DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years, Live Science reports:
livescience.com/archaeology/ne…
#DNA #Anthropology #Prehistoric #Neanderthals
Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.Charles Q. Choi (Live Science)
One of the most fascinating facts about online advertising is how every product or business you interact with from your TV to your grocery store literally sells your data to advertisers EXCEPT the companies everyone thinks sells your data, social media apps and Google.
The answer to why your Smart TV was so cheap is that part of the price is your viewing habits being used and sold for targeted advertising.
notus.org/2024-election/stream…
Campaigns Can Now See What You Watch on TV. It’s Changing Everything.
Smart TVs that track what people watch and how they watch it give political campaigns a new trove of data to exploit, with little transparency on how it’s happening.Maggie Severns (NOTUS)
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
I've been obsessively watching through the in person #BloodOnTheClocktower games on the #NoRollsBarred channel, it's so much fun.
youtube.com/watch?v=pSxsdMGy4X…
Paralegal Activity | NRB Play Blood On The Clocktower IN PERSON
Here's the script for the episode - https://imgur.com/a/DKyzc3XFor exclusive Clocktower episodes, access to our Discord and MORE, join NRB's Patreon https:/...YouTube
Die Holländermühle im Freilichtmuseum Molfsee.
Einwegkamera mit Schwarzweißfilm.
#BelieveInFilm #SchleswigHolstein
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Intel says it still doesn’t have the true fix for its crashing i9 desktop chips
Despite what you might have seen earlier today, Intel says it doesn’t have a final fix for its 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core i9 “Raptor Lake” and “Raptor Lake S” chips just yet.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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Startup Creates LEGO-Like Bricks That Can Affordably Remove Carbon Dioxide From the Air
"By nature, plants and trees are our best allies against carbon emissions. On top of “breathing out” oxygen, they capture CO2 during photosynthesis, keeping the world in balance. However, when they decay, the carbon they stored is released back into the atmosphere. Now, a startup called Graphyte has found an affordable and nearly permanent way to stop this process—sparing the world from tons of emissions through carbon casting."
Startup Creates LEGO-Like Bricks That Remove Carbon Dioxide
Graphyte has found an affordable and nearly permanent way prevent decaying plants from releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere.Regina Sienra (My Modern Met)
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Microsoft Recall Is A Disaster
We've all heard about it by now but Microsoft's new Recall system is an absolute privacy and security nightmareFull Episode: https://youtu.be/nAoHSpw3hhM====...YouTube
This YouTube Change Broke 3rd Party Clients
It's nothing new for Youtube to make changes that break 3rd party clients, or other aspects of the site so it's no surprise that something like that is happe...YouTube
This is her "you've been at the arcade all day long and my lap time has been too damn low!" face.
#cats #catsofmastodon #caturday
A good portion of their AI funding has been going to HI.
... to gig workers in foreign countries earning starvation wages.
... just another kind of theft, exploitation, and externalizing of costs and responsibilities.
I was grossed out when Apple got to image generation in their WWDC keynote, and I was grossed out when I read that Applebot scraped "the open web" to train their AI model, with publishers only being able to opt out after the fact. Disappointing to say the least.
macstories.net/linked/apple-de…
Apple Details Its AI Foundation Models and Applebot Web Scraping
From Apple’s Machine Learning Research1 blog: Our foundation models are trained on Apple’s AXLearn framework, an open-source project we released in 2023.Federico Viticci (MacStories)
Wanna know the best part?
According to our web developer's findings, the folks at Perplexity AI seem to be lying about the user-agent they're sending when scraping webpages.
They claim it should appear as 'PerplexityBot', but in reality, they mask it as Google Chrome running on a headless Windows 10 instance.
Details: rknight.me/blog/perplexity-ai-…
Perplexity AI Is Lying about Their User Agent
Perplexity AI claims it sends a user agent and respects robots.txt but it absolutely does notrknight.me
Been after a petrol strimmer for a while, but didn’t want to pay a stupid amount for one.
Found a non-running one for free locally. Wasn’t running because of perished fuel lines. £6 in parts and the thing is now running great. 😂
ok, I'll say it again in simplified English (should I drop all the U's from words and replace S with Z too? 😂)
I wanted a petrol strimmer (image below as you Americans probably call it something different, like a "spinny freedom grass chopper" or something). I got one for free as the previous owner thought the engine was fucked, but it wasn't. It just needed a service and some new fuel lines, which cost me around $8 for the parts.
That help? 😂
Happy #Caturday from this jerk who screamed at the bedroom door to be let in, was let in, sat by the bed and screamed some more until I opened the curtains, then sat here, not even looking outside.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #cat #funnyanimals
【Q&A】Answering Your Questions + Look Back At Plasma 6.0
StreamElements Tip: http://brodierobertson.xyz/streamelementsCheck out my Twitch: http://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchI was supposed to do this stream at 75k bu...YouTube
Today we have @acidiclight back on the show, this time to talk about his game Socially Distant, his experience moving back to Linux and issues he's faced along the way #Linux #OpenSource
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=nAoHSpw3hh…
Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…
#224 His Video Game Just Went OPEN SOURCE!! | Ritchie
Today we have Ritchie otherwise known as Acidiclight back on the show, last time it was to discuss the work he was doing at Trixel but now he's on his own wo...YouTube
I'm putting this here to watch when I come back from my belated birthday party. All my US taxes went in on time yesterday, so now it's time to celebrate!
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Boat. San Francisco.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4. S.S.C.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA
In nautical terms, this is known as the "Sith Wayfinder", and it works like a map or a compass or a homing beacon or something, I dunno, whatever the plot needs it to do, we literally never see it again, oh, and you plug in some 1/4" patch cables into it for some reason, what IS this franchise anymore anyway?
Amazing light work though! Hard to believe that's film and not some ultra-dslr. Where do you even get film negatives developed around here?
Is Microsoft 365 tracking European schoolchildren against the #GDPR? 🕵🏾
Our friends at @noybeu are concerned: "Hundreds of thousands of European schoolchildren are likely being tracked by Microsoft education software widely deployed in schools"
euronews.com/next/2024/06/04/m…
Microsoft software accused of breaching data rights of EU schoolchildren
NOYB asked the Austrian privacy watchdog to investigate the use of Microsoft Education 365.Cynthia Kroet (Euronews.com)
one of many reasons for supporting this #FSFE campaign:
"Public Money? Public Code!"
publiccode.eu/en/
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #privacy
Public Money, Public Code
Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Softwarepubliccode.eu
Tecnoafecciones. Acciones para (re)conectar y transformar las tecnologías
campaña #tecnoafecciones
es un proyecto que implica repensar la tecnología en clave feminista, descolonial, situada;
Revincularnos con las tecnologías desde los afectos, los cuidados y los valores.
sursiendo.org/2023/07/campana-…
Tecnoafecciones. Acciones para (re)conectar y transformar las tecnologías | Sursiendo
Presentamos la campaña #Tecnoafecciones, un proyecto que busca fortalecer espacios de reflexión, estrategias metodológicas y contenidos que nos permitan pensar…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Ataque del grupo armado "Karma" en Tila, #Chiapas, evidencia una crisis generada por décadas de despojo y represión estatal.👉 avispa.org/?p=116848 🐝
#tila #AMLO #mexico #tuxtlagutiérrez #despojos #latinoaméricaunida #PueblosIndigenas #ClaudiaSheinbaum #EZLN #sancristobaldelascasas #sancristobaldelascasaschiapas
En medio de disputas por restitución de tierras ejidales, crimen desata desplazamientos en Tila - Avispa Midia
Un conflicto añejo por restitución de tierras y el ejercicio de autonomía de los pueblos indígenas están en el centro de la violencia actualAldo Santiago (Avispa Midia)
Killer Bean looks absolutely nuts in the latest trailer gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/kill…
Killer Bean looks absolutely nuts in the latest trailer
Over the top action? Check. You play as a Bean? Check. I'm not sure what else you need to really know about it other than you obviously need to play it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Ancient Forge are giving away a custom-skin Steam Deck for Hotel Galactic gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/anci…
Ancient Forge are giving away a custom-skin Steam Deck for Hotel Galactic
Hotel Galactic was recently revealed at the PC Gaming Show, a cozy management game inspired by Studio Ghibli's classic pictures and they're giving away one fancy looking Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus
Lion-tailed macaques hold the title of one of the smallest macaque species in the world and sport a majestic lion-esque mane of hair. They exclusively call the Western Ghats in India their home. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Did you know that gold kills indigenous people and rare animals?
Gold mining kills indigenous peoples throughout the world like the Yanomami people of Brazil and Papuans in West Papua. The bloody, violent and greedy landgrabbing that goes on for gold forces indi…Palm Oil Detectives
“No Body Now But Yours” - Outreach
How a Catholic sister from Louisiana became the American church’s foremost minister to transgender people.David Van Biema (Outreach: an LGBTQ Catholic Resource)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown gets a Steam release in August gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/prin…
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown gets a Steam release in August
Ubisoft have announced that Prince of Persia The Lost Crown is finally coming to Steam on August 8th, making it much easier to play on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Tricky Trials update is live now for Minecraft gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/the-…
The Tricky Trials update is live now for Minecraft
Another big Minecraft update is live now with Tricky Trials bringing with it new decorative blocks, hostile mobs, items, weapons, paintings and the trial chambers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Albert Cardona
in reply to jonny (good kind) • • •Inkscape, Johnny, Inkscape. But you know that already 😀
For figure panels, for posters, even for presentations now with its multi-page documents. Works brilliantly. I could not have done my work as a scientist over the last 20 years without #inkscape.
Inkscape has existed for 20+ years and, thanks to the power of open source, will continue to exist for decades to come, when all these and more subscription services have come and gone.
#academia
Frank Aylward
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •Martin Owens
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •Oh we have some biorender type things in the import clipart functionality. Not many people know about it but it might be worth checking out.
Albert Cardona
in reply to Martin Owens • • •Thank you. Emphasis on clipart imports on cookbooks would be appreciated. It's not for lack of open access SVG libraries online.
Martin Owens
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •What's cookbooks? I don't think I've heard of that before.
Albert Cardona
in reply to Martin Owens • • •@doctormo
A cookbook is a collection of recipes – i.e., a bunch of explained examples.
See for example the cookbook for scipy: scipy-cookbook.readthedocs.io/
Far more useful than a manual, which tends to be focused on individual functions.
SciPy Cookbook — SciPy Cookbook documentation
scipy-cookbook.readthedocs.ioAlbert Cardona
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •@doctormo
I should find the time to populate the Inkscape "Help - Tutorials" menu with tutorials for making scientific posters, for organising manuscript figures and their panels, and more. And one for scripting, for generative art or simply making shapes that are easy to describe mathematically but hard to do by hand. It's been in my agenda for at least a decade – my available time has gone instead towards my family.
May others join me – these tutorials should be community-vetted, and simple yet complete enough to enable an undergraduate to work on the figures and posters of their senior year thesis. Would set them on a career free of subscription software, for starters.
Roger Schürch
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •Albert Cardona
in reply to Roger Schürch • • •@schuemaa @doctormo
We could start on an online repository, perhaps on GitLab since #inkscape also uses it?
The one script I have online is for fixing text kerning issues, and is not suitable for an entry-level tutorial on writing small scripts and extensions: github.com/acardona/scripts/tr…
Also to give here a shout out to the Inkscape Simple Scripting framework, as described inkscape.org/~pakin/%E2%98%85s… and available as code to manually install: github.com/spakin/SimpInkScr The examples are amusing, and could be adapted: github.com/spakin/SimpInkScr/w…
scripts/python/inkscape at master · acardona/scripts
GitHubAlbert Cardona
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •@schuemaa @doctormo
I've started this:
"Inkscape cookbook for scientists"
gitlab.com/acardona/inkscape-c…
Currently it's merely a declaration of intentions 😀
#inkscape
acardona / Inkscape Cookbook for Scientists · GitLab
GitLabLuke Pembleton
in reply to jonny (good kind) • • •jonny (good kind)
in reply to Luke Pembleton • • •jonny (good kind)
in reply to jonny (good kind) • • •Luke Pembleton
in reply to jonny (good kind) • • •Frank Aylward
in reply to Luke Pembleton • • •Luke Pembleton
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