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Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number theverge.com/2023/11/9/2395360โ€ฆ


Responsible AI demands transparency, yet many big tech companies fall short, shows the new Stanford University Foundation Model Transparency Index.

#TechEthics

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Next week we welcome some members of varia (Rotterdam) to ^ in rural Manorhamilton to do some work on artist-led servers. We'll be working together through the week, and then hosting a public workshop on Thursday 16th November.

dcci.ie/events/artist-led-servโ€ฆ



deeply depressed. just read that the amazon rainforest, home to thousands of bird species (including at least 1/3 of all living parrot species) has crossed a #climate & #deforestation #TippingPoint & will quickly devolve into savannah. all this destruction for a cheap fcuking HAMBURGER




If you are thinking of plotting distributions and/or confidence intervals, I highly recommend you check out the ggdist package by @mjskay
#RStats #ggdist
github.com/mjskay/ggdist
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How to Navigate Using Nature. The sun, the trees, the moon, the stars: there are several ways to find out which way is north. kottke.org/23/11/how-to-navigaโ€ฆ


Step 1: Say Y'all is stupid
Step 2: ...
Step 3 Profit

Live with #ARMOREDCOREVI in a bit youtube.com/watch?v=cy9B8LOqtpโ€ฆ



Wayland Will Leave Some Desktops Behind #Wayland #Linux youtu.be/QPTfQOOBB3k


El รบltimo sรกbado de cada mes enviamos nuestro "Sรกbado de Comรบn Denominadores", donde compartimos nuestras lecturas recomendadas del mes ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

Te invitamos a leer y compartir el รบltimo envรญo de octubre ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

sursiendo.org/2023/10/hay-un-sโ€ฆ

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New preprint! Proud to be part of this important study on the #genome of an African #snail vector that transmits #parasites causing #schistosomiasis, one of the most prevalent #NeglectedTropicalDiseases affecting >200 million people. I know, you've seen genome papers before, but wait there's more! We actually sequenced several inbred lines, allowing us to find and characterize highly variable genes of possible immune relevance.
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biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20โ€ฆ

in reply to Andrew Brandt

Thank you for running a beautiful campaign! My kids were so proud to read a real school board candidate at the @mediaarchaeologylab


The #DigitalCommunality implies a shared responsibility for the design, production, use and disposal of digital technologies and their relationship with the environment ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

Download ยซDigital communality: a permaculture ethics perspectiveยป โคต๏ธ

sursiendo.org/2022/04/digital-โ€ฆ



PhD position in viral evolution and diversity @foaylward

Virginia Tech

Funded PhD positions in the Aylward Lab to study the #evolution and #genomics of giant #viruses. Both computational and wet-lab projects available.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/virginia-tech-โ€ฆ

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Blacksburg #UnitedStatesUS ...
jobrxiv.org/job/virginia-tech-โ€ฆ



We're now in feature freeze for #Minetest 5.8! This is a period of time before a release where we only do bug fixes

Highlights:

* Minetest no longer ships with a default game
* A redesigned Settings GUI
* Improved Android controls, can place nodes with single tap
* Improved antialiasing filters

Help us by trying out the release candidate: forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.pโ€ฆ

#freegaming #opensource #freesoftware

in reply to Luanti (formerly Minetest)

#Minetest 5.8 will have an improved settings menu

The new design should be much easier to use. Settings are organised in a more logical way, and you can see more settings without digging into a huge advanced settings tree

#opensource



KDE Plasma 6 gets a first Alpha release gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/kde-โ€ฆ

#KDE #Linux #OpenSource



Very much on the fence about this one composition wise.

If I try to make the skylight straight it makes the rest of the frame wonky and vice versa. Probably has to do with where I was standing and some slight wide angle distortion.

A version of this photo with no people looks better but I was closer and slightly more to the right but I do like the two men walking down the stairs

๐Ÿ“ท : Fuji TX-1
Film: CineStill 400D

#filmphotography #analogphotography #photography #beleiveinfilm #panorama



Humble Choice for November has Prodeus, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Friends vs Friends gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/humbโ€ฆ

#PCGaming #SteamDeck #Linux

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

I've been skipping for months, waiting for at least 1 game from my wishlist and now boom! Three at once! Prodeus, Unpacking and Hardspace.


Night in the Woods follow-up Revenant Hill cancelled due to developer health issues gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/nighโ€ฆ

#IndieGame #RevenantHill #Gaming



An Acromyrmex octospinosus leafcutter ant, photographed at the famous La Selva biological station in the lowland rainforests of Costa Rica.

#Ants #Acromyrmex #Insects #Spines

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Well. It's been a year of mstdn.science.

Happy anniversary. :thisisfinefire:

I'm surprised we're still here, but it's good. I like it.

If you like what we do, you can support us via opencollective. All our accounts are open and transparent.

opencollective.com/mstdnsciencโ€ฆ

Image c/o @drm

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The 10 Rules of Being Human, including โ€œYou will be presented with lessonsโ€, โ€œThere are no mistakes, only lessonsโ€, and โ€œLearning does not endโ€. kottke.org/23/11/the-10-rules-โ€ฆ
in reply to kottke.org

I had a lovely experience with this list recently while looking through Cherieโ€™s book!

chrisglass.com/2023/09/25/it-hโ€ฆ

in reply to Chris Glass

@glass I saw that when you posted but didn't know it was the same book until just now!


Educator, scientist & writer Ana Roquรฉ de Duprey was born in Puerto Rico in 1853.

Known as the โ€œFlower of the Valleyโ€ for her work in botany, Roquรฉ wrote the Botany of the Antilles, the most comprehensive study of flora in the Caribbean & was instrumental in the fight for the Puerto Rican womanโ€™s right to vote.

Roquรฉ founded several girls-only schools & the College of Mayagรผez, later the Mayagรผez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. womenshistory.org/education-reโ€ฆ #HistoryRemix #history #science



Opening session. I am at ร˜redev. A big swedish dev conference. Tomorrow I will be telling them about #elixir.

With me is Petter who is helping me film this conference. Good conference buddy so far ๐Ÿ˜




Steam Deck Verified highlights for November 8th, 2023 gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/steaโ€ฆ

#SteamDeck #Linux #PCGaming #Steam




Over a week later Apex Legends is still broken on Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/overโ€ฆ

#SteamDeck #ApexLegends #Linux #Proton #EasyAntiCheat



Fedora Linux 39 is out now with GNOME 45, Linux kernel 6.5 gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/fedoโ€ฆ

#Fedora #Linux #FOSS

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

recently went from Win11 to fedora 38. The upgrade to 39 took like 10 minutes and went off without a hitch. Best decision ever.
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

Was super excited for it but the update absolutely trashed my install ๐Ÿ™ No input under Wayland and super sluggish performance with no touchpad drivers under X11. Didnโ€™t feel like debugging so I just reinstalled because I was going to reparation anyway and it works great, but that initial update sucked and lost me some time.


GE-Proton 8-23 fixes VRChat and reworks GStreamer plugin gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/ge-pโ€ฆ

#SteamDeck #Linux #VR



Proton Experimental fixes up multiple Final Fantasy issues & Metal Gear Solid 3 gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/protโ€ฆ

#Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Steam



I'm genuinely surprised at how XeSS appears to be shaping up to become the better upscaling choice in more and more games at lower resolutions, such as the :steamdeck: Steam Deck's 800p.

#SteamDeck #Intel #PCGaming #Tech #Ghostrunner2



Colleagues described very interesting extinct hermit crab, related to a weird modern genus Tylaspis which walks on four legs (video of a modern weirdo 1023world.net/ypark/anomura/Tyโ€ฆ ). They named it (on my suggestion) Mutotylaspis, honoring kaiju MUTO.
sciencedirect.com/science/artiโ€ฆ




You can decrease the negativity in your life 100% by replacing all the people you know with this quokka


โ€œI laughed when I heard people say that they should put armed guards on the streets," says Eddie Mullins, new chair of Dublin's north inner-city community-safety partnership. โ€œWhat are they going to do? Shoot people?โ€

dublininquirer.com/2023/11/08/โ€ฆ



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