Shoutout to @nlnet ❤️

I'm working on finalizing the @loops grant and once that is ready, I will be able to get paid for my development of #loops

Who makes bank? You, the fediverse.

Thanks to @nlnet, you will have a viable open source federated TikTok alternative.

So go remind your political representatives to support NGI/NLnet funding if you live in the EU!

Spread the word + please boosties 🚀

#loops

As of 2022, approximately 21% of adults in the United States are considered illiterate, meaning they lack the ability to read and write at a functional level. Additionally, about 54% of adults have literacy skills below a sixth-grade level.

#StayInSchool #EducationIsFreedom

8 AI Tips for Web Developers (and Their Careers):

AI is everywhere and comes with many problems and challenges. Yet as web developers, we need to adapt to a reality with AI. A few ideas on how we can make use of AI to the benefit of our work and our careers.

meiert.com/en/blog/ai-tips-for

#ai #webdev #tips #career

Big Tech has been making use of an extremely insidious and shady lobby tactic: the use of front groups.

Find out more about our most recent report with @somo and @lobbycontrol in the video and read all about it here:

corporateeurope.org/en/2024/10

#Privacy is not just about today. Privacy is largely about years from today.

And nobody knows what's going to happen years into the future.

That's something that I think a lot of people continue to miss.

Some piece of information that was completely innocent, say, in 2021, might become a serious threat in 2025.

Who will have access to that information? How will the social context change? What will the legal environment be?

Once a piece of information is out of our hands, we lose control.

We have all the tools needed to avoid the coming #ClimateCrisis. Don't let anyone tell you we can't or we shouldn't.

#ClimateAction

High-resolution of cancer. Unprecedented. A brief review of what we've just learned from 17 new papers in the latest edition of Ground Truths.
It's free, open-access.
erictopol.substack.com/p/cance

i'm so glad the RISC-V vendor ecosystem has embraced reasonable and easy to remember extension names

@akrumeich

I was wondering why the current ICE train (2nd class) that I'm in doesn't have those special cup holders and that explains it

@jon

@zleap

Some things to consider is that most participants were female and it seems that most had enough knowledge to study in university (it is not clear what percentage this is). One could hypothesize that individuals who are fit to study are predisposed to have more control over their attention. Though all correlations were mild, thus more studies are required.

Original study:

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

@olives

@hollie I don't even remember when the last time I did such a practice, ignore the smudge and continue...

@cczona

In Germany it is until you finish 9th grade, so its independent of age.

@coba

time to tunnel through countries that do not serve ads on YouTube

Today I learned  
TIL that YouTube does not run ads in Albania https://euronews.al/en/will-youtube-be-launched-to-albania-acromax-brings-information-after-meetings-i...
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