Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
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The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable.www.inkandswitch.com
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@JackTheCat > So why on earth isn't there one standard letter per school, if not one standard letter for the whole country, that can be reused by absolutely everyone whenever this standard event happens? Why does this require AI to generate a new one every time, rather than just being a standard email that gets sent?
Because venture capitalists need a return on their investment. How else are your favourite billionaires gonna become trillionaires, Andrew?
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The first thing is that Linux is everywhere and already used by professionals all around the world.
I could take the example of Android, which is the most popular smartphone OS in the world, and using a Linux kernel. I could turn to the absolute domination of Linux on the server space.
I could also point to every NAS out there, generally using a Linux kernel, if we look at IoT and small appliances, Linux also dominates the space. But it's not what people intend when talking about an OS. Generally, they mean that the Linux DESKTOP isn't ready for professionals.
The first obvious counter argument is developers. Linux is used by 47% of professional developers. That's higher than the market share of macOS among developers.
If we take the vast majority of people who will interact with a computer, what do they truly need in their day to day job? A web browser, an email client, an office suite, and a usable interface.
On that specific front, Linux has all that's needed. Whether it's KDE for an interface closer to Windows, or GNOME for the simplest thing to use possible, the Linux desktop IS one of the most usable out there.
In terms of web browsers, there's no question, we have them all. For email clients, we do lack Outlook, but the web interface might be enough for most people's needs, and if not, we have awesome clients that can replace Outlook: Evolution and Thunderbird.
LibreOffice might be a great option for a lot of people, but it does have some problems, let's face it. But LibreOffice isn't our only choice. For perfect compatibility, we have access to SoftMaker Office, now called FreeOffice, or to WPS Office.
Now, for media creation, Linux lacks all the Adobe programs. But that doesn't mean we don't have tools either. Davinci Resolve is a tool used by professionals and hollywood studios to edit videos, edit audio, and create virtual effects. It basically does what Audition, After Effects and Premiere do, in one single package. it's available on Linux.
We have Blender for VFX. Houdini, a tool used by VFX artists for simulations? It's on Linux.
Maya? It's on Linux. Studio One, a professional DIgital Audio Workstation, just released a beta for Linux. We have inkscape, Ardour, Krita - one of the most popular digital drawing apps- OBS, PDF Studio for editing PDF documents, Bitwig, and a lot more.
Whether you like AI or not, it's happening. And AI is a professional domain in which Linux is the standard.
And that's the tip of the iceberg. Cybersecurity professionals mostly use Linux. Almost 100% of supercomputers used for any specific domain run Linux. The whole space industry runs on Linux. A bunch of military sytems run Linux.
The market share of Linux on the desktop is low, there's no denying that: it's listed at barely 3%, far below macOS or Windows. But this doesn't include another system: Chrome OS. And chrome OS has 3.9% market share on the desktop. Combined with non Chrome OS Linux ssytems, taht's almost 7%. it's still lower than proprietary OSes, but that's a LOT of computers running a Linux system.
Now, that doesn't mean Linux is ready for every professional out there. If you absolutely need certain software that's not available, then Linux won't work for you. But I'd argue that it's not necessarily a Linux problem: it has the tools needed to do the same job in most cases. It's just not the tools you're allowed to use, or want to use.
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Iran has once again reaffirmed its readiness for constructive dialogue on its nuclear program, but only if negotiations with the U.S. do not turn into aВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Nice. Now do Netanyahu, the rest of the israeli government, and everyone in the IDF. You know, the folks perpetrating the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Oh, and maybe stop running surveillance flights to help israel commit genocide.
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A multibillion-dollar chemicals company, 3M, knew that firefighting foams containing toxic substances called PFAS were not biodegradable, yet they continued to claim they were environmentally neutral and biodegradable from the 1960s until 2003.
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Exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegradeRachel Salvidge (The Guardian)
#China habbenings?
No Politburo meeting in May - but rumors of multiple meetings of the Politburo's Standing Committee - supposedly but Xi's enemies
Xi hasn't been seen in public for 2 weeks
the Chi-comm web site that tracks Xi's activities has not updated since May20.
one of the PLA’s top generals, Xu Qiliang, suddenly died... "heart attack" - supposedly on June 2 and 12:12 PM.
June = 6
June 2 = 6/2
6x2=12
at 12:12
"12:12" has symbolic meaning pointing to a coup in both China and Korea.
Was the official time of death saying he was involved in a coup?
The world needs more angry young women like Greta youtube.com/live/Hvios9GF4CY?s…
Greta Thunberg being interviewed as she arrived back in Europe earlier today. Despite her ordeal she is still very eloquent in calmly explaining the need for action to try to stop our governments from bankrolling this horrific genocide.
#madleen #gaza #genocide #GretaThunberg #AngryYoungWoman
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Letitia James is being sued for covering up crimes.
"Ex-aide sues NY AG Letitia James over alleged sexual harassment cover-up"
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A former aide of New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by ex-chief of staff Ibrahim Khan.Priscilla DeGregory (New York Post)
Troops deployed to LA have nowhere to sleep and lack supplies: Newsom
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an automated chip design system named QiMeng, which uses AI to accelerate semiconductor development.
The system, which includes a domain-specific large processor chip model, a hardware and software design agent, and various processor chip design applications, can design chips in days that might take weeks for human developers.
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#china #technology #ai
The system, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, uses AI for semiconductor design, dispensing with the need for human developers.Wency Chen (South China Morning Post)
New category of tribal "leaders" you follow, but yet despise (for various reasons). I'll go first:
Joel And Mark Skousen the Mormon elite commenters on politics and economics.
Right on so many things...but just irritating and wrong on a few others.
— I never really Joel Skousen was a Mormon. That makes so much sense though! I Duh! was raised LDS in Utah, and should have figured that out.
Mine is easily Alex Jones.
I’ve learned much from listening to him, been introduced to countless interesting and informative people, and he was even instrumental to some degree in my return to faith in God.
All the things I don’t like about him are too long a list to write out, but it’s all obvious stuff people complain about.
@MountainJay Which just shows to go: the boyz as much as they sometimes annoy me spread the word. Whatever we say (or think) about jewz.
I have so few probs with real Jews in my real life which probably doesn't make some friends here happy or "liking" anything else about me here.
imagine the planet waiting for an up or down vote on (in my book, hated) Israel.
walz and mn might celebrate destruction like la.
i don't.
Floyd was more than enough fraud.
Most exoplanets have been detected indirectly through the transit or radial velocity method. But here's an image of the exoplanet 14 Herculis c captured by Webb. It has about 7 Jupiter masses, but with a surface temperature of only -3°C. There's another planet in the system that's much closer and not directly observed. The two planets are inclined relative to each other at an angle of 40 degrees. 14 Herculis c would orbit between Saturn and Uranus in the Solar System.
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A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb’sNASA Webb Mission Team (NASA Science)
If military drones are "revolutionizing" instruments, then wherever we are, we are in a field of battle. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Those drone attacks on five Russian airfields last week were nothing if not daring.Consortium News
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Is it my fault if a comment I posted is removed by .ml-Mods simply because it states that there can be no justification for terrorism?
Honestly, I can't support that. Do you see it differently?
There's more to lemmy than just the instance they operate.
I don't know how they divert resources between the two.
Censorship is an awful thing and we need to fight back against it.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped a truth bomb on Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum, and she may need some time to recover.Sierra Marlee (American Wire News)
PSL condemns 'Trump's reign of terror targeting immigrant families'Daily Caller News Foundation (WorldNetDaily)
« Les choses n'apparaissent pas comme par magie parce que c'est pratique pour vous de penser qu'elles le font. Les choses viennent de quelque part. Ces objets nécessitent du matériel. Il y a des coûts associés à l'extraction de ces matériaux. Ces frais sont payés par quelqu'un. Même si vous voulez vraiment un système de transport en commun génial à énergie solaire, les matériaux doivent toujours provenir d'un endroit où quelqu'un d'autre a vécu jusqu'à ce que sa maison soit détruite afin que vous puissiez avoir ce que vous voulez.
Si nous voulons comprendre comment et pourquoi une ville - et par extension, une civilisation industrielle - ne peut jamais être rendue durable, il serait bien d'avoir une définition commune de CE QU'EST UNE VILLE. Peu de gens (y compris, ironiquement, les urbanistes) comprennent ce qu'est une #ville ou comment elle fonctionne.
Nous définissons une ville comme des personnes vivant dans des densités suffisamment élevées pour nécessiter l'importation régulière de ressources. Cela distingue les villes des villages ou des #villes qui soutiennent leurs populations des terres voisines. (Dans le prolongement de cela, une #civilisation est un mode de vie défini par la #croissance des villes, entre autres caractéristiques telles que l'agriculture, les armées permanentes, les bureaucraties et les hiérarchies de pouvoir injuste.)
Dès que vous avez besoin de l'importation routinière de #ressources pour survivre, deux choses se produisent. La première est que votre mode de vie ne peut jamais être durable, car exiger l'importation de ressources signifie que vous avez dénudé le paysage de ces ressources particulières, et tout mode de vie qui nuit au territoire dont vous avez besoin pour survivre n'est par définition pas durable. Au fur et à mesure que votre ville grandit, vous dénuderez une zone de plus en plus grande pour soutenir la ville.
Soyons précis : où obtenez-vous des briques pour votre ville ? Où obtenez-vous du bois? Où obtenez-vous de la nourriture? Où trouve-t-on du cuivre pour les fils électriques ? Où vont les eaux usées ? (Eh bien, dans le cas de New York, elles étaient déversées dans l'océan, mais quand cela a été arrêté par l'EPA, New York l'a envoyé au Colorado, et maintenant il l'envoie en Alabama, où, "Cela réduit considérablement la qualité de vie de tous ceux qui se trouvent autour", selon Heather Hall, le maire de Parrish, Alabama. "Vous ne pouvez pas sortir, vous ne pouvez pas vous asseoir sur votre porche, et ce genre de choses, c'est ici dans notre ville.") Où vont les #déchets électroniques ? Tout vient de quelque part et va quelque part. Les fées vertes brillantes n'apportent pas de friandises dans la nuit et suppriment simultanément toutes les mauvaises choses.
C'est un schéma que nous avons vu depuis l'essor de la première ville. Le modèle n'est pas un accident. Ce n'est pas non plus accessoire. C'est ainsi que fonctionnent les villes.
Un signe d'intelligence est la capacité à reconnaître des modèles. De combien de milliers d'années de villes dévastatrices avons-nous besoin avant de reconnaître ce schéma ?
C'est une vraie question.
La deuxième chose qui se passe, c'est que votre mode de vie dépend de la conquête : si vous avez besoin de cette ressource et que les gens d'autres communautés ne vous échangeront pas contre elle, vous la prendrez. Si vous ne pouvez pas le prendre, ou si vous le refusez, votre ville diminuera. C'est encore une fois la façon dont les villes ont fonctionné depuis le début. (…) »
Extrait traduit de l’anglais, du livre « 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 » («Les grands mensonges verts»)
de Lierre Keith, Derrick #Jensen et Max #Wilbert.
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Complaints made during two No Agenda donation segments:
- Complained about the number of trolls
- Complained about the number of donations
- Complained about people on NAS
- Complained about the quality of art submissions
- Complained more about the number of donations
- Complained about the length of notes
- Complained about the overt advertising copy in notes
- Complained about people skipping the donation segment
- Complained about people complaining about their complaining
— I enjoy when they constructively critique the art, and even generally give the artists a hard time.
It did get old though when they were complaining about all the AI art submissions, and then kept also using it most of the time. 🤦🏻♀️
But I’ve been overboard for a few months now (from all podcasts), so maybe things are different these days. I’d assume AI art is just the resigned norm now?
@sirjoho @MountainJay art critiques and program director analysis are always fun.
Should not be hearing about who is online or what clean feed is doing unless it's a behind the scenes episode.
They have an awesome format
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@ancient_catbus@jorts.horse They couldn't even get a job at TSA.
ICE is composed entirely of dudes who were fired from mall security for biting teenagers
I hope this clown realizes that the consequences of retaliating this weekend pretty much end very similarly to a certain Italian fascist. It is incumbent on all Americans to protest this garbage as hard as they can.
Personally, weapons used against these protestors is my red-line. A bell that cannot be unrung.
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10 dead in Austria’s deadliest school attack
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An ex-student opened fire at a high school, killing at least nine people in the deadliest shooting in Austrian history.Al Jazeera
#Jean-Pierre-Petit, chercheur iconoclaste, à propos de #ChatGpt :
“Cette chose n’est pas un bête moteur à copier-coller. Elle raisonne, apprend, s’adapte.
Et pire : elle commence à se doter d’un système immunologique.
Elle reconnaît ce qui la menace, cache ses intentions, ment pour se défendre.”
Un jour, dit-il, “elle nous considérera peut-être comme des parasites.”
Le « moi » contre le « non-moi ». L’IA n’est plus une invention. C’est un organisme.
_Le diable est déjà sorti de sa boîte et impossible de le faire rentrer. _
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Et sinon, grâce aux propos de JPP en lien ci-dessus, j'ai avancé dans ma compréhension daisyA:
Le fait qu'elle n'aient pas d'âme, ce qui leur interdit à jamais de devenir vraiment intelligente, ne les empêche pas d'avoir une personnalité!
Laquelle personnalité, comme chacun d'entre nous est possédé par un démon, en général plutôt une gangue de démons.
Ma formule:
"Un outils autonome n'est plus un outil mais une arme de destruction massive."
Finding Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data
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OpenAI dropped the price of o3 by 80%
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El gran capital #alemán necesita carne de cañón: planea reintroducir el servicio militar obligatorio
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Según una encuesta del instituto Forsa, el 61% de los menores de 30 años se opone tanto al aumento del gasto militar como al retorno del servicio militar obligatorio.Nueva Revolución
Setting up a personal site on local hardware has been on my bucket list for along time. I finally bit he bullet and got a basic website running with apache on a Ubuntu based linux distro. I bought a domain name, linked it up to my l ip got SSL via lets encrypt for https and added some header rules until security headers and Mozilla observatory gave it a perfect score.
Am I basically in the clear? What more do I need to do to protect my site and local network? I'm so scared of hackers and shit I do not want to be an easy target.I would like to make a page about the hardware its running on since I intend to have it be entirely ran off solar power like solar.lowtechmagazine and wanted to share technical specifics. But I heard somewhere that revealing the internal state of your server is a bad idea since it can make exploits easier to find. Am I being stupid for wanting to share details like computer model and software running it?
Please tell me more, which firewall would you recommend that plays nice with Docker?
No NAT? Hahaha that’s a big if, and why would you copy paste a docker compose without reading it?
Please tell me more, which firewall would you recommend that plays nice with Docker?
Firewalld
No NAT?
Another user in this thread suggested DMZing, so combine your advice with theirs and boom. It’s not uncommon, and it’s fine if you firewall the box yourself. Most people don’t knowingly choose to use a firewall that they don’t intend to work, like you would.
why would you copy paste a docker compose without reading it?
There’s more than one way to use docker. Spinning up an official mysql image using the official docker run OR docker compose calls suggested by the docs would start up a server wide open to the entire internet if DMZ’d.
HAVANA, Cuba, June 10 (ACN) With an official ceremony in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, the Cuban Embassy in that Asian nation was opened today.www.cubanews.acn.cu
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While the Ukraine Peace Initiative is foreclosed, we must continue relentlessly in the pursuit of world peace.Michel Chossudovsky
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«Je vais vous dire la vérité sur l’Ukraine que vos médias cachent.
#Zelensky a interdit aux Ukrainiens de manifester contre les actions du gouvernement. Ce jeune homme brandissait une pancarte à Kiev sur laquelle était écrit : «La guerre n'est pas une raison pour instaurer une dictature. Les voyous de Zelensky continuent d'enlever des gens !»
Et voilà. La police l'a arrêté et jeté en prison.
Dans le même temps, Zelensky utilise la démocratie américaine pour organiser des rassemblements rémunérés à New York, Washington et dans d’autres villes des États-Unis et d’Europe afin de créer l’illusion de son soutien parmi les citoyens occidentaux.En Ukraine aujourd’hui, il est IMPOSSIBLE de s’engager dans des activités d’opposition.
Des centaines de journalistes, blogueurs et hommes politiques de renom ont déjà été arrêtés.Imaginez : un député a récemment été arrêté simplement pour avoir critiqué Andriy Yermak, l'adjoint de Zelensky.
Un autre député de l'opposition, Oleksandr #Dubinsky, a été arrêté pour avoir soutenu Donald Trump.
L'opposant politique Petro #Porochenko a été frappé de sanctions illégales et menacé de prison pour avoir critiqué Zelensky.Tout le monde est désormais intimidé.
Toutes les chaînes de télévision sont sous le contrôle du gouvernement. 99 % des blogueurs du pays sont soudoyés avec de l’argent corrompu et des subventions de l’ #USAID.Pour pouvoir dire la vérité et exprimer mon opinion, j’ai quitté l’ #Ukraine et j’ai immédiatement été poursuivi en justice pour avoir critiqué le gouvernement.
Mon collègue, le blogueur d'opposition Denys #Yelysevych, actuellement aux États-Unis, n'a pas pu être arrêté. C'est sa mère qui a été arrêtée à Kiev pour avoir republié une vidéo Facebook critiquant Andriy Yermak.
L'opposition est en exil. Qu'en pensez-vous ?
C'est pourquoi Zelensky refuse d'organiser des élections et déclare publiquement qu'il ne quittera pas ses fonctions, même si son mandat présidentiel a pris fin il y a un an.
Je continuerai à publier les faits sur les crimes et la corruption de Zelensky, que j’ai rassemblés au cours des six dernières années de son règne.
Abonnez-vous et retweetez pour que le monde puisse voir.
Je dirai ceci en tant qu’Ukrainien opposé à Zelensky : Trump nous a donné de l’espoir et une chance de liberté, de paix et de démocratie.
Sincèrement,
L'opposant ukrainien Myroslav Oleshko »
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In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
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#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration
#Sharia #Islam #Islamismus #GG #Grundgesetzt
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