Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

The cool thing about cracked adobe products is that blocking their access to the internet is usually part of the crack. Piracy and privacy are besties

Wieder mal großartig: #TomGauld

So Microsoft is shipping a new feature in Windows 11 called Recall, which takes screenshots of what the user is doing every few seconds, and then feeds it into OCR.

And I've read a number of people describe it as useless.

But I disagree.

I'm sure plenty of people will find it very handy.

For example, your friendly local law enforcement agents and prosecutors are likely to find a feature like this very useful.

As will the NSA, the other three-letter agencies in the US, and intelligence agencies around the world.

Including the ones in authoritarian states. A couple of back doors, and it will be so much easier keeping track of who's been typing naughty words like "Prigozhin", "Navalny", or "free Hong Kong".

Not in the state surveillance business? No worries!

Assuming this data isn't locked down properly — and we are talking about Microsoft here — it's sure to find plenty of more mundane uses.

Perhaps for bosses who will no longer need to install keyloggers to snoop on their staff.

Or jealous current and former partners.

Mark my words, this poorly-thought-through attempt to shove LLMs in another place they don't belong to temporarily spike Microsoft's share price will find its uses.

And the next computer I get definitely won't be running Windows.

#LLM #AI #GenerativeAI #Microsoft #Recall #Windows #Linux #OpenSource #Infosec #Apple

So, vimm.net just lost a lot of games.

If you have any spare storage or storage media I ask of you to archive some ROMs, even one game file is beneficial. Just get that random USB and put some games on it,

We need to preserve old games. I have several small drives with some romsets, but its not enough, we need into work together :3

Here's a rough guide:

If you has sub 5 GB
Focus on cartridge consoles

If you have a lot of storage
Try to archive optical systems too

Please boost, let's try to coordinate.

And also don't forget bios files

#retrogaming #gaming #psa #retro #emulation

i wonder why this hasnt been done yet

Naomi Wu and NukitToBeSure have published an Open Air Purifier Laser Cut Enclosure Builder that lets you input the size of your filters and your fans etc. to generate a file for your laser cutter to help you build your own PC-fan #CorsiRosenthalBox . And the lovely person of Clean Air Carborro Chapel Hill futzed around to find the right dimensions for the IKEA Starkvind filters (unlike furnace filters these are easily sourced around the world)
https://www.filterboxbuilder.com
#IndoorAir #CovidIsNotOver

Vandaag is de #fatbike weer de gebeten hond (terecht imho) en morgen weer wat anders. Wat al die zaken gemeen hebben is dat ze weinig op hebben met #GemeenschappelijkeRuimte (te grote auto's, te snelle fietsen, te grote kratjes, te dit, te dat). Dat begon ooit met de auto en we zijn doorgegaan met het weggeven van openbare ruimte aan private dingen die anderen een prettige omgeving misgunnen. En uiteindelijk de gebruikers zelf eigenlijk ook. Hoe krijg je dat laatste bij mensen in hun hoofd?

The French press came with instructions that include my personal favorite instruction: “stare at coffee while willing time to move faster.”

Wow, apparently there is now a classifieds sales platform for the Fediverse called Flohmarkt ("flea market"). You can find out more at:

➡️ https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt

...and especially its wiki page at:

➡️ https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki

The wiki contains a list of existing servers, compatibility with other Fediverse platforms like Mastodon, and instructions for installation.

No official account yet but you can follow the lead developer at:

➡️ @grindhold

(via @Tealk 🙏 )

#FediTips #Fediverse #Flohmarkt

If you became ill at or after EMF, please fill in this short anonymous survey so we can monitor and improve our health measures:

https://cloud.orga.emfcamp.org/apps/forms/s/gykaxpDTWXbRc6t8LMNBc382

There are some reports of COVID so far, but gastrointestinal illness is currently winning by a relatively wide margin.

Kinda hard not to be an AI hater when almost everything we've seen of commercial AI so far has been theft, complete garbage, a scam or all of the above

If you are the person who abandoned a tent full of crap at EMF: We are going to find you.

You have enraged a group of people who enjoy puzzles and suddenly have a lot of free time.

Run.

I see now that I did not post any pictures or video's of my #TrainTravel trip back home.

Let me explain the reason for this:

I am quite a lengthy person, almost 1.90m long. The 'beds' in the #EuropeanSleeper are not that long, in fact I estimate that they are at most 1.70m long. And that is just too short for me. Even when I carefully positioned myself completely diagonally I could not fully stretch my body. That, combined with the movement of the train, the width of the 'bed' and the fact that you are sleeping in a couchette with 3 other people (or 4 on the way back), does not make for a 'fresh and fruity arrival'. I was broken when I arrived back home this morning and I had to spend the whole day in our own, very nice, bed to get back on top.

Don't get me wrong, waking up in #Berlin and driving in to Hauptbahnhof with the window open is wonderful. The personnel of the train is very helpful and nice and the train was clean, on time and generally outstanding even though the carriages are old.

The takeaway would be: if you are 1.70 or longer, and not used to sleeping in very confined spaces, do not take the European Sleeper train.

Experiment execution: succes!
Experiment outcome: not for repetition in this form.

EDIT: I did this again today, and it included me in the transcript anyway. No idea if the behavior changed or these systems are inherently unpredictable.

Protip: If you join a Zoom where someone has turned on AI summarization, it brings up a window telling you this. The only control is an "OK" button.

If you move the window out of the way and don't click the OK button, nothing you say ends up in the transcript.

Edit: clarified that this is the post-meeting summary emailed to participants, not live captioning.