Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant. arstechnica.com/information-te…
MAYDAY on the National Mall -- Impeach, Convict, Remove
Mayday Movement USA will establish a long-term presence on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in sight of the US Capitol, beginning on May 1st, 2025. We will remain there until Donald. J Trump is impeached and removed from office.
Update to eurpod.com/OldEloquence2025.nv…: Fixed the DST patch again, it is why it was crashing for some folks. We now try to get a handle for 3 different time shifts, so it'll be valid always, whether it's time-change or not.
Profile-guided optimization (PGO) shows great promise in improving the speed of software, last year tests where made on applying it on Rust itself improving build time by ~15%. Would it be feasible...
When I learned about the holocaust as teenager in Germany, many people from the Nazi era were still alive and lived all around me. Being the curious person I always was, I asked them about what happened and their role in it.
"I didn't know" was the boilerplate answer. And as they were relatives and friends, I believed them at first.
Then in 1981 we got a new teacher for history and he exposed the lie. Or more precise: he got us exposing those lies.
Please be careful - we were deported from the U.S. for just wanting to backpack
I want to share what happened to me and my best friend last month when we tried to begin our backpacking trip in the U.S. Maybe it helps someone avoid the same nightmare.
We are 19 and 18 years old, from Europe, and we arrived in Honolulu from New Zealand, with the plan to explore the islands first, and then fly to the mainland after to explore California. We had booked only the first 2 nights in an Airbnb, just to be flexible with our plans - like we did in New Zealand, and like many backpackers do. We had the onward ticket to the next destination in Asia but didn't book domestic flights in the U.S. for the same reason.
At passport control they took us aside for “additional questions.” At first we didn’t think it was such a big thing, but then it became very intense. They were asking us why we didn’t book more nights or domestic flights, what our plans were, how we can afford to travel, and especially about work. We do sometimes small freelance jobs online (like translating or design stuff, for customers back in Germany and sometimes also Asia, not the U.S.), and we mentioned that - which was maybe the biggest mistake. It was also in the e-mails that they accessed.
After a while they told us we are not allowed to enter the U.S., that we are “inadmissible.” They said we were trying to work illegally, which we didn’t. We had onwards tickets and just wanted to travel.
But they didn’t care. They took our phones, our passports, and put us in handcuffs - that moment was surreal. Like, you’re a tourist and now you’re treated like criminal. They wanted to send us back to Auckland on the next flight, but we asked to rebook our onwards tickets for the day after, so we could continue with our travels. They agreed but said that we will be detained for the night. We agreed, having no idea what to expect, thinking that we would maybe wait in the same room that they interviewed us. But no.
They drove us to the detention center in Honolulu. I think it was called FDC prison, close to the airport. It was a real jail. Metal doors, locked cells, cold air. And they made us do a full strip search. It was really cold. We had to undress completely, including bra and underwear, and even had to squat and spread… I don’t want to describe it in too much detail, but it was humiliating and scary. We were alone with a female officer, but still… you don’t expect that as a tourist.
After that they gave us green prison clothes and put us in a cell overnight with two other women - who were actually bragging to us about their cartel connections and implying that they were serious criminals. It felt like a movie, but not a nice one. Of course we didn't not sleep even for a minute. I'm not picky, but the food was another horror story.
The next day they stripped us down again, we changed back into our clothes, and they took us straight to our plane - two officers returned our passports and escorted us to our seats as the door was about to close. Just like that. They also told us that if we want to come to the U.S. again, we cannot use a visa free system anymore.
So yeah… please be very careful if you plan to backpack in the U.S. Book all your accommodation in advance (even if you plan to change later). There are many fully refundable options - and we thought about it, but decided that it wouldn't be necessary. And don’t mention any remote work or freelancing and make sure to log out of any e-mails that could be used as evidence of it. And know that if something goes wrong, it’s not just “denied entry” - it’s jail, strip search, and total loss of control.
We are still totally shaken from it and feel like we did something wrong, even if we didn’t mean to. Just wanted to share, because I would have never imagined this could happen. My feeling is that backpacking culture isn’t understood or accepted at U.S. borders right now. Be careful!
On the one hand, I don't think tourists should be treated like that. But I also think other people should not be treated like this either.
It's clear that as young white German women (I've seen a foto - unless there are two different stories about German backpackers detained on Hawaii...) they didn't expect to be treated like this. Somehow I think that if they had been Black German women they would have been less shocked.
And the end, where they think the problem is "Backpacking culture not being understood in the USA". Yeah I'm sure this is simply a cultural misunderstanding...
By the way, how do they think asylum seekers are treated at the EU's borders?!! They're not criminals either, seeking asylum is legal.
The two backpackers are drawing a very clear line between "criminals" and themselves. They are not complaining about the treatment of the other women because the others are "serious criminals".
The more I hear about people complaining about "being treated like criminals" the more I'm starting to think they are completely okay with criminals being treated in a shitty way, they are just appalled that they are confused/mixed up with "criminals".
La mémoire du souverain pontife, décédé ce lundi matin, sera célébrée toute la journée à Paris, entre messes à la cathédrale Notre-Dame et tour Eiffel éteinte.
Synthesizers updated for the #NVDASR 2025.1 beta (as well as working with prior versions): OldEloquence: eurpod.com/OldEloquence2025.nv… Eloquence 4.7: eurpod.com/Eloq47-2025.nvda-ad… Other synthesizers (which all use MME for output) don't require many new updates - simply changing the version numbers in the Manifest will work as they bypass new deprecations.
The Pope has died a few hours after meeting JD Vance, with Vatican officials saying the Pope lost the will to live after a brief meeting with the Vice President.
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❤️ btw, since I didn't see it mentioned in the blogpost, instead of a custom SSE backend you could use nfty, a self-hostable push gateway that many other projects have already adopted as an alternative to FCM/APN github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy
speaking of divesting from big tech, are there any plans for a Linux client to serve the emerging Linux phone market?
Cuz my 4 year old Android phone is now "obsolete" due to end of security patches quite a few years back (and ain't that a statement and a half on the state of consumer tech) despite working perfectly fine, so my next phone is definitely going to be a Linux or I'll try and install it on my current phone when I no longer care about bricking it.
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"One highlight of submitting a PR to #Python is that their infrastructure has more CI coverage than we could possibly dream of: a complete build of Python runs over 50+ toolchains and architectures. The flipside? We discovered some pretty annoying corner cases." jonathan.protzenko.fr/2025/04/…
In November 2022, I opened issue 99108 on Python’s GitHub repository, arguing that after a recent CVE in its implementation of SHA3, Python should embrace verified code for all of its hash-related infrastructure.
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📱 Válí se mi doma Pixel 6a s GrapheneOS. Mám tu plně funkční Google Pixel 6a s nainstalovaným GrapheneOS. Bezpečnostní aktualizace do července 2027. Perfektní pro někoho, kdo to myslí vážně se soukromím a chce bezpečný telefon bez Google sledovaček.
Telefon má známky běžného používání a trochu zlobí konektor na nabíjení, ale jinak šlape v pohodě.
Kdyby někomu udělal radost a využil ho naplno, dej vědět do zpráv. Rád ho pošlu dál – hlavně někomu, kdo ví, co má v rukou. 🙂
The American Association of People with Disabilities proudly joined this statement from a broad coalition of leading autism and disability organizations, including Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, and more, ex…
Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced.“ At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father.
Helen Keller Services collaborates with Polara Enterprises to improve street crossing safety through an innovative workshop with traffic engineers, mobility specialists, and community members.
jsem celkem nenáročný. Potřebuji něco, co jasně ukáže profil krajiny, tedy s vrstevnicemi a pěkným stínováním. V tomto mi nejvíc vyhovují Freemap.sk. Ty mají ale zase problém se zvýrazněním toho podstatného. Byli jsme teď na Helfštýně a název hradu se úplně ztratil pod piktogramy jednotlivých objektů. Jinak samozřejmě turistické trasy a cyklostezky jsou pro mě důležité. Hodí se i tipy na posezení. Je škoda, že neexistuje nějaká otevřená služba pro recenze podniků. Locus Map si nedávno rozjeli vlastní, ale jedou si na vlastním písečku. To musí používat všechny OSM mapy, aby se to aspoň přiblížilo kritické mase uživatelů a bylo to užitečné.
Třeba máti si předplatila Cyclers na plánování cyklovýletů, ale říká, že v té mapě se prostě nevyzná. Je to ploché, nemá to moc kontrast, komunikace se špatně čtou. Ale těm to myslím neděláte vy, ale Mapbox.
Vlaky, kde a jak často jezdí, co je lokálka a co je hlavní vlaková trasa. Pak cyklostezky nebo pěší značky. Pak občerstvení. Taky potřebuju vidět kde je co prudké. Jinak nevím, mám pocit, že se to nedá všechno napsat.
Ale laťka není vysoko. Na nejmenovaných turistických mapách vidím ve Středohoří především dálnici a pak mi tam plave špendlík na půjčovnu dodávek a masáže a Bauhaus. Tak to opravdu nepotřebuju.
Už několik let (odhadem dekádu) mám ve svém nekonečném seznamu startupideas tohle - byť je to asi související jen částečně…
„Mapy, které mají jako primární způsob dopravy MHD, kolo, pěší cesty. Mista s velkým provozem aut jsou umenšena a zobrazena jako něco jako brownfieldy. Železnice jde vidět, rozlišeny jsou lokální tratě a hlavní tratě.“
Ale možná je to use case pro jednu osobu na světě, která nemá auto.
@honzajavorek na Islandu jsem měl parádní místní cyklomapu, kde byly silnice označený podle charakteru (směrové dělení, šířka krajnice, etc.) a intenzity dopravy.
@hny @honzajavorek Cyclers taky umí zobrazit intenzitu provozu a takovým místům se vyhnout. Myslím, že ta data mají od Mapboxu globálně, ale to je přece jenom konkurence Maptileru, tak tudy cesta asi úplně nepovede. 🙂
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Who knows if someone uploaded the source code to the Trisolaris system or wherever? Hmm or maybe some alien species developed their own version in Rust based on earth's code.
heh, is the one for number of spacecraft too? cuz that number would be pretty wild. i bet all the starlink satellites, and the space telescopes are running it
AARP has loads of member benefits, from tax advice to cruise discounts. Now, members can also save on home entertainment. AARP has discounts on both a Walmart+ subscription and a Paramount+ subscription.
Nach fünf Jahren verabschiedet sich Daniela Albert mit ihrer Kolumne „Gotteskind und Satansbraten“. Ein nachdenklicher Blick zurück und in eine veränderte Zukunft. eulemagazin.de/wenn-bruecken-e…
Foto: Vsevolod (Unsplash). Nach fünf Jahren verabschiedet sich Daniela Albert mit ihrer Kolumne „Gotteskind und Satansbraten“. Ein nachdenklicher Blick zurück und in eine veränderte Zukunft.
Daniela Albert bringt in diesem Abschiedsbrief auch mein Erleben treffend auf den Punkt. Schade, dass sie für mich auf der abgeschotteten Insel Instagram nicht erreichbar ist...
@fexplorer Daniela hatte 2023 auch Mastodon mal ne Chance gegeben. Inzwischen ist sie aber, wenn's tröstet, auch auf Insta sehr viel weniger aktiv. Warum, beschreibt sie ja nebenbei auch in ihrer letzten Kolumne. Wir haben übrigens im Magazin unter den Artikeln ne Kommentarspalte, die man wunderbar nutzen kann.
I am always configuring mikrotik devices using command line interface connecting using SSH. A few days ago I was explaining something to a friend and I have discovered its web UI in Mikrotik OS v7 has working keyboard navigation and some aria stuff in there. I find it positive and surprising. #a11y
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