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cursor (n.)

c. 1300 (as a surname) "a running messenger," from Latin cursor "runner," also "errand-boy," from curs-, past-participle stem of currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). From 1590s as "part of a slide rule or other instrument that slides backward and forward upon another part." The computer screen sense is a 1967 extension of this.

#retrocomputing #etymology

From @eff in https://mastodon.social/@eff/103126833818583057
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BREAKING: a federal judge has ruled that suspicionless searches of travelers’ cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices when we cross the U.S. border are unconstitutional.

This is an enormous victory for privacy. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops

> Silver-backed chevrotains have been ‘rediscovered’ by science after 29 years

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silver-backed-chevrotains-have-been-rediscovered-science-after-29-years

TLDR; niu.moe will close at the end of March 2020.

https://write.as/6rnao1h30bonw.md

y'all I checked it out and mastodon.top is just spam, crossposting, news bots, and that one real persistent racist/sexist asshole du jour, so I don't feel too bad in blocking it, and neither should you

Ok, I'm really angry. GTK4 will REMOVE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1739

No screen reader or braille displays, no eye tracking for the paralyzed, no information to screen magnifiers so they can move while typing, no . 100% fuck you GTK. Fuck. You.

What does this mean for disabled people? Back to Windows for you!

Do you use a password manager?

Please boost for more reach. #India #security