Would you like to be interviewed as part of the Rust Vision Doc data gathering process?
I am part of the team and would like to oversample people who wouldn't normally participate in such things
More info blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/04/…
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.blog.rust-lang.org
I'm halfway through this article and I like the points made thus far, which I very much agree with.
prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-…
But I want to have an aside on the level to which people uncritically use the term "foundation models" and discuss "reasoning" of these models, when it is very likely that the models literally memorized all these benchmarks. It truly is like the story of the emperor's clothes. Everyone seems to be in on it and you're the crazy one being like but HE HAS NO CLOTHES. 🧵
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.Bryan McMahon (The American Prospect)
The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.The Global Voice
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon S3 Express One Zone reduces storage and request pricesAmazon Web Services, Inc.
President Donald Trump made the bold claim that his economy is “hugely much stronger” than that of the administration of about 10 minutes ago after a surge in the stock market due to the repeal of most proposed tariffs.Dan Rice (The Hard Times)
Yikes 🙄
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Thursday that the driverless vehicles will soon be allowed on the "car-free" part of Market Street, the two-mile stretch running from the Embarcadero to 10th Street.
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Please take a moment to note how Miso always sits with his tail curled up on top of his paws.
To Americans, pharmaceutical healthcare is nothing but dollars. Eliminating human need is an attack on US billionaires and their exploitive profits.
The "insulin industry" is particularly disgusting when you realize that when Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent because he felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives, so Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1 since they wanted everyone who needed their medication to be able to afford it.
Americans profiteers then went on to patent every method of manufacturing this "free invention" for their own profit.
Good news if you're a super rich tax cheat!
In the rare cases when the IRS has enough resources to audit you and detect your fraud, there will still be no one to enforce the law. Trump's DoJ is shutting down the entire tax division.
"If you make more than, say, a million dollars a year, paying taxes is probably going to be voluntary going forward.
"It’s a new feature of billionairedom."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/d…
I didn’t know this until this morning. And I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more press attention. We know that DOGE is in the process of gutting the IRS.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
Since One UI 3.0 based on Android 11, Samsung has been using its own version of TalkBack on its devices. Although Samsung's TalkBack is built on Google'sJohn Dyer (Accessible Android)
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Summing up the #curl distro 2025 meet
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/04/10…
My kind of meeting.
On April 10 we ran the curl distro meeting 2025. A, by now, annual open meeting where maintainers from the curl project hang out with curl package maintainers for distros and other people who are interested.daniel.haxx.se
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Just noticed that most shopping-list apps at PlayStore come with plenty of ad modules – how "fitting". One had 30 of them! Then I took a look at those served by F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid: no ad modules at all (often not even the Internet permission).
KYC: Know Your Choices. And choose wisely!
The one feature I'm missing with many free shopping list apps: Being able to
share different lists with different people.
One list that both my wife & I can edit and sync. So I can be sure to have the latest version sync'ed on my smartphone. And other lists that I can share & work on with e.g. a friend that I'm organizing a dinner with...
Android only would be OK, multiplatform would be a big plus, as I prefer to compile lists on my desktop computer...
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 5 updated (4 RB) and 4 added apps:
* BLEtoMQTT: Android BLE to MQTT bridging service 🛡️
* IPerf3Client: active measurements of the max bandwidth on IP networks 🛡️
* Stepsy: a simple and lightweight step counter app 🛡️
* LinkGuardian: Android client for Linkwarden
New milestone: we crossed the number of 1.300 apps available 🥳
RB status: 568 apps (43.7%)
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. 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
I [updated](https://github.com/simonw/tools/commit/07c91d8b4fd31f4d460e6b0cd9c225af7e211112) my LLM pricing calculator this morning ([Claude transcript](https://claude.Simon Willison’s Weblog
The annual #curl distro meeting happened. Thanks everyone who participated. Good discussions. Excellent feedback. I have some action items.
curl might just get yet a little better as a result of this!
Gajim 2.1.0 has been released 🥳
This release brings an all-new activity feed and adds support for Message Displayed Synchronization across group chats.
Thank you for all your contributions! ❤️
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
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Every single person on this platform needs a refresher:
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Calling in is a technique that does allow all parties to move forward. It’s a concept created by human-rights practitioners to challenge the toxicity of call-out culture. Calling in is speaking up without tearing down. A call-in can happen publicly or privately, but its key feature is that it’s done with love. Instead of shaming someone who’s made a mistake, we can patiently ask questions to explore what was going on and why the speaker chose their harmful language.
Call-ins are agreements between people who work together to consciously help each other expand their perspectives. They encourage us to recognize our requirements for growth, to admit our mistakes and to commit to doing better. Calling in cannot minimize harm and trauma already inflicted, but it can get to the root of why the injury occurred, and it can stop it from happening again
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learningforjustice.org/magazin…#callingIn
A veteran human rights educator explains the value of teaching students to call each other in rather than out.Learning for Justice
Hogo Barra, a tech industry veteran with influential stints at Google, Meta, and Xiaomi, has joined the Sonos board of directors.Chris Welch (The Verge)
I've put all of my uBlock Origin additions into this gist:
gist.github.com/mhoye/dcc2c2fe…
It causes mild inconvenience on Google properties, and breaks Twitter and Facebook entirely which I consider a net benefit.
Beyond that: the web snaps into place for me. It's _fast._ Even on slow machines or ancient hardware. The web is insanely fast, if you cut out the sludge.
Works with Firefox+uBlockOrigin. If you're using Chrome or Safari, you should probably do something about that.
Feedback is welcome.
uBlock Origin Bonus Content. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.Gist
yeah serving fonts from the same as the rest is particularly evil....
ublock allow per content type so you can block JS but not CSS or fonts from the same host.
besides being useful, this is impressive, I can't even imagine how much time this took to put together. hackers.town/@lori/11430992838…
Alright I've done it--here's a large collection of short beeps and boops from different video games suitable for using for notification sounds for your phone or whatever else. Over 500 tiny noises curated by me that aren't too long or too horrible to hear beeped at you all day. Enjoy!d-shoot.net/files/Game_Notific…
I’ve been hosting services for myself and others for over 25 years now: starting on IIS6, moving to Windows Server, eventually to Debian, and now to an entirely dockerized stack.stuff.interfree.ca
I also use Miniflux as my feed reader of choice, its easily one of my most used applications.
How does kubo work? Is it similar to Dropbox? For file syncing and sharing links to other people, I use Seafile.
For uptime monitoring, I use Gatus. I like that it uses YAML to configure various endpoints, which is faster than having to use a GUI that may or may not work.
I've been looking for a notes solution, how's Joplin's accessibility?
Seafile offers an app called Seadrive that you can download which integrates with explorer. The integration adds a seadrive submenu, one of which lets you generate direct links to files. Anyone that has the link doesn't need to install anything to download the file.
For cross-platform syncing, I would use Syncthing, except that it doesn't work on iOS. Hence why I'm still on Seafile for stuff like ensuring my KeePass database is available to all my devices.
Ah, that makes sense. I have a public folder which by convention I put all my stuff that I want to share publicly.
My main laptop is a Windows device, hence why I'm not using ICloud.
'Happier' the new sensational single from Fickle Friends! Follow & explore Fickle Friends online: https://linktr.ee/ficklefriendsYouTube
During a panel at a summit, Linda McMahon, the U.S. secretary of education, referred to AI as 'A1,' like the steak sauce.Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
Egg prices continue to increase despite bird flu outbreak slowing
https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-bird-flu-cpi-b0ded420e9f7c0a707277c9c63396a76?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks.Josh Funk (AP News)
This isn’t trade strategy. It’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy.The New Republic
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
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A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
propublica.org/article/tiger-a…
#News #Louisiana #Prison #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #Technology #Law
Was asked to provide a “DEI harder” v-neck womens t-shirt, so here it is
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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems.Zoom Video
: The 1990s called – they're impressedLiam Proven (The Register)
*145 %
Washington/Peking - Celková celní zátěž čínského dovozu do USA teď činí 145 procent. Bílý dům to potvrdil televizi CNBC. Prezident Donald Trump ve středu na síti Truth Social oznámil, že clo na čínský dovoz navyšuje na 125 procent.ČTK
The March 2025 Android Progress is out! In our latest update, we have:
* news on team changes (including some new iOS hires!)
* our roadmap board
* account drawer improvements
* community contribution highlights and
* an easy way to get involved!
#Thunderbird #Android #OpenSource
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/t…
This month, we cover recent changes to our team, our roadmap board on GitHub, and contributing via triaging GitHub Issues.Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)
News, previews, and guides from the Thunderbird TeamThe Thunderbird Blog
If you are using BlueSky besides the Fediverse we've created an account there, too:
We'll still use Mastodon to primarily post but I think we will be crossposting to Bluesky in the future :)
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Timnit Gebru (she/her).
in reply to Timnit Gebru (she/her). • • •There is no difference between the likes of Stanford and any of these companies, they're one and the same. So schools like it make money from the hype and will perpetuate the hype.
The McKinseys and other huge consulting orgs are raking in bank on the hype, akin to all the people who made money during the gold rush, except for the people looking for gold.
All the things people call "laws" aren't laws and were never "laws". Scaling laws? Some people looked at some plots and came up with that.
Timnit Gebru (she/her).
in reply to Timnit Gebru (she/her). • • •"Emergence"? Take a look at this paper showing how that is nothing but hot air: .
proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_f…
-"Reasoning"? Lets set aside how they don't even have a definition for this. But literally change some minor thing on the benchmarks like a number, and you see how these models completely fail. arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
-"Understanding"? Just watch this debate to see the rigor with which Emily discusses the topic vs those who make these wild claims: lnkd.in/e6bgM-43.
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lnkd.inTimnit Gebru (she/her).
in reply to Timnit Gebru (she/her). • • •If you come up with a new benchmark they'll just guzzle it as part of the training data and then claim to do "reasoning" on that.
It is so mind-boggling to me that people have to even spend time debunking these claims. Such a waste of resources that could be going to doing actual science and engineering work.
Timnit Gebru (she/her).
in reply to Timnit Gebru (she/her). • • •"Marcus is so confident current approaches cannot take us to the promised land of AGI that he bet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei $100,000 that AGI would not be achieved by the end of 2027."
Lol but he signed the ridiculous "pause AI" letter with Muskrat and other billionaires and said that DAIR "went for blood" when we wrote this statement against it.
dair-institute.org/blog/letter…
Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letter
www.dair-institute.org