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NudelnAlDente

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Social distancing hipster: I was staying in before it was cool.

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jasonkoebler, to random
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NEW: Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI for AI training, according to internal documentation we've reviewed at 404 Media

https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

NudelnAlDente,
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@jasonkoebler Bah! Does anyone have suggestions for (fedi) alternatives to wordpress?

danhon, to random
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For some reason, Wordpress weirdly forgot how to title posts clearly.

Instead of the opaque, milquetoast ”More Control Over the Content You Share”, which is really about opting out of sharing content with AI model trainers, why didn't Wordpress use titles like these?

  • Excluding your Content from AI Training
  • Opting Out from AI Training

Oh wait, this is a rhetorical question.

The choice of title is a signal and a sign of underlying intent.

https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/02/27/more-control-over-the-content-you-share/

Do better, @photomatt

NudelnAlDente,
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@danhon @photomatt I'm not convinced the opt-out will last in the long-term. I'm sure they'll find a justification to remove it. Time to find other options than wordpress.com

mekkaokereke, to random
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I always think it's funny when right-wing types get mad at Star Wars for becoming "woke." They didn't notice the obvious fascist imagery? They didn't realize that they were the villains in this whole cinematic universe? So unobservant! I would never make that mistake! I'd know if I was the villain in a whole cinematic universe!

Anyway, I can't wait to watch the second installment of Dune! What'll happen next in Arrakis(Iraq)? Will the spice(oil) flow? Will Paul's Jihad topple the empire(us)?

NudelnAlDente,
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@tony @mekkaokereke There's a big "sci-fi (& by extension, its authors) should stay in their lane" vibe from some people. To which I can only respond "oh honey".

Jeff Goldblum grinning

blogdiva, to tv
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ok, so my sons bought a heavily discounted "smart" last xmas. a TCL with Roku plastered all over the box.

is there a way to root these tvs and wipe their OS?

https://www.wired.com/story/roku-terms-of-service-update-locks-tv/

rooting and changing the OS of smart anything, especially phones, need to be at the center of the right to repair movement, not just getting access to software drivers or hardware.

PS: i have avoided activating the Roku nonsense exactly for what the article describes.

NudelnAlDente,
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@blogdiva Laughs hysterically in EU.
Seriously though, that is ridiculous. 🤬

scalzi, to random
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Just don't then put it into a plastic drinking bottle or you'll be right back where you started from

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419556-boiling-tap-water-can-remove-80-per-cent-of-the-microplastics-in-it/?fbclid=IwAR1_rsOPAy-lHFLeGU-Mfx13gqfqJnYzGREztfDj3elMLdfGdSma9XToMDQ

NudelnAlDente,
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@scalzi Yay! Keeping myself healthy by drinking excessive amounts of tea. 😁

anne_twain, to random
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Had to repost this here. Apparently from a library in Utrecht, Netherlands.

You power your device by cycling!

I need one of these set ups. The exercise would be brilliant.

NudelnAlDente,
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@anne_twain One for you @triploidtree

mekkaokereke, to random
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I advise mentees to take these promotions, as long as they are in the direction that the mentees want to take their career.

https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112111308684569689
(Follow Dare!)

I have strong opinions about promotion and career advancement that differ from most Big Tech execs. There's a lot of concern about big tech companies that there is "promo obsession," where employees only care about getting promoted. I don't believe in promo obsession. I think it's misaligned incentives. Let me explain 1/n.

NudelnAlDente,
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@ericg @mekkaokereke /Runs screaming from any kind of Persuader role as I'm far too truthful to peddle overly optimistic bullshit.

NudelnAlDente,
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@ericg @mekkaokereke "Promotion" into management would be a definite resignation-generating offence for me. Because it's not promotion most of the time, it's a career change. It's just not acknowledged as such.

18+ Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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First attempt with two continuous tunsgten lights. I've used the second to accentuate the hair with a pink gel, but in hindsight, maybe should've used it for fill to reduce the contrast on the shadows.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Takumar 105mm/2.4
💃 Wife

NudelnAlDente,
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@Gargron No credit for the cat? 🙀

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Starting to lose my mind over trying to get the cat out of the country. Fucking has made everything more complicated. 🤯

NudelnAlDente, to Bulgaria
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Hello 😍

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Took a day off from moving country to go out for pizza, hit the cinema (The Holdovers) & get gently squiffed. I've had approximately 2.5 pints of nice beer & I'm all warm & cosy. ☺️
Stress restarts tomorrow.

NudelnAlDente, to random
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If the country you live in decides to exit the EU, then my advice (as an EU citizen who is realising she really should have left the UK as soon as the referendum was announced) is to run rather than walk.
The longer you leave it, the greater the pain will be. They won't know how their own processes are supposed to work & they won't have enough resources to figure them out because everyone useful will have already left or burned out.
🙄 Effing

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Is there any bigger than ? 🙄

VeeRat, to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic The hardest part of my job as a manager is leading the team meeting each week. I'm really good with all of my employees one on one, but I am awkward and anxious when presenting to the whole group at once.

My team is fully remote, so the team meeting is over the phone. Everyone puts themselves on Mute so I can talk, which makes it worse because I don't hear any reactions, no laughs for my jokes, no nothing.

Every week after the meeting, I am pacing and muttering to myself about how bad I am (I work from home, so no one sees this). Hopefully my team thinks I have it together, but this meeting is just crushing for me.

NudelnAlDente,
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@VeeRat You may not believe me but you're almost certainly doing great at it. We're always harder on ourselves than anyone else is.
Now if I had any advice on how to be less hard on yourself, that might actually be useful... 🤷‍♀️

NudelnAlDente, to random
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/14/food-delivery-drivers-valentines-day-strike-deliveroo-uber-eats

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Her last in the UK. Next Caturday she'll be back in the EU (assuming everything goes according to plan). 🇪🇺

NudelnAlDente,
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Sadly everything is not going according to plan due to a malfunctioning microchip so she has a few more Caturdays in the UK before we can get her moved.
I'm not stressed, not stressed at all. 😭

NudelnAlDente, to random
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'he said he bought the stock because "he wanted to make enough money so that she did not have to work long hours anymore".'

cough Bullshit cough

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68379318

NudelnAlDente, (edited ) to random
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Cheese, the sexiest of foods.

NudelnAlDente, (edited ) to random
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So... I guess finding out that your pet's microchip has stopped working 2 days before she's supposed to travel is still better than finding that out at the EU border. 🤯
Can't even blame Brexit for this.

LordWoolamaloo, to random
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Home from work, trying to relax, BOOM!!! BANG!!!! Some arsebags blasting off extremely loud fireworks for the last 20 minutes. I have no idea why someone is doing that on a Wednesday night in late February, but I do wish they'd stick them up their backsides before lighting the next batch.

NudelnAlDente,
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@LordWoolamaloo Hibs vs Hearts match I think. We were almost deafened.

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Can anyone recommend a word-a-day app, website or YouTube channel for with translations to English or Spanish? Thanks.

¿Alguien puede recomendar una app, página web o canal de Youtube de palabra al día en Basque Euskara con traducción al ingles o español? Gracias.

NudelnAlDente, to random
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Is today the best day to suss out one of the nearby Irish pubs, or the worst? One of them has a pirate theme... 🦜

¿Es hoy el mejor día para ir a uno de los pubs irlandés de cerca, o el peor? Uno tiene un tema pirata... 🏴‍☠️

NudelnAlDente, to random
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If you need to request your medical records from via your GP's surgery, say in advance of moving to another non-UK country, you may want to do so a couple of months in advance. I tried today & was told it's currently a 6 week wait time & they require me to come in to collect the records in person. Can't provide them electronically & don't trust them to the mail.
and their gutting of the .

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