Not having luck with this train, unfortunately. :( We've been stopped for ~2 hours, just after the Hungarian border, without information why. Staff doesn't know, or won't tell.
Passengers' theories include: Accident on the track; waiting for trains on a single-track line; something wrong with the engine.
Latest news is "Still waiting for โจsomethingโจ for 45 minutes". But even then, it's at least 2 hours until our destination. Meh!
On the plus side, I have water and food and Internet!
Hi, check out this guy's website in case you want to change service. Lots of suggestions of privacy-protecting services, and he is quite rigorous in his selections: digdeeper.club/
Many addons have their own folder. Talk has the /Talk-folder, Calendar the /Calendar-folder. And so on. It's not to easy to explain this concept to newbies. I added a .system-folder and moved them ...
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Just watched @danyeawโs talk at #guadec2024 on the state of PyGObject. Weโve been able to make a lot of progress over the past year. Letโs see what next year brings. youtube.com/watch?v=ynIKMiRwn3โฆ
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Debian Developers, Contributors, and Maintainers have started to arrive for this years Debian Developers Conference held in Busan, South Korea. #debian #korea #DebConf24 #debiankorea
I spent much of the past week in the village of Burin in the West Bank. Burin is surrounded by three settlements, two military bases, and checkpoints on all main roads.
3 weeks before I arrived, the army had declared one of Burin's farm a closed military zone.
Iโve suffered through many over-the-top renditions of the national anthem, but the one from this yearโs Republican convention was by far the most extra. They threw in an orchestra, a choir, and at least eighty-seven key changes. I canโt even. Please just sing the damn song FFS. youtube.com/watch?v=h8MqnFQw3qโฆ
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/live/2JVWSh6E-ZQ?si=TryXI1RQPJxR1-v8Sandi Patty's original versionhttps://youtu.be/Bg-3Ll2UPcQ?si=zCql4ezSXoyOwSSxIf ...
Wo, that was quite a spectacle! I would remove vocal tracks and leave everything else in place. That sounded like a musical almost. A simple brass orchestra would suffice? :)
That orchestral arrangement reminds me of an evangelical Christian singer named Sandi Patty whose career peaked in the 80s, so, during my childhood. Yes, she did key changes like that, too. Of course, she's well past her prime now.
Somewhat to my surprise, the rendition you linked *was* Sandi Patty's arrangement. Sounds like that other singer used the same track. I don't actually recall hearing Sandi Patty's version of the national anthem growing up.
@matt I was just watching it with Jamie and we were speculating that it was a backing track, since she never actually saw any instruments or performers. That makes so much sense! Thanks.
For many in the target audience at the convention, that performance probably brought back memories of the Reagan era, when Sandi Patty's version came out.
@matt Oh wow, you just reminded me. She narrated a heavily abridged version of the bible for kids that I used to listen to growing up. I donโt remember most of it but I am sure it was super formative. Holy crap. I havenโt thought about that in years. I donโt think I knew she was a singer though.
@matt Oh yeah, I know of Sandi Patty. Yeah, she's definitely past her prime these days, but she did used to do key changes like that all the time. It was pretty wild.
@jdking92 Her version of the national anthem wasn't even her most over-the-top song when it came to key changes. As far as I know, that dubious distinction goes to one of her more obscure religious songs, "Unshakable Kingdom", which went through a total of 6 keys (A flat, A, B flat, C, C sharp, and finally E). No, I don't remember that from when I was like 7; I listened to it again more recently.
@matt GOod lord. Yeah...I used to have a lot of her stufff in digital form. IT sort of got nuked when my old computer's hard drive bit the dust and I just never bothered replacing it.
@jdking92 Do you remember her song "Upon This Rock"? Perhaps the MAGA Christian nationalists would do well to listen to it, whether again or for the first time, to recall that their religion was originally not about worldly power. Particularly this verse:
If in a simple carpenter, you see the Son of God If you would choose to lose, when you could win If you would give your life away, for nothing in return Then you are where My kingdom will begin
โBy expanding the human shielding charge to every inch of #Gaza, #Israel is using a familiar strategy at an unprecedented scale... the human shielding allegationโฆstrategy has previously been seen in conflicts ranging from the Vietnam War to the war against ISIS. However, the intensity and scope of how Israel has mobilized the human shields accusation in the past year is unprecedented.โ | Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon, Hewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/human-shielโฆ
I will never forgive The New York Times for bringing this to pass. They violated the journalistic norms they claim to uphold in their vindictive campaign against him. They hounded him out of office. They'd best not crow and they'd best not do the same to Kamala Harris. But I have no faith they can restrain themselves. Same to the Post.
"And a voter for an aspiring dictator backed by the worldโs greediest fascists and oligarchs and enabled by a stolen and broken Republican Supreme Court is a vote for your vote never to matter again."
"Bidenโs announcement turns a time of discord and distress for the Democratic Party into a time of opportunity and purpose. Democrats should seize the moment and rally behind the Vice President as our nominee and not wait until the formal nomination at the convention almost a month away."
"Itโs too much time to waste, when the party needs to unify now and get on with the urgent business of running Donald Trump and his gaggle of discontents and fellow criminals into the river.
Joe Biden has taken the step so many have urged on him. We should thank him and unite, move forward, fight as a team and beat Trump."
"I will put on my boots and go to work day one. I will knock doors in rural spaces for a woman running to extend democracy for at least four more years. A qualified and vetted woman who will keep us on track.
We have to beat Trump, but after that, we need a reckoning in the party."
I wrote a long piece on gardening and religion this morning and published it right before Joeโs newsโฆbad timing. I wonโt keep you long here except to say, as a rural Democratic activist, Iโm pissed, but Iโm in it to win it.
"Even if she takes the nomination by acclamation, we will know much more about the prospects of an institutional defense against Trump by whether the media that once pushed Biden from the race now finds reason to dislike Harris, or to suggest she is an unworthy of a position she has spent the last four years preparing for."
"Democrats should lean on and reward Black leaders who have been the most loyal and staunch supporters of the Biden-Harris ticket. The Congressional Black Caucus, minus one individual, stayed united and steadfast in promoting the Biden-Harris ticket, and now theyโre fully behind Harris. Black voters, especially Black women, are the strongest base of the Democratic Party."
Will America embrace the best version of itself and move beyond racism and misogyny? Or will this country succumb to white supremacy and self-destruction? Let's unite and fight for democracy.
"Speaking of Black women, Kamala Harris should be fully unleashed now as President Biden finishes his term. She is the best one to prosecute the case against Trump and MAGAโs extremist Project 2025 agenda. Biden can govern but he canโt articulate the case in public as well as Harris, so let her do it, especially when it comes to GOPโs kryptonite: abortion and womenโs rights. Trump and the GOP canโt run away from their misogyny and cruelty."
"Bidenโs decision has given the Democratic Party a window of narrative dominance. Itโs the biggest story in politics, and most Americans will come to understand its significance on Democratic termsโthat Biden did something fundamentally patriotic, when he realized his campaign, under his direction as an 81 year old man, had created an intolerable risk of allowing Donald Trump to become president again."
"I urge all of you to take the presidentโs lead and stand with Kamala Harris in the battle against Trump. President Biden has sacrificed for his country and we should honor his decision by looking forward to the race ahead and working for the Democratsโ success."
"For three and a half years, she has been the person the national-security apparatus would turn to if anything happened to the president. Sheโs become stronger and stronger as a public figure. The party doesnโt have the luxury of wasting time figuring out who else can gain support. For the party itโs time to mobilize behind herโฆ."
"The endorsements have continued to roll in since Biden led the way, with President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and Representative James Clyburn, the South Carolina Democrat who launched Joe Bidenโs successful run in 2020, following suit."
"And as one of my friends pointed out, this means that so many of Trumpโs 'arguments' are gone in one fell swoop: President Bidenโs age, Hunter Biden, the whole 'Biden crime family' corruption allegations. All out the door.
This is the poetic justice the country has been looking for and richly deserves: A highly qualified, talented Black woman, a former prosecutor, will be the one to take down Donald Trump."
"Nothing says women refuse to accept second-class citizenship like electing one. I have no doubt she can do it, and I look forward to watching the support she receives from Hillary Clinton, her sorors, and pretty much everyone in America who loves democracy. We have work to do!"
"Donald Trump and Chris LaCivita are about to hit Kamala Harris with an avalanche of racist and sexist attacks and a ton of slut-shaming. Democrats across the board need to be saying now what we all know, which is that this will bring out the very worst of Trump. Racism and sexism are his brand. Charlottesville is his brand."
The post about representation in cyberpunk settings that I just boosted reminded me of an idea I had not long ago: It would be cool if someone made a game similar to System Shock, but as an audio game. For those not familiar with System Shock, Jimmy Maher covered it well: filfre.net/2021/03/system-shocโฆ 1/2
Now, in System Shock, what Maher calls the diegetic UI is explained in-world by having the player character outfitted with a neural implant in the backstory. So in an audiogame remake, the hacker could be blind, and then the implant, rather than giving them sight, gives them a new audio UI to their world. 2/2
BTW, someone wrote a complete fan novelization of System Shock, called Free Radical: shamusyoung.com/shocked/ Obviously they made the story their own, filling in details that aren't fleshed out in the game, especially details about the backstory. Regardless, I appreciated being able to enjoy a version of the story aspect of one of the many games I'll likely never be able to play.
Remember fellow #Democrats if there's any infighting, any whatsoever, then its all over. Donald wants us to fight amongst ourselves for power. It plays right in to his hands.
Context - someone on the birdside are blaming #crowdstrike on DEI hiring
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We're excited to share that GUADEC 2025 will take place in Brescia, Italy! We look forward to working with the local team and we hope to see you all in Brescia next year!
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This is epic. Apparently, in 2011 Donald Trump donated to Harris's campaign. Here is the post with an image of the check! :). x.com/rpsagainsttrump/status/1โฆ
For the love of God, donโt block the sidewalk for wheelchair users and people with strollers or suitcases or whatever. Some massive main character syndrome on display here.
This is selfless leadership. Weโve seen leaders put themselves over the country for too long. Trump is doing that right now. Now itโs time to find the candidate who can end Trumpโs political career. nytimes.com/2024/07/21/us/poliโฆ
I know this is obvious, but I still decided to run through the following exercise. I asked OpenAI to analyze its own description of a photo. Here is what we came up with: The logical pattern of the description primarily follows a "concrete to generic" approach. Here's a breakdown of how this pattern unfolds:
1. **Concrete Details about the Main Subject**: - The description begins with specific details about the man: his appearance and attire. (1/5)
- "The photo shows a man sitting at an outdoor cafรฉ. He has short, light brown hair and is wearing a pink T-shirt with a black shoulder strap across his chest."
2. **Concrete Details about the Immediate Surroundings**: - It then moves to the specific details of what is immediately around the man: the table and the coffee. (2/5)
This progression from specific, concrete details to more general, contextual information helps build a vivid and complete picture of the scene, starting with what is most immediately noticeable and expanding outward to give a fuller sense of the environment and setting. this is a really nice pattern. I think this is why these descriptions sound so palatable:) And here is the picture itself! :) ! (5/5)
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Goodbye Berlin :(
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in reply to blinry (๐9254) • • •Spent a sunny day in Krakรณw yesterday!
I joined a walking tour led by a linguistics nerd, which was really insightful. Lots of events which are important to Polish history happened here.
Also, did you know that Krakรณw rhymes with Razupaltuff?
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It could mean "Welcome to our beautiful garden!"
At this point, it's impossible for me to tell without translation tools... It's a feeling I really enjoy! :D
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in reply to blinry (๐9254) • • •Saw many of them look at my t-shirt in confusion, probably thinking "I don't know that band!"
(It's the angel shirt from the Chaos Communication Camp last year.)
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in reply to blinry (๐9254) • • •Not having luck with this train, unfortunately. :( We've been stopped for ~2 hours, just after the Hungarian border, without information why. Staff doesn't know, or won't tell.
Passengers' theories include: Accident on the track; waiting for trains on a single-track line; something wrong with the engine.
Latest news is "Still waiting for โจsomethingโจ for 45 minutes". But even then, it's at least 2 hours until our destination. Meh!
On the plus side, I have water and food and Internet!
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in reply to blinry (๐9254) • • •Me, this morning: "Oh, I certainly won't need any jacket today!"
Weather: "Hold my tiny rain cloud!"
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in reply to blinry (๐9254) • • •That was certainly refreshing! :)
Oh, I learned that Budapest grew together from two smaller cities, Buda and Pest! It used to be called "Pest-Buda" at some point!
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