"Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people’s minds are running all the time. Their perceptions of the world are partial, incomplete. They are eaten alive by their egos. They think they see, but they are mistaken; all they do is project their madness, their world, upon the world. There is no clarity, no wisdom in that!"
– Taisen Deshimaru
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru
Had my call with the CEO and a load of execs, had to take it from a park around the back of the Tate gallery as there was nowhere quiet and private enough.
Got roasted but fucking smashed it. CEO thanked me profusely for turning around a $10m shit show.
The fucker who caused all the drama tried to attribute some of the success to someone on their team who had absolutely nothing to do with it. I let that shit slide, for today. Record will get set straight, served ice cold, corporate climbing motherfucker.
Christmas isn't cancelled ✊
I see that Fernando Pereira is donating to OpenReview (with a public announcement) because he apparently cares about "open science" or "open research" or some such. That's news to me.
He is the Google VP who wrote a condescending, bizarre, what was meant to be anonymous, "privileged and confidential" letter which was then sent to the HR department, instructing me and my coauthors to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.
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Explore ChatGPT, the AI chat platform that helps with content generation, problem-solving, and interactive AI conversations.ChatGPT
I was considering setting up my #immich server for a while now, but ept putting it off because I thought migrating the photos from iCloud to immich would be hard. Several how to's explained you had to download the photos from Apple's privacy website in bulk, or export them on your Mac as separate files.
So, finally put to work: I made enough room on my Mac to export all of them, I exported all photos in original quality from the Photos app to some directory on the Mac, and setup my immich server.
Then, finally, being able to login on the mobile immich app, I see a simple 'backup' toggle. I can select all albums in the iOS Photos app and switch "enable backups" on.
Just like that, it uploads everything to my new immich instance. This couldn't have been easier. All my prep work wasn't needed.
So, if you have been holding off, don't. This is so easy.
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So this constitutes embezzlement.
futurism.com/advanced-transpor…
SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
Beautiful live performance. youtu.be/D4_lX5bGssY?si=9_QWSy…
Subscribe – http://bit.ly/2fKbxWgStream more music on iPlayer – https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/music/featuredThis video:Watch Holly Humberstone per...YouTube
La Biblioteca Nacional de España publica la relación de autores de su catálogo cuya obra pasa a ser de dominio público en 2026
I'm so glad NVDA, Narrator, Orca, VoiceOver, TDSR, and Fenrir exist. I'm so, so glad JAWS is not the only desktop screen reader, and that FS did not persue JAWS for Mac.
I'm so glad that NVDA not only supports addons, but shows them off with the addon store! I'm so glad that NVDA is so inescapably popular that even big corporations support them, like Google Docs and Microsoft Office and countless others that say in their documentation that NVDA is supported.
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### Impact This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to force the target server to cryptographically sign arbitrary membership events. The flaw exists because the server fails...GitHub
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"[...] Machines are made by men for man's benefit and progress, but when man ceases to control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step into...the Twilight Zone."
The story checks out.
For the love of Bob I'm begging people to stop putting unnecessary electronics in fucking everything.
My new fridge has a screen, with capacitive buttons that don't even seem to always do the same thing. So no adjusting the fridge for me. Then, more egregiously, I got a water filter jug, and it has a tiny screen in it, for some reason. Presumably because sighted people are incapable of tasting when the filter needs replacing, or god forbid putting a note in their bloody calendar to change the damn thing.
I love gadgets, but this is just fucking silly. Mountains and mountains of ewaste and it's all this sort of useless shit.
The story from Janet Hyde about her motivations to get a grant and "fight with data" can be found here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/janet-shibley-hyde-sinks-stereotypes-with-data Cat summarizes a ton of research for thi...Buzzsprout
Ein wenig Feiertagslektüre in Form von 21 #eBooks macht sich gerade auf den Weg zu ebooks.qumran.org/
Ich wünsche allen Leseratten schöne Feiertage – sei es das Julfest, das Fest am "extrem beleuchteten Nadelgehölz mit Religionshintergrund", oder welches andere Lichterfest das Eure ist. Möge es Euch Licht, Wärme, Ruhe, und Frieden bringen!
Katalog mit freien eBooks (Public Domain, Creative Commons): kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung stöbern und herunterladen!ebooks.qumran.org
Criminals are tricking WhatsApp users into linking an attacker’s browser to their account using fake login pages and routine-looking prompts.Pieter Arntz (Malwarebytes)
RE: mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic…
THE CAQ GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF.
#CAQASTROPHE #YOUAREEXPENDABLE #polQC #QCpoli #COVIDISNOTOVER #WEARAMASK #cdnpoli #polcan
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/115765402750274305 And, it's free! Except, if you do not meet the eligibility! Then, you have to pay 180$ out of pocket.somecanuckchick (Mastodon)
I added a sentence to the #curl hackerone submission page:
"Please present your case briefly and to the point. Do not use an AI to help you blab hundreds of lines that will exhaust us to death instead of making us understand your claim."
Shit is getting weird out there... oh wait, I mean same as it ever was.
"Two young #Jewish #children at #Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport were harassed by a man who called them ‘pig,’ ordered them to dance, and threatened to snatch their #kippas if they did not ‘#freePalestine,’ according to footage circulating on social media this week.
The man who accosted the children filmed the video himself and addressed them in both #French and #English.
“Are you gonna free #Palestine, bro?’ the man asked, adding, “If you don’t free them, I’ll snatch your hat, bro.”
jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis…
“Are you gonna free Palestine, bro?’ the man asked, adding, “If you don’t free them, I’ll snatch your hat, bro.” the man said to the children.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
RIP Chris Rea
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From performing late-70s hits such as Fool (If You Think It’s Over) to his 21st-century tours, we look back on the career of a British pop-rock greatGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
People of Québec, the CAQ government updated this #COVID19 vaccination PDF, in November 2025.
"Vaccination is the best protection against COVID-19 and its complications..."
#CAQASTROPHE #YOUAREEXPENDABLE #polQC #QCpoli #COVIDISNOTOVER #WEARAMASK #cdnpoli #polcan
@hub Ran OUT of characters...
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https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/115765402750274305 And, it's free! Except, if you do not meet the eligibility! Then, you have to pay 180$ out of pocket.somecanuckchick (Mastodon)
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