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Study: When experienced open-source developers used current AI tools, work took 19% longer to complete. In spite of which, the developers *thought* they were working *faster.*
It’s just one study, and they don’t claim anything beyond what they observed. Their results are not predictive. Still....
(There must be a name for the psychological trick we play on ourselves to believe we’re being more productive even when we’re considerably less so.)
Cloud seeding is a controversial practice that involves the modification of weather patterns. It has been linked with various environmental and social impacts, such as depletion of water, erosion o…
it's a HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Desktop Mini (say that five times fast) with an Intel 9600T processor.
everything looks good so far. however, no power-up test today.
astute readers will have noticed there isn't a power supply in the photos. in fact this system was an excellent deal because it shipped without a power supply or a storage device. I have both of those things on hand, but the power supply is a 100W USB-PD brick.
so, I'm waiting for a HP FlexIO USB-C + PD option board which is shipping from across the country. that board will go where the VGA port is now, and then I can power the machine via USB-PD, which I prefer for space & portability reasons.
one nice thing about this one compared to my EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini "personal" machine, is this one is vented thru the front and back, whereas the 805 G8 is vented thru the top. front/back venting makes stacking a bit easier.
“THE US IS imposing sanctions on a United Nations expert who published a report last month recommending sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and penalties for companies enabling its human rights violations in Palestine.”
Also, big headlines 2 days ago about genocide-enabling USA hosting genocidal Israeli leaders to discuss possible "truce” in the genocide of an entire people and culture.
Small headlines yesterday to inform us that those talks went nowhere. Quelle surprise.
My daughter's friend passed away suddenly on the 4th, at just 15 years old. His mother is struggling with funeral expenses; if you are able, please help Braylon's family lay their son to rest without also facing a devastating financial blow. 💔
Discover how one city could be the Cradle of Liberty, site of the first major battle of American Revolution, and home to many who espoused that freedom can be extended to all.
I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.
@SeldenOtter @volpeon Yay! I mean we already kinda were. Sorta. Cat software running on lizard hardware with a sprinkle of dog firmware and, of course, the "optional" WIMGY feature pack bolted on too! :3
US #Mafia news: When two terrorist and genocider states make more and more agreements.
The State of #Israel and the #US, today, signed an MOU on advancing cooperation in energy and artificial intelligence ( #Al). The signing was held at Blair House, in Washington, with the participation of Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, together with the ambassadors of both countries - Mike Huckabee and Yechiel Leiter. The agreement, which was formulated under the leadership of Energy Secretary Eli Cohen, is designed to advance cooperation in applying Al to strengthening the energy grids in Israel and the US, and to encourage research, innovation and the development of joint policies. Under the agreement, regional projects, including IMEC and the Abraham Accords, will be advanced, and a working group on cooperation regarding standards and optimal practices, as well as safe digital infrastructure for embedding Al in the energy economies.
The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is a party to the agreement along with the Prime Minister's Office and the US Department of Energy, the US Department of the Interior and the White House National Energy Dominance Council. Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, ambassadors, the future belongs to those who innovate. America and Israel are the prime innovation nations on the planet. Al is the thrust of innovation now and will create unbelievable things in the future. It's both challenging, because there could be bad things in it, but there could be unimaginable good things. I think we can lead this. This day will be remembered. Not every signing ceremony is as significant as this. This is very significant. I want to thank you and President Trump for the incredible cooperation and friendship that has been unmatched and will yield great things for America and Israel. It will make both of us greater, again." US Secretary of the Interior Burgum: "Before we begin, I do want to say about this historic agreement. There has been such incredible collaboration between the United States and Israel demonstrated over the last month. The planning, the execution, the world has never seen anything like it, truly eliminating one of the existential threats that was facing the entire world, not just Israel and the United States. So again, congratulations. This step takes us into the future around collaboration because we know that defense would not be working without Al, but all the incredible technological leadership, the great entrepreneurship, the incredible startup community that's strong and vibrant in Israel, all of this bodes well for the future. The first kind of agreement that Chris and I have signed with any country is this one and we think it's a great place to start." US Secretary of Energy Wright: "Honored to partner with you and the tremendous people of Israel, as you say, innovators, technology innovators, cutting-edge business folks and strong, proud country, and been a great American ally for a long time and I think our partnership has never been tighter, never been stronger than it is today."
History rarely announces itself. It creeps in quietly, cloaked in the language of “law and order,” “national security,” and “patriotism.” But every now and then, it screams.Last week, it screamed.
After more than a decade of enduring cruelty, refugees and people seeking asylum have delivered an honest and urgent call to action that politicians can't ignore.
Help us make sure their voices are not just heard, but drive action.
I have spent more time than I'm willing to admit thinking about this and doing web searches, and now I'm desperate to know a solid example of four.
I did come across the "widow skimmer dragonfly", which works if you're willing to stretch: you have to grant that widows and dragons are legitimately animals and take "skimmer" to be the type of bird. It's not entirely satisfying.
When it comes to knowing precisely which type of miniature horizontal line is needed for which context, most of us can use the occasional refresher. cmosshoptalk.com/2024/01/23/hy…
Most readers know that hyphens connect groups of words or numbers whereas dashes set things off. But from there it tends to get a little fuzzy. For example, which key do you press to get the dash? Is there more than one kind of dash? . . .
A trial at Liverpool Crown Court has been shown CCTV footage of Amaaz, 20, swinging a punch towards the officer, hitting her in the nose - and today new scenes captured on bodyworn police cameras were revealed showing her distress.
PC Ward, who described herself as 'quite petite, 5ft 2in and 8st', told the court that she was part of the three-officer team going to arrest Amaaz on suspicion of headbutting a man minutes earlier in a Starbucks café.
Constable Lydia Ward, who jurors heard is heavily pregnant, told of being 'terrified' after coming under attack - as new police footage was shown to a court.
she should retire. A policewoman’s reaction to getting decked in the schnozz should be aggressive and dominating. If you don’t have the size or strength use your tools. That reaction is unacceptable.
The unarmed officer said she had gone into a pay station area alongside armed officers Zachary Marsden and Ellie Cook to arrest Amaaz after he had been identified as a suspect on CCTV.
She told how Amaaz punched her after she tried to drag him away from her colleague PC Marsden who was grappling with Amaaz's brother Muhammed Amaad, 26.
The attempted arrest was followed by a brawl involving Amaaz, Amaad and three officers that was filmed and went viral online.
The failed nazi puts faux entertainment host Sean Duffy in charge of #NASA
Duffy has no scientific background, but does have experience with transportation, as a former contestant on the MTV reality TV game show Road Rules, a Winnebago driving event.
Voting matters. This past election was the most consequential in our 249-year history, and 89 million Americans failed to fulfill their civic duty.
The American government is effectively ending its space program, just as Putin wanted.
Estava devendo um testemunho sobre aluguel de infraestrutura em centro de dados da empresa alemã Contabo, da qual ainda, embora não mais com tanto gosto, sou cliente — assim como #Ayom já tinha passado a ser, pouco antes, por seu fundador e principal mantenedor @pedro@ayom.media .
Atendi a pedidos da própria empresa, aparentemente enviados em massa para clientes brasileiros, para que fizesse uma avaliação do serviço num tal TrustPilot, que parece análogo ao brasileiro ReclameAqui, ou vice-versa. Segue uma cópia adaptada do relato:
⭐️⭐️ Tecnicamente nos conformes, porém enganosa para o consumidor
Estou extremamente insatisfeito com a prática comercial da Contabo, em especial em relação a um aumento de 20% na mensalidade que passou de 5.50 dólares para 6.60 com a justificativa de uma suposta descontinuação do suporte à minha máquina virtual. Isso pareceu um estratagema de manipulação que se aproveitou da boa-fé do consumidor e contornou os Termos e Condições do serviço (Cláusula 4-9) para evitar tratar seu potencial abusivo. Embora o serviço tecnicamente funcione, o lapso ético é decepcionante.
Pela legislação europeia, acredito que isso possa ser considerado abusivo por desprezar a boa-fé e criar desequilíbrio entre as partes. No Brasil, provavelmente seria julgado abusivo e nulo de acordo com o Código de Defesa do Consumidor que proíbe tais práticas enganosas.
Acabei mantendo o plano original e depois contratei um novo, até perceber que ambas as máquinas têm infraestrutura idêntica. Isso é revoltante e destaca ainda mais a falta de ética do fornecedor.
Sugestão de melhoria: Para construir confiança, a empresa deve divulgar claramente suas práticas comerciais padrão tais como potenciais aumentos de preço após o primeiro ano e oferecer opções genuínas de continuidade do serviço a fim de não enganar os clientes.
Reposta da empresa:
Obrigado por dedicar tempo para compartilhar sua opinião. Lamento realmente pela sua experiência — nós levamos isso a sério e vamos investigar mais a fundo.
Good news/bad news concerning my friend's wife. Latest scan was clear, but it's small cell breast cancer which can be too small to be detected by scans. Aggressive chemo is the treatment as cancer can spread quickly and undetected.
Used @Vivaldi for the entire day today and I gotta be honest, I got used to the non-Arc-like tabs pretty fast.
Tab stacks are cool, I wish drag and drop was smoother (or at least gave better visual feedback), but overall I think it solves my need for organizing tabs quite well.
I set new tabs to always open in a stack with the current tab (i.e. if I open a link in a page in a new tab, it creates a stack for it) which helps with keeping things tidy when going down a rabbit hole.
I also mapped the Quick Commands dialog to open on cmd+t, mimicking Arc's spotlight-thingy. It is fast and works quite well, especially after configuring it to open links in a new tab as well.
Gonna keep using it, I think. Arc still works and probably will for a while, but I'm preparing for the day its updates cease. Plus, Vivaldi seems to deserve some spotlight, there's obviously a lot of care put into it.
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange Is there anything written somewhere or in handbook that says to only build ports exclusively in Poudriere, mentioning to never submit any errors for anything not built in Poudriere?
The shuttering of the Crown Heights clinic represents a milestone in New York’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic — but getting tested will be harder.
It's been a busy time for us UB-monkeys! We've caught up on the archives, so here are the latest UB RADIO SALON shows have been posted to the Internet Archive, and are now available for streaming/download:
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🚨 Vladimir #Poutine a bel et bien participé au sommet des #BRICS2025 à Rio ! 📺 À voir ici : youtu.be/s91VEpdsBgs 🐑 Certains répètent comme des moutons que #Poutine n’était pas présent. 👉 Faux ! Il est intervenu depuis Moscou, en visioconférence, lors de la séance plénière officielle, dans un décorum pleinement estampillé #BRICS. Pour Fréquence Populaire Media, et afin de rendre ce discours accessible à tous pour que chacun puisse se faire sa propre opinion, j’ai traduit son intervention intégrale, que nous vous proposons sous-titrée en français : 💥 Refus de l’hégémonie occidentale et de la globalisation néolibérale. 🌍 Défense d’un monde multipolaire et souverain. 📣 Appel à la refondation des institutions internationales. 💱 Promotion des échanges en monnaies locales, hors du 💲. 👉 Pour information, la délégation russe était la deuxième plus importante du sommet, avec notamment Sergueï #Lavrov et Maxim #Oreshkin, directeur de cabinet de Poutine et pressenti comme l’un de ses successeurs. 🤔 Une fois encore, je suis sidéré par la légèreté avec laquelle la plupart des médias français et des "analystes" traitent ce qui se joue aujourd’hui dans le Sud global.
🇧🇷 On repart sur le terrain : direction RIO pour couvrir le sommet des BRICS.🎯 Soutenez notre reportage indépendant ici 👉 https://www.lepotcommun.fr/pot/...
Brain: What are you doing? Me: What am I DOING!? I'm trying to install AutoKey on #Linux Mint. Brain: But you had it installed and running. Me: I know. But it wasn't working correctly and I believe I had an incompatible version installed. Brain: Did you follow the #GitHub instructions about uninstalling and making sure you have the right php dependencies - and then reinstalling the other version? Me: Yeah... I think so... Brain. SUCKS TO BE YOU GET BACK AT IT
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
I've bought it, wanted to play it on my Steamdeck... The steamdeck sitting in the dock from my sofa with the projector (HUGE picture at my wall) and a xbox gamepad... no chance it seems? As there is no controller support, or did I miss something? If so: Any chance to get controller support? Would be literally a game changer! I mean - you know, a cyberpunk genre game should be played with a deck, right? ;)
Of Course Trump Doesn’t Want to Release the #EpsteinFiles
Not only was Trump intimately close to #JeffreyEpstein, but there is a wealth of reporting tying the #billionaire #pedophile to intelligence circles. Trump is once again protecting the #elites he claimed he would fight on the #campaign trail.
Not only was Trump intimately close to Jeffrey Epstein, but there is a wealth of reporting tying the billionaire pedophile to intelligence circles. Trump is once again protecting the elites he claimed he would fight on the campaign trail.
Dictatorship is top-down and centralised. Resistance is bottom-up and decentralised. So. Organise local initiatives to foster resistance. Never hope for The Lonesome Hero that you can follow. Resistance is all of us. Uncoordinated. But led by basic principles. Fundamental human rights. Equality. Ignorance of centralised rules being forced down your throat. #GoodNight
My great aunt had a hotel in The Netherlands during German occupation. One side looked out to the market place and was occupied by German officers. The other side looked to a backyard and she hid jewish families there. They all survived. In the 1960s she was nominated for a royal medal of honour for that. She refused. Said she never hid jews. It was all a made up story. Which it wasn't. But she understood. Do good. Stay silent. Never brag. Do. Good.
This is pure Calvinism, by the way. A religious doctrine that is deeply embedded in Dutch culture. If you want to get a deep dive and have the mental capacity to endure 1000+ pages, Harry Mulisch’s book Discovery of Heaven is your friend. It goes from 2nd world war to Provos in the 1960s and beyond. It made me understand my history.
Also I'd imagine it only puts you in the center of attention of the shitty people and for what gain? 5 Minutes of fame + a piece of metal on the counter?
#Hongrie - Viktor #Orbán : « Tous les problèmes de l’ #Europe viennent de la guerre en #Ukraine. Stagnation, inflation, explosion des prix : tout en découle. » « L’Europe ne subit pas cette guerre. Elle la finance, elle l’alimente, elle s’y accroche. Une civilisation qui choisit son propre suicide… par idéologie » - Camille_Moscow
Billionaire who promised to save SF's historic Anchor Brewing has gone radio silent More than a year after the sale to Chobani's Hamdi Ulukaya, it's unclear what's going on with America's oldest craft brewery The silence from everyone involved is nothing if not disconcerting. sfgate.com/food/article/anchor… #Beer #Brewery #SanFrancisco #SF #Anchor
I first learned Unix from NetBSD, moved on to running Linux myself in the 1990's along with FreeBSD and sometimes NetBSD. I'm also a former Solaris and OpenSolaris fan, and was an enthusiastic OS X user for a decade starting with 10.1.
These days my main machines are Fedora and recently NetBSD again. Work is programming microelectronics CAD software on RHEL.
I made this alt with the hope of following more of what's going on amongst BSD users, rather than just running a couple machines by myself.
It's not exactly retrocomputing but it kind of is. Someone has started a project to make an Apple Lisa-like UI that runs in the browser. It's not just a font/icon thing. The way you did things on Lisa was very different than how we do things nowadays. It was a document-centric not app-centric workflow. It's pretty neat and pretty faithful representation. At first I thought it was infinitemac.org project which runs Mac and NeXT emulators in the browser running the real operating systems. That too would be an interesting project for someone to explore. #RetroComputing #Apple #AppleLisaalpha.lisagui.com/
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The law firm “Barristers” has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the public organizations “Caucasian Union” and the “International Institute for Caucasus Studies” with the aim of providing legal support to representatives of the Caucasian diaspo…
Ukraine’s religious leaders have issued a “desperate cry” to the global faith community, pleading for international action in ending “the humanitarian and
Howard Lutnik didn't go to work on 911. He was a chief exec at Cantor Fitzgerald at the time.
He's now the US commerce sec, a role previously filled in the first Trump presidency by Wilbur Ross, Director of Rothschild, LTD during the 1990 Trump bankruptcy bailout.
Lutnik, lower portion of the meme, is attending Rabbi Schneerson's annual ceremony.
Lutnik bought the house that Epstein used to use on East 71st Street (owned by Wexner). Wexner bought the mansion next door and moved Epstein there.
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in reply to PamelaDrew • • •Unrelated, but thought you might want to know. It's really sad.
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A Farewell Tribute to the Epic Truth Collaboration between Dr. Kevin Barrett and Cat McGuire
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