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avlcharlie

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I just want the world to be a better place for everyone.

Every single human.

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gamingonlinux, to random
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I love getting *fan mail because I…don’t have enough time to cover everything

*hate

avlcharlie,
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@gamingonlinux
Social media Karen speaks to the manager.. lol

itsfoss, to linux
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Ubuntu 24.04, are you kidding me?!

https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-24-04-disappointment/

#linux #ubuntu

avlcharlie,
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@itsfoss
WOW..

gutenberg_org, to books
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German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld died in 1951.

In 1916, he introduced the idea of elliptical orbits for electrons, and he also introduced additional quantum numbers which included the azimuthal quantum number and magnetic quantum number. He also introduced a dimensionless physical constant known as the fine-structure constant. This constant characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16264

Title page of the book "Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines" by Arnold Sommerfeld, translated by Henry L. Brose, with 125 figures, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London.

avlcharlie,
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@gutenberg_org
Ok.. I'm a big physics buff and I thought I knew a lot but you have shown me more than two different physicists of great importance that I had no idea about. Thank you and keep up the good work! :-)

dangillmor, to random
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If what's being charged in this case is true -- an employee using "AI" to make a fake audio of his boss saying terrible things -- I hope he goes to jail for a serious stretch.

We are, to put it mildly, not prepared for the avalanche of malicious, synthetic lies coming soon.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/eric-eiswert-ai-audio-baltimore-county-YBJNJAS6OZEE5OQVF5LFOFYN6M/

avlcharlie,
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@dangillmor
Imho, the real problem will be when people start blaming AI on things they actually did.

arstechnica, to random
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Business groups sue FTC to block ban on noncompetes, claim they help workers

Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike," Chamber tells court.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/business-groups-sue-ftc-to-block-ban-on-noncompetes-claim-they-help-workers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

avlcharlie,
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@arstechnica
Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike,"

I laughed so hard I shot milk out of my nose.

gutenberg_org, to books
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German physicist Max Planck was born in 1858.

Planck made many substantial contributions to theoretical physics, specially as the originator of quantum theory, which revolutionized understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. He is known for Planck's constant, which is of foundational importance for quantum physics, and which he used to derive a set of units (Planck units) expressed only in terms of fundamental physical constants.

Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Wärmestrahlung, 1906 Cover page of a book titled "Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Wärmestrahlung" by Dr. Max Planck, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin, published in Leipzig, 1906 by Johann Ambrosius Barth with 6 illustrations and featuring the seal of R. Universita Instituto di Fisica Pavia.

avlcharlie,
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@gutenberg_org
I sometimes wonder where the modern day Plancks and Bohrs are.. are they working in the background and we don't know it or have they disappeared..

Daojoan, to random
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The uncomfortable truth is that there have been far too many instances where experts and authorities have failed or misled the public.

From the faulty intelligence leading up to the Iraq War to the opioid epidemic fueled by pharmaceutical companies and complicit medical and government professionals, there are real-world examples of expertise being misused or corrupted by ulterior motives.

https://medium.com/westenberg/how-to-fix-the-backlash-against-knowledge-f5dfa9e4f43c

avlcharlie,
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@Daojoan
Imho, the problem is that early on when television and radio were new, news was a public service and delivered by people with conscience. In the late seventies I believe news pivoted to a profit model and since then it's not news it's what makes the most money.

flexghost, to random
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Here is a list of the 112 Republicans who voted against Ukraine aid

Or as we say in my country: “traitors”

How many did you guess right?

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151

avlcharlie,
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@flexghost
Ya know.. I'm at the point where I'm seriously wondering how many meetings in the diner where the brown envelope was slid across the table and opened to their atrocities and leverage.

flexghost, to random
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Right now, we have half the country gloating. Reveling in the fact someone is in pain or mortal danger

Saying things like “should kept your legs closed” Mentioning how Jesus something, something

Then they mutter something about the sanctity of life

🇺🇸

avlcharlie,
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@flexghost
And the absolute abomination of this is there are states where this person can now be charged criminally.

nixCraft, to random
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People at coffee shops think I am a hacker when they see me open a terminal application 🙄

avlcharlie,
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@nixCraft
I know it's a funky url and I haven't been there in years but hacker typer.com used to be a web page that look like a terminal and all you had to do was beat on the keyboard and it wrote what looked like code in a black and green screen. Legit look like hacking lol.

badastro, to random
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I accidentally spilled some coffee in the hummingbird feeder and now I'm seeing flashes of blue Cherenkov radiation outside my window.

avlcharlie,
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@badastro
Thiis.. this is why I'm here..

nixCraft, to privacy
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Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store. Trillion dollar corporation is so poor. They need more money by selling your data to the highest bidder. wtf? https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

avlcharlie,
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@nixCraft
You know, this is going to be an issue if there's not a corporate stripped version because there are industries like healthcare and education and government entities who will probably lose their minds about tracking and getting their data sold.

avlcharlie,
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@nixCraft
At first I want to be mad but then I think you know what if you're on Windows you deserve this. lol.

freemo, to random
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So been dealing with an ant problem and finally found a solution. The main problem was the ants just wouldnt find or go to the the poison traps. So it wasnt effective. But I found a way to fix that.

Leave some food out so you have a line of marching ants going to and from it. Most likely this already happened if you realize you have an ant problem at all.

Go to the end of the ant trail that is close to the food but where the trail is still a tight line (as it gets close to the food they will spread out to cover the food). Take a drop of cooking oil about 2/3ths the width of the poison container and put it directly on the ants making the trail. Then take a paper towel and wipe a very wide streak (a good meter should do it) in both directions from the blob. This will create a tin coat of oil the ants can not walk over (it will get on their feet and then they cant stick to stuff so they avoid it)..

At this point the ants will try to find a way around the barrier and will start trying to look for a way around the oil. Take your poison trap and place it exactly where you put the oil, right in the middle of the line of ants. make sure the streak of oil is thin enough that the trap creates a complete bridge (if any oil pokes out from under the trap it wont work).

the ants will quickly find the shortest new path which goes through the trap and across the poison. Once the ants have established a path through the trap to get to the food clean up all the food and leave the trap.

Now the ants will start taking the poison back to their nest instead of the food.

avlcharlie,
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@freemo
For what it's worth I also found that ants won't cross a line of cinnamon

avlcharlie,
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@freemo
Oooh that totally makes sense. Reminds me that when I built a cabin a while back it was recommended to put borax around it which is a fine powder as well and supposedly does respiratory damage or something

avlcharlie,
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@freemo
Interesting side note..(maybe lol)
I can smell ants. Specifically I can smell a large ant colony. I lived in East Texas for a while and fire ants are a huge problem. I actually found I can smell the fermic acid I believe. Whatever it is I can smell them.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Have you ever faced it? 😆

#linux

avlcharlie,
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@itsfoss
Good practices keep this from being a problem. You keep your data and your OS separate. You make regular backups that you keep off of your hard drive.

I'm super bad about updating a couple of my machines and when they get over a couple years old I expect this.

I also expect the reinstall which takes about 20 minutes as opposed to 2+ hours with Windows.

And for the record my windows machines and windows in general crash and burn a LOT more often than Linux.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Please comment 🙂

avlcharlie,
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@itsfoss
I can't say recently but I've got nothing but praise for Filezilla. Has been solid as a rock and helped make me tons of money over the years..

arstechnica, to random
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Speed of AI development is outpacing risk assessment

Traditional methods of evaluating accuracy and safety are flawed.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/04/speed-of-ai-development-is-outpacing-risk-assessment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

avlcharlie,
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@arstechnica
Just wait till quantum computing gets its legs and hooks up with AI that will be... interesting..

itsfoss, to random
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What do you think? Is Google handling this well?

https://news.itsfoss.com/mozilla-google-ads/

avlcharlie,
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I've come to the point where I believe it's better just to assume every iota of available data is compromised and sold.

Makes life a lot easier...

freemo, to random
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Reality...

avlcharlie,
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@freemo @mapto @volkris

Follow up..
So how do you keep from doing that? Is it always The peasants uprising thing?

avlcharlie,
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@volkris @freemo @mapto
Sorry for the double post on this reply but this was the next thing in my news feed.. and you know damn right this doesn't even nudge his money meter. Imho, this is what Scrooge McDuck money looks like.

avlcharlie,
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@volkris @freemo @mapto
If you can't find the ridiculousness in 600 million being spent for a house then we have a difference in opinion of what is ridiculous money.

The example isn't even about the house it's that he could do this and not even notice it.

Personally in the big picture for me it's this.. you focus your society on people or you focus your society on things/money. We've decided to do the latter and screw the other one.

avlcharlie,
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@freemo @volkris @mapto
I suppose you're right technically. Ridiculousness doesn't factor into systemic processes I suppose.. and it doesn't calculate into starvation, unaffordable housing, unaffordable healthcare, or any of those things. But maybe it should.

avlcharlie,
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@freemo @volkris @mapto
You say that like it's a bad thing LOL I totally just remembered you're a financial consultant if I remember right. You've held a very civil discussion on this matter if so.

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