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I was able to run the full version of the just-released DeepSeek R1-0528 on my M3 Ultra Mac Studio.

It worked…with 400 GB of RAM.

Here's how it went, along with some technical notes on the whole process for LM Studio and Ollama: macstories.net/notes/testing-d…

Testing DeepSeek R1-0528 on the M3 Ultra Mac Studio and Installing Local GGUF Models with Ollama on macOS

DeepSeek released an updated version of their popular R1 reasoning model (version 0528) with – according to the company – increased benchmark performance, reduced hallucinations, and native support for function calling and JSON output.
Federico Viticci (MacStories)

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Klinge FPGA Computer Targets Secure, Headless Linux Deployments lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Klinge FPGA Computer Targets Secure, Headless Linux Deployments

Klinge is a compact FPGA-based headless computer designed by Lone Dynamics Corporation. It targets secure networking and long-term Linux applications, and can be used as a blade server in modular enclosures or standalone setups.
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)

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Don't Click It, Just Press It: A Guide to Creating Custom Keyboard Shortcuts On macOS applevis.com/guides/dont-click…

Don't Click It, Just Press It: A Guide to Creating Custom Keyboard Shortcuts On macOS | AppleVis

for macOS Sequoia Intro Have you ever thought, "I wish there was a keyboard shortcut for that"? This guide will teach you how to create a keyboard shortcut for any option in the menu bar, under any menu, including the Apple menu.
applevis.com

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One UI 8.0 Beta 1 on Galaxy S25 Devices: An Early Look at Accessibility and Samsung TalkBack 16 accessibleandroid.com/one-ui-8…

One UI 8.0 Beta 1 on Galaxy S25 Devices: An Early Look at Accessibility and Samsung TalkBack 16 - Accessible

Samsung has begun rolling out the first beta of One UI 8.0, based on Android 16, to its flagship Galaxy S25 series. For visually impaired users relying on
Editorial Staff (Accessible Android)

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It’s actually kind of amazing how often Ellison, who largely rides under the radar compared to Elmo, Altman et al., shuttles back and forth to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring.
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SiliconJets (@SiliconJets@lumberjacks.social)

Attached: 1 image A #gulfstream G650 (Reg: N817GS) reportedly used by #larryellison has just been detected in flight at Thu May 29 2025 15:56:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
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Here We Go Again: Internet Age Verification and Website Blocking Bill Reintroduced in the Senate (With Some Changes)
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Here We Go Again: Internet Age Verification and Website Blocking Bill Reintroduced in the Senate (With Some Changes) - Michael Geist

The last Parliament featured debate over several contentious Internet-related bills, notably streaming and news laws (Bills C-11 and C-18), online harms (Bill C-63) and Internet age verification and website blocking (Bill S-210).
Michael Geist
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Alex 🔜 39c3

@Bubu learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wind…

Keeps more stuff awake than regular standby. I think the idea is to get laptops closer to the “instant on” of phones and tablets. But in my experience it seems to be usually implemented pretty badly and just results in laptops overheating in bags and draining power in just a few hours.

I have old ThinkPads I can leave in standby and forget about for 3 weeks. With modern standby they’re usually dead in under 8 hours.


Modern Standby vs S3

Outlines the primary differences between S3 and Modern Standby system power models.
learn.microsoft.com
@Bubu

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Something's bothering me, wanted to write up a Masto post about it up for a few days, but it wasn't until today that all my thoughts snapped into place.
I read an article, "The Sony XM6 are an accomplished set of cans, but they’re not replacing my Sonos Ace anytime soon", at techradar.com/audio/wireless-h… - well written.
However, it's also highly critical of the XM6 for the comfort. I have a few folks on my TL interested in these, so I wanted to weigh in with my perspective too, owning both sets of cans.
For those who have super tiny earholes, or those with very large earflaps, the XM6 may indeed be a lesser-than-ideal fit. Not only are the earcups more shallow, but there's a plastic protrusion in the middle, something the XM line has had and helps with noise canceling, from what I understand. It's not large, about .7 inches long and .4 inches thick, but can dig into those with smaller earholes or if their ears are too large to align it to it comfortably in the earcup. Both can be problems.
The Sonos Ace, however, has far inferior noise cancelation, in my testing. Mids in particular don't get attenuated well at all. It's far heavier, though the workmanship is very solid, with metal hinges (the XM6 has hybrid plastic-metal hinges, Sonos went all-metal on this inside the band.) The choice is yours, but for me, XM6 works well. Not others, maybe, and that's OK.

The Sony XM6 are an accomplished set of cans, but they’re not replacing my Sonos Ace anytime soon

And my reason might not be music to everyone’s ears
Max Langridge (TechRadar)
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Tamas G

I still enjoy the Sonos ace as night-time headphones. They're far more comfortable to lay on (I've had very sore ears from time to time when the XM6 dug into the outer perimeter of the ear.) This has taught me to always adjust the fit and band if it's too loose, but beyond it, daily wear for me is great for hours. Since the Ace does have the less ANC, for hearing alarms and other morning noise to wake up to but blocking out snores or other lighter background TV speech, it works well. I still think Bose stands out for their adjustable ANC and ambiance modes, something neither of these pairs of earphones have. Sigh. No perfect one exists, they all really do have strengths and weaknesses huh.

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#COVIDISNOTOVER

A new #COVID19 variant is coming... NB.1.8.1 has been detected in California and other US states, as well as in the eastern Mediterranean, etc. globalnews.ca/news/11201389/co… #WEARAMASK #GETVACCINATED #cdnpoli #polcan #NB181


New COVID-19 variant sees rise in cases in some countries. Here’s where

Airport screening in the United States has detected the new variant in travellers arriving from those regions to destinations in California, Washington, Virginia and New York.
globalnewsdigital (Global News)
#COVID19 #WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #cdnpoli #polcan #GetVaccinated #nb181

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The World Health Organization has designated NB.1.8.1 as a SARS-CoV-2 variant under monitoring.

FYI The NB.1.8.1 variant is a member of the #Omicron family... prevention.com/health/health-c… #COVID19 #COVIDISNOTOVER #WEARAMASK #GETVACCINATED #WHO #VUM #NB181 #cdnpoli #polcan


What to Know About the Latest COVID-19 Variant, NB.1.8.1, Spreading Across the Globe

NB.1.81. is the latest COVID-19 variant spreading in the U.S. and Europe. Infectious disease doctors explain NB1.8.1 symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Korin Miller (Prevention)
#COVID19 #who #WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #cdnpoli #polcan #Omicron #GetVaccinated #vum #nb181

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on the topic of chromophobia, I love this little book by David Batchelor with the same title press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/b…

> The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse—a fear of corruption or contamination through color—lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This is apparent in the many and varied attempts to purge color…

one way to understand the chromophobic impulse is to look at it through binaries of prestige. if you had to associate subdued, pale, or black-white colours with one, and saturated, vibrant, strong colours with the other, between, say, Europe and Asia, which is the subdued one, which is the colourful? what about Black people and white folk?

for each binary you can think of, which one is "colourful"?
- adults vs. children
- straight vs. queer
- masculine vs. feminine
- civilised vs. indigenous
- high-class vs. lowbrow
- citizens vs. immigrants
- residents vs. wandering folk
- …

in basically every single case, the world of strong colours is relegated to whoever is despised in society. the pleasure of colour is too immediate, too sensorial and hedonistic for the sophisticated colonisers. adult civilised life is to be made of white walls, marble statues, beige appliances and pale wooden furniture; those are tasteful; the tasteless enjoyment of colours is relegated to exoticised adventures, a trip to Morocco or to your wive's embrace of silky lingeries, or to the movies to watch children's animation… before you return to the tame, controlled normalcy of desaturated palettes.

(source for the restored Ancient Greek statue below: buntegoetter.liebieghaus.de )

Reconstruction of the original painting of an ancient Greek statue, an archer from the Temple of Aphaia, ca. 480BC. The diagram shows half the statue as it's widely known today, in pure white marble; and the other half as it originally was, in a luxurious peach-yellow base with marvelous geometric patterns in royal blue, scarlet, viridian. The whiteness of marble has become a symbol of the refined superiority of Western civilisation, represented by its mythological origins in Greco-Roman Antiquity; however, the actual Greco-Roman art was as colourful as anything else you might see today in the Mediterranean area.

Chromophobia

The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through color - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought.
University of Chicago Press
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Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS? Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.

No ads
No trackers No #surveillance
No terms of service traps

PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…

What Is PureOS? A Beginner’s Guide for iOS, Android, and Windows Users – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#linux #privacy #security #surveillance

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our friends over at @rpgp just published a monster milestone, humbly tagged 0.16 😍 with

- streaming decryption and encryption

- post-quantum-cryptography

- API streamlining.

#rPGP is a full Rust implementation of #openpgp which counts among the fastest and most compliant implementations today, and includes security audits. Note: #deltachat uses a restricted subset of OpenPGP, and follows best practices (eg using the same ed25519 keys implementation as #signal) github.com/rpgp/rpgp/


GitHub - rpgp/rpgp: OpenPGP implemented in pure Rust, permissively licensed

OpenPGP implemented in pure Rust, permissively licensed - rpgp/rpgp
GitHub
#signal #openpgp #deltachat #rpgp @rPGP
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One of my closest and longest friends is starting a new YouTube channel documenting his journey to fulfill a life-long dream of his. Even though he's low vision, through a new program available in Ontario, he has the opportunity to gain his drivers license via the use of a bioptic telescope. If you love cars as much as he does, are just curious, or are a low vision person interested in what a program like this could mean for you, check out his first video on the channel! As far as I know, this is the first time someone has documented the journey of learning to drive with a bioptic telescope from day one, from the perspective of a person with a disability, rather than a doctor or other medical professional. You can find the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZdw1CzYtI#a11y#cars#driving#accessibility#disability

Episode 0: I can do What?!

The start of my Journey to driving with a bioptic telescope.
YouTube
#a11y #Accessibility #Disability #cars #driving

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💬 Matrix na Oscloudu je tu pro každého!

✅ Stačí jeden účet na Oscloud – žádné další registrace.
👉 V dashboardu najdeš novou aplikaci **Element**, stačí kliknout.

🔐 Přihlášení je jednoduché – klikni na **„Pokračovat s Oscloud Login“**
a jsi okamžitě v chatu!

📢 A máme i oficiální místnost Oscloud:
#oscloudcz:mxchat.cz

Ještě nikdy nebylo jednodušší začít používat Matrix. Fakt.

#Oscloud #matrix #OpenSource #Element #MXChat

Přihlašovací obrazovka MXChatu s tlačítkem „Pokračovat s Oscloud Login“ pro přihlášení přes účet Oscloud.
#matrix #element #opensource #oscloud #mxchat #oscloudcz
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If you use curl, the yearly curl user survey is up now and @bagder wants to hear what you think about it!

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19…

It takes a few minutes but it's worth spending that time, on the one hand because the responses really are taken to heart to set and adjust the project priorities, and on the other hand because people have put a lot of work into that project and it's worth telling them you've benefited from that work!


The curl user survey 2025 is up

Yes! curl user survey 2025 The time has come for you to once again do your curl community duty. Run over and fill in the curl user survey and tell us about how you use curl etc.
daniel.haxx.se
@daniel:// stenberg://

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Have you switched to any of these more private #EuropeanAlternatives? If so, which ones?

Out of the loop on #ChooseEU?

Find out more here 👉 tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choos…

Boycott US? New tariffs make people choose European products. Are we seeing a trend? | Tuta

With the growing movement to boycott US goods, more people are choosing European alternatives. Let’s take a look at the best European products you can use.
Tuta
#europeanalternatives #chooseeu

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Thank you
@ubuntu for being a Gold sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🌟

Ubuntu comes with everything you need to run your organization, school, home or enterprise.

Visit their website to know more: ubuntu.com

#sponsor #foss #linux


Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.
Ubuntu
#linux #foss #sponsor #guadec2025 @Canonical Ubuntu

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Just looked at a very nice #reverb by #SonicAcademy called #Vela. It has some pretty unique features, I'm not so sure it can emulate classic reverbs adequately though (at least according to their quiz I got a 78% in favor of the Bricasti M7, Lexicon 480L, VSS3 and Strymon Big Sky).

Not a go to reverb for me, but the price is more than reasonable and it sounds great. You can also check it out at sonicacademy.com/products/vela #audio


VELA: The Ultimate Reverb VST Plugin | Sonic Academy

Discover the power of VELA - Our world class Reverb VST Plugin - by Sonic Academy ✔️ Transform your music with VELA's realistic reverb ⭐ Try it now on Sonic Academy!
Sonic Academy
#audio #reverb #sonicacademy #vela

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this is interesting, but i don't quite agree. i don't think this is model collapse, per se. i believe when you do "search" with an LLM, what you are actually doing is RAG: they are not constantly re-training their models on the online content they added to their index over the last 48hrs, they are querying their vectorized index of that content with your vectorized search terms, dumping that context into the LLM, and returning a long, chatty result. theregister.com/2025/05/27/opi…

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

Opinion: Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The Register)
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Peter

when biologists cloned sheep in the 1990s, it was a red alert for bio-ethics, and some pretty strict rules were set for what you can do with a human genome, because everyone knew that once some lab-created horror made it out into the population, there was no way to fix it.

i feel like we are at a similar moment with the ecosystem of human knowledge and no one is talking about it like the civilizational emergency it is.

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891 persons have already responded to the #curl survey 2025. If you have not, please consider donating a few minutes of your time and help us out!

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19…


The curl user survey 2025 is up

Yes! curl user survey 2025 The time has come for you to once again do your curl community duty. Run over and fill in the curl user survey and tell us about how you use curl etc.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl

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Startpage is a search engine that has been promoted as a European alternative to Google Search.

This is a misleading statement.

CLARIFICATION

Headquartered in the Netherlands.

Owned by System1: mastodon.online/@blueghost/111…

Revenue is consolidated with System1's financial statements.

System1 supports employee salaries, technology investments, and marketing initiatives.

Source: support.startpage.com/hc/artic…

Website: startpage.com

#Startpage #StartpageSearch #Privacy #InfoSec #CyberSecurity

Startpage logo.

Blue Ghost (@blueghost@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image System1 owns the search engine Startpage. System1 is a publicly traded advertising/marketing company headquartered in the United States and traded on the NYSE as SST. CNBC System1 profile: https://www.cnbc.
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#privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #startpage #startpagesearch

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🖼️ "A study in reactive UI toolkits"
with Jan Fooken at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 09:40 CEST 📍 Brescia
🧪 Can GTK feel like React or SwiftUI? Let’s explore modern takes on building Linux UIs.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GTK #Linux #Frontend #ReactiveUI

The image shows graphically what's announced in the post. It contains the GNOME logo, the name of the speaker, the photo of the speaker and the title of the talk. It moreover contains a graphical rappresentation of the city of the conference, Brescia, and the dates of the conference.

GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
GNOME Events (Indico)
#linux #gtk #frontend #guadec2025 #reactiveui

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📤 Pocket ➡️ Wallabag převodník

Narazil jsem na skvělý nástroj, který umožňuje převést export z Pocketu do formátu kompatibilního s Wallabag – a to zcela offline ve tvém prohlížeči (100% client-side)!

🔧 benjaminoakes.github.io/pocket…
👏 Díky @benjaminoakes za tuhle skvělou pomůcku! Pokud migrujete z Pocketu na Wallabag, určitě doporučuji vyzkoušet.

Pocket to Wallabag Converter

benjaminoakes.github.io

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„Nepište mi, a pokud možno nepište vůbec.”
#respekt
respekt.cz/kontext/feminismus-…

Existuje i audio verze v podcastu #piatoček
podcasty.sme.sk/t/8343/podcast…


Feminismus je jako nacismus, Havel byl loutka… říkal mimo jiné šéf Slovenského literárního centra na Světě knihy. A to byl jen začátek

Gustáv Murín mi poslal e-mail, že nesmíme zveřejnit video, kde publiku říká své myšlenky. Rozběhla se výměna, kterou jsem za třicet let praxe nezažil
Erik Tabery (Týdeník Respekt)
#respekt #piatocek
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Dost podstatný důvod proč nepoužívat Telegram: Pavel Durov se chlubí chystanou roční smlouvou s xAI, která přinese Grok do Telegramu, čímž Telegram získá 300 milionů dolarů. coindesk.com/business/2025/05/…

Telegram Signs $300M Deal With Elon Musk's xAI to Integrate Grok AI Into Its Messaging App

Telegram will also receive 50% of revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via the app.
Oliver Knight (CoinDesk)

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