Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Facebook: Your Post Has Been Removed

From successful litter campaigns helping to Keep Orkney Clean to Weather Forecasts, Facebook has been either removing posts by The Orkney News or preventing our readers from sharing them. This is becoming a more frequent occurrence. Twice in the last 24 hours for example. There is nothing controversial about any of these posts - except that the weather forecast might sometimes be unable to cope with the changeable nature of the…

https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/09/10/facebook-your-post-has-been-removed/

Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-enhanced-viruses-are-being-deployed-against-utis/ #science

https://www.europesays.com/1463059/ John Cleese says “goodbye” to Twitter: “Thanks for dinner, Elon” #Entertainment #UnitedStates

FLOSS hiring thread for April 2024

Are you hiring? Especially for remote work?

Tells us what region(s) of world, type of work, link to opening, etc.

Are you looking for a job?

10s of thousands of layoffs last year, also already this year as well :(

Let's help people find good jobs

@fossjobs

@osjobhub

@infosec_jobs

https://www.WeWorkRemotely.com/

https://www.keyvalues.com/ - allows pairing values to companies

#FediResources #GetFediHired #FLOSScareer #FLOSSjobs

More than money, open-source pros want these 2 things from their next jobs https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/more-than-money-open-source-pros-want-these-2-things-from-their-next-jobs/ by @sjvn

Want to hire top #opensource savvy people? Money's good, but what they really want is work-life balance and remote work.

The biggest problem with “AI” is probably that it’s used as label for two completely different things:

1. Specialized neural networks trained to do highly specific tasks (e.g. cancer screening) which often work reasonably well as a tool to support human experts

2. Generative AI which thoroughly produces the most mid bullshit

It doesn’t help that neither are intelligent in any way, they’re both statistical pattern matching.

totally unrelated to my new expensive hobby — if anyone’s hiring for ex-gamedev C++ programmers with a decade of experience, hit me up?

(UK remote ideally)

This app lets you help scientists find new black holes
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/19/24223618/black-hole-finder-app-citizen-science?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech News @tech-news-theverge

There are almost too many #Israeli lies, distortions and falsehoods to keep track of

- Forty babies beheaded by #Hamas? Never happened
- Babies baked in ovens or hung on clothes lines? False
- A Bond-villain-style lair hidden under #alShifaHospital? Nope
- #Palestinians in #Gaza caught on camera faking their injuries? Complete fabrication
- The list of Hamas hostage-takers found on a wall in the #alrantisi children’s hospital? Sorry, no, it was just the days of the week on a calendar in Arabic.

"Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/08/trump-election-threats/

“Please be aware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters & Corrupt Election Officials,” he wrote, adding that such people will be “sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

#GOP #Trump #Republicans VIA @Laloofah

Rams vs. Lions Odds, Predictions, Best Bets: Detroit Has Edge at Home https://www.newsweek.com/rams-vs-lions-odds-predictions-best-bets-detroit-has-edge-home-1950168?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Down https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-mosquitoes-are-using-infrared-to-track-humans-down #science

Seriously though: I want (okay, demand) a version of Firefox with the "AI chatbot" functionality removed. Not disabled. Removed. I want all code which is specifically designed to connect to OpenAI removed from my computer completely. I do not care if the vampires have promised not to suck my blood. I do not want the vampires in my house in the first place. https://mk.nyaa.place/notes/9xvolkux40ok0n1m

AI integrations that nobody asked for will continue until morale improves. #firefox

Another case where the solution is SM & CU membership. That would benefit everyone, not just touring musicians. #brexit

UK music industry presses government to solve post-Brexit limits on touring
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/08/uk-music-industry-presses-government-to-solve-post-brexit-limits-on-touring?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

We're so fucked.

"Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing. The resulting enhanced potential for malicious manipulation of society’s evidence base, particularly in politically divisive domains, is a growing concern."

https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-on-google-scholar-key-features-spread-and-implications-for-preempting-evidence-manipulation/

https://www.europesays.com/1458715/ Lazy Sunday – Put the kettle on, stick some bread in the toaster and share with us your plans for today. #CasualUK #UnitedKingdom