I recently purchased a Rode Wireless Pro. It's in a box waiting for me to mess with it, but I'm just not feeling it, so maybe later today.
That having been said, one of the silly things I want to do is clip one of the wireless mics to my parents' little dog's collar as he runs around the yard, or something.
"My battery is low and it's getting dark."
This was the final message from NASA Opportunity, sent to Mars for 90 days but wandered for nearly 15 years.
Its final transmission wasn't words, but fading data-summed up on Earth as "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
A poetic farewell from a rover that became more than a machine.
Okay well this is it so far. But I will probably change it all tomorrow:
I will always let you know about the moon
Look at the moon
Can you see the moon from where you are?
I’m walking at dusk and I’m feeling lonely
My kid used to like walking with me
I could talk to him about this perfect moon
Its haunted white-gold glow
An illuminated balloon looming over the hills
But he’s too old to go for walks with his mom
So I send you a message that says
Look at the moon
You say thank you for letting me know about the moon
Mom, I will always tell you about the moon
Because maybe some day I’ll go for a walk
And pull my phone out of my pocket
And then I’ll remember
So instead I will have to just whisper
Look at the moon
Can you see the moon where you are?
Will you find a way to let me know about the moon?
And if I’m very lucky
Maybe one day my kid will
Be walking lonely somewhere
And look at the night sky
And think about me
And send me a message
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Of all the questionable things about AI, I'm starting to think its biggest crime is simply the staggering amount of resources it has pointlessly drawn away from other, more important work and the way it has corrupted even organisations that were previously doing great work in some misguided, race-to-the-bottom belief that this is actually the most important think for humankind.
First time I’ve hunted to find a native ui framework that’s cross platform, accessible, and doesn’t require learning another language to use.
The solution might be separate interfaces in separate frameworks for separate platforms, for the best accessibility experience, because frankly writing my own cross platform UI framework was not part of the brief.
Yes I know flutter exists, no I don’t want to write a minimal system utility in flutter and dart. This thing has to run on any old hardware.
“We tax the churches”
*gasp*
“And the billionaires”
“They worked so hard for that money!”
“And we use that money to make sure there’s no homeless people”
“Oh my god she’s insane!” *faints*
When I learn a new technique or skill for the first time do I learn it on a simple project first?
No of course not why would I do that I have to try it on the hardest bloody use case imaginable because that’s the “object” that exists in my head that I feel the need to make manifest so one way or another we’re getting through it.
Stata center, MIT, Cambridge, MA — October 2008
Building designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry, who passed away this week.
Canon 20D, Sigma 15mm Fisheye.
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This small open-source tool shows every process your browser hides from you
https://www.makeuseof.com/open-source-tool-shows-every-process-your-browser-hides-from-you/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Internet @internet-muo_official
Understand browser slowdowns by seeing the processes causing them.Afam Onyimadu (MakeUseOf)
With winter in full swing (mostly), people are starting to head for the ski slopes. And what’s better than a day of skiing? Après-skiing, maybe? Altitude sickness can sneak up fast — especially if you’re sipping cocktails to enhance the late-day euphoria. @foodandwine discusses why alcohol hits different at higher elevations and how you can prevent that two-by-four-to-the-forehead feeling from drinking too much up there:
#Culture #Skiing #ApresSki #Sports #Alcohol #Mountains #Drinking
Planning a ski trip? Learn how altitude sickness starts, what symptoms to watch for, how alcohol at elevation worsens it, and smart prevention and treatments from experts.Rich Manning (Food & Wine)
The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we don't use AI to write headlines and make art, and we're one of roughly three publications who are up for the fight. Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically. Are you?
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curl_formget() accepts a user-provided callback function but does not validate it is non-NULL before calling it. If a caller passes NULL, the function will crash with SIGSEGV. Add NULL check at the...GitHub
still baffled at people who have pin sharp and detailed cynicism about cryptocurrency but have fallen hard for chatbot AI
IT'S THE SAME FUCKING PERPETRATORS
The difference between crypto and AI is that crypto is mostly useful in 3rd-world countries, while AI is useful everywhere.
If you're an American / European, crypto is far easier to dismiss.
Luckily, I’m not in need of any RAM at the moment, that with the prices skyrocketing. Depending on the modules I see price increases of up to factor 5 compared to two months ago.
This article argues that this isn’t “just” AI but OpenAI specifically who bought up a huge chunk of the world-wide supply. What for? Nothing actually, merely messing with the competition. mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-a…
Given how much the AI bubble distorts hardware demand, when that bubble bursts the ripple effects throughout the entire IT landscape will be enormous. And that’s not even considering how much of the financial system is invested in this.
Bon je viens de retester mais on ne peut toujours pas activer l'accessibilité via les lecteurs d'écrans pour les app GTK4 sous Windows (donc Gajim), l'issue est toujours là mais je ne sais pas si quelqu'un arrivera à la corriger dans les mois/années à venir.
Si jamais vous êtes dev et que vous aimez GTK, l'issue est ici :
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/i…
Je peux tester des patch si besoin
#a11y #accessibility #dev #gtk
Example program: Using gtk 4.18.6, accesskit-c 0.15.1 Downstream report: https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/24812 Clicking on the button crashes. To...GitLab
Dictionary.com's word of the year is “6-7,” a Gen Alpha slang term with no actual definition.
Oxford’s word of the year is “rage bait” and Cambridge picked "parasocial."
Together, they paint a picture of digital nihilism. theconversation.com/2025s-word…
From AI slop to rage bait, to the cryptic ‘6-7,’ this year’s slate captures a growing sense that online life is flooded with fakery, frustration and meaninglessness.The Conversation
Plenty of people is blaming "AI" in the abstract for the recent RAM price spikes, but I haven't seen anybody around here point to the actual and direct culprit of it all: Sam Altman secretly bought 40% of silicon wafers (not even produced RAM, just the silicon wafers) from two of the biggest RAM manufacturers, at the same time. Not even with specific plans for what kind of RAM do with them. This is just to mess up with competitors.
Seriously, you can't hate OpenAI enough.
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We're in our way to Japan for a week full of knowledge sharing and discussions on cutting-edge topics at the #OSSummit Japan and the @linuxplumbersconf ✈️ 🗾
You can read more about our participation in these conferences at: igalia.com/2025/12/05/Igalia-a…
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Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions.Igalia
A friend is pissy about Calibre adding A.I. into this ebook manager so they are creating a new fork called Clbre, because the A.I. is being stripped out.
#AI #AISlop #Calibre #eBook #eBookManager
A fork of Calibre called Clbre, because the AI is stripped out. - grimthorpe/clbreGitHub
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Hidden in the federal government’s 634-page omnibus bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, is a measure that has so far escaped scrutiny. Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years.
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While the bill lays out a plan for a minister to partially inform the public of such an order, there are no timelines. The minister may also “exclude information that, in the minister’s opinion, would be inappropriate to make publicly accessible for reasons that include safety or security considerations or the protection of confidential or personal information.”
The Treasury Board Secretariat suggests the measures are necessary for regulators to keep pace with technological change and find flexible ways to evaluate whether products or services can be safely introduced in the Canadian marketplace.
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“AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more.” - by @pluralistic
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop…
Man, Cory, you sure can turn a phrase. #grandtheftautocomplete
Unsere Lehrkräfte arbeiten seit Jahren unter sehr hoher Belastung. Sie halten den Schulbetrieb trotz Personalmangel und wachsender Anforderungen zuverlässig aufrecht. Dafür verdienen sie Respekt und Rückhalt.
#lehrkräfte #bildung #respekt #vertrauen #bildungspolitik #schule
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1000% agree
Im furious about AI. It's being sold as this amazing resource that is so good for us all. But it isn't.
Apart from the VAST drain on energy (that we none of us can afford financially or resource-wise globally) it's a drain on us individually. We WILL become stupider and less capable in all sorts of ways.
Im sick of it all. And we are never given a choice about it.
Sick of business interests telling me i need this or that technology that I really don't need and really don't want.
Sure there are exceptions:
disabled ppl or elderly need AI and huge cars and Alexa/Siri and driverless vehicles to make their lives way way easier. And that's what it should be there for.
But for the majority of ppl those things are superfluous. We don't need them. We really don't.
But we are being MADE to want them bc the market gives lucrative profits for a select few if we ALL have to use them to pay for the research and development. I don't need things delivered to my frigging garden by drone, but a small number of ppl do. God forbid someone develops these things out of the goodness of their hearts bc elderly need help. But no, let's squeeze the cash out of everyone on the planet telling them they need some delivery bc it's cool apparently.
So we are made to use internet banking bc then they take cash away. We have streamed entertainment rather than going out and making our own bc all the pubs and cinemas are shutting. We are made to use chat bots on phones bc the take ppl away. It makes me effing furious
#AI #aiwillkillus #aiwillbeourdownfall #aiwillnotfixit #aiwilleliminateusall
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 13 updated and 1 added apps:
* Jotter: a minimal, privacy-friendly notes app with no unnecessary clutter 🛡️
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
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