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I found this screenshot again and I still think it's brilliant. The best OS overview I've ever read.
#Linux #FreeBSD

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The community letter on the 'protocol wars' suggests the conflict is more social than technical. Cross-pollination and bridges like Bridgy Fed already exist. 'People > Protocols > Platforms' is the logical conclusion.

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Whoever put the gates for “Austin” and “Boston” next to each other here at LAX really screwed over anyone trying to understand the announcements lmao

@steveklabnik.com to solve this, announcements pertaining to each destination must be made in the destination's native accent.

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I've been following this "mutual safety standards recognition" stuff out of the US/EU talks. This could be really, really bad.

It would mean that US vehicles, like those giant dangerous SUVs and pickup trucks, could be freely imported into the EU in volume without having to pass EU vehicle safety standards (like pedestrian safety).

I haven't seen any organised resistance to this. Does anybody know any other organisations that are fighting this?

etsc.eu/etsc-mutual-recognitio

@dominik if he'd known, he'd have driven his Tesla that day

@jdp.extropian.net I think that LLCs'* tax rate should approach 100% as its profits go towards infinity. Does that mean I'm against LLCs?

* or their owner's, I'm not a tax lawyer

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Die #Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist grundrechtswidrig.

Um die rechtsstaatliche Alternative «Quick Freeze» durchzusetzen und damit die Massenüberwachung durch den Staat nachhaltig abzuschaffen, brauchen wir 23'000 Franken.

Hilf mit, die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu kippen: digitale-gesellschaft.ch/quick

#quickfreeze @init7

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Rec Room was a great place to work, but they had to lay off over half their staff, so I am looking for the next opportunity.

If you are looking for a senior graphics coder to solve all your rendering problems on any platform, either remote or in the Seattle area, I'd love to hear from you.

Picture is purely for attention, but I can drive pretty well.

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Ich wollte algebraische Geometrie lernen, war aber zu unbegarbt.

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The internet, once hailed as a democratizing force for information, has become a primary vector for informational pathogens. Memetic contagions, engineered for maximum engagement, spread faster than well-researched, nuanced information. Our defenses are failing. (2/2)

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okay but serious talk, I'm only mentioning this at all because it's a rare enough occurrence to distinguish between them. when I first got serious about mastodon during the great migration a few years ago, there were more antagonizers, but it's calmed down. I think my local @jerry must have good taste in moderation because I'm rarely bothered by randos but I also don't ever find myself unable to follow someone because their ten-thousand-user instance got defederated over a trivial drama three years ago

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The Octopus thought experiment sucks. If your instinct is like "LLMs can't learn anything about the actual world from mere text" AND you are intellectually curious, here is your reading list. 1/4

@nic221 without regulations / incentives, I'm fairly pessimistic - even the existing examples he gives in the article are not clear wins: it's quite possible even Google Maps has increased the number of cars sold and miles driven, by making cars more useful, as well as making existing trips more efficient (and these trips may now happen more often as a result). That would mean it has increased emissions.

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"auf die sheafe Bahn gekommen - wie algebraische Geometrie fast mein Leben ruinierte"

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