BBCRD, (edited ) to sustainability
@BBCRD@social.bbc avatar

Modern TVs have dimming features that can adjust backlight power in specific parts of the screen, sometimes even at the individual pixel level.

We wanted to see whether adapting BBC content could make use of these features and reduce energy consumption.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics

mariyadelano, to tech
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io avatar

Developers and anyone working in :

What do you like to read for work or in your spare time? (That's related to your job or code more generally). Trying to get a list of content that's actually good and read by real people vs propped up by algorithms.

Send links if possible or give names of sites / blogs / creators.

Thank you!

parismarx, to tech
@parismarx@mastodon.online avatar

The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.

He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.

https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive

cliffwade, (edited ) to fediverse
@cliffwade@allthingstech.social avatar

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Lockdownyourlife, to infosec

I don't want to hear about your bots, builds, or bytes.

I want to hear about your cats, gin (or non-alcoholic libations), and hobby unrelated to computers.

Also what are you doing when you leave tech?

parismarx, to tech
@parismarx@mastodon.online avatar

After spreading “white genocide” myths and demonizing migrants, there’s no denying it: Elon Musk is a racist.

But he’s been pushing racist ideas in a less overt way for years. He dismissed racist abuse in his factories or pushed eugenic ideas about population levels. We need to reckon with why so may were unwilling to call it out sooner.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-a-racist

parismarx, to tech
@parismarx@mastodon.online avatar

Elon Musk’s grandfather “believed that apartheid South Africa was destined to lead ‘White Christian Civilization’ in its fight against the ‘International Conspiracy’ of Jewish bankers and the ‘hordes of Coloured people’ they controlled.”

Damn, why didn’t Ashlee Vance or Walter Isaacson mention that part?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/joshua-haldeman-elon-musk-grandfather-apartheid-antisemitism/675396/

BigJackBrass, to music
@BigJackBrass@vivaldi.net avatar

Most of the performers at the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival had a few bits of merch available, generally CDs, stickers, maybe T-shirts—Charlotte Pelgen even had sheet music for some of her compositions—which provide a financial boost, but this video from TechMoan made me wonder how long selling CDs at a venue will be viable. What replaces them? Download codes or USB sticks? I'm not sure there's a satisfactory alternative and that may be a problem.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tFFMoWSjxcI&feature=share7

TheConversationUS, to tech
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

An Israeli technology company has developed the means of delivering spyware via online ad networks. There’s no defense against the spyware and the Israeli government has given the company approval to sell the technology.

For now, take comfort in the fact that it’s a hefty $6.4 million price tag for a single ad infection.

https://theconversation.com/spyware-can-infect-your-phone-or-computer-via-the-ads-you-see-online-report-213685

cazabon, to tech

I'm going to have a bit of a (less charitable people might say ) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.

Object of my this week? . I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.

I'm ranting about .

Ages ago, furnaces had one in them, to spin the that moves air through your house.

1/x

aral, to SmallWeb
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

So did I mention that no company or government pays me for the work I do?

But you can support my work if you want to live in a world where we have the Small Web as an alternative to the Big Web of Google, Facebook, and other people farmers.

https://small-tech.org/fund-us

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Google has a mountain of behavior data on me, and probably knows how viciously anti-diamond I am. Yet these ads regularly pop up in my news feed.
Google charging a client for an ad hit that will never materialize into traffic for their company, and frustrating me to make more money on totally fake metrics.
Both consumers and advertisers are getting squeezed for a more enshittified experience.

cory, to music
@cory@social.lol avatar

📝: Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/renting-your-music-means-accepting-that-it-will-disappear/

brunus, (edited ) to debian French
@brunus@mamot.fr avatar

[RESOLU] Merci !
Hello ! Un conseil de modèle de Webcam pour une station PC fixe sous Debian ? Truc avec un micro si possible, plug'n play, qualité d'image satisfaisante mais pas forcément le top de la topitude...
C'est pour des réus visioconfs Teams (ne me jugez pas...je n'ai pas participé au process décisionnel...), donc via Firefox.

Merci d'avance ! 🙏 🥰

SomeGadgetGuy, to random
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

WAAIT! Really? Threads is ALREADY joining Twitter on rate limits? What the heck???
If you have the means, donate to your mastodon server to help keep the lights on and the rate limits at bay!

https://deadline.com/2023/07/threads-rate-limits-like-twitter-mark-zuckerberg-optimistic-focus-growing-community-1235440173/

Threads To Start Implementing Rate Limits Like Twitter As Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s “Optimistic” About Platform & Focused “On Growing Community” – Deadline

podryban, to opensource Polish
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Dobrze, ostatnio @stfn pisał o tym, jak usiłuje oduniezależnić się od Google i aplikacji innych korporacji, co zainspirowało mnie, żeby samemu napisać, jak wygląda moja droga w tym samym kierunku. Minusem zmiany tylu przyzwyczajeń jest konieczność wytworzenia nowych, adaptacji do nowych aplikacji i włożenie w to wszystko trochę czasu. Przy czym warto zawsze zaznaczyć: NIE TRZEBA od razu walczyć na każdym froncie. Nie ma konieczności ani przymusu, aby rezygnować ze wszystkiego po kolei. Ja też zmieniałem aplikacje stopniowo, krok po kroku. Jasne, to bardziej czasochłonne, ale także łatwiejsze do przyswojenia. Każdy taki krok to odzyskanie odrobiny władzy nas własnymi danymi.

Poniżej przedstawiam Wam aplikacje, które zastąpiłem alternatywami open source:

DuckDuckGO zastąpiło wyszukiwarki Google i Bing. DDG idealną nie jest, ale ma ogromny potencjał i odpowiednio wykorzystana potrafi wiele. Polecam sprawdzić !bangs.
Organic Maps zastąpiły Mapy Google. Ta aplikacja nie zbiera żadnych informacji, ale jeżeli zależy nam np. na śledzeniu korków, to są alternatywy (jak znajdę nazwy, to zaktualizuję).
Proton Mail od @protonmail zastępuje mi stopniowo Gmaila. Proces przenoszenia usług z konta na konto jeszcze trwa, ale jestem dość blisko finiszu.
Kalendarz Google przy okazji zastąpiłem Proton Calendar (@ProtonCalendar), a do kompletu wrzuciłem sobie jeszcze Proton Pass do zarządzania hasłami.
Google Drive'a częściowo zastąpiłem Proton Drive, choć tutaj mała przestrzeń w darmowym koncie jest mocno upierdliwa.
Google Keep / Notion do notatek zastąpiłem Simplenotes, lekką i przystępną aplikacją.
Google Authenticator było trudno wymienić, ale Aegis zdaje się być godnym zastępcą.
Google Chrome zastapiłem Firefoxem oraz Vivaldi, choć ta druga nie jest w pełni OS.
Klawiatura Google to najtrudniejszy orzech do zgryzienia, na razie testuję różne aplikacje, choć żadna nie jest idealna.
Zamiast Pogody testowałem Pogoda&Radar, ale to jeszcze nie jest to.

Przy okazji innych aplikacji open source polecam też mocno AntennaPod do słuchania podcastów, a w swoim przypadku Google Docs zastąpiłem Libre Office, choć tutaj minusem jest brak opcji sieciowych i łatwego udostępniania plików innym.

Dalej warto zainteresować się tematem alternatywnych systemów operacyjnych na Androida, jak chociażby LineageOS - tu gorąco polecam zaobserwować @pawelkuzia, który przygotowuje treści o tym już od dłuższego czasu!

Stark9837, to python
@Stark9837@techhub.social avatar

Is the best way to run periodic functions, not necessary time-critical, just needs to happen in the correct hour or day,

I am running a bot in a container, but want weekly or daily things to happen. Adding this to the main loop seems inefficient, because checks will unnecessary be done.

Should I rather use a image, run the script in the container and then just have cronjobs running in the container, rather than using a Python image.

Storage, memory and processing isn't actually a problem, so using a larger and beefier image is possible.

cliffwade, (edited ) to fediverse
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ajsadauskas, to twitter
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

Looks like there might be yet another mass-migration wave from Twitter to Mastodon on the way...

https://www.thefader.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-pay-for-twitter

@technology #X

freetechproject, to technology
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parismarx, to twitter
@parismarx@mastodon.online avatar

It’s incredibly dangerous how the richest man in the world — deluded by paranoia, narcissism, and far-right conspiracies — can get arms of the state to go after his perceived enemies instead of holding him to account as they should be doing.

#x

cazabon, (edited ) to journalism

: Hey govt, do us a solid and make and give us .

Govt: Uh, for what?

CLM: You know, because they have money, and we can't figure out how to get some ourselves.

Govt: I'm not sure...

CLM: You're , and you'll get to publicly stand up to .

Govt: Sold!

Govt: Bill C-18 will make Big Tech for the of to Canadian media.

1/x

soheb, to music
@soheb@pkutalk.com avatar

Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams

This is just an insanely bone-headed move that is so pointless.

These artists don't even get paid that much money, and yet Spotify wants to cut off their revenue.

I'm done with Spotify. In fact, I think I'm flat-out done with music streaming services. All of them are exploitative. back to buying digital albums for me.

https://djmag.com/news/spotify-officially-demonetises-all-tracks-under-1000-streams

cliffwade, (edited ) to fediverse
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