"Back to work today, forgot my pass so locked bike outside Cannon Street station. Left work at 6pm to find just the cut lock and no bike, resigned to never seeing my trusty stead again asked the station if they have cameras. A guy appeared waving at me, asked me to put the code into my cut lock. He replied ‘I have your bike’ with a smile I will never forget!! His name is Abdul Muneeb and he works for South Eastern Railways, he was on a break and saw a guy bolt cut the lock and challenged him to give it back, he then took it inside and waited 4 hours after his shift finished to personally make sure I got my bike back. The world needs more Abdul’s, he is a legend of a man and a credit to his employer." Story Credit: Steve Farmer
In most ways I hate it, but as a disabled person who cannot carry a drivers license, having a form of ID other than a passport that companies are forced to accept would be nice. No Jane at the till in Tesco I don't carry my passport in my arse pocket.
@fireborn no what’s going on? Are they messing up our ID situation again? Also, I heard you’ve met Morgan. She tells me when she makes a friend that doesn’t run away from her.
@fireborn some countries give non permit to drive driving licences which would be easy to do in the UK. Just give the DVLA a bit more money. I'd probably still have a passport as well (I can't drive for disability reasons) but a a more portable thing would be useful.
ID cards like proposed wouldn't fix the claimed problem and I don't trust any governments right now
@NatalyaD I think we actually can get provisional driving licenses, but that requires the person you're talking to actually knowing what they're talking about. I could be wrong about this myself, as I've never tried, just heard that it is possible.
@simon how many systems that don't have __int128_t do you expect to perform such large transfers, though? Maybe it can just be progressive enhancement?
128-bit math is ... tricky. We implemented a 128-bit type for n-dimensional arrays to represent images in our #ImgLib2 library for image processing. So many gotchas in defining basic arithmetic operations; at some point in version history all our custom implementations were replaced by java's BigInteger's. github.com/imglib/imglib2/blob…
Our motivating use case? Integral images (summed-area table: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summed-a… ). But now the 128-bit type has found other uses too.
For reference, this is roughly where the aggregated data from the big LHC experiments expect to have around 2031-2032. The data management plan is not to put it in one big file though.
Hm. I could see a (very limited) practical use case for this from around 2040-2050 then, like "consolidate the 20 ZB of old data from 2030-2033 to cold storage to make room for new stuff on the active storage near computing".
And while a single curl command is not the most likely tool choice, it would be neat if it was viable.
@kytta primarily that #curl is C89 compliant so we can't rely on C99 types so we have our own, and we actually only have a signed version atm. Mostly out of laziness.
Hi @NVAccess I was just looking at the Alpha snapshots and noticed that the latest ones are downloading as 0 byte files. Another one several entries down showed a size of 18 mb and wouldn't run either. I just wanted to reach out to see if this is known. The last one that runs is: nvda_snapshot_alpha-52731,f294547a.exe. Current ones don't let me run them to try and get a log, as it shows the message "this app can't run on your PC." Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any input you may have. Thanks!
Words cannot express my appreciation to @Tutanota for allowing me to come and say hi today. I know they're busy fighting the good fight and there was really nothing in it for them, but it was a real honor that they took time out of their schedules to show me around. I was able to put faces to names I've only seen in blog posts and signatures for years and got to know the crew a little. They seem like they've got a real great team doing real great things! Makes me proud to be a Tuta user :)
Pokud má být cílovkou někdo jiný než voliči demokratických stran, tak to má zásadní problémy. Například tvrzení, že „jsme schopni zastat se slabších a na úkor vlastního pohodlí dělat něco, co má větší smysl“. Jak tohle asi vezme někdo, kdo má dvě práce a stejně má potíže s nájmem? Není on ten slabší? Jak jsme se ho v posledních čtyřech letech zastali? Tyhle lidi to video opět gaslightuje, upírá jim nárok na legitimitu jejich problémů a dělá z nich hlupáky, kteří propadli dezinfu.
Every `cargo add` or `pip install` is a leap of faith that attackers exploit.
Supply chain attacks are escalating: from typosquatting campaigns to self-replicating worms like Shai-hulud (compromised 500 NPM packages) to the XZ Utils backdoor where an attacker spent 2+ years building their reputation.
But the ecosystem is working to make trust explicit and verifiable rather than assumed with cutting-edge defense, like Trusted Publishing.
Supply chain attacks exploit fundamental trust assumptions in modern software development, from typosquatting to compromised build pipelines, while new defensive tools are emerging to make these trust relationships explicit and verifiable.
So refreshing to see actual thought-through improvements that are well designed as opposed to the general garbage of asking for your ID and assuming that just because the publisher knows your legal identity (or that of the ID card you stole/faked) nothing can go wrong.
The Open Source community is so far ahead in security compared to big tech like Google. It's both amazing and absurd.
Great work, thank you for improving security in tangible and logical ways :)
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org I'm noticing that it seems to take disproportionately much longer to save an ODT document with tracked changes than one without. It's a difference between one or two seconds, or fifteen to twenty seconds of 100% utilization on one core.
Is this behavior (a) known, and (b) expected?
(I'm not completely certain that it's track-changes involved. It might also be a factor of having at some point been saved as .DOCX. I do not have a full history of all changes made to the relevant document.)
Hi! Without details (eg the LibreOffice version and operating system) it's hard to say. Please report to our QA community at bugs.documentfoundation.org with details about your setup, and someone will investigate 😊
Raději se ohlížíte za uštědřenou lekcí než za nedokončeným projektem. Nic vás nezastaví. Protože kdyby to bylo snadné, dokázal by to každý. http://hornbach.c...
Tyhle grafy a procenta. každý den nový výzkum, každý den jiná čísla.... Už jsem to přestal sledovat, přijde mi,že jde spíš o metodiku, než o tak velké změny. A taky jsem četl, že se radujeme z každého procenta, ale ať si to zkusíme převést na lidi. Zjistíme, že to není jedna vesnice, ale dost velké město, které by muselo změnit názor. #volby #volby2025
@gklein88 nah, just potential ram. :) The moment I load an ollama 7B or 14B model in, at least anywhere from 16 to 30 gigs of that can eat up in an instant. So i like to keep it maximized in case I need it later for something.
@ppatel lol I feel like for running 27B or above models on anything, Linux will probably be it because of that low ram usage. If the OS itself only uses less than 10% of your ram, you've got a lot to work with for tokenizing and the model. I eventually do plan to get an eGPU but for now Linux actually supports iGPUs better than Windows for Ollama, so it's my best bet for any iGPU acceleration to help even. On Windows you're stuck on crappy CPU-only inferencing, ugh.
@FreakyFwoof @ppatel yeah, I think on the iGPU the most I'll eek out is maybe the 20B with fairly decent tokens per sec, nowhere near 5080 territory but at least closer to Mac. I think for a 27B model you need closer to 32 GB Ram so I don't think it could run out of the 24 Unified I have here, should have grabbed 48 but it wasn't worth the $400 premium to me to jump SKUs. Ah well.
@FreakyFwoof I've finally decided on purchasing one of the Thinkpad P series of laptops that Lenovo is about to release in October. Depending on the model, they'll have either the NVIDIA H1000 or H2000 built in. I plan to duel boot that thing with Debian.
📣 Hovorí sa, že keď je somárovi dobre, ide sa na ľad šmýkat. Ako dobre sa majú Česi - možno vôbec najúspešnejší postkomunistický národ - ukazujú mnohé štati...
Very few things are more satisfying than slicing a whole ripe pineapple with a Chinese cleaver, then eating the cubes or slices in dark sticky soy sauce with birds’ eye chillies. Maybe some belacan.
The tastiest pineapple I ever had, and it was probably completely contextual, was at a rest stop while taking the bus to Zacatecas. There was a fruit stand and I got pineapple chunks with chamoy, chile, and lime. My GOD that was good. Bus dehydration, hunger, etc. - but it was incredible.
Lots of data and neat graphs here illustrating the global problem of #inequality and how it is distributed across the world. Puts into perspective quite a few often repeated myths. Have a look!
Work of the reknowned degrowth scholar Jason Hickel (who still has an inactive fedi account @jasonhickel )
Hey Somervillens! AWESOME opportunity to turn your paved-over driveway or yard into green space! Green & Open Somerville has teamed up with the Mystic River Watershed Association to depave a site and plant it with native species. Learn more: greenopensomerville.org/depave. Must be in the actual Mystic watershed; see map here: mysticriver.maps.arcgis.com/ap…
SD card is something that tends to get mangled up by everything. From screen reader voices doing this, to braille screen input saying I need to find a said card, it seems like SD card is just impossible for blindy tech to parse correctly.
I love how the public library is a space with power outlets and wifi where you are allowed to simply exist for a period of several hours without spending money
What Apple is trying to pull in the EU is as embarrassing for Cupertino as it is for the EU and the tech press that have credulously repeated Apple's talking points. The only good news is that the EU declined to unilaterally disarm:
Apple wants to launder the consequences of its own anticompetitive, anti-user choices through a credulous tech press. The goal is to frame regulators for Apple's own deeds, and it's rotten to the core.
Pay attention to who is actually calling for violence. Arizona Republican Fascist Representative John Kingman calls for WA Representative Jayapal’s hanging. azmirror.com/2025/09/25/john-g…
If you hate the idea of your job becoming about cleaning up horrendous "vibe coded" output, spare a thought for accessibility specialists. They've been doing that all along.
So I've just started my masters in CS. This is a program designed for people like myself who don't have much coding experience but want to learn more. Had a meeting with one of the TAs today and he pointed out that people who worry about AI replacing jobs are completely missing the point. Yes, AI will be used more and more in the future, but it may never be at a level where someone will simply be able to "vibe code" a solution without putting any actual work in. These models are really good at generating little snippets of code, but at this point in time, simply cannot operate autonomously without human intervention.
I just got an email from Guide Dogs for the blind where I have gotten my four Guide Dogs. They are following up on the announcement of the suit brought against Uber for its persistent ADA violations against those with disabilities, especially those with Guide Dogs. They urge all guide dog users to keep reporting ride refusals. They had a few helpful numbers I wanted to share along with the Department of justice website where you can register complaints. Here's what the last part of this email had to offer. Guide Dogs for the Blind remains steadfast in our support of everyone’s right to ride. We will continue to advocate as an organization and in concert with like-minded groups, and we encourage you to continue doing so as individuals.
To report violations, visit CivilRights.justice.gov. For ADA resources call the ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 (TTY: 1-833-610-1264) or ada.gov
“A new report from Senate Democrats claims members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team have access to the Social Security Numbers of all Americans in a cloud server lacking verified security measures, despite an internal assessment of potential “catastrophic” risk. The report, released by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), cites numerous disclosures from whistleblowers, including one who said a worst-case scenario could involve having to re-issue SSNs to everyone in the country.
As outlined in the report, DOGE staffers moved a live copy of Americans’ personal information to a cloud server despite an internal risk assessment done by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that determined the impact could be “catastrophic” without the proper safeguards. The report notes that this information is considered “production data,” potentially allowing DOGE to “directly manipulate” it.”
A new report from Senate Democrats reveals that Elon Musk’s DOGE has moved sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, to a cloud server without verified security measures.
"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an ‘Escalator Temporarily Out Of Ordersign,’ just ‘Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience." Mitch Hedburg #UN #escalatorgate #TripleSabotage youtube.com/shorts/tqOkWWV6a_U…
Just want to thank those who took the time to tell me happy birthday and not by AI predicted text. The calls and texts made my day. Also thank you to those who sent physical and virtual gifts. They are appreciated. Today was a wonderful day.
Lmao I was literally getting ready to Google it. You should make it a real thing and try marketing it, would probably get sales through the roof. The name is epic.
I just did and found various references to things such as cocoa cake, coo coo cake, a sweet dish from Trinidad, and someone baking in Europe or something? Safe to say your idea is pretty original lol.
My scenario: I'm taking some of my employer's corporate-mandated courses, and they point me to some internal documentation on policies/etc. Those documents are fine! Actually well-written and typeset! (I even like the graphic design!) But since they are in the corporate Google Drive, the FIRST FUCKING THING I see when accessing them is "ask Gemini to summarize this document?". It's so devaluing of people's real work.
Canada Post is a service, not a consumer product. The idea that it operates at a "loss" is stupid. It's like saying schools operate at a loss; hospitals operate at a loss; roads operate at a loss; sewers operates at a loss.
We pay for public services collectively, because they are simply needed for our society for function and for everyone to have (relatively) equal access to participate in culture/society/democracy.
Stop reducing necessary services to an income statement! #cdnpoli #canadapost
The city government in Albequerque, New Mexico elected to make the city's bus system free after doing the math and realizing that they would actually *save* money by dropping all of the financial management they had to do to charge people for it.
It has a quad-core CPU, 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB SSD (built-in NVMe), and an RGB backlit mechanical keyboard (Gateron KS-33 blue switches).
Cost: $200.
First thing I did was yank the SSD out and replace it with an M.2 to OCuLink adapter, so I could game and local-LLM on the thing, using an AMD RX 7900 XT with 20 GB of GDDR6 VRAM.
Tfw you work for a company that produces your operating system, and you have to take a self-assessment test produced by a third party, and it asks if you know how to use your software and if you have any recurrent problems with your software.
Has anyone looked at whether using #AI for coding will hold back adopting of new (improved) language tools and standards?
For example, #Drupal has used annotations for plugins for years, while #PHP attributes are the new preferred syntax. AIs are trained off of code of the past, which for plugins was all annotations until attributes were introduced. Does that mean the stochastic coding parrot will continue to suggest annotations because of their stronger weight in the training set?
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in reply to aaron • • •@fireborn some countries give non permit to drive driving licences which would be easy to do in the UK. Just give the DVLA a bit more money. I'd probably still have a passport as well (I can't drive for disability reasons) but a a more portable thing would be useful.
ID cards like proposed wouldn't fix the claimed problem and I don't trust any governments right now
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