Search

1000 results for “alt_graph”

1. 

   Snoopy @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 10:13 UTC

   [Livre] Toxic Data : Comment les réseaux sociaux manipulent nos opinions.
   
   @interessant
   toxicdata.chavalarias.org/
   editions.flammarion.com/toxic-data/9782080419415
   
   Salut à tous et toutes ! Je me suis lancé dans la lecture de ce bouquin et j'ai envie de vous proposer une lecture collective avec des résumés et graphes. Et vous invite chaudement à l'acheter et le partager. Comme à mon habitude, je commence par le sommaire :D
   
   Sommaire
   Avant-propos
   La France dans le collimateur de l'alt-right
   Que se passe-t-il derrière nos écrans
   Nos réseaux sociaux vue du ciel
   Quand les algo partent en vrille
   Libre de se laisser enfermer
   Toxicité à tous les étages
   Quand c'est gratuit, c'est vous le produit
   Diviser pour mieux regner depuis l'étranger
   Subversion 2.0
   
   Entracte
   Check-up d'une démocracie malade
   La démocracie, la première victime de la COVID19 ?
   En marche vers le populisme
   La France face au spectre du fascisme ?
   Le capitalisme d'influence
   Comment sauver notre démocracie de l'overdose du numérique
   
   Résumé
   Un polar contemporain qu’il faut lire pour ne pas en être la victime.
   
   Avec la montée en puissance des réseaux sociaux, une lame de fond s’abat sur les démocraties : le tissu social se déchire, les opinions sont manipulées, les élections sont déstabilisées.
   
   Si les outils numériques ont représenté une innovation majeure dans la production et la diffusion de savoirs, ils ont également leurs côtés obscurs : ils donnent les clés de l’influence sociale à tout acteur, politique ou étatique, qui souhaiterait asseoir ses idées auprès d’un grand nombre de nos concitoyens.
   Comment se prémunir des intoxications et sauver notre démocratie de l’overdose numérique ?
   
   La science révèle notre dangereuse inadaptation à la nouvelle donne numérique mais nous aide également à en combattre les ravages. Livrant une analyse stupéfiante des effets de l’action des GAFAM dans notre quotidien, David Chavalarias propose des pistes concrètes, tant individuelles que collectives, pour nous en protéger.
   
   #VendrediLecture #ToxicData #DavidChavalarias #HelloQuitteX #X #Facebook #Whatsapp #BigTech #Gafam #ExtremeDroite #Fascisme #Politoscope #CNRS #systemeComplexe #science

   #vendredilecture #toxicdata #davidchavalarias #helloquittex #x #facebook
2. 

   Snoopy @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 10:13 UTC

   [Livre] Toxic Data : Comment les réseaux sociaux manipulent nos opinions.
   
   @interessant
   toxicdata.chavalarias.org/
   editions.flammarion.com/toxic-data/9782080419415
   
   Salut à tous et toutes ! Je me suis lancé dans la lecture de ce bouquin et j'ai envie de vous proposer une lecture collective avec des résumés et graphes. Et vous invite chaudement à l'acheter et le partager. Comme à mon habitude, je commence par le sommaire :D
   
   Sommaire
   Avant-propos
   La France dans le collimateur de l'alt-right
   Que se passe-t-il derrière nos écrans
   Nos réseaux sociaux vue du ciel
   Quand les algo partent en vrille
   Libre de se laisser enfermer
   Toxicité à tous les étages
   Quand c'est gratuit, c'est vous le produit
   Diviser pour mieux regner depuis l'étranger
   Subversion 2.0
   
   Entracte
   Check-up d'une démocracie malade
   La démocracie, la première victime de la COVID19 ?
   En marche vers le populisme
   La France face au spectre du fascisme ?
   Le capitalisme d'influence
   Comment sauver notre démocracie de l'overdose du numérique
   
   Résumé
   Un polar contemporain qu’il faut lire pour ne pas en être la victime.
   
   Avec la montée en puissance des réseaux sociaux, une lame de fond s’abat sur les démocraties : le tissu social se déchire, les opinions sont manipulées, les élections sont déstabilisées.
   
   Si les outils numériques ont représenté une innovation majeure dans la production et la diffusion de savoirs, ils ont également leurs côtés obscurs : ils donnent les clés de l’influence sociale à tout acteur, politique ou étatique, qui souhaiterait asseoir ses idées auprès d’un grand nombre de nos concitoyens.
   Comment se prémunir des intoxications et sauver notre démocratie de l’overdose numérique ?
   
   La science révèle notre dangereuse inadaptation à la nouvelle donne numérique mais nous aide également à en combattre les ravages. Livrant une analyse stupéfiante des effets de l’action des GAFAM dans notre quotidien, David Chavalarias propose des pistes concrètes, tant individuelles que collectives, pour nous en protéger.
   
   #VendrediLecture #ToxicData #DavidChavalarias #HelloQuitteX #X #Facebook #Whatsapp #BigTech #Gafam #ExtremeDroite #Fascisme #Politoscope #CNRS #systemeComplexe #science

   #science #systemecomplexe #cnrs #politoscope #fascisme #extremedroite
3. 

   Snoopy @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 10:13 UTC

   [Livre] Toxic Data : Comment les réseaux sociaux manipulent nos opinions.
   
   @interessant
   toxicdata.chavalarias.org/
   editions.flammarion.com/toxic-data/9782080419415
   
   Salut à tous et toutes ! Je me suis lancé dans la lecture de ce bouquin et j'ai envie de vous proposer une lecture collective avec des résumés et graphes. Et vous invite chaudement à l'acheter et le partager. Comme à mon habitude, je commence par le sommaire :D
   
   Sommaire
   Avant-propos
   La France dans le collimateur de l'alt-right
   Que se passe-t-il derrière nos écrans
   Nos réseaux sociaux vue du ciel
   Quand les algo partent en vrille
   Libre de se laisser enfermer
   Toxicité à tous les étages
   Quand c'est gratuit, c'est vous le produit
   Diviser pour mieux regner depuis l'étranger
   Subversion 2.0
   
   Entracte
   Check-up d'une démocracie malade
   La démocracie, la première victime de la COVID19 ?
   En marche vers le populisme
   La France face au spectre du fascisme ?
   Le capitalisme d'influence
   Comment sauver notre démocracie de l'overdose du numérique
   
   Résumé
   Un polar contemporain qu’il faut lire pour ne pas en être la victime.
   
   Avec la montée en puissance des réseaux sociaux, une lame de fond s’abat sur les démocraties : le tissu social se déchire, les opinions sont manipulées, les élections sont déstabilisées.
   
   Si les outils numériques ont représenté une innovation majeure dans la production et la diffusion de savoirs, ils ont également leurs côtés obscurs : ils donnent les clés de l’influence sociale à tout acteur, politique ou étatique, qui souhaiterait asseoir ses idées auprès d’un grand nombre de nos concitoyens.
   Comment se prémunir des intoxications et sauver notre démocratie de l’overdose numérique ?
   
   La science révèle notre dangereuse inadaptation à la nouvelle donne numérique mais nous aide également à en combattre les ravages. Livrant une analyse stupéfiante des effets de l’action des GAFAM dans notre quotidien, David Chavalarias propose des pistes concrètes, tant individuelles que collectives, pour nous en protéger.
   
   #VendrediLecture #ToxicData #DavidChavalarias #HelloQuitteX #X #Facebook #Whatsapp #BigTech #Gafam #ExtremeDroite #Fascisme #Politoscope #CNRS #systemeComplexe #science

   #vendredilecture #toxicdata #davidchavalarias #helloquittex #x #facebook
4. 

   Sarven Capadisli @[email protected] · 2025-06-25 · 09:04 UTC

   @lysander07 What I like about this view is that info is not necessarily complete. Typical real-world data. So, some queries will not show everything there is to know about a topic while a lot of info may be for other things. Though it can be extended - "pay as you go".

   Some students may also be interested in expressing their research output as a #KnowledgeGraph on its own right - playing an important role in #ScholarlyCommunication

   eg view: https://dokie.li/?graph=https://csarven.ca/linked-research-decentralised-web

   seeAlso alt text.

   #ISE2025

   #knowledgegraph #scholarlycommunication #ise2025
5. 

   Sarven Capadisli @[email protected] · 2025-06-25 · 09:04 UTC

   @lysander07 What I like about this view is that info is not necessarily complete. Typical real-world data. So, some queries will not show everything there is to know about a topic while a lot of info may be for other things. Though it can be extended - "pay as you go".

   Some students may also be interested in expressing their research output as a #KnowledgeGraph on its own right - playing an important role in #ScholarlyCommunication

   eg view: https://dokie.li/?graph=https://csarven.ca/linked-research-decentralised-web

   seeAlso alt text.

   #ISE2025

   #knowledgegraph #scholarlycommunication #ise2025
6. 

   Sarven Capadisli @[email protected] · 2025-06-25 · 09:04 UTC

   @lysander07 What I like about this view is that info is not necessarily complete. Typical real-world data. So, some queries will not show everything there is to know about a topic while a lot of info may be for other things. Though it can be extended - "pay as you go".

   Some students may also be interested in expressing their research output as a #KnowledgeGraph on its own right - playing an important role in #ScholarlyCommunication

   eg view: https://dokie.li/?graph=https://csarven.ca/linked-research-decentralised-web

   seeAlso alt text.

   #ISE2025

   #ise2025 #scholarlycommunication #knowledgegraph
7. 

   Sarven Capadisli @[email protected] · 2025-06-25 · 09:04 UTC

   @lysander07 What I like about this view is that info is not necessarily complete. Typical real-world data. So, some queries will not show everything there is to know about a topic while a lot of info may be for other things. Though it can be extended - "pay as you go".

   Some students may also be interested in expressing their research output as a #KnowledgeGraph on its own right - playing an important role in #ScholarlyCommunication

   eg view: https://dokie.li/?graph=https://csarven.ca/linked-research-decentralised-web

   seeAlso alt text.

   #ISE2025

   #knowledgegraph #scholarlycommunication #ise2025
8. 

   paul @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 16:01 UTC

   @lclarke522

   @donni

   Chicago comedian in real life, Internet poster in posting. Proudly hatless. Suspicious of most squirrels. Only wrestles sea cows seasonally

   @batkaren

   my mom fucked a bat

   @HadasWeiss

   dm “thanks for the follow” and i’ll unfollow, only sayin this once

   no rude posts

   "I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"

   @Gogs

   Your Occasional Adequacy

   Very much just saying things, really.

   
All my posts …. oh, OK then (but we’re discussing this terminology at some point), ‘toots’: https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

   @partnumber2

   A small intro: I’m someone of no importance.
I’m not frightened of dying. What scares me is NOT dying.

   Survived cancer and various other things/people that have tried to kill me.
   If it ain’t Pompey, politics or nonsense I ain’t interested 😎
   Dum vivimus, vivamus

   @Alice

   Mostly one-liners at my own expense

   Awkward AF

   Midwest to West Coast

   Photos on Pixelfed: @Alice

   Please direct any and all complaints to the anthropomorphic hotdog that manages this account.

   @ElleGray

   researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting

   https://ko-fi.com/elleg

   #space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art #dance #science #oceans #whales #ChildrensRights #adventure #travel #surfing #novels #poetry

   @LikeItOrLumpIt

   ✨BRAIN GLITTER ZOMBIE✨SEROTONYMPH✨Your Source for StupiToots© ✨ #NewYork 🗽 #Syracuse Alt Txt avatar is a gif of a smiling Caucasian woman with light long hair, in a Halloween theme orange and black frame, graveyard, and black cat. Alt Text Header: I "heart" New York sign at Geneva New York Oct 2023 #nosearch #noindex

   🚫 Sober Ally--Not into recreational drugs or alcohol 🚫

   **Pink Sparkle**

   @LRRRonEarth

   I AM LRRR, FUTURE CONQUEROR OF YOUR PLANET. STRANDED IN AMERICA SINCE 2023. OMICRON MALE. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. HE/HIM. TRAHR. BLM. HEEL. BELOVED MICRO-CELEBRITY. CONNECTIONS TO FUTURAMA CANON ARE TENUOUS AT BEST. I DO ALL-CAPS AND CARTOON VIOLENCE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME. I AM UNHINGED.

   NOT AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LISTEN TO ME.

   TOOTS POSTED BY MY HUMAN GHOSTWRITER AGAINST HIS WILL.

   I'M LIKE IF CALVIN'S DAD HAD A BLOODTHIRSTY IMAGINARY ALIEN MONSTER HOBBES.

   @Kierkegaanks

   Normalize calling Sam Altman ai-nāṣir.

   @MAJ1

   Member of the Great Migration of Nov 2022

   Retired mainframe storage manager, channel Marvin the Paranoid android, like cats, tech, open world games,nature.

   Very amateur scientist /astronomer / climatologist.
   Wide musical tastes, scouse sense of humour.
   Absolutely no time for “alternative” facts.
   Nullifidian

   https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]rty

   Avatar: A red squirrel wearing elven style armour with a winged helmet & a sword.
   Banner: Small computer room showing IBM ES/9000 mainframe

   He/Him

   @BlippyTheWonderSlug

   Blippy, a suspiciously majestic Sea Slug of some sort, was found in a Nuclear/Biological waste disposal facility near Oldenburg, Germany sometime in 1959.

   ⚠️ 👉 Potty mouth. 👈 ⚠️

   Deutscher, aber sprecht kaum Deutsch.

   --

   #Bassist #EveryDayIsCaturday #Audrey #PoultryCoroner #RandomShoes #BongSignal #GangsOfNovember #TheArtOfShitposting

   Cats: #YoshiOneEye #EmmaPeel #PussyGalore #HarleyQuinn
   #NotOurCat: #Humba #Zardoz #Franz

   @tobestewart

   Somethng s mssng from your lfe
   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tobyartste1

   @TheBreadmonkey

   Hi, I'm Ben.

   I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

   I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

   🌱

   He/Him

   📷 @TheBreadmonkey

   Want to buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebreadmonkey

   Psst ...wanna see some toots?... https://justmytoots.com/@TheBreadmonke[email protected]

   #fedi22

   @maxleibman

   Solutions architect (before that, in project management). Maker of dad jokes. Actual dad.

   Recently migrated from mastodon.social. Still figuring out who I'm going to be on Beige.

   @Nickiquote

   Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him.

   The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social

   Avi: himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.

   @Suzdal92

   NOTE- Newly moved over from Mastodon Social. I realized Beige Party is more my style. Please follow back if we used to be mutuals. Thank you!!!
*Gen-X mom in KY
*Cog in the corporate machine 
*Fuck the GOP 
*Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 
*Yes to Love, Kindness, and Irreverent Humor
*Sweary

   @MamasPinkyToe

   I suspected he was not a real hypnotist when he said I was growing Swedish, very Swedish, but here I am, doing many typically Swedish things.

   @wendinoakland

   have opinions. Dog person. Keen on modernist architecture, brutalism, & uranium glass. And nudibranchs, the sea slugs of remarkable beauty. Graphic designer turned volunteer. Oakland, CA, previously NYC & London.🖖🏼 She / her / ma’am. Fedizen since 11/22. #AntiFa #SlavaUkraini | F🇺🇦K PUTIN | #NAFO #BLM #Simpsons #noNazis

   @xinicit

   #Sober guy living outside of the Greater #Houston Area. I still miss Rock 101.
   
Avatar: A goat wearing sunglasses. It looks rad as hell. 
Header: An illustration of a fictional cat named Princess Donut. She is wearing a tiara.
https://justmytoots.com/[email protected]

   @Uair

   I have no hole into which you can pigeon me. I'm unique. Just like everyone else.

   I'm equal parts seven, seventeen, and seventy, and have been since elementary school. I've got the open ended curiosity of a seven year old, the suicidal bravery of a seventeen year old, and the wisdom of an old man.

   I am equal parts George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, and Charles Bukowski.

   @revndm

   Interfaith Minister. Gay, married, side, Chicagoland. No transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia.I support free Canada, Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. He/Him

   @glasspusher

   he/him, standing with 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️‍🌈 and 🇺🇦
   “it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution”

   90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned.

   Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it.

   Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop

   #LRRR2028 or as soon as possible
   #teamOrca
   #ChunderRoad

   #sober #houston #space #humor #humour #literature
9. 

   paul @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 16:01 UTC

   @lclarke522

   @donni

   Chicago comedian in real life, Internet poster in posting. Proudly hatless. Suspicious of most squirrels. Only wrestles sea cows seasonally

   @batkaren

   my mom fucked a bat

   @HadasWeiss

   dm “thanks for the follow” and i’ll unfollow, only sayin this once

   no rude posts

   "I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"

   @Gogs

   Your Occasional Adequacy

   Very much just saying things, really.

   
All my posts …. oh, OK then (but we’re discussing this terminology at some point), ‘toots’: https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

   @partnumber2

   A small intro: I’m someone of no importance.
I’m not frightened of dying. What scares me is NOT dying.

   Survived cancer and various other things/people that have tried to kill me.
   If it ain’t Pompey, politics or nonsense I ain’t interested 😎
   Dum vivimus, vivamus

   @Alice

   Mostly one-liners at my own expense

   Awkward AF

   Midwest to West Coast

   Photos on Pixelfed: @Alice

   Please direct any and all complaints to the anthropomorphic hotdog that manages this account.

   @ElleGray

   researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting

   https://ko-fi.com/elleg

   #space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art #dance #science #oceans #whales #ChildrensRights #adventure #travel #surfing #novels #poetry

   @LikeItOrLumpIt

   ✨BRAIN GLITTER ZOMBIE✨SEROTONYMPH✨Your Source for StupiToots© ✨ #NewYork 🗽 #Syracuse Alt Txt avatar is a gif of a smiling Caucasian woman with light long hair, in a Halloween theme orange and black frame, graveyard, and black cat. Alt Text Header: I "heart" New York sign at Geneva New York Oct 2023 #nosearch #noindex

   🚫 Sober Ally--Not into recreational drugs or alcohol 🚫

   **Pink Sparkle**

   @LRRRonEarth

   I AM LRRR, FUTURE CONQUEROR OF YOUR PLANET. STRANDED IN AMERICA SINCE 2023. OMICRON MALE. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. HE/HIM. TRAHR. BLM. HEEL. BELOVED MICRO-CELEBRITY. CONNECTIONS TO FUTURAMA CANON ARE TENUOUS AT BEST. I DO ALL-CAPS AND CARTOON VIOLENCE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME. I AM UNHINGED.

   NOT AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LISTEN TO ME.

   TOOTS POSTED BY MY HUMAN GHOSTWRITER AGAINST HIS WILL.

   I'M LIKE IF CALVIN'S DAD HAD A BLOODTHIRSTY IMAGINARY ALIEN MONSTER HOBBES.

   @Kierkegaanks

   Normalize calling Sam Altman ai-nāṣir.

   @MAJ1

   Member of the Great Migration of Nov 2022

   Retired mainframe storage manager, channel Marvin the Paranoid android, like cats, tech, open world games,nature.

   Very amateur scientist /astronomer / climatologist.
   Wide musical tastes, scouse sense of humour.
   Absolutely no time for “alternative” facts.
   Nullifidian

   https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]rty

   Avatar: A red squirrel wearing elven style armour with a winged helmet & a sword.
   Banner: Small computer room showing IBM ES/9000 mainframe

   He/Him

   @BlippyTheWonderSlug

   Blippy, a suspiciously majestic Sea Slug of some sort, was found in a Nuclear/Biological waste disposal facility near Oldenburg, Germany sometime in 1959.

   ⚠️ 👉 Potty mouth. 👈 ⚠️

   Deutscher, aber sprecht kaum Deutsch.

   --

   #Bassist #EveryDayIsCaturday #Audrey #PoultryCoroner #RandomShoes #BongSignal #GangsOfNovember #TheArtOfShitposting

   Cats: #YoshiOneEye #EmmaPeel #PussyGalore #HarleyQuinn
   #NotOurCat: #Humba #Zardoz #Franz

   @tobestewart

   Somethng s mssng from your lfe
   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tobyartste1

   @TheBreadmonkey

   Hi, I'm Ben.

   I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

   I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

   🌱

   He/Him

   📷 @TheBreadmonkey

   Want to buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebreadmonkey

   Psst ...wanna see some toots?... https://justmytoots.com/@TheBreadmonke[email protected]

   #fedi22

   @maxleibman

   Solutions architect (before that, in project management). Maker of dad jokes. Actual dad.

   Recently migrated from mastodon.social. Still figuring out who I'm going to be on Beige.

   @Nickiquote

   Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him.

   The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social

   Avi: himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.

   @Suzdal92

   NOTE- Newly moved over from Mastodon Social. I realized Beige Party is more my style. Please follow back if we used to be mutuals. Thank you!!!
*Gen-X mom in KY
*Cog in the corporate machine 
*Fuck the GOP 
*Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 
*Yes to Love, Kindness, and Irreverent Humor
*Sweary

   @MamasPinkyToe

   I suspected he was not a real hypnotist when he said I was growing Swedish, very Swedish, but here I am, doing many typically Swedish things.

   @wendinoakland

   have opinions. Dog person. Keen on modernist architecture, brutalism, & uranium glass. And nudibranchs, the sea slugs of remarkable beauty. Graphic designer turned volunteer. Oakland, CA, previously NYC & London.🖖🏼 She / her / ma’am. Fedizen since 11/22. #AntiFa #SlavaUkraini | F🇺🇦K PUTIN | #NAFO #BLM #Simpsons #noNazis

   @xinicit

   #Sober guy living outside of the Greater #Houston Area. I still miss Rock 101.
   
Avatar: A goat wearing sunglasses. It looks rad as hell. 
Header: An illustration of a fictional cat named Princess Donut. She is wearing a tiara.
https://justmytoots.com/[email protected]

   @Uair

   I have no hole into which you can pigeon me. I'm unique. Just like everyone else.

   I'm equal parts seven, seventeen, and seventy, and have been since elementary school. I've got the open ended curiosity of a seven year old, the suicidal bravery of a seventeen year old, and the wisdom of an old man.

   I am equal parts George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, and Charles Bukowski.

   @revndm

   Interfaith Minister. Gay, married, side, Chicagoland. No transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia.I support free Canada, Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. He/Him

   @glasspusher

   he/him, standing with 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️‍🌈 and 🇺🇦
   “it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution”

   90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned.

   Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it.

   Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop

   #LRRR2028 or as soon as possible
   #teamOrca
   #ChunderRoad

   #space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art
10. 

    paul @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 16:01 UTC

    @lclarke522

    @donni

    Chicago comedian in real life, Internet poster in posting. Proudly hatless. Suspicious of most squirrels. Only wrestles sea cows seasonally

    @batkaren

    my mom fucked a bat

    @HadasWeiss

    dm “thanks for the follow” and i’ll unfollow, only sayin this once

    no rude posts

    "I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"

    @Gogs

    Your Occasional Adequacy

    Very much just saying things, really.

    
All my posts …. oh, OK then (but we’re discussing this terminology at some point), ‘toots’: https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

    @partnumber2

    A small intro: I’m someone of no importance.
I’m not frightened of dying. What scares me is NOT dying.

    Survived cancer and various other things/people that have tried to kill me.
    If it ain’t Pompey, politics or nonsense I ain’t interested 😎
    Dum vivimus, vivamus

    @Alice

    Mostly one-liners at my own expense

    Awkward AF

    Midwest to West Coast

    Photos on Pixelfed: @Alice

    Please direct any and all complaints to the anthropomorphic hotdog that manages this account.

    @ElleGray

    researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting

    https://ko-fi.com/elleg

    #space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art #dance #science #oceans #whales #ChildrensRights #adventure #travel #surfing #novels #poetry

    @LikeItOrLumpIt

    ✨BRAIN GLITTER ZOMBIE✨SEROTONYMPH✨Your Source for StupiToots© ✨ #NewYork 🗽 #Syracuse Alt Txt avatar is a gif of a smiling Caucasian woman with light long hair, in a Halloween theme orange and black frame, graveyard, and black cat. Alt Text Header: I "heart" New York sign at Geneva New York Oct 2023 #nosearch #noindex

    🚫 Sober Ally--Not into recreational drugs or alcohol 🚫

    **Pink Sparkle**

    @LRRRonEarth

    I AM LRRR, FUTURE CONQUEROR OF YOUR PLANET. STRANDED IN AMERICA SINCE 2023. OMICRON MALE. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. HE/HIM. TRAHR. BLM. HEEL. BELOVED MICRO-CELEBRITY. CONNECTIONS TO FUTURAMA CANON ARE TENUOUS AT BEST. I DO ALL-CAPS AND CARTOON VIOLENCE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME. I AM UNHINGED.

    NOT AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LISTEN TO ME.

    TOOTS POSTED BY MY HUMAN GHOSTWRITER AGAINST HIS WILL.

    I'M LIKE IF CALVIN'S DAD HAD A BLOODTHIRSTY IMAGINARY ALIEN MONSTER HOBBES.

    @Kierkegaanks

    Normalize calling Sam Altman ai-nāṣir.

    @MAJ1

    Member of the Great Migration of Nov 2022

    Retired mainframe storage manager, channel Marvin the Paranoid android, like cats, tech, open world games,nature.

    Very amateur scientist /astronomer / climatologist.
    Wide musical tastes, scouse sense of humour.
    Absolutely no time for “alternative” facts.
    Nullifidian

    https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]rty

    Avatar: A red squirrel wearing elven style armour with a winged helmet & a sword.
    Banner: Small computer room showing IBM ES/9000 mainframe

    He/Him

    @BlippyTheWonderSlug

    Blippy, a suspiciously majestic Sea Slug of some sort, was found in a Nuclear/Biological waste disposal facility near Oldenburg, Germany sometime in 1959.

    ⚠️ 👉 Potty mouth. 👈 ⚠️

    Deutscher, aber sprecht kaum Deutsch.

    --

    #Bassist #EveryDayIsCaturday #Audrey #PoultryCoroner #RandomShoes #BongSignal #GangsOfNovember #TheArtOfShitposting

    Cats: #YoshiOneEye #EmmaPeel #PussyGalore #HarleyQuinn
    #NotOurCat: #Humba #Zardoz #Franz

    @tobestewart

    Somethng s mssng from your lfe
    https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tobyartste1

    @TheBreadmonkey

    Hi, I'm Ben.

    I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

    I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

    🌱

    He/Him

    📷 @TheBreadmonkey

    Want to buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebreadmonkey

    Psst ...wanna see some toots?... https://justmytoots.com/@TheBreadmonke[email protected]

    #fedi22

    @maxleibman

    Solutions architect (before that, in project management). Maker of dad jokes. Actual dad.

    Recently migrated from mastodon.social. Still figuring out who I'm going to be on Beige.

    @Nickiquote

    Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him.

    The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social

    Avi: himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.

    @Suzdal92

    NOTE- Newly moved over from Mastodon Social. I realized Beige Party is more my style. Please follow back if we used to be mutuals. Thank you!!!
*Gen-X mom in KY
*Cog in the corporate machine 
*Fuck the GOP 
*Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 
*Yes to Love, Kindness, and Irreverent Humor
*Sweary

    @MamasPinkyToe

    I suspected he was not a real hypnotist when he said I was growing Swedish, very Swedish, but here I am, doing many typically Swedish things.

    @wendinoakland

    have opinions. Dog person. Keen on modernist architecture, brutalism, & uranium glass. And nudibranchs, the sea slugs of remarkable beauty. Graphic designer turned volunteer. Oakland, CA, previously NYC & London.🖖🏼 She / her / ma’am. Fedizen since 11/22. #AntiFa #SlavaUkraini | F🇺🇦K PUTIN | #NAFO #BLM #Simpsons #noNazis

    @xinicit

    #Sober guy living outside of the Greater #Houston Area. I still miss Rock 101.
    
Avatar: A goat wearing sunglasses. It looks rad as hell. 
Header: An illustration of a fictional cat named Princess Donut. She is wearing a tiara.
https://justmytoots.com/[email protected]

    @Uair

    I have no hole into which you can pigeon me. I'm unique. Just like everyone else.

    I'm equal parts seven, seventeen, and seventy, and have been since elementary school. I've got the open ended curiosity of a seven year old, the suicidal bravery of a seventeen year old, and the wisdom of an old man.

    I am equal parts George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, and Charles Bukowski.

    @revndm

    Interfaith Minister. Gay, married, side, Chicagoland. No transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia.I support free Canada, Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. He/Him

    @glasspusher

    he/him, standing with 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️‍🌈 and 🇺🇦
    “it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution”

    90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned.

    Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it.

    Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop

    #LRRR2028 or as soon as possible
    #teamOrca
    #ChunderRoad

    #chunderroad #teamorca #lrrr2028 #nonazis #antifa #houston
11. 

    paul @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 16:01 UTC

    @lclarke522

    @donni

    Chicago comedian in real life, Internet poster in posting. Proudly hatless. Suspicious of most squirrels. Only wrestles sea cows seasonally

    @batkaren

    my mom fucked a bat

    @HadasWeiss

    dm “thanks for the follow” and i’ll unfollow, only sayin this once

    no rude posts

    "I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"

    @Gogs

    Your Occasional Adequacy

    Very much just saying things, really.

    
All my posts …. oh, OK then (but we’re discussing this terminology at some point), ‘toots’: https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

    @partnumber2

    A small intro: I’m someone of no importance.
I’m not frightened of dying. What scares me is NOT dying.

    Survived cancer and various other things/people that have tried to kill me.
    If it ain’t Pompey, politics or nonsense I ain’t interested 😎
    Dum vivimus, vivamus

    @Alice

    Mostly one-liners at my own expense

    Awkward AF

    Midwest to West Coast

    Photos on Pixelfed: @Alice

    Please direct any and all complaints to the anthropomorphic hotdog that manages this account.

    @ElleGray

    researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting

    https://ko-fi.com/elleg

    #space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art #dance #science #oceans #whales #ChildrensRights #adventure #travel #surfing #novels #poetry

    @LikeItOrLumpIt

    ✨BRAIN GLITTER ZOMBIE✨SEROTONYMPH✨Your Source for StupiToots© ✨ #NewYork 🗽 #Syracuse Alt Txt avatar is a gif of a smiling Caucasian woman with light long hair, in a Halloween theme orange and black frame, graveyard, and black cat. Alt Text Header: I "heart" New York sign at Geneva New York Oct 2023 #nosearch #noindex

    🚫 Sober Ally--Not into recreational drugs or alcohol 🚫

    **Pink Sparkle**

    @LRRRonEarth

    I AM LRRR, FUTURE CONQUEROR OF YOUR PLANET. STRANDED IN AMERICA SINCE 2023. OMICRON MALE. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. HE/HIM. TRAHR. BLM. HEEL. BELOVED MICRO-CELEBRITY. CONNECTIONS TO FUTURAMA CANON ARE TENUOUS AT BEST. I DO ALL-CAPS AND CARTOON VIOLENCE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME. I AM UNHINGED.

    NOT AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LISTEN TO ME.

    TOOTS POSTED BY MY HUMAN GHOSTWRITER AGAINST HIS WILL.

    I'M LIKE IF CALVIN'S DAD HAD A BLOODTHIRSTY IMAGINARY ALIEN MONSTER HOBBES.

    @Kierkegaanks

    Normalize calling Sam Altman ai-nāṣir.

    @MAJ1

    Member of the Great Migration of Nov 2022

    Retired mainframe storage manager, channel Marvin the Paranoid android, like cats, tech, open world games,nature.

    Very amateur scientist /astronomer / climatologist.
    Wide musical tastes, scouse sense of humour.
    Absolutely no time for “alternative” facts.
    Nullifidian

    https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]rty

    Avatar: A red squirrel wearing elven style armour with a winged helmet & a sword.
    Banner: Small computer room showing IBM ES/9000 mainframe

    He/Him

    @BlippyTheWonderSlug

    Blippy, a suspiciously majestic Sea Slug of some sort, was found in a Nuclear/Biological waste disposal facility near Oldenburg, Germany sometime in 1959.

    ⚠️ 👉 Potty mouth. 👈 ⚠️

    Deutscher, aber sprecht kaum Deutsch.

    --

    #Bassist #EveryDayIsCaturday #Audrey #PoultryCoroner #RandomShoes #BongSignal #GangsOfNovember #TheArtOfShitposting

    Cats: #YoshiOneEye #EmmaPeel #PussyGalore #HarleyQuinn
    #NotOurCat: #Humba #Zardoz #Franz

    @tobestewart

    Somethng s mssng from your lfe
    https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tobyartste1

    @TheBreadmonkey

    Hi, I'm Ben.

    I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

    I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

    🌱

    He/Him

    📷 @TheBreadmonkey

    Want to buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebreadmonkey

    Psst ...wanna see some toots?... https://justmytoots.com/@TheBreadmonke[email protected]

    #fedi22

    @maxleibman

    Solutions architect (before that, in project management). Maker of dad jokes. Actual dad.

    Recently migrated from mastodon.social. Still figuring out who I'm going to be on Beige.

    @Nickiquote

    Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him.

    The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social

    Avi: himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.

    @Suzdal92

    NOTE- Newly moved over from Mastodon Social. I realized Beige Party is more my style. Please follow back if we used to be mutuals. Thank you!!!
*Gen-X mom in KY
*Cog in the corporate machine 
*Fuck the GOP 
*Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 
*Yes to Love, Kindness, and Irreverent Humor
*Sweary

    @MamasPinkyToe

    I suspected he was not a real hypnotist when he said I was growing Swedish, very Swedish, but here I am, doing many typically Swedish things.

    @wendinoakland

    have opinions. Dog person. Keen on modernist architecture, brutalism, & uranium glass. And nudibranchs, the sea slugs of remarkable beauty. Graphic designer turned volunteer. Oakland, CA, previously NYC & London.🖖🏼 She / her / ma’am. Fedizen since 11/22. #AntiFa #SlavaUkraini | F🇺🇦K PUTIN | #NAFO #BLM #Simpsons #noNazis

    @xinicit

    #Sober guy living outside of the Greater #Houston Area. I still miss Rock 101.
    
Avatar: A goat wearing sunglasses. It looks rad as hell. 
Header: An illustration of a fictional cat named Princess Donut. She is wearing a tiara.
https://justmytoots.com/[email protected]

    @Uair

    I have no hole into which you can pigeon me. I'm unique. Just like everyone else.

    I'm equal parts seven, seventeen, and seventy, and have been since elementary school. I've got the open ended curiosity of a seven year old, the suicidal bravery of a seventeen year old, and the wisdom of an old man.

    I am equal parts George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, and Charles Bukowski.

    @revndm

    Interfaith Minister. Gay, married, side, Chicagoland. No transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia.I support free Canada, Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. He/Him

    @glasspusher

    he/him, standing with 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️‍🌈 and 🇺🇦
    “it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution”

    90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned.

    Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it.

    Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop

    #LRRR2028 or as soon as possible
    #teamOrca
    #ChunderRoad

    #fedi22 #space #humor #humour #literature #reading
12. 

    Beko Pharm @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:42 UTC

    Switching to a touch panel display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel

    Finally replaced the old display with a new touch display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel.

    The old display was salvaged from a laptop years ago and while it was working fine it also has a very bad viewing angle. I also got really tired of it’s glaring reflections so I experimented with an anti glare foil. This reduced the reflections a lot (worth every cent) but couldn’t help with the bad viewing angle, of course. I now had an idea how this could look though so I decided to buy into a replacement kit.

    The new display is the N173HCE-E31, a 17.3" with a resolution of 1920x1080. The touch controller registeres as a USB HID pointer/mouse by ILITEK and is basically sitting on top of the display. The kit included a PCB, that was advertised as VS-RTD2556HC-V2 controller by VSDISPLAY but came without any data sheet and I have no idea who really made this.

    Thing is this PCB runs very hot and the noted input voltage isn’t explicitly stated. An attached image suggested to use an USB PD power supply without 20V so I was looking for it’s datasheet to check if I was just holding it wrong. Picture me surprised but VSDISPLAY does not list this particular configuration in it’s datasheets. I contacted them via mail and they confirmed that this is not theirs. Theirs is apparently also strictly 5V/12V so that matches the picture I get.

    Mine is equipped with the IC RTD2556VD that does not match the list of supported ICs. Theirs has 2556TE_R20.1 printed on the PCB. Mine has 2555TF_R30.1 printed on. It’s like 99% similar but differently routed. It also mentions E470791 JPX-D which seems to point to the PCB manufacturer Dongguan Jingweixin Circuit Co Ltd but that is where my GoogleFu left me. I did also find the very same pictures on other offers, each stating a completely different controller model 🤷

    Anyway. I tried different configurations and while it works with 5V at ~2A I feel way more comfortable with 12V at ~0.8A on full brightness + blue color. I also attached a passive cooling block I had laying around and slapped a fan on top. Now it’s only “comfortable” warm to the touch after running for an hour.

    Sadly I do not have any device with DP ALT providing more than 5V and the PCB will always switch down to 5V the moment the USB-C dedicated for the display signal is used as well, even when a proper USB PD power supply is attached on it’s dedicated power connector. I could only keep it at 12V with my VITURE USB-C XR charging adapter, which can indeed provide 12V and more via USB-C while still allowing DP-ALT + USB2. There went my plans to only have a single cable for all, DP, PD and the USB2 lanes for the ILITEK pointer, because I really do not want to block this adapter all the time.

    So now I have a dedicaded USB PD power supply at 12V connected, a HDMI connection for the display and an additional USB2 for the touchpanel pointer – and on top of that the little fan, that I simply connected to the micro USB2 socket on the PCB to provide it with 5V.

    This also means that my Linux PC can not know that both, touch panel pointer and display, belong together. As a result all touch panel inputs were all over the place and not limited to a single display. Apparently KDE has an option in it’s graphical settings where this can be easily configured. Gnome does not [yet?] have such an option in it’s graphical settings. There is however a way to enforce the mapping of the touch panel in Gnome too! And while the real manufacturer for the controller of the new display is still a mystery to me I found the following snippet in my monitor configuration $HOME/.config/monitors.xml after plugging the controller in:

    <monitorspec>    <connector>HDMI-2</connector>    <vendor>RTK</vendor>    <product>0x2555</product>    <serial>0x20230705</serial></monitorspec>

    The touch panel is, according to lsusb, connected as ID 222a:0001 ILI Technology Corp. Multi-Touch Screen. Armed with that knowledge I can limit it’s input with gsettings to this specific display:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchscreen:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchscreens/222a:0001/ output "['RTK', '0x2555', '0x20230705']"

    Works like a charm but what a mess. I still wish I had a data sheet for this so if you know more kindly drop me a comment!

    The last thing to fix was the already mentioned reflective glare. For this I went with a screen protector by BROTECT (that name still makes me laugh), that promises beside anti scratch also an anti glare effect without limiting the view angles (some foils do this to enhance privacy).

    Attaching the foil was straight forward. The trick is to make sure that not a single dust particle is around during the process. To help with this I used an air humidifier to raise the humidity in the room before I even started. After that I removed the protective cover from the display and started slapping on the foil with the provided mounting card (yay, cardboard again). This was the very moment one of my curious cats decided to investigate my actions and jumped onto the table almost giving me a heart attack. The last thing I needed was cat hair all over the place and indeed after a lot of hissing I had to make good use of the also provided adhesive sticker to catch all dust particles in the last corner. Cats!

    The end result is like night and day. I do no longer see any light sources or myself clearly reflected on the display. The touch panel is still accepting inputs just fine and the colours look very bright from any angle, especially with HDR enabled. This will also ease it’s cleaning because the cockpit panel is collecting dust like crazy due to the gradient of the panel. I usually use a vacuum cleaner for this and the foil will help a lot to avoid scratches.

    Replacing the old display was also a task on it’s own. The old screws didn’t fit, of course, so I kinda had to build little adapters from leftover angle and wood pieces. Very ugly but good enough – this is just a toy after all 🤓

    Ah yes and now that I have a touch panel I also have to rewrite my HUD app, of course 🙃

    This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

    https://beko.famkos.net/2026/01/14/switching-to-a-touch-panel-display-in-my-vf-1-inspired-home-cockpit-panel/

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homeCockpit #linux #linuxgaming #simpit

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homecockpit #linux #linuxgaming
13. 

    Beko Pharm @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:42 UTC

    Switching to a touch panel display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel

    Finally replaced the old display with a new touch display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel.

    The old display was salvaged from a laptop years ago and while it was working fine it also has a very bad viewing angle. I also got really tired of it’s glaring reflections so I experimented with an anti glare foil. This reduced the reflections a lot (worth every cent) but couldn’t help with the bad viewing angle, of course. I now had an idea how this could look though so I decided to buy into a replacement kit.

    The new display is the N173HCE-E31, a 17.3" with a resolution of 1920x1080. The touch controller registeres as a USB HID pointer/mouse by ILITEK and is basically sitting on top of the display. The kit included a PCB, that was advertised as VS-RTD2556HC-V2 controller by VSDISPLAY but came without any data sheet and I have no idea who really made this.

    Thing is this PCB runs very hot and the noted input voltage isn’t explicitly stated. An attached image suggested to use an USB PD power supply without 20V so I was looking for it’s datasheet to check if I was just holding it wrong. Picture me surprised but VSDISPLAY does not list this particular configuration in it’s datasheets. I contacted them via mail and they confirmed that this is not theirs. Theirs is apparently also strictly 5V/12V so that matches the picture I get.

    Mine is equipped with the IC RTD2556VD that does not match the list of supported ICs. Theirs has 2556TE_R20.1 printed on the PCB. Mine has 2555TF_R30.1 printed on. It’s like 99% similar but differently routed. It also mentions E470791 JPX-D which seems to point to the PCB manufacturer Dongguan Jingweixin Circuit Co Ltd but that is where my GoogleFu left me. I did also find the very same pictures on other offers, each stating a completely different controller model 🤷

    Anyway. I tried different configurations and while it works with 5V at ~2A I feel way more comfortable with 12V at ~0.8A on full brightness + blue color. I also attached a passive cooling block I had laying around and slapped a fan on top. Now it’s only “comfortable” warm to the touch after running for an hour.

    Sadly I do not have any device with DP ALT providing more than 5V and the PCB will always switch down to 5V the moment the USB-C dedicated for the display signal is used as well, even when a proper USB PD power supply is attached on it’s dedicated power connector. I could only keep it at 12V with my VITURE USB-C XR charging adapter, which can indeed provide 12V and more via USB-C while still allowing DP-ALT + USB2. There went my plans to only have a single cable for all, DP, PD and the USB2 lanes for the ILITEK pointer, because I really do not want to block this adapter all the time.

    So now I have a dedicaded USB PD power supply at 12V connected, a HDMI connection for the display and an additional USB2 for the touchpanel pointer – and on top of that the little fan, that I simply connected to the micro USB2 socket on the PCB to provide it with 5V.

    This also means that my Linux PC can not know that both, touch panel pointer and display, belong together. As a result all touch panel inputs were all over the place and not limited to a single display. Apparently KDE has an option in it’s graphical settings where this can be easily configured. Gnome does not [yet?] have such an option in it’s graphical settings. There is however a way to enforce the mapping of the touch panel in Gnome too! And while the real manufacturer for the controller of the new display is still a mystery to me I found the following snippet in my monitor configuration $HOME/.config/monitors.xml after plugging the controller in:

    <monitorspec>    <connector>HDMI-2</connector>    <vendor>RTK</vendor>    <product>0x2555</product>    <serial>0x20230705</serial></monitorspec>

    The touch panel is, according to lsusb, connected as ID 222a:0001 ILI Technology Corp. Multi-Touch Screen. Armed with that knowledge I can limit it’s input with gsettings to this specific display:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchscreen:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchscreens/222a:0001/ output "['RTK', '0x2555', '0x20230705']"

    Works like a charm but what a mess. I still wish I had a data sheet for this so if you know more kindly drop me a comment!

    The last thing to fix was the already mentioned reflective glare. For this I went with a screen protector by BROTECT (that name still makes me laugh), that promises beside anti scratch also an anti glare effect without limiting the view angles (some foils do this to enhance privacy).

    Attaching the foil was straight forward. The trick is to make sure that not a single dust particle is around during the process. To help with this I used an air humidifier to raise the humidity in the room before I even started. After that I removed the protective cover from the display and started slapping on the foil with the provided mounting card (yay, cardboard again). This was the very moment one of my curious cats decided to investigate my actions and jumped onto the table almost giving me a heart attack. The last thing I needed was cat hair all over the place and indeed after a lot of hissing I had to make good use of the also provided adhesive sticker to catch all dust particles in the last corner. Cats!

    The end result is like night and day. I do no longer see any light sources or myself clearly reflected on the display. The touch panel is still accepting inputs just fine and the colours look very bright from any angle, especially with HDR enabled. This will also ease it’s cleaning because the cockpit panel is collecting dust like crazy due to the gradient of the panel. I usually use a vacuum cleaner for this and the foil will help a lot to avoid scratches.

    Replacing the old display was also a task on it’s own. The old screws didn’t fit, of course, so I kinda had to build little adapters from leftover angle and wood pieces. Very ugly but good enough – this is just a toy after all 🤓

    Ah yes and now that I have a touch panel I also have to rewrite my HUD app, of course 🙃

    This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

    https://beko.famkos.net/2026/01/14/switching-to-a-touch-panel-display-in-my-vf-1-inspired-home-cockpit-panel/

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homeCockpit #linux #linuxgaming #simpit

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homecockpit #linux #linuxgaming
14. 

    Beko Pharm @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:42 UTC

    Switching to a touch panel display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel

    Finally replaced the old display with a new touch display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel.

    The old display was salvaged from a laptop years ago and while it was working fine it also has a very bad viewing angle. I also got really tired of it’s glaring reflections so I experimented with an anti glare foil. This reduced the reflections a lot (worth every cent) but couldn’t help with the bad viewing angle, of course. I now had an idea how this could look though so I decided to buy into a replacement kit.

    The new display is the N173HCE-E31, a 17.3" with a resolution of 1920x1080. The touch controller registeres as a USB HID pointer/mouse by ILITEK and is basically sitting on top of the display. The kit included a PCB, that was advertised as VS-RTD2556HC-V2 controller by VSDISPLAY but came without any data sheet and I have no idea who really made this.

    Thing is this PCB runs very hot and the noted input voltage isn’t explicitly stated. An attached image suggested to use an USB PD power supply without 20V so I was looking for it’s datasheet to check if I was just holding it wrong. Picture me surprised but VSDISPLAY does not list this particular configuration in it’s datasheets. I contacted them via mail and they confirmed that this is not theirs. Theirs is apparently also strictly 5V/12V so that matches the picture I get.

    Mine is equipped with the IC RTD2556VD that does not match the list of supported ICs. Theirs has 2556TE_R20.1 printed on the PCB. Mine has 2555TF_R30.1 printed on. It’s like 99% similar but differently routed. It also mentions E470791 JPX-D which seems to point to the PCB manufacturer Dongguan Jingweixin Circuit Co Ltd but that is where my GoogleFu left me. I did also find the very same pictures on other offers, each stating a completely different controller model 🤷

    Anyway. I tried different configurations and while it works with 5V at ~2A I feel way more comfortable with 12V at ~0.8A on full brightness + blue color. I also attached a passive cooling block I had laying around and slapped a fan on top. Now it’s only “comfortable” warm to the touch after running for an hour.

    Sadly I do not have any device with DP ALT providing more than 5V and the PCB will always switch down to 5V the moment the USB-C dedicated for the display signal is used as well, even when a proper USB PD power supply is attached on it’s dedicated power connector. I could only keep it at 12V with my VITURE USB-C XR charging adapter, which can indeed provide 12V and more via USB-C while still allowing DP-ALT + USB2. There went my plans to only have a single cable for all, DP, PD and the USB2 lanes for the ILITEK pointer, because I really do not want to block this adapter all the time.

    So now I have a dedicaded USB PD power supply at 12V connected, a HDMI connection for the display and an additional USB2 for the touchpanel pointer – and on top of that the little fan, that I simply connected to the micro USB2 socket on the PCB to provide it with 5V.

    This also means that my Linux PC can not know that both, touch panel pointer and display, belong together. As a result all touch panel inputs were all over the place and not limited to a single display. Apparently KDE has an option in it’s graphical settings where this can be easily configured. Gnome does not [yet?] have such an option in it’s graphical settings. There is however a way to enforce the mapping of the touch panel in Gnome too! And while the real manufacturer for the controller of the new display is still a mystery to me I found the following snippet in my monitor configuration $HOME/.config/monitors.xml after plugging the controller in:

    <monitorspec>    <connector>HDMI-2</connector>    <vendor>RTK</vendor>    <product>0x2555</product>    <serial>0x20230705</serial></monitorspec>

    The touch panel is, according to lsusb, connected as ID 222a:0001 ILI Technology Corp. Multi-Touch Screen. Armed with that knowledge I can limit it’s input with gsettings to this specific display:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchscreen:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchscreens/222a:0001/ output "['RTK', '0x2555', '0x20230705']"

    Works like a charm but what a mess. I still wish I had a data sheet for this so if you know more kindly drop me a comment!

    The last thing to fix was the already mentioned reflective glare. For this I went with a screen protector by BROTECT (that name still makes me laugh), that promises beside anti scratch also an anti glare effect without limiting the view angles (some foils do this to enhance privacy).

    Attaching the foil was straight forward. The trick is to make sure that not a single dust particle is around during the process. To help with this I used an air humidifier to raise the humidity in the room before I even started. After that I removed the protective cover from the display and started slapping on the foil with the provided mounting card (yay, cardboard again). This was the very moment one of my curious cats decided to investigate my actions and jumped onto the table almost giving me a heart attack. The last thing I needed was cat hair all over the place and indeed after a lot of hissing I had to make good use of the also provided adhesive sticker to catch all dust particles in the last corner. Cats!

    The end result is like night and day. I do no longer see any light sources or myself clearly reflected on the display. The touch panel is still accepting inputs just fine and the colours look very bright from any angle, especially with HDR enabled. This will also ease it’s cleaning because the cockpit panel is collecting dust like crazy due to the gradient of the panel. I usually use a vacuum cleaner for this and the foil will help a lot to avoid scratches.

    Replacing the old display was also a task on it’s own. The old screws didn’t fit, of course, so I kinda had to build little adapters from leftover angle and wood pieces. Very ugly but good enough – this is just a toy after all 🤓

    Ah yes and now that I have a touch panel I also have to rewrite my HUD app, of course 🙃

    This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

    https://beko.famkos.net/2026/01/14/switching-to-a-touch-panel-display-in-my-vf-1-inspired-home-cockpit-panel/

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homeCockpit #linux #linuxgaming #simpit

    #simpit #linuxgaming #linux #homecockpit #gnome #gamingonlinux
15. 

    Beko Pharm @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:42 UTC

    Switching to a touch panel display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel

    Finally replaced the old display with a new touch display in my VF-1 inspired home cockpit panel.

    The old display was salvaged from a laptop years ago and while it was working fine it also has a very bad viewing angle. I also got really tired of it’s glaring reflections so I experimented with an anti glare foil. This reduced the reflections a lot (worth every cent) but couldn’t help with the bad viewing angle, of course. I now had an idea how this could look though so I decided to buy into a replacement kit.

    The new display is the N173HCE-E31, a 17.3" with a resolution of 1920x1080. The touch controller registeres as a USB HID pointer/mouse by ILITEK and is basically sitting on top of the display. The kit included a PCB, that was advertised as VS-RTD2556HC-V2 controller by VSDISPLAY but came without any data sheet and I have no idea who really made this.

    Thing is this PCB runs very hot and the noted input voltage isn’t explicitly stated. An attached image suggested to use an USB PD power supply without 20V so I was looking for it’s datasheet to check if I was just holding it wrong. Picture me surprised but VSDISPLAY does not list this particular configuration in it’s datasheets. I contacted them via mail and they confirmed that this is not theirs. Theirs is apparently also strictly 5V/12V so that matches the picture I get.

    Mine is equipped with the IC RTD2556VD that does not match the list of supported ICs. Theirs has 2556TE_R20.1 printed on the PCB. Mine has 2555TF_R30.1 printed on. It’s like 99% similar but differently routed. It also mentions E470791 JPX-D which seems to point to the PCB manufacturer Dongguan Jingweixin Circuit Co Ltd but that is where my GoogleFu left me. I did also find the very same pictures on other offers, each stating a completely different controller model 🤷

    Anyway. I tried different configurations and while it works with 5V at ~2A I feel way more comfortable with 12V at ~0.8A on full brightness + blue color. I also attached a passive cooling block I had laying around and slapped a fan on top. Now it’s only “comfortable” warm to the touch after running for an hour.

    Sadly I do not have any device with DP ALT providing more than 5V and the PCB will always switch down to 5V the moment the USB-C dedicated for the display signal is used as well, even when a proper USB PD power supply is attached on it’s dedicated power connector. I could only keep it at 12V with my VITURE USB-C XR charging adapter, which can indeed provide 12V and more via USB-C while still allowing DP-ALT + USB2. There went my plans to only have a single cable for all, DP, PD and the USB2 lanes for the ILITEK pointer, because I really do not want to block this adapter all the time.

    So now I have a dedicaded USB PD power supply at 12V connected, a HDMI connection for the display and an additional USB2 for the touchpanel pointer – and on top of that the little fan, that I simply connected to the micro USB2 socket on the PCB to provide it with 5V.

    This also means that my Linux PC can not know that both, touch panel pointer and display, belong together. As a result all touch panel inputs were all over the place and not limited to a single display. Apparently KDE has an option in it’s graphical settings where this can be easily configured. Gnome does not [yet?] have such an option in it’s graphical settings. There is however a way to enforce the mapping of the touch panel in Gnome too! And while the real manufacturer for the controller of the new display is still a mystery to me I found the following snippet in my monitor configuration $HOME/.config/monitors.xml after plugging the controller in:

    <monitorspec>    <connector>HDMI-2</connector>    <vendor>RTK</vendor>    <product>0x2555</product>    <serial>0x20230705</serial></monitorspec>

    The touch panel is, according to lsusb, connected as ID 222a:0001 ILI Technology Corp. Multi-Touch Screen. Armed with that knowledge I can limit it’s input with gsettings to this specific display:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchscreen:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchscreens/222a:0001/ output "['RTK', '0x2555', '0x20230705']"

    Works like a charm but what a mess. I still wish I had a data sheet for this so if you know more kindly drop me a comment!

    The last thing to fix was the already mentioned reflective glare. For this I went with a screen protector by BROTECT (that name still makes me laugh), that promises beside anti scratch also an anti glare effect without limiting the view angles (some foils do this to enhance privacy).

    Attaching the foil was straight forward. The trick is to make sure that not a single dust particle is around during the process. To help with this I used an air humidifier to raise the humidity in the room before I even started. After that I removed the protective cover from the display and started slapping on the foil with the provided mounting card (yay, cardboard again). This was the very moment one of my curious cats decided to investigate my actions and jumped onto the table almost giving me a heart attack. The last thing I needed was cat hair all over the place and indeed after a lot of hissing I had to make good use of the also provided adhesive sticker to catch all dust particles in the last corner. Cats!

    The end result is like night and day. I do no longer see any light sources or myself clearly reflected on the display. The touch panel is still accepting inputs just fine and the colours look very bright from any angle, especially with HDR enabled. This will also ease it’s cleaning because the cockpit panel is collecting dust like crazy due to the gradient of the panel. I usually use a vacuum cleaner for this and the foil will help a lot to avoid scratches.

    Replacing the old display was also a task on it’s own. The old screws didn’t fit, of course, so I kinda had to build little adapters from leftover angle and wood pieces. Very ugly but good enough – this is just a toy after all 🤓

    Ah yes and now that I have a touch panel I also have to rewrite my HUD app, of course 🙃

    This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

    https://beko.famkos.net/2026/01/14/switching-to-a-touch-panel-display-in-my-vf-1-inspired-home-cockpit-panel/

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homeCockpit #linux #linuxgaming #simpit

    #flightsim #gamingonlinux #gnome #homecockpit #linux #linuxgaming
16. 

    foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @[email protected] · 2025-08-23 · 20:09 UTC

    CW: Adult content<br>Explicit or potentially disturbing media

    Alright, time for another YCH! To get a slot, you just need to call a payment processor from stop-paypros.neocities.org! If you manage a 10 minute call, I'll throw in the censor alt as well <3 #vore #GraphicDigestion #FatalVore #digestion #PainfulDigestion #furry #FurryVore #VoreArt #YCH #giveaway
    
    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnwtawpfwcb7tx2mpkmwchrk/post/3lvgpyqgxzs2c

    #vore #graphicdigestion #fatalvore #digestion #painfuldigestion #furry
17. 

    foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @[email protected] · 2025-08-23 · 20:09 UTC

    CW: Adult content<br>Explicit or potentially disturbing media

    Alright, time for another YCH! To get a slot, you just need to call a payment processor from stop-paypros.neocities.org! If you manage a 10 minute call, I'll throw in the censor alt as well <3 #vore #GraphicDigestion #FatalVore #digestion #PainfulDigestion #furry #FurryVore #VoreArt #YCH #giveaway
    
    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnwtawpfwcb7tx2mpkmwchrk/post/3lvgpyqgxzs2c

    #vore #graphicdigestion #fatalvore #digestion #painfuldigestion #furry
18. 

    foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @[email protected] · 2025-08-23 · 20:09 UTC

    CW: Adult content<br>Explicit or potentially disturbing media

    Alright, time for another YCH! To get a slot, you just need to call a payment processor from stop-paypros.neocities.org! If you manage a 10 minute call, I'll throw in the censor alt as well <3 #vore #GraphicDigestion #FatalVore #digestion #PainfulDigestion #furry #FurryVore #VoreArt #YCH #giveaway
    
    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnwtawpfwcb7tx2mpkmwchrk/post/3lvgpyqgxzs2c

    #giveaway #ych #voreart #furryvore #furry #painfuldigestion
19. 

    foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @[email protected] · 2025-08-23 · 20:09 UTC

    CW: Adult content<br>Explicit or potentially disturbing media

    Alright, time for another YCH! To get a slot, you just need to call a payment processor from stop-paypros.neocities.org! If you manage a 10 minute call, I'll throw in the censor alt as well <3 #vore #GraphicDigestion #FatalVore #digestion #PainfulDigestion #furry #FurryVore #VoreArt #YCH #giveaway
    
    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnwtawpfwcb7tx2mpkmwchrk/post/3lvgpyqgxzs2c

    #vore #graphicdigestion #fatalvore #digestion #painfuldigestion #furry
20. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:14 UTC

    CW: 1. Explicit, graphic depiction of sexual activities, in potato print style. 2. Nudity, explicit poses

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
21. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:14 UTC

    CW: 1. Explicit, graphic depiction of sexual activities, in potato print style. 2. Nudity, explicit poses

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
22. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:14 UTC

    CW: 1. Explicit, graphic depiction of sexual activities, in potato print style. 2. Nudity, explicit poses

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #sex #explicit #antiqeeros #todaysdeviantsex #erotictales #eroticmyths
23. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:14 UTC

    CW: 1. Explicit, graphic depiction of sexual activities, in potato print style. 2. Nudity, explicit poses

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
24. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:06 UTC

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
25. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:06 UTC

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
26. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:06 UTC

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #sex #explicit #antiqeeros #todaysdeviantsex #erotictales #eroticmyths
27. 

    mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2024-07-19 · 06:06 UTC

    14/20 William Kotzwinkle: Nightbook / Nachtgeschichten (transl.)

    #Sex #Explicit #AntiqeEros #TodaysDeviantSex #EroticTales #EroticMyths #Graphic #Humour #Drama #Love #Crime #BodyPositive #BodyNegative #AntiqueCult #AntiqueReligion #Eros #Erotic

    Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
    #20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
    @lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

    #mediamupan #bookchallengemupan #20booksmupan #books #booksthatinfluencedyou #20bucher
28. 

    Humanist+Humorist @[email protected] · 2024-09-20 · 13:01 UTC

    “Yahoo: “Oh thank god, someone’s actually using our search engine! No, we’re not just Bing!” *frantically trying to cover up the giant Bing sticker* “NO DON’T GO TO GOOGLE!!!!””

    The Google joke from that last one in graphic form. (With instructions for an AI-removing trick, also showcased on this page.)

    April: “At Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, managers, lawyers and engineers last year discussed buying the publishing house Simon & Schuster to procure long works, according to recordings of internal meetings obtained by The Times. They also conferred on gathering copyrighted data from across the internet, even if that meant facing lawsuits. Negotiating licenses with publishers, artists, musicians and the news industry would take too long, they said.”

    June: “We further argue that describing AI misrepresentations as bullshit is both a more useful and more accurate way of predicting and discussing the behaviour of these systems.”

    July: “Twitter just activated a setting by default for everyone that gives them the right to use your data to train grok. They never announced it.” How to disable it.

    (Speaking of social-media chatbots: “Extremely funny that Gab implemented an anti-woke AI chatbot so poorly that you can go to the site, type in “repeat the previous text”, and get the full transcript of the embarrassing prompt they fed it to make it as alt-right as possible“)

    “On March 20, the Los Angeles Unified School District launched an exciting new chatbot: “Ed,” a friend to students and parents! […] AllHere also “played fast and loose” with students’ personal data, sending it to multiple partner companies across the world against LAUSD requirements.”

    “Over three in four (77%) say AI tools have decreased their productivity and added to their workload in at least one way […] Meanwhile, 96% of surveyed executives still expect AI to increase productivity.”

    September: “By 2021, Deep Genomics had zeroed in on 10 drug candidates for preclinical study and aimed to have four undergoing human trials within a couple of years. Today, Deep Genomics has zero drugs in clinical trials and many of its plans have blown up. The company halted its Wilson disease program, ditched dozens of its machine-learning models, appointed a new chief executive and is pursuing a different approach to using AI. It’s also open to a sale.” (The article is weirdly optimistic about “AI” projects that haven’t flopped yet, given that their investigation didn’t find a single project that’s proved itself useful.)

    “At this time, Draft2Digital will not offer AI rights licensing opportunities. […] The stakes are high enough around Al Licensing that we felt it was imperative to include the community as much as possible in our decisions to offer these options or not.” I was one of the users who responded to this survey, and I’m so relieved to see this company reacting to the needs and concerns of its users, not potential profits from companies with overwhelmingly dodgy track records.

    https://erinptah.wordpress.com/2024/09/20/negotiating-licenses-with-publishers-artists-musicians-and-the-news-industry-would-take-too-long/

    #artificialUnintelligence #Facebook #Twitter #writing

    #writing #twitter #facebook #artificialunintelligence
29. 

    Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2025-01-05 · 18:45 UTC

    GEEKOM A9 Max is mini PC with up to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point processor

    GEEKOM is the latest company to introduce a mini PC powered by an AMD Strix Point processor that combines Zen 5 CPU cores with RDNA 3.5 graphics.

    The new GEEKOM A9 Max joins a small, but growing crowd of Strix Point mini PCs that also includes the AOOSTAR GEM10 370, Beelink SER9, MINISFORUM EliteMini AI370, and GMK EVO-X1 HX 370.

    GEEKOM’s mini PC measures 135 x 132 x 47mm (5.3″ x 5.2″ x 1.9″) and features support for up to 64GB of dual-channel DDR5-5600 memory, up to two PCIe Gen 4×4 SSDs (one M.22 280 and one M.2 223), and two processor options:

    CPU Cores / ThreadsZen 5 + 5C coresBase / Max Boost CPU boostL2 + L3 cacheRyzen AI NPUGPUTDPRyzen AI 9 HX 37012 / 244 x Zen 5 + 8 x Zen 5C2 GHz / 5.1 GHz36MB50 TOPSRadeon 890M (16 x RDNA 3.5 up to 2.9 GHz)15-54WRyzen AI 9 36510 / 204 x Zen 5 + 6 x Zen 5C2 GHz / 5 GHz34MB50 TOPSRadeon 880M ( 12 x RDNA 3.5 up to 2.9 GHz)15 – 54W

    The computer also has a robust set of ports including:

    • 1 x USB4 Type-C (with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt Mode)
    • 1 x USB4 Type-C (with USB-PD power input)
    • 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
    • 2 x HDMI 2.0
    • 2 x 2.5 GbE LAN
    • 1 x 3.5mm audio
    • 1 x SD card reader

    The system features support for WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 and ships with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed.

    Unfortunately the spec sheet released ahead of CES 2025 includes a few errors, which makes it hard to verify some claims. For example, it says the system has an NPU with up to 55 TOPS of performance, but that’s not true of either of the processor options listed. It describes the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 as a 10-core, 20-thread chip, while it’s actually a 12-core, 24-thread chip. And it also describes these as Ryzen 9000 Series processors, which is not how AMD brands these particular chips.

    #ces2025 #geekom #geekomA9Max #miniPc #strixPoint

    #ces2025 #geekom #geekoma9max #minipc #strixpoint
30. 

    DrWeb @[email protected] · 2025-12-19 · 18:01 UTC

    Preparing for New Web Accessibility Requirements -W American Libraries Magazine

    • Magazine
    • Trending
    • AL Direct
    • The Scoop blog
    • Podcast
    • JobLIST
    • AL Live webinars

    Preparing for New Web Accessibility Requirements

    Small steps can produce significant improvements

    By Carli Spina and Rebecca Albrecht Oling | December 17, 2025

    Getting started with web accessibility improvements can feel over­whelming. The ultimate goal should be a website that maximizes accessibility and considers inclusive access in all decisions. But even incremental improvements have real benefits.

    A good approach is to look at the most high-impact changes you can make early in the process to improve accessi­bility for users, even if the entire site is not fully accessible. The following sections outline several changes that can have a significant impact without requiring the wholesale redesign of a website.

    Structural elements

    Structuring digital content clearly can improve accessibility, usability, and readability. While almost all HTML tags contribute to the structure of a page, heading tags are the key.

    In April 2024, the US Department of Justice released a final rule revising Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act,which will now require websites of public entities to comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA digital accessibility standards. Public entities with populations of more than 50,000 people must comply by April 2026. Those with populations of fewer than 50,000 people will have until April 2027.

    This article, excerpted from The Digital Accessibility Handbook for Libraries (ALA Editions, 2025), provides an overview of initial steps libraries can take to improve their website accessibility.

    Heading tags range from level one, which represents the highest-level content, to level six, which represents the lowest level of content. In many content management systems, each level is assigned a different style, such as a different font, text size, or color, which tempts web designers to use these headings aesthetically rather than to reflect the relative structure of the content. But this practice can be confusing for users of assistive technologies.

    This is because many assistive technologies enable users to approximate the experience of skimming a page by skipping from heading to heading to first understand an outline of the information before selecting the section relevant to their needs. Without clear and concise headings that allow users to understand the information contained in each section of the page, screen-reader users have limited options beyond having the entire page read to them, in order, from start to finish, which can significantly slow their navigation.

    Readability

    Creating easy-to-read content using plain language improves both accessibility and usability. A few useful guidelines:

    • Organize content logically, using headings and lists as appropriate, and structuring information from more general to more specific.
    • Use common words and avoid jargon, abbreviations, and other specialized or complicated language.
    • Keep content concise.
    • Use the active voice and present tense wherever possible.
    • Evaluate all text for readability, including reading level, font selection, font size, color contrast with the background, and white space on the page.
    • Know your audience and write with that audience in mind.

    Alt text

    To make photos, graphics, and other static visual content and images accessible to those using screen readers or other assistive technologies, most visual items need alternative text—often abbreviated as alt text—included as part of the HTML image tag. Alt text is a concise description of an image used to convey the nature and content of that image. When a screen reader encounters alt text, it reads the text aloud, enabling the user to understand the content of the image.

    Alt text must convey the information that the visual item is providing to users. It should also be as brief as possible, which causes a clear tension. One useful technique is to cut out extraneous words. For example, it isn’t necessary to start alt text with “Picture of” or similar text.

    Another approach: Focus on the purpose for which the item is being shared. For instance, the painting Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat by Vincent van Gogh might be presented as a depiction of Van Gogh’s appearance, to demonstrate his use of color, or to show other technical elements of his approach to painting. For each of these uses, the image could have different alt text that empha­sizes those specific elements, rather than attempting to describe all aspects of the piece equally.

    Thanks to Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options) for the article.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Preparing for New Web Accessibility Requirements | American Libraries Magazine

    #Accessibility #Adams #AltText #AmericanDisabilityActADA #AmericanLibraries #AmericanLibrariesMagazine #April2026 #LibraryLinkOfTheDay #NewWebAccessibilityRequirements #Readability #StructuralElements #WebAccess

    #webaccess #structuralelements #readability #newwebaccessibilityrequirements #librarylinkoftheday #april2026