#workarounds — Public Fediverse posts

New #USlaws requiring #ageverification for online content access are impacting adult users, leading to #privacy concerns and potential #workarounds. While intended to protect minors, these laws often involve third-party vendors processing sensitive identity data, raising security risks and questions about data retention. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/social-media-child-safety-internet-ai-surveillance.html?eicker.media #media #socialmedia

#Workarounds tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 53. Sitzung des 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 15.01.2026 auf. Das Protokoll findet sich unter https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21053.pdf

Signal... Why did you break the desktop app? Y'all integrated chat folders, but to only show the first folder, with no folder settings in the production app, and the beta app is not much better. macOS and Linux users also confirmed the issue. My workaround for now is on the Android app moving the All Chats folder to the first/top position, Unreads second (which was the first), and so on, which syncs to the desktop client.

#signal #secure #chat #communication #platform #production #prod #beta #comms #bugs #workarounds #windows #macos #linux

#Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account #workarounds from #Windows11 build

Of the many minor to medium-size annoyances that come with a modern #Windows 11 installation, the requirement that you sign in with a Microsoft account is one of the most irritating.
#privacy #security

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/microsoft-removes-even-more-microsoft-account-workarounds-from-windows-11-build/

Tried Spark and a couple of others. I appreciate Readdle apps (Documents in particular) and Spark offers a lot, but I’m still largely comfortable in Mail.app. Currently experimenting with quoting text from email for tasks and running an action that produces a Gmail search URL from that text. Short story: my email is provided by Gmail; Gmail search is better than Mail.app; as long as I’m able to reference the email associated with a task (easily), I’m okay. #workarounds https://toolsforthought.social/@jslr/114751270227375816

How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/ #Security/NationalSecurity #Security/SecurityAdvice #Security/SecurityNews #Security/Privacy #Workarounds #Security

ICE Can Already Sidestep Sanctuary City Laws Through Data-Sharing Fusion Centers https://www.wired.com/story/ice-sanctuary-cities-fusion-centers/ #Security/SecurityNews #Security/Privacy #Politics/Policy #Workarounds #Security

#Development #Workarounds
The continuing tragedy of emoji on the web · Websites still need a fix for consistent emoji display https://ilo.im/1604jn

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#Emoji #Font #Spritesheet #Polyfill #Browser #Design #WebDesign #WebPerf #WebDev #Frontend

Imagine thousands of office users and college interns trying to implement these #crowdstrike #workarounds without causing further cascading issues.

Welcome to the world of #cataboliccollapse. Now's the time to switch to #Linux or #Gnu or #bsd

Digital paperwork anno 2024: Convert your PDF to Postscript, then reconvert it to PDF. You might be able to use your digital signature now. (The original PDF was only meant to be printed.)

#lifehack #workarounds #ps2pdf forever

How to Turn Your Phone Into a Webcam (2024): Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android https://www.wired.com/story/use-your-phone-as-webcam/ #Gear/Products/Phones #Gear/HowToandAdvice #Workarounds #Gear

#godotengine discovery of the day. If you're trying to emit a particle effect and it happens inconsistently, it's due to this:
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/58778

and the work around is this:
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/58778#issuecomment-1464281606

I'm glad the work around is easy as the particle effects are starting to pick up alot! The purple nest not spewing spores everytime was really bugging me.

#indiedev #workarounds

Logic Analyzers: Capabilities And Limitations - Last time, we’ve used a logic analyzer to investigate the ID_SD and ID_SC pins on ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/12/logic-analyzers-capabilities-and-limitations/ #reverseengineering #protocoldecoder #logicanalyzer #limitations #workarounds #featured #skills #news

A workaround is temporarily ok but as soon as you create a workaround for a workaround you are doing something wrong
#work #workarounds

YES! I've finally figured out why people send "good night" messages to the #fediverse. It is to be able to find your place back into your #timeline the next day when your #UI goes bonkers and decides to scroll ever which way.

Very clever!

#bugs #workarounds #goodnight

#Business #Reviews
Dear Google Analytics 4 · “What is being proposed as a replacement for Universal Analytics just doesn’t cut it.” https://ilo.im/139waf

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#WishList #GA4 #GoogleAnalytics4 #UniversalAnalytics #WebAnalytics #Website #Community #Workarounds #Issues

With libusb_get_bus_number(), and libusb_get_port_numbers(), one can easily construct a path like /sys/bus/usb/devices/{BUS}-{PORTS} to access the string descriptors as "product", "manufacturer", and "serial" (if present). And /sys/bus/usb/devices/{BUS}-{PORTS}:{CONFIGNUM}-{INTERFACENUM} has "interface" for the interface string descriptor (if present).

#projects #xdebug #libusb #workarounds

So, Mastodon defaults to 500 characters per post. However, if you add an image, you can add a further 1500 characters in the "alt" text.

#WorkArounds

How to Turn Your Phone Into a Webcam (2022): Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android - Upgrade your Zoom meetings with that snazzy camera in your pocket. - https://www.wired.com/story/use-your-phone-as-webcam/ #gear/products/phones #gear/howtoandadvice #workarounds #gear

Also I'm going with #workarounds because I hate how #lifehack has been bastardized into anything that involves a hot glue gun.