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boud

@boud@framapiaf.org

cosmologiste; en faveur de l'accès ouvert au savoir et des prises de décisions publiques structurées, libres et informées

#LogicielLibre #FreeSoftware #Debian #Mobian #cosmology #OpenScience #HumanRights (#fedi22)

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aral, (edited ) to random
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There’s a special circle of hell for the “This file contains ambigious Unicode characters” overlay on @Codeberg

No, it doesn’t, it uses proper curly quotes and other typographically-correct punctuation in comments and strings.

Thought we’d fixed this in Forgejo but apparently not?

Really making me not want to link to my source code on Codeberg and I don’t want to migrate elsewhere right now when everything else is working so well.

e.g., see https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/src/branch/parameter-objects/examples/markdown-preview/index.page.js

boud, (edited )
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@aral

The non-ascii is yours: non-ascii apostrophes.

wget https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/raw/branch/parameter-objects/examples/markdown-preview/index.page.js

grep -E "Interestingly|updates while|sends a" index.page.js |od -c

0000040 342 200 231 s v a l u e h a s n
...
0000140 w , I 342 200 231 m g o i n g t
...
0000300 w e d o n 342 200 231 t w a n t

En.Wikipedia doesn 342 200 231 t want non-ascii apostrophes either [1] ;).

@Codeberg

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:%27

boud,
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@aral

OK, it's clear you want to allow rendered quotation marks and apostrophes in source code strings and comments, as opposed to keeping the source in ascii and letting libraries (TeX or other) do the work of fancy rendering. I'm open to looking at the arguments both ways, though sticking to ascii seems to me more robust - except for i18n.

@Codeberg

junesim63, to Israel
@junesim63@mstdn.social avatar

The hearing begins today on Israel's occupation of Palestine. Link below to Al Jazeera's live feed.

Riyad Al-Malikhi began:
“I stand before you as 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, are besieged and bombed, killed and maimed, starved and displaced.
As more than 3.5 million Palestinians in West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are subjected to colonisation of their territory and the racist violence that enables it"

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/icj-on-israel-occupations-of-palestine-live-hearings-to-begin

boud,
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@junesim63

For anyone confused about the various court cases on this whole topic, this case is [1], not [2]. Both are ICJ (International Court of Justice) cases concerning states.

The ICC (International Criminal Court) investigation is a third, independent full investigation, concerning responsibility for crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide) by individuals [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_consequences_arising_from_the_policies_and_practices_of_Israel_in_the_occupied_Palestinian_territory_including_East_Jerusalem

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_v.

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Palestine

gchocteau, to random French
@gchocteau@mastodon.social avatar

Toujours se méfier des trop belles images et des engouements trop unanimes..
Il a le mérite d'être un opposant à Poutine, mais Alexeï Navalny n'est pas si propre que cela ! Racisme, nationalisme et valeurs réactionnaires sont au menu.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/alexei-navalny/mort-d-alexei-navalny-propos-racistes-nationalisme-et-positions-conservatrices-l-autre-visage-de-l-opposant-russe_6370291.html

boud,
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@alucard @gchocteau

Il a changé, oui. Mais tout de même il a co-organisé la marche néo-faciste de 2011 à Moscou : "This year he was a co-organizer — [surprising] his supporters, who are largely liberals at odds with nationalists." [1]

Il a soutenu l'invasion de la Géorgie : "He also supported RU in its war against GE in August 2008, using a derogatory term for Georgians ... and calling for all Georgians to be expelled from RU." [2]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210117224422/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2011/11/06/russian-march-resists-navalny-a10629

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20210227125259/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/is-aleksei-navalny-a-liberal-or-a-nationalist/278186

boud, (edited ) to random
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Russian medics apparently [0] took a TGV to rush 37 km from city hospital [1] to at FKU IK-3 [2] in just seven minutes.

Of course, 315 km/h [3] is the mean speed, and assumes no time accelerating or decelerating.

The Arctic TGV? Driven by a yeti?

More seriously, Meduza's overall reaction [4].

[0] https://kyivindependent.com/russian-state-controlled-media-labytnangi-medics-arrived-in-less-than-7-minutes

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labytnangi

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FKU_IK-3%2c_Kharp

[3] https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=66.657222%2C66.418333_66.657222%2C++66.418333&point=66.818611%2C65.795556_66.818611%2C+65.795556&layer=Omniscale

[4] https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/16/the-battle-between-good-and-indifference-isn-t-over-yet

blogdiva, to firefox
@blogdiva@mastodon.social avatar

it's time to fork and turn it into a cooperative-owned project.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-lays-off-60-people-wants-to-build-ai-into-firefox/

cooperative membership is the element missing from FLOSS.

fuck the non-profit's faux neutrality when in truth it's just a broke doppelganger of the top-down structure of the corporatist kleptocracy.

make the project a cooperative where members --users and developers-- get to vote on the future of the project with their paid memberships and contributed labor.

boud,
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@blogdiva
Realism or a pipedream?

"The turnover of the largest three hundred cooperatives in the world reached $2.2 trillion." [1]

"Cooperative businesses are typically more productive and economically resilient than many other forms of enterprise, with twice the number of co-operatives (80%) surviving their first five years compared with other business ownership models (44%) according to data from UK." [1]

"Mondragon ... has [been running] since 1956." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

aral, to firefox
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Mozilla fires 60 people to “focus on bringing ‘trustworthy AI into Firefox.’”

Fuck you, Mozilla. No one is asking for AI in Firefox. Sadly, you’re the best we can hope for under capitalism. So if we want something better, we should look into alternative models.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/mozilla-downsizes-as-it-refocuses-on-firefox-and-ai-read-the-memo/

boud,
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@aral

"and scale back its investment in its mozilla.social Mastodon instance"

That doesn't sound good either.

@mozilla Firing 60 people while claiming to invest in "trustworthy AI" doesn't seem to have convinced the Fediverse. See this thread.

https://archive.today/2024.02.13-220808/https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/mozilla-downsizes-as-it-refocuses-on-firefox-and-ai-read-the-memo

markhburton, to random
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Excellent editorial this.

Editorial: Ever-increasing militarisation leaves us all poorer | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-ever-increasing-militarisation-leaves-us-all-poorer

boud, (edited )
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@markhburton

1/5
I fail to see the excellence in making an extraordinary claim contrary to all evidence.

Morning Star: "Putin confirmed that, just prior to Johnson's visit, a signed agreement had been reached ratified by the representatives of both UA and RU and counter-signed by FR and DE." [1]

29–30 Mar 2022 peace talks: "Ahead of the 29 March meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands." [2]

@pvonhellermannn

boud, (edited )
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@markhburton

2/5
29–30 Mar 2022: "Arakhamia stated... that in Mar 2022 the RU delegation had promised UA peace for refusing to join NATO, but that RU had not given any security guarantees and the UA delegation did not trust RU to uphold such an agreement. Arakhamia also refuted Putin's claim that UA had signed any agreement in TR because the delegation did not even have the legal right to sign anything - this [would have needed] a meeting between [Zelenskyy] and Putin." [2]

@pvonhellermannn

boud, (edited )
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@markhburton
3/5

Putin Feb 2024: "But then [Arakhamia] publicly stated to the whole world: "We were ready to sign this document, but Mr. Johnson, ... came and dissuaded us from doing this ... And we agreed with this proposal." [3]

There is not even a claim by Putin himself in his Carlson 'interview' [3] that an agreement had been:
(i) signed, or
(ii) ratified by UA + RU, or
(iii) counter-signed by FR + DE.

"agreed" != "signed"

@pvonhellermannn

boud, (edited )
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@markhburton

4/5

[1] https://archive.today/2024.02.12-145011/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-ever-increasing-militarisation-leaves-us-all-poorer

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#Renewal_of_peace_talks:_29.E2.80.9330_March

[3] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Interview_to_Tucker_Carlson

@pvonhellermannn

boud,
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@markhburton

5/5

Slight correction: Putin in the Carlson interview did in fact say that Arakhamia "put his preliminary signature" on an agreement.

So (i) is marginally half-supported by the transcript; 'half', because there's no statement of a RU rep signing; and 'marginally', because omitting the word "preliminary" is misleading.

(ii) is a much stronger claim, and I still don't see any evidence for it in the transcript; nor for (iii).

If I'm wrong, give the quotes.

@pvonhellermannn

boud,
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@markhburton

It's not about if I disagree. It's MS making a false statement - given the source - about a critically important event. Anyone following this thread can easily check for themselves; that doesn't depend on me.

Facts matter.

@pvonhellermannn

aiefel, to random
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    boud,
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    @aiefel

    El Sudani/Sudatel seems to be back up and running:

    https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/communications-blackout-el-sudani-network-restored

    And whether it's the RSF or SAF responsible for cutting links doesn't seem to be clear.

    pvonhellermannn, to community
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    It’s been fed back to me (offline) that some of you here are finding my relentless negativity too much. I know - have been conscious of that too (i really have had a bit of a dip), and I am sorry.

    So in an attempt to be more positive again: we had a lovely rainbow 🌈 here in . I shared a picture on our street WhatsApp group and so many others shared theirs and we decided to see it as a sign of hope!

    boud,
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    @pvonhellermannn I find your toots very useful. :) Accurate knowledge about problems is a step towards handling them. @urlyman Jensen's 'Beyond Hope' is very useful. Better do a small positive action that, based on accurate knowledge and networking with others, will tend to help the overall system, rather than do nothing and just hope.

    These points are relevant to the other existential risk to civilisation (apart from the ): [1].

    [1] https://tomdispatch.com/full-speed-ahead-on-the-global-titanic

    danielskatz, to random
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    Open-source and research software ( ) experts:

    Where should open-source research software projects go to learn about best practices for
    a) governance documents
    b) roadmaps
    c) contributor documents
    d) codes of conduct

    We have https://choosealicense.com for licenses; what's the equivalent for these other things?

    I don't need one place that has all of these; multiple places would be good.

    boud,
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    @danielskatz

    choosealicense.com/About states

    "GitHub wants to help developers ... Curated with [heart] by GitHub, Inc. and ..."

    GitHub is bad practice, not best practice.

    "GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers that GitHub is the best ... place for FOSS development. However, as a proprietary, trade-secret tool, GitHub itself is the very opposite of FOSS."

    https://giveupgithub.org

    ianbetteridge, to random
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    Playing around with Gemini Advanced and it’s pretty impressive. It’s reinforced my thought that the ultimate area where LLMs are useful is as conversational exploration tools, rather than simply “finding and giving answers”. For example, I just had a conversion with Gemini about the pros and cons of UBI where we got into some quite sophisticated scenarios which actually gave me good food for thought.

    boud, (edited )
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    @swarming

    Wikipedia is ethically and epistemologically opposite to ChatGPT:

    • ChatGPT is based on blatant copyright violations, while Wikipedia strongly rejects copyright violations;

    • WP references are intensively curated by humans/debated on talk pages for relevance and quality;

    • WP:CIR, WP:DUE, WP:RSP are absent from ChatGPT, and WP:NPOV is mostly Common-Crawl-POV;

    • On Wikipedia, IL/PS, broadly construed, is a topic with intense curation+strict guidelines.

    @ant @ianbetteridge

    GossiTheDog, (edited ) to random
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    The three million toothbrush botnet story isn’t true.

    Here’s the original source of the story: https://archive.is/2024.01.30-203406/https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/kriminalitaet-die-zahnbuersten-greifen-an-das-sind-die-aktuellen-cybergefahren-und-so-koennen-sie-sich-schuetzen-ld.2569480

    It’s simply a made up example. It doesn’t exist. It starts talking about NoName Ddosia, too, which also isn’t toothbrushes.

    boud,
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    @GossiTheDog

    This floss has been re-toothed 456 times so far on Fedi. Can we really brush it off so whitely?

    On the other hand, who caries?

    aeryn_thrace, to academicchatter
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    Jülich open the Speaker Series Presents

    Lonni Besançon:

    OPEN SCIENCE SAVES LIVES – LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC

    13 February 2024, 3pm CET

    Zoom Reg: https://go.fzj.de/josss-reg-006

    @academicchatter @lonnibesancon @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice

    image/png

    boud,
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    @jeffcliff @academicchatter @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice @aeryn_thrace @lonnibesancon

    https://switching.software/replace/zoom

    alluccia, to random French
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    Salut tout le monde,
    à mon grand regret, il va falloir que j’achète un smartphone……
    Autant vous dire que ça ne me réjouis pas du tout et que ça me gonfle déjà.
    J’étais partie sur un google pixel parce que c’est compatible avec et que ça fait des belles photos (j’en ai besoin pour faire des belles photos). Mais mon frère qui a le même tel m’a expliqué que les belles photos c’était pas lié au téléphone en lui même mais à l’IA de google, et que du coup les photos du pixel avec lineage, c’était peut être de la grosse bouse.
    Donc j’ai besoin d’aide pour savoir comment comparer les différents téléphones compatibles avec lineage, selon la qualité des photos sous lineageOS…
    Parce qu’avec les comparateurs "officiels" de téléphone, bien évidemment le comparatif est réalisé avec le système d’exploitation d’origine.

    Est ce qu’il y a parmi vous des fanas du et bidouilleur·ses de téléphones qui peuvent m’aiguiller sur des ressources communautaires de comparatifs de tel éligibles à des systèmes libres?

    Merci à vous!
    Le boost est fortement apprécié 🥰

    boud,
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    @alluccia

    C'est pas comparitif, mais voilà neuf photos prises avec sur mon (le panorama date d'avant mon pinephone) – https://pixelfed.fr/boud – je ne m'en plains pas :).

    nouvelles, nov 2023 : https://blog.brixit.nl/megapixels-2-0

    ZekuZelalem, to random
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    UK friends, Channel 4 produced a video report from Ethiopia's Tigray region, that's ~ 5 mins, but dives into the hunger crisis caused by the war, while addressing the travesty of the UN awarding Abiy Ahmed the FAO Agricola Award, subject of my most recent thread.

    Lindsey Hilsum is the narrator, but the Ethiopian journalists who produced Channel 4's on the ground footage are unnamed because of the threat of jail when you help produce critical journalism in Ethiopia.

    https://www.channel4.com/news/deadly-combination-of-war-and-drought-leaves-ethiopia-facing-famine

    boud,
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    @ZekuZelalem
    Probably better to have some international media attention than none, but the messages I see in the video are:

    • Tigrayans as a society don't have agency, they're victims incapable of political self-organisation that UN+US have to help;

    • the 10% genocide (including deliberate famine) of Nov 2020 to Nov 2022, was just "war";

    • the massive, deliberate destruction of Tigrayan agricultural+industrial resources+infrastructure by Eritrean forces + ENDF is completely unmentioned.

    boud,
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    @ZekuZelalem

    Fair point about the risks to the local journalists. Even though they're unnamed and not shown, that's not absolute protection. If they are identified and seen as a threat to Abiy, it's less risk to them to "only" have accused Abiy of hypocrisy about famine rather than to have mentioned more of the context.

    I wrongly assumed that the local journalists took no risks in contributing to the story.

    sundogplanets, to random
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    Really great (absolutely terrifying) research by plasma physicist @carlysagan is being highlighted today on https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=02&year=2024

    Is there anything that tens of thousands of disposable satellites won't completely fuck up?

    Satellite companies need to stop launching until they fund research on the upper atmosphere and magnetosphere(!) and show their plans are safe (which...is probably impossible since they aren't safe).

    boud,
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    @sundogplanets @carlysagan

    title + tags

    Potential Perturbation of the Ionosphere by Megaconstellations and Corresponding Artificial Re-entry Plasma Dust



    https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.09329

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debye_length

    I vaguely remember hearing that the long-term stable state of the should be the formation of a disk of debris, but I don't remember the source (apart from analogy - galaxies, stellar systems, planetary rings) or time scale.

    boud,
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    @michael_w_busch @sundogplanets

    Thanks for the correction: s/long-term stable/intermediate-term/ and 10s to 100s yr time scale.

    Kessler & Cours-Palais 1978 say "totally analogous to the processes that probably occurred in the formation of the asteroid belt".

    A belt is a disk rather than spherical component of a self-gravitating system, but true that it's not "a disk" on its own. Are there any arguments for the belt being equatorially aligned, or rather unaligned?

    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978JGR....83.2637K

    petersuber, to academia
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    "Following the controlled demolition of Al-Israa University, Israeli army footage of which was widely shared on social media, every single higher education institution in #Gaza is believed to have either been destroyed or severely damaged since the invasion began."
    https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academia-gaza-has-been-destroyed-israeli-educide
    (#paywalled)

    #Academia #Universities
    @academicchatter

    boud,
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    @petersuber

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israa_University_%28Palestine%29

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