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smeg, 3 months ago to climate

The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-false-promise-of-carbon-capture-as-a-climate-solution/ #climatechange #carboncapture #greenwashing #climatecrisis #fossilfuels

smeg, 3 months ago to sysadmin

It's probably safe to delete all of these Windows Server 2003 ISOs, right?

#sysadmin

smeg, 3 months ago to ai

Spotify is paying for AI generated knock-off songs so that they don't have to pay artist royalties?
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/spotify-gives-49-different-names #ai #genai #music #copyright #plaigarism #spotify #enshitification #streaming

smeg, 3 months ago to privacy

Vending machines were being used to collect facial recognition info. No consent. You may not even be a customer.

Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/vending-machine-error-reveals-secret-face-image-database-of-college-students/ #privacy #identity #facialrecognition #datacollection #enshitification

JuliusGoat, 3 months ago to random

Honestly every Republican should be presumed to be a sex pest until proven otherwise, just baseline; there’s something seriously off about deliberately choosing to affiliate with that level of weird controlling sex obsession.

smeg, 3 months ago to random

The first step on the road to tyranny and oppression is the suspension of the rule of law. Don't think, once tyranny is in place, the law will protect you. It will only protect those in power.

smeg, 3 months ago to random

I've run my Mastodon server from 2017 or 18. In that time, until a few days ago, I had received fewer than 20 reports.

In the last few days, that number has reached nearly 200.

The spam problem seems like a major engineering shortcoming. #mastoadmin #fediadmin

smeg, 3 months ago to tv

Are sitcoms unrealistic because they depict people having a lot of time in the day to do things besides working, sleeping, and choring?

Or are they realistic because their runtime is less than 30 minutes, approximately the amount of time most people have remaining after working, sleeping, and choring?

:thaenkin: :thinking: :thinknyan:

#tv #sitcoms #labor #worklifebalance #worklifeunbalance

smeg, 3 months ago to random

I'm pretty sure Mastodon doesn't have moderation in the API, right? That's why none of the mobile apps offer moderation functions?

#mastoadmin

smeg, 3 months ago to spiders

My spouse got a bite on her hand while working in the garden a few days ago. After 2 days, the spot had become swollen and a purple spot formed at the bite location, so she went to the doctor.

Brown recluse bite.

Now she's on antibiotics, got a tetanus shot, and has a cream to apply.

Wear gloves when working in the garden, folks.

#spider #BrownRecluse #gardening

amin, 3 months ago to random

Hey, Fedi admins, go right now and check to make sure that you have caps/limits set on your Object Storage provider so they just stop serving you images instead of charging you $3,000 because some random person in Europe decided to scrape your instance.

Re: https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/111937646419975910

This is a really tragic tale (I hope they can get the charge reversed) but right at this moment I want to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.

smeg, 3 months ago to Amazon

Amazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit alleges | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/amazons-algorithm-deliberately-hides-the-best-deals-lawsuit-claims/ #amazon #onlineshopping

smeg, 3 months ago to random

Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1229891045/police-crime-baltimore-san-francisco-minneapolis-murder-statistics #crime #publicsafety #cities

snarfed.org, 3 months ago to random

Fediverse! I’ve been building a bridge to Bluesky, and they’re turning on federation soon, which means my bridge will be available soon too. You’ll be able to follow people on Bluesky from here in the fediverse, and vice versa.

Bluesky is a broad network with lots of worthwhile people and conversations! I hope you’ll give it a chance. Only fully public content is bridged, not followers-only or otherwise private posts or profiles. Still, if you want to opt out, I understand. Feel free to DM me at @snarfed (different account than this one), email me, file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.

A number of us have thought about this for a while now, we’re committed to making it work well for everyone, and we’re very open to feedback. Thanks for listening. Feel free to share broadly.

smeg, 3 months ago to streaming

Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/02/funimation-dvds-included-forever-available-digital-copies-forever-ends-april-2/ #streaming #crunchyroll #anime #sony

smeg, 4 months ago to LGBTQ

Natalie Cline: Utah teenager under police protection after school board member falsely implies the girl is transgender, prompting threats
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/us/natalie-cline-controversy-student-gender-social-media-posts/index.html #transrights #lgbtq

smeg, 4 months ago to WFH

Telework produces a 22 percent increase in employees’ productive work time | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4443825-telework-produces-a-22-percent-increase-in-employees-productive-work-time/ #remotework #wfh #workfromhome #telework #ReturntoOffice #rto

mike, 4 months ago to random

One of my classes this semester is A+ Exam Prep for Computer Hardware Configuration and Support. I can only describe my feelings about this class as visceral. My mind instinctively recoils from doing so much of this. The most prevalent thought in my head the entire time I'm working on it is, "How can I get out of this?" Only 4 more weeks and I'm done with this one.

smeg, 4 months ago to incarcerated

The US economy demands labor, but refuses to pay for it at market prices. The solution? Slavery.

And you wonder why there's such a push for long mandatory minimum sentences and other "tough on crime" policies -- it's to provide slave workers

Hidden prison labor web linked to foods from Target, Walmart
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e #prison #slavery #labor #prisonlabor #economics #food #walmart #target #mcdonalds #cargill #kelloggs #aldi #wholefoods #riceland #slavelabor

smeg, 4 months ago to random

Earlier today, my dog came up behind my chair, ripped a huge stinky fart, and zipped out of the room.

I got crop-dusted by a dog.

smeg, 4 months ago to climate

Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane
https://spacenews.com/satellites-reveal-sources-of-atmospheric-methane/ #climatechange #fossilfuels #pollution #atmosphere #methane #greenhousegas

smeg, 4 months ago to privacy

Who needs warrants when Big Tech is selling our data?

The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show | CNN Business
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-data-newly-released-documents-show/index.html #bigtech #privacy #nsa #4thamendment #restorethe4th

smeg, 4 months ago to minimalism

I got a Nokia 2780 Flip phone as our "home phone" for around the house and for my kid to bring with him in situations where we might be separated. It's very satisfying to use! Physical buttons, T9 texting, and it even has a rudimentary Google Maps app. 3 days of battery life, to boot. It runs KaiOS. Great call quality, signal strength, and that pleasant Nokia ringtone.

#dumbphone #featurephone #nokia #fliphone #kaios #t9 #minimalism #parenting

smeg, 4 months ago to MountainBiking

Every time I try to plan a route on bike out of my neighborhood via Google Maps, it routes me the longest way out of the neighborhood, up a very long hill, that is the least direct path possible. It adds 50% more travel time.

Is #Googlemaps secretly anti-bike?

#biking #bikes #transit #google