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A poll, about microwaves!

Assuming you have a microwave oven, does it have a digital display and buttons, or a number of dials only? Just got a new microwave, with dials as I hate the digital beeps, and a friend was surprised that it had dials and not a screen. Over here I think mine is quite normal and common and it's the type I always get! The "microwave is done" sound also comes from a physical bell, which is nice.

Share for science, should you care to.

  • Buttons plus display (14%, 1 vote)
  • Buttons, no display (14%, 1 vote)
  • Dials plus display (28%, 2 votes)
  • Dials, no display (42%, 3 votes)
  • ✨ No microwave participation club ✨ (0%, 0 votes)
7 voters. Poll end: in 23 hours

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Time for serious questions on #Reform and #Russia

(In March, the New York Times reported that “one of the biggest corporate donors to the #populist #ReformUK party has sold almost $2million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of #Moscow’s #blacklisted state weapons agency”.)

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Time for serious questions on Reform and Russia

As a former prominent leader of Reform faces jail for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements, Neil Mackay says we have to ask serious…
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#Russia #Moscow #reform #blacklisted #reformuk #populist

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I am collecting texts and resources on the "Haitian Revolution" for my Human Rights class and I thought I'd share a few things with you.
First of all, this Graphic Novel (online), which helps you understand what happened: "The Slave Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti" thenib.com/haitian-revolution/

And this short article which also gives an overview - both written by historian Laurent Dubois, who is an expert on the field: aeon.co/essays/why-haiti-shoul…

#HumanRights #Haiti #HaitianRevolution #Slavery


Why Haiti should be at the centre of the Age of Revolution | Aeon Essays

Haiti, not the US or France, was where the assertion of human rights reached its defining climax in the Age of Revolution
Laurent Dubois (Aeon Magazine)
#HumanRights #haiti #haitianrevolution #slavery
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@pablo_martan there is clearly capable AI tooling in the works: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/10…

A new breed of analyzers

(See how I cleverly did not mention AI in the title!) You know we have seen more than our fair share of slop reports sent to the curl project so it seems only fair that I also write something about the state of AI when we get to enjoy some positive a…
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@pablo_martan
Yes, he discussed slob, but in all the cases it was purely machine fabricated and not checked by a human expert. And I think that's what it is all about. If there's a human in the loop, it can be a handy tool. On a side note, the European AI Act also requires humans in the loop for the final check. And back in the days when there were large hopes for decision support systems, people also said they don't work without the humans in the loop.
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