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Politically, Biden's dropping out creates all sorts of uncertainty.

Procedurally, however, what happens how is extremely clear: The DNC will use its convention to officially designate its nominees for president and vice president, and those people will appear on the ballot in all 50 states, DC, etc.

A summary of state ballot access laws, from the officials who run the elections, is at nass.org/sites/default/files/r…

It would have been much more complicated if this had occurred after the convention.

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Do Democrats have enough time to find a different path to victory?

It's actually not an unusual concept.

Until 1968, presidential candidates were always picked by party conventions.

And that process, though providing less public input, also produced some great nominees.

theconversation.com/until-1968…

#Biden #Election2024 #USPolitics #Histodons @histodons

Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race

With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.
The Conversation
#histodons #uspolitics #biden #Election2024 @histodons group

I believe we will win.

(If we all work for it.)

I believe will will win.

IF WE ALL WORK FOR IT.

gregpak.net/2024/07/02/theres-…


There’s Always Something We Can Do

Tough week, huh? Hard not to feel a little overwhelmed with what feels like relentless, catastrophic political news. But I’ve volunteered for political campaigns for literally 40 years —…
Greg Pak

hey stop doomscrolling and check this out
Black kitten sitting back-to-back against a large fluffy tuxedo tomcat.

smutná lampa

If the rumors are true, this week could be another exciting week for opensource LLMS! Meta may release Llama-3-405b on this Tuesday. Also there could be updates to 8b and 70b models distilled from 405B. Joe Spisak, a product director at Meta says they were initially going to call Llama 3 8b and 70b a prerelease or preview because these models didn't have all the things they planned to release.
Sources:
theinformation.com/briefings/m…
x.com/AlpinDale/status/1814814…
youtu.be/r3DC_gjFCSA?feature=s…
#LLM #AI #ML

Meta Announces Llama 3 at Weights & Biases’ conference

In an engaging presentation at Weights & Biases’ Fully Connected conference, Joe Spisak, Product Director of GenAI at Meta, unveiled the latest family of Lla...
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#AI #ML #llm
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Chi Kim
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@vick21 No, it doesn't work. I lost faith in multimodal on llama.cpp, which Ollama relies on. Llama.cpp dropped multimodal support on March 7 (supposedly temporarily), but there is no momentum or interest among the devs to bring it back. They all seem preoccupied with providing immediate next day support for new text-only LLMs being released constantly.
@victor tsaran
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Interesting. I'm sort of getting tired of all these models being released every day. It increasingly looks more and more like a gaming exercise! :)

And Track 2 talks on the livestream here: youtube.com/live/X0nUMyQxkLA?f…
#GUADEC2024

GUADEC 2024 – Day 3, track 2

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#guadec2024

GUADEC day 3 will be back from the break soon. Catch Track 1 talks in 15 mins on the livestream here:
youtube.com/live/2-hTw0bx6Sc?f…
#GUADEC 2024

GUADEC 2024 – Day 3, track 1

GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a w...
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#GUADEC

chodím po Obchodnej, tak, asociácie

Z-Library: More Domains Seized Than Any Other Pirate Site in History * TorrentFreak torrentfreak.com/z-library-mor…

Z-Library: More Domains Seized Than Any Other Pirate Site in History

No other pirate site in history has had more of its domains seized by law enforcement than Z-Library, and it's not over yet.
Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)

Joe Biden just announced on Twitter that he would not be seeking reelection.
"Why am I posting about this", you didn't ask? Well, he announced it in a letter, contained in an image, with the alt text of "A letter from president Biden". So for anyone curious what that letter actually said, here's a transcription. I had GPT transcribe it since Windows OCR was mangling parts of it, and OneStep Reader was even worse, but Aira verified the accuracy of it.
slj.io/biden.txt
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Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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That's a lot of fun chaos when you look at it from the other side of the world where the government is not even a thing. Laughs.

Slow Fourier Transform en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide-Pre…
This photo shows the largest of the three sections of Tide Predicting Machine No. 2, a special purpose mechanical analog computer for predicting the height and time of high and low tides. The gears on the left transmit power from the hand crank.
Contron panel of the machine, with a mechanical pen plotter and three mechanical dias showing day, hour and minute.
Clockwork of the machine.

special-purpose mechanical analog computer used by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to compute the height and time of high and low tides for specific locations

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)

Wow maybe they are onto something!
A photo of a news article saying « IKEA solved its “unhappy worker crisis” with higher pay, flexibility and subsidised childcare. »
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 9.5 updated and 1 added apps:

* ShikiApp: an unofficial Shikimori mobile app

The .5 update is, urn, Update.Me which forgot to increase the versionCode. So if you use this app, you might wish to manually update by simply installing it again as if it were not yet there 🙈

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

pivkodomu.cz/chernobeer-etheri…

Chernobeer - Etheric Circles 11° - 1,0 litr (Wheat Ale) | PivkoDomu.cz

Etheric Circles 11° je pšeničný ejl s chutí citrusů a květin, inspirován tajemnými kruhy v obilí, ideální pro sdílení i chvíle samoty.
www.pivkodomu.cz

osemnásť vpravo krížom, a naspäť
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Jieshuo’s Voice Assistant Feature and Spark Chatbot Support accessibleandroid.com/jieshuos…

Jieshuo's Voice Assistant Feature and Spark Chatbot Support - Accessible Android

AI chatbots are the new trend. Following this trend, the Jieshuo screen reader developer has added support for an online AI chatbot to the screen reader,
Kareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)

Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is well documented, but this part is not:

The newly released 175 pages from the first case against Jeffrey Epstein show, the young female witnesses were attacked and intimidated by the very prosecutors, whose job it was to protect them.

Why would that happen?

According to TYT — and this is mind-boggling — the lead prosecutor in the case, Alexander Acosta, moved on to a new, well-paid job in 2017…

… in the Trump administration.

youtu.be/DkHxBwUyuZg?si=ez1ZjL…


Secret Jeffrey Epstein Docs Released

A prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation reportedly treated minor victims of the pedophile like young criminals. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discus...
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🚗 :android: Passando a utilizar este aplicativo para gerenciar despesas do automóvel com a tornozeleira eletrônica de bolso #Android: Autu Mandu é #SoftwareLivre (licença Apache 2.0) e está disponível, entre outros, no repositório do @IzzyOnDroid para #FDroid.

github.com/juanro49/autu-mandu

Vamos ver como se sai, mas parece ótimo. Usei por muitos anos outros privativos de liberdade, então aproveito para iniciar a gestão de novo veículo finalmente dando basta nessa privação.

Mais alguém o conhece?

Captura de tela do aplicativo Autu Mandu em Android, com "Sobre o Autu Mandu", exibindo um ícone que mistura a silhueta de um carro na forma de um gráfico. Versão 4.0.2. Seguem-se dados de autoria e agradecimentos.

GitHub - juanro49/autu-mandu: Autu Mandu te permite controlar ingresos y gastos de tus vehículos y mostrarlos en bonitos informes.

Autu Mandu te permite controlar ingresos y gastos de tus vehículos y mostrarlos en bonitos informes. - juanro49/autu-mandu
GitHub
#android #fdroid #softwarelivre @IzzyOnDroid ✅
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This dumb password rule is from SecureAccess Washington.

Central authentication for all Washington State services
(DoL, ESD, etc).

Password must have *exactly* 10 characters, but form happily
lets you enter more and only throws errors after submit,
providing no useful feedback.

dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/se…

#password #passwords #infosec #cybersecurity #dumbpasswordrules


SecureAccess Washington - Dumb Password Rules

Central authentication for all Washington State services (DoL, ESD, etc). Password must have *exactly* 10 characters, but form happily lets you enter more and only throws errors after submit, providing no useful feedback.
dumbpasswordrules.com
#infosec #cybersecurity #passwords #password #dumbpasswordrules

Falls hier wer im Bereich Berlin / Potsdam / Brandenburg zufällig einen kleinen Sidequest für heute sucht: Eine gute Freundin hat einen schwarzen Turnbeutel mit Katzenmotiv (und zwei Paar Heels drin) im RE1 vergessen, der _wahrscheinlich_ gerade als RE 73780 dbf.finalrewind.org/map/2%7C%2… von Brandenburg nach Frankfurt(Oder) zuckelt.

Der Beutel sollte sich auf dieser Fahrt im hinteren Bereich (±2. Zweiersitz) des in Fahrtrichtung ersten Wagens in der Hutablage befinden. Einsammeln und zwecks Weiterleitung melden wäre super, denn Fedi könnte hier ggf. besser klappen als Fundservice.

Als Lohn gibt es ewige Dankbarkeit und (sofern man sich mal irgendwo begegnet) Bananenfranzbrötchen :3

RE 1

Karte für RE 1
dbf.finalrewind.org
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Ian Muir explains the context for the Crowdstrike Microsoft disaster.
Facebook post by Ian Muir 19 July 2024: OK, I will answer here in a group since a lot of non tech friends have asked me. Lots of stuff broke today because a company called Crowdstrike released a bad piece of software that a lot of systems rely on. Here are some answers to common questions people have asked me. Edit: One note for people who think I'm being dramatic here and that this was all just an accident. This whole thing happened before at a smaller scale with McAffee in 2010. The CTO of McAffee at the time was Crowdstrike's current CEO. This isn't a coincidence, it's a pattern. Why wasn't the update tested better? Because tech people are expensive and Crowdstrike laid a bunch of them off over last 2 years to save money including testers. Testing is expensive and it's hard to convince a business leader that testing is important because it doesn't "make them money". Why didn't big tech companies have a way to function without this one piece of software? Because tech people are expensive and big tech comapnies laid a bunch of them off over last 2 years to save money including the people who help make things stable and flexible. Flexibility is expensive and it's hard to convince a business leader that flexibility is important because it doesn't "make them money".
facebook post by Ian Muir text continues: Why didn't airlines, governments, telecom companies, and other business have a backup plan? Because tech people are expensive and many companies laid a bunch of them off over last 2 years to save money including the people who research and implement backup plans. Backup plans are expensive and it's hard to convince a business leader that backup plans are important because they doesn't "make them money". Wait a minute. How many of these critical systems in tech, transportation, government, and infrastructure are short staffed right now? Pretty much all of them. Good luck. Wait a minute, all of these people who laid off all the tech workers said they were replaced by AI. What happened? AI was just a bullshit justification to lay off expensive tech people. AI hasn't really replaced many people in tech because making major changes like shifting to AI is expensive and it's hard to convince a business leader to spend money on making changes when they can just fake it because their compensation is affected more by how many tech people they can lay off than how well the companies actually function. Someday, AI might replace a lot of people in tech, but right now most of the jobs were not replaced by AI and were likely just closed or sent overseas.

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The #GUADEC2024 AGM will start shortly! We're grateful to have our remote group at the GUADEC event in Berlin join in for this talk.

Make sure to join us in Track 1 for updates from the Foundation Board, Interim ED, and Committees. youtube.com/watch?v=2-hTw0bx6S…


GUADEC 2024 – Day 3, track 1

GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a w...
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#guadec2024

#capitalism
Post by heauxs are us I'm not about to let capitalism gaslight me into being a shitty person. You don't think everyone deserves food, shelter, and drinkable water?? That's sad as fuck, maybe you should reevaluate yourself.
#capitalism

Ever wonder what dinosaur meat might taste like? interestingengineering.com/sci…

Apex predator or prehistoric delicacy? The truth about dinosaur meat

It turns out that certain dinosaur meat likely either tasted like modern-day poultry or edible reptiles like crocodiles or iguanas. Here's why.
Christopher McFadden (Interesting Engineering)

CrowdStrike has a new guidance hub for dealing with the Windows outage theverge.com/2024/7/21/2420292…

CrowdStrike has a new guidance hub for dealing with the Windows outage

CrowdStrike offers a single page with information on dealing with Friday’s global Windows outage. Separately, the company warns of an outage-related malware threat.
Wes Davis (The Verge)

Our first presentation of #GUADEC day 3 is the Annual General Meeting. Hear from the GNOME Foundation Board in Track 1!
events.gnome.org/event/209/tim…
#GUADEC2024
Day 3 Track 1: Annual General Meeting, GNOME Foundation Board
#GUADEC #guadec2024

Welcome to day 3 of #GUADEC2024! We're starting up in Track 1 in just a few minutes
youtube.com/live/2-hTw0bx6Sc?f…
#GUADEC2024

GUADEC 2024 – Day 3, track 1

GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a w...
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#guadec2024

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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🖤🤍
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Maybe I'm a bit picky, but with Snowden and the latest databroker files (in Germany) in mind, I do not want to use YouTube / Google any more.
I know there are anonymizing Youtube proxys around, but google doesn't like them and sabotages them. ...

Is is possible that Gnome foundation / GUADEC uses an alternative streaming platform.

IIRC for example PeerTube also can handle live streams (with recording), too.

Kladno vibes

youtu.be/r-y7J3aBJAU


I Don't Know Where I'm Bound (San Quentin Full Concert)

Johnny Cash at San Quentin FULL CONCERT Part 6/18
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Retrospective as GNOME director

blog.sonny.re/retrospective-as…

#GNOME


Retrospective as GNOME director

I am no longer a member of the board of directors of the GNOME Foundation since May 2024. The process and decision shocked me. I know peo...
Sonny's
#gnome

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sungsphinx
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Thank you for all the hard work you have done for GNOME and it's users, hopefully you are doing well ❤️
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Capypara
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Oh wow, I'm just seeing this now. I hope you are doing ok! Thank you for all you've done with and for GNOME! It was fun working with you on Workbench!

this is a suprisingly accurate depiction of my progress to date
a series of photos orange/pink muppet-type puppets, beginning with a relatively tame-looking one and proceeding through increasingly more manic-looking ones (including Animal from The Muppets) all the way to Gritty. first, tame muppet: Our democracy has been corrupted by money in politics second, more manic muppet: Actually this country has always been ruled by the rich third muppet (Animal): All capitalist countries are governed by the property owning class gritty: We have less than 20 years to seize control of our economic system or we all die of climate change

Think about it, these are the same people who would not wear a mask during Covid because it would make them look stupid.
GOP convention attendees wearing ear bandages like Trump.

Having the freedom to communicate with true privacy feels great! 😎

#Facts #Tuta #Privacy #Freedom #Encryption #Free

Meme saying no one can scan your emails if you use Tuta Mail.
#free #privacy #encryption #freedom #facts #tuta

Jestli jste ještě neviděli, tak doporučuji. To je něco, co člověka rozloží.

Dášenka
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Archos
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Ano hrubosrstý, opravdu u nás jsou vidět minimálně.
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Lucinek
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@archos Oni ti foxíci, co se musejí stříhat, byli takoví módní společenští psi. Dokonce hráli ve filmech v Holywoodu. The Thin Man a v groteskách. Něco jako pudlíci.
@Archos

Missing Link: Wie Millionen Bundesbürger kommerziell auspioniert werden
heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-L…

Missing Link: Wie Millionen Bundesbürger kommerziell auspioniert werden

Wie ist es trotz rigider Datenschutzgesetze möglich, mit brisanten Standortdaten von Millionen von Menschen viel Geld zu verdienen? Eine Spurensuche.
heise online

The definition of temporary. #Uithoorn #ALDI
A temporary store of Aldi with a temporary parking lot in front of it.
#Aldi #uithoorn
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Lukáš Jelínek
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When we were being occupied by the Soviet Army, it was told, that the unit of temporary was "1 furt" (roughly in English: 1 permanent).

Sensitive content

#cyklovylet
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Mahtion
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včera jsem jel lesem 7 km na oslavu máminy narozenin, chládek teda trošku byl ale ty "mušky"mě málem sežrali zaživa 😁 donutily mě k výkonu jaký sem dlouho nepodal.V cíli na mě čekal bazén a studený pivko....jooo holt "krušné hory-krušné lesy"😆
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Archos
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@martin2560
Já přes les po silnici a nebyl naštěstí žádný hmyz 😄😄
@Mahtion

rblind.com/post/3058539

Sighted people, what’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about the blind community? - RBlind

Lemmy
rblind.com
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MostlyBlindGamer
MostlyBlindGamer
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@talon oh no, I accidentally revealed my years long plot to infiltrate and sever the blind community.
@Talon

breaking news: this just in from Sault Ste Marie
saultstar.com/news/test-4

Sault Star

Elaine Della-Mattia (Sault Star)
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