I will never, ever stop loving Bill Atkinson’s dithering algorithm. If you cut your teeth on Macpaint or Hypercard, you probably recognize it without even realizing it.
That was one of the most painless App Store submissions we’ve ever had. Sailed right through! ChangeReaction 3.0 is out now. draconis.llc/games/changereact…
TIL that some modern memory allocators use deliberate randomness to mitigate the security impact of use-after-free bugs. lobste.rs/s/vhivpd/absurd_cost…
I find it annoying that we're having to add randomness in more places for security reasons. Another example is DoS-resistant hash tables. It takes us further away from the comfortingly simple idea that computers are deterministic machines that we can fully understand and control. And of course, it's another bit of increasing complexity that keeps the hardware upgrade treadmill going.
I'm aware that the "cranky old curmudgeon" side of me is dominating this morning. I have to remind myself to be eternally optimistic, to keep looking forward to more exciting things we can do with technology, especially assistive technology, rather than looking back to a simpler past. Regardless of whether such an attitude is grounded in reality, it's better for productivity.
@bryansmart Yeah, I know, and I feel the cognitive dissonance of talking up AI one day and grousing about non-determinism the next. Clearly I was wrong in the latter case.
Das #Grundgesetz feiert heute seinen 74. Geburtstag, wir gratulieren recht herzlich! Statt Blumen verschenken wir in diesem Jahr aber lieber einen gemeinsamen Ausblick auf das nächste Jahr: Wie wäre es, dem Grundgesetz mit einem weiteren Grundrecht frischen Schwung zu verschaffen? Ein Grundrecht auf analoges Leben böte sich da an, meint Heribert Prantl in seinem Newsletter für die Süddeutsche Zeitung. Das Grundgesetz verteidigt die freie Entfaltung der Persönlichkeit und stellt alle Menschen vor dem Gesetz gleich. Da würde das dem Grundgesetz doch gut zu Gesicht stehen: Menschen auch davor zu schützen, aus dem öffentlichen Leben ausgegrenzt und benachteiligt zu werden, weil Sie kein Smartphone nutzen oder nicht für jeden Quatsch eine zwielichtige App installieren wollen.
Braucht es noch einen Beleg für den Bedarf eines solchen Grundrechtes?
Die Deutsche Post DHL Group erhält den BigBrotherAward 2023 in der Kategorie Verbraucherschutz für praktizierten Digitalzwang. Sie will die Kund.innen durch
@Michael Vogel @Friendica Support Ich habe diese Feed-URL abonniert, aber der aktuelle Testeintrag wurde nicht abgeholt. Kann es daran liegen, dass ich den Original-Blogtitel in meiner Kontaktliste umbenannt habe? Oder hat sich ein Fehler eingeschlichen?
@Michael Vogel Der Feed ist gerade mit 23 Stunden Verspätung bei mir eingetroffen. Da hakte wohl wieder was.
In diesem Zusammenhang möchte ich Dich fragen: Wenn ich die Blog-Feed-URL squeet.me/feed/gerhardsgedanke… abonniere und neue Einträge öffne, werden sie in Gerhard Hallstein geöffnet oder in Gerhards Gedankenbuch? Konnte ich mich verständlich ausdrücken?
Bezüglich der Verzögerung: Das System versucht vorherzusagen, wie häufig es einen Feed abfragen muss. D.h. je aktiver ein Feed ist, desto häufiger wird er abgefragt. Das heißt aber auch, dass ein Feed, der nur alle paar Tage neue Beiträge hat, auch in der Regel nur einmal pro Tag abgefragt wird. Dies wird gemacht, weil es ansonsten das System zu stark belasten würde, wenn es für alle Feeds alle paar Minuten eine Anfrage starten würde.
Zu Deiner Frage: Wo möchtest Du den Feed abonnieren? In einem externen Feed-Reader oder möchtest Du den Feed von Friendica aus abonnieren? Und was meinst Du mit "neue Einträge öffnen"?
@Michael Vogel Das erste hattest Du mir seinerzeit schonmal erklärt, ich hatte die Erklärung allerdings auch nicht mehr im Hinterkopf.
Ich möchte den Feed Gerhards Gedankenbuch in Gerhard Hallstein abonnieren (beide Instanzen in meinem Friendica-Account). Wenn er in Gerhard Hallstein geöffnet wird, soll der Link den entsprechenden Artikel in Gerhards Gedankenbuch öffnen, nicht aber in Gerhard Hallstein.
I acquired (with help) a killer audio cassette digitizing rig, and then IMMEDIATELY had to spend over 2 months digitizing 90+ cassettes from the 1999 Game Developers Conference (via a slow-and-steady workflow that got the job done without being too disruptive to any other work I was doing).
So, here we are, it's done. Go enjoy 70+ hours of presentations about all aspects of game making and producing, in 1999.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers. The event includes an expo, networking events, and awards shows like...
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms.
We are pleased to announce that Proxmox has committed to sponsor DebConf23 as a Platinum Sponsor. Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server software.
To avoid any possible doubt about this, when Tusky suggests hashtags **it is using your instance's "search" feature** to get the first 10 hashtags that start with whatever you have typed so far.
So those hashtags **are** suggested by that instance.
Ever heard the term "scratching your own itch"? It means: doing something out of motivation to solve a personal problem. Rafael Lima came across a limitation in #LibreOffice, and helped our community to fix it! Learn more : blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #opensource #qa
Gerald Harrison asks children from the Bolton and Nelson areas of Lancashire about the moon. What is the moon made of? Is there anybody up there? Would you l...
Die EU-Staaten diskutieren über die Pläne zur sogenannten Chatkontrolle. Ein geleaktes Dokument macht jetzt deutlich, wie extrem die Positionen teilweise sind.
Je to tak. Zatím jezdím po městě svými silami a ze zkušenosti je kolo opravdu většinou rychlejší než MHD. Minimálně na stejno když připočtu i sprchu. 👍
Hoy tenemos en el BOE un montón de DIAs (declaraciones de impacto ambiental), el inicio del expediente para declarar el Legado Cajal como bien de interés cultural, ayudas para proyectos de inclusión educativa, y castración de gatos.
El problema es que o se hace así, particularmente con las gatas o ciertas ciudades van a ser invivibles con tanto gato callejero. Son las consecuencias de los caprichos de algunos que cuando se cansan de la mascota la abandonan a su suerte.
Sí, si no digo que no sea necesario. Por lo que he leído por ahí los gatos son muy destructivos de otra fauna. Pero es curioso que cueste semejante pastizal. Habría que cargarlo a los que han causado el problema, si se pudieran localizar.
Es una ayuda a los ayuntamientos, a priori pueden solicitarla los que tengan programas de control felino ético (le llaman eso al método de captura, esterilización y devolución). Así que pueden ser unos cuantos. financian del 60 al 100% de la actividad.
es que castrar gatos es carísimo, a nosotros nos metieron 90 euros por castrar al nuestro y es un beterinario no caro. Si fuese una hembra, que es posiblemente la más interesante de hacer, posiblemente la cosa ronde los 300 pavos.
En caso de gatos callejeros la solución menos mala para estabilizar la población es la castración de los machos. Si los capturas o los matas otro vendrá a ocupar su lugar, en cambio si los castras y los sueltas esos gatos seguirán defendiendo su territorio y su harén de gatitas. Seguirán haciendo sus cosas de gatos pero no fabricarán más mininos.
El C.E.S o método de Capturar-Esterilizar-Soltar gatos callejeros es la mejor forma de evitar las camadas indeseadas y mantener controlada la población felina.
hay quien dice que el gato callejero ayuda a limpiar de roedores las ciudades, yo creo que son más perniciosos que valiosos porque le pegan un repaso fuerte al pajareo, que es más sencillo y menos peligroso de cazar que la rata
I'm Daniel Stenberg, maintainer and lead developer in the curl project. I stream curl related stuff. Release presentations, curl development and related topics.
If you owned an Asus motherboard or laptop in the late 2000s, you may be entitled to compensation.00:00 Intro02:00 Going in blind03:58 What is Splashtop?06:5...
Jsou moc pěkný, já nejezdit na kole a sportovat, tak jdu do podobných. Ale u nesportovce to chápu. Já mám veškeré Smart funkce stejně vypnutý.Apple watch jsem měl asi 4 měsíce a šly hned z domu. Každý večer je musel člověk nabíjet. To aspoň Garmin Fenix mají dobrou výdrž a i dost vydrží.
Here’s how I used AI to clone a 60 Minutes correspondent’s voice to trick a colleague into handing over Sharyn's passport number. I cloned Sharyn’s voice then manipulated the caller ID to show Sharyn’s name on the caller ID with a spoofing tool. The hack took 5 minutes total for me to steal the sensitive information.
So, how do we protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our organizations? 1. Make sure the people around you know that caller ID is easily faked (spoofed) and that voices can also be easily impersonated. 2. If they receive a dire call from “you”, verify it’s really you with another method of communication (text, DM, FT, call, etc) before taking an action (like sending money). Kind of like human MFA.
Some suggest setting up a secret “verification word” with their folks ones so that if someone impersonates & demands money/access etc you can ask for the verification word to see if it’s a real crisis. This won’t work for all people but could work for some. If it’s a match, use it.
In general, I recommend keeping advice simple: if premise of call is dire use a 2nd method of communication to confirm a person is in trouble before taking action (like wiring money or sensitive data). Rapid text, email, DM, have others message repeatedly — before wiring money.
Bottom line is: Scammers use urgency & fear to convince victims to take actions (like sending money, data, etc). If premise of a call, text, email, or DM is too dire (or too good to be true), that’s a likely scam. Use a 2nd method of communication to check it’s real before taking action!
"I'll call you right back, okay?" While caller ID can easily be spoofed, rerouting calls back is far harder. And it's just a natural thing to teach to others: take a minute to grab your notes, call back instead of doing what is asked right away. Great demo!
Losses from digital theft have doubled over the past two years, according to the FBI. Sharyn Alfonsi shows how cyber scammers are using AI, apps and social e...
Oh wow, Stalker and Solaris are just on Youtube for free, officially uploaded by Mosfilm, the original production company. They've got a bunch of other Soviet films up there too.
Based on the novel "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The Zone that arose on Earth for unknown reasons attracts attention with inexplicable ph...
Last night, I landed on Minmus, and tonight did a Mun approach. Didn't have enough delta V to attempt a landing, so I pulled an Apollo 8 and just waved at the craters.
Not pictured: the ridiculous amount of tweaks I had to do to the manoeuvre node to get an encounter with the Mun, and then back to an encounter with Kerbin within the constraints of my delta V budget.
Still, KSP is a major improvement over the MS Space Simulator; that one had a whole chapter in the manual for calculating orbital transfers with pen and paper (or Excel).
You have more restraint than me; I’d get so frustrated that I’d crash land on the moon, then have to mount a rescue mission for my poor trapped Kerbal.
@benjaminhollon I'm running in Science mode and unlocking the tech tree as I go along, so I'm happy to build enough science points from experiments in orbit. The little excursion got me about 150 points, same as landing on Minmus.
Ooh, nice! Be sure to get the EVA science kit—it gives you a significant number of points.
Another thing to note is that some experiments are separated by biome, meaning you can get their points multiple times by landing in different locations.
I love it. But yeah, I remember seeing the strip when it came out, and looking up who maintains curl, because that's the one project I could think of. 😅
@skaverat I went back, collected all the names of everyone who had helped out up to that point and added them to the THANKS list. Since then I've made sure to always add everyone.
@guiltmanager ah haha, what a fail. Okay, the image says "curl runs in all your devices". and shows some examples: servers, games, printers, cars, TVs, robots, medical devices, phones, tablets, operating systems, apps, and the Mars helicopter program. And more.
@skaverat I went back, collected all the names of everyone who had helped out up to that point and added them to the THANKS list. Since then I've made sure to always add everyone.
I am going to do an experiment right now. I'm going to do a live stream right now of me telling a random story, and I will try to use my harp as well.
Also, anyone in chat could suggest things for the story, I think that could be fun. (That doesn't mean I will use all suggestions, of course, but well...)
I am StoryDragon on Mastodon and here. Though on programming fora and some others I am Privacy_Dragon.Maybe I will stream some programming sometimes. Likely much of it will be for the calculator (TI-84+ CE), if I stream at all.
@talon I might decide to give it another try some time. Whenever I feel up to it. For now, I tried to come up with a story three times, of which I recorded the third story.
I had a drive exactly like this, but mine was a 4TB Extreme not a pro. Replaced it with a different one with a better firmware and for the last 6 or so weeks, perfectly fine. The last one died within 5 days. Replaced the data, 5 days later, dead. Sent it back. I don't know if that's an older, or newer drive but either way it's not my friend. This one at least is behaving itself.
Western Digital is de facto admitting that its SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs have been vulnerable to a massive glitch that can wipe all your data — by issuing a firmware update for only one of the reportedly affected models.
I have a western digital 8TB external drive, and that is only because I got it from back blaze. I normally don't buy western digital stuff, and maybe with everything going on with them lately, I will continue to stay away from there drives.
I’m afraid I have some bad news. After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer. Thank you for reading all these years. It's been an honor. thenib.com/the-future-of-the-n…
* Sensor Server: stream various phone's sensors to websocket clients + KryptEY: keyboard with local encryption for any messenger (fight chat control!) * Digitales Amt Liberator: removes root and bootloader checks from the Digitales Amt app (Austria)
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