Hi everyone, I guess it's time for another introduction. I'm Bianca, I make music and rescue cats and am unfortunately unemployed. I'm currently caring for seven cats, have a vet visit coming up and could really use some assistance. GoFundMe linked below. Thank you all in advance. #cats #catsofmastodon #catrescue #mutualaid
On this day in 1938, a seemingly innocuous radio drama transformed into one of the most infamous media events in history. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired an adaptation of H.G.Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)
People are saying the grieving widow REALLY likes the Couchfucker....
#ErikaKirk #JDVance #Couchfucker
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I honestly think that AI does accelerate writing work but not in the way you think. Because it eases cognitive burden, it allows writers to create without burning out. Writers like me, anyway, whose day job involves writing cognitively demanding copy about high technical concepts 😅.
In the past, my work to so much of cognitive and creative energy out of me that there's often nothing left for my personal creative work. So I often have to sacrifice my personal writing. But due to the ability of AI to now help me with things that drain me, I can focus things that matter to me.
I like writing so yeah AI is never gonna take that away from me. (That's part of the reason why I don't pay for AI services because I don't really rely on it to generate much text.
(Writers often subscribe to models if they want to generate a lot of text as the free versions do not generate a large amount of text.) The open source Deep Seek is enough for me, because I use it mostly for planning and detail oriented work like editing. I also realize that I like to dictate my writing and I often use AI to help me organize my thoughts. And then I fix it by rewriting it. This has accelerated my blogging and writing.
Oddly I can't do it with fiction 😆. I usually use story beats to flesh out my chapter, and then use AI as a sophisticated swipe file to start my writing. And yes, I still write my fiction with my own fingers!
With that cognitive savings I gained from using AI, I could now write fiction, or my newsletters and #Cdrama reviews without feeling like I am draining my brain dry or burn out every month.
So I think AI doesn't exactly accelerate my work. It enables me to produce more because I no longer am exhausted as quickly or as often.
@modulux yes. I usually outsource work to Ai if it drains me - spreadsheet work, proposal writing etc, but I direct it like a draconian headmistress. Meaning I make sure that I give it a lot of context a lot of direction etc. Come to think of it, isn't this what managers or directors do? They have the vision and the ideas but they let the juniors execute it? Write the proposal, draw the vision board etc.
Of course this makes me worried for future juniors who will not possibly have this kind of work anymore. If juniors are not being developed, how do they become seniors who can direct AI properly?
Hi folks.
I am officially not teaching a University class in the winter. So I am considering running a Python class in Q1 for tech workers who want to learn Python. I'm gauging interest.
Ten week run. Weekly cadence. 2.5-3 hour remote sessions via Zoom. Homework available but optional (although I would strongly recommend the reading bit, ~30-90 minutes per week).
Do reply here or email me (firstname at firstname lastname dot com) if interested :)
Nejotravnější vlastností #Bazzite je pomalé stahování obrazu systému při updatu. Ostree na Fedoře Silverblue je bleskové a to i při upgradu mezi vydáními. Tady to sosá a louská image klidně půl hodiny.
Mimochodem, na nějakou formu immutable systému přešel i Android. Z toho co mi píše ChatGPT to bylo s verzí 10, ale kdo ví. Nicméně můj Samsung se začal, myslím že někdy od předchozí verze, upgradovat výrazně rychleji než dřív. Všechno si udělá v běžícím systému a pak jen nabootuje do nového.
the showstopper issue - public Chatmail relays having very low storage quotas (I believe 100MB by default, which isn't a lot of animated GIFs) - is encouragement for me to eventually run my own Chatmail relay.
to be fair, the Delta Chat help group I'm in which blew my quota has over 300 users.
@delta I agree that 100MB is very low, and I think animated GIFs in the very large group had something to do with the issue. there also was some kind of bot mass adding users, not sure how much storage each of those messages takes up.
in my case I have 2 devices, phone and laptop, which caused the delete-from-server setting to be set to automatic rather than immediate, but it appears that the automatic setting doesn't delete messages right away once both clients (which are online 24/7 for the most part) have seen them, so I blew thru the quota pretty quickly just being in that big group because messages piled up on the server.
once I used the Clear Group function, it freed 75MB of space immediately.
thanks for trying and telling about your experiences!
We generally recommend to use #deltachat for private chatting and your "300 people group" does not sound quite like that. Delta Chat is not geared and not well suited for groups of hundreds of people, today. Are the issues you noted related to such larger groups? If not, would you mind sharing a few, maybe on the support.delta.chat forum?
@delta hey, thanks for reaching out! the group in question is the Delta Chat support group, I forget what it was called earlier but somebody renamed it to "DC Explorers (fixed)" within the past couple days. it shows as having 325 members on my client.
I did end up making a new account on a Chatmail relay with a higher quota - ultimately I might end up setting up my own, it just depends on time + energy + having a VPS for reverse proxy with good reputation IP which doesn't block port 25. I have one of those but I'm trying to cut hosting costs so I'll probably just use a public relay til I figure out my consolidation plan :)
I'm definitely planning on submitting issue reports (already started actually under a different username) and registering on the forum, haven't gotten around to the latter yet though.
I'm very appreciative of everyone's work on this and do consider it probably the strongest contender for a grassroots answer to Signal in terms of having a product likely to Just Work for the most people most of the time with further development ... as somebody who's used Signal daily for probably 10 years or so, building services like this is clearly not easy, and it took them quite a while to refine from where they started too.
I'd like to parse ipv4 addresses given as command line argument values.
I have got two arguments accepting ipv4 address.
If I specify single such option all is fine.
If I specify both, I 'm getting error like this:
thread 'main' (624061) panicked at /home/peto/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/clap-3.2.25/src/parser/matches/arg_matches.rs:1879:13:
Must use `Arg::allow_invalid_utf8` with `_os` lookups at `[hash: A8F400C40154F09]`#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
let mut app = App::new("Server APP")
.about("My super cool app")
.setting(AppSettings::DeriveDisplayOrder)
.setting(AppSettings::SubcommandsNegateReqs)
.arg(
Arg::with_name("socket")
.required(true)
.takes_value(true)
.long("socket")
.help("Unix socket path"),
)
.arg(
Arg::with_name("relayaddress")
.required(false)
.takes_value(true)
.long("relay-address")
.value_parser(value_parser!(Ipv4Addr))
.help("External relay ipv4 address used together with --listen-address to run behind a nat"),
)
.arg(
Arg::with_name("listenaddress")
.required(false)
.takes_value(true)
.long("listen-address")
.value_parser(value_parser!(Ipv4Addr))
.help("Local listen ipv4 address used together with --relay-address to run behind a nat"),
);
let matches = app.clone().get_matches();
if matches.is_present("relayaddress") & matches.is_present("listenaddress") {
let external_ip = IpAddr::V4(matches.get_one::<Ipv4Addr>("relayaddress").expect("Invalid address"));
let local_ip = IpAddr::V4(matches.get_one::<Ipv4Addr>("listenaddress").expect("Invalid address"));
println!("Listening on local IP: {local_ip}");
println!("Relaying through external IP: {external_ip}");
}}
```
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Eloquence is one of the very few that says my last name wrong, and it's kind of surprising how many thought that's how it was supposed to be.
The only other American English synth I've used that also says it wrong is Echo 2.
So, for a while, I used another that nothing got wrong.
for all you @postmarketOS and other @linmob users, if you use zx2c4's password store (pass) to manage your passwords, you should check out Identities!
I already used pass to manage my passwords, but when I quickly needed to check my credit card PIN at the store, I had to fumble around with a terminal on a touch screen. Extremely annoying. That's why I made Identities! Now my PIN is just a few taps away, no terminal required.
Available on @alpinelinux testing, #flathub and the #arch #aur
Good news! #ChatControl has been withdrawn by the Danish EU Presidency after failing to gather support. For those who spent countless hours campaigning for #stopchatcontrol, thank you for fighting with us every step of the way.
Lets see how long it takes before it is suggested again with a new name or excuse..
a guess, back in two months
I continue to be amazed at how absolutely mind-blowingly resource efficient Reaper is 🤯
I keep adding tracks, takes, lane comps & plugins to this project (there's more than twice the tracks off-screen) & it just keeps on truckin', no hiccups or skips during playback or recording, on my ancient 2012 Macbook Pro... 🙌
Killer quote:
“I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick, it’s a survival strategy.“
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/…
The Mastodon migration from Twitter in 2022 was massive for the non-commercial community network: The number of accounts swelled with more than…Hilda Bastian (Absolutely Maybe)
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 33 updated and 1 added apps:
* Fonts: install fonts on Samsung devices running One UI 8 without root
RB status: 742 apps (57.6%)
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
Didn't know about this tool until now for searching code instead of grep etc
github.com/ggreer/the_silver_s…
A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster. Contribute to ggreer/the_silver_searcher development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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For anyone who does not want to use Vispero Accounts:
1. if needed, uninstall JAWS 2026 without removing shared components.
2. Create a new file named AdditionalSettings.ini in the same folder where you saved the setup package containing data starting from the ;.
3. launch the setup. 1/2
;; Source: J2026.2510.195.400-any.exe /ExtractAdditionalSettings AdditionalSettings.ini Default
;; Disable User Accounts support
[JAWS]MSIProperties=USERACCOUNTS=0
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Grendel PT.9 (pt1)
(cont. in the thread)
FULL HERE: analognowhere.com/techno-mage/…
#unix_surrealism #comic #grendel
Betty's been eating exclusively raw since I adopted her in 2020. Chicken+bones, frozen salmon (never frozen is dangerous), and supplements.
The vet was like "Is she really 9 years old? She looks to be in amazing health"
Yeah stop feeding your pets the absolute fucking garbage the pet food industry is shoveling out. It's not fit for any animal to be eating.
Her bloodwork results: perfect.
The number one thing harming your pets is the food you're feeding them. Stop it.
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Hello Mr. feld,
Sorry I didn't get a chance to call you earlier today; I had multiple emergencies on my hands.
Betty's bloodwork results came in and everything looks great. Her complete blood count and organ function tests are all normal. I will see you next week for surgery.
Sincerely,
The Vet
I just learned TIOBE has a "quality indicator" and #curl is ranked D out of an A to F scale where A is best.
No further comments on that.
ticsdemo.tiobe.com/tiobeweb/DE…()&metric=tqi
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An interesting upcoming law in Canada that will change the tone of the hiring process quite a bit on January 1st, including obligations to disclose the expected compensation range and inform interviewees of the job's vacancy status and interview results within 45 days.
devrylaw.ca/upcoming-requireme…
New Ontario laws require pay ranges, AI disclosure, interview updates, and more for job postings. Find out what employers must do to comply.Alyssa (Devry Smith Frank LLP)
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