Xenia Firefox

Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:

➡️ @iFixit

They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.

Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.

#Repairs #Electronics #DIY #Environment #Gadgets #Tech #RightToRepair

@stefan
I made the current simpler firefox logo into Bocchi. hopefully the details are easier to see on your taskbar

#firefox #BocchiTheRock

Sometimes I stumble on stuff on youtube via its algorithm. This time a video about Gen 4 (HeartGold, Soulsilver, Diamond, Perl and Platinum) that explained how you can “time travel” in the games.

There are certain events which are time-based in the games and some are cheseable by setting the clock forward, but the game would check for that and penalize you for doing so.

The guy explains in the vid how he found an interesting method to travel safely on real hardware. The video was quite interesting.

You know whats the coolest thing though?

That person put their findings up on a written website (this one: https://sinjohruins.com/dsitimetravel.html) This is so cool. I don’t need to watch the vid over and over when I would want to perform the trick. I could just read a damn website and go step by step.

Just bring back websites and not hide stuff away on discord. a small “made my day” for you all

I've been inspired by @art to make Bocchi the Firefox !
Please use as you like
#firefox #BocchiTheRock

Ich🧙‍♂️iel

geposted von u/mna_lsaII
https://www.reddit.com/r/ich_iel/comments/1jb19ft/ichiel/

Exciting news! After months of development, Altbot 2.0 is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.

• 100% local AI processing for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains ZERO information about you or your images using the powerful Ovis2:8B model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs
• Full GDPR compliance with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements
• Better quality descriptions across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models
• Significantly more energy efficient with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)

The only data Altbot 2.0 records:

• That a request happened
• How long it took to complete
• What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)
• What language was used

No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.

For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.

To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.

I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: Ko-fi.com/micr0byte

Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:

• Free for everyone
• Continuously improved
• Sustainably maintained

Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse!

This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.

As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects.

For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev

Feel free to boost or reach out!

#Accessibility #Fediverse #AltText #EthicalAI #OpenSource #Privacy #Altbot

Cool photos of lil Mars moon Deimos against a background of Mars, as photographed by the ESA Hera mission during yesterday's flyby.

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon

Missed Thursday's total lunar eclipse? No problem, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission has you covered. The lander took a quick break from its science operations on the Moon to capture this stunning image of a lunar eclipse. From our perspective, we see the Earth's shadow fall on the Moon, eventually turning it red when the light from the world's sunsets falls upon it simultaneously. But from the Moon, it's the Sun that disappears behind the Earth.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/

I’m really happy with how this one turned out.

Watercolors.

#cuteposting https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/128133091

"American Fried Rice"

TIL about CSS image-rendering: pixelated;

Allowing pixel art to scale up to any size and not look bad.

On / Off comparison for increasing scale 32px, 64px, 128px, and 256px.

#CSS

Skirt lengths visually explained

By TikTok user: @theenticestudio
https://www.tiktok.com/@theenticestudio/video/7458772659002739991

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