Sam Altman returns as CEO OpenAI
Reversing a failed boardroom coup, Sam Altman is returning to lead OpenAI with the support of company employees and investors like Microsoft.Nilay Patel (The Verge)
GameMaker now free for non-commercial use, one-time fee for indie devs gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/gameโฆ
GameMaker now free for non-commercial use, one-time fee for indie devs
Seems like GameMaker are trying to eat some of Unity's lunch here after the mess that was Unity's install fee plan, GameMaker have made it much easier for developers to use it (and cheaper).Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Beat Hazard 3 gets updates towards Steam Deck verification gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/beatโฆ
Beat Hazard 3 gets updates towards Steam Deck verification
Beat Hazard 3 from Cold Beam Games received an update recently as the developer is hoping to get Steam Deck Verified so they've made some more improvements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Riders Republic should now run on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/rideโฆ
#SteamDeck #Linux #RidersRepublic #Ubisoft
Riders Republic should now run on Steam Deck / Linux
Some good news for fans of crazy sporty games like Riders Republic, as Ubisoft actually worked to get it working on Steam Deck / Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Invincible gets updated to fix it with the latest Steam Deck updates gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/the-โฆ
The Invincible gets updated to fix it with the latest Steam Deck updates
The Invincible is a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisลaw Lem. Quite popular and it broke recently with the latest Steam Deck / SteamOS upgrade.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
๐ Milestone alert! Nextcloud has hit 100 employees!
A milestone of pure organic growth, reflecting our commitment.
It's not just about numbers, it's our promise to lead with secure and collaborative digital solutions.
Here is to innovation and hard work!
About Nextcloud
We help you achieve a safe home for all your data. Secure, under your control and developed in an open, transparent and trustworthy way. We are Nextcloud.Nextcloud
Evernote just raised the price of their personal plan with 250%. Nextcloud Notes has a huge opportunity here by adding sharing and importing ๐
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I kind of like #MDPI for demonstrating how easy it is to make a ton of money by exploiting the flawed system of tying scientific publishing to scientists' performance evaluations.
Figure taken from "Public funds being swallowed up by scientific journals with dubious articles": english.elpais.com/science-tecโฆ
Public funds being swallowed up by scientific journals with dubious articles
An analysis suggests that some academic publishers have multiplied their income thanks to accepting trivial studies en masseManuel Ansede (Ediciones EL PAรS S.L.)
Openly available #illustrations as tools to describe #eukaryotic #microbial #diversity
Beautiful and extremely useful #open #resource from Yana Eglit and @pjkeelinglab depicting eukaryotic microbes in exquisite detail.
Arenโt they lovely? Which is your favorite?
@PLOSBiology
#LoveMicrobiology
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/โฆ
Openly available illustrations as tools to describe eukaryotic microbial diversity
The microbial world is diverse and critically important to understanding evolution and global ecology, but we lack teaching and communications resources.journals.plos.org
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Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate Resilience
Landscape architect Kate Orff works on rebuilding natural systems to help communities and cities reduce their climate risks.Yale E360
IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231122.htโฆ #APOD
APOD: 2023 November 22 - IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Day 5: Ten Days, Ten Films.
This is a lot of fun! So long as I don't make this too hard or too easy!
Over ten days you pick an image from a film without any title to give away where it is from, so that people can guess. You can also nominate others to do the same. That way more people are in on the game! (or notโyour choice ๐ )
But remember: NO SPOILERS! If you recognise a film, donโt say what it is! Say something that indicates you know, but allows others to guess as well. Your messages then become helpful hints!
@Christoph S
#TenDaysTenFilmsTenFriends or #TenDaysTenFilmsNoFriends
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My Neighbour (Neighbor) Totoro Trailer (English)
My Neighbour Totoro fan trailer made by Tom F.While their mother recovers from an illness, Satsuki and her little sister Mei (voiced in English by Dakota Fan...YouTube
because I am in my 30s, so I am egregiously behind on all pop culture: been listening to "one of your girls" on repeat for the past few days
and why is troye sivan so good-looking both as himself and in drag
it's not fair tbh
Troye Sivan - One of Your Girls (Official Video)
Get the album โSomething to Give Each Otherโ by Troye Sivan: https://troyesivan.lnk.to/SomethingToGiveEachOtherIDWatch Troyeโs Music Videos: https://youtube....YouTube
You should stop using Google Chrome. The company is following through on its threat to ban the ad/tracker blockers that a) help protect your privacy and b) make your web experience much more pleasant.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/1โฆ
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.Ars Technica
I only ever use chrome when I have to use google meets anyway so I don't have to switch up a damn thing.
I'm gonna laugh when either chrome starts losing market share quickly or ad blockers find away around chromes nonsense.
I was just laying in bed and thought I could do some research on how to run #Nextcloud on Docker before going to sleep.
Roughly 30 minutes later I have an all-in-one Nextcloud up and running, integrated to my Nginx reverse proxy and reachable through my subdomain with SSL certificate and everything! What?
Now I just have to migrate my #NextCloudPi users/data to this, but the docu is incredible:
github.com/nextcloud/all-in-onโฆ
Thank you so much, @nextcloud!!
What Is the Artemis Program? (Grades K-4) - NASA
Artemis is a new NASA program to explore the Moon. These missions will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.Jennifer B. Adams (NASA)
What Is the Artemis Program? (Grades 5-8) - NASA
Artemis is NASAโs new lunar exploration program, which includes sending the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.Jennifer B. Adams (NASA)
While I personally stopped tweeting in May, it was clear that now was the time for Flipboard to stop tweeting as well.
This is a sad outcome given that Twitter was the platform we got started on in 2010 and I was a board member there with Jack, Ev and Dick. But that Twitter is gone now. And the future is the open social web.
SaSa NASA Partners - NASA
ย The research group supporting the SaSa program includes:ย ยMilan Loiacono (NASA)
Google Chrome Goes To War With Adblock... AGAIN
At the start of the year Google Chrome had to put a stop to the Manifest v3 transition which would completely neuter adblockers because it just wasn't ready,...YouTube
Manifesto for posting online in 2023
Burn the old rule books. Keep warm by the fire.Sara Tasker - Me & Orla (Entre Nous)
Deformable Mirrors in Space: Key Technology toDirectly Image Earth Twins - NASA Science
Finding and studying Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars is critical to understand whether we are alone in the universe. To study such planets and assess if they can sustain life, it is necessary to directly image them.science.nasa.gov
Duke of Portland Boathouse - Ullswater
Another from yesterday. A location that will need another visit as the light/conditions weren't as good as they could be.
I'm glad I got autumn colour though.
ยกRecomendamos! ๐ข ยซS.O.S Periodista: Kit de seguridad digital para periodistasยป
Un material elaborado por @tedicpy con apoyo de @digidefenders , que brinda saberes y herramientas para fortalecer la seguridad digital de periodistas y comunicadorxs
โช๏ธ tedic.org/s-o-s-periodista-kitโฆ
S.O.S Periodista: Kit de seguridad digital para periodistas
En un mundo donde nuestra informaciรณn fluye rรกpidamente y sin fronteras, nuestra seguridad digital es mรกs crucial que nunca, especialmente para periodistas.TEDIC
What Is a Black Hole? (Grades K - 4) - NASA
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space.Flint Wild (NASA)
What Is a Black Hole? (Grades 5-8) - NASA
A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity is so strong that light is not able to escape.Sandra May (NASA)
Blood on the Tightrope by Lunatic Soul
Listen to "Blood on the Tightrope" by Lunatic Soul on any music platform - Free smart music links by SongwhipLunatic Soul (Songwhip)
NASA Selects 11 Space Biology Research Projects to Inform Biological Research During Future Lunar Exploration Missions - NASA Science
NASA announces the award of eleven grants or cooperative agreements for exciting new Space Biology research that will advance NASAโs understanding of how exposure to lunar dust/regolith impact both plant and animal systems.science.nasa.gov
We are looking for talented junior scientists to join our International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Two fully-funded 4-year #PhD fellowships (2024-2028) are available to carry out cutting-edge research on #genetics and #development of human #language, with several innovative projects to choose from, co-supervised by leading researchers at the Max Planck Institute and our partners at the Radboud University. Projects include investigating rare #DNA variants in genes that cause developmental speech/language disorders, and neuroimaging #genomic analyses of language circuits in the brain.
Application portal opens Dec 4th 2023 and closes Jan 8th 2024. Full information and FAQ can be found here: mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fellowships-2โฆ
Boosts much appreciated!
#MastodonScience #science #academia
@mpi_nl @maxplanckgesellschaft @Radboud_uni
Seeking applicants for #PhD projects on #genetics & #language:
1) Deciphering roles of rare genetic variants in developmental speech/language disorders. This project studies impacts of pathogenic gene disruptions by integrating data from clinical & speech/language profiles of affected patients with lab-based analyses in human neuronal models (e.g. brain organoids).
2) Mapping language-relevant genetic effects on brain variability using normative modelling. Here, we apply normative modelling to large-scale imaging & DNA data from the general population, to uncover heterogeneous effects of language-relevant genetic variants.
3) Genetic architecture of the human language network. In this project, we employ advanced neuroimaging techniques to map neural circuits involved in language processing, characterize interindividual differences in their properties, & associate them with DNA variation in unique cohorts.
Applications due before Jan 8th 2024. More info here: mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fellowships-2โฆ
I'm excited that @theintercept's website now lets authors specify their Signal phone number and their Mastodon and Bluesky account at the bottom of every article!
The Intercept authors can also now verify themselves on Mastodon by linking to their author bio in their metadata.
@Gargron Agreed. I've always preferred apps that stick to the OS appearance.
I think there's something to be said for long-term UI patterns. I've been using Affinity a lot, and much of the confusion I'm having comes from (1) UIs that are similar to Photoshop's but do different things, or (2) UIs that are different from Photoshop but do the same thing.
The fundamentals of desktop GUIsโwindows, File/Edit menusโhaven't changed in close to 40 years.
Steam Autumn Sale 2023 is live with huge savings
The big sale event I'm sure many of you wait for: the Steam Autumn Sale 2023 is now live with some epic savings on thousands of games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Also The Sims 4 My First Pet Stuff Pack is for free on EA App. ๐
I'm a little confused here. The Talos Principle 2 is on top of my wishlist, and I almost instantly bought it when the -51% notification popped up. But that game was never a 57.98โฌ title to begin with, was it?
Edit: must be a bug (or a very questionable marketing trick). In a bundle with TTP1, which is 95% off, you could indeed state that the total discount is 51%... but you'd still pay full price for TTP2
Iโm so looking forward to Hayao Miyazakiโs last(?) film, โThe Boy and The Heron.โ
The new Ghibli movie debuts Dec 4 & sounds wonderful, imaginative & timely. nytimes.com/2023/11/21/movies/โฆ #Anime #Art This is a #GiftLink
Iโm so excited. My partner and I both have been fans and grew up watching Ghibli and Miyazaki films. I loved how he animated a caterpillar, on the documentary when he was trying to work with cg teams. Just blows my mind.
Plus the music is magical. So special to me.
Iโm also hopefully going to see yuri if it ever comes out movie or season 2, have you seen season 1?
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