rysiek

baldur, 2 hours ago to random

“Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation - The Verge”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166177/google-search-ranking-algorithm-leak-documents-link-seo

> suggests that Google hasn’t been entirely truthful about it for years

So this is what the SEO types have been shouting about

ElleGray, 14 hours ago to random

Omg any day now computers will be able to add

cstross, 15 hours ago to random

If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote defensively.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

luckytran, 16 hours ago to random

We are living in an age of denial. Denial of a genocide. Denial of an ongoing pandemic. Denial of a climate crisis.

Acknowledging reality is an act of rebellion.

stux, 16 hours ago to random

Dis makes me happy

A person starts playing on a public piano and summons a whole orchestra in a mall

Amelia, 2 hours ago to random

Fedi is so gay omg

cstross, 2 hours ago to random

Here's that final zinger, in case you get blocked by The Atlantic's paywall (see alt text for content): https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112520503403754782

TheManilaTimes, 1 hour ago to random

NEW DELHI, India — Temperatures in India's capital have soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) as authorities warn of water shortages in the sprawling mega-city.

READ: https://tmt.news/1948983

GottaLaff, 17 hours ago to random

Via Greg Sargent:

Plainly worse than "deplorables," but to my knowledge, not one major news organization has taken note of it: https://newrepublic.com/article/181973/trump-media-attacks-media-dangerous-turn

Via Patriot Takes:

#Trump Posts Unhinged Video Promising to “Get Rid of All You F*cking Liberals”

Trump amplifies a vulgar, verbal attack on Joe Scarborough

ElleGray, 15 hours ago to random

pope complaining that things around the vatican are suddenly getting too gay like we're just supposed to forget these guys have been the security guards for 600 years

baldur, 1 hour ago to random

“Secrets from the Algorithm: Google Search’s Internal Engineering Documentation Has Leaked”

https://ipullrank.com/google-algo-leak

> Google spokespeople have gone out their way to misdirect and mislead us on a variety of aspects of how their systems operate in an effort to control how we behave as SEOs

Like I wrote earlier, many SEO types are quite angry about this

baldur, 1 hour ago to random

“An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them - SparkToro”

https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-anonymous-source-shared-thousands-of-leaked-google-search-api-documents-with-me-everyone-in-seo-should-see-them/?ref=platformer.news

> My read is that Google likely uses the number of clicks on pages in Chrome browsers and uses that to determine the most popular/important URLs on a site

The original leaker.

rishisunak, 2 hours ago to random

Who is up losing their election right now?

akademiadlapalestyny, 3 hours ago to Krakow Polish

📋 Rozkład jazdy na dziś! O 12.00 zapraszamy was serdecznie na wspólne przygotowywanie banerów solidarnościowych. O 14.00 wleci pyszny obiadek, a zaraz po nim, czyli o 15.00, zbierzemy się żeby posłuchać wykładu Aleksandry Herzyk „Dlaczego popieram Palestynę?“.

👏🏻 O 18.00 koniecznie bądźcie z nami - poskandujemy razem dla Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego! Potrzebujemy waszej energii!

👥️ A jeśli możecie zostać z nami dłużej, to po solidemie wpadnijcie na wiec otwarty dla nowych osób! Wprowadzimy was w realia okupacji Collegium Broscianum, będzie można zadać nam pytania i po prostu spędzić z nami chwilę ✌🏻

#UniwersytetJagielloński #CollegiumBroscianum #Kraków #WolnaPalestyna

jmsdnns, 14 hours ago to random

I'll never forget the way the tech industry was sacrificed to counter inflation

Nov 2022: The Fed minutes show they want increased unemployment to stop inflation (1st pic)

June 2023: Bernanke and Blanchard say the labor market will have increasing influence of over inflation, and the Fed should continue slowing the economy (2nd pic)

May 2024: Where we are now, and tech roles are still rare. The few openings that exist still receive thousands of applicants

The image shows highlighted text from the Bernanke & Blanchard paper published by Brookings, available here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-caused-the-u-s-pandemic-era-inflation/ > To the extent that commodity prices stabilize and sectoral shortages moderate-processes that both seem well advanced as of this writing (June 2023)—the goods market component of inflation is likely to decrease in importance, and the labor market component to become more dominant. Looking forward, with labor market slack still below sustainable levels and inflation expectations modestly higher, we conclude that the Fed has to slow the economy to return inflation to target.

black_intellect, 12 hours ago to random

New Book Reveals How The U.S. Stole $600B From Black Americans Through Unfair Taxes Post-Slavery https://www.blackenterprise.com/new-book-600b-stolen-black-americans/

andrewdessler, 9 hours ago to random

Sanity check. I filmed an interview today and got the following release form. It gives them the right to "simulate and impersonate" me. Does that sound as bad to you as it does to me?

dgar, 13 hours ago to random

Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.

glecharles, 9 hours ago to random

"Each of those was embarrassing in its own way. And yet — it also seems obviously worse to tell people to eat rocks or make spaghetti with gasoline. In that respect, the most important story about Google’s AI launches is that they are deteriorating over time." @caseynewton

Move fast and break things. Better to ask forgiveness than permission. Evil is relative. 👎🏽

https://www.platformer.news/google-ai-overviews-eat-rocks-glue-pizza/

br00t4c, 12 hours ago to internet

Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine Under DDoS Cyberattack

#internet #theinternetarchive

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/05/28/2226221/internet-archive-and-the-wayback-machine-under-ddos-cyberattack

ashleygjovik, 11 hours ago to random

I'm finally at the phase of litigation where I get to map out my timelines / facts / theories on big pieces of paper & update as I get new evidence; & this is actually really really fun even though its a living nightmare. I'd like doing this for other people instead of my own life.

alcinnz, 16 hours ago to random

Links and photos (27 May 2024) - Baldur Bjarnason:
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/links-18/

Some links from it...

Distracted - Louie Mantia:
https://lmnt.me/blog/distracted.html
Pixels of the Week – May 26, 2024 - Stephanie Walter:
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-of-the-week-may-26-2024/
Will check out these links tomorrow!
Half-ass it - Mandy Brown "Everything Changes":
https://everythingchanges.us/blog/half-ass-it/
Masonry and reading order - Rachel Andrew:
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/05/26/masonry-and-reading-order/
Meredith Whittaker @ Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung:
https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin
Well said!

JoBlakely, 21 hours ago to random

“One adviser to major Democratic Party donors provided a running list that has been shared with funders of nearly two dozen reasons why Biden could lose, ranging from immigration and high inflation to the president’s age, the unpopularity of Vice President Kamala Harris and the presence of third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”

This is delusional or a deliberate misrepresentation of why.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/democrats-freakout-over-biden-0016004

I say the latter….

be, 16 hours ago to random

Dislike and unsubscribe

GossiTheDog, 7 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.

video/mp4