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Stores trying to sell "Tech essentials" on Black Friday, when thanks to #enshittification, the real tech essentials are:
- Slop blocker
- Ad blocker
- Distraction/dark-pattern filter
- Tracker blocker
- Malware/phishing detection
- Spam filter
- OS debloat/jailbreak
- Encryption
- FOSS alternative frontend
- DRM remover
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture
by Max Planck Society
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A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and involves multiple capacities, each with different ev…Max Planck Society (Phys.org)
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It's easy to build an app with zero #tracking! 💪🔒️
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donate a small amount to a #FOSS project you use every day. :)
Finally, after some months of refining, the "Incremental System Rethought" RFC is out!
This RFC has been through 6 full drafts, 1 conference, 5 months of design and a closed project goal. Go roast it.
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The current model for incremental recompilations doesn't share progress between compiler activities, leading to unnecessary rebuilds. This PR introduces two concepts (target stages and stage de...GitHub
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El líder de extrema derecha intentó romper la pulsera que fiscaliza sus movimientos, tras ser condenado a 27 años de prisión y permanecer bajo arresto domiciliario.Redacción El Salto (El Salto Diario)
I love it. Succinct, and yet still complete. It's like a crash course to the slightly less-informed about what not to do whenever you're connecting two computers or dabbling with command line.
Explaining stuff like this takes a lot of patience, which you undoubtedly have in ample supply, and were all better off for it. Thank you!
After careful review of the document, I’m glad „curl randomserver.com | sh“ is still safe 🎉
I wish i were in one of the parallel universes there this joke wouldn’t work…
Krásný den z Uherskohradišťska, v kamnech praská dříví, v domku se otepluje a ne všichni mají stejné štěstí jako my. No, existuje cesta jak jim pomoci.
Cílená pomoc, která přináší radost i zážitek z darování. Aby tě bavilo pomáhat.Chuť pomáhat
Kia, you're kidding yourselves if you think this makes any difference.
Also quite disappointing apps can just read USB debugging state without any permission :/
Not like it matters, it's one tap to turn it off temporarily. But this does nothing except feed my idea that the official Kia app (play.google.com/store/apps/det…) is made by people who have no clue what they're doing.
even if the Kindle version is well marked up, what guarantees do you have that DRm removal/format shifting will replicate that fidelity?
have you considered a dictionary from a source like Bookshare or similar?
I don't have any access here but would hope, given their educational use, they might have something worthwhile.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!store.steampowered.com
Nobody knows why but all the clocks have stopped working in a major French city.
No time Toulouse.
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Random pointless memory time:
In the very early morning hours of Christmas eve 1998, I was tuning around the dial of an old Panasonic shortwave radio, and stopped on the BBC. At the end of a program, a continuity announcer showed up to give a website URL.
Two things struck me about this.
1: I hadn't really heard that on shortwave radio before at this point. To me, shortwave and the Internet were these two totally different worlds that couldn't, and shouldn't intercept. How dare someone give out a URL on shortwave... or something like that, with the appropriate amount of sarcasm attached.
2: The continuity guy's accent wasn't the typical RP English so heavily favored by the BBC, not that I really knew anything about that, being an uneducated American. Notice how I spell the word "favored"?
Anyway, his accent was very much Yorkshire, and quite obvious about it, which really made him stand out. I figured the regular guy was probably on holiday, and the janitor took the job for a couple of hours, because nobody else was around.
I also doubt there is any actual truth to that.
Because of my very odd form of synesthesia, completely at random, that BBC continuity announcer from 1998 will show up just to very slowly say "dot c o, dot u k" at me. Nothing else. And then he'll go away again for a week or five, or maybe a few years. Maybe he'll be back in twelve minutes and thirteen seconds. You never know when "dot c o dot u k" guy will show up, and that's the only thing he ever says.
A new series in which I explore whatever sounds interest me (and you) at this moment.Today: Korg Triton Extreme and Wavestate Native.Korg Triton/Triton Extre...YouTube
Looking for suggestions;
- 10yo wants to get into "coding", I am a poor teacher
- "coding classes"/clubs no longer seem to exist, at least in Hobart, anymore
- online classes seem risky, don't know if they will be as inviting as something hands on with other kids and live discussion
- we had looked into a programmable robot, to make things a bit real and interactive; one I was looking to buy (Sphero SPRK+) seemed ideal, but it has been discontinued and the new model is 2x the price
Anyone have any tips on things to investigate?
Scratch doesn't do a bad job and is free - it allows to make some small, visual games.
IMHO it contains to much programming primitives to be a clear and concise language. There are also plenty of tutorials out there.
Or perhaps look into coderdojo's? Or put a note online "coder dojo next month" and see who turns up :p
@pietervdvn yeah I think she is at the point of being bored with what Scratch can do - I have found some other good environments using Lua or Python, haven't quite managed to get her far in them myself.
And yeah, coderdojo seems to be a thing that *used* to exist here, but I can't see any evidence it still does (I admit, possibly all this stuff is on Facebook now which I don't use 😐)
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First #deGoogle, then #GoEuropean, now #NoAI
And #Tuta ticks all the boxes. Just saying. 😉
Can anyone recommend an email provider that’s not going to train AI on my emails? I can’t believe I have to ask this. 🙄🙄🙄 #gmail #fuckgoogle #fuckgmailSteve Karsch 🤘🏻:eagles: (jawns.club 🐘)
would be nice if you stopped accepting greed-incentivizing tyrant-enriching cr*ptocurrency pyramid schemes as well.
arscyni.cc/file/crypto_cult_sc… #CryptoCultScience #ButtCoin
Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely. Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better.www.arscyni.cc
You're fighting Chat Control while simultaneously trying to help Europe become Big Tech's new home. Seems like you guys either don't have your priorities in order or you don't understand what digital sovereignty means.
News flash: #GoEuropean is less anti-US and more anti-digital sovereignty.
So, I went and signed up for an account to see their UX at backstabbr.com/
I didn't go so far as to start a game, because I don't know what it is, but the intro pages are non cluttered and seem like they would be easy for a screen reader to navigate. I say that as a sighted person though, my apologies if I'm overestimating how the techs interact.
Play the classic board game Diplomacy online for free using a modern interface compatible with smart phones and tablets. Begin your global conquest today!www.backstabbr.com
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Ranní klusík, průměrná tepovka 126. Jen jestli mi v těch –11 °C nezamrzala. 😄
#dobréRáno #garmin #beatyesterday
"What is the relationship of science and technology to human history, and how have Marxists conceptualized this problematic within historical materialism? The work of Boris Hessen represents one of the most sophisticated attempts to apply a materialist analysis to the history of science—specifically, how the economic needs of early capitalism influenced what we now think of as modern science and the Scientific Revolution. In this blog, I explore how Hessen pursues his analysis in his seminal essay “The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia” (henceforth referred to as “Newton’s Roots”).
While Hessen did not develop the first Marxist analysis of science, Hessen’s approach was one of the first truly systematic attempts. Moreover, his work helps us see past the often oversimplified division between “Western Marxism” and Soviet thought, revealing a productive tension in international Marxism through attempts to apply historical materialism in understanding science, technology, and nature under capitalist society.
In the same vein, Henryk Grossman makes the connection between science and capitalist society explicit in his work with the Institute of Social Research (Institut für Sozialforschung, or IfS)—several of Grossmann’s articles were published in the IfS’s journal Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung (ZfS). Grossmann was in fact one of the first defenders of Hessen’s work against critics such as George. N. Clark, Richard S. Westfall, etc. as these critics fundamentally misunderstood Hessen’s theses, and, by extension, Grossmann’s own formulation of the relation between science and capitalist society. While both reached similar conclusions independently, and Grossmann’s work is introduced at points, I focus on Hessen’s formulation here."
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#Marxism #Science #Newton #HistoricalMaterialism #STS #Capitalism
An Introduction to a Marxist Science Historiographyctwgwebsite.github.io
Někdo nápad, proč je takový rozdíl v přetocích naměřených ČEZ a GoodWe?
Tedy já to čtu: ČEZ změřil 3.9MWh
GoodWe 1.8MWh
Spotřeba taky moc nesedí - 6.8 × 5
Jasně, do konce roku chybí ještě 1.5 měsíce, ale i tak.
That's nothing new.
1️⃣ People buy antivirus software and install updates on their laptops, but never care about the router device, the gateway to the internet which is silently online 24/7
2️⃣ Manufacturers only provide one or two updates fixing some user facing features and done. No further security fixes.
That's why I am glad for #Turris. An open router running Linux, the OS I understand and that I use on all my PCs, laptops and servers (and soon phone I hope). With long software support. The first Turris I got is from 2015 and it still gets updates to the newest OpenWRT. ❤️
I had a call from a scammer the other day
Me: “Hello.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Hello. This is Bob Bobson from Microsoft Support. We are seeing a lot of virus activity from your device.”
Me: “Oh no. My device? Are you sure?”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Oh yes, we have many reports.”
Me: “Oh jeez. How can I fix it?”>;
NOT-Microsoft support: “It’s OK sir. We can help you right now. Are you in front of your device sir?”
Me: “Yes. I was just about to use it. I’m glad you called.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Yes sir, we are going to help you. Can you please push the Start button?”
Me: “I think it's already on.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Okay, sir. Now you want to click on Control Panel.”
Me: “I don’t see that.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Do you see a bunch of information above the Start button?”
Me: “Yes.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “That is your Control Panel.”
Me: “Wow, I didn’t realize it had a name.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Yes sir, now press on Internet Options.”
Me: “Yeah, I definitely don’t see any Internet options. I don’t think I purchased that feature. This is just a cheap one.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “They all have the Internet sir. Press the Start button again.”
Me: “OK, it’s the same as before.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “That’s OK sir. We are going to restart your device. Can you please turn it off?”
Me: “Ummm…I don’t know how. I’ve never turned it off. Since I bought it, it just kind of stays on all the time.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “There must be an off button on your device. How do you stop it when it’s running?”
Me: “In those cases, I usually press the big button.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “OK sir. Please press that button.”
Me: “Ok.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Is your device off?”
Me: “No. The door popped open.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Door? Is there a disc inside the door?”
Me: “No, there’s a burrito.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Why is there a burrito in your computer?”
Me: “Computer? I thought you said this was microwave support.”
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in reply to Tom Forsyth • • •We picked Team Fortress 2 as the game - the reason why is a whole different story I won't go into here. TF2 used the Source 1 engine, and as it happened two Valve games also using that same version of the engine were Half Life 2 and Portal 1. So as a side-effect they also got to work in VR.
Well, Portal 1 "worked" - but all the tricks with perspective when you went through a portal were of course a nauseating disaster - it was pretty unplayable.
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in reply to Tom Forsyth • • •But HL2 did actually work pretty well. Joe spent a lot of time making the boat sequences work in a reasonable way.
There's a sequence of stacking boxes near the start that is somewhat infuriating in the original - the stack keeps falling over - but in VR it's really easy to place them well.
Also, whacking the manhacks with your crowbar goes from being a panicked flailing in flatscreen, to being an elegant one-swing home-run hit in VR.
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in reply to Tom Forsyth • • •What is meant to happen is a guard (spoiler alert - it's actually Barney in disguise) bangs on a door, the door opens, he says "get in", and then the game waits for you to enter the room before the script proceeds.
But in this case the door sort of rattled, but didn't open, and then locked shut again. So you can't get in the room, and the gate closed behind you, so you can't go do anything else. The guard waits forever, pointing at the locked door, and you're stuck.
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in reply to Tom Forsyth • • •So problem solved, right? 80 bits of precision means the collision didn't happen, but in 32 bits of precision it does, and that's your problem, more bits better, QED, right? Well not quite.
The guard's toe overlaps in both cases - a few millimeters is still significantly larger than ANY of the possible precisions. In both the SSE and x87 versions, the door hits the guard's toe. So far, both agree.
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in reply to Tom Forsyth • • •it’s always floating point
100.0000001% it was floating point