https://wildroot.io/c/tech/Today’s top posts about Tech, ranked by Wildroot’s own model.enThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:29:06 +0000https://bsky.app/profile/bakeitso.bsky.social/post/3mxdfvfe4ss23at://did:plc:xrrmwcs5qcgqbjsypyef27jl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdfvfe4ss23@bakeitso.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:26:48 +0000I rarely buy from Amazon - it's a place of last resort. This list appears to have been populated because I bought a naked portafilter and a can of La Tourangelle Pistachio Oil (I couldn't find either locally). Amazon doesn't know much more about me, and I plan to keep it that way. Duck Duck Go FTW.https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/117402274214931855https://fosstodon.org/users/AkaSci/statuses/117402274214931855@AkaSci@fosstodon.orgTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:42:17 +0000Margaret Hamilton obit at the NY Times. Mentions the incident during the Apollo 11 landing when Buzz Aldrin flipped a switch, that caused a CPU overload. The software survived because Hamilton had anticipated and simulated such a scenario and had added logic to prioritize essential tasks over others. Paul Curto, who nominated Hamilton for a NASA Space Act Award, called Hamilton's work "the foundation for ultra-reliable software design." nytimes.com/2026/10/07/obituar… archive.ph/kD3F4 4/nhttps://bsky.app/profile/uglygame.bsky.social/post/3mxdtmb2ls22wat://did:plc:er4qp6hqar7bhyo455dsrv7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdtmb2ls22w@uglygame.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:32:14 +0000SafeToNet are in @privateeyenews.bsky.social, with the magazine reporting on Paul Moore's investigation into child safety software. This brief story only scratches the surface of what Paul found - like a 20% false negative rate on identifying and blocking pornographic pictures.https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/117404376578582835https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/117404376578582835@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:36:57 +0000I dunno if people remember the ransomware economy thread I had on Twitter years ago, but one of the things I covered is all the “ransomware recovery” vendors who secretly pay ransomware groups and pretend they magically decrypt the data. They’re middle men for crime basically. Anyway, one cybersecurity vendor (MonsterCloud) has finally had an arrest over it. Thread follows. bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…https://bsky.app/profile/wildweasel486.bsky.social/post/3mxcq7obod22bat://did:plc:xnhvmpkgq4an6k4cvqneqt2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcq7obod22b@wildweasel486.bsky.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:58:50 +0000Finally changed my desktop wallpaper; Cinnamon doesn't really do dual-monitor wallpaper very well, and kept screwing up the scaling of the full-screen pic I'd been using, so I instead grabbed a random website background and set it to "tile." A step closer to the old-school GUI look.https://mastodon.social/@FirefoxOfficial/117400449479273302https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116920446356174992/statuses/117400449479273302@FirefoxOfficial@mastodon.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:58:14 +0000(1/2) Earlier this year, we published independent research showing how Microsoft continues to undermine browser choice through tactics that steer people toward Edge, even after they’ve chosen another browser. More than 100 days ago, we not only published the findings, we actually spoke directly with Microsoft. The answer? They will do more to respect people’s choices only where the law requires it, like in the EU.https://bsky.app/profile/riverseeber.net/post/3mxd22mhminy2at://did:plc:igzrl3pkd6h6tomrnw667sow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd22mhminy2@riverseeber.netTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:54:52 +0000So in the last 20 years, has anyone in open source actually figured out a good way to do cryptography in a way that doesn't involve the terminal or interacting directly with files? Or is it still just a privilege that the tech-illiterate folks aren't allowed to enjoy? I know there are a few GUI […]https://atomicpoet.org/objects/887529d9-adbd-4747-a272-dfa76967dd85https://atomicpoet.org/objects/887529d9-adbd-4747-a272-dfa76967dd85@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.orgTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 17:44:19 +0000You think choosing a Fediverse server is hard? Try uploading your passport. So I tried Gander. Before you’re allowed to post, you need to verify your humanity. You can do that through an organization you’re associated with, such as your place of employment. Not part of an organization that can verify you? Then you’re directed to Canada Post’s Identity+ app, which requires proof of aliveness and uploading your Canadian passport. And as we’ve all learned from the Fediverse, friction prevents community growth. If you’re not familiar with Gander, it’s a made-in-Canada social network aimed at Canadians, in part as an alternative to American-dominated social media. It’s based on AT Protocol, and apparently you can view content from Bluesky. But beyond the verification hurdle, the app clearly isn’t ready for prime time. There are numerous obvious bugs. For example, while I was composing a post, it lost my cursor and wouldn’t scroll downward as I kept writing. I also think that if Gander is going to survive, it needs to integrate with the Canadian Fediverse. There’s already an established community here. Gander doesn’t have one yet.https://bsky.app/profile/geekwithsoul.bsky.social/post/3mxd5epiqh22pat://did:plc:3wbj4e2kwmwzt2hdbd34k53q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd5epiqh22p@geekwithsoul.bsky.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:54:18 +0000"In simpler terms, the coffee maker was generating so much traffic that it overwhelmed part of the home Wi-Fi setup." At least it wasn't 1TB across the router, but I do wonder how many folks have an IoT device like this and are experiencing screwy WiFi issues and not realizing the cause?https://hachyderm.io/@jeremydmiller/117401738056101609https://hachyderm.io/users/jeremydmiller/statuses/117401738056101609@jeremydmiller@hachyderm.ioTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:25:56 +0000I'll happily argue that Wolverine has the strongest support for multi-tenancy out of all the .NET messaging tools: jasperfx.net/news/multi-tenanc…https://bsky.app/profile/chriswu.com/post/3mxdktuh3nc2uat://did:plc:pkehwbxsusk6vk2etua7o7h4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdktuh3nc2u@chriswu.comTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 03:55:25 +0000Back in my day you couldn't create an App Store In-App Event celebrating iPad support and actually mention "iPad". For iPhone Duo I'm happy to report that is no longer the case.https://hachyderm.io/@watters/117400837816978898https://hachyderm.io/users/watters/statuses/117400837816978898@watters@hachyderm.ioTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 17:37:00 +0000We are in a different moment, economically. Back then, earning user confidence was necessary to sell the product. And, in the world of dial-up, most people had multiple vendors to choose from. Nowadays, because of regulatory capture, one maybe has one or two broadband vendors available, and they (usually) all suck because always-on internet is a necessary utility for a middle-class household. So, it's all rent-seeking and cutting costs, which often means intentionally sacrificing quality.https://bsky.app/profile/ninpatentswatch.bsky.social/post/3mxdo3xmnpk2rat://did:plc:w2yyporceaqxdbzfupn5lcbt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdo3xmnpk2r@ninpatentswatch.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 04:53:38 +0000Another NERD patent. This one describes how Switch 2 transmits its higher-res motion control data through the lower-res Switch 1 API, and how it handles Bluetooth packet losses. • Switch 2 controller samples motion at ~960Hz, but the Bluetooth link runs at a “legacy” rate of 200Hz (5ms cycle) 1/https://piaille.fr/@dupdob/117404537780026447https://piaille.fr/users/dupdob/statuses/117404537780026447@dupdob@piaille.frTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:17:56 +0000Most people have no idea how important this is still today. And we are still a baby engineering disciplinehttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwellcohen.bsky.social/post/3mxc2h6qit22nat://did:plc:yklpfrtxl3nmm66hzjilop2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc2h6qit22n@maxwellcohen.bsky.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:29:20 +0000I am very impressed with Pracht's ability to optimize apps for performance. Adding caching, ISG, and image optimizations can turn an average-speed app into one that gets a perfect Lighthouse mobile score. Link to code: github.com/MaxwellCohen...https://masto.nyc/@jmac/117400452239500001https://masto.nyc/users/jmac/statuses/117400452239500001@jmac@masto.nycTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:58:56 +0000Acorn is an indie image editor by Flying Meat. It replaces Pixelmator for me, which I bought long ago, pre-Acorn, and rode until it stopped working. (Just now.) Flying Meat made VoodooPad back in the day, a kind of personal-wiki app that was my core digital notebook from around 2004 through 2021, long after its sunset. (I use piles of Markdown files + Nota now.) Been aware of the studio’s next big project for years, and I’m happy for the excuse to finally throw a little more money at em.https://bsky.app/profile/iqschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mxdfujaiq22dat://did:plc:57vllamnca4l6ebl3oanvvt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdfujaiq22d@iqschwartz.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:26:18 +0000Margaret Hamilton and her work are criminally unknown among the developers I work with who call themselves software engineers. Our profession has so little appreciation for its history.https://fosstodon.org/@adingbatponder/117400202225916421https://fosstodon.org/users/adingbatponder/statuses/117400202225916421@adingbatponder@fosstodon.orgTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:55:21 +0000A lot of apps on #Android do not work suddenly & only work again if you #update them. There is generally no warning of this: you just have to fail in what you are trying (logging in with the correct credentials, attempting it 10 times or trying to make a payment, the list of time consuming failed tasks is endless) and then try to update if that occurs to you. Android and apps have here an ultra massive design fault: what system/app lets you fail so many times when the cause is a missing update?https://bsky.app/profile/marcprecipice.bsky.social/post/3mxd65rh2rs2cat://did:plc:zr7ndahzlv7kdferhns2lre5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd65rh2rs2c@marcprecipice.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:08:19 +0000I managed to see three cars, two of which were Teslas, run red lights in a single day. Shouldn’t Teslas be able to alert the driver that they’re about to run a red? (Not that I believe in FSD, but if they’re going that way anyways…)https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@airakose/117402565418443016https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/airakose/statuses/117402565418443016@airakose@mastodon.gamedev.placeTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:56:21 +0000So this was a combination of legacy and bad tooling. MSVC didn't list the actual types anywhere on that error, so that's a failure The problem type is Boolean. Namely comparing it against an Integer is risky, so there's a warning for that. This has history, and is an overly relied on defect, so the comparison operators have been left in. Thus, they're still "equality comparable" according to type traits 1/2https://bsky.app/profile/ladyinsanity.bsky.social/post/3mxdcnhiq2k2zat://did:plc:kkzqxvwyngtsvcmcik3erb3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdcnhiq2k2z@ladyinsanity.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:28:40 +0000Digital privacy is an aspiration, sadly not a guarantee Amazon's "about you" shant know a thing about mehttps://hachyderm.io/@tarkasteve/117403530796439544https://hachyderm.io/users/tarkasteve/statuses/117403530796439544@tarkasteve@hachyderm.ioTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 05:01:51 +0000Vicarian 0.6.0 is out. Vicarian is a batteries-included reverse-proxy aimed mostly at self-hosting. It has built-in ACME/LetsEncrypt support, including DNS-based certificate generation. Since I last mentioned Vicarian on here there have a been a lot of bug-fixes and a few notable features: * The configuration language has been changed from Corn to HCL. See vicarian-full.hcl for a full documented example. Environment injection now is fully supported, including integers (e.g. port numbers). ACME/Letsencrypt configuration blocks are reusable across vhosts. * Speaking of port numbers these can now be overridden on the command-line. * ACME/Letsencrypt wildcard certificates are now supported. * Serving static files is now supported natively. * Native Prometheus stats are now supported, including ACME time-to-renewal counters. * Listening on an interface rather than an IP is now supported. * Debian packages are now provided; see the README for details. * Many bug fixes and protocol handling improvements. Test coverage has been greatly expanded. To recap its key features: * Native support for ACME/Letsencrypt, including DNS-based challenges (DNS-01 is supported, DNS-PERSIST-01 to be added once support is more widely available). * Automatic certificate reloading for externally generated certificates. * Do The Right Thing by default; if a particular header or setting was usually required by, say, nginx then it should be the default. e.g. X-Forwarded-For and HSTS. With this release I'm confident enough to declare Vicarian as pre-1.0 beta status; it is feature-complete for my own use-cases, although some features may be added along the way. Possible future features may include: * DNS-PERSIST-01, DEVICE-ATTEST-01, and TLS-ALPN-01 support. * Additional credential sources (e.g. Vault/OpenBao, TPM2/systemd-creds). Vicarian (and this announcement) was written by a human (me, Steve). The Vicarian project has a no-AI-in-production-code rule. I wrote this to scratch my own itch, but hopefully it may be of use to others. github.com/tarka/vicarianhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbikker.bsky.social/post/3mxe3z33ak22cat://did:plc:l2zj3pqt6wldqqkwuv665spl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe3z33ak22c@jbikker.bsky.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:02:34 +0000From the wonderful world of C++ development under windows: int small = 0; ^ doesn't compile. After some digging, it turns out Microsoft thought it was appropriate to do this: #define small char I get why I can't use 'near' and 'far' (annoying since I make ray tracers), but.. small? Really?https://hachyderm.io/@YesJustWolf/117400124147280519https://hachyderm.io/users/YesJustWolf/statuses/117400124147280519@YesJustWolf@hachyderm.ioTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:35:30 +0000Why direnv at all: it loads and unloads a project's environment as you move between directories. Env vars, PATH additions, and the virtualenv all live in one .envrc in the repo, so there is no "did I activate the right venv?" and no settings leaking from one project into the next. It works with many different shells, different languages, different project shapes, and you can customize it as needed. It is a tremendously useful tool. Strong recommendation from me. A one-time `direnv allow` is the trust step, and direnv asks again whenever the .envrc changes. #direnv #DevTools #Shellhttps://bsky.app/profile/grumpyoldleftygit.bsky.social/post/3mxcncnlaps2dat://did:plc:4jmt42zmpu4lclvy5ccgofah/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcncnlaps2d@grumpyoldleftygit.bsky.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:06:49 +0000Reminder that Zuckerberg began Facebook in college as a medium for male students to rate the "hotness" of their unsuspecting female co-students. Today, Meta AI converts innocent photos of young girls into kiddie-porn & Meta glasses are used for sexual harassment. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't grown up.https://fosstodon.org/@ihor/117399919347229761https://fosstodon.org/users/ihor/statuses/117399919347229761@ihor@fosstodon.orgTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:43:25 +0000TIL about the `Proxy-Status` HTTP header (RFC 9209). TL;DR: it lets proxies report how they handled a request and what went wrong. rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9209/ It's a shame it's not widely adopted. In a world full of reverse proxies and complex distributed systems, this kind of visibility can be crucial. I can think of a couple of use cases for this at work. #proxy #httphttps://bsky.app/profile/heliographe.studio/post/3mxdrtdy3mc2kat://did:plc:e2cr4tnfxpjdgz4xzmxelzkj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdrtdy3mc2k@heliographe.studioTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:24 +0000If the iPhone Duo has the main camera sensor of the 17e, purely in terms of size (1/2.55”), that’ll put it on par with the 11 Pro & 12 Pro If it has the sensor of the Air (1/1.56”), that’ll put it between the 13 Pro (1/1.7”) & 14 Pro (1/1.28”)https://social.afront.org/@kwf/117402581520294958https://social.afront.org/users/kwf/statuses/117402581520294958@kwf@social.afront.orgTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:00:26 +000032kB of SRAM on a Z80 doesn't really seem like very much, until I realized that my 8kB packet buffer is nearly a minute of line rate traffic when I'm using the Z80 to drive a 1200 baud modem.https://bsky.app/profile/sexabolition.blog/post/3mxdvsajlmc2zat://did:plc:m4hcx7fornr745oorfsvhslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdvsajlmc2z@sexabolition.blogTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:11:22 +0000Medical embedded devices are really frequently a python/node app running on a Windows embedded PC with no real validation beyond the academic-grade code that the original proof of concept was written in. Cars are slightly better but still terrible most of the time.https://wxw.moe/@leoxm/117396893284764722https://wxw.moe/ap/users/117284313164844251/statuses/117396893284764722@leoxm@wxw.moeTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:53:51 +0000Merge JPEG Files Without Generation Loss: What Re-Saving Actually Costs TIL every re-save of a JPEG is a lossy event, so careless stacking makes photos visibly softer. When you need to merge JPEG files into one comparison sheet, route around the recompression instead of crossing your fingers. Zoom in and the difference is real.https://bsky.app/profile/lumkitty.uk/post/3mxd6worxds2rat://did:plc:yrfypptfjcq7phktrxu5myce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd6worxds2r@lumkitty.ukTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:22:15 +0000This is clickbaity and piss-poor reporting. RPS were always a publication I respected, but now I'm rethinking that. Discord didn't get hacked. Some random third-party bot got hacked. Discord have certainly had privacy woes but this is nothing to do with them, beyond the bot being used on Discordhttps://hachyderm.io/@Aut/117400346211764526https://hachyderm.io/users/Aut/statuses/117400346211764526@Aut@hachyderm.ioTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:31:58 +0000A little lull in my day job while waiting for corporate approvals. I wrote two small command line apps in Rust for my own use. First one loads all local git branches and let's me select one to check out, also has text filtering. Second one shows all git branches with a multi select. I can delete local branches easily en masse. Stale branches are marked as such. I learned that programs prefixed with `git-` can be run through git like an alias without configuring anything special. #rustlang #programminghttps://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/117403464846661361https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117403464846661361@GeePawHill@mastodon.socialTechThu, 08 Oct 2026 04:45:05 +0000An odd take: While I admire Margaret Hamilton, it has less to do with her undoubted technical chops, and more to do with her willingness to be a symbol, an icon, a photograph, a meme. When I came to the geek trade in 1980, there were *lots* of women. The first two hardcore systems programmers I ever met were women. I didn't need Hamilton to look up to, I already had two serious geek women to learn from. That changed. There are many fewer women in the trade today than there were back then.https://tilde.zone/@hyperreal/117401232619689423https://tilde.zone/users/hyperreal/statuses/117401232619689423@hyperreal@tilde.zoneTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:17:24 +0000I bought an OPNsense router back in 2023 when I had my own internet, and it was easy to setup because my ISP modem at the time (AT&T) didn't have restrictive or abstracted settings for configuring a secondary router in passthrough mode. When I moved back in with my parents, my ISP made it extremely difficult to use anything but their own equipment, so I just let the OPNsense router sit unused in a cabinet. I recently cancelled my Comcast Xfinity internet service and am now using my parents', which is in the same house but just on their own network. I've been thinking about ways to keep my network devices logically separated from my parents' and other family members' devices, and I stumbled upon an article on how to do that with my OPNsense router without putting my parents' modem/router in bridge mode. It's always a win when I can use technology I paid good money for but for whatever reason haven't been using. homenetworkguy.com/how-to/use-…https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@ian_hg_dev/117397454898495062https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/ian_hg_dev/statuses/117397454898495062@ian_hg_dev@mastodon.gamedev.placeTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 03:16:40 +0000I came across an old presentation I made about graph theory for a team that needed to model relationships between hardware. Here's a couple slides. #graph_theory #programminghttps://esq.social/@SuffolkLITLab/117401228323474110https://esq.social/users/SuffolkLITLab/statuses/117401228323474110@SuffolkLITLab@esq.socialTechWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:16:18 +0000TL;DR: A judge has blocked Utah's effort to require websites to bypass VPNs, emphasizing the protection of First Amendment rights amidst states' attempts to regulate online speech. techdirt.com/2026/10/07/judge-… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum