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fribbledom, 7 days ago to random

If you think about it, the object of golf is to play the least amount of golf.

parismarx, 7 days ago to tech

Germany’s AfD is so extreme it was kicked out of the far-right grouping in the European Parliament last month, but Elon Musk thinks their policies “don’t sound extremist.” That’s because he’s also a fascist.

#tech #elonmusk #politics

kevincollier, 7 days ago to random

Hi! I'm launching a project while I'm on paternity leave: Cyber Dad, a privacy newsletter and blog for parents. It's tough to protect kids from the onslaught of people and services harvesting their data, and not nearly enough resources on how to do that, I've found. So I'm sharing what I'm learning. If you or a parent you know want to better protect a kids' privacy, please join me:
https://cyberdad.info/

dangillmor, 8 days ago to random

Facebook bots invading forums where people are trying to have conversations with other people is a genuinely evil development.

https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

glynmoody, 9 days ago to Israel

#UN adds #Israel to list of states committing violations against children - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/07/united-nations-israel-children-rights-violation "Inclusion comes after eight months of the country’s bombing of #Gaza which has killed 13,000 children" and mutilated thousands more...

lauren, 10 days ago to google

[Not just cowardly, but almost criminally cowardly] #Google and #Microsoft's #AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election

This pretty much demonstrates the foundational rot that is the basis of these AI systems, being run by abject cowards who are terrified of taking a stand on anything that really matters. Disgusting. -L

https://www.wired.com/story/google-and-microsofts-chatbots-refuse-election-questions/

GossiTheDog, 11 days ago to random

I strongly believe we're within 5 years of the generative AI boom collapsing almost completely, and it will have a profound economic impact, as the use cases for the products being sold almost entirely suck arse.

sundogplanets, 11 days ago to random

The only feeling I have about starship is dread.

They want to use that to launch batches of HUNDREDS of Starlinks at once. And guess where all those Starlinks will end up? The pieces that don't make it to the ground will end up in our upper atmosphere, screwing up the stratosphere, the ozone layer, who knows what else because SpaceX isn't required to do any environmental assessments of this.

Shit. Maybe a good time to post this essay I wrote yet again: https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653

Alice, 11 days ago to random

Welcome to the future where we have the technology to create replacement organs and we will keep them running for as long as you continue paying your recurring subscription fee!

dangillmor, 11 days ago to random

1. Washington Post CEO came from the Murdoch empire.

2. He has been implicated in the (still not fully unraveled) UK "phone hacking" scandal that exemplified the sleaziness of the Murdoch empire.

3. He told Post editor not to publish a story containing references to his alleged involvement.

4. She published the story.

5. She's gone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/business/media/washington-post-buzbee-lewis.html

safenetwork, 10 days ago to random

Update 6 June

The Beta Network has launched and the first wave of testers are up and running. It’s taken a wee while, but we got there, just as David always knew we would. It could never have happened without the steadfast support of the community over the years.

Thanks to you the network has grown from our original 2,000 MaidSafe nodes to over 17,000 nodes and counting, our biggest by some margin.

https://forum.autonomi.community/t/update-6th-june-2024/39893

#autonomi #maidsafe #decentralization #decentralized #beta

happyborg, 11 days ago to chrome

I noticed recently that an old blog site of mine stopped loading its styles.css and so displayed see as a horrible mess. Nothing has changed on the site, just the browser.

The reason?

Today's browsers (ie anything #Chrome based) are becoming authoritarian about what they will display. This isn't a security issue, but an increasing stringency on something that makes no sense at all.

The solution?

Remove <!DOCTYPE> and pretend you're an old website, so they need to display as it was. 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

ElleGray, 11 days ago to random

morale in hospitals is currently very low and this is one of the reasons

happyborg, 11 days ago to LLMs

#LLMs =
Large
Lamentable
Mishaps

autonomic, 11 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to foss

Switching to Linux is great. It’s main benefits are privacy (no tracking), customisability (make it suit you) and flexibility (no lock-in or drawbridging).

Autonomic has the skills to move entire organisations over to Linux. We’ve worked with a variety of clients from providing a few laptops to entire offices full of desktop machines that boot over the network using LTSP (https://ltsp.org/), access a share filesystem and can be reached remotely using a VPN.

Once the hill of the initial switchover has been climbed, the ease of supporting these systems is a dream for us and our clients.

It’s never “We’re sorry, we can’t do that”, it’s “hey, here are your options”.

#foss #linux

tek, 12 days ago to random

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability. Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

happyborg, 12 days ago to privacy

Autonomi have launched their beta network and rewards program.

Anyone can run nodes and if you want to join the fun, sign up for the second wave of noderunner rewards. Even non-technical folks can do this with any old computer.

Sign up before it fills up! At https://Autonomi.com

The earlier the wave you join the more rewards are available.

What is #Autonomi?

It's an outstanding #privacy focused project aimed at everyone. See: https://docs.Autonomi.com
#p2p #security

hanse_mina, 13 days ago to Bulgaria

#Nato is developing multiple “land corridors” to rush #US troops and armour to the front lines in the event of a major European ground war with #Russia.

American soldiers would land at one of five ports and be channelled along pre-planned logistical routes to confront a possible attack by #Moscow.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/04/nato-land-corridors-us-troops-european-war/

#Ukraine #EU

profcarroll, 13 days ago to random

You could add Cambridge Analytica and Infowars to the examples the author cites here as prime specimens of how bad actors abuse bankruptcy law to effectively escape accountability.
#Chapter11 #SCOTUS #uspol #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/opinion/purdue-sackler-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE0.WQn7.TjaomYHArSXF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

GossiTheDog, 27 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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