Paxxi

Paxxi, 11 hours ago to random

Rewatching dune before watching dune 2 and it's dumber than I remembered it.
The dumb shields, the hand to hand combat, the supposedly best military in the galaxy being surprise attacked by a flying small moon

Patricia, 23 hours ago to random

People who think I was hash against the book should read it. But then really, actually read all of the words, and not give up, skim and start just looking at pictures and headlines.

tristansnell, 1 day ago to random

On paper — FBI authorized to use deadly force at Mar-a-Lago

In practice — FBI was afraid to force open a closet at Mar-a-Lago where more documents were kept

Donald Trump continues to get special snowflake treatment at EVERY step of these prosecutions

Patricia, 1 day ago to random

Ok, I’m sorry, I’m going to ruffle feathers here but… I’m trying to read some newer development process books and… oh my… even super popular ones are so immensely long winded and unconvincing in their dogmatic argumentation: this is bad, this is good, because I said so that’s why.

Recent examples that I’m struggling to finish: “Team Topologies” and “Data Mesh” - I mean they might be great but I’m getting strong “this should’ve been a blogpost” feels.

ndw, 1 day ago to random

If someone wanted to play with running some JavaScript code inside a JVM application, is there an obvious right JS implementation to choose? Nashorn is deprecated (I think). I see Rhino and Javet and maybe others. #lazyweb

Paxxi, 1 day ago to random

Microsoft reading the news, seeing all the hate against lgbtq kids being abused by their parents and thinking, hey that's a great business opportunity for AI!

#recall

poppastring, 2 days ago to windows

About #Windows 11 Recall

TL;DR;

• If you reset the PC, you delete all Recall snapshots
• Recall only works with supported web browsers (Chromium-based)
• Organizations can simply disable it
• Can’t save snapshots of InPrivate windows
• Supports user-facing settings for filtering
• Feature can be disabled during setup
• Delete snapshots at any time
• Everything Recall does stays on your local #Copilot+ PC
• Data is protected by full-disk encryption (a requirement)

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/302928/windows-11-recall-is-not-a-privacy-concern

Sobieck, 2 days ago to random

On a recent episode of Behind the Bastards, the host talked about how abusers were able to infiltrate the left in Germany after the war. They were able to hijack a good movement that was antifascist. They warped it in the worst possible way.

I know a lot of the privacy violating shit in tech is just on accident. But I wonder how much of it is just shitty dudes thinking of new ways to sneak in shit to abuse their partner and kids more effectively.

#recall

gsuberland, 2 days ago to random

fucking hell. if you decline optional cookies on screwfix's website they set the basket cookie expiry to a couple of hours and force-refresh your checkout page after a timeout, which causes you to lose everything that was in your basket. what a user-hostile design.

josh, 2 days ago to foss

The organizers of @pycon have given community organizers a massive gift 🎁

Let's not squander it!

A sold out #PyConUS 2024 proved that even large events can prioritize safety and inclusion for caregivers and immunocompromised people by way of requiring masks, and gathering venue data to calibrate their policy from year-to-year. Smaller events have proven it's possible at that scale, too.

Now is the time for at least one other large event to step up.

Who will it be? 👀

#HealthAndSafety #FOSS #OpenSource #PublicHealth

Paxxi, 2 days ago to random

Is it just me reacting to the use of "women and children" used to describe civilian deaths in wars?

There's plenty of women in modern militaries so it's a weird phrase to use

timnitGebru, 5 days ago to random

"Leike had said that OpenAI's "safety culture & processes have taken a backseat to shiny products" in recent years, and that his team struggled to obtain the resources to get their safety work done."

Lol. But there never was a "safety culture"!

The founding of OpenAI was premised on "existential risk" of AI to "humanity," the new grift white men created to siphon even more resources for themselves under the guise of saving all of us.

https://mashable.com/article/openai-sam-altman-greg-brockman-respond-to-jan-leike-resignation

inquiline, 5 days ago to random

Sometimes I get real gems in my campus mail:

GossiTheDog, 5 days ago to random

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has apparently crashed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051

whitequark, 6 days ago to random

postgres is a great database engine :)

ricci, 6 days ago to random

am i the last person on earth without a podcast

Paxxi, 6 days ago to random

Load of top soil arrived yesterday, I'm going to look like the rock after this summer 😂

GrimmReality, 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

"A handful of cretinous shitsacks who fully legalized bribery in America because they hold to an ideology that insists rich, conservative people are inherently superior and should have carte blanche to rule unfettered by laws turned out to also take fuck-tons of bribes, dismissed every suggestion they account for that because those suggestions came from lowly pleb scum, and materially participated in an effort to end democracy in America" sure feels like a plot twist every last person with critical thinking skills should have seen coming.

TheBreadmonkey, 9 days ago to random

I don't want to be that guy, but depicting a King in military uniform - head of the British 'empire' absolutely covered and dripping in red...... It's a little on the nose, don't you think?

shafik, 2 months ago to random

Consumers, if you are tired of inflation this article tells you what you need to do: https://stocks.apple.com/AH86fsRXnQEuaNThCXOkhIw

• Drop brand products that have weak competition

• Swap products that have off label competition

We have the power but we have be willing to make those choices. If we don't then they will keep raising prices b/c they can.

Long term we need more competition but that will take time. You need to write to your representatives and tell them we need less mergers and more break-ups.

"The more ingredients in the product, the more pricing power you have typically," Sundaram said. Retailers, including Target and Kroger, have rolled out new private brands to better compete with national brands and undercut them on price. Earlier this month, Target debuted Dealworthy, a brand made up of products including dental floss, paper towels and shampoo. Most of the new brand's goods sell for under $10. By stealing away sales, retailers can pressure national brands to lower an item's price, introduce a cheaper version or offer a discount. Some industry watchers expect a meaningful wave of price cuts as food makers struggle with weaker demand and lagging sales growth. A number of food suppliers reported shrinking volume in North America in their latest quarters, including Kraft Heinz, Pringles maker Kellanova and PepsiCo's food divisions. Volume excludes pricing and currency changes, giving investors a more accurate view of demand.