#Microsoft #Recall and #CoPilot are the two main reasons I ditched #Windows for #Linux this week.

It has nothing to do with #AI. I use #AI/ #LLMs every day. I have a local copy of #LMStudio and #Ollama installed and I use both on a regular basis.

I just don't want any AI tied into my operating system. And frankly, I don't trust Microsoft one bit. (Pun intended.)

Recall is still a #privacy and #security nightmare. Microsoft can try to polish the turd as much as they like but it's still a piece of shit.

This will be abused. By Microsoft. By hackers and scammers. By Law Enforcement. And by Intelligent Services.

Mark. My. Words.

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Super-Lightweight Operating System boots off a 1.44MB Floppy Disk. 💾

[KolibriOS lets you do simple tasks and even play games on your legacy PC.]

While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KolibriO…

#kolibrios #floppydisk #x86 #assembler #code #programming #retrocomputing #retro #gaming #it #engineer #media #tech #news

What is the retro computer you once had, and wish you could get back?

1: GRiDCASE 1520.
It had a lovely red plasma display, amazing keyboard, and the thing was made out of thick magnesium which seemed almost indestructable. Later model became the first laptop to go into space. 286/10, 1MB.

2: NeXTstation/Turbo.
I picked up a working complete system with monitor and all accessories for $100 at a local swap-meet in the late '90s. It was quite fun, but at that point it could no longer compete with the cheap x86 hardware flooding the market.

#retro #retrocomputing

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advocated for a national #abortion ban without exceptions for rape, incest, or in the case of saving the mother's #life.

He stated, "an absolute scientific fact that no abortion is ever performed to save the life of the mother. None, zero, zilch."

It's clear Martin does not believe in #science.

cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/kf…

in reply to Justin Mikulka

The fossil fuel industry spent a lot of money on Musk & Trump.

It's already helping the industry continue to fry the planet.
nytimes.com/2024/12/12/climate…

independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

No matter the cost, Big Oil is determined to do anything, literally anything, to keep its captive consumers.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

theconversation.com/rising-des…

juancole.com/2024/12/already-r…

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Nicole Parsons

Peter Thiel, Murdoch, Larry Ellison, & Zuckerberg have theirs. So does Putin.

theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/…

forbesglobalproperties.com/ins…

sfgate.com/hawaii/article/visi…

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

independent.co.uk/news/world/e…

Tech CEO have adopted accelerationism as a religious obligation.
nytimes.com/2021/06/07/world/a…

motherjones.com/politics/2023/…

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accele…

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect…

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Obligatory #introduction toot.

I'm a 40+ IT professional that started his career tinkering with the C64 in the 80s.

I was on Twitter for a few years but that appears to be going down the drain lately, so figured I check out this Mastodon-thing.

Interests are music, technology, programming, electronics, 3D printing and retro-computing. My partner would say I have too many C64s and MCUs. (I'd strongly disagree.)

Hope to meet new people and have a fun and interesting time on here.

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Who's got some music they want to get a few new ears on? I have a slot left on this week's Other People's Music (and lots of slots for future weeks, don't be shy!), so send me your recent (or not recent, music doesn't spoil!) tracks and I'll listen and write a little reaction piece.

Here are additional details if you aren't familiar with the process:

etherdiver.com/2024/04/04/opm-…

Non-violent protests ever rarely have brought real, effective, change. This world would be a much different place were it not for Stonewall. Women wouldn't have the right to vote were it not for the Suffregette Movement in the UK. Ireland wouldn't be what it is were it not for the IRA. youtube.com/watch?v=MWBjwgxEaw… Rev Jim Jones: Martin Luther King died for his love! Kennedy died talking about something he couldn't even understand, some kind of generalized love, and he never even backed it up! He was shot down! Bullshit, "Love is the only weapon with which I got to fight". I've got a hell of a lot of weapons to fight! I got my claws, I got cutlasses, I got guns, I got dynamite, I got a hell of a lot of fight! I'll fight! I'll fight! I will fight! I will fight! I will fight! I will fight! Let them hear it in the night! Yes, we'll fight! They're listening. Let the night roar! Let the night roar, because they can hear us, they know we mean it. We'll kill them if they come! Mao Tse Tung said change must come Change must come thru the barrel of a gun Not thru talkin' and not through waitin' And sittin' around just contemplatin' the facts 'Cos we know what they are So let Mao Tse Tung be your guidin' star Pick up a gun and learn how to fight All thru the day and all thru the night 'Til come the day when the last fight's won I want you to listen, son 'Cos Mao Tse Tung said change must come Thru the barrel of a gun I want you to listen, son Change must come Change must come thru the barrel of a gun Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Change must come thru the barrel of a gun - Okay. What was the basic premise of Mao? Mao Tse Tung said there's only one way a revolution can come. Do you know, Millie? How did Mao Tse Tung say the only way you can bring a revolution and keep it? - Where you— onliest way I think you can keep it is by being at peace and being honorable. - Oh, shit, I ain't— no— "being at peace"? Mao Tse Tung said that? - Oh— - No no no no— - Wait a minute— Oh— - —he's the head of China. He's the head of the Revolution of China. - No, I'm sorry. - He marched 6000 people... on the Long March. - I had my mind on something else. - Okay then, wha— wha— what'd he say? There only one way you can bring about a revolution for people. - Only way you can— only way you can bring it on, that by— is by killing. - Well, what— yes, that's okay, I'm going to let you pass it —but what'd he say? He had a nice little phrase that everybody should know. "Change only comes—" - Oh— - You got it. "Change comes through..." - "—through— by a barrel of gun." - That's right, senior. And that's good. 'Cos you by rights would have every reason to forget some things. "Change must come through the barrel of gun," said Mao Tse Tung. This place would be a paradise tomorrow if every department had a supervisor with a submachine gun. Let them hear it in the night! Yes, we'll fight! Let the night roar, because they can hear us, they know we mean it. We'll kill them if they come! Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Mao Tse Tung said Change must come Change must come thru the barrel of a gun


it occurs to me that disabled people organized multiple non-violent protests to save the ACA several times, and did not get anywhere near the social media cred that the violent death of executive did, despite having definately saved more lives.

I am eyeing off this book, because it seems like perfect summer food for Australia, and it mostly suits my #NaturopathPrescribedDiet

I'll make another cuppa before I decide. What do you reckon. Should I get it?

"Native Barbadian, Taymer Mason welcomes vegan home cooks to this rich tradition that combines African, French, Asian, and Indian influences with an unmistakable local flair."

#CaribbeanVegan #TaymerMason #CookbookBrowsing #Cookbooks #Food #Vegetarian #Vegan #CaribbeanFood

in reply to Roel Griffioen

Republicans launched a disinformation campaign telling people that they should volunteer to die to save the economy,...for the donors.

nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/0…

They paid TV show hosts to compare swimming pool deaths to covid. Over 1.2 million Americans died of covid.

latimes.com/entertainment-arts…

poynter.org/fact-checking/2020…

in reply to YoungBlood

startribune.com/fbi-searching-…

The FBI is searching at least two Minnesota autism centers Thursday morning as part of an investigation that it said revealed “substantial evidence” of fraudulent Medicaid claims made by many companies participating in a state program to serve people under 21.

Ontario to restrict electricity exports to US, bar American-made alcohol if Trump tariffs applied

syracuse.com/politics/2024/12/…

#Canada #Ontario #Ford
#USA #US #NewYork #NYS
#Electricity #Imports #Tariffs #Trump

2024/12/13 Media Summary #crosspost
tursodatabase/limbo

gusmanb/logicanalyzer

DS4SD/docling

wavetermdev/waveterm

electric-sql/electric

huggingface/text-generation-inference

fkooman/php-saml-idp.rpm

sammyhori/pages

ethically-sourced-yachts/AsAboveSoBelow

miry/browser_blocker

unspeaker/tek

jjba23/neppe-gesprek

It turns out that was a lie all along

Two years ago I quit m
blog.wuyuansheng.com/2024/12/1…
#Work

This should get your heart rate up and understand why some of us say "Stay Frosty". Sorry not sorry @jazzilla ...it's not the liberal mosquitos that's concerning. It's the unqualified security apparatus and an invisible enemy you should worry about.

youtube.com/watch?v=T50pRCNaQC…

Ho Ho Ho! The gift giving continues! This time, free copies of my 2022 album, Tales of Etherspace. An eclectic collection that covers everything from chipper post-industrial anthems to uber weird sampling experiments. You can hear it here:

etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/…

(Codes and redemption link in next post)

@electronicmusic
@experimentalmusic
@synths

#music #NewMusic #FreeCodes #FreeBandcampCodes #DownloadCodes #DownloadMusic #IDM #Industrial #electro #dub

I was listening to the latest episode of The Climate Pod the other day (really good climate change podcast) and they had a guest on who was talking about how to deal with climate anxiety in a productive way, one of the ways being, rolling up one's sleeves and working to help prepare your community for whatever climate change brings your way. And it got me thinking about how we really should be investing in establishing more community gardens, buying up even small plots of land to re-wild, setting up seed banks, things like that. Because only through community do we have a chance of weathering the coming storm. We're going to need each other. What sorts of things are your communities doing to be more resilient?

My 2024 Year In Review blog post came out really long! But not as long as 2024 itself. blog.ninapaley.com/2024/12/12/…

Babylon Bee, but maybe not!

Visit California: It's America's Future

youtube.com/watch?v=7kd52-gYMi…

Comments below the video:

"I live in Los Angeles. Fact check: TRUE."

"Thank God Trump won or else the whole of the country would have just been like California."

"As a native Californian, I approve this message."

"TRUTH! Born and raised here and can't wait to escape for ALL the reasons mentioned in the video. I'm stuck here.

in reply to HunDriverWidow

As a Christian and fiscal conservative, it's like prison and Silicon Valley is my jail cell."

"Ahhh, Mother Nature helps make California beautiful. The earthquakes smooth out the potholes. The flooding cleans the feces from the streets. Those wild fires help to clear out the riff raff. And the mudslides cover up some of the garbage. Good job Mother Nature 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"

"Many impacts are occurring faster than forecast & beyond model projections, including the form, severity and/or frequency of extreme events such as unprecedented heatwaves & floods. “This is happening at a much faster rate than ever documented in the past… If anything, we are much more likely to underestimate the impact of those changes on human society than to overestimate them...”

Read the Report: breakthroughonline.org.au/coll…

Read the article: resilience.org/stories/2024-12…

#ClimateCrisis

ÉTIENNE #CHOUARD


https://t.me/chouard/880

L'Italien de base qui va acheter son journal ce matin apprend que le gouvernement #Meloni annule toutes les amendes et sanctions qui ont été données aux personnes qui n'ont pas pris les " #vaccins " #anti-Covid.

De plus, il apprend que le vaccin n'empêchait ni la contagion ni la transmission. La gauche, les écolos, les médecins de plateaux TV sont en phase d'étouffement et crient au scandale...
#politique #italie

Canadian banking system is highly concentrated:

• Total Assets: C$8.8T (domestic & international)

• Big 6 Banks: Hold 97% of total assets

• Loans: C$5.4T (61% of assets); incl. C$2.4T in mortgages/HELOCs

• Credit Unions: 3 federally regulated (listed); provincially regulated CUs: C$652B in assets

• ATB Financial: Unique, neither a bank nor credit union; excluded from the list; C$62.3B in assets

wowa.ca/

#canada #cdnpoli

East Idaho News Secret Santa

Young man shows up for work at Cafe Sabor and gets the surprise of a lifetime from a Secret Santa

youtube.com/watch?v=xsXy5AFJ5f…

Below the video:

"Most 20 year olds don't even pay rent and he is helping to support the family!!!!! "

"What a wonderful young man!! Immediately thinking of his mother and siblings instead of himself. A young man raised right and a credit to his parents!!! Thank you, Secret Santa!! "

You know, thinking about it, the only reason why drug companies can charge exorbitant amounts for cheaply-produced medications is with the connivance of insurers.

If everyone had to pay the retail price, many people wouldn't be able to pay for those drugs at all - so, by the "law of supply and demand" that people keep going on about, the pharmaceutical producer would have to lower those prices to be able to sell the drug.

But insurance companies negotiate "discounts" for their members, so the actual sales remain high - and almost nobody is paying the retail price.

This is pretty clear collusion to defraud the consumer, on the one hand, and also to create incentives for people to buy insurance - which is pretty coercive.

It also vastly distorts the profitability of the companies in question, which misleads investors - so kind of securities fraud, if you look at it in the right light.

Unbelievable.

dailywire.com/news/exclusive-b…

(16) LCP on X: ""On n'a pas besoin de faire votre procès, il y a un flagrant délit de faillite", estime @JphTanguy. "Comme visiblement vous n'êtes responsable de rien, est-ce que le vrai responsable ce n'est pas Emmanuel Macron tel que vous l'aviez décrit avant d'être son ministre ?" #DirectAN https://t.co/aA13mtCBe2" / X


#économie #politique #finance #corruption #lacorde #guillotine2024
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Новый взгляд на виртуальные развлечения


Технологии, которые развиваются с каждым днем, предлагают нам удивительные возможности для новых видов досуга и отдыха. Современные разработки в области интернета, мобильных приложений и виртуальной реальности делают наш досуг более разнообразным и доступным. Одним из таких примеров является онлайн казино, которое приобрело популярность у множества пользователей, стремящихся найти новые способы развлечения и азарта.

Мир онлайн-игр давно перестал быть чем-то ограниченным и нишевым. Сегодня онлайн казино привлекает миллионы пользователей, предлагая не только классические игровые автоматы и настольные игры, но и инновационные форматы, такие как живые дилеры и многопользовательские турниры. Это дает возможность любому желающему попробовать свои силы в азартных играх, наслаждаясь при этом качественным контентом и современными технологиями.

Одной из главных особенностей онлайн казино является доступность. В отличие от традиционных игровых заведений, которые часто требуют физического присутствия, виртуальные платформы могут быть использованы в любое время и с любого устройства. Это позволяет игрокам наслаждаться игровыми процессами в удобное для себя время, будь то вечер после работы или выходной день. Для многих пользователей это стало настоящим прорывом, поскольку они могут испытать удачу без необходимости путешествовать в другие города или страны.

Кроме того, онлайн казино предлагает широкий спектр бонусов и акций для своих пользователей. Регистрируясь на платформе, игроки могут получать различные бонусы, такие как приветственные подарки, бонусы на депозит или бесплатные вращения. Это дает возможность значительно увеличить шансы на выигрыш, а также создать атмосферу дополнительного азарта и волнения. В свою очередь, для операторов онлайн казино бонусы являются важным инструментом привлечения новых игроков и удержания постоянных клиентов.

Однако не стоит забывать о важности безопасности при использовании онлайн казино. Большинство платформ предлагают своим пользователям надежные системы защиты данных и честную игру. Важно выбирать только те сайты, которые могут гарантировать безопасность и конфиденциальность, а также имеют лицензии от регулирующих органов. Это поможет избежать неприятных ситуаций и защитит интересы игроков.

Совсем недавно стало возможным использовать для расчетов криптовалюты, что значительно расширяет возможности пользователей. Теперь для пополнения счета и вывода выигрышей можно использовать не только традиционные валюты, но и криптовалюты, такие как биткойн или эфир. Это еще один шаг к модернизации и улучшению пользовательского опыта, который привлекает внимание все большего числа людей YaxshiKazinolar.com. Удобство, а также отсутствие необходимости в обменных операциях делают такие платформы привлекательными для пользователей, которые ценят быстрое и безопасное совершение транзакций.

in reply to Free Software Foundation

Has there been an FSF official reaction to the linux-ban of US unwanted developers compliance and nationalist remarks?

Is it still considered free software after this?

#linux #foss #gnu

@fsf
sysdfree.wordpress.com/389

Hi #Fediverse, I've got myself into a bit of a bind 😊

I have been working with a local primary school to try to get them to adopt the fediverse either through Pixelfed or Bookwyrm.

However it's become clear that this exposes the users to too much risk if I use an existing instance.

So....if you were to be setting up a fediverse instance for a class in a primary school, what would you choose (Pixelfed, Bookwyrm, Mastodon etc) and has anybody done this before?

Many thanks for guidance!

Toute l’expertise des candidats RN/FN.
Mais bon, le danger c’est le wokisme.

«Elle était sûre d’elle et arrogante» : un ancien boxeur, ex-candidat du FN aux municipales, condamné pour avoir décapité son ancienne employeuse – Libération

⬆️ URL principale utilisée pour la prévisualisation Diaspora* et avec plus de garantie de disponibilité.
💾 archive.org


⬆️ Archivez vous même la page s'il n'existe pas encore d'archive et évitez ainsi les pisteurs, puis ulilisez µBlockOrigin pour supprimer d'éventuelles bannières qui subsisteraient sur la page sauvegardée.

#politique #justice #rassemblementnational #frontnational

‼️ Clause de non-responsabilité v1.0

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in reply to Laurent Espitallier

Il y a de quoi avoir peur. Ce n'est pas si rare la France des petits boulots, saisonniers, petits artisans uberisés, aides aux domiciles, tirant le plus souvent le diable par la queue de CDD en interim, avec en plus deux enfants (et un véhicule) capricieux, pris en charge une fois par semaine suite au divorce dans le petit apparte mal isolé, y compris des voisins, entendant tous les jours des remarques de clients arrogants, sûrs d'eux-mêmes voir désobligeants, pouvant même bénéficier d'aides d'état pour effectuer les divers petits travaux, et qui n'ont même pas le réflexe le plus souvent de donner un petit bonjour. Il y a de quoi se faire du soucis, qui sera le prochain (peut-être même encarté au RN ou au NFP) prêt à me faire sauter le caisson à la moindre remarque?



#Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) implementation, allowing attackers to bypass it


Source: oasis.security/resources/blog/…

The bypass was simple: it took around an hour to execute, required no user interaction and did not generate any notification or provide the account holder with any indication of trouble.


#news #software #cybersecurity #cloud #security #hacker #fail #mfa


AOC can’t find a union-made EV to trade for her Tesla: That’s a problem.

electrek.co/2023/09/27/aoc-can…