The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
theverge.com/2023/3/24/2365580…
A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library.Jay Peters (The Verge)
The Fight Continues - Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/th…
Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities we serve. This decision impacts libraries across the US who rely on controlled digital lending to connect their patrons with books online.chrisfreeland (Internet Archive Blogs)
Reading about #ChatGPT plug-ins and wondering why this is framed as plug-ins for #ChatGPT (giving it "capabilities") rather than #ChatGPT as a plug-in to provide a conversational front-end to other services.
Nevermind, I know why: This is #OpenAI yet again trying to sell their text synthesis machine as "an AI".
Assembly 3 by realthunder is the most feature-packed assembly WB for @FreeCAD. Lots of constraint options, dynamic solver, parts can be referenced, sub-assemblies can be freezed etc. No wonder it's so popular. But there are caveats too. So let's go over its pros and cons in this next installment of the Assembly Workbenches series
ondsel.com/blog/default-assemb…
This is the fourth part in the series where we explore the possibility of creating a default assembly workbench for FreeCAD.ondsel.com
If you need to take it easy after a busy day, but don’t want to fall asleep, then Smooth and Easy is the show for you. It features an hour of the best Smooth Jazz, Chillout, and Easy Listenin…Kelly Sapergia's Home Page
Do you want peace of mind that your device hasn’t been tampered with in-shipping so you can start with a clean, secure computer? If yes, Anti-Interdiction is for you. Read on this post by @kyle writes about the Anti-Interdiction measures to bootstrap trust.
puri.sm/posts/bootstrapping-tr…
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
“A decade ago, we had no idea that the rocks beneath our feet could be so vastly inhabited.”Becky Ferreira (VICE)
This photo is an #amazing historical piece of importance that should be venerated & appreciated daily.
Debbie Harry (#Blondie), Viv Albertine (The Slits), #Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex), & Pauline Black (The Selecter)
#photo #punk #grrrl #historic #music #DeborahHarry #DebbieHarry #VivAlbertine #theSlits #SiouxsieSioux #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #ChrissieHynde #ThePretenders #PolyStyrene #XRaySpex #PaulineBlack #TheSelecter
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This week we released GNOME 44 “Kuala Lumpur”! 🥳 To find out more, and to see what else happened this week, you should check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
👉 thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/…
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"How do you bootstrap trust when you have to order a trusted computer from an untrusted one? One way is with our anti-interdiction services and in this article I will talk through how that works."
puri.sm/posts/bootstrapping-tr…
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Why Engineers Need to Write
Link: developing.dev/p/why-engineers…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write about old, hard-to-understand literature like Shakespeare.Ryan Peterman (The Developing Dev)
Fireside Chat: The State of Memory SafetyModerator: Amira Dhalla, Consumer ReportsPanelists: Yael Grauer, Consumer Reports; Alex Gaynor, Federal Trade Commis...YouTube
Getting ready for IETF 116, conveniences in FluffyChat, a brand new integrations manager… that, and more happened this week in Matrix!
i think it would be better if the whole thing would work correctly, especially rss-bot and github-bot, before luring more users to their doom. i've been trying to integrate the rss-bot for two days and it still doesn't work 😠
#matrix #integrationmanager #rssbot #atomfeedbot #githubbot #extension #widget
#AndroidAppRain again at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 2 new apps:
* SD Maid SE: the successor of SD Maid – a trusty maid for your Android, to keep it clean & tidy
* ListenBrainz: keeps track of the music you listen to and provides you with insights into your listening habits
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
"On aime pas ce qu'ils font avec les données privées"
"Bah pourquoi vous changez pas la loi?"
"Ah non on peut pas, ca serait un problème pour les GAFAM"
Only 3 days left to submit your #GUADEC2023 talk, workshop, or BoF proposals! All submissions are due March 27, so make sure to get yours in soon: foundation.gnome.org/2023/02/2…
Whether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is an easy to use application that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in.Project Tox
🎵Get 30 days of FREE unlimited royalty-free music and sound effects with Epidemic Sound! ➡️ https://share.epidemicsound.com/jaketran 🎥 About this channel:...YouTube
textra; A command-line application to convert images, PDFs, and audio files to text using Apple's APIs - Dylan Freedman: github.com/freedmand/textra (Github)
Simon Willison's summary: simonwillison.net/2023/Mar/23/…
Built on proprietary APIs, but I believe I've talked with someone here before who'd benefit from this!
A command-line application to convert images, PDFs, and audio files to text using Apple's APIs - GitHub - freedmand/textra: A command-line application to convert images, PDFs, and audio files t...GitHub
Daniel’s weekly report March 24, 2023
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8.0.0, release cycle, 25 years, live-streams, c-ares audit, roadmap, vulnerabilities
What a week.
Oops! 😅 Github accidentally committed their on SSH private key to a public github repo. They rightly have changed the keys, so you'll get bit scary “WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!” messages.
github.blog/2023-03-23-we-upda…
#ssh #github #devoops
At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.Mike Hanley (GitHub)
Si perdiste la presentación de ayer
If you’re having trouble pushing to GitHub today, perhaps seeing scary new errors on your console like this:
> WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!
> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Don’t freak out, just read this:
github.blog/2023-03-23-we-upda…
At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.Mike Hanley (GitHub)
Security is the major reason why software updates are important. The LastPass breach demonstrates this dramatically.
If you search the web for why software updates are important, you will get loads of results that say there are "3 or 5 reasons why software updates are important". While this may be correct, there is only one major reason why you must keep your software up to date: Security.
Stay secure, update your systems! 😎💪🔒
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On last reboost, the iOS app version of Lost Treasures of Infocom:
archive.org/details/lost-treas…
The game files are all the usual versions, as far as I know. (I'll check in detail, but they should match the contents of archive.org/details/InfocomCla… .)
The nice part here is the game feelies, maps, and hint files. These are *also* derived from the 1996 CD but may have been updated or reformatted.
@vga256 #InteractiveFiction #Infocom
Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces1996InfocomIncludes:• Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur •...Internet Archive
Outlines the current principles and work needed to improve the accessibility of the GOV.UK Design Systemdesign-system.service.gov.uk
If you love music, Spotify is exactly for you. Because the songs and podcasts you can listen to for free with Spotify are almost unlimited.…Erişilebilir Android
We’ve got a big issue for you this week, let’s get into it! CSUN Last week, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was held in Anaheim, California. The NV Access team were there to share informat…NV Access
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La "Asociación Mariposas en El Tubo de Escape" se está encargando de pintar los coches contaminantes de alta gama en Barrio Salamanca.
elsaltodiario.com/cambio-clima…
Varios coches de alta gama en el barrio de Salamanca, en Madrid, han amanecido con pintadas que alertan sobre la crisis climática.www.elsaltodiario.com
Hombre, es mucho más violento ir contaminando.
Que sube el C02 y nos está llevando a una extinción de la humanidad. Cuyo humo tóxico afecta a la cantidad derrames cerebrales que hay, cuyo ruido afecta negativamente a la hipertensión.
Para mí entre pintar con pintura lavable un cristal vs la extinción de la humanidad.... Pues me parece que se quedan muy cortos en la acción.
A recent review of sanctions on the #unemployed to 'encourage' them into #work (which as you will recall #JeremyHunt emphasised in his budget, concludes that:
'While sanctions tend to increase exits to employment in the short term, there is evidence of adverse impacts on job quality, job stability, earnings and income & of increased exits to non-employment or inactivity'.
For the Sado-Tories this won't matter, as punishing the poor *is* the aim
h/t Sarah O'Connor (FT)
eprints.gla.ac.uk/261161/
In recent decades, the use of conditionality backed by benefit sanctions for those claiming unemployment and related benefits has become widespread in the social security systems of high-income countries.Dibben, Chris
Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहन
in reply to Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) • • •Very interesting framing. The 'plugins' are not the 'eyes and ears' of the language model but actually the mind!
The Expedia plugin for example uses a scheduling algorithm + a database of flight information to find the right flight for the user. This plugin is what is doing the actual 'reasoning'...
Christian Muise
in reply to Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहन • • •Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहन
in reply to Christian Muise • • •shhhh.... don't let people onto the secret that #AI algorithms have been running our lives all along.
Maps - #AI
Search - #AI
Recommendation - #AI
Mars rover - #AI
Airplane autopilot - #AI
😅
Dawn Ahukanna
in reply to Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) • • •my interpretation of the word “plug-in“ in association with ChatGPT or any LLM is we, the human, public, free, non-AI Labour provides “a piece of software that enhances the functionality of Chat-GPT” that they make money by:
1. giving them a cut of what your plug-in(s) may make
and
2. the further, extended utility of their exclusive platform.
Let the enshittification process begin - pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot… !
Pluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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