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grob

@grob@mstdn.social

There is no Brontosaurus.

I'm interested in ⚡energy, 🏭energy and 🌍climate policy, 👨‍💻programming, 💾free software, 🏛politics.

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stux, to random
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A CT machine without its casing

Hard to believe that something as messy looking as this is that well balanced

grob,
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@stux portal to hell opening sound

Taffer, to maps
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With the news that Google is going to "supercharge" Maps with "AI" (and the poor results I've had with Apple Maps), I finally checked out OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

OMG THIS IS AMAZING. So much more useful detail! Incredible! Going to dig up an app for my phone and use this for a while to see how it compares to the ad- and AI-ridden nonsense.

grob,
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@Taffer if you like OSM, check out the @streetcomplete app. But don't blame me if it eats up your free time 😁

rysiek, (edited ) to random
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Here's a half-formed thought I need to mull a bit on:

Somehow, algorithmic (and especially "AI-driven") decision making tends to only be proposed in contexts where it can only — or mostly — affect those with the least power in the system.

Migrants and asylum seekers.
Prisoners.
Families using any form of state support (child benefits, foodstamps, etc).
Palestinians in Gaza.

It somehow never gets proposed for use-cases where it might affect the wealthy and powerful.

One wonders why. 🤔

🧵/1

grob,
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@rysiek I think the main reason is not the models' fallibility but their exertion of power over other others. People in power don't like power exerted on themselves, regardless of correctness.

grob,
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@rysiek quite frankly, it was not obvious to me either. Gotta thank Fedi for a bit of eye-opening :blobcatwink:

stux, to news
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Hm.. I still have the domain "mastodon.press" :think_bread:

Any org interested?

grob,
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@stux cc @tazgetroete @janboehm @digitalcourage @netzpolitik_feed was für euch?

rysiek, to fediverse
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If anyone has any white-papers, blogposts, or any kind of materials about best practices for public institutions / government agencies / etc maintaining presence (either just accounts or starting own instances) in the , I am all ears.

Examples also very welcome! I do know of official DE, NL, CH, EU instances already.

:boost_ok:

grob,
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@rysiek not best practices but examples, hopefully good ones: https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/111296369496515559

rafa_font, to random
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Dear Mastodonians,

Could you please recommend European scientists that are researching the environmental impacts of datacenters and/or AI?

I've suggested in my workplace to assess the environmental footprint of our IT infrastructure, which is mostly cloud-based and uses gradually AI.

The Staff Committee might invite experts in the field to gather more information.

Thanks!

grob,
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@rafa_font tagging @wim_v12e since you're the closest I know for this, hope that's ok

bicmay, to food
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"Consumer Reports (CR), a consumer advocacy group, said it tested 12 store-bought versions of Lunchables — which are made by Kraft Heinz — along with similar lunch and snack kits and found “relatively high levels of lead and cadmium” in the Lunchables kits...There is not a safe level of lead for children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes."

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4584070-lunchables-found-to-contain-relatively-high-lead-levels/

grob,
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@bicmay huh, some months ago ketchup brands were tested by a German consumer mag and Heinz came out rock bottom with yummy mold toxins https://www.oekotest.de/essen-trinken/Tomatenketchup-Darum-ist-Heinz-Ketchup-der-grosse-Testverlierer_13517_1.html (German)

angiebaby, to random
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I'm tired of bitter, angry old white men running the world.

grob,
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@angiebaby @zleap old white men is a personality type, not a demographic by now. Old white men unfortunately made it popular. And Rishi Sunak is one.

grob, to twitter German
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Bundesregierung umgeht Twitterbeschränkungen durch Posten von Tweet-Screenshots auf eigenen Seiten. Schade, dass Mastodon und Fedi mit keinem Wort erwähnt wurden, da es explizit um das Erreichen von Nicht-Twitter-Nutzern ging.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/twitter-bundesregierung-102.html

aral, (edited ) to random
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Which option are you more likely to choose?

grob,
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@aral this question came dangerously close to factory resetting me

grob,
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@aral brightened up my evening :blobcat:

grob, to random German
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Soo, hab dann auch mal BundID und Onlineperso ausprobiert. Liebes @bmdv , was ist das?! Man möchte brechen. Und auswandern. Systemdesign aus der Hölle. Warum können wir Digitalisierung nicht? Ganz einfach. Hat nichts mit Computern zu tun. Wir können Prozesse und Nutzerorientierung nicht.

grob, to android German
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I was wondering: when I click on one of the many different PeerTube links within on , is there a way to automatically open them with , just like for YouTube links? I imagine the variety of instances with their different domains are a bit in the way? Would there be a Tusky setting or is it an OS thing? Currently all links are opened in the browser.

JonChevreau, to random
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As a diversion from the “All Trump all the time” media coverage this week, let’s imagine 45 does wind up in prison, long enough to write his memoirs as Hitler did with Mein Kampf. (translates as my Struggle.) What title should he use? I’ll go first: How about Mein Bone Spurs.

grob,
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@rgulick @JonChevreau @Sunny Meine Lügen is correct. Meine is plural of mein.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Well, what was yours? 🤔

grob,
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@itsfoss a non-memorable one. Had a bunch of issues with the display, keyboard, fan noise, standby/suspend and started researching on how to fix them, feeling all nerdy and pro.

Then I just switched to a newer kernel version and it fixed everything. Simply a driver issue. (btw: as a linux noob, was very hard to find out kernel version is a thing, installing piece of cake)

Point being: if you get a new laptop, consider installing a new kernel version, before putting in too much manual effort.

grob, to random German
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Falls das hier irgendwen überrascht... https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/letzte-generation-bka-100.html eher nich, wa?

grob, to random German
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Das Framing, Wärmepumpen machen uns ärmer, weil die Anschaffungskosten höher sind, übersieht was sie für ein Wirtschaftsförderprogramm sind. Tausende neue Mitarbeiter und Milliardeninvestitionen bei großen deutschen Traditionsunternehmen wie Bosch, Viessmann oder Stiebel Eltron sowie in ganz Europa bei hohen zweistelligen Wachstumsraten. Man könnte das konservativ ausschlachten, wenn man seine Ideologie ablegen und pragmatische Politik verfolgen würde. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/waermepumpen-hersteller-produktion-standorte-101.html

grob, to Russia
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However the coup in Russia plays out, I can't imagine it improving Russian morale in the invasion. I hope Ukraine can also use the chaos in the next days for significant advances.

maxim, to mastodon
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Hello gamers ❤️

What kind of gameplay gives you pleasure, especially after work ⁉️

⭐ please give examples (or Steam links)

want to collect information for analysis, what you like, will be useful for game developers too

grob,
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@belghast @maxim +1 on exactly this. Elaborate games are sometimes too much, then I dig out Diablo 1 and an old mouse I don't mind breaking.

edit: some rare times I play UT2004. Single maps with instagib mod. Gloriously mindless.

grob, to random German
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Gibts eigentlich Adapter, mit denen man ein Bluetoothheadset (Lautsprecher + Mikro) an einen 3.5mm Klinke anschließen kann? Klar, braucht der noch eine Stromversorgung dazu. Hintergrund ist, dass ich gerne ein kabelloses Headset an einem nicht Bluetooth fähigen Laptop hätte, auch nicht per Dongle erweiterbar.

maxim, to random
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No code -> No fan... I hate tasks that are not related to the development of the game itself, I put it off every day, dozens have already accumulated, I'm so lazy to do it, how do you cope with it?

grob,
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@maxim not at all I'm afraid 😔 so many things I hate get done only at the last minute. For some things it works when I tell other people that I will be finished by a certain (early) date. I feel pressured to do it early then. Not a healthy thing to do though.

necrosis, to random German
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Bin mal wieder am Bewerbung schreiben. Und hab total Bammel. 🙈

grob,
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@necrosis ich drück die daumen! Und props für latex.

grob, to legal
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Hi @frameworkcomputer! Thanks for the reminder email about BIOS update because #LogoFail!

I tried to update the Framework 13 AMD according to the help page and it does not work. :blobcatsadpats:

I get an "update progess: completed" from H2OFFT but then the screen goes black, device stays powered on but is unresponsive. I forced a shutdown (hold power button) after 2 hours. On booting again I get "Update Failed! EFI Error Code 2, Decompress failed!"

Any pointers? #framework #support #bios #efi

orci, to random
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I'm feeling a bit hopeless.....

grob,
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@orci me too. But I packed a parcel for a friend and it's the weekend so I have hopes for tomorrow 🤞

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