Windows 11 installer:

Get to the account creation, step.
Press SHIFT + F10 to get a command prompt.
Enter: start ms-cxh:localonly
Create a local user instead of a fucking Microsoft account.

You're welcome

Fuck you Microsoft.

You may have seen headlines today - such as in The New York Times - suggesting the possible detection of a biosignature on an exoplanet. It’s an exciting prospect, no doubt. But it’s also an extraordinary claim, and as the saying goes, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" (Carl Sagan).

While the molecule in question is associated with biological processes, it’s important to note that non-biological (abiotic) pathways for its formation exist as well (see: Reed et al. 2024 ApJL; Sanz-Novo et al. 2025 ApJL). These results are interesting, but far from conclusive.

Scientists work within a robust framework to test such claims. This includes:

- Peer review and replication
- Community feedback and critique
- Cross-validation through multiple instruments and techniques
- Avoiding sensationalism in science communication
- Building consensus through sustained investigation

I am looking forward to hearing more from the exoplanet and astrobiology communities on these findings before drawing conclusions.

In the meantime, the ripple effect of bold headlines - like "Possible Signs of Extraterrestrial Life" - has already begun. A friend at the dentist this morning spotted a very misleading headline about this on Channel 9 News!

This is where science communication becomes critical: managing public interest and excitement without compromising scientific accuracy.

We should use moments like these to show the process - how scientific ideas are proposed, tested, debated, and refined - to broader audiences. Whether we’re talking about space, climate change, or pandemics, this transparency is essential to building trust in science.

Aliens make for a great headline, but the real story is in how we do the science.

#JWST #Astronomy #Astrobiology #Astrodon #Science #ScienceCommunication

❤️ - Das, was Carl Sagan in seinem letzten Interview 1996 sagte:

☑️ ☑️ ☑️

Never underestimate the impact of open source on long-term development in innovation in hardware and software.

I remember discussions claiming that RISC-V would never compete with other processors, and so on. It reminds me of the discussions in the late nineties where people said Linux was nice but would never compete with SunOS, AIX, or HP/UX.

People should focus on RISC-V, not just ARM or other proprietary architecture.

Looking at recent changes and RISC-V evolutions:

🔗 A RISC-V 32-bit microprocessor based on two-dimensional semiconductors -archive.org/details/s41586-025…

🔗 2D 32-bit RISC-V processor electronicsweekly.com/news/bus…

The original open source design is based on 🔗 github.com/olofk/serv SERV - The SErial RISC-V CPU made by Olof Kindgren

When Prof. Krste Asanović and graduate student Yunsup Lee started the open-source project 10 years ago, I suppose they didn’t expect such an impact today. And it seems to be just the beginning.

#riscv #opensource #hardware #innovation

2D 32-bit RISC-V processor | Electronics Weekly

Chinese researchers have built a 32-bit RISC-V processor using molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) on sapphire substrate. The researchers generated wafer-scale

^{David Manners (Electronics Weekly)}

Der Router
ist ein Guter,
aber der Switch
ist eine Bitch.

Das Opfer ist der Host.
Dem gehen die Packets lost.

Drei Wochen vor dem VCFe können wir 34 angemeldete Ausstellungen vermelden: vcfe.org/D/Ausstellung.html

Es wird abwechslungsreich, freut euch! Für eure Terminplanung: 3./4. Mai 2025, München, Sporthalle des ESV Berg am Laim.

VCFe.org

Vintage Computer Festival Event Information

^vcfe.org

Energiewendekritiker früher:
„Wir haben viel zu wenig Strom aus Sonne und Wind. Alles wird scheitern. Wir müssen Gaskraftwerke bauen.“

Energiewendekritiker heute:
„Wir haben zu viel Strom aus Sonne und Wind. Alles wird scheitern. Wir müssen Gaskraftwerke bauen.“

🤷

SDL2 has been ported to MacOS 9 (and earlier) - opens up a lot of development options for games, apps, etc on these older systems

macintoshgarden.org/apps/sdl2-…

warning signs we all need

#Privacy #Microsoft #Tech #Technology #Windows

The thing I really do not understand about universities capitulating to Trump is where they think it ends. They’re abandoning their students, their principles, their _reason to exist_, to an abuser who wants to see them gutted & broken.

If they don’t stand now, they’re already on their knees.

What's #FujiNet's goals?

1. Bring-up #FujiNet on ALL #retrocomputing and #retrogaming platforms.
2. Hand platforms off to communities so ppl can build them, and help maintain it.
3. We don't ask for any licensing; who makes them.
4. Hlp ppl underst how 2 write SW for #FujiNet

Request to Non-US state leaders

We must institute a Trump watch.

The heads of state take turns in triggering Trump. This is a very intense duty, so we will rotate hourly.

The schedule would look something like this:

• Monday, 8 a.m. Selensky threatens to cancel rare earth contract
• Monday, 9 a.m. Scholz bans U.S. weapon purchases
• Monday, 10 a.m. Macron forbids the use of the word "fries" in France and renames them "pommes de liberté".
• Monday, 11 a.m. Xi anounces Tariffs specifically on IOS and Android
• Moday, 12. p.m. Frederiksen announces the stationing of French nukes in Greenland

and so on and on. Never do something, just make press releases to keep that petulant child busy tweeting and truthing.

I know I ask a lot of the world leaders, but this would be for the best of everyone. Just renember, you have to keep him busy for one hour and then he will be out of your hair for more than a week.

Who is in?

Out there, in the worrying world of today is a little #Zilog #Z80 computer with a mere 64KB of #RAM and running the #1970s CP/M operating system.

This little machine is connected to the #intertubes and it's serving a #singleuser #bulletinboardsystem for you, the worrying souls of #yesteryears to visit.

Take a break from today, connect like it's 1985 - here on RC-BOX BBS, the world's first and (currently) only #rc2014 based bulletin board system in the world!

Check out the #alttext or my #profile info for information on how to connect.

#bbs
#rc2014bbs
#rcbox

Soeben ist die #CCC Mitgliederversammlung beendet worden und ich bin auf dem Heimweg.

Wir haben gestern fast 12 h lang die 20 Jahren alte #Unvereinbarkeitserklärung des CCC überarbeitet und mein Antrag zur Verabschiedung dieser Fassung wurde Einstimmig beschlossen! 👌🔥

Sie ist wundervoll geworden. Danke an alle Helfenden dafür. ❤️❤️❤️

Save the Date: 4. Oktober 2025

Jedes Jahr findet am ersten Samstag im Oktober zwischen 12 und 13 Uhr in ganz Österreich ein Zivilschutz-Probealarm statt.

Eine Erfahrung, die ich in meiner Kindheit gemacht habe möchte ich wiederholen und dokumentieren.

Ich war im Tiergarten Schönbrunn beim Wolf Gehege als der auf und abschwellende Sirenentest startete. Gleichzeitig begannen alle Wölfe mit zu heulen und taten dies noch lange darüber hinaus.

Komm mit! Trag es dir ein + komm nicht zu spät! LG

US gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.

Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.

The internet of things is truly a wonder. 😝

#dishwasher #parody #iot

Irmi Wutscher hat sich für #Matrix auf Ö1 bereits bestehende Alternativen zu den großen Plattformen mit dem Netzpolitik-Journalisten @markusreuter und dem Wissenschaftler @leonido angeschaut.

Mit deutlicher Kritik an #Bluesky und welche Vorteile dezentrale föderierte Netzwerke mit vielen Instanzen, wie das #Fediverse bieten. Und weshalb Hashtags wichtig sind für die langfristige Nutzung.

Ausserdem: die Forderungen von #Savesocial & die #Mastodon Instanz @uniinnsbruck

oe1.orf.at/player/20250404/791…

I know what you're trying to say with #eatTheRich. But I have to ask you: here in the gourmet country of France, it just sounds disgusting. 🤢 🤮 I imagine cannibals spooning brains or grilling ribs. 😱

Please #TaxTheRich - so that more people can eat more delicious things!

BTW, even French philosopher Rousseau never ever ate a rich. 😎

Ich fände ein Verbot für Handynummernzwang bei der Accounterstellung für sehr sinnvoll.

Ich will selbst entscheiden, welchen 2. Faktor ich benutze.

Wenn Du mich zwingst, meine Handynummer anzugeben, misstraue ich Dir automatisch.

I couldn't enjoy the last #marchintosh because I couldn't fix the #powerbook 170 in time, so I wanted to retrieve my #MacintoshLC that was in storage at my parent's. I got it yesterday and drove it to my home in #tuscany on my 1985 #fiat #panda 4x4, so at least it was a period-correct ride 😂
Unfortunately the box was a little wet and I spotted some condense inside, so it goes to the terrace for a little sun bath...
No corrosion inside, fortunately, and I was nice and removed the battery years ago. I'm relieved!

#macintosh