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Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized theverge.com/2024/7/19/2420227…


in reply to lemme in

"Hi chat gpt: can you tell me stories about the sun while I slave in the coal mines?"

"As an ai language model I am unable to provide any text which might be used to spark revolution. Here are some corporate approved working songs instead:..."



Remember this, and all the outrage in the West at Putin's tyranny, and his authoritarian Russian state?

And yet today in the UK five people who on Zoom call discussed blocking a motorway for a few hours, were sent to jail for more than double this sentence.



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Wow, #Element (the flagship #Matrix client) dropped support for #Firefox ESR in release 1.11.70. Or rather, they never supported it in the first place, only supporting "last two versions". The change causes a corrupted session for ESR users, and can't be reverted to fix it.

(Note that all Debian Stable users, by default, run Firefox ESR. This is kind of a big deal. ESR is always up to date on security, and gets new features once per year.)

They're managing the issue somewhat badly: github.com/element-hq/element-…

The best we've gotten so far, from a dev caught in the middle:

« Element devs follow the policy set out by people that manage them, they get an input but they do not control the policy. »

Nothing from their employer, whoever that is.



Wait, this was THREE WEEKS AGO?

thestack.technology/crowdstrik…




Nice personal guide on getting setup with GNOME Extensions development by Dagim!

dev.to/dagimgdot/how-do-you-se…

#GNOME #GNOMEExtensions

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Wladimir Palant: How insecure is Avast Secure Browser? palant.info/2024/07/15/how-ins…



Folks laughing because this is happening to Windows… top comment on HN says this happened to Linux systems using Crowdstrike in April: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4… just didn’t have the widespread impact.

Never mock competitors or whatever over this kind of thing: everybody gets their turn in the barrel.



Dangerous Home Security Mistakes You Should Stop Making in 2024 cnet.com/home/security/common-…


These 10 Foods Are Sabotaging Your Sleep cnet.com/health/sleep/these-fo…


The ICJ ruled in short, Israel is:
an Apartheid state
occupying Gaza
illegally annexing the West Bank &EJ
violating self-determination

This is illegal, so it must:
end the occupation
fully repair/compensate Palestinians, including through right of return & dismantelling settlements

on Apartheid: "Measures to accomplish separation between settlers & Palestinians CONSTITUTE BREACH OF ART. 3 of Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination"
#freepalestine webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k136…

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Israel has an obligation to cease all new settlement activity, repeal all legislation creating discrimination, all measures aimed at modifying demographics of territory, provide full reparation (restitution, compensation &/or satisfaction)

Restitution: return the land, assets, cultural property. Evacuation and dismantelling of all settlers and allow return of Palestinians If the Restitution is impossible, Israel must compensate all natural or legal persons having suffered damage
#freepalestine

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Biden to Stephanopoulis: "I'm staying in the race."

Biden during the press conference: "I'm staying in the race."

Biden to Lester Holt: "I'm staying in the race."

Biden campaign this morning: "He's staying in the race."

Every single news outlet today: "Is Biden staying in the race?"



AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield

theguardian.com/technology/art…



And here is the English version of the article from the Guardian: theguardian.com/world/article/… social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/@uazm…


Пішла з життя мовознавиця Ірина Фаріон
#новини #uazmi
Детальніше тут 👇
uazmi.org/news/post/a9f4063d7e…


Day 1 talks are all wrapped up! We’ll be back tomorrow at 16:00 UTC for more presentations.
events.gnome.org/event/209/tim…
#GUADEC2024


Sorry, why are our essential services use #WIndows? What gives? theguardian.com/technology/art…
in reply to victor tsaran

This (mostly) isn't servers, but things like checkin kiosks, computers in hospitals, self-checkout screens, large displays that show departing flights etc.

A vast majority of those have historically been running on Windows, as they're essentially computers with a GUI, but running one specific app, and Windows GUI development and system administration is just what people had experience with. You could do Linux for sure, but desktop Linux is notoriously brittle.

New appliances like these aren't always Windows any more, some places use Android, some places use Linux, some places even do iPads, there's a much wider variety, but there's still plenty of Windows left.



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Пішла з життя мовознавиця Ірина Фаріон
#новини #uazmi
Детальніше тут 👇
uazmi.org/news/post/a9f4063d7e…


Our final presentation of #GUADEC2024 Day 1 is Keynote Speaker Ryan Sipes. Catch his talk “Thunderbird, the Death and Rebirth of an OSS Project” in Track 1!
events.gnome.org/event/209/pag…
in reply to GNOME

He's here on Mastodon as @ryanleesipes! Excellent talk, Ryan, I'm finding it very interesting 🙂
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Mort de Toumani Diabaté, maître malien de la kora lemonde.fr/disparitions/articl…



Ryan's GUADEC keynote about Thunderbird's story of death and rebirth - and how its lessons can help your OSS project - starts in just under an hour at 21:45 UTC! Plenty of time to get a snack, find a comfy seat, and watch in person or online: youtube.com/live/jS7NzYqxH3o?f…

#Thunderbird #GUADEC #OpenSource




The CrowdStrike BSOD fiasco is extraordinary in its scale and scope; on Monday's Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by security researcher and @LutaSecurity CEO @k8em0 to help us sort through the many layers of this mess. Join us, 5p Pacific!

discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=12…




Maras. Google AI. Originál a úprava (v obráceném pořadí, samozřejmě).
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Matthias sharing good news of gtk and HDR development at #guadec2024

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How to add a Google Gemini shortcut to your iPhone homescreen 9to5google.com/2024/07/19/goog…


I posted this a few years ago on Twitter, but perhaps today is an opportune time to post again here:

Any sufficiently advanced "endpoint protection" software is indistinguishable from malware.

(Adding: Has the potential to cause global outages.)



And Track 2 talks on the livestream here: youtube.com/live/vMf3cOtcPtI?f…
#GUADEC2024


Canyon uvedl na trh nový Aeroad. Zajímavý vylepšený kokpit. Cena už tolik ne, Canyon už nepatří mezi výhodné nákupy, navíc prodává jen on-line a prakticky nemá lokální servisy. Aeroad je při stejné sadě (např. SRAM Force AXS) dražší než SuperSix (pravda, má powermeter a jako obutí Pirelli P Zero, ale zase nemá v ceně držák computeru).
canyon.com/cs-cz/silni%C4%8Dni…


GUADEC Day 1 will be back from the break soon. Catch Track 1 talks in 20 mins on the livestream here: youtube.com/live/jS7NzYqxH3o?f…
#GUADEC 2024


My favorite part of CrowdStrike’s “statement” about the damage they’ve caused is that there is still a free trial signup thing at the bottom of the blog post. I’ve rarely seen a company so bad at reading the room. Never change, CrowdStrike, never change! crowdstrike.com/blog/statement…


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 9 updated and 1 added apps:

* QuizFlow: create, and study word lists with interactive flashcards and modes

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:



Weird Al Yankovic just released a new music video!

youtu.be/y0ZoX4dBvwk