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Ever noticed just how many music production apps have ambiguous names that have nothing to do with what they actually do?
Ableton: Kinda sounds like an assistive tech product.
Logic Pro: Maybe a coding IDE, or a strategy game.
Kontakt: The brand new messenger that has the whole world talking.
Reaper: An epic dystopian story-driven game. Or some kind of cybersecurity tool.

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Added this provocative note to my Llama 3.3 post concerning the CO2 impact of training the model, which Meta calculated as 11,390 tons CO2eq

"I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l…

Meta AI release Llama 3.3

This new [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct model](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct) from Meta AI makes some bold claims: > This model delivers similar performance to Llama 3.
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I haven't had the time to dive into the Llama 3.3 technical report yet, but from what I heard, their improvements are concentrated mostly around post-training, which I understand to be the far less compute-intensive part of the process. It's also a pretty small model, compared to the likely size of GPT-4o and such. I woudn't be surprised if a full training process for a large model had far more impact than that.

I also wonder whether these numbers are for training the specific models that were shared, or if it also included all the experiments and work that their team performed but that didn't pan out.

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Help us to spread the word about #LibreOffice and data privacy! Local communities attend events – like the Czech community did recently at LinuxDays in Prague: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Photo of booth attendee at LibreOffice booth with banners and merchandise

LibreOffice at LinuxDays 2024 in Prague - The Document Foundation Blog

Our Czech community provides insights from the LinuxDays 2024 conference, which took place over the weekend of 12 – 13 October in Prague: At the LibreOffice booth, there was a very large group of people (with a few exceptions) of satisfied LibreOffic…
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@Microplastics101 You can help us to make it happen! We're a volunteer-driven, community open source project – with extremely limited resources. So if you want more features, please give our community a hand: libreoffice.org/community/get-… – or consider funding a certified developer to implement the features you want: documentfoundation.org/gethelp… – That way, everyone benefits!

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today gives you 12 updated, 1 added and 3 removed apps:

+ Flip 2 DND: Toggle Do Not Disturb mode by flipping your phone face down 🛡️

Removed as no longer maintained / reported broken:

- Reeder
- ApkGrabber
- Wi-Fi Timer

RB status: 361 apps (29.6%)

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 2 #Magisk #modules were updated.

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


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
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#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #magisk #izzyondroid #modules

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Today is Bandcamp Friday, where Bandcamp doesn't take a cut of sales.

If you want Bandcamp shopping recommendations, I'll mention my list of Philly music, although it could use expanding and updating: buymusic.club/list/skyfaller-p…

And you could browse my profile for more ideas: bandcamp.com/skyfaller

As you can tell, I've sunk a lot of money into Bandcamp over the years, but I've developed mixed feelings about it.


Nelson Pavlosky's collection | Bandcamp

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Alternative • 99 collection items • 6 followers
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On the one hand, Bandcamp is one of the best ways to pay artists and preserve music through downloads and physical media. Streaming services like Spotify are a bad deal for musicians, and songs can disappear at any time.

On the other hand, Bandcamp laid off their union's entire bargaining unit in the middle of contract negotiations, and never experienced consequences.

jacobin.com/2023/12/bandcamp-m…

union.place/@bandcampunited/11…

orbital.horse/@emma/1126734131…

We need music options that don't screw over labor.


Bandcamp’s New Owner Has Gone After the Company’s Unionized Workforce

Bandcamp was meant to be an alternative to the corporate behemoths of music’s streaming age, giving a better deal to independent artists.
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Never ever forget them.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

And, if you don't know them... please, educate yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/École_Polytechnique_massacre

1989 mass shooting in Montréal, Canada

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Have experience in open source program management, especially within the US legislative landscape? We’re seeking a contractor to help bootstrap Flathub into a self-sustaining entity.

Help us:

• Launch payment & donation systems
• Establish operational governance
• Coordinate financial & legal operations
• Ensure community engagement & transparency
discourse.flathub.org/t/reques…

#Flathub #FediHire #GetFediHired #Flatpak #job #JobAlert #OpenSource #Flatpak #Linux


Request for Proposals: Flathub Program Management

The GNOME Foundation is seeking a contractor to help with program management, financial/legal setup, and public outreach to bootstrap Flathub LLC. This work is funded by Endless. Project Overview The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V.
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#linux #opensource #Flatpak #job #flathub #FediHire #getfedihired #jobAlert
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The most popular type of deleted post on Reddit over the last 48 hours is about the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Dozens of posts that had reached the top 100 most popular on the site have been deleted by Reddit the company or by mods (a mix of both)

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Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination

While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the site's "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.
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🚀 Join the GNOME Foundation Team!
We’re excited to announce two contractor opportunities funded by Endless:

1️⃣ Digital Wellbeing / Parental Controls
2️⃣ Flathub Payments

We’re looking for passionate individuals to help with GNOME Desktop-wide web/network filtering and Flathub program management.

🔍 For full details & to apply:
Visit the GNOME project Discourse forum links:

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2. discourse.flathub.org/t/reques…


Request for Proposals: Flathub Program Management

The GNOME Foundation is seeking a contractor to help with program management, financial/legal setup, and public outreach to bootstrap Flathub LLC. This work is funded by Endless. Project Overview The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V.
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Martin Wenisch

Teda mrzi me ten hejt na Obsidian. Ale neco na tom bude, uz jsi druhy clovek za dva tydny, co nasel nejaky deal-breaker.

Ja jsem switchnul na Obsidian a vytesnil ze zivota vsechny ostatni productivity nastroje (Linear, Notion...). A vsecko delam v Obsidianu v closed modu (bez community pluginu) a vubec nic mi nechybi. Mimo toho mam jenom Paper na iPadu na kresleni poznamek.

Organizuju tak vse od prace, dobrovolniceni na Kalkulacce a jinde i osobni veci.

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Honza Javorek

To není hejt, to je zoufání si.

Nemám čas si s tím hrát a ani zjistit, čím to je. Zároveň v tom mám poznámky, které potřebuju používat.

Možná za to může ten Kanban. Ale ani jsem ho nezkoušel vypnout, protože právě v něm mám ty nejdůležitější věci.

Jestli ale může i za to, že aplikace na čtení a psaní textových souborů mi vyžere třetinu RAMky, to nevím. Už jednu takovou mám, jmenuje se VS Code, nemůžu jet zároveň dvě 😀

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Nebe nepočkalo a vzalo si ji. Zuzana Navarová čerpala z toho, jak s ní zatočil život
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Nebe nepočkalo a vzalo si ji. Zuzana Navarová čerpala z toho, jak s ní zatočil život

Přesvědčená, že ctižádostivost vede do záhuby, čím dál víc směřovala v životě i tvorbě k věcem, jež člověka přesahují. V sobotu uplyne 20 let od smrti ohromně talentované zpěvačky a autorky Zuzany Navarové. Svou nemoc roky tajila.
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Volume Adjustment and Volume Keys-Related Settings in Jieshuo Screen Reader - Accessible Android

Android 8.0 Oreo introduced improvements and changes, one of which was the accessibility volume channel. Before its introduction, TalkBack's volume was tied
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I'm mind blown you can compromise a release CI/CD system with two malicious branch names. Like how.

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#Security #SupplyChainSecurity


Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41 · Issue #18027 · ultralytics/ultralytics

Bug Code in the published wheel 8.3.41 is not what's in GitHub and appears to invoke mining. Users of ultralytics who install 8.3.41 will unknowingly execute an xmrig miner. Examining the file util...
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In just over half an hour, our Executive Director @cwebber is going to appear on System Crafters with @daviwil! youtube.com/watch?v=RsW7PWhS_v…

It should be an exciting conversation! Hope you can tune in!


Spritely Institute: Building the Future of Decentralized Apps - System Crafters Live!

In this stream, we'll chat with Christine Lemmer-Webber, Executive Director of the Spritely Institute, to learn more about their vision for the future of dec...
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I just finished uploading all the sketchnotes from Do iOS and Pragma Conference this year. Every sketch has a detailed image description to make it a bit more accessible. Uploading them always takes more effort than I'd think but I'm very happy that it's done now 😅
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iOS dev • sketchnoting • accessibility • pineapple on pizza • sports • she/her
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Mám pro vás dvě zprávy. Jednu dobrou a jednu špatnou.

Dobrou zprávou je, že ČT už o existenci Mastodonu ví. Špatnou zprávou je, že jediné, co nám to přináší, je, že musím zrušit zprávobotíky ČT.

Během víkendu účty ukončím jejich smazáním.

P.S. Rozhodnutí kde a jak bude ČT publikovat mám prý nechat na nich, říkal pan doktor.

#zpravobot

Dopis od ČT s výzvou k upuštění od protiprávního jednání
#zpravobot

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New from 404 Media: there is an unauthorized effort to archive Netflix's disappeared interactive shows. A group of fans in a Discord server are reverse engineering Netflix, found a way to pull the shows, saving them now 404media.co/the-unauthorized-e…

The Unauthorized Effort to Archive Netflix’s Disappeared Interactive Shows

A group of fans are reverse engineering Netflix and creating unauthorized archives of interactive shows like Battle Kitty and Minecraft: Story Mode
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The UHC CEO thing has brought up a ton of stuff for me, both as a professional and a person living with 2 "pre-existing conditions", 1 of these since before the ACA. I read an article yesterday that attributed the mass "gee, that's terrible" reaction of Americans to this event being due to an increasing trend of nihilism. While there may be some nihilists out there, I disagree wholeheartedly. Below is why, if you decide to read my long winded reasoning.

Before being involved in a lawsuit against UHC, I knew the healthcare landscape was bad. But it's way worse than you can probably imagine. MAGA types have to work, and I could see them being drawn to jobs with health insurance companies because of the fundamental lack of empathy necessary to do what they do. Good people leave because they can't take it, and you have this toxic cesspool that I suspect exists now in a lot of these companies.

We focus our attention on the insurance companies, but it's not just them. It's the consolidation of hospitals under private equity. I worked for an academic medical center from 2005-2023 and watched the enshittification. The "suits" reproduced like a gremlin thrown in a swimming pool. They shifted to an RVU system, which basically turned medicine into a factory with MDs being paid based on productivity metrics. In direct correlation was the increasing burnout and cynicism amongst the physicians, nurses, and staff. Then COVID hit, and any cracks were just blown wide open and we are where we are today.

Seeking healthcare if you have anything remotely complex going on has never been easy, and I recognize this isn't unique to the U.S., but I'd estimate at least half of the mental health work I do is trying to help people manage the anxiety related to engaging with the system and then dealing with insurance hassles. I try not to add to the gaslighting they've likely experienced already by trying to "reframe their thinking" (a common psychological tool) because their perceptions are 100% accurate. So it's a lot of "yeah...I know. It's terrible." while trying to instill some sense of meaning and hope in other areas of their life.

I also accept about 7 major insurance plans in my mental health practice, which I've run since 2012. The bullshit insurance pulls regarding reimbursement has gotten exponentially worse. They all mess with you, delaying payment by making arbitrary changes to coding what seems to happen every 6 months now. But UHC is definitely a major offender. Today, I have about $10,000 in outstanding claims with UHC plans across 15 patients. For a small operation like mine, that's a lot of coin. And now going into 2025, we face a repeal of the ACA.

Personally, I've lived with Crohn's disease since 2002 and I picked up another awesome diagnosis, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, in 2016. Both require really expensive medications (at least in the US) that eventually stop working for around half of people who take them. So then you have to switch, which puts you into prior authorization hell. Or you have to do some combination of expensive treatments and insurance is like absolutely not. At present, I'm waiting on prior authorization for an iron infusion, which is ridiculously expensive. This is something I've had about 3 times now and was always quickly approved, but I've never gotten one under my current insurance plan. My guess is they're taking their time so I'll have to get it in January when my deductible resets and it'll be on my tab. But I kind of understand why insurance is balking at these treatments, which have been driven up by hospital consolidation and private equity nonsense. With the return of the Orange Shitler administration, I expect my medications to eventually be denied even though they've been covered thus far.

So my indifference to the UHC CEO being murdered has nothing to do with nihilism. I desperately want it to be different. Abject cynicism based on a decade of these experiences? Absolutely.

Some receipts, because academic me just won't die 😂 :

propublica.org/topics/health-i…

journals.lww.com/academicmedic…

jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(2…


Effects of Performance-based Compensation and Faculty Track ... : Academic Medicine

and testing of a performance-based compensation plan in a department of medicine that is closely linked to the faculty appointment track.
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Hi there! After a bit of time and lots of work we are near to the release of Tusky 27, but we want it to be perfect, and we need your help.

➡️ Tusky 27 Beta will be out in 2-3 days adn we need as many testers as possible.

➡️ If you want to help us you have to become a beta tester. To do it, opt-in to the Tusky beta program on our Google Play page

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➡️ Check it out and let us know if anything is not working fine, telling us your Android version and Mastodon instance


Tusky for Mastodon - Apps on Google Play

A client for the social network server Mastodon
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@FeatherWiki Just sent a PR for a Hungarian translation for FeatherWiki and extensions. The Japanese translation finally made me sit down and do it 😀

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Translation to Hungarian

This adds a Hungarian translation to Feather Wiki, along with the extensions that currently needed translating.
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@Feather Wiki

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