One who spudges.
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One who spudges.
Linux • KDE • Mozilla • Matrix • Proton • Music • Star Labs • Veg
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines?
I’m kind of tired of Google sending me to the same 3 sites whenever I search for something. If not the same 3 sites it’s 7 others that are so generic and boring I just feel they’re useless. It’s always makeuseof, androidauthority, or whatever other sites that have useful information but I rarely feel like they are saying...
This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are (www.theguardian.com)
No more cordon blur: France prepares to ban vegetarian products from using meaty language
Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
What was your gateway product to open source? (www.cnet.com)
I want to talk about our gateway products to open source. You know, that one product or software that made us go, “Whoa, this is amazing!” and got us hooked on the world of open source....
No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan (www.theguardian.com)
“The government has given financial assistance to Birmingham, Bristol and Portsmouth to help fund their clean air zones but has refused to support London’s scheme, arguing that powers over transport and air quality are devolved to the capital.”
TIL: F3 and F4 keys in Dolphin
F3 split screen on/off...
'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt (news.sky.com)
Boris Johnson fails to hand over mobile with Covid WhatsApps before inquiry deadline (www.independent.co.uk)
A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.] (agrobertson.substack.com)
A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.
What are your must-have packages?
I’ll start:...
TV & Tunes Tuesday
Thread for TV, film and music recommendations! What have you been feeding into your eyes and ears recently? What have we missed and should know about?
Nitter, alternative frontend for twitter, is back online! (github.com)
I use nitter to get rss feeds of twitter lists so glad to see them back up
Who else watched BBC News at 10 just to see who'd be presenting it?
It seems like rumours and suspicions have solidified today. So I was genuinely interested to see who was presenting the 10 o’clock news this evening – and how the current BBC-related story was covered.