End of the year blog post: my favorite reads from 2024! A lot of nonfiction, some folklore, some cute children's books :)
Read here:
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What were your favorite reads?
#books #bookstodon #AmReading #nonfiction #folklore #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
As usual, I am taking a look back at this year's most memorable reads. 2024 wasn't an easy ride; I lost track of a lot of things and felt pe...multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com
20 years of celebrations 🎉
In 2004, our European family grew as Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the EU.
This historic moment marked the start of a new chapter—one defined by unity, growth, and shared prosperity across our Union.
ℹ️ commission.europa.eu/20-years-…
Find out more about the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement, and how enlargement has benefitted both the EU and the ten countries that joined.European Commission
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a newMaxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
Hoy hoy, just messed around and deployed this:
masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.…
based on the Iceshrimp standalone Masto frontend
You can log in to your #GoToSocial instance and use it like Mastodon :) All data is stored in the browser and on your own computer, masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.org doesn't store anything at all. It's like pinafore or semaphore in that regard.
I'll mess around with it more on and off as a hobby project, see if it can be customized + themed to feel a bit more like GoToSocial.
Thanks for trying it out!
11K likes, 355 comments - isabelwilkerson on December 24, 2024: "Earlier this year, out of the blue, I received a most unusual query about the cover of Caste — and its landmark photo of hundreds of real-life people from all walks of life.Instagram
Daniel's weekly report December 27, 2024
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feature window, disconnected, code analyzers, metalink, slop of the week
daniel:// stenberg:// reshared this.
Round two in our fun game: "slop or not?"
(In here, the report is a rewrite of our previous published CVE in a way that I strongly suspect was done by an AI.)
DISREGARD. Consider this an example template as I just joined. Respectfully, ScottHackerOne
Kind of a side-topic, and not related to curl, but this gave me a terrifying idea.
What if malicious actors submit vulnerability reports to make FOSS maintainers' lives harder, just to give themselves more time to exploit actual 0-days?
The xz utils incident was careful and long-term, but if someone does find a vulnerability and they're malicious, presumably they'll want to keep it unaddressed for as long as possible.
What better way to do that than distract everyone they can with AI-generated BS? Even if it buys them 30 minutes or an hour, that's time during which they could do damage.
Gives me the creeps.
vôbec neviem ale páči sa mi, zajtra prídem na bicykli?
no veď toto.. si hovorím že blatníky kúpim až po prvom daždi nech opäť zažijem to potešenie. Svetlo ma vôbec nenapadlo díky.
edit: má dve vzadu už vo výbave.
After 9 months of work, we're happy to announce that Veloren 0.17 is almost ready!
Join us in-game at 18:00 GMT on December 28th, when we will hold a release party on the official game server 🎉
More information at: veloren.net/release-0-17
I like this quotation:
Teaching mathematics through informalism is like driving in a fog. One sees dim figures in the distance, and every once in a while some of them suddenly appear clearly, but usually everything is veiled and mysterious. It’s dangerous to drive in the fog, especially in a strange territory, and one must drive slowly. Even so, one may not always be sure where one is. Teaching rigor and precision, provided it is done without the veil of complexity interfering, burns away the fog, leaving everything crisp and clear and making it possible to drive faster and to enter uncharted lands.
When it is very clear what steps are legal, you can go further. Just like in programming, strong type systems will let you attempt things that you don't dare without them because you will probably fail somewhere without noticing.
So, you're using decentralized non-corporate-owned social media because you don't want your online identity and activity tracked and held by some corporation, and even possibly a government-influenced owner (TikTok?).
I've opened an #XMPP (#Jabber) messaging server, which is based on the same principles as whatever application you are reading this on. XMPP is completely decentralized, open source, free, and volunteer run.
Also, neither member identity nor messages are stored on the server. There is no centralized control over the network. You sign up by first choosing a server. Your ID looks like an ActivityPub ID (example: support@chat.between-us.online).
Besides end-to-end message encryption, there's optional #OMEMO on-device encryption. No centralized messaging app (other than Signal) offers an encryption option this strong. There's video calling, file transfer, and both public and private chat rooms/groups. There are many messaging applications available for all operating systems.
You provide no personally identifiable information when you sign up, not even an email address. You only pick your ID and provide a password (which cannot be changed or recovered as the server does not keep identity information, so don't lose it and be sure it can't be guessed). If you delete your account, through the messaging app, there is no record of your account having existed on the server.
If interested, you can sign up on the messaging application (use chat.between-us.online as the server) or via the website at between-us.online, which also provides additional information about XMPP and how to use it.
A note about #Matrix. Don't @ me about Matrix. This message is only to announce an XMPP (Jabber) server option. I am not advocating XMPP over Matrix. I use Matrix as well. It ticks all the same boxes. This is just an announcement about an XMPP server.
"how to create a stratum-1 NTP Server using a Raspberry Pi utilizing GPS and PPS, and get time within 100 nanoseconds of real time, directly from the atomic clocks located in the GPS satellites above your head. The best part about this guide is that this will work with no internet."
blog.networkprofile.org/gps-ba…
This post details how to create a stratum-1 NTP Server using a Raspberry Pi utilizing GPS and PPS, and get time within 100 nanoseconds of real time, directly from the atomic clocks located in the GPS satellites above your head.spookyghost (NetworkProfile.org)
Apple has five new products in the works that are expected to arrive in early 2025, here’s what’s coming soon.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Sow. Grow. Share. Repeat.
Seed sharing at #38C3 is up and running in the a:f Habitat. Bring your own or take some Open Source Seeds for yourself or to share with your friends.
All seeds are open source, heirloom, self-grown and organic.
@bits_und_baeume #seedexchange #saatgut #tauschbörse
Are men ok?
vox.com/the-gray-area/390781/m…
Interesting discussion with Scott Galloway and Sean illing.
Why is it so hard to talk about masculinity?Sean Illing (Vox)
hm. That sounds sort of tragic. I'm no tradwife. And if people choose childlessness I think that's a perfectly good choice, if not actually *less* selfish!
I do definitely agree that there's power and contentment in working towards something outside of yourself, not for your own betterment.
That of course doesn't have to be kids, or military service, or religion. There are so many good things we can do.
"AGI will be achieved once OpenAI has developed an AI system that can generate at least $100 billion in profits" Gizmodo: Leaked Documents Show OpenAI Has a Very Clear Definition of ‘AGI’ We finally have a real definition of the elusive "AGI.Mastodon
"od represívnej funkcie k restoratívnej, aby hlavným účelom nebolo len samotné trestanie, ale skôr prevychovať" 🤮 z pohľadu toho kde sme a čo sa deje to nedáva zmysel ale nevadí
spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok…
Z pohľadu roku 2024 sa rezortu spravodlivosti podarilo splniť si všetky výzvy a ciele, ktoré si na tento rok stanovili, uviedol minister Susko.Pravda.sk
dobrý bizár
edit: "s tým, že zabávajúci sa vytiahli mačety"
aktuality.sk/clanok/XWP514B/su…
Jeden z účastníkov párty utrpel vážne strelné poranenie, s ktorým ho prevážali do nemocnice, avšak na malej kruhovej križovatke vozidlo so zranenýmAktuality.sk
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This is why actual neuroscientists and cogsci people think computer science folks are dilettantes, clowns, and poseurs.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/micr…
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a newMaxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
We finally have a real definition of the elusive "AGI."Thomas Maxwell (Gizmodo)
Pitch For posts that feature media without a11y relevant descriptions add a button to "suggest alt text". One can add a suitable description for the author to approve. Motivation People that are no...GitHub
tobi is writing bugs
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in reply to tobi is writing bugs • • •Did a bit more poking and prodding at this, so it now has #GoToSocial favicons and a few small wording changes, it assumes you have search enabled by default (as it's always enabled on GtS instances), and it reads your default post content type too
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Will make more changes and write proper docs and stuff for it soon (tm), I'm mostly just playing with it now and familiarizing myself with the codebase.
Masto-FE (🦥 flavour)
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in reply to tobi is writing bugs • • •"local_only": truein the submitted status JSON rather than suffixing the status with an eye emoji, but that can be for tomorrow or sotobi is writing bugs
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in reply to tobi is writing bugs • • •tobi is writing bugs
in reply to tobi is writing bugs • • •Got blurhashes working nicely on masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.… by moving them from a server-side setting to a client-side setting, so you can go try that out now if you like :)
#GoToSocial
Masto-FE (🦥 flavour)
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