmail··on Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1
Xorg has had releases for years and will continue to do so. But as you can see in the announcement, enterprise users are the driving factor.
tomstockmail··on JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal
You can install Linux on the hardware and get full x86_64 support again.
tomstockmail··on Thunderbird Littering My Home
There's a patch in the bug report and it appears to be tagged for Thunderbird 153 release.

While I'm here I got to say, it's worrying seeing people not calling out what a bad solution the OP has suggested. Implementing a blind removal of a folder is not good practice. You will forget about this script/unit file. One day you may copy all your Thunderbird data to ~/thunderbird, think you're safe, then boom, it's gone.

Edit: Forgot a key point

tomstockmail··on At long last, InfoWars is ours
The reason InfoWars is being sold is because of the bankruptcy proceedings. This is money owed to Sandy Hook families [1], who were the target of the harmful conspiracy theories that caused them further pain and suffering.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_s...

tomstockmail··on TDF ejects its core developers
They already have their version, it's called Collabora Online/Office.
tomstockmail··on Facebook is cooked
Your local library? Mine has a bulletin board where anyone can pin something (like Pinterest, but in real life) and numerous events. If yours doesn't, start one?
tomstockmail··on YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users
Alternatively if you're interested in paying, YouTube Music has a subscription option, or YouTube Premium includes YouTube Music.
tomstockmail··on Fun With Pinball
Although it was some years ago, this writeup of creating a pinball machine from scratch is a good read: https://www.benheck.com/bill-paxton-pinball-making-of/
tomstockmail··on The Great Unwind
On the hand at one point the emulation layer becomes the target. Hopefully game developers will realise this and start using native Linux technologies before they are tied to a single companies abstraction layer. Again.
tomstockmail··on OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again
Runescape boss "Clawdia" [1] predates Anthropic use by several years.

https://runescape.wiki/w/Clawdia

tomstockmail··on NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
Same with Firefox Focus on Android.
tomstockmail··on Jeff Bezos Rowing Boat (2023) [video]
Previously discussed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40167390

tomstockmail··on CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution
I believe that user is referring to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44199511
tomstockmail··on Python Software Foundation gets a donor surge after rejecting federal grant
Can you list examples where the PSF has "gone too far?"
tomstockmail··on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel
"Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline)

tomstockmail··on KDE is removing all colorful third-party app icons from its Breeze icon theme
As I understand it from reading the original post, they are leaving the third party apps default icon. They're not overiding with monochrome icons. Bad title by a probable AI rewrite, please read the original KDE blog post linked elsewhere in the thread.

This is KDE's decision on their Breeze theme. Distributions can ship the icon set with third party icons if they want.

tomstockmail··on Trying to send a sticker in Steam Chat burned through a month of mobile data
Steam by Valve, the gaming company.
tomstockmail··on Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews
Couldn't imagine what Mozilla would be like today if he stayed around and tried to integrate crypto. At the end of the day, main post shows Firefox engineering is keeping up with Chrome which is a feat no other browser has accomplished.
tomstockmail··on It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting (2021)
I present the evidence of Family Guy episode _Fifteen Minutes of Shame_ airdate April 25, 2000 which had a Bob Ross bit. Bob Ross was part of the cultural zeitgeist long before the 2010s Internet memes. That has brought a new generation to him, but that's just bringing GenZ in line with the others.
tomstockmail··on Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android
For those trying it out or if it does get banned, here's the iMessage unregistration link:

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/

tomstockmail··on Blender 4.0 release notes
Peertube link: https://video.blender.org/w/ee623d80-fd8d-4a2a-8aae-1f5acf79...
tomstockmail··on Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
Banks.
tomstockmail··on Sub.Rehab – See where Reddit communities have relocated
That instance was from one of the mods, they posted about it here on HN a couple days ago too. They got roasted hard on r/3dprinting, but it's "official" as it can be. Personally moving to an instance that doesn't involve the mods (of any subreddit) is a benefit.

https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/14a7sh5/join_us...

The 3dprinting communities on other Lemmy instances are plenty active though.

tomstockmail··on Sub.Rehab – See where Reddit communities have relocated
You can also follow Kbin Magazines and Lemmy Communities (subreddit) from Mastodon. They are Groups on Mastodon. I am not sure about posting a top level, but I can comment.
tomstockmail··on Subreddit Migration Directory
Another list: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subredd...
tomstockmail··on Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing Blackouts
All three use federated groups:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/groups-implementation/...

There are groups on Mastodon that you can join and follow.

tomstockmail··on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
@dang this website is being trolled and full of balls, not 3d printed either
tomstockmail··on What Reddit Got Wrong
Alternatively: https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/ripples-through-redd...

Of course the CEO during an IPO year is going to downplay the shutdown. That said, there's no way the shutdown is going to change reddit in this case. They will replace the mods on the bigger subs.

tomstockmail··on Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
>And therefore anyone who would potentially do the job of mod likely to also be upset by the changes?

Not if they get a chance to be in charge. Also many don't actually care about the changes despite what the mod blackout is asking people.

>If was working for Reddit I wouldn't take the assumption that these people can be easily replaced for granted.

Well this posts article tone makes it sound like they expect the mods to get bored. Which most will. And like I said, they are replaceable.

tomstockmail··on Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
And they're not doing it, so they will be replaced. There's always someone willing to step up.
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