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Just chose my sessions for this year's #SolsticeSchool, a fedi phenomenon where people give short-ish 15-minute or so lectures plus q&a on interesting, academia-adjacent topics. They're oriented towards non-specialists, and they're a great way to get an entrypoint on the topics. If it sounds interesting, check it out on solsticeschool.scholar.social/…

Solstice School 2024

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#solsticeschool

This year's programme for @SummerSchool is announced!

solsticeschool.scholar.social/…

Solstice School is a casual-academic event where people give short talks about things that they are really passionate about.

The talks are distributed across all sorts of time zones and academic fields, from computer science to climate science to astronomy to history. Come learn, from the history of queerness in Korea, to the dangers of space junk, to what's up with all those mites.

Join one talk or join them all!

Solstice School 2024

solsticeschool.scholar.social
@Solstice School

ICYMI➡️ The latest release of #WirePlumber 0.5 has come with a host of new features. Julain Bouzas breaks down a notable one - the Smart Filter Policy: collabora.com/news-and-blog/bl… @PipewireP @pipewire #OpenSource
Purple background with the Collabora and PipeWire logo. The title says Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

The smart audio filters policy in WirePlumber 0.5 is a welcomed convenience for users alike.
Collabora | Open Source Consulting
#opensource #wireplumber @PipeWire Project

ZOO v Lipsku mě velice uchvátilo. Moje očekávání bylo asi zbytečně nízké, ale i tak pokud jedete okolo tak doporučuji tam celý den strávit. ⤵️ #leipzig #zoo #
#leipzig #zoo
in reply to Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦

Archos
Archos
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Jo vypadá to tam super a Lipsko není tak daleko. My se chystáme i do Berlina do Tropical Islands. Nebyli jste tam s @hana ?
@Hana Dvořáková
in reply to Archos

Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦
Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦
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@archos @hana byl jsem tam asi 3x je to tam pěkný, doporučuji. Do Berlína se také chystáme.
@Archos @Hana Dvořáková

Už i ARD řeší Bureše
ard.social/@tagesschau/1127445…

tagesschau (@tagesschau@ard.social)

Neuer europäischer Rechtsbund: Die Wende des Andrej Babis Bislang war Tschechiens Ex-Premier Babis im Lager der europäischen Liberalen, nun paktiert er mit den rechten Kreml-Freunden in Ungarn und Österreich.
ARD.social

Idem začať mačky kŕmiť tu na okolí, už dávno som mal a možno sa budú aj kamošiť. Pár ich tu je...
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

DonBahno
DonBahno
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Super, díky za to, ale jestli je to v Tvých možnostech, zkus jim příště koupit něco lepšího :). Ono to často ani nevyjde o moc dráž. U těch značek Felix, Whiskas a Friskies se fakt nedá moc mluvit o kvalitě. Kočky to sice sežerou, ale moc dobré to pro ně není. Ve složení 4% masa.
in reply to DonBahno

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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@DonBahno ja viem, ja si musím hlavne zvyknúť chodiť kŕmiť, ale áno máš pravdu a díky za tabulku
@DonBahno
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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už sme za plotom a tam myslím že psi asi neprídu a je to na úrovni parkoviska čiže na dosah..

edit: kapsičky sú preč a myslím že granule dnes zjedol pes

This entry was edited (4 months ago)
in reply to DonBahno

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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som zvedavý ráno na zmeny :kekw: ak nič nezožerú ma naštvú
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in reply to SuspiciousDuck

DonBahno
DonBahno
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To sežerou, o to bych se nebál. Akorát tam může taky dorazit na hostinu třeba ježek nebo nějaký zbloudilý pes.
This entry was edited (4 months ago)
in reply to DonBahno

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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@DonBahno no to je pravda... oproti je rozpadnutá budova a budem sa snažiť to umiestniť niekde tam, tam majú asi aj zhromaždenie..
@DonBahno

I don't understand it, but I approve of the attempt. #FoundOnFacebook #curl
#curl #FoundOnFacebook
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Christian Heusel
Christian Heusel
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This setup reminded me about the stock exchange that just has a lot of long cable to slow things down:
youtube.com/watch?v=d8BcCLLX4N…

How to slow down a stock exchange

High-frequency traders have a few tactics on stock exchanges: but simply put, they gather price information faster than anyone else, sometimes even faster th...
YouTube
This entry was edited (4 months ago)

Interiér

JK Rowling has completely lost her mind.

@bullivant mastodon.ie/@bullivant/1127400…


iamBullivant (@bullivant@mastodon.ie)

Attached: 1 image JK Rowling plumbs new depths. She really has lost the plot. #JKRowling #TransPhobia
mastodon.ie
@iamBullivant
in reply to Deniz Opal

Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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I have a trans daughter, she grew up living the whole Harry Potter thing, it was a bitter pill to swallow when JKR started down the path of hate speech. Fuck JK Rowling, and all who associate with her.

@Tusky I got a bug on the new version 26 beta 1 (pushed to me on google play even though I'm not a beta tester, though I see someone already reported that), where when switching feeds the app crashed.
@Tusky
in reply to lily 💖

Tusky
Tusky
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We launched Tusky 26 Beta but we made a mistake and published it for everyone. So you received it.
Sorry for the inconveniences!!

The Temptation of Saint Anthony,
Max Ernst (1945)

#art #maxernst #merzart #surrealism #saintanthony #painting

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, Max Ernst (1945)
#art #painting #surrealism #merzart #maxernst #saintanthony
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The House of Broken Plates,
Katsushika Hokusai (1831-1832)

#art #merzart #painting

The House of Broken Plates, Katsushika Hokusai (1831-1832)
#art #painting #merzart

Wer nach einer hörenswerten Podcast-Folge für den Sonntag sucht, empfehle ich diesen Beitrag mit @arnesemsrott, in dem über sein Buch »Machtübernahme. Was passiert, wenn Rechtsextremisten regieren. Eine Anleitung zum Widerstand« gesprochen wird. Eine besondere Einladung, sich das anzuhören, geht an alle Beamt*innen raus: was-tun.podigee.io/50-machtueb…
#DemokratieVereint

Machtübernahme: Was tun, wenn die AfD regiert?

_September 2024, Wahlsonntag, 18 Uhr - die ersten Hochrechnungen der Wahlergebnisse erscheinen auf den Fernsehbildschirmen im ganzen Land - der grell-blaue Balken flackert über die Mattscheiben: 31 Prozent für die AfD - sie ist stärkste Kraft.
Was tun?
#demokratievereint @Arne Semsrott
in reply to Dejan Mihajlović

WestphalDenn
WestphalDenn
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@SunDial79 Habe das Buch in en letzten Tagen gelesen. Gerade die wahrscheinlich und plausibel klingenden Einstiege haben mich tatsächlich beängstigt. Lesenswertes Buch
@Sandra Pilz

Brötchen
Comic. Kunde in der Bäckerei: "Vier Brötchen bitte!" Verkäuferin: "Unsere Brötchen sind jetzt mit künstlicher Intelligenz und WLAN ausgestattet." Kund: "Ich möchte lieber Brötchen OHNE künstliche Intelligenz und Internet..." Verkäuferin: "Aber die Brötchen machen Screenshots von Ihrem Darm! Ist das nicht cool? Scannen Sie hier Ihren Ausweis und Ihre Augen ein, die Daten landen in Ihrem Bäckerei-Account und Sie erhalten Ihre KI-Brötchen. Natürlich respektieren wir voll Ihre Privatsphäre. Eeeehrenwort!" Kunde: "OK, ich kauf meine Brötchen woanders." Verkäuferin schmollt und denkt: "Eines Tages wirst du unsere KI-Brötchen schon fressen!"

“Second or third-party data led segmenting and targeting of advertising does not outperform a random sample when it comes to accuracy of reaching the actual target. [..] First party data does do better than the random sample. [..] But, and here’s the real kicker: Contextual ads massively outperform even first party data. And they are much, much cheaper.” mi-3.com.au/26-06-2024/data-de…

$700bn delusion: Does using data to target specific audiences make advertising more effective? Latest studies suggest not | Mi3

Ever wondered how come martech is a US$700bn industry, but the ads you see are still crap? Clue – it's because the data foundations are crap, says Brand Traction's Jon Bradshaw.
www.mi-3.com.au
in reply to Alderik

Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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This doesn't align with intuition nor with prior research, which makes me extremely suspicious.

It might be true for some pieces of content, but it's hard to define contextual for e.g. a Taylor Swift song or "Game of Thrones", and a lot of content we consume on the internet is exactly of this nature.

in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

Alderik
Alderik
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@miki It’s indeed difficult to define. But in essence, you don’t have to match the context of every piece of content ads are shown next to but rather the context of the location. See:
techcrunch.com/2019/05/31/targ…

digiday.com/media/gumgumtest-n…

blog.atinternet.com/en/ster-bo…


After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges in Europe — and kept growing ad revenue

The New York Times shortly tested re-introducing open-exchange programmatic ad buying last fall but didn't pursue it.
Jessica Davies (Digiday)
@Mikołaj Hołysz

If a right hand rule wore pants... :blobcatthinkingsunglass:
If a right hand rule wore pants would he wear them like this or this. First diagram shows pants on wrist area, and in the second one, the pants are on the pointer and middle finger.

Unreal Engine screenraeder documentation

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Drew Mochak
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Unreal Engine documentation
@talon gamedev.stackexchange.com/ques…

Is it possible to use the Unreal Engine as a big C++ library, without using the editor?

I want to write a game entirely in C++, but I would like to profit from the possibilities offered by the Unreal Engine, especially in terms of graphics and physics. Nevertheless, I strongly dislike...
Game Development Stack Exchange
@Talon
in reply to Drew Mochak

Talon
Talon
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Unreal Engine documentation

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Slightly Updated: Exciting Announcement From Blazie Technologies! July Update Available for the BT Speak, Featuring Vocalizer Voices, a Phone Book, Games ... and More groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/72…

Slightly Updated: Exciting Announcement From Blazie Technologies! July Update Available for the BT Speak, Featuring Vocalizer Voices, a Phone Book, Games ... and More

groups.io

From Hadley: How to Avoid Phone and Online Scams When Living with Vision Loss groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/72…

From Hadley: How to Avoid Phone and Online Scams When Living with Vision Loss

groups.io

github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/rele… new #tusky beta, please test and report all the bugs (ideally on Github or to @Tusky, not to me)

Release Tusky 26.0 beta 1 · tuskyapp/Tusky

New features and other improvements The blue primary color that previously was the same for all themes is now slightly lighter in the dark theme and darker in the light theme for better contrast. ...
GitHub
#Tusky @Tusky

Jaws Discount. Like in past years, Freedom Scientific is offering a 20% discount for upgrading your SMA or Annual license during the time of the ACB and NFB conventions; July 3rd thru 12th. You can call and do it by phone, or do it online. You will just need one of these codes, ACB24 or NFB24. If doing it online, just know that the place you put in the code is on down the page past all of the charges. Here is the link to do it online... support.freedomscientific.com/…. #Jaws #Discount #ACB #NFB #Convention #Blind

Upgrade and Software Maintenance Agreement Purchase Options

Upgrade and purchase or renew your software maintenance agreement (SMA) for Freedom Scientific software products to stay current with our latest versions as they are released.
support.freedomscientific.com
#blind #jaws #acb #discount #NFB #convention

This is why I’m on social media 😂

Pretty neat! If you're on mastodon.social (or another server running the latest in-development version of Mastodon), you can go to the Explore page eg. mastodon.social/explore/links and view posts that discuss trending news articles (see the "X posts" below the headline link).

via mastodon.social/@Gargron/11272…

#mastodon #SocialMedia #news #design #UXUI

A screenshot from Mastodon's Explore page showing a list of articles with headlines, author names, and image thumbnails. Below the headlines are links that show the number of posts discussing each article.

Mastodon

The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit
Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social
#Mastodon #News #socialmedia #design #uxui

A new “continuous sidewalk” in #Kitchener. The design differs from regular sidewalks in that it doesn’t dip down to road level at intersections. It continues at an uninterrupted height. This slows cars turning onto the street + reinforces pedestrian priority through the intersections. Same at the driveways, so you don’t get the up-down “roller coaster effect” when you’re #walking, #cycling or using a wheelchair.

#safestreets #urbanism #accessibility

A cyclist rides in a designated bike lane alongside a road with cars. The sky is overcast, and houses with lawns line the street.
Street corner with a stop sign, bike lane, and crosswalk near a grassy area and large trees. Utility poles and power lines are visible, with cloudy skies overhead.
A freshly paved residential street with new sidewalks, young trees planted along the walkway, houses with gardens on the right side, and power lines overhead.
A suburban street with a sidewalk and grassy verge. Residential houses, cars, and utility poles are visible, along with trees and a building in the background under an overcast sky.
#Accessibility #cycling #Walking #urbanism #safestreets #kitchener

Sabían que el #RioSedeño tiene una cascada? y que de hecho es bonita?

#xalapa

la cascada en todo su esplendor, el agua no se ve particularmente sucia
escurrimiento de agua en el río sedeño
río abajo cerca de la cascada. Se ven los arbolitos y la vegetación del otro lado
#xalapa #riosedeno
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Very romantic! :) mastodon.social/@thisemailfind…

I Hope This Email Finds You (@thisemailfindsyou@mastodon.social)

I hope this email finds you under a balcony and kisses you in the shadows until there's nothing left of you but sparkling fairy dust, and in your weakened state, you ask if she wants to hang out next weekend, and her face clouds and she goes, “Ohhh."
Mastodon

Quick, share your favorite #meme
A woman holding a phone as she talks to another person saying “Hello? Are you a lesbian?”
#Meme

Speaking of that new UI for Warehouse 2.0, here is a sneak peek! Very far from being done of course, but I thought it would be fun to share the current progress.
Screenshot of an application window. A three pane layout shows navigation pages on the left, a list of installed apps in the middle, and the details of a selected app on the right.

music!!!! i made it!!

i have created audio

crystallix.entities.org.uk/
soundcloud.com/catfoxenbygirlt…
youtube.com/watch?v=sVl_Y_nCAx…
or right here

#music



i have created audio

i literally don't know what this is. maybe it's trance maybe it's dance maybe it's neither or both or something else it's music though i think
SoundCloud
#music

Ježo z Dúbravky.
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Michal Sp
Michal Sp
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1) Jsem rád že máte také rád ježky ve městě,
2) trochu vám závidím váš mobil, skvěle fotí,
3) jak je vidět můj mobil fotí na dálku hůře než váš, ale pozice mého ježka je zajímavější a v neposlední řadě také zábavnější, to musíte uznat. Měl takový hlad že vlezl do nádoby s jídlem a možná se zakousl i do ní.😊
4) Můj ježek je z Vršovic.
5) Člověku který má rád ježky nelze přát nic jiného než dobro - a proto přeji vše dobré. 🙂

😇

in reply to Michal Sp

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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jaj mne nie je čo závidieť naozaj, ježkovia sú fajn jj :) ďakujem.
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A bit of mild swearing in French, A tame sneez recorded in stereo followed by a triggering of my noise sensitive tribble:

Whelp…
Photo in a library that reads, “Mistakes are proof you are” the rest of the sign is blocked with a trash bin.

audiogame-manager
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the testing branch of the audiogame-manager project Added game "Simple Fighter".

A Ripple Effect (by u/mrwhoseboss)
(AI Alt-Text)
A four-panel comic strip featuring two simple, cute butterfly characters, one pink and the other purple, against a light blue background. Panel 1: The pink butterfly says, "I heard that we can change the world." The purple butterfly listens. Panel 2: The purple butterfly replies, "We're so small, I don't believe you." The pink butterfly responds, "It's true! Flapping our wings can cause a ripple effect through the universe." Panel 3: The purple butterfly starts flapping its wings, saying, "Well then..." with the sound effects "*FLAP* *FLAP*" shown. Panel 4: The pink butterfly, also flapping its wings, says, "Hopefully that sent something wonderful to someone out there." Both butterflies continue to flap. In the bottom right corner, the comic is credited to "@WHOLESOMECOMICS".

@Tutanota I tried signing up for a medium account and I got this error. Just sent a request to medium telling the to allow use of a Tuta account (as well as a @protonprivacy account since that didn't work either). Ridiculous that they are blocking you as a provider.
An error page for Medium.com which shows that a tutanota email is not allowed to be used
@Tuta @Proton
in reply to Studio Cohort

Tuta
Tuta
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Hi there! Thank you for letting us know. We will also be in contact with Medium to get Tuta accepted.

Don't wait for change, be the change 😉

Why not join our team of privacy enthusiasts! 🔐

We're #hiring 👉 tuta.com/jobs

#Tuta #hiring #jobs #apply #Germany

Tuta employees smiling while playing a board game.

Join the Tutanota team

Tutanota
#Germany #jobs #hiring #tuta #apply

You can apparently run an entire OS in Google Drive, but you definitely shouldn't

xda-developers.com/you-can-run…


You can apparently run an entire OS in Google Drive, but you definitely shouldn't

Turns out, Google Drive isn't exactly an efficient way to run an operating system. Who knew?
Adam Conway (XDA)

Gentlemen, we have to do something about this. This is demoralizing.
in reply to mhoye

Federico Mena Quintero
Federico Mena Quintero
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I was looking for shorts the other day and it was black and dark blue. Did not buy anything 😭

Der neue britische Premierminister Starmer hat einer Zeitung zufolge am ersten Tag seiner Amtszeit den umstrittenen Plan der konservativen Vorgängerregierung gestoppt, illegal eingewanderte Menschen nach Ruanda abzuschieben.

Großbritannien - Starmer stoppt offenbar Pläne für Abschiebungen nach Ruanda

Die Nachrichten

iNaturalist is looking for a Head of Engineering app.beapplied.com/apply/gotyyj… must be US-based, and the "technical expertise" section reads like "please know everything", but if you care about conservation and open science, this is a chance to make the world a slightly better place.

Head of Engineering

iNaturalist seeks a dynamic and experienced Head of Engineering to join our leadership team. This important role will report directly to the Executive Director and will be pivotal in shaping the future of iNaturalist.
app.beapplied.com
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