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hot take, subtoot 

If you defend bad advice in an article with "it's just boilerplate", you're just confirming that the advice is bad, actually.

Don't give authoritative-sounding advice if you understand the subject so poorly that you have to resort to boilerplate.

I swear fedi is the only place on the internet where I regularly see shit like:

"CW: software development, open source, kink, nsfw, drugs"

and I absolutely love it

thinking of how formerly open source corporate like Red Hat or HashiCorp are migrating to more restrictive licenses because they don't want the Big 5 to appropriate their labour, while FOSS people still reject ethical and anti-capitalist licenses in favour of Freedom 0 dogma, even after being repeatedly backstabbed by Apple, Google etc. and after watching their free labour bankroll the likes of Anduril or the IDF.

PSA: how to keep using ublock origin on chrome
a lot of people are using this as an opportunity to switch to firefox, but some people need to keep using chrome for some things, or just prefer it in general. so:

https://gist.github.com/velzie/053ffedeaecea1a801a2769ab86ab376

Adobe is trying to claim right of access to all of your projects for them to use to train their "AI," regardless of things like NDA, meaning that they are willing to violate HIPAA laws, FERPA laws, and any number of binding civil structures:
appleinsider.com/articles/24/0

If you're in the US, you can contact the FTC here: ftc.gov/media/71268
and provide them with this contact information
Adobe
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Tel: 408-536-6000
Fax: 408-537-6000

I don't know the specifics of the process in the EU, but here might be a good place to start:
commission.europa.eu/law/law-t

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

i should not be required to pay any of my bills during june on account of queer

Too many people don't know how to handle a situation where formerly foundational concepts like "facts" and "the rule of law" are flouted by some and embraced by others.

When it's your job to find cohesive, nuanced truth and someone calls that very concept "devisive" or "political," you Keep Doing Your Job.

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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

PSA, gaming, please boost 

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

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)
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.”

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

➡️ codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

...and especially its wiki page at:

➡️ codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

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

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