Reclaim your privacy with powerful open-source AI models 🔓✨
Let's explore open-source AI and its benefits, and look at a few great AI models from the perspective of the OS AI definition and our very own Ethical AI rating.
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Open-source AI models that give you privacy back - Nextcloud
In this article, we find out how open-source AI models give you privacy back and explore the examples of reliable AI for your ecosystem.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/incr…
#Selaco #SteamDeck #FPS #Gaming #Linux
Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update
Celebrating six months since the intial Early Access release, the awesome retro-fuelled Selaco has another really big update out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/stea…
Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified
Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.
Photo: Laténium
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.The Conversation
Mansplaining, explained in one simple chart
Kim Goodwin was asked to help some colleagues tell if they were being helpful or condescending. So she created a simple chart – which went unexpectedly viral.Kim Goodwin (BBC)
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If you havent already got one of these, get one! They are so comfy and big!!!
Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/stea…
Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations
Another year coming to a close and so the Steam Autumn Sale is live again until December 4. Time to find where your wallet is hiding.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hacia un alto el fuego digital
vía Access Now
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Toward a digital ceasefire - Access Now
The ascent of cyber warfare is weaponizing our digital world; it’s time to embrace the concept of “digital ceasefire.”Marwa Fatafta (Access Now)
New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/new-…
#SteamController #SteamDeck #Steam
New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked
Valve did a bit of a woops here, as they recently accidentally leaked the designs for what looks like their upcoming Steam Controller 2 and a new VR controller that is likely to come with the long leaked Deckard VR headset.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We’ll have to wait for the size and thickness, and the angle of the grips, but this will probably not work for me. Symmetrical sticks placed in the middle of the controller, with touchpads on the way where my fat hands will likely activate them all the time…
Sounds like a recipe for thumb and wrist pain for me personally :/
On that controller, it seems like the opposite
@BrodieOnLinux Haha yeah, we’ll see. Ergonomics isn’t an exact science; and doesn’t always work for everyone: AirPods fall out the ears of a fair few people, the PS4 controller was a nightmare for some, and some think the Xbox one controller isn’t good, the Duke managed to get into production, etc..
It can be an awesome controller for a bunch of people, and a nightmare for others 😀
There’s also the issue that my thumbs often bump into one another with symmetrical sticks on a PS controller, because the sticks are too close
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Tecnología y Educación - substantivos femeninos
El Videocast virtual convocado por la CLADE, tuvo especialistas que se reunieron para reflexionar sobre cómo la gobernanza digital impacta al derecho humano a la educación (DHE) desde una perspectiva de género.
#EducaciónTransformadoraDeGénero
Más info:
bit.ly/EdutechGeneroDHE
📌 Video Peertube:
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Videocast “Tecnologías y Educación”: Reflexionando sobre la Gobernanza y el Derecho Humano a la Educación con Perspectiva de Género - Red Clade
El Videocast virtual: Tecnología y Educación - substantivos femeninos, convocado por la CLADE, tuvo especialistas que se reunieron para reflexionar sobre cómo la gobernanza digital impacta al derecho humano a la educación (DHE) desde una perspectiva …Red Clade
Quick read for morning train ride. Poor methods leading to higher false positives, and selecting for number of output leads to poor methods.
Makes sense, but how would this apply to independent/amateur research? IMHO we need good methods beyond tools.
The natural selection of bad science | Royal Society Open Science
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Systematic characterization of plant-associated bacteria that can degrade indole-3-acetic acid
How do plant-associated microbiota regulate plant hormones, affecting their growth and development? This study reveals that bacterial isolates associated with the roots of Arabidopsis and rice can degrade the auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), mitigat…plos.io
Huge data centre in #Barcelona #catalonia will use 15 times more water than promised, companies have failed to register as "major users" techpolicy.press/why-we-dont-k… - why isn't this being talked about? An absolute disgrace, given the state of #catalunya water reserves.
And not just water - the datacentres alone will take the power requirements of 20k homes, impacting Catalonia's efforts to decarbonise.
Why We Don’t Know AI's True Water Footprint
Miranda Gabbott asks, by choosing AI industry-driven growth today, will urban planners in Spain jeopardize their water tomorrow?Miranda Gabbott (Tech Policy Press)
Software Heritage and Zenodo integrate to safeguard research - Software Heritage
Zenodo and Software Heritage have joined forces to streamline code archiving. Zenodo and Software Heritage have joined forces to streamline code archiving.Nicole Martinelli (Software Heritage)
🚀 The Nextcloud Enterprise Day Paris 2024 program is live!
Join us December 3rd for inspiring talks, success stories, networking, and more—all tailored to the French market.
🌟 Full program: nextcloud.com/enterprise-day-2…
#NextcloudEnterprise #NextcloudTalk
Nextcloud Enterprise Day Paris 2024
Designed for IT professionals, project managers, and decision-makers, this event will help you shape your strategy and maximize the value of your content collaboration platform.Nextcloud
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A timeline of monthly temperature change in the #Arctic from 1950 through all of 2023...
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Download high-resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatur… (ECMWF ERA5 data)
Arctic Temperatures
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
Dominion Power claims that Virginians’ power usage keeps climbing, so they need to build new power plants that we’ll all pay for with rate hikes. Forced to release internal records, it turns out that the only increase is coming from building data centers.
Why should Virginians subsidize Amazon, whose budget is 7x Virginia’s? virginiamercury.com/2024/11/26…
Under pressure from the SCC, Dominion reveals the true cost of data centers • Virginia Mercury
Dominion's November 15 filing with the SCC shows future data center growth will drive up utility spending by about 20%.Ivy Main (Virginia Mercury)
X's legal filing in the InfoWars bankruptcy case is both batshit crazy and also what you'd expect. It asserts that X owns every account, can do whatever it wants with them, and can inject itself into legal proceedings that have nothing to do with it.
This is why it's incredibly important that people invest in platforms that they own, and move toward federated/decentralized/portable, noncorporate social media as rapidly as possible
Measured and well thought out.
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Good video. I agree with her conclusion. I could only listen to it - not watch it. Her hands and arms flying around, and all the tattoos were too much of a distraction.
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Decided to check in on Threads today, to see if things have improved.
Nope, still engagement bait hell. Even the official Threads account does it 🙃
Our 400+ apps ecosystem just got a boost with Nextcloud Hub 9! 🚀
Get a tour of Nextcloud Hub's growing app ecosystem: from #opensource apps to Microsoft integrations, and new partners like Dovecot, Mailvelope, and Stalwart.
We've also brought upgrades to our developer tools, making it easy for developers to build new native Nextcloud apps and integrate them with our Open Collaboration Services API. 🎉
See what's new! 👇🏽
Check out this blog post about our recent panel: blog.translatescience.org/
The panel included 2 wonderful guests: Humberto Debat (tenured Research Scientist, Institute of Plant Pathology Center for Agricultural Research, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria) and Devang Mehta (tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Biosystems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
The blog post also includes a recording of the panel.
A humpback whale in New York City's East River?
iNaturalist user yuunikorn posted a photo near the Williamsburg bridge confirming observations by others of the whale making its way north from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) observed by Jen Ou
Humpback Whale from East River, New York, NY, US on November 25, 2024 at 04:03 PM by Jen Ou. I think I just saw a whale! About 1.5 car length!iNaturalist
GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now with some big discounts gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/gogs…
#GOG #Gaming #PCGaming #BlackFriday
GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now with some big discounts
Black Friday? It may only be Tuesday, but of course every store wants to get ahead of the game. GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Bluesky no es descentralizada pero ofrece funcionalidades útiles para recuperar el interés por participar en #redessociales y la posibilidad de contribuir a su configuración de manera comunitaria.
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Bluesky, la red social donde se libra la batalla por el futuro de internet
Ni es descentralizada ni está fuera de la influencia de los ‘criptobros’ que han aupado a Trump a la Casa Blanca, pero ofrece funcionalidades útiles para recuperar el interés por participar en redes sociales y la posibilidad de contribuir a su config…www.elsaltodiario.com
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I love the fact that the Steam Deck has made desktop Linux a viable gaming platform.
I've been running Linux Mint for the last few months to escape the enshittification of Windows and I've had no problems with my Steam library at all.
Aho
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •but Linux has always had the must play game native, xbill
If your OS/Distro don't supply it out of the box, visit www.xbill.org to get access to source code or redirected to ports. 😜