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I finally had to test in real life what I’d been building. Today I produced the first show featuring #SARA. The operation was a success—everyone survived, nothing exploded, and all the mixes sounded exactly the way I programmed them. ;)
That said, remember this is still a very early test version, created entirely with GPT Codex.
By the way, I’ve gone back to working with GPT 5.1. The latest Max model is, for now at least, a disappointment—it kept tripping over more complex tasks, especially when it had to remember and satisfy several conditions at once.
#sara

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#India is trying to impose SIM binding on messaging apps, which means apps will have to keep monitoring, if it is the SIM card with the same number that was used for registration with the app is being used on the phone where the app is installed.
This is going to be another privacy issue for end users and a technical challenge for apps.
What about apps that doesn't use a phone number for registration like #deltachat or #simplex? How would the government implement this rule?
The way governments think of solving problems most of the time are very bizarre, and this certainly is one of them.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/whatsapp-ordered-to-enforce-sim-binding-log-out-web-sessions-every-6-hours/article70339435.ece

WhatsApp ordered to enforce ‘SIM binding,’ log out web sessions every 6 hours

WhatsApp must enforce SIM binding and log out web sessions every six hours to combat cyber fraud, per new government regulations.
The Hindu
#India #deltachat #simplex

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Eine Frage an die #Eltern #Fedielter
Was nutzt ihr für #chatapps bzw. #messenger um mit euren Kindern zu kommunizieren (Alter unter 13 Jahren). Altersbeschränkungen sind mir bekannt, interessiert aber an sich ja keinen. Für den Start überlege ich das über #deltaChat und ein #mailboxorg Konto zu machen. Was nutzt Ihr? Alternative Vorschläge gern als Kommentar.
:BoostOK:

  • Delta Chat (15%, 2 votes)
  • Signal (61%, 8 votes)
  • Threema (7%, 1 vote)
  • Whatsapp (15%, 2 votes)
13 voters. Poll end: 3 weeks ago

#messenger #deltachat #mailboxorg #chatapps #eltern #fedielter
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Steve Wart

@hub it was super annoying because they didn't do anything until I decided to calculate the pro-rated amount owing, and sent it to them, at which point I found out they want to charge for an extra day of service, so I've got a stupid bill for $3.21 cents. I found a jar of pennies at my mom's house when I was cleaning it out, I think I'll use that to pay them.
@Hubert Figuière

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Last Reminder: Reaper Made Easy Q&A. Saturday, November 29th, 3PM Eastern, 8PM UK
Starting at the top of the next hour, 8PM UK, 3PM Eastern, that time wherever you are.

As usual all details at reaperteacher.com.
If you'd prefer to listen/text questions on YouTube we're here:
youtube.com/live/_mfHGLPUTmE?f…
That link will also work to get a replay for a week.
And last but not least, if you can help cover our time to run these sessions, chuck us some change at paypal.me/TGVTraining.

See ya there!

scott and Jen


Zaplaťte uživateli Scott Chesworth pomocí služby PayPal.Me

Přejděte na adresu paypal.me/TGVTraining a zadejte částku. Protože jde o PayPal, je to jednoduché a bezpečné. Nemáte účet PayPal? Nevadí.
PayPal.Me

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I've finally got my flight booked to go to North Carolina for Christmas and beyond.

Waited a bit long, so couldn't get the flight/date I wanted, but I could have gotten a 6:00 AM flight from New York that landed in Greensboro at 11:30 PM after a 14 hour layover in Chicago. Wait, what?

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El Gobierno excluye a Telefónica del contrato de ciberseguridad del Estado por carecer de un plan de igualdad, el mismo motivo que alegó para anular previamente la adjudicación a MasOrange elpais.com/economia/2025-11-29…

archive.ph/ELtWM


El Gobierno excluye a Telefónica del contrato de ciberseguridad del Estado

Transformación Digital declara desierto el concurso por carecer de un plan de igualdad, el mismo motivo que alegó para anular previamente la adjudicación a MasOrange
Ramón Muñoz (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)

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I just ordered the Ninja 501 air fryer. It has two zones, which I've found is something I want, having used a single-zone 6-qt air fryer for the last week or two. Overall, I really enjoy the air fryer, but I want to be able to cook a burger patty and frozen fries, or some chicken and a potatoe, or some saussage and some potatoe crowns. I also want bigger baskets, but I'd rather have two smaller ones than one huge one. Plus, it's $120 off right now.

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If you have 45 seconds, could you listen to this audio and let me know which of the three clips you think sounds best? (First, second, or third? They're each about 15 seconds.)

I'm fiddling with my audio editing, and I've listened to them so many times I've lost all perspective.


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If you could use a peaceful, droney modular + piano performance to relax your mind, here it is. Well done Joep and Maarten, whoever you are!

youtu.be/8vhs8Xrimns

#ElectronicMusic #LivePerformance


Joep Beving & Maarten Vos | vision of contentment #ConcertLab

*Joep Beving and Maarten Vos perform vision of contentment: the second song we release from their album ‘vision of contentment’, recorded at ConcertLab.**Wan...
YouTube
#electronicmusic #liveperformance

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Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths.

Most of the people expected to suffer live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
propublica.org/article/trump-c…

#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #Data #Science #Politics


Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.

Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
lena.groeger@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#Trump #politics #News #climatechange #science #climate #data

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ngl, I'll be happy if this big pile of trash collapses on itself

rockpapershotgun.com/the-saudi…


The Saudi Arabia fund behind the wildly leveraged EA buyout is dealing with "financial distress", claims report

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia is reportedly not allocating further funds for the moment, as it deals with projects that have yet to break even.
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Rock Paper Shotgun)

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OwnCast is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Twitch. It's a livestreaming platform with built-in chat. You can chat without an account, or use your Mastodon etc account to verify your chat identity. Lots more info here:

➡️ fedi.tips/owncast-live-streami…

If you'd like to try it out, there's a good livestream right now at:

➡️ stream.labr.online

You can follow streams from Mastodon etc and they will post in your timeline when they go live. e.g. You can follow this stream at @video

#FediTips


OwnCast: Live streaming and chat on the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
#FediTips @LABR LIVE

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Today we bring you significantly better scrolling performance in GNOME Calendar's month view. It no longer lags on my PC!

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c… is mostly solved with a combination of Georges' gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c… and @TheEvilSkeleton's gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c….

Enjoy it in Nightly, or @gnome 50.

This is why I use a 16-years-old PC as my main development machine: it forces you to solve every performance issue, instead of throwing faster hardware at the problem.

#GNOMECalendar #UX #GNOME

With mousewheel scrolling, infinite scroll may be a bit laggy on some computers (#1125) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

On my desktop workstation machine, GNOME Calendar 45+'s month view scroll animation can be a bit slow: It feels like 20-25 fps rather than...
GitLab
#gnome #UX #gnomecalendar @GNOME @TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)

@matt Yes, it's the standard GNOME desktop running on that second-hand Dell Precision T3500 (from 2009), with a second-hand AMD Radeon R9 270 GPU (from 2013). This PC was the main benchmark behind the biggest fixes that happened in gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-s… in 2023-2024 (huge thanks to @YaLTeR), and therefore is the reason why GNOME Shell doesn't visibly slow down over time anymore since versions 45-46 and newer.

I'm still looking for volunteers to fix the remainder in gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-s… 🤞


GNOME Shell becomes extremely slow over time and consumes tons of CPU (#62) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLab

Sometimes, when I've left my computer idling (not suspended, just with the screen blank and locked) and come back to it, it is extremely slow.
GitLab
@Matt Campbell @Ivan Molodetskikh

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Manu is launching a new web discovery resource, the newsletter Dealgorithmed.

A newsletter about the small web, the poetic web, the quiet web, the web many say we lost years ago, yet it's still here, ready to be rediscovered by those who care.


manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/dea…

#web #SmallWeb #discoverability

Dealgorithmed – Manu

TL;DR: I hate having spare time, and I decided to launch another newsletter called Dealgorithmed. Will start on January 1st, delivered every 1st and …
manuelmoreale.com
#SmallWeb #web #discoverability
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So. Nachdem die Standheizung permanent wilde Fehler anzeigt und die Hunde die Schnauze voll haben vor Kälte und Stress, haben wir die Segel gestrichen und sind auf dem Heimweg. Ich bin also nur heute mit Lili am Start gewesen, morgen findet das Rennen ohne mich statt. Schade, aber das Wohl der Hunde (und des Mannes, der ja auch fror!) ist wichtiger. In zwei Wochen starten wir das nächste Mal in Dessau, bis dahin ist die bereits angeschaffte Standheizung verbaut und ich fahre nur mit Lili.

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Xreal glasses are USB-C glasses that put a huge screen in front of your eyes. They connect to your computer or phone and act as a massive monitor that only you can see. While I can't use them, I'm going to get a pair today that I can return in a week. I'm especially curious to find out how my sister, who has good vision but five-degree fields, reacts to a huge screen that close.

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It's time for another #fedidreams! Get ready to be underwhelmed. Last night, work assigned me to recover the mythical legendary sandwich. It was always named in full, in my dream. Apparently, the mythical legendary sandwich was originally created by the Romins, but when Rome was renamed to Italy, all of the maps had to be updated, and the secret hiding place of the mythical legendary sandwich was lost in the process. Can you tell I passed every history class I ever took? To assist me on my search, I was partnered with a set of North Korean triplets named Gold, Silver, and Bronze. No, I don't know, either. But lucky for me, anyone who is holding hands with two out of three North Korean triplets can fly and teleport. I'm sure all of you already knew this rule, but it was news to me! It turned out to be really useful, though. After teleporting to Italy, we began flying over the coast. This was surprisingly less comfortable than you would expect; I was just...dangling by the hands between Silver and Bronze. Also, it was cold and damp! When I woke up, I did notice that I was lying on one of my hands oddly, and it was a bit sore. Anyway, after a few hours of uncomfortable flight, we discovered an unpopulated island with a cave. Upon landing and entering the cave, we...discovered the mythical legendary sandwich. It was right there. So we quartered it into four and ate it. It was okay. And that's how the dream ended: four people hanging out in a cave, eating a pretty average sandwich. It was cheese, onions, mayo, lettuce, and onions on sourdough bread. I have no idea where any of that came from! And that's why I haven't been posting these lately. If you found this one unsatisfying, imagine how unsatisfying all the ones I haven't shared have been.
#fedidreams

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A lesser known Mastodon pro tip:

Want to mute a conversation, but the mute conversation button isn't appearing on the post?

The only way you can mute a conversation is on a post you have made in the conversation.

But the secret part - Say you want to mute it without actually participating in the conversation:

Reply to a post, set the visibility to "Private Mention", remove everyone's username from the post. Post it.

Then you can click "mute conversation" on THAT post, and it silently mutes you from the conversation.

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Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out as it has around 1 billion users with all sorts of personal data.

bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti…

So, after stealing data from all books, artists, source repos, Wikipedia, Forum posts, & everything else created voluntarily by humans, it is now being sold back to the highest bidder with all your personal data Remember, they are also asking for government IDs & burning all plants resources they come with Ads. such a big idea!

Screenshot showing lines of code references in the ChatGPT Android app to a new "ads feature," including "bazaar content," "search ad," and "search ads carousel."

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nixCraft 🐧

These ads are one thing, but the real danger here is the complete take over of independent web and resources like Wikipedia, forums, blogs, and other stuff. They are doing "intelligence steering," guiding users toward sponsored answers and other "truths" and "facts," and that is what is scary. So, if big bro wants to censor certain topics related to public health or historical facts, it can now be done with just 3/4 apps. Because there is no independent web left. This is a wet dream for them

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Anyone interested in #Pixel6a with #GrapheneOS pre-installed? I'm selling mine for 2500 CZK (€100) + shipping.

If you'd like to try GrapheneOS on something cheaper before committing to it with a more expensive phone, this is a great option. It's what I did and happily used the phone for almost a year. It has a surprisingly good camera for the price.

nechces.cz/~sesivany/019ccbe7-…

#grapheneos #pixel6a

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Jiří Eischmann

@rlounsbury I usually use high-end phones, but it was not a problem for me to use Pixel 6a for almost a year. GOS is fast on it, the battery life is fairly good. I was surprised by the camera. It makes better pictures than my previous phone (Galaxy S22). What limited me a bit is that 6GB of memory isn't much for Android these days. When I did heavy multitasking, apps sometimes suspended instead of staying in the memory.
@Ryan Lounsbury

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Really love Allan’s weekly updates! They’re good insights of what the @gnome foundation is about!

It’s a welcome breath of fresh air and transparency 💙

blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/11/2…

GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-11-28

Welcome to another GNOME Foundation update; an overview of everything that's been happening at the Foundation. There was no update last week, due to me being away from my computer last Friday, so...
Allan (Form and Function)
@GNOME

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Saturday.

Life is marching on here, although the baby is still all-consuming. I've not been into my home office for longer than 40 seconds since he was born and only now am I sat with a computer here because he's gone to sleep. I spent 3 hours with him strapped to rather than being physically carried by me today, which is small progress.

Still, he's only 8 weeks old today. The landscape will shift again when I *have* to go back to work, when he can sit himself up and so on.

We had to buy a new dishwasher as our faithful one of 10 years died without notice. We're also planning a weekend trip to Malta with the mother-in-law for some Christmas market exploration, which will knock christmas shopping time even further, like the baby's not already done that! It's important to us that we maintain as much of what we've done previously over the holiday season for our older child.

I did get an early Christmas present though; some air pods so I can use my phone less wiredly. It'll be handy for traveling.

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That #Framework laptop turned out far less durable than I hoped for. After less than two years the battery is swollen and damaged the keyboard in the process. I suspect that a major contributing factor were serious heat issues of this laptop which according to my brief search are “normal.” There are also a few minor defects.

I’m far less inclined to spend more money on Framework hardware now than before they declared their “we don’t do politics” stance. Still, it’s far too early to replace this laptop, so I guess I’m ordering replacements. Luckily, repairing is trivial.

Still: how do I prevent these issues from reoccurring? I guess I’m looking into ways of throttling that CPU on Linux…

#framework

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"WE CAN'T POSSIBLY BALANCE THE BUDGET UNLESS CANADA BECOMES THE 51ST STATE ITS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO WE'RE GOING TO CUT TAXES." -- the CAQ

ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/no…


No balanced budget without free trade deal with the U.S., warns Girard

If Canada and the United States fail to reach a trade agreement next year, Quebec may have to suspend its balanced budget law, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said on Friday.
The Canadian Press (CTVNews)

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Half of Kyiv reported to be without electricity following hours-long overnight Russian drone and missile attacks. kyivindependent.com/six-injure…

'Half of Kyiv without electricity' — 2 killed, 37 injured in 'serious' Russian attack

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 596 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones and 36 missiles of various types overnight.
Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)

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Mastodon/Fediverse has trained me so well with the ubiquitous Alt text that whenever I'm outside it and look at something I can't make out all the details of, I attempt to read the Alt text, find it doesn't exist, get annoyed, and then have a sort of reality readjustment when I have to remember they're not actually ubiquitous and available elsewhere.
...And I still can't make sense of what I'm looking at!

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Welcome to the RB family, Print(Notes) 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.p…

Print(Notes) is a cross-platform markdown notes app inspired by Google Keep and Obsidian. Took a lot of efforts, so we like to thank its developer for their patience, persistence, and diligence to reach this goal with us 🤗

#IzzyOnDroid #ReproducibleBuilds


„Print(Notes)“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

A cross-platform markdown notes app inspired by Google Keep and Obsidian
IzzyOnDroid Repo Browser
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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