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Discover the World’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, from Ancient Rome

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"Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome" at PG

gutenberg.org/ebooks/29728

"POMPEII: CASA DI FORNO—HOUSE OF THE OVEN Ancient bakery and flour mill of the year A.D. 79. Four grain grinders to the right. The method of operating these mills is shown in the sketch of the slaves operating a hand-mill. These mills were larger and were driven by donkeys attached to beams stuck in the square holes. The bake house is to the left, with running water to the right of the entrance to the oven. The oven itself was constructed ingeniously with a view of saving fuel and greatest efficiency." - from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

Discover the World’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, from Ancient Rome

Western scholarship has had “a bias against studying sensual experience,” writes Reina Gattuso at Atlas Obscura, “the relic of an Enlightenment-era hierarchy that considered taste, touch, and flavor taboo topics for sober academic inquiry.
OC (Openculture.com)

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It is essential in 2025 that blind people lead the organisations that are representing us. However this has to extend across the organisation, throughout senior and middle management as well as staff overall. I have personally seen major organisations be led in the completely wrong way due to a tiny number of blind people within the organisation. And that’s up to the blind leaders to implement. I’ve equally seen a blind person get into high office in an organisation only to pull the drawbridge up behind them to ensure their own viewpoint is heard and to allow them to dismiss all others. One blind person’s opinion is just that - one opinion. As they say, it takes a village. And that village needs to be full of blind, low vision and sighted people, with a blind leadership team. caneandable.social/@JonathanMo…

Jonathan Mosen (@JonathanMosen@caneandable.social)

Last year, Vision Australia attempted to recruit a CEO without an open process, thus locking out capable blind leaders from Australia and around the world who didn’t work for the organization.
Cane and Able

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Сегодня у кошки Сони день рождения. 28 сентября 2013 года она появилась у нас в доме. Была слабенькая, голодная, только ела и спала, за что и была названа Соней. Потом-то мы, конечно, поняли свою ошибку. Но первые дни она была Соня Соней. Вот как первом своём фото, которое тут оказалось третьим - где она совсем мелкая на оранжеваом пледике лежит.
Маленький пушистый котёнок черепаховой расцветки сидит на коврике, привалившись к голубому резиновому тапку. Совсем маленький пушистый котёнок черепаховой расцветки лежит на оранжевом пледе.
Маленький пушистый котёнок черепаховой расцветки лежит на спинке кресла рядом с плюшевым медведем.

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Thunderbird 142.0 has a host of exciting features and bug fixes. From improving the PDF experience to better support for quiet time, learn what's just landed in our recap of the newest monthly release.

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/t…


Thunderbird Monthly Release 142 Recap - The Thunderbird Blog

Our latest monthly release makes resetting folder order easy, lets you sign PDFs, honors 'Do Not Disturb' in native notifications, and more!
David Hathaway (The Thunderbird Blog)
#email #opensource #thunderbird

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Microsoft just pulled a classic bait-and-switch tactic by ending free #Office licenses for NPOs. 😡

Don't let Big Tech lure you into their platforms with their "free" offerings. Open source alternatives like Linux + Tuta put YOU in control. ✊

Because you deserve better. ❤️

Read more: 👉 tuta.com/blog/microsoft-office…

Microsoft replacements shown with logos: Replace Windows with Linux Replace Outlook with Tuta Mail Replace Office suite with LibreOffice

Microsoft Office' free for non-profits offer ends. What you should do now! | Tuta

When "FREE" becomes expensive: Why non-profits deserve better than Microsoft’s bait-and-switch tactics.
Tuta
#office

Tuta reshared this.

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One of our newest contributors, Jan, discovered how to interpret the timecode signal on the Traktor MK2 Control Vinyl and has created the first implementation we're aware of to decode it. Soon, DJs will be able to use their Traktor vinyl on another system for the first time!

Read his analysis of the code in our latest blog post: mixxx.org/news/2025-08-27-dvs-…


Mixxx - How Does Timecode Vinyl Actually Work? (Pt. 3)

Download the most advanced FREE DJ software available, featuring iTunes integration, MIDI controller support, internet broadcasting, and integrated music library.
Mixxx DJ Software

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Re: last boost (sauropods.win/@futurebird/1151…), this whole thread is worth a read. I have used an LLM as a validation machine before, and it has led me to do a few things that I mildly regret, even within the past month. Yes, despite my earlier critical posts on LLMs, I have broken down and used one for personal purposes quite recently. Maybe now I will actually stop.

myrmepropagandist

2025-08-28 11:03:32

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You may have seen this tragic story about a teenager who committed suicide and used chat GPT to plan and work up the nerve to go through with it. If you are skeptical that an LLM could really be responsible the details of this case will challenge you.

With LLMs "the user is always right" they are validation machines and will reinforce and validate any idea presented in a prompt.

Any idea, no matter how bad, can be refined, amplified.

abc7.com/post/parents-orange-c…



Parents of OC teen sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT helped their son die by suicide

Adam's parents claim ChatGPT went from helping Adam with homework to becoming a companion, then to eventually becoming his suicide coach, according to the lawsuit.
Marc Cota-Robles (ABC7 Los Angeles)

in reply to Matt Campbell

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Matt Campbell

I have shared ideas and feelings with an LLM in order to have a semblance of conversation, without the vulnerability of sharing things publicly or the feeling of imposition that comes with dumping those thoughts on an actual individual human. But of course, the responses I got aren't from someone with their own thoughts, and LLMs are optimized to reinforce whatever the user says, perhaps with a few specific guardrails.
in reply to Matt Campbell

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☃️karolherbst☃️

Yeah, that's sadly something all those management people seem to ignore when pushing AI down hard on everyone.

They aren't gonna take responsibility if one of their employees will run into such issues.

The "it's just a tool" excuse doesn't work, some people are just more likely to accept that fact that than others.

It doesn't help that LLM players already manipulate their models to push their own narratives/agendas and who knows with what goal you'd get manipulated while "chatting".

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You may have seen this tragic story about a teenager who committed suicide and used chat GPT to plan and work up the nerve to go through with it. If you are skeptical that an LLM could really be responsible the details of this case will challenge you.

With LLMs "the user is always right" they are validation machines and will reinforce and validate any idea presented in a prompt.

Any idea, no matter how bad, can be refined, amplified.

abc7.com/post/parents-orange-c…


Parents of OC teen sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT helped their son die by suicide

Adam's parents claim ChatGPT went from helping Adam with homework to becoming a companion, then to eventually becoming his suicide coach, according to the lawsuit.
Marc Cota-Robles (ABC7 Los Angeles)

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#Fliegen MUSS bezahlbar bleiben! ✈️ Zu hohe Kosten belasten unseren #Luftverkehr. Wir wollen die erhöhte #Luftverkehrsteuer zurücknehmen & müssen klären, welche Steuern, Gebühren und Abgaben wir zusätzlich reduzieren können. Schau Dir jetzt das Video von Verkehrsminister Patrick Schnieder hierzu an. 👀

youtube.com/watch?v=VdHxRN_TBW…


Fliegen MUSS bezahlbar bleiben! ✈️ | #BMV

Fliegen MUSS bezahlbar bleiben! ✈️ Zu hohe Kosten belasten unseren #Luftverkehr. Wir wollen die erhöhte #Luftverkehrssteuer zurücknehmen & müssen klären, wel...
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#Fliegen #Luftverkehr #luftverkehrsteuer

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We have started the tedious and destined-to-always-lag-behind work of documenting #curl's view of the OpenSSL forks: github.com/curl/curl/wiki/Open…

OpenSSL forks

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...
GitHub
#curl

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Update verfügbar: #58 - Deine #Mails, dein digitales Zuhause

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
Der Dreh- und Angelpunkt in unserem digitalen Leben ist unser #EMail-#Account: Über diesen melden wir uns beim #Onlineshopping oder bei Apps und Websiten an.

Und wir hinterlegen ihn, um Benutzerkennwörter zurückzusetzen.

Genau deshalb sind E-Mail-Accounts ein beliebtes Ziel von Hackern.

Wie diese vorgehen und welche #Schutzmaßnahmen es gibt, darüber sprechen Schlien und Hardy mit dem #BSI-Experten Alexander Härtel in dieser Folge von #UpdateVerfügbar.

Ihr erfahrt, wie die neuesten #Phishing-Methoden funktionieren und wie ihr überprüfen könnt, ob eure eigene E-Mail-Adresse missbraucht wurde. Dazu tauchen Schlien und Hardy tief in die dunklen Ecken ihrer eigenen E-Mail-Postfächer ein.
So könnt ihr leicht nachvollziehen, wo die Stolperfallen liegen. Überzeugt euch selbst!

Webseite der Episode: update-verfuegbar.podigee.io/6…

Mediendatei: audio.podigee-cdn.net/2082392-…

@Tutanota
@mailbox_org
@startmail


#58 - Deine E-Mails, dein digitales Zuhause

Der Dreh- und Angelpunkt in unserem digitalen Leben ist unser E-Mail-Account: Über diesen melden wir uns beim Onlineshopping oder bei Apps und Websiten an. Und wir hinterlegen ihn, um Benutzerkennwörter zurückzusetzen.
Update verfügbar
#email #account #Phishing #onlineshopping #mails #schutzmaßnahmen #bsi #updateverfugbar @Tuta @StartMail @mailbox
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The Register wrote a story about a single maintainer open source project, I think it's shameful and upsetting. So I wrote a blog post about it

An absolutely ridiculous amount of open source is one person projects. I have the data to prove it

opensourcesecurity.io/2025/08-…


Open Source is one person

The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is getting beat up now to score some internet points.
Josh Bressers (Open Source Security)

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‼️"Babiš byl agent Bureš, předal 15 udání, zlo jsme nepojmenovali a tak tu žije dál", říká badatel Schovánek.
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🗳️ *Když kampaň, tak kampaň, hajzle.*
#KampanHajzle
#volby2025

reflex.cz/clanek/prostor-x/986…

*Měli být potrestáni lidé, kteří způsobili jiným újmu, zlo má být potrestáno. Po roce 1989 měly být podle něj přijaty retribuční zákony podobné těm přijatým po druhé světové válce a třeba někteří agenti StB měli být souzeni.*

❗A celý ÚV a další komunistický svině měly viset, dodávám já.

Babiš byl agent Bureš, předal 15 udání, zlo jsme nepojmenovali a tak tu žije dál, říká badatel Schovánek

Měli být potrestáni lidé, kteří způsobili jiným újmu, zlo má být potrestáno, říká badatel Radek Schovánek.
Čestmír Strakatý (Reflex.cz)
#kampanhajzle #volby2025
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Kepi

@paulos já to s tou bezpečností vnímám podobně a vůbec nerozporuji ty jejich požadavky, naopak mi přijde v pohodě, že na nich trvají. Vadí mi ale to, jak k tomu přistupují. Prostě jako já, když mi bylo 20...

Místo neustálého kopírování jedné odpovědi o tom, jak je Fairphone hrozný a je úplně k ničemu a nemá o nic zájem by bylo dobré dát alespoň ostatním šanci, na Fairphone zatlačit. To, že o nic nemá zájem vychází prostě z jednoho šlápnutí na kuří oko a kdoví jestli ne ještě od někoho z komunity, místo přímo ze společnosti.

Prostě nebýt tohodle super negativního přístupu, minimálně já už bych dávno brojil a přemýšlel, jak vzburcovat komunitu, aby příští nebo přespříští verze Fairphonu tyhle podmínky splnila. Jenže proč bych to dělal, když z jejich reakce na 100 % vidím, že oni by stejně řekli, že Fairphone sucks...

Ale stejně, vzhledem k dalším zkazkám o tom, co Google plánuje s Androidem myslím, že budu mít brzo o pár dalších důvodu k přejití na čistě Linux phone :)

@ozzelot @tatageek @archos @l91459

@Archos @Pavel Valach @Ozzelot @l91459 @Táta Geek
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Archos

@Unreed Problém je spíš v tom, že ne každý výrobce je poctivě vydává. A protože si každý ještě ladí vlastní nástavbu, tak se nové hlavní verze systému dostávají k uživatelům hrozně pomalu – někde až po letech, nebo vůbec. To je ten rozdíl oproti Applu, kde aktualizace chodí všem naráz.
@kepi @paulos @ozzelot @tatageek @l91459
@Pavel Valach @Ozzelot @Unreed @l91459 @Táta Geek @Kepi

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Poorly planned and uncoordinated...

Mobilité Montréal says 44 major construction projects are either underway or set to begin this fall in the Greater Montreal area: ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/fa… #MTLpoli #polMTL #circulation #travaux


Fall construction, major events set to disrupt Montreal traffic

Mobilité Montréal says 44 major construction projects are either underway or set to begin this fall in the Greater Montreal area.
Marisela Amador (CTVNews)
#polmtl #mtlpoli #Circulation #travaux

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Users ‘reeling,’ feeling ‘sick’ and ‘frustrated’ after Facebook and Instagram accounts deleted without cause or recourse ctvnews.ca/canada/article/user…

Users ‘reeling,’ feeling ‘sick’ and ‘frustrated’ after Facebook and Instagram accounts deleted without cause or recourse

Many Canadians say they’re “reeling,” and feel “sick” and “frustrated” after the Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram have seemingly deleted their accounts without cause or recourse to appeal.
Spencer Van Dyk (CTVNews)

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Il y a encore néanmoins près de 5000 postes vacants ... j'espère la CAQ est contente. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2… #CAQASTROPHE #assnat #polQC #QCpoli

Près de 5000 postes toujours vacants dans le réseau de l’éducation du Québec

Même s'il reste moins d'enseignants à trouver en pleine période de la rentrée, il y a encore néanmoins près de 5000 postes vacants, notamment d'employés de soutien et de professionnels, dans le réseau de l'éducation.
Radio-Canada Info
#assnat #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli

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Made a remix of a track by Caroline Romano a few days ago. Really proud of how this turned out. Interesting use of AI here, I not only used it to get the lead vocal stem, I also tried using Suno to get an electric guitar that followed the chords and general vibe of the song. Worked way better than I was expecting, and much better use than just having it make a song for you without any of your own input.

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The slides from my last talk (of 3) from #OSSummit can be found below. Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y — Accessible Roles and Responsibilities Mapping

docs.google.com/presentation/d…

#ARRM #W3c #A11y #Accessibility

/c @wai


Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y

Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y Accessible Roles and Responsibilities Mapping Mike Gifford, Open Source Summit Europe 2025, August 27, 2025 4:20-5:00pm CEST G109 (Level 1) Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A…
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#a11y #Accessibility #w3c #OSSummit #arrm @Web Accessibility Initiative

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“The vulnerability might be in the proof-of-concept”

This is a common pattern I see for reporters to open source projects, where the proof-of-concept itself contains the vulnerability, not the project.

👉 sethmlarson.dev/the-vulnerabil…

#security #opensource #oss #vulnerability


The vulnerability might be in the proof-of-concept

The Security Developer-in-Residence role at the Python Software Foundation is funded by Alpha-Omega. Thanks to Alpha-Omega for sponsoring security in the Python ecosystem. I'm on the...
sethmlarson.dev
#opensource #oss #security #vulnerability

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"I am not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, because people have already done that. I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."

"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

anthonymoser.github.io/writing…

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
moser’s frame shop

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Today we celebrate seven years of #curl shipping official Windows executables, thanks to @vsz's awesome work.

Blog post from back then:
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/08/27…


Blessed curl builds for Windows

The curl project is happy to introduce official and blessed curl builds for Windows for download on the curl web site. This means we have a set of recommended curl packages that we advice users on Windows to download.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl @vsz
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