dusty.ninja

Nice read about factoring complexity using quantum computers. Here is a little factoid to hook you into reading: The difference in complexity in factoring 15 vs 21 is 115x. By complexity the author means greater than 115x more entangling gates. It is why a quantum computer has so far not factored the number 21. #quantumcomputing
https://algassert.com/post/2500

Looks like #mastodon is winning the #decentralized game for social networks. Good job #fediverse!!
https://arewedecentralizedyet.online

It’s really incredible how poor financial literacy is around the world.

Bad day reading comments on #Reddit… 🫣

Thinking about one of my last pre-Smartphone mobile phones. The #Nokia 6288. It was the pinnacle of devices for SMS as texting really took off. In candybar mode (folded up), you did T9. But it opened to a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone also did pre-3G internet (dial up speeds) over Bluetooth.

It was the only time I had a phone stolen from me. I was at a restaurant, and I had it resting on the table. At some point during the meal, it vanished.

Good to read about unmasking #BitTorrent users from non-judge-issued subpoenas. Unfortunately, it seems like an ISP isn't forbidden to volunteer your information. This just clarifies that they can toss these requests, but they can also still fulfill these requests. Now I need to review what my state laws say on the matter... #hawaii

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/08/internet-access-providers-arent-bound-by-dmca-unmasking-subpoenas-in-re-cox.htm

Hot take: I remember Panda Express being overpriced junk food. Now, because of inflation, it’s just junk food. Can totally overeat for under $13.

Probably because still original owners and private equity haven’t taken over and ruined them.

My apartment is wired with cat6, but I’m having difficulty figuring out where (or if there still is) a closet with a breadboard somewhere to wire up switch etc. Spectrum has some kind of monopoly agreement with the building, so maybe that’s why we are stuck with meh internet over cable? 😖

Am I reading this right? 219 traffic accidents in #Honolulu in the last 24 hours?

https://www11.honolulu.gov/hpdtraffic/MainPrograms/frmMain.asp?sSearch=All+Incidents&sSort=I_tTimeCreate

Short walk from my apartment in Honolulu.

The sheer amount of #spam I get on other social networks is really unbelievable. How are basic filters not just killing these “exclusive cryptocurrency club” invites constantly flowing?

Even #Gmail is stuffed with this crap… at least it normally stays in the junk folder. But the origin/sender is often some crazy nonsense junk bot user from Gmail… how is #Google so bad at this?

Another reason to skip #LasVegas just dropped! #Mosquito

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/las-vegas-mosquito-problem-explained-rcna225002

I guess #Eero update quality was so bad it’s a full rollback…

This is a great environment to be in… 🙄

Has someone already done work to fix the OpenGraph link previews from @gotosocial ? When I share a post I’d like the entire post to be visible from the preview. Not just a generic link with username and my avatar. #gotosocial #opengraph

TIL #Linux might get universal key combos for cut/paste that work everywhere. Big congratulations from a primarily #macOS user!

Please don’t be mad at me!!! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

https://mark.stosberg.com/universal-copy-paste/

Has anybody been to an airport not undergoing some kind of construction? Are any airports finished?

It’s criminal. #DigitalOcean makes each droplet spun up #IPv4 only by default. You have to specifically make sure the #IPv6 checkbox is selected, or you’re stuck with v4 without a bunch of annoying steps to get v6 working later. Infuriating.

I really don’t understand why v6 isn’t on by default. Terrible. End rant.

It’s almost like Boar’s Head used the book “the jungle” as a guide for all of their meat packing plants.

From: @arstechnica
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115012387322913551

#dystopian #china
“China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd3ep76g3go

Was going to migrate this dusty.ninja from east-coast DigitalOcean to west-coast, but new #Debian release coming Saturday has me delaying until I can use that.