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internetarchive,
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org avatar

Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.

We are working on it & will post updates in comments.

stux,
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

@internetarchive Good luck and keep up the great work! :cat_hug_triangle:

realsimon,
@realsimon@mastodon.green avatar

@internetarchive All these basement dwelling nerds could use their time and skill productively and hack the chinese government, but noo they have to attack the good guys :blobcatfacepalm:

thomas, (edited )
@thomas@metalhead.club avatar

I'd like to remind all Mastodon users that you can add a language filter to any follow relationship on Mastodon.

If you follow me and you don't speak German, you can easily remove my German posts from your timeline by adjusting the language settings.

Go to my profile page, select the dot menu and click "Change subscribed languages". Then select the languages that you speak.

This really is a hidden gem 💎 on Mastodon and not many people seem to know this feature :awesome:

#mastodon

tripplehelix,
@tripplehelix@fosstodon.org avatar

@thomas Well, that explains why I see German posts!

publicvoit,
@publicvoit@graz.social avatar

@thomas Unfortunately, this does not work in Mastodon web yet.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/3706

and probably better: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20241

textfiles,
@textfiles@mastodon.archive.org avatar

A DDOS against the Internet Archive has commenced again, timed for maximum pain for the California staff to deal with. (I don't sleep, but I also can't do anything on the infrastructure here.)

So, we're down until people wake up to deal with the constant DOOS against us because... reasons

NatureMC,
@NatureMC@mastodon.online avatar

@safiuddinkhan People who hate the real history and facts because you could check their propaganda. People who hate also IRL libraries. @textfiles

AskPippa,
@AskPippa@c.im avatar

@textfiles Probably by people who don't want others to see their old content. Archives and keeping track of history is so incredibly important. I hope you have a great backup system, and I hope finding ways to protect against these attacks gets the attention it needs. I'm especially fond of Wayback -- a site that can be especially useful to looking for suddenly deleted webpages, etc..

Loukas,
@Loukas@mastodon.nu avatar

Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words if you care to.

French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.

English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from????

dany_57987,
@dany_57987@me.dm avatar

@Loukas Brilliant! Though Swedish is just a German dialect.

Loukas,
@Loukas@mastodon.nu avatar

@dany_57987 it is. Germanic is just one language separated by squabbling cousins.

baldur,
@baldur@toot.cafe avatar

Not going to link to the actual review because I don’t care and will not care about the movie in question, but I find it interesting how quickly and thoroughly the meaning of “AI” in the public vocabulary as shifted from “futuristic automated intelligence” to “bad and lazily made”

alter_unicorn,
@alter_unicorn@masto.bike avatar

@baldur this is one of the reasons why billionaires are throwing money at AI, it shows how connected they are with reality.

Npars01,
@Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

@baldur

The word I see used most often is enshittification.

As @pluralistic points out monopolies produce worse outcomes not better. Even the elevated profits have life spans of a mayfly. Brief.

AI is wasteful conspicuous consumption combined with an anti-democracy movement, profligate energy usage, and anti-worker ideology.

JonBaker,
@JonBaker@mastodon.social avatar

GOOGLE 2004: Don’t be evil

GOOGLE 2024: Don’t be useful

lightninhopkins,
@lightninhopkins@mastodon.social avatar

@JonBaker no shit.

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@JonBaker Since Google woke up and realized that their AI was cannibalizing their search business, they have been tergiversating on business models. Moreover, they can't seem to get it together with the AI they are now calling Gemini. It's not ethical--it's relatively easy to spot biases when they are spoken and amplified. It's another thing when they obnubilate, obfuscate, and omit information. Gemini has protected classes--one just happens to be wealthy white privileged conservative men.

maia,
scottytrees,
@scottytrees@mastodon.social avatar

@maia such a shame my elon much filters don't also apply to images.......😰

tony,
@tony@hoyle.me.uk avatar

@Stefan_S_from_H
If it's the same as a Tesla yes, but it won't be sriveable during the update.

However you choose when the update starts, and starting an update that can take 45 minutes just before you're due in court is bloody stupid.
@TeflonTrout @maia

ColinTheMathmo, (edited )
@ColinTheMathmo@mathstodon.xyz avatar

An answer to a 100-year-old puzzle. I say an answer, because there is still part of the question that's open.

EDIT: The author/discoverer is here on Mathstodon!

https://mathstodon.xyz/@vesatimonen

And his post of this:

https://mathstodon.xyz/@vesatimonen/112513347111148808

ColinTheMathmo,
@ColinTheMathmo@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@theohonohan Ah! Sorry, I mis-interpreted.

And, well, the wording was, in part, intended to prevent people from thinking the matter was fully settled without giving away too much about what is settled, and what exactly might still be unresolved.

mjd,
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@ColinTheMathmo the discoverer, Timonen, seems to be a well-known designer of geometric puzzles https://pulmallinentapaus.blogspot.com/2014/04/an-interview-with-vesa-timonen.html

ChrisChavagneux, French
@ChrisChavagneux@mstdn.social avatar

60 % des chômeurs inscrits à France Travail ne sont pas indemnisés. Or, si ceux-ci n’acceptent pas les emplois disponibles ce n’est pas en raison d’une assurance chômage généreuse puisqu’ils ne sont pas indemnisés !
https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/bruno-coquet/soigner-chomeur-imaginaire-purges-saignees/00111228

ayoub,
@ayoub@spore.social avatar

I said a week or so ago, but for those who don’t wanna take my word for it: here is the former Israeli Prime Minister, the former head of Shin Bet and a former head of the IDF all saying that Netanyahu boosted Hamas to prevent a two-state solution https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4XlHb1stgC/?igsh=MXR3M3gycG40MG54dw==
https://spore.social/@ayoub/112456680198406808

Israeli politicians and military officials saying that Netanyahu boosted Hamas

DrPsyBuffy,
@DrPsyBuffy@mstdn.social avatar

News: “Storms are increasing in frequency and intensity, tornadoes are striking in areas not normally hit, people are dying.”
People: Climate change isn’t real.

People: “Jeez, everyone just seems sick all the time. My kids have been coughing since last year, I have this weird tingling in my hands for some reason, and I can’t remember shit.”
Same people: “Covid is just a cold. I’ve had it four times with no ill effects whatsoever.”

People suck

b0rk,
@b0rk@jvns.ca avatar

love this post “Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login"" by @nicole.

it's a great explanation of how using less jargon-y language can be more clear. Also I've been really enjoying her blog generally.

https://ntietz.com/blog/lets-say-instead-of-auth/

isotopp,
@isotopp@chaos.social avatar

@b0rk

I nitpick here, because so many people mix that up, do not clearly identify phases or functions, or build systems where one of these facilities does not exist properly, and they you have a big, big problem.

@nicole

whynothugo,
@whynothugo@fosstodon.org avatar

@b0rk @nicole "log in" has no clear translation in some languages (eg: Spanish), so we use "authenticate" in Spanish or bilingual [technical] conversations

Some websites use "initiate session", which is a mouthful and super was weird.

(DeepL translates "log in" as "conectarse", which is first person singular perfect indicative active form of "connect". Not quite right, and also weird)

victorhery, French
@victorhery@mamot.fr avatar

Gniarf, à partager, des méchants malins ont achetés le domaine secure2-ldlc.com et fait un clone de la partie compte client du site ldlc.com pour récupérer des mots de passes utilisateurs 😬

Ne vous faites pas avoir !

formidableinc,
@formidableinc@framapiaf.org avatar

@victorhery Merci ! Tu peux le signaler à LDLC, et également le signaler sur Pharos, la plateforme nationale.

miko, French
@miko@piaille.fr avatar
vesatimonen,
@vesatimonen@mathstodon.xyz avatar

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