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mykhaylo

@mykhaylo@fosstodon.org

Reader and sometimes writer. Ukrainian. Also a programmer, among other things.

Long form: https://keepthinking.blog

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GossiTheDog, to random
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Google search thinks you should use glue to stick together a pizza as its AI is trained on Reddit, where 11 years ago a user called “fucksmith” posted suggesting it was a good idea.

kravietz, to Russia
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Since the start of the war #Russia has been targeting #Ukraine culture especially fiercely - it has ruined dozens of museums, now it moved to targeting book warehouses and printing works. In today’s attack in #Kharkiv Russian rockets have killed 7 book warehouse workers (5 women and 2 men).

Another angle on the warehouse with piles of partially burned books
A damaged printing press
Relatively undamaged part of the printing press with yet uncut newspaper stream hanging between two parts of the press

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.

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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.

randahl, to random
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Republican politician Tom Brewer (Nebraska) from the training grounds in Ukraine, talking about the Biden administration’s policy on long range weapons:

“If Russia fires into Ukraine, the ability to fire back should be there […] We are handcuffing them from being able to be successful.”

Word!

https://youtu.be/mBE2Ijwfj08?si=c9wN-JOzbNoUve-7

lxsameer, to emacs
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I'm using since 2008, I've been maintaining an Emacs bundle since 2010 (currently working on v4.1). Emacs is genuinely one of the programs that still gives me the goosebumps. After all these years, I still learn new stuff about it that blows my mind.

stux, to random
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Watch & learn! :nerdcat:

A little video about microchips

randahl, to random
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If you cut through all the corporate BS, what is the real purpose of Threads on the Fediverse?

Whenever I hear an interview with Meta, they present their intention as “we are all about open source”. But realistically, we all know, they are all about capitalizing on human interaction. So what is the capitalization element in being here?

I get that they open Threads to more content, but as soon as they start poluting their own space with ads, have they not opened and exit door towards Mastodon?

mykhaylo,
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@randahl I’m afraid it’s the usual three Es. Embrace, extend, extinguish.

w7voa, to random
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President Biden spoke today with the leaders of Egypt and Qatar. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/

w7voa, to random
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Ex NSA employee sentenced to 21+ years in prison for attempted espionage. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nsa-employee-sentenced-over-21-years-prison-attempted-espionage

weavejester, to random
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Released Integrant 0.9.0, a dependency injection micro-framework. Adds expand-key and assert-key, along with a couple of breaking changes. https://github.com/weavejester/integrant

mykhaylo, to telegram
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So, #telegram today blocked all Ukrainian bots that were used to gather information about the movement of russian forces and also the sightings of drones. All of that because seemingly they breach the terms.

At the same time all the similar russian bots keep working as usual.

I'm afraid it's official — telegram is under #russia. See the post where Durov announced this few days ago.

The world needs something as good as telegram, but independent, like mastodon.

#ukraine #war #propaganda

mykhaylo, (edited )
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Unexpectedly, today Telegram unblocked officially Ukrainian bots. It might have been a result of pressure through diplomatic channels, but I’m glad they did.

Update: thinking about it a little more, it’s not that unexpected. This already happened when Durov wanted to ban Ukrainian news channels at the start of the war, but changed his mind from the public backlash.

Durov is a Kremlin asset for sure, but not 100% controllable.

randahl, to random
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Finish researcher Pekka Kallioneimi gives a brief presentation about Russian disinformation, and he has some really interesting examples of the crazy narratives and the strategies used in Moscow.

https://youtu.be/QaJijbAYogA?si=RXzR6HNjmSp5cNw-

mykhaylo, to emacs
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This is new version of the previous package. Context specific transient menus. This must be super-convenient.

https://github.com/licht1stein/context-transient.el

mykhaylo,
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Also check out this convenience:

https://github.com/licht1stein/context-transient.el/tree/master#better-way-for-clojure

randahl, to random
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If someone says, we have done enough for Ukraine, tell them this:

We are 789 days into this war, and the Kerch bridge is still standing, and letting Russia move military resources into occupied Crimea and beyond.

This is a strategic failure. Not on part of the Ukrainians, but on us for not providing the weapons needed.

The new aid package, which the US Senate will adopt today, is the first to mention ATACMS. Germany is still refusing to send Taurus missiles.

We are not doing enough at all.

scottfgray, to random
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“This machine kills AI.”

noelreports, to random
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From the trenches in Ukraine to all Americans that made new aid for Ukraine possible.

Thank you❤️

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randahl, to random
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Picture 1, Trumps reality: The US has donated USD 100 billion dollars more to Ukraine than Europe.

Picture 2, reality: Europe has donated more than twice as much as the US.

Source: https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

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randahl, to random
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Every day, the Russians bomb civilians in Ukraine. And every day the Ukrainians pull their hurt or even dead fellow citizens from the rubble.

And yet, Ukrainians prefer living that way instead of living under Russian rule.

That tells you everything about what Putin has to offer.

Ukraine will win this war, because it is clear, there is no alternative.

lin11c,
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@randahl Russia is an evil sadistic country and Putin is a murderous monster. He will never stop and will move on to other Baltic nations, that is crystal clear. None of these nations want Russia's boot on their neck. It's nothing for the US to give Ukraine a small fraction of our weapons, many retired, but we have been infiltrated by Russia money because politicians are weak amoral scumbags. Ukrainians want to be in NATO and have their autonomy. We MUST assist them.

davemark, to science
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New vaccine strategy eliminates need for boosters:

"RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised"

  • "one and done" approach
  • targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus
  • tested in mice

Details here...

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains

mykhaylo, (edited ) to Ukraine
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You guys still didn’t get it. It’s not a choice between supporting or not supporting Ukraine.

It’s a choice between fighting Russia yourself or with money. And it’s not indefinite, if Ukraine loses you will have to fight.

Not because you want to. But because there’s only one kind of invitation you cannot say no to: “let’s go outside”.

France is smart: they are already discussing reinstating general military service. They are preparing. You should too. 1/2

chebra,
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@mykhaylo Imagine Captain Pickard on Enterprise, they are under attack, Scotty shouting "Shields are at 50%!" and Pickard just responding "So what? It's just the shields, not the ship. No worry".

Ukraine is the shield for Europe and NATO. If Ukraine falls, russia will be at full swing, developed and tested new missiles, capturing all remaining Ukrainian resources. The next country after that could actually be done for in three days. We won't have two years to decide whether to send jets or not.

jeroen94704,
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@mykhaylo The kids of military age in the Netherlands received a letter last week reminding them military service has not been abolished, but merely suspended, and that the security situation in the world means they could get called to serve at some point. No concrete plans yet though, but it's definitely a sign.

randahl, to random
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“Ukraine must win this fight.”

These were the words of the Prime Minister Mark Rutte of The Netherlands today, when he announced his country will increase the aid to Ukraine from EUR 2 billion to EUR 3 billion this year, and make another EUR 3 billion available next year.

The Netherlands is working closely with Denmark and the Czech Republic to provide more air defence as well.

Dankje to the awesome people of The Netherlands!

This is the way!

🇺🇦♥️🇳🇱

randahl, to random
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Hezbollah is now launching it's second wave of missiles towards Israel tonight.

I will not be surprised if these waves are meant to exhaust the Israeli air defences before the really dangerous Iranian strike comes later tonight.

Iran has the 14th most powerful army in the world, and some sources compare their military strength to Australia.

https://youtu.be/_mTYtZ3oiWQ?si=--OkOYVQkduF6PIZ

mykhaylo, (edited )
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@randahl I wouldn’t trust these rankings since seeing what happened to the second army in the world.

The really important question is this: did indecisiveness of the US make Iran so bold? Letting them partner up with Russia does seem to be a screw up.

But there’s a silver lining. We could observe first-hand how Germany-Japan axis was formed during WW2.

Those who don’t know history are bound to repeat it. Those who know history are bound to watch helplessly as it happens.

18+ Ulfh3dnar, to Ukraine
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GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports that in 2023, Russia allocated 58 billion rubles, approximately half a billion dollars, to create propaganda through so-called 'non-commercial' organizations.

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noelreports, to random
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No comment needed.

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