Dobrému phishingu podlehne 40 % uživatelů, aneb zápisky z BSS 2023
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Only one *MAKING* money is Galen Weston... not the farmers that raise the animals, plant/grow/harvest the crops, not the people transporting the animals, or the crops... just Galen Weston.

But, please, continue to try to justify gouging Canadians. thestar.com/business/2023/02/0… #cdnpoli

Fediblock recommendation, anti-Blackness, mention of police violence

#Fediblock

Block @ TootUncommon @ mstdn.party for anti-Blackness

Specifically jumping into conversations about anti-Blackness saying that Black people should stop talking about it because other people exist.

Also arguing that racism is not a factor in police violence against Black people because it happens to white people too.
mstdn.party/@TootUncommon/1097…

A really disgusting reply to someone discussing anti-Blackness:

in reply to Ember

Fediblock, anti-Blackness, denial of racist police violence

I made a #Fediblock post about this account several days ago, along with tagging the admin of mstdn.party but this account is still up and continually denying the racism of police violence.

TootUncommon @ mstdn.party keeps replying to posts about racist policing by going "what about white people?" And saying that police violence against white people happens just as often but isn't talked about.

I don't know if mstdn.party is effectively unmoderated or just condones this racist nonsense, but I suggest a fediblock of the instance to protect users from racist harassment.

To give context for the screenshots, they appear to be arguing that police murdering Black people is not racist because Black people commit more crimes, as if that data isn't also indicative of racism.

An evening after day 1 of #SOOCon23 and I'm back in the hotel playing with #wikidata.

Updating the SOOCON item wikidata.org/wiki/Q116052052 adding my pic etc

Adding significant figures such as Amanda CEO wikidata.org/wiki/Q116726293

And creating a query for 3D printers 'cos someone asked me what can WD do in this area: w.wiki/6K6r

Fun times! :)

Welp the Twitter app is definitely going to start heading down the shitter because the head of product engineering for the app has left the building. twitterisgoinggreat.com/#more-…

Dino 0.4 is released! 🎊️

Dino now supports message reactions and replies. Furthermore, we switched to GTK4 and libadwaita. #dino #xmpp

Release blog post: dino.im/blog/2023/02/dino-0.4-…

reshared this

I just re-recorded the Apple Lisa demo I gave in 2021. Now you can understand what I'm saying! I managed to keep it under an hour, too 😅 #vintagecomputing #vintageappleyoutu.be/cHfI6FWY1Kk

If you're looking for #privacy, the absolute best option is probably setting up your own #homeserver, but if you don't have the technical know how, the time, or the inclination, the next best thing is a #NAS!

These little things let you store files, photos, host websites, run containers, backup your computers, run office suites, all with simple GUIs, and can be cheaper than cloud storage.

Let's take a look at why you probably need a NAS at home:

youtu.be/LBtEJ-iQbeg

#linux #opensource

Please favourite and boost 🙏

Hey, anyone at #microsoft interested in #accessibility in #windows11 on the #desktop... Windows Magnifier, in full-screen mode: goes from being clear & sharp to blurry whenever the Taskbar comes into view. More info in Microsoft Feedback Hub, here:

aka.ms/AAjfecd

Strap in folks --- we have a blog post from @sundarpichai at @google about their response to #ChatGPT to unpack!

blog.google/technology/ai/bard…

#MathyMath #AIHype

Německo schválilo 178 tanků Leopard 1 pro Ukrajinu

spiegel.de/politik/deutschland…

"We don’t often talk about “convenience” when we talk about data privacy, but we should. In the game of personal-data gathering, convenience is the bait. Privacy is essential to a well-functioning democracy, but companies have noticed that we are willing to throw it away and declare it “dead” for the sake of a few manufactured conveniences."

Please share if you know someone who needs to hear this.
publicbooks.org/data-free-disn…

Google's AI blog post (blog.google/technology/ai/bard…) doesn't mention GPT, Midjourney, or any other product that has caught the public's imagination - but instead spends most of it's time saying "we got here first with such and such paper and such and such technology". It states it will launch a system that isn't too computational intensive, because if it is, Google couldn't afford to do it for everyone. And it kind of hints that Google doesn't believe these kinds of systems can provide accurate results that are safe or reliable. I kind of feel for Google here, they have been caught off-guard and have no offering for the moment, so they're throwing something out there, knowing it won't match the expectations of their users (or employees), and likely nothing they would put out every could. I get a sense their going to be disrupted by technology that has fundamental flaws (like any technology), but has a value offering that really sidelines Google for a large number of use cases.
in reply to gameRevolt

I'm well aware people on Mastodon tend to like to pick holes in ChatGPT, and I think that's fair enough. There are a lot of holes and ethical question around accuracy, copyright, sidelining true expertise, etc. But we also need to admit those concerns are largely irrelevant because these tools are also very useful for many things regardless of their imperfections. They massively reduce cost of research, and even if everything needs to be fact-checked, it's perhaps easier to do that than starting from scratch.

Somehow, one's choice of cooking fuel has become a political football, but the science leading to concerns is quite clear: current gas ranges create quite a bit of NO2 and, if it isn't vented outside, that's terrible for health - particularly for the health of children. We've actually known this for decades. What I didn't know - until today - is that there is - and has been for several decades - a technical fix that not only reduces the NO2 by 40% but also increases the efficiency of the burners by about that much. The problem has been a marketing one, not a scientific or political one: consumers don't ask for safer, more efficient appliances because they don't know the risks or that better tech could be a practical option. This is why we need organisations such as the CPSC.
npr.org/2023/02/04/1149736969/…
in reply to slop rose

Ties in nicely with the latest video from @TechConnectify youtu.be/eUywI8YGy0Y

I'm glad to see this exists.

Bloatware pushes the Galaxy S23 Android OS to an incredible 60GB: 4x bigger than Google’s—twice the size of Windows 11 gadgeteer.co.za/bloatware-push…

#bloatware #samsung #technology

We are launching a Whistleblower System - anonymous & automatically encrypted! 😎

We are happy to inform you that finally European governments realize that whistleblowers need to be protected and are putting this requirement into law! 💪

#privacy

Read more: tutanota.com/blog/posts/whistl…

#Radio in the #UK just absolutely sucks!

I don't own a good #AM tuner, but I can only get one station at home around Newcastle (Greatest Hits) who don't even advertise their AM frequency any more, that's how few people use AM here.

There's only like 10 or so #FM stations. 5 of them are BBC stations including the local BBC station, most of the rest are owned by Global, and some of their stations (Metro and Heart for example) play basically the same things. Not to mention they're all syndicated. In Stirling I can get 103.1 Central FM, who I think are independent? But not in stereo.

There's a lot more choice on #DAB, but as Techmoan has covered before, the bitrates and formats DAB use is so low that it's utter rubbish to listen to compared to FM.

And of course there's #InternetRadio, but where's the fun in that? And what'll you do when you suddenly lose cellular connectivity?

Meanwhile Vwestlife in #NJ, #USA can DX all this at night, just on AM! youtu.be/F1j9L9rstws

This would be a good move. marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-…