tech "news"
This doofus gave an LLM his credentials and it bricked his computer lmao.
The Israelis are attacking UN positions in #Lebanon:
“BREAKING — Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon injured when an #Israeli tank fired at observation tower, directly hitting it & causing them to fall
UNIFIL also says Israeli military fired at another position where peacekeepers were sheltering & deliberately fired at, disabled cameras.”
Timour Azhari/Reuters
"The publishers allegedly agreed to make peer reviewing an unpaid job, prevent academics from submitting manuscripts to more than one journal at a time, and bar them from freely sharing their findings during the lengthy peer review process." #HigherEd #publishing #academia #research
https://www.highereddive.com/news/6-major-academic-publishers-face-antitrust-lawsuit/727106/
Internet Archive hacked, 31 million users' data breached, including email addresses, salted passwords, and usernames
read more: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266419/internet-archive-ddos-attack-pop-up-message
ETA: A bit of a PSA here, apparently, email addresses are publicly visible on the Internet Archive anyway, so if you weren't aware of that, now you know. If you have any privacy concerns, you may want to consider getting an email specifically for your Internet Archive account.
Welp, I am homeless! The water got all the way above the counters after I took these. We are okay upstairs at the moment, pets are safe, I have not slept and need to start packing whatever I can up here.
For my next trick, we find a hotel that will let me bring all the animals.
https://ko-fi.com/ginnymcqueen/goal?g=5
Left analyses of imperialism must stand against ‘campism’
by @ayoub
https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/war/left-analyses-of-imperialism-must-stand-against-campism/
Here is a list of verified mutual aid/projects to support in Lebanon that are desperately in need of resources right now.
Please share and support if you can
https://fromtheperiphery.com/mutualaidlebanon/
Random bright LEDs on charger bricks and cables and random cheap electronics accessories are so irritating. I really value being able to have a dark room when I turn off the lights. Do other people not have issues in a room full of blinkenlights and pulsating LED strips? Is sleeping with lots of annoying lights on around you 24/7 being so normalized that manufacturers don't even realize this is an anti feature?
I have to take the time to tape over, or otherwise obscure the LEDs whenever they are where people sleep (which is most rooms in my tiny place). It is infuriating and makes it look like cheap crap that is half-broken from day-one after getting it.
I am including a poll. Does this bother you too? Do you see a utility in these weird lights? Do you not mind lights being on while you sleep? Falling asleep with a TV or monitor on would be in the same category of not minding these lights in my mind. Reply if you disagree or have more nuance to include.
Þufie BLM ~ ~
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#yesbot #nobot #noarchive I'm in my 20s, as a Computer Science researcher (Not in "AI" 🙄).
.אין דין ואין דיין. שלום בעולם
Programmer and IT girl. Pseudo-vegan for the environment (-avocados +oysters). Very uncomfortable with astrology. Please don't call me "dude", "bro", "man", etc. Radical egalitarian anarchist, hierarchies and hate are incompatible with a free and equal life . For real though, I'm not gonna tell you to vote or post about political spectacle that is outside our control and in-actionable. Aiming to have a similar amount of internal contradictions as my environment like Ashby's Law of Requisite variety. I am probably stoned on some variety and dosage of cannabinoids if I am awake if you hate stoners just dni. I am also a trans woman so I *checks notes* meme about femininity and feminization sometimes. After dark account at: @thufieplus but read my bio there before sending a follow request even if we are already mutuals here. Oh and just to be clear because I think I see other white people on here trying to fake not being white under a bunch of other text, I'm just a disoriented white girl trying her best.
Relationship Anarchist
"Freedom" 0 is bullshit! Copyleft for subversion! Fuck RMS!
So try...
A list of licenses which respect OUR freedom:
https://write.pixie.town/licenses-for-freedom/list-of-licenses-for-freedom
programming languages? C++ C MIPS x86 a few others :P