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HAPPY NEW YEAR! from Australia two hours early!
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"Wealth might make it possible to pay people and communities to accept harms; conversely, the less wealth that the recipients have, the more likely they are to accept the terms. But that doesn't mean the terms are fair. Worse, it means that existing inequalities are compounded."
— Deb Chachra: How Infrastructure Works, pp. 134-134
How Infrastructure Works - BookWyrm
bookwyrm.socialA new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us
Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimagin…
Eight Clams Control This Polish City’s Water Supply
In the city of Poznań, Poland, a group of eight clams controls the local water supply through a clever bio-monitoring system: Tkottke.org
Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months | TechCrunch
The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
I arranged to have this on a karaoke machine for my birthday one year, so I could sing it with my friends!
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For me, TESCREAL is the word of year for 2024.
Coined by @timnitGebru and @xriskology in 2023 to describe multiple overlapping techno-philosophies that constantly try to redefine and rebrand to evade criticism. The word TESCREAL pins them down, bundles together, and invites further scrutiny.
"The Milky Way’s Unusual Twin in Pegasus."
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image Processing: J. Miller (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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There are good things and bad things about the new generation of AI, but one of the most terrible is the ability to impersonate humans. Let's not do this.
Counterfeit people are more dangerous than counterfeit money. They are tools for disinformation and manipulation. They destroy trust.
Let's not allow them. futurism.com/the-byte/facebook…
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
Just great.
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
"Meta says that it will be aiming to have Facebook filled with AI-generated characters to drive up engagement on its platform, as part of its broader rollout of AI products."
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
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How does the use of Nextcloud in Public Sector keep your data safe?
Nextcloud CEO @Karlitschek shares the importance of digital sovereignty in today's digital world, how open source in Germany is finding success, and a taste of the latest features in Nextcloud Hub:
Thank you @CollaboraOffice !
#CollaboraOnline #DigitalSovereignty
Does the Public Sector Keep Your Data Safe? - Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek
We speak with Frank Karlitschek, CEO of Nextcloud about why Germany is investing so much in Open Source, the rising importance of digital sovereignty in the public sector and the latest improvement...@fps_gbg – PeerTube
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The city of Joplin, Missouri is doing a series of PSA's about porch pirates (depicted as actual theatrical pirates) and the videos have got less than 100 views.
youtube.com/watch?v=-7EYZ4Uwex…
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Jimmy Carter’s idealism and humility left a lasting imprint on American life
Former US president Jimmy Carter, a man defined by his humility and idealism, has died at 100.
Many US presidents come from modest upbringings. Born in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter’s Depression-era childhood was no exception. His home lacked running water and electricity, while his rural high school lacked a 12th grade.
What made Carter exceptional was the degree to which these humble beginnings would influence his life, most notably his time as America’s 39th president from 1977-1981.
Jimmy Carter’s idealism and humility left a lasting imprint on American life
The former US president was widely criticised for his time in government, but his work on leaving office came to exemplify what a post-presidential life could entail.The Conversation
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Tiffany & Company - Liars or Time Travellers
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Today, I discovered that in #Rails 8, the command for setting up a fresh database has changed from `db:migrate` to `db:prepare`. This caught me off guard since it wasn’t mentioned in the [Rails 8.0 release notes](guides.rubyonrails.org/v8.0/8_…).
Thankfully, I found it documented in the [ActiveRecord CHANGELOG](github.com/rails/rails/blob/8-…).
However, testing migrations now requires `rails db:migrate:reset`, which feels far from intuitive.
#ruby
Ruby on Rails 8.0 Release Notes — Ruby on Rails Guides
Ruby on Rails 8.0 Release NotesHighlights in Rails 8.0:Ruby on Rails Guides
Good bye to both of the Brad's! I will miss you when we finally make the jump to Healesville!
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"Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion."
Giuseppe Donatiello from Oria (Brindisi), Italy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
There's a lot I don't know yet, but no sense in delaying with what I do know – hi, my name is Robin and I'm trans.
I'll be going by Robin Riley, and using they/them pronouns for the foreseeable future. And it's going to take ✨ time ✨ to update my info everywhere, so please bear with me.
"2024 BX1, previously known under its temporary designation Sar2736, was a 44 centimetre-sized (17 inches) asteroid or meteoroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on 21 January 2024 00:33 UTC and disintegrated as a meteor over Berlin. The recovered fragments are known as the Ribbeck meteorite."
Meteoriten-Deutschlands, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says
For Those Who Think I'm 'Just Paranoid' About Cell Phones & Risks
If a foreign power can hack your phone, I am sure criminals and our domestic law enforcement and government agencies can do so even easier and not get caught. Cell Phones remain a clear and present danger for identity theft, privacy theft etc.
#News #AP #AssociatedPress #Telecom #NineTelecomsCompanies #SpyGames
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He is here!!! The boy!!! Hello boy!!!
I love him and how he is perfectly balanced to sit without falling over 😌
"Having some understanding of how airlines work has served me in good stead, but the first step is in learning to see collective systems as, well, collective systems. I'm part of it as a passenger, but so are the staff, whose behavior and flexibility within the system is likely even more constrained since their livelihood depends on it. I've only witnessed a "Do you know who I am?"-style meltdown at a gate a couple of times. They're rare because most adult humans, even when they're upset, do understand that their needs or desires don't outweigh those of a passenger jet full of people. It's the same idea as "You're not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic." We can consciously sidestep the narrative solipsism of thinking we must be the hero of the story (or that anyone is) and the attendant fallacy that the systems are there to serve us individually or specifically, rather than as part of a collective."
— Deb Chachra: How Infrastructure Works, pp. 88-88
How Infrastructure Works - BookWyrm
bookwyrm.socialA new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us
Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimagin…
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