Something I would say infrequently and irregularly on the only other social service I've ever used, and will translate to the #Fediverse:
All boosts, re-toots or re-posts (or whatever they're called) from this account are to be considered endorsements. If I don't endorse the post, I will either not boost, re-toot or re-post it, *or* I it will be clear in my comment accompanying the boost, re-toot or re-post.
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This vertically oriented logarithmic map spans nearly 20 orders of magnitude, taking us from planet Earth to the edge of the observable #Universe.
#astronomy #cosmos
https://www.pablocarlosbudassi.com/2021/02/atlas-of-universe-is-linear-version-of_15.html
Rectangular log map-scheme of the Observable Universe
This vertically oriented logarithmic map spans nearly 20 orders of magnitude, taking us from planet Earth to the edge of the Observable Un...Pablo Carlos Budassi
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/1/23745168/google-wallet-state-id-drivers-license-custom-cards
Google Wallet is getting custom cards and state IDs this month
Google Wallet users will soon be able to add their state ID or driver’s licenses to Google Wallet and can create a digital version of any card that features a barcode or QR code.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
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why does everyone want to own the libs
as an open source developer i own multiple libs
i would happily pay people to take them from me
you do not want to own libs. its so much work
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"Phillip Schofield says he has ‘lost everything’ in the wake of affair"
Dammit. I can't find my violin ... it's sooo small.
Phillip Schofield says he has ‘lost everything’ in the wake of affair
Rolling coverage of the international stories of interest to our readersDavid Kent and Mike Bedigan, PA Los Angeles Correspondent (Irishexaminer.com)
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Me: I won't discuss business in a room with an Alexa, because Amazon is my business competitor and they eavesdrop.
Various other folks: 
Today: Amazon to pay fine for eavesdropping. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179381126/amazon-alexa-ring-settlement
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We're hiring someone to lead mozilla.social 
Making this space safe and welcoming for all people is of utmost importance to us, and it starts with a product leader who is dedicated to driving positive change.
We're looking for people who are passionate about transforming online participation and enabling an engaging social experience that prioritizes health, safety and inclusivity. Please share with your networks and anyone who comes to mind!
#hiring #jobs
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/5082141/
Mozilla Careers — Senior Director of Product, mozilla.social — Open Positions
Mozilla is hiring a Senior Director of Product, mozilla.social in Remote USMozilla
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Is that more billions than the billions being spent subsidising those tenants? or fewer billions?
"Buying homes of tenants whose rent is subsidised by State would cost ‘many billions’, Dáil committee told"
Buying homes of tenants whose rent is subsidised by State would cost ‘many billions’, Dáil committee told
Department of Housing secretary general separately tells TDs he has not sought a pay increaseCormac McQuinn (The Irish Times)
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"Government to give 'deep consideration' to joining EU/Nato missions to protect undersea cables"
Can we give up, please, on this idea that Irish neutrality is defined?
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41152948.html
Government to give 'deep consideration' to joining EU/Nato missions to protect undersea cables
The Taoiseach said he was limited in what he could say in terms of national securityCiara Phelan Political Correspondent (Irishexaminer.com)
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About ten years ago, the IT building for a local highschool burned to the ground.
My company donated a spare Juniper EX3200 switch to help get them back online. They had erected a small structure without any insulation, and left the switch inside unpowered for a day while the fiber splicers got them hooked back up.
They started the switch, and it immediately shutdown. They looked a gift horse in the mouth and bitched to us that our donation was garbage.
I was dispatched to assist. I connected to the serial console and powered the device up. It immediately indicated that the CPU temperature was 252 C, and shut itself down.
It was January, the outside temperature was -3 C. The Juniper device was storing temperature as an 8-bit unsigned integer value. It got so cold, it thought it was on fire.
Can't say I ever expected to use a heat gun to get a switch to start before that day. Got it warm enough to power on, and then it kept itself plenty warm to continue operating.
Data types matter, yo.
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Network and email security firm Barracuda today revealed that a recently patched zero-day vulnerability had been exploited for at least seven months to backdoor customers' Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances with custom malware and steal data.
Barracuda zero-day abused since 2022 to drop new malware, steal data
Network and email security firm Barracuda today revealed that a recently patched zero-day vulnerability had been exploited for at least seven months to backdoor customers' Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances with custom malware and steal dat…Sergiu Gatlan (BleepingComputer)
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Hello friends, today we’re launching https://cooperative.computer !
It’s like dGaaS (De-Googling as a Service). Nextcloud files storage, contacts and calendar syncing and a Matrix account all for £3 per month.
- No ads
- No data mining
- No BS
AND THAT’S NOT ALL! Don’t like it? Change it! Cooperative.computer will eventually be its own cooperative where the members decide how it’s run.
Come talk to us on Matrix today! Operators are standing-by. https://matrix.to/#/#general:cooperative.computer
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversationmatrix.to
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@neil data protection / transparency here, will probably be added to the site: https://autonomic.zone/gdpr/
Data storage in Germany.
If you have specific questions about security, or anything else, let us know.
– 3wc
I wasn't looking to get into an argument over what is a contract or not, but rather to have a bit more comfort about what it was that I was boosting - whether there is a minimum term, what the cancellation period is, anything which might jump out as a red flag etc. :)
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For those in the back who may not have heard it clearly: copying creative works is *not* stealing under any circumstance. Under some circumstances it can be considered infringement of rights, and illegal.
I don't know if #OpenAI slurping all written works for #ChatGPT is legal or not, but it's not stealing, and anyone who claims it is should not be taken seriously.
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The country is suffering an enviroment emergency, a climate emergency, a refugee emergency and a housing crisis. These fuckers are fighting over who will give away to the most privileged in Ireland.
"Fine Gael TDs fear 'prudent Paschal' will cost them seats"
Fine Gael TDs fear 'prudent Paschal' will cost them seats
Fine Gael is increasingly worried that Fianna Fáil will 'out-run' and 'out-manoeuvre' the party on tax measures in the next budgetCiara Phelan and Elaine Loughlin, Political Staff (Irishexaminer.com)
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We live in the dumbest timeline.
The people who won't get a vaccine because they think it contains digital trackers are cheering Elon Musk's brain implant.
The people who think we need government out of people's lives want government telling us what to read.
The folks who think every life is sacred before birth refuse to do anything about an epidemic of school shootings.
People who hate anything anti-American want pardons for the Jan6 insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol.
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me, researching: so whaddaya call the spyware the government implants on people's devices
Italians: trojan di Stato
me: ok
Germans: Bundestrojaner
me: fine
Finns: Trojan is "troijalainen"
me: ......that's actually not bad for you lot
Finns: thanks, we call Germany "Saksa"
me: that... actually makes sense
Finns: now try to guess how to say "German government Trojan," with the correct declensions
me: ...no
Google Translate: YOU SEE?! YOU SEE HOW HARD I WORK?!
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Kinda related-ish, and this one of those "I'm sure I read this somewhere..." things, but...
In the EU, when they have their big meetings, they have to provide translators from every language to every other. Allegedly the hardest to find by far is someone who is fluent in both Portuguese and Finnish.
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"2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood" on YouTube https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c
2021 Remastered Edit: Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison & Prince pay tribute to George Harrison at the 2004 Induction Ceremony
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Rod Hilton
•Yo this is getting boosted enough that I'm getting a lot of replies talking about the technical precautions that are taken to make this safe so let me be clear:
Folks like me were talking about how nervous it makes us that tech companies are keeping so much data on stuff like locations and even menstruation cycles. Folks like you called us paranoid.
Then states made abortion illegal & immediately police started subpoenaing that data to arrest women.
You're wrong. Consistently and dangerously.
Rod Hilton
•The precautions that tech companies put in place (because historically they're so very careful right?) are irrelevant when the people trying to bypass those precautions have the threat of state-sanctioned violence backing them up implicitly.
"Unlock your phone so I can make sure that isn't a lock screen wallpaper"
See how easy that was? They can say whatever the fuck they want.
You ever try to "show your ID" by leaving it in your wallet? They make you take it out. Why? Because fuck you.
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Rod Hilton
•You know what you can't be doing if you hand your phone to a police officer, whether it remains locked on the ID or not?
You can't be recording the police officer on that phone.
So let me say it real loud for the people at the back who think that the convenience of not carrying a 10mm piece of plastic is worth putting folks who are disproportionately targeted by police in even greater risk:
DO NOT PUT YOUR FUCKING STATE ID ON YOUR FUCKING PHONE.
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