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mcdanlj

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1st Fedora Project Lead. Co-author Linux Application Development. Sr. Director Engineering Pendo. Ex-{Linux Journal, Red Hat, rPath, SAS}. Christian. Father. Maker (including machining, 3D printing, and electronics). Books. Classical music. Aviation (inactive PP-Inst-SEL). https://musings.danlj.org/

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plaguepoems, to random
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When it comes to disguising a face
a new study shows
that sunglasses
are more effective than
a medical mask,
but you need not worry
about attempts to ban sunglasses
no one wants to stop you
from trying to look cool
they only want to stop you
from looking out for other people.

azonenberg, to random
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Please boost for reach: Open source project seeking technical writing contributors.

Ngscopeclient (https://www.ngscopeclient.org/) is looking for people to assist with end user documentation and, in the future, possibly developer oriented API documentation as well.

We welcome help from any interested parties, but are particularly hoping to find some familiar with electronics/embedded systems given the nature of the project. Documentation is LaTeX in Git.

As an open source project we have limited budget (at least until some of the in-progress products from companies using our software launch and start bringing in donations) so are hoping to find volunteer contributors, but I'm willing to throw some of my own funds into the pot if necessary. I can't afford to pay for a lot of hours at industry consulting rates but if you're willing to offer discounts for F/OSS then I'll try and work something out.

SomeGadgetGuy, to windows
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.

It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.

It's inescapable.

It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

It won't matter if you're a master expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.

If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.

I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."

TechnicalAdept,
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@droidboy @SomeGadgetGuy I think if you're asking microsoft officials how secure it is then you're not getting both sides of the story. Mandy Rice-Davies applies. Investigations from security researchers are telling a different story. https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e There is now a proof of concept hacker tool called total recall that allows an intruder with access to your computer to dump out and exfiltrate the recall database within seconds.

plaguepoems, to random
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Take the good news
when you can get it,
the CDC data
shows cases and deaths
are currently low
so allow yourself
some guarded hope,
you must take the good news
when you can get it,
for soon you’ll remember
that since May
hospitals no longer need
to report COVID data to the CDC.

dangillmor, to random
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A must-read from @ProPublica: New investigation details "significant financial benefits" that have gone from Trump world to witnesses in his court cases -- is not surprising, in a way.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

Only the latest, and perhaps starkest yet, reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world.

I hear that Trump apparatchiks were trying to get this article suppressed, so please read it and pass along the link to everyone you know.

adapalmer, to random
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A new piloting approach has huge potential to cut cargo ship emissions. https://newatlas.com/marine/blue-visby-cargo-emissions/

jensclasen, to random German
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Hello people of the US, Germany here.

We have a bit of experience with a convicted felon and radical right-wing extremist becoming leader of our country.

Our advice: Don't do it.

joshcarlosjosh, to random

I didn't swear allegiance to Sauron the first time he tried to cover all the lands in darkness, but if the Hosts of the West are going to prosecute him for his many crimes just because he's their political opponent I'll have no choice but to join with Sauron

by Saruman the White

kwf, to random
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In case you were wondering, the fleet is handling the @almalinux 8.10 release like the fleet of champs that they are.

Not that I was worried, since AlmaLinux has been actively working on having the most overkill mirror community in the industry and always being way ahead of the curve on capacity.

NanoRaptor, to random
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The better cybertruck

obviousdwest, to climate
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Cambridge claims that using recycled cement as flux in steel furnaces (which can use recycled steel and renewable electricity), the resulting slag becomes Portland cement again, usable in concrete. This can reduce global co2 emissions by 7.5%. #climatechange #recycling https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cement-recycling

erictopol, to random
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A systematic review of airplane flights and Covid infections: duration of flight correlated with infection risk, long flights> 6 hours markedly increased risk (25X) and mask use blocked them
https://mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/654

plaguepoems, to random
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After I explained to him
the precautions I take
he rolled his eyes
and loudly declared
"fortune favors the bold"
though he seemed displeased
when I agreed with him
and pointed out
that one needs to be bold
to keep doing the right thing
when most people have given up.

mcdanlj, to random
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Nice roundup of some of the recent weirdness in google search powered/poisoned by AI:

https://www.howtogeek.com/google-search-ai-overview-responses/

mcdanlj,
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Another similar article. The chlorine gas one is new to me, as is the suggestion of jumping off the golden gate bridge in response to someone saying they are depressed.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/googles-ai-tells-users-to-add-glue-to-their-pizza-eat-rocks-and-make-chlorine-gas

yorik, to random
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1.0 is being prepared! Integrated workbench, and a lot, lot more... https://yorik.uncreated.net/blog/2024-007-freecad-news-21

mcdanlj,
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@yorik This part in particular intrigued me:

The renaming and the conversion table system offer new possibilities: It's now possible to not only use default names like Edge4 or Face6, but also custom names like TopFace. Although this is not yet used by FreeCAD tools, it offers very interesting possibilities, where subcomponents could be referenced not by their order in a list, but by more meaningful characteristics. This might lead to very interesting developments in the future.

Right now, as far as I know, semantic toplogical naming has been the province of CadQuery, which, though very interesting, is explicitly code-based. Bringing semantic topological naming to #FreeCAD would be awesome!

GossiTheDog, to random
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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.

video/mp4

GossiTheDog,
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If anybody is wondering if you can enable Recall on a machine remotely without Copilot+ hardware support - yep.

I’ve also found a way to disable the tray icon.

GossiTheDog,
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I got ahold of the Copilot+ software.

Recall uses a bunch of services themed CAP - Core AI Platform. Enabled by default.

It spits constant screenshots (the product brands then “snapshots”, but they’re hooked screenshots) into the current user’s AppData as part of image storage.

The NPU processes them and extracts text, into a database file.

The database is SQLite, and you can access it as the user including programmatically. It 100% does not need physical access and can be stolen.

GossiTheDog,
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A key element of Recall is Microsoft say only you can access your Recall, it is per user.

ArsTechnica enabled Recall on Windows 11 box and tested the claim. By logging in as another user they could access the database and screenshots.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/windows-recall-demands-an-extraordinary-level-of-trust-that-microsoft-hasnt-earned/

stewart, to random
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Kiri:Moto 4.x Development has begin. Announcement here: https://forum.grid.space/t/4-0-development-has-started/1279

chennes, to random
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The main phases of the Topological Naming Problem Mitigation Project are now complete: the PR activating the code was just merged and will appear in the latest Weekly Developer builds. https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=87791

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Trump has said FOUR times that he will withhold federal funding from schools that require vaccines. Not just COVID. ALL.

This is most schools. This is hitting me where I work. This will lead to children dead from measles. It's obvious, inevitable.

Someone on here said they just couldn't bear to vote for Biden to keep Trump from office since at least under Trump there were better masking rules.

I hope that person sees this.

Worse is worse.

edit: because I don't know measles from smallpox

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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So now SpaceX, with no working spacesuit, and years behind on it's multi-billion dollar moon lander, is lobbying NASA to go to the Hubble Space Telescope.

"A successful private mission could improve Hubble's ability to point at celestial objects and, by boosting its orbit, extend its life by years... however, an accident could leave the multibillion-dollar telescope broken — or, even more tragically, tethered to the dead bodies of the astronauts sent to repair it."

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1250250249/spacex-repair-hubble-space-telescope-nasa-foia

mastodonmigration, (edited )
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Starlink is killing Hubble

Something about this plan to move Hubble, didn't make sense. If the space telescope still has 10 years of useful life, why this risky SpaceX mission to boost it's orbit now?

Well it turns out the main thing threatening the utility of Hubble is... wait for it... SpaceX Starlink satellites, which orbit just above Hubble constantly "photo-bombing" the images. Within a few years there will be so many Starlinks that Hubble will be useless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/science/hubble-spacex-starlink.html

kwf, to random
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Corporate IT security are having some difficulty understanding why I would be spending company time and resources supporting a free Linux distro.

Just, you know, not like our flagship product is built on top of AlmaLinux or anything.

plaguepoems, to random
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My grandmother used to say
that if they can
they will make it illegal
for us to take care of one another
and as North Carolina
makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor
to wear a mask
I am just thankful
that my grandmother isn’t here
to see that she was right.

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