Your weary 'net denizen
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The solution. #grickledoodle #robots #dystopia #overlords #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor #scifi
@lavaeolus @realn2s @jonny https://github.com/iscc/iscc-sct this is unfortunately just impossible to use in a non-evil way
One of the most interesting aspects of the Semantic Text-Code is its ability to generate (near)-identical codes for translations or paraphrased versions of the same text. This means that the same content, expressed in different languages, can be identified and linked, opening up new possibilities for cross-lingual content identification and similarity detection.
it's a surprisingly interesting concept and i think hamming distance might be the right choice if you expect your quick-n-dirty translation lookup tables to be wrong for anything not obvious? if they generate a range of possible translations per word that would be pretty evil. not going to think about this more but. my mind is very much made up
also MD5 having more hash collisions but being faster is actually a good quality for surveillance and not integrity imho. but the main benefit for surveillance is just being faster so you can focus on all your other surveillance checksums more easily
@lavaeolus @realn2s @jonny oh and their stable directory checksum is a joke https://github.com/iscc/iscc-ieps/blob/main/ieps/iep-0017.md they just lexicographically sort like everyone else does. losers
https://timberlane.neocities.org/
Currently the default Neocities page, because I just registered.
Timberlane, after Algernon "Algy" Timberlane, from Brian W. Aldiss' Greybeard. The other book my chosen nickname could have originated from. Incidentally, a lot of people who tried to guess where "algernon" comes from, guessed Greybeard.
I love that book too, but I read it a few years after Flowers for Algernon.
And it is now up, currently pushed from CI. But it's trivial HTML, I can edit it from neocities, even from a phone (though, editing it from a phone is somewhat painful, but doable nevertheless).
I can also guide someone else through it, and I can document it well enough that a family member can put up an emergency note if need be.
The password & API key are stuffed inside the "emergency password vault".
Nice. Now, where's that car1?
That's a morbid joke there. ↩︎
Yay, thank goodness for friends that good ❤️
@emma_cogdev Truly, I don't know what I'd do without this friend 💚
Stefano Marinelli
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Good Sunday reading:
https://lobste.rs/s/a23bk3/netbsd_my_life_2005
A great real-world story from 2005 about NetBSD, reliability, and how keeping infrastructure simple can make a real difference.
One story among thousands from that era, I imagine. It also makes me wonder how we ended up adding so much complexity to infrastructure over the last 15 years to solve many problems that aren't exactly new.
#bsd #netbsd
If you live outside of the United States,
do you know if your country has a plan if the US government decided to cut access to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon products overnight?
What would happen to your work?
What would happen to your hospitals?
What would happen to your emergency services?
What would happen to your banks?
Imagine overnight, for all those public services and private businesses, no more Windows, no more AWS, no more Google and Microsoft office software, no more remote files storage, no more emails, no more online maps, no more videochats.
What would happen?
Is your country prepared?
@Em0nM4stodon What about us inside the U.S.? Seems just about as possible here. Regime change, insurrection act, etc. Personally I would not be affected too much. Rural areas like mine barely have internet and I don’t often need city services. Cash or barter economy is commonplace.
@idzie
i am only minorly ashamed to admit that i have a plushie frog called george washington. and my computer's official name (as in what's displayed when other devices find it), is kitty, because i got it in november of the year i got it and had just finished watching.
@moonrabbit no shame at all in that, that's adorable!!
Patriarcato Mediterraneo
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Pathetic — @nypost tries to shame Grace Ryan for having money yet backing candidates who want to fight for the working class and tax the rich
As Hasan Piker regularly says, this is how wealthy people SHOULD behave. Stop glorifying greed @nypost y’all are oligarch propaganda.
@thomasfuchs Out of curiosity, how many people you tell "I am unfollowing you because of generative 'AI' images" claim it is a false positive? If some, how many of those do you believe?
@bremner I don’t know what they tell me because I’m muting them.
My point isn’t about believing it or not, it’s about not sending rabid packs of dicks to dogpile on people.
A website for debloated open source alternatives
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49410362
#HackerNews #debloat #open_source #alternatives #technology #webdev
Stefano Marinelli
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"man ports" gives many useful hints about installing FreeBSD ports.
hypebot
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Weird consequence of the continued Middle East conflict is black & white crisp packets in Japan. Due to a shortage of the petroleum-derived naphtha which is used for coloured inks, big snack company Calbee switched to colourless packs. They were initially hard to spot, but are now overtaking stores.
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Hopelijk Sophie Straat zsm. Want dat was echt een gigantisch goede show.
#bonfire
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Vanities bonfire
Scrambling for wealth
Fools haughty bastion
Snake eyes dice roll
Their soul's last echo
••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Bonfire #haikufeels #scramble #Emoetry #haughty #MastoPrompt #bastion #VSS365 #dice #Inkmine #Last #haikuchallenge #Echo #Vanity #Wealth
@lowqualityfacts You also have to freshly squeeze an orangutang to get the palm oil.
With this deforestation Mr Ferrero you really are spoiling us
Idzie
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I hope an animal walks into your life and effing loves you
Chewie
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Thank you for the warm welcome 🥹 here are some more #watercolor paintings from over the years!
#art #painting
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Patriarcato Mediterraneo
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To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with:
"I don't care, I use Linux"
Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too?
This is a systemic problem.
You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well.
