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noybeu, 1 month ago to random

🚨 Breaking via Politico: #GDPR #BREAKING:

The EDPB takes the view that "large online platforms" like Meta cannot rely on a "pay or okay" system to get "freely given" consent. [Details to follow]

First noyb statement:

https://noyb.eu/en/statement-edpb-pay-or-okay-opinion

geomob, 1 month ago to random German

Tonight is the night - Geomob London! #geomobLON
Doors open at 6pm, talks will start at 6:30.

https://thegeomob.com/post/april-17th-2024-geomoblon-details

Thank you to UCL's Geography Dept. for again hosting us.
Five talks, followed by discussion over #geobeers

Our sponsors:

• Thunderforest https://www.thunderforest.com
• Geolytix https://geolytix.com
• Esri https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/partners/our-partners/startups
• SplashMaps https://www.splash-maps.com
• Ed Parsons https://www.edparsons.com
• Mappery https://mappery.org
• OpenCage https://opencagedata.com

Geomob London sponsors
Geomob London location at UCL
Geomob London location at UCL

carolynporco, 1 month ago to Astronomy

Hey! It's a dbl header!

A new 'Remembering Cassini' post, the 2nd in one week, is now up on my "Coming of Age in the Solar System" Substack site.

"This One Belongs To Us" tells of our 1st sighting of the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Check it out!
https://tinyurl.com/4hdf2fxj

And pls spread the cheer & boost this post!

#astronomy #astroph #space #exploration #Saturn #Cassini #images #Titan

derickr, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to space

🪐 I have recently made some changes to https://ciclops.org — the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations after having made a static site of it two years ago ( https://derickrethans.nl/concerning-cassini.html ).

🕶️ While doing that, I found some stereographic images. The ones you need 3D glasses for.

🍀 Luckily I have a pair on my desk, so I could see a crater on Rhea in 3D, and the moon Pan!

Isn't that awesome?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

#NASA #Saturn #Cassini #StereoImage #Astrodon #3D

openrightsgroup, 1 month ago to random

Open Rights Group fights to protect digital rights in the UK 🦾

Becoming a member helps us to campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes to challenge restrictions to our human rights.

Join the movement today ⬇️

#DigitalRightsAreHumanRights

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/

geomob, 1 month ago to random German

One day to go until Geomob London!

See you tomorrow (Wed, 17th) at UCL

https://thegeomob.com/post/april-17th-2024-geomoblon-details

#geomobLON

PHPCSFixer, 1 month ago to php

Looking at the votes it seems we'll have our hands full in upcoming months 🫣. Anyone interested in contributing around #PHP 8.4 support? Asking for a friend.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/property-hooks

Xdebug, 1 month ago to random

🥳 Xdebug 3.3.2 is out!

🐛 This is a bug fix release that addresses:

🔥 a crash bug when Xdebug and Blackfire are active
♻️ a 100% CPU bug in threaded PHP environments (Apache, FrankenPHP)

📰 ChangeLog: https://xdebug.org/announcements/2024-04-15

➡️ If you find a bug, please file a report at Xdebug's Issue Tracker: https://bugs.xdebug.org

👥 This release also contains contributions by: @dunglas and @iamluc — Thanks!

carolynporco, 1 month ago to space

Hey Mastodonians,

A new 'Remembering Cassini' episode is now posted on "Coming of Age in the Solar System".

It's called 'Entering the House of Saturn' ... which is what Cassini did 20 years ago today.

https://carolynporco.substack.com/p/remembering-cassini-entering-the

Check it out!

#space #astrodon #Saturn #Cassini #astronomy #planets #news #images #explore

thomasfuchs, 1 month ago to random

Hi, for the thousandth time:

A generative AI can’t research or check sources; it doesn’t have a concept of these things.

It doesn’t have concept of anything. It doesn’t know what a concept is.

It knows nothing, because it cannot think.

It’s literally an autocomplete algorithm with a large corpus of text.

php, 1 month ago to random

📣 Announcing the availability of:

• PHP 8.3.6
• PHP 8.2.18
• PHP 8.1.28

‼️ These SECURITY releases fix:

• proc_open workaround Windows with escaping arguments for bat/cmd files
• __Host-/__Secure cookie bypass
• Infinite loop in mb_encode_mimeheader
• password_hash handling of null-charecter terminated $password

Please upgrade ASAP.

Changelog: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php
Source: https://www.php.net/downloads
Windows: https://windows.php.net/download/

phptek, 1 month ago to random

In just a couple of weeks, the one and only Derick Rethans will be leading a hands-on workshop at php[tek] on writing your own PHP extension! Bring your Linux machine and your knowledge of C and we'll get to work 🤓

hedders, 1 month ago to random

Given the antics of the likes of that Wragg twit, I wonder if we might be better served by banning the sale of smartphones to Tory MPs.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/10/uk-ministers-considering-banning-sale-of-smartphones-to-under-16s

helenczerski, 2 months ago to random

The death of Peter Higgs is sad news. I remember him being in the green room at the Cheltenham Science Festival years ago, and he was so humble and polite to everyone. Dara Ó Briain (the comedian) was there, and he'd brought an empty jam jar with a hand-written label that said "this jar contains 1 Higgs Boson. Certified by... " and he got Peter Higgs to sign the bottom. (apparently that's the average number present). The jam jar made everyone very happy.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94

seraph, 2 months ago to random

this shit is so funny

Are you serious, X Corp? Ahoy there, welcome to roblotwitter! I assure you, there's nothing fishy going on here, so feel free to read on. Yeah, it's a "honeypot". Sorry about that. I'm not trying to apologize and get away with it, though. But when you clicked on this link, you probably thought you were looking at something like "roblox.com". Simple URL substitution can cause this kind of thing to happen, so I made this site. So let's shout it out. "Are you serious, X Corp?"

phparch, 1 month ago to random

In just a couple of weeks, the one and only Derick Rethans will be leading a hands-on workshop at @phptek on writing your own PHP extension! Bring your Linux machine and your knowledge of C and we'll get to work 🤓 https://tek.phparch.com/speakers

caroga, 1 month ago to random

Seriously I can't believe this.... it's too darn funny... I honestly thought it was a delayed april fools joke.

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to-x-dot-com-ios

saramg, 2 months ago to random

This is the kind of coding mistake an Intern would make, and a junior eng would fail to catch in code review.

https://wetdry.world/@seraph/112241754503585255

markmccaughrean, 2 months ago to random

It’s total solar eclipse day.

They happen somewhere on Earth once every 18 months or so.

But most people can’t afford to go chasing them, so the better question is how long you’d have to wait to see one where you live.

On average, it takes 375 years.

So if you’re lucky enough to be somewhere in North America experiencing totality today:

Put down your phone & camera during the main event, watch, be amazed, & embrace being made from starstuff 🌞🌑

#SolarEclipse2024

https://www.almanac.com/total-solar-eclipses-how-often-do-they-happen

thelinuxEXP, 2 months ago to random

All it would take for AI to completely collapse is a ruling in the US saying these companies have to licence the content they used to train these tools.

They simply would never reach a sustainable business model if they had to fairly compensate all the people who wrote, drew, edited, sang or just created the content they use.

Simply being forced to respect attribution and licenses would kill them. Will that ruling ever happen? Maybe not. Should it? I think so.

organicmaps, 2 months ago to random

Let us announce the March/April release with updated European elevation data, and welcome new contributors! Read the detailed announcement on our website:

https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-04-05/improved-europe-elevation-data-in-app-release/

Updated elevation data in Europe

carolynporco, 2 months ago to random

Hello Everyone,

The latest issue in my 'Coming of Age in the Solar System' newsletter it out!

You can find it here:

https://carolynporco.substack.com/p/four-windows-on-saturn

And if you'd rather receive notice of new issues directly in your Inbox, you'll find a Subscribe button at the bottom of the link above.

There is also a Comment section there if you'd like to converse with other subscribers.

Enjoy!
Carolyn Porco

Igigog, 2 months ago to random

Today's find: this gem of an article
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

sheislaurence, 2 months ago to Israel

The account and ballastics of the #IDF strike on #WorldCentralKitchen vehicles leave absolutely ZERO room for doubt: #Israel deliberately targeted the aid agency in #Gaza. The clearly marked vehicles were spread out over a 1.5 mile route previously agreed with the IDF. They were targeted in succession, as passengers from the first vehicle were fleeing to the 2nd, then 3rd vehicle. These things don't happen by 'mistake' as #Netanyahu pretends with a smile. https://www.channel4.com/news/three-british-aid-workers-in-gaza-killed-in-israel-airstrike