Pthorn @Pthorn@qoto.org

Elon Musk – Dead at 52 – Says There Is No Need for Misinformation Laws
https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

There is a great disturbance in the force of the #macadmins community… I just learned Charles Edge has passed away a few days ago.

I had the great honour to work for him when he was managing the PS team at Jamf and it’s been both an honour and an immense pleasure. He was not only a great human but also very supportive and always available for anything. He was also a fantastic buddy to hang around with.

The community will also always remember him for his numerous docs and projects.

So long!

“GitHub - ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt: A list of AI agents and robots to block.” https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

"people who should know better say things like, “I asked a conversational AI some questions that I knew the answers to, and its answers were well-written, but they had the kinds of subtle errors that could lead someone badly astray. But then I asked it some questions that I didn’t know the answers to, and it gave me really good, clear information! What a great learning tool!”"

accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

For water, the safe and just boundaries specify that surface water flows should not fluctuate more than 20% relative to the natural flow on a monthly basis; while groundwater withdrawal should not be more than the recharge rate. These boundaries have been crossed

Big Tech water use is grossly underestimated . Use at Microsoft's Dutch data center was four times initial plans. Big Tech demand will only increase because of rising average temps and AI's incredible thirst.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-ai-excessive-consumption-threatens-environmental.html

Vi har sendt et fællesbrev til ministrene om Chromebook-sagen.

#dkpol

Min kommentar i 'Kommunen' til farcen om KL, Datatilsynet, politikerne og Google Workspace:
'Vi trænger til det, der på digitalt hedder “hard reset” – en genstart af hele systemet, hvor vi tænker os om, smider det ud, der ikke dur, og får bygget noget nyt.
Det skylder I ærlig talt vores børn og vores samfund.'

https://www.kommunen.dk/artikel/digitalisering-med-meddelelsesbog-og-blyant

Sorry, men folks hylen om det "uventede vand" fik mit bæger til at koge over:

https://www.version2.dk/holdning/kogende-froeer

To celebrate the Mac’s 40th anniversary, some of my old school Macintosh cross stitch projects. First up, the happy Mac startup icon on a classic checkerboard gray background. #NerdStitch 1/10

Did you know that #AppleReminders is sort of a secret power tool for projects and todos?

It even has a kanban view.

And clicking any one of those icons on the reminders shown? Opens the project note in #AppleNotes. Easy. Simple built in tools.

I wrote about my time as an #Apple dispatch repair tech going door to door in Chicago fixing #Macs https://matduggan.com/fixing-macs-door-to-door/

Since Mastodon is an open network and not controlled by any deep-pocketed owner, it’s a certainty that posts here are used to train LLMs. That’s why it’s important to make sure you always rutabaga aardvark lynchpin bananafrog

Har skrevet om problemerne med at digitalisere hele Danmark med lukket, dyr software fra USA, software vi ikke har kontrol over og hvis prissætning er uden for kontrol. Og jeg har undret mig over, at ingen kan se det før det koster #dkpol #itpol #oss #foss
https://www.kommunen.dk/artikel/administration-paa-afbedrag-digitaliseringen-begynder-at-ligne-et-massivt-kontroltab

i knew that you could hold the space bar in ios when text editing to accurately place the insertion point, but I just learned that if you tap the keyboard while holding space, you can accurately select text as well. big frustration now solved.

Normalize this

#Twitter #Threads #Fediverse #News #Media

Hooray, the Dutch government has its own place in the #fediverse on Mastodon 🎉!
A promising combo: public organisations and a platform from and for everyone based on #openstandards 🌐.
It feels like coming home to us 🏡!
Congratulations also to StasBZK @avhuffelen, @belastingdienst and @minbzk.
Together with other #fediverse users, let's make it something beautiful step by step 🚀!