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Deus

@Deus@charcha.cc

From #India. Here for #photography, #travel pictures, #food, #TechStuff and the silly #banter. Janitor of this instance and I welcome you to join. I'm hopeful you might like it here - it's peaceful and the intention is to keep it that way.

I maintain the bots๐Ÿค– https://charcha.cc/users/IndiaNewsBot @India https://charcha.cc/users/BollyGossips @bangalore @Mumbai @Delhi https://charcha.cc/users/Kolkata https://charcha.cc/users/IndiaSocial

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stavvers, to random
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Heads up to anyone using facebook or insta: you'll receive a notification about your data being used to train AIs. The opt out process is deliberately convoluted and you have to fill out a form to object. This is what I wrote in mine, and the objection was immediately registered as successful, so feel free to copy.

Masto reply bores, this is not a post on which to fart out your opinions about Meta or AI or whatever. So don't. I'm sharing helpful info for people who need it, not for you.

Deus,
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@stavvers Bookmarked for when it reaches our shores ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Deus, to photography
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Looks like it's raining heavily somewhere.

/Not mine. I don't bike.

h_tejas, to random
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Many people even in the United States pronounce WEB DuBois as WEB DuBoi. While we can guess why that is, it is nonetheless extremely arrogant of Gayatri Spivak to reprimand someone at a public event in India for getting the pronunciation wrong. You are being angry at the wrong people.

Deus,
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@h_tejas> bastard and bitch lady

That was quite an unexpected mix of gender-specific insults ๐Ÿ˜‚

Deus, (edited ) to nature
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The flowers of this maize/corn plant are buzzing with bees. Pinch and zoom for details.

Deus,
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@Beedazzled Wow! I don't know about the 'wind pollinated crop' part but by default had simply thought that bees just don't visit maize/corn. Thanks for the info.

Deus, to random
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dirksche, to random German
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"Rund und bunt" Erwachsenenvariante.
(Werft mir bitte keinen Sexismus vor, das war die Idee meiner Liebsten ๐Ÿ˜€)
Update: Schreibfehler korrigiert

Deus,
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@dirksche> Werft mir nitte keinen Sexismus vor

Not at all. She must have a great sense of humor ๐Ÿ˜‚

molly0xfff, to ai

back in my day we called this spyware

Deus,
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@molly0xfff Wasn't this Nadella's wet dream?

divya, to random
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An alleged coup in Congo has connections to IDF and it is unclear if it is was a real coup or not. Twitter thread from a Congolese person.

https://twitter.com/kambale/status/1792694030578627003

Deus,
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@divya Every time Congo is in the news, I'm reminded of Mamadou Ndala.

"Perhaps because of the will of man, growing up in Congo is to grow up in misery because of these endless, unjust wars imposed on the people that make life miserable. "

video/mp4

jon, to random
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Mastodon usually has a knack of finding the right people, so let's try this... ๐Ÿ™‚

Due to a last-minute drop out, my flat in Berlin Neukรถlln is available to sub-let 26th May - 28th July. Shorter periods negotiable too

85m2, new building, furnished, lots of light, near the edge of Tempelhofer Feld, high speed internet, all utilities and bikes included in the rent. โ‚ฌ1650/month, all included

Do send anyone interested my way!

Bedroom. Double bed with a red cover. Window to the right. Chest of drawers to the left.
Living - dining room. Table to the left. Book shelves to the right. Office desk and windows to the middle at the end. Armchairs to the right.
Floor plan of the flat

Deus,
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@jon- Mastodon โŒ

  • Fediverse โœ…
  • Mastodonians โŒ
  • Fedizens โœ…
Deus,
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@jon Mastodon is subset of the Fediverse โœ…

nixCraft, to random
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Now, everyone is so furious about OpenAI stealing a beloved celebrity's voice. But what about the many artists, writers/authors, and creators whose copyrighted works OpenAI stole to create works resembling and replacing those people's products? Not famous enough to generate the same outrage, right? At least now, everyone knows how bad Sam Altman is. He thinks he is above the law. I'm glad someone is standing up to this bully and I hope something good come out of it.

Deus,
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@nixCraft At least Hollywood 'stars' now know their job too is on the line. Just like 'video killed the radio star', AI could kill the Hollywood star. Stuff like that.

Deus,
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@ayilathebailey @nixCraft I'm not talking about the writers' strike (if that's what you're implying). I'm referring to the diva actors and actresses. At least they have woken up and now realize that their livelihood too is on the line.

Deus,
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@ayilathebailey @nixCraft In that case, I mean the 'movie stars'.

nixCraft, to random
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I asked Google "who ruined Google" and they replied honestly using their AI, which is now forced on all of us. It's too funny not to share!

Deus,
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@nixCraft Yandex for stuff Google won't show you. Heck, they even had Visual Search even before Google implemented it.

kde, to kde
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde

A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

Deus,
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@aral @kde Someone on the know shared this and I thought I had lost it. Glad to share.

Mozilla Firefox's developers have earned a reputation for being a "privacy and security-based browser, respecting the user" โ€” but is it justified, or just marketing? In fact, over the years they have made several anti-privacy (and generally anti-user) decisions, but this article will focus exclusively on spying. This article was last edited on 08/17/2021

https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/firefox

45b35521c312a5da4c2558703ad4be3d2e6d08c812551514c7a1eb7ab5fa0f04, to random
@45b35521c312a5da4c2558703ad4be3d2e6d08c812551514c7a1eb7ab5fa0f04@mostr.pub avatar

https://image.nostr.build/89a10089e0d5bb1e4a390bc46a7a70d844bc9f2d242c17c663f05fbfac03c431.jpg

Deus,
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@45b35521c312a5da4c2558703ad4be@mostr.pub Gets me every time.

video/mp4

von, to nature

Tennessee, youโ€™re gorgeous.

#nature #naturephotography #waterfall #forest #natcheztrace #fallhollowfalls #tn #tennessee #south #naturelovers #view

Deus,
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@von The White Balance is PERFECT..!

/Constantly learning

Deus, to photography
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on a rock cliff.

Deus,
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Side view.

MardraS, to random
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Deus,
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@MardraS Looks like a painting of sorts.

45b35521c312a5da4c2558703ad4be3d2e6d08c812551514c7a1eb7ab5fa0f04, to random
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https://image.nostr.build/e911bec1d5754fc47e1de771e5f5c9bbf4448069d93a86cb5f365a7fee12691f.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/0a294b2512dec08c24482e666a15de2b1f85bd6f97bf88cb8d419e1db93c4bb3.jpg

image/jpeg

Deus,
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@45b35521c312a5da4c2558703ad4be@mostr.pub I like these comebacks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/qnwuh2/ashley_bidens_diary_archive_link_inside_to_read/l4ae41s/

18+ harshad, to random
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I'm allergic to people who always find something to complain about food cooked for them, whether at home or at restaurants. Quit a handful friend circles when I was living in cities, and meeting up meant spending money to sit at a table and hear nitpicking about the (usually great) food.

Deus,
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@harshad College hostel days. Sri Lankan friend (on his cooking), "If you like it, praise it. If you don't, keep your mouth shut."

divya, to random
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Interestingly reading about China's EV "innovations" it feels as though they are trapped in the mindset of pleasing the white people โ€“ big full OLED screens, fancy interiors that Cheeto would love instead of doing stuff that would actually be useful to the consumers.

Also thought of this given how Buicks were apparently popular in China

Deus,
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@divya @janl Tanizaki is often credited with the use of interplay between light and dark in Japanese architecture and interior design.

'In Praise of Shadows' is a good read.

d49a9023a21dba1b3c8306ca369bf3243d8b44b8f0b6d1196607f7b0990fa8df, to mastodon
@d49a9023a21dba1b3c8306ca369bf3243d8b44b8f0b6d1196607f7b0990fa8df@mostr.pub avatar

16yrs of and there's only 9 million accounts, and only 1 million active users.

has an uphill battle. But I'm here for it.

https://mastodon-analytics.com/

Deus,
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@d49a9023a21dba1b3c8306ca369bf3@mostr.pub I like to believe that it's not only Mastodon so I usually point users to https://fedidb.org/. Good too see the MAU cross 1M though it's on a decline but the server count has increased - I like that.

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