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Qualcomm-owned Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform. The new documents introduce an irrevocable, perpetual license over anything users upload, broad surveillance-style monitoring of AI features, a clause preventing users from identifying potential patent infringement, years-long retention of usernames even after account deletion, and the integration of all user data (including minors) into Qualcomm’s global data ecosystem. Military weird things and more. Several sections effectively reshape Arduino from an open community platform into a tightly controlled corporate service with deep data extraction built in. The most striking addition: users are now explicitly forbidden from reverse-engineering or even attempting to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. That’s a profound shift for a brand long embraced by educators, makers, researchers, and open-source advocates.

"Qualcomm-owned #Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform."

(source: Adafruit […]

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@mushroomdonoteat yeah, maybe he didnt like my sure, it says "meow :3"

maybe he's allergic to cats idk

/obv j

@mushroomdonoteat what da hell does a ticket guy get a bribe for even

it reminded me of home alone 2 tbh

and now i had the most fucked up experience in the train restaurant car. i ordered tea and tiny ice cream, guy charges me 9 euros (already wild), but then when i was paying:

he took the terminal with my card still inserted, turned it away from me, while looking at the back of my card, and asked […]

omg i just found out a massive lifehack with go

you can set the environment variable
`export GOTOOLCHAIN=auto` (default is local) and it will automatically update go when a package requires a newer version of go

watching snow out the window while drinking tea on a bullet train through Europe

what a vibe.

[cw-boost: us dystopian surveillance & ice]

https://wetdry.world/@micr0/115581066310079096

@xeno I post nonsense on fedi everyday because I am sleep deprived everyday and somehow people keep interacting with me

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

some good investigative journalism done here by the AP

give it a read

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd

@tpaau17db ooooo

fuck that would be good if I could find it used (I dont want a new laptop its su h a hassle and makes me feel weird about using a tool _as_ a tool)

most of you on fedi

(yes I am judging, just get a vps and use a wiregaurd tunnel instead of cloudflare smh)

all AI logos are shaped like buttholes because they are gonna be FUCKED when the "ai" bubble pops

fuck I wanna get like a thinkpad with all possible io I could ever need and a 4:3 screen and use it. ugghh

i just also wish it was arm and had rly good battery life

@piku that's the point of hot takes??

The fedi experience in a nutshell:

Thing frustrates you

Vent post

Vent post becomes A Post™

Now you're frustrated about the vent post attention

Vent post about the vent post

That also becomes A Post™

Delete account, start over (jk... unless?)

P.S. and then you subpost the whole situation

[lil vent running free services, altbot]

altbot generates alt text for images using locally hosted open source llm. runs on my own infrastructure, costs me money and time, (and is also able to only exist thanks to my supporters on github and kofi) does it for free because accessibility matters […]

hot take but groupchats work better when there is no chat history and when its just the people speaking in the moment. kinda like irc without bouncers.

its like coming to a get together tbh

instead of having this weird place where everyone is constantly listening

The revolution will not be televised. Please report to your local propaganda officer for more information.

> anon: what’s your process for learning a new technology? do you have any advice to avoid falling into tutorial hell? i love the site and your work btw :>

i just... fuck around and find out. look for the official docs. get examples, and start scrapping shit together! if it works it works! and […]

crime is legal

@esm ops thanks you 🙏

@esm where the fuck is the react button 😭

screenshot of cloudflare status page with tiny text in browser-default styling and a massively oversized logo

it's not a proper outage until the status page is rendering without CSS (it's not a flawless 10/10 outage until the status page is in a DNS black hole)

#cloudflare

no one talks about the fact that sleep capsules are Faraday cages lmfao, as soon as I get inside my signal drops to 0

i can't even doom scroll before sleep 🥲

okay as soon as I post this its gonna start working ofc

BRUH EVEN HTTP CAT DOESNT WORK LMFAO

https://http.cat/405

_checks cloudflare status page_

_doesn't load because cloudflare is down_

:munch:

and people were asking me why I was using wiregaurd instead of "just using a cloudflare tunnel"

Idk about you peeps but to me it just looks like John Mastodon has gone plural

fuck is it??