@timbray @mastohost
is a great service for this!
@coop
@Federation_Bot
Il dibattito sul riarmo europeo sembra richiedere uno schieramento netto: a favore o contro. L'articolo di Stefano Feltri.
Extraprofitti da guerra
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115683450291101654
So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer connectivity, avoiding the app store bottleneck etc.
@n1k0 @ebrehault t'as dépensé sans compter ?
Detener el genocidio en la Franja de Gaza y procesar a sus perpetradores Los participantes en la conferencia "Pacto por Jerusalén" celebrada en Estambul anunciaron el lanzamiento de un documento popular titulado "El Pacto p https://kaosenlared.net/detener-el-genocidio-en-la-franja-de-gaza-y-procesar-a-sus-perpetradores/?utm_campaign=rrss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
@tomjennings @crisps Google earth (not maps) is a virtual globe.
I think having a globe is very useful.
I've got a theory that if you are convinced that Greenland or Russia are much bigger than they really are, something bad can happen to all of us
December 8~
Yes! The other Eureka holiday special came up today on the #RandomHolidayTVOrMovieEachDay watch-a-thon - the first one where we meet Dr. Drummer and visit the Santology Lab
Be back after Carter and Taggert save Christmas…
The #Nextcloud server for the Federated Video Co-op Initiative is now fully online.
This marks a major step toward building the kind of organization we set out to create.
From the beginning, the core requirement was clear. Our infrastructure has to be open source. It cannot rely on Microsoft or Google. It cannot depend on any service with vendor lock-in. And it must be hosted entirely in Canada from top to bottom. That meant choosing a platform we can operate ourselves on Canadian hardware under Canadian law with no hidden dependencies. Nextcloud fits that mandate perfectly.
Here’s what this entails:
Nextcloud now serves as the central home for our governance work, documentation, file storage, onboarding, collaboration, project management, and video conferencing. It also includes an excellent email client.
For communication, we are currently testing Nextcloud Talk. At first glance it covers most of our needs. If it ends up falling short, Mattermost is our fallback option. Regardless of where we land for chat, Nextcloud remains the backbone for everything else.
One important clarification. The Signal group chat will not be retired. It continues to serve an important role for quick coordination and informal updates. Nextcloud is the system of record. Signal remains the fast lane for day-to-day back-and-forth.
Everyone who volunteers on an advisory basis will receive a Nextcloud account. These seats are free during the testing period. After three months, there will be a $5/month hosting cost per seat. This keeps the service sustainable and fully operated on Canadian infrastructure rather than relying on the large US tech stacks we are deliberately avoiding.
Most documents within Nextcloud will be made public once finalized. Exceptions will be limited to privacy and monetary matters. For transparency, we now have an open directory where the community can see our publicly viewable documents as they evolve:
https://cloud.fedeo.org/s/Wdt8LDMaE64gaXF
Now that the server is up and running, email updates will resume.
Going with a comforting floral pattern in a plummy purple ink for today's #inkyDays drawing.
I had to go to the Cancer hospital for a blood draw today, which is always boring and stressful. But there was some cool art hanging in the waiting room and big entry way of the building. Oh, and the results were already posted for me by the time I got home. Looks good!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/144852315
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-December-2025-K3K71PIKBK
A New Tomb Raider Game Will Be Revealed At The Game Awards
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/video-game-legend-confirmed-for-the-game-awards?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Entertainment @entertainment-mensjournal
Behold a cursed crate: a Rust macro that will use generative code to produce implementations. Write the function signature and that's it.
Nightmare fuel.
use ai_bindgen::ai;
#[ai]
extern "C" {
#[ai(prompt = "return the n-th prime number, please")]
fn prime(n: i32) -> i32;
// no prompt parameter (the signature should be self explanatory :)
#[ai]
fn max(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32;
}
fn main() {
println!("The 15th prime number is {}", prime(15)); // 47 (hopefully)
println!("max(4, 6) = {}", max(4, 6)); // 6
}
I like the "hopefully" there.
"Reading your research suggested to me that ADHD traits - although I'm not minimizing the problems, and the anguish that ADHD people can feel - ADHD traits constitute a special skill set, not an impairment, often, and the impairment comes from not being able to express the skills."
#JimMora, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018943895/is-adhd-an-evolutionary-adaptation
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1OCkhBwo (AI Expert: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! We Need To Start Protesting! - Tristan Harris)
Ex-Google Insider and AI Expert TRISTAN HARRIS reveals how ChatGPT, China, and Elon Musk are racing to build uncontrollable AI, and warns it will blackmail humans, hack democracy, and threaten jobs…by 2027.
Tristan Harris is a former Google design ethicist and leading voice from Netflix’s The Social Dilemma. He is also co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, where he advises policymakers, tech leaders, and the public on the risks of AI, algorithmic manipulation, and the global race toward AGI.
Please consider sharing this episode widely. Using this link to share the episode will earn you points for every referral, and you’ll unlock prizes as you earn more points: https://doac-perks.com/
He explains:
◼️How AI could trigger a global collapse by 2027 if left unchecked
◼️How AI will take 99% of jobs and collapse key industries by 2030
◼️Why top tech CEOs are quietly meeting to prepare for AI-triggered chaos
◼️How algorithms are hijacking human attention, behavior, and free will
◼️The real reason governments are afraid to regulate OpenAI and Google
00:00 Intro
02:21 I Predicted the Biggest Change In History
07:48 Social Media Created the Most Anxious and Depressed Generation
13:09 Why AGI Will Displace Everyone
15:50 Are We Close to Getting AGI?
17:12 The Incentives Driving Us Toward a Future We Don't Want
19:58 The People Controlling AI Companies Are Dangerous
23:18 How AI Workers Make AI More Efficient
24:24 The Motivations Behind the AI Moguls
29:21 Elon Warned Us for a Decade — Now He's Part of the Race
34:39 Are You Optimistic About Our Future?
37:58 Sam Altman's Incentives
38:46 AI Will Do Anything for Its Own Survival
46:18 How China Is Approaching AI
48:15 Humanoid Robots Are Being Built Right Now
52:05 What Happens When You Use or Don't Use AI
55:34 We Need a Transition Plan or People Will Starve
01:01:10 Ads
01:02:11 Who Will Pay Us When All Jobs Are Automated?
01:05:35 Will Universal Basic Income Work?
01:09:23 Why You Should Only Vote for Politicians Who Care About AI
01:11:18 What Is the Alternative Path?
01:15:12 Becoming an Advocate to Prevent AI Dangers
01:17:35 Building AI With Humanity's Interests at Heart
01:20:05 Your ChatGPT Is Customised to You
01:21:22 People Using AI as Romantic Companions
01:23:05 AI and the Death of a Teenager
01:25:42 Is AI Psychosis Real?
01:31:48 Why Employees Developing AI Are Leaving Companies
01:33:04 Ads
01:43:30 What We Can Do at Home to Help With These Issues
01:52:22 AI CEOs and Politicians Are Coming
01:56:21 What the Future of Humanoid Robots Will Look Like
There are so many FCC comment periods that will close right at the beginning of January, on really stupid, short-sighted, make-billionaires-richer things they want to do with loosening the already incredibly loose regulations for satellites. I am tired. But I have to write stuff for these, because it's the one and only way to formally protest. Fuck.
HEADS UP that the FCC comment period for Reflect Orbital first hideously bright, ecology-disrupting satellite will open probably in mid- to late-January. I'm gonna need EVERYBODY to write in for that one.
One Film Dominated This Year’s Golden Globe Nominations
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/one-film-dominated-this-years-golden-globe-nominations?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Entertainment @entertainment-mensjournal
Dinosaurs make everything better. Literally everything.
Exhibit A, today's Low Quality Ad, this 3D T-Rex Christmas Sweater.
https://collabs.shop/k8mose
Earlier this year, a friend introduced me as their mentor and I was speechless.
Recently, another friend introduced me as "a very experienced executive" with similar effect.
I'm... what? Wait... oh! 💡
For someone who feels like they spend inordinate effort on self-awareness, I sure seem to miss the headlines until someone says them out loud. 😳
Of course instead of pondering other positives I'm missing, I double down on negatives. 😂 Good one, 🧠.
chimerautils (our core userland package) has a new release that is now in the distro:
- based on freebsd 15.0-release
- plenty of upstream changes, such as...
- `find` supports `-printf`
- `cp` supports long options
- `cp` can merge directories
- `du` uses libxo (machine parseable output in many formats as requested)
- `id` can retrieve more data (e.g. homedir and shell)
- `stat` can find holes
- and more
- some downstream enhancements too
- `printf` supports `%q` (shell quoting)
- `xargs` supports `--arg-file`
- `mv` supports atomic file swapping (`-x`)
- `command -v` in `sh` is now a bit more relaxed (additional arguments are ignored and not an error), like dash
- `ls` will display files even if it can't `stat` them (e.g. stale sshfs mounts)
I had a look at some RiscOS screenshots before writing the last reply. 3.0 didn't have this visual pattern, late 3.x did, but 5.x did. I'm not sure exactly when it showed up, the early ones were all flat.
