I keep waiting for people with that fashy "BDFL is the best form of government" take to understand the reason Democracy took off as a form of government is the madness of kings.
From: @ianb
mastodon.well.com/@ianb/113389…
Siri, show me what happens when a company purges dissenting voices and becomes a cult of personality.theregister.com/2024/10/28/wor…
WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions
One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP EngineSimon Sharwood (The Register)
We want to support the journalists; so boycott Amazon and encourage Bezos to sell the Washington Post to someone who gives a shit.
Washington Post writers say don’t dump subscriptions over non-endorsement
theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
Washington Post writers say don’t dump subscriptions over non-endorsement
Fears for effect on jobs at newspaper owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos that declined to back a presidential candidateEdward Helmore (The Guardian)
#makemyday
And here is the confirmation of what everybody knew about the WaPo refusing to endorse…
Bezos is in talks to buy the Space Division of Boeing.
jalopnik.com/boeing-might-be-q…
Boeing Might Be Quitting Space With A Potential Division Sale To Jeff Bezos
Boeing's new CEO is willing to sell basically everything to keep its core business afloatRyan Erik King (Jalopnik)
Siri, show me what happens when a company purges dissenting voices and becomes a cult of personality.
theregister.com/2024/10/28/wor…
WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions
One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP EngineSimon Sharwood (The Register)
I asked Amazon's "AI", Rufus, to summarize my space opera novella "The Warrior Within" for me. Here's what it told me:
"The Warrior Within is a 1980 fantasy novel by Angus McIntyre. It follows the story of a young man named Aric who lives in a world where magic and technology coexist. Aric discovers he has the ability to tap into an ancient power called the "Warrior Within" which allows him to become a powerful warrior.”
(TWW was published in 2018. There is no one in it named Aric)
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#AI
I confess, I like Rufus's flattering description of my writing. But the information it confidently trots out is utterly divorced from reality.
In fairness, Rufus did better when asked about less obscure books, and resisted my attempts to persuade it that “Anna Karenina" was a cozy murder mystery by Virginia Woolf.
But an AI that breaks down badly on edge cases is worse than useless.
4/
I don't understand why you would deploy something that looks like an information retrieval tool, but simply invents things when it doesn't know the answer.
No one would design a database system that returned random data if a query failed to match any records. (Except perhaps in a specialized application such as a game).
The argument “but it gets it right MOST of the time" cuts no ice. That actually makes it WORSE, because it's harder to tell when the robot is fabricating answers.
5/
Open Safari, and type this into the address bar:
applefeedback://
Hit Return and tada… The Feedback Assistant app will magically appear!
@robin_kipp I've started to think I'm the only one with two issues combined into one...
My rotor does nothing, at all, doesn't even reduce VO speech volume, and on top of that, the 100% volume is now insanely loud to the point where the tts is distorted. I have to use 70% or 80% to get what it was at before. I wish we could downgrade the watch.
@robin_kipp Yeah it's become either insanely louder for some reason, or they did something else that messed it up and makes it feel like they boosted the volume way too much.
Fun fact. Toying with the VO volume in the settings here also does nothing. What about on your side?
I'm a published author - in Chinese. Four years ago now.
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/10/29…
Everything curl in Chinese
The other day we celebrated everything curl turning 5 years old, and not too long after that I got myself this printed copy of the Chinese translation in my hands! This version of the book is available for sale on Amazon and the translation was done …daniel.haxx.se
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The #curl project will publish another CVE next week. It is a one of those boring low severity kinds that will be a concern to about three users. But an issue nonetheless.
Stay tuned for the ridiculously detailed advisory coming on November 6. CVE-2024-9681
You too, you find most of these “apocalyptic-level vulnerability“ a little exaggerated, since they can be exploited only with direct physical access to the hardware, and only with a purposely written script that can exploit it only on 30th February when it’s Full Moon and during a total eclipse, at exactly 23:45:67,89 and for 3 nanoseconds?
Well, as you say: it’s still an issue…
Leasey 9.1 is released. This supports JAWS version 2025 and earlier.
Anyone who has a license for version 9 can use this product.
Note: This is not an update so is not available via check for updates.
Please be sure you are installing the product you are licensed for.
If you are installing JAWS 2025 for the first time, please be sure to read the JAWS 2025 Setup Guide. Just go to any page on the web site and look for the term 2025.
For anyone who needs help installing JAWS 2025 and Leasey, please be sure you have Remote Incident Manager installed. Installing RIM is the only way you can be assisted.
Again, there is a link to RIM on every page of the web site, close to the top.
A day and time can then be arranged with you to install the software and check the computer is optimised for best performance.
Thank you to our loyal beta testers who have tested this version. This has not been the smoothest of processes.
In many ways, JAWS 2025 handles controls and environments very differently than any previous version which has been in place for many years, and a balance has had to be struck as to what we should fix through Leasey and elements which should be left alone.
Enjoy using the product!
After Christmas, the process of building Leasey version 10 will begin.
hartgen.org/leaseydemo
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❌ Congratulations!!!! You won 10 000💶!!!
❌ Mom, it's my new number. Can you send me some money? 🙏
❌ Urgent! To save your account from being hacked click on this link in the next 5 minutes...🔥
What could go wrong? 🤨
Ok, ok. You're on Mastodon. Chances are, you know how to protect yourself online...
But you might know a person or two who would click on the above. Gently point them to cybersecuritymonth.eu/
There are lots of learning materials adapted to those who know less than you. 😉
LibreOffice Conference 2024 – Quick recap
A quick look back at the LibreOffice Conference 2024, which took place in Luxembourg from 10 - 12 October. LibreOffice is a free and private office suite, the successor project to OpenOffice. More ...PeerTube Luxembourg
We are very pleased that we can announce this a bit earlier than last year: There will be gyms - aka repurposed sports halls - for sleeping on #38C3 again.
They will be free for angels that already have worked.
Bring your own sleeping bag.
More details: events.ccc.de/2024/10/28/38c3-…
38C3 Turnhallen – die preisgünstige Übernachtungsalternative
Gute Neuigkeiten: Wir konnten auch in diesem Jahr umliegende Schulen dazu gewinnen, uns ihre Turnhallen während des Congresszeit als Schlafplätze zu öffnen. Die Tickets kosten 5 € pro Nacht.CCC Event Blog
Please, please, please stop using ARIA if you don't now what you're doing. Don't reinvent the wheel. HTML is pretty great.
First Rule of ARIA Use:
If you can use a native HTML element or attribute with the semantics and behavior you require already built in, instead of re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible, then do so
w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrul…
Using ARIA
This document is a practical guide for developers on how to add accessibility information to HTML elements using the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification [WAI-ARIA-1.www.w3.org
#AppleIntelligence#WritingTools in #LibreOffice@libreoffice when?
😮🥳
bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163664
developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10168/
Get started with Writing Tools - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer
Learn how Writing Tools help users proofread, rewrite, and transform text in your app. Get the details on how Writing Tools interact with...Apple Developer
LibreOffice Certified Developers — The Document Foundation
LibreOffice Certified Developers LibreOffice Certified Developers are individuals who have proven their ability to master LibreOffice code: to develop new features; provide L3 Support to enterprise users; research and develop solutions to new or unkn…www.documentfoundation.org
![panel 1: quitting a terminal program isn't always easy
person (thinking): "I pressed Ctrl-C 17 times and NOTHING HAPPENED"
panel 2: ways to quit
Ctrl-C - the default
Ctrl-D - if you're at a prompt in a REPL >>>
q - if it's a full screen program
Ctrl-\ - sometimes works if Ctrl-C doesn't
kill -9 - the last resort
panel 3: how Ctrl-D works
programs that read input will usually have some code like this:
text = read_line()
if (text == EOF) {
exit()
}
Ctrl-D is how you send an EOF to the program ("I'm done!")
important: Ctrl-D ONLY works if you press it on an empty line
panel 4: how Ctrl-C works *
* unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later
person: "ctrl-C"
terminal emulator: "ok, C is the 3rd letter of the alphabet, I'll write 3 to the tty"
OS terminal driver: ah, a 3, that means I should send the SIGINT signal to the current program
program: ooh, a SIGINT, I will [shutdown gracefully, immediately exit, ignore it, stop a subtask, etc]
* unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later
panel 5: some programs have weird quitting incantations
for example every text editor (vim, nano, emacs, etc) has its own completely unique way to quit](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/605679 "panel 1: quitting a terminal program isn't always easy
person (thinking): \"I pressed Ctrl-C 17 times and NOTHING HAPPENED\"
panel 2: ways to quit
Ctrl-C - the default
Ctrl-D - if you're at a prompt in a REPL >>>
q - if it's a full screen program
Ctrl-\ - sometimes works if Ctrl-C doesn't
kill -9 - the last resort
panel 3: how Ctrl-D works
programs that read input will usually have some code like this:
text = read_line()
if (text == EOF) {
exit()
}
Ctrl-D is how you send an EOF to the program (\"I'm done!\")
important: Ctrl-D ONLY works if you press it on an empty line
panel 4: how Ctrl-C works *
* unless your program is in \"raw mode\", we'll talk about that later
person: \"ctrl-C\"
terminal emulator: \"ok, C is the 3rd letter of the alphabet, I'll write 3 to the tty\"
OS terminal driver: ah, a 3, that means I should send the SIGINT signal to the current program
program: ooh, a SIGINT, I will [shutdown gracefully, immediately exit, ignore it, stop a subtask, etc]
* unless your program is in \"raw mode\", we'll talk about that later
panel 5: some programs have weird quitting incantations
for example every text editor (vim, nano, emacs, etc) has its own completely unique way to quit")
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TIL: if you were a guest at the Parker House Hotel in 1912 or 1913 and ordered the dessert that originated there and which the hotel remains famous for, your Boston Cream Pie may have been made by…
Ho Chi Minh.
[He apparently worked as a pastry chef in the hotel kitchen while studying in Boston. The surviving evidence is scanty, as you might imagine, but not in dispute.]
[photo mine, taken this afternoon since I was coincidentally in the immediate neighbourhood]
Two students who discovered a novel proof of the Pythagorean theorem in 2022 have wowed the math community again with nine completely new solutions to the problem.
While still in high school, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson from Louisiana used trigonometry to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem, which states that the sum of the squares of a right triangle's two shorter sides are equal to the square of the triangle's longest side (the hypotenuse).
Mathematicians had long thought that using trigonometry to prove the theorem was unworkable, given that the fundamental formulas for trigonometry are based on the assumption that the theorem is true.
Jackson and Johnson came up with their "impossible" proof in answer to a bonus question in a school math contest.
They presented their work at an American Mathematical Society meeting in 2023, but the proof hadn't been thoroughly scrutinized at that point.
Now, a new paper published Monday (Oct. 28) in the journal American Mathematical Monthly shows their solution held up to peer review.
Not only that, but the two students also outlined nine more proofs of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry.
livescience.com/physics-mathem…
High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.Sascha Pare (Live Science)
Just "released" the first usable version of #Convo, an #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS and #JioPhone feature phones! 
git.disroot.org/badrihippo/con…
I was hoping to release a more complete version as 1.0, but that's taking a while, and people are already starting to use it as it is (especially with the impending shuttering of #WhatsApp on KaiOS) so I decided to get this out right away 📦
I've also submitted to the #BananaStore, so hopefully it should be out there soon 🍌
convo
A (simple, very basic) Jabber/XMPP client for KaiOS [WIP]Disroot Forgejo: Brace yourself, merge conflicts ahead.
A propósito de nada, voy a citar al gran timonel.
Mirar hacia otro lado en aras de la paz y la amistad cuando una persona claramente se ha desviado y abstenerse de la discusión fundada porque se trata de un viejo conocido, un paisano, un compañero de clase, un amigo cercano, un ser querido, un viejo colega o viejo subordinado. O tocar el tema de refilón en lugar de profundizar en él, para quedar bien. El resultado es que tanto la organización como el individuo resultan perjudicados. Éste es un tipo de liberalismo.
Hacer críticas irresponsables en privado en lugar de presentar activamente sugerencias a la organización. No decir nada a la gente a la cara sino chismear a sus espaldas, o no decir nada en una reunión pero chismear después. No mostrar consideración alguna por los principios de la vida colectiva sino seguir la propia inclinación. Este es un segundo tipo.
Dejarse llevar por la corriente en lo que no nos afecta personalmente; decir lo menos posible aun sabiendo perfectamente que algo está mal, actuar como persona de mundo y jugar sobre seguro buscando sólo eludir la responsabilidad. Este es un tercer tipo.
No seguir las órdenes sino dar prioridad a las propias opiniones. Exigir una consideración especial de la organización pero rechazar su disciplina. Este es un cuarto tipo.
Dedicarse a ataques personales, provocar rencillas, despechar el rencor personal o buscar venganza en lugar de entrar en debate y luchar contra puntos de vista incorrectos en aras de la unidad o el progreso o de hacer el trabajo correctamente. Este es un quinto tipo.
Escuchar opiniones incorrectas sin refutarlas e incluso escuchar comentarios contrarrevolucionarios sin denunciarlos, sino tomárselos con calma como si nada hubiera pasado. Este es un sexto tipo.
Estar entre las masas y no hacer propaganda y agitación, ni hablar en las reuniones, ni realizar estudios e investigaciones entre ellas, y en cambio ser indiferentes hacia ellas y no mostrar preocupación por su bienestar, olvidándose de que se es comunista y comportándose como un no comunista común y corriente. Este es un séptimo tipo.
Ver a alguien perjudicando los intereses de las masas y sin embargo no idignarse, ni disuadirle, ni detenerle, ni razonar con él, sino permitirle continuar. Este es un octavo tipo.
Trabajar a medio gas sin un plan o dirección definida; trabajar superficialmente y para salir del paso: "Mientras uno siga siendo monje, seguirá tocando la campana". Este es un noveno tipo.
Considerarse como si se hubiera prestado un gran servicio a la revolución, enorgullecerse de ser un veterano, desdeñar tareas menores siendo completamente incapaz de tareas importantes, ser descuidado en el trabajo y negligente en el estudio. Este es un décimo tipo.
Ser consciente de los propios errores y, sin embargo, no intentar corregirlos, adoptando una actitud liberal hacia uno mismo. Este es un undécimo tipo.
Vale, la caracterización de estos 11 puntos como tipos de liberalismo es discutible. Pero a las organizaciones les y nos iría mejor si siempre tuviéramos estos consejos del gran timonel a mano.
That happens to me often when I open the google app...
What could that tell us?
Redesigned Mac mini and M4 Pro leaks: up to 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64GB RAM, front-facing ports like Mac Studio - 9to5Mac
We already know Apple is revealing the start of its M4 Mac line this week. The M4 iMac was the...Zac Hall (9to5Mac)
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