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Burnable finished this #Fanfic at the start of the year. I've read Back to the Beginning a handful of times, but this one didn't grip me nearly as well unfortunately.

With a mind unbound by judgment, and finding comfort in quiet solitude, Harry Potter begins his journey into the wizarding world. Yet, his past of abuse and neglect has shaped both his mind and magic into something new and powerful. He sees the world through a whole new kind of filter, which is just ready and waiting to evolve.
Imagination
By: burnable

273212 words in 26 chapters.
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#fanfic

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hey what's up with this "passkey" thing i keep hearing about? is it one of those things computer security dingbats come up with every few years that purports to solve problems with existing workflows but does it by making assumptions that don't hold for 40–60% of users and ultimately end up making things both less convenient and less secure? surely not
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async sjolsen

people writing down the password to their work computer and taping it to the monitor is a problem. sure. a hardware passkey is a solution to this. but for most people in most circumstances, writing down passwords to their personal devices in a way that they (a) are recoverable in case nana loses her ipad or whatever and (b) are recoverable by family in case nana fucking dies, is a FEATURE. NOT A BUG.

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Not a lot to look forward to lately. I don't care about Haloween much, but for the fact that a bunch of short wave pirate radio stations show up and do silly things on the night of the 31st, usually on the high side of 6 mHz, and almost all modulated using single sideband. That's fun for a few hours, anyway.
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Hey! Did you know that you can now find all the official @xmpp news on Movim 😮!

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You can subscribe to their News feed using any XMPP account and by joining from any #Movim instance (a lot of them are listed on join.movim.eu/) ✨

Movim is building a complete social platform on top of XMPP. Any account that joins the platform can already create its own blog 😊

Movim Communities allows you to create spaces to publish with others around the topic you like 😸! This is what the XSF did with their own #XMPP News Community, hosted on their own server and accessible from anyone on the network.

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Auch bei #ubuntu24 befindet sich der Anmeldebildschirm nach dem Aufwachen aus dem #Bereitschaftsmodus manchmal in einem Zustand, indem das Eingabefeld für das Passwort nur mit der Maus aktivierbar ist. Jedenfalls ist es nicht via [Tab] zu erreichen. Es ist das einzige Element auf dem Bildschirm, außer dem Ein/Aus in der Taskleiste. Weslhalb hat das keinen automatischen Fokus?

Nichts für #blinde Nutzer!

Das solche Basics oft über Jahre keine Beachtung finden frustriert.

#a11x #Linux

#linux #blinde #ubuntu24 #bereitschaftsmodus #a11x

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The very idea that anyone deserves millions of dollars per year to do ANYTHING is bonkers. There is no job in the whole world that is worth that much money. Even if you were the sole person who out of your own brilliance invented something that saved a billion lives do you deserve tens or hundreds of millions of dollars per year. But Especially not simply being a professional gambler.
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--- Nabídka již neplatí. ---
Zkouším. Kdyby měl někdo zájem - prodám PS5 Slim (verze bez mechaniky) s jedním ovladačem.
Chybí jediná věc - nožičky pro horizontální položení.
Ve velmi dobrém stavu, je ještě 10 měsíců v záruce.
Důvod prodeje: zjistil jsem, že mě hrát na PS moc nebaví, takže se na ní akorát práší. Odhaduju, že na ní bylo nahráno takových 80 hodin maximálně. Někomu může posloužit lépe.
Na konzoli ani ovladači nejsou žádné kosmetické vady - možná akorát tak prach, ale to se utře.
Cena: 5000 Kč + případná doprava. Ideální osobní předání v Ostravě a okolí, ale poslat by se to asi nějak taky dalo.
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As I get ready go join the masses protesting the “Dictator on day one”, I see Republicans calling it a “hate America” rally. You know what guys, you’re not entirely wrong. We do hate this America. We hate the Republican America where people are being dragged through broken car windows and beaten on the street. We hate the America where the President orchestrates economic flash crashes so he can insider trade. We hate the America where DOJ is directed to prosecute political rivals.

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“We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean.”
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We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean. Digital Society is a not-for-profit cooperative helping you get your projects off the ground and realise the value of your data.
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GenAI and what it does to the brain.

Truly excellent "long read" article about genAI and what it does to those who come to rely on it. Well researched, with insightful quotes from thoughtful people.

Good science/tech journalism used to be like that, but on AI topics this has become rare. So much easier for the salaried writer of a mainstream paper just to follow the hype.

The author, Sophie McBain, is listed as a "freelance writer" for Guardian, Times and New Statesman. I am glad she's kept her free mind.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#brain #learning #noAI #StopTheAICorruption #SophieMcBain


Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?

From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
Sophie McBain (The Guardian)
#learning #noAI #brain #stoptheaicorruption #sophiemcbain

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Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.

Today, we’re going to speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.
No Kings
#nokings

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I've been busy the past few days filming journalistic materials. [Below are some of the photos I took for a report]
Photos of some young men who returned to check on their destroyed homes after the IDF withdrew.
By the way, the last donation was two days ago. Please donate so we can reach the goal. I am a independent journalist trying to rebuild my life after the war. There isn't much left

gofund.me/07acbdfb5
#gaza #palestine #genocide
@aral

Clinging to hope despite the pain
Clinging to hope despite the pain
#palestine #genocide #Gaza @Aral Balkan

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@aral
@joynewacc
We are still living in tents.
We need a simple room and bathroom — winter is coming and the cold is getting worse.
I’m afraid for my two little girls in this freezing weather.
We have no home, no winter clothes, and I can’t afford their school fees ($500).
Please, help us protect our children and give them a chance at a dignified life.
gofund.me/4d8ba4f7
@davidculley
@fabio
@BlackAzizAnansi
@vosje62
#palestine #mutualaid #freepalestine #gazagenocide
#MutualAid #palestine #freepalestine #gazagenocide @Aral Balkan @Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉 @Black Aziz Anansi @David Culley @Joy @Fabio Manganiello

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As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity
"...This transformative shift hinges on users being willing to talk to their computer — as in, yes, actually uttering words out loud. The Copilot features will be activated by saying the phrase “Hey, Copilot!,” acting as a sort of “third input mechanism to use with your PC,” said Mehdi. "
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As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity

Microsoft wants you to ditch your old OS so you can try its new one stuffed with overbearing, if not invasive, AI features.
Frank Landymore (Futurism)

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Mikołaj Hołysz

Red tape is also why the people who died of "lack of sufficient drug development" are no longer with us. Unfortunately, we refer to those deaths as caused by cancer, heart attacks or other "natural" causes. In contrast, deaths caused by drug side effects are usually (correctly) attributed to those side effects, which drives public outrage. This is why we are where we are.

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I keep getting pushback on this but I'm gonna to keep saying it: We're NEVER going to free people from the clutches of Big Tech until we realize & respect that most computer users by far aren't actually computer users.

They don't give a shit about computers. They don't want to see a single line of code, ever.

They don't care about customization, "distros" or versions. They don't care about GUIs or desktop environments.

They just want to get to what they're doing; work or play.

#UX #tech

#UX #tech

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Mikołaj Hołysz

@jwcph@helvede.netMost of those users don't care about ideology or politics either. People usually choose what's easiest over what's best.

Friction matters. If there's one thing that matters in technologhy, it's friction. Entire industries have been created because of friction, or sometimes the lack thereof. One of the best tools to combat friction is throwing a lot of expensive non-developers at the problem, another is invasive analytics, user tracking and metrics-driven development. Open source developers generally don't have access to either, which automatically puts them at a serious disadvantage. This is a lesson that hasn't yet been sufficiently internalized by the OSS community.

There are problems that can only be solved with scale, centralization and analytics. There are other problems where those are much less of an advantage. Most OSS advocates don't have a deep enough understanding of the tech to understand which is which, and that's important for figuring out where the easy wins are.

OSS operates in "berserker" mode, we tend to focus on the next battle ahead above all else, even if that means losing the war. That also needs to change.

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We had an amazing after show gathering with the activists from @hackstub after a successful last evening of the #MatrixConf2025. It was an interesting exchange, we learned a lot about your work and it was super pleasant to network with other hackers sharing our vision and values we bear as the ecosystem.

Now time to catch some sleep before rocking the last conference day.

Good night & see you tomorrow !

#MatrixConf #matrix @matrix #Strasbourg

#matrix #strasbourg #matrixconf #matrixconf2025 @The Matrix.org Foundation @s'Hackstub

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NO KINGS protests today!!!
mobilize.us/nokings/
#NoKings #TrumpIsARapist #TrumpIsAPedophile #TrumpIsACheater #TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal #TrumpIsHitler #TrumpIsALiar
#Fascism #Fascist #TrumpForPrison #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica #ImpeachTrump #MAGAMorons #corruption #ICEIsTheGestapo

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