Way back when I was on that other service, I had a pinned tweet for a time that concluded with something like the following line:
... when they're handing out "make your own internet policy at home" kits, they should some with a label saying "Adult supervision required."
In a post commemorating Ross Anderson on her blog, Heather Burns (@webdevlaw somewhere, I'm sure) quoted him regarding the same concern. However, compared to my snark, his phrasing is sublime, maybe even divine:
The idea that complex social problems are amenable to cheap technical solutions is the siren song of the software salesman and has lured many a gullible government department on to the rocks.
There is no "easy fix" for online toxicity. Anything that will be effective will be very difficult to put in place and will likely be the result of millions of hours of combined thought, analysis, experimentation and disputation on the part of thousands of experts in the fields being considered.
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* it will be clear in my comment accompanying the boost, re-toot or re-post.
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Zero Stretch!!!!
Now ... keep in mind that we won't be able to declare the Grand Auld Sthretch in the evenings until after sunset tomorrow.
mastodon.ie/@theauldsthretch/1…
Today is 2024-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch
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📢 Ten Forward Moderation Announcement 📢
The following instance(s) have been suspended/blocked from Ten Forward:
vampires.pet - pedophilia/loli instance
frank.casa - a all lives matter type idiot
furville.drinkanddrive.africa - antisemitism, racism and other garbage
kidsarehot.fyi - pedophilia
social.ergo-research.org - Nazi, racism, anti-vaxxer etc.
wl0.9ch.nl - single user instance, misogyny
mi.parcero.casa - transphobia, misogyny, racism
Advertising Standards Authority partners with Grambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. - Advertising Standards Authority
TIL Grambling is regulated in Ireland. Now I just need to find out what grambling is, and how to gramble.
adstandards.ie/advertising-sta…
Advertising Standards Authority partners with Grambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. - Advertising Standards Authority
Under the new partnership, the Advertising Standards Authority and GRAI will work collaboratively on triaging complaints around marketing communications for gambling in Ireland.Mary (Advertising Standards Authority)
Final decisions on Syrian asylum applications paused
This is total bollocks.
There is nothing to say that the end result of what's happening in Syria right now will make it safer for those who have applied for asylum. We can hope it will, but Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya are examples of how things could turn out, and those seeking protection in Ireland will probably still require it!
[10:46] Final decisions on Syrian asylum applications pausedFinal decisions with respect to international protection applications from Syrian nationals are being temporarily paused, the Department of Justice has said.
rte.ie/news/2024/1210/1485625-…
#Syrian #theDepartmentofJustice
For gnarly web-scraping exercises, it's hard to beat #Emacs. Mostly because you can load the HTML in a buffer and interact with it visually (with standard regexs and HTML aware movement that recognises e.g., tag pairs). When you find a regex that works interactively, repeat-complex-command will allow you to copy the e-lisp behind it, to build up blocks of code to repeat the task.
Along with org-mode to make the code generate in-line tables (that export to CSV) , it's a very nice environment.
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![Emacs code in org-mode code boxes:
#+name: rrr
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(with-temp-buffer
(insert-file-contents "con113.html")
(let (res count nvotes)
(re-search-forward "<div class=\\\"candidates-container\\\" id=\\\"candidates-count-list\\\">")
(while (re-search-forward "votes-in-count. data-count-id=.\\([0-9]+\\)" nil t)
(setq count (match-string 1))
(search-forward ">")
(re-search-forward "\\([0-9,]+\\)")
(setq nvotes (match-string 1))
(push (cons count nvotes) res))
(reverse res)))
#+end_src
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var res = rrr
(mapcar (lambda (x)
(insert (format "|%s |%s|\n" (car x) (cdr x))))
res)
#+end_src
| 892 | 5,936 |
| 917 | 5,960 |
| 933 | 6,021 |
| 970 | 6,053 |](https://social.gibiris.org/photo/preview/640/3088504 "Emacs code in org-mode code boxes:
#+name: rrr
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(with-temp-buffer
(insert-file-contents \"con113.html\")
(let (res count nvotes)
(re-search-forward \"<div class=\\\\"candidates-container\\\\" id=\\\\"candidates-count-list\\\\">\")
(while (re-search-forward \"votes-in-count. data-count-id=.\\([0-9]+\\)\" nil t)
(setq count (match-string 1))
(search-forward \">\")
(re-search-forward \"\\([0-9,]+\\)\")
(setq nvotes (match-string 1))
(push (cons count nvotes) res))
(reverse res)))
#+end_src
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var res = rrr
(mapcar (lambda (x)
(insert (format \"|%s |%s|\n\" (car x) (cdr x))))
res)
#+end_src
| 892 | 5,936 |
| 917 | 5,960 |
| 933 | 6,021 |
| 970 | 6,053 |")
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Is there an OSM tool that lets me add and view 3D building, but only on my local copy?
I have used Umap for 2D mapping and it's great so something similar but for 3D?
There are many proposed developments near me and I'd like to plot out the buildings to see cumulative impact on skyline.
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Unfortunately, Social Gibiris has to go down for a few days in order to debug an issue in the home office that is my data centre.
Look forward to hearing from you when I come back online.
Éibhear
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Europol was in touch with The Reg overnight to ensure no one imagined the "Matrix" app had any connection to the open protocol for secure decentralized comms of the same name, saying: "The Matrix protocol ( @matrix ) is by no means connected to the Matrix secured communication service that was targeted in OTF Continental."
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Christ. Is is possible for me to go a full week without having to respond to someone getting the point wrong?!?!
It's not stealing.It's infringement.
If we want to be taken seriously, we need to use the correct words!
It's not stealing.It's infringement.
If we want to be taken seriously, we need to use the correct words!
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now I have to watch Pingu's The Thing again
youtube.com/watch?v=wrZ7PnolbQ…
Pingu's The Thing
A penguin (not called Pingu) has to deal with John Carpenter's shape shifting alien. A classic parody freshly remastered in HD from original source materials...YouTube
RELEASE: Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy (41.3 GB)
Tens of thousands of documents, presentations and other internal materials from the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan.
ddosecrets.com/article/kazakhs…
Download: data.ddosecrets.com/Kazakhstan…
Search: search.libraryofleaks.org/data…
Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy - Distributed Denial of Secrets
A 501(c)(3) dedicated to archiving and publishing hacked and leaked data.ddosecrets.com
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Synapse security release day! We fixed multiple security vulnerabilities, some affecting all prior versions of Synapse. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, but please upgrade!
github.com/element-hq/synapse/…
Release v1.120.2 · element-hq/synapse
Synapse 1.120.2 (2024-12-03) This version has building of wheels for macOS disabled. It is functionally identical to 1.120.1, which contains multiple security fixes. If you are already using 1.120....GitHub
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French correspondent found dead in Marseille amid making documentary on Gaza genocide
This is horrific.
I really hope the full truth of how she died comes out, but I fear that if there is the tiniest hint that it wasn't natural causes it'll be covered up by the authorities in France.
French correspondent found dead in Marseille amid making documentary on #Gaza #genocide - presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/02/7… not suspicious at all...French correspondent found dead in Marseille amid making documentary on Gaza genocide
A French journalist has been found dead at her residence in Marseille amid making a documentary on the genocide in Gaza, reports say.PressTV
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French correspondent found dead in Marseille amid making documentary on Gaza genocide
A French journalist has been found dead at her residence in Marseille amid making a documentary on the genocide in Gaza, reports say.PressTV
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I don't normally do this, and I know I should to it more, but I want to call out my favourite software project.
Commafeed
It's a #selfhosted #RSS news aggregator that was inspired by Google Reader.
When Google Reader closed down, I moved to feedly, but was never really satisfied with it. After a year or two, I looked at the Awesome-Selfhosted list of options -- I was establishing my own "data centre" at home for self-hosted services at the time -- and I considered the options. The one that stood out to me was #CommaFeed for a number of reasons:
- It had a clean interface
- it was simple to deploy (it comes with the option of an embedded DB, so I didn't need to maintain a separate database engine)
- it came with an extension for the mobile 'phone app I was using for feedly (the name of which escapes me)
I downloaded and installed it, and set it up for me to access from whereever, and I have never looked back. Very shortly after starting to use it, I realised that the mobile app extension was unnecessary, as the UI was very good on mobile as well as on the desktop.
I have been using commafeed since about 2016/2017, without any problem (except for that one occasion where I messed up the database all by myself! but I was able to recover from it, and I learned an important lesson).
You can use it at commafeed.com/ without having to download or install it. If, however, you're interested in starting to host your own service, and if, like me, you believe news needs to come to you via a more stable channel than "social media", then commafeed might be a great way to dip your toe into this wonderful world.
Thanks to Jérémie Panzer (Athou) for the great work he's doing with #commafeed.
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News is often what you choose to emphasise.
You could look at the 73% success rate, or you could look at the 27% who failed.
rte.ie/news/crime/2024/1129/14…
27% of those given probation re-offended within year
Just over one-quarter (27%) of offenders who received probation in 2020 re-offended within a year, according to the latest CSO figures.Paul Reynolds (RTÉ)
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"The highest number of probation orders were issued in 2020 to people who committed drugs offences (605 of 3,478)."
A sensible drugs policy would help with those numbers.
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns welcomes first child on General Election day - Cork Beo
corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/soc…
#GE24
I told you irish elections were exciting 😁
Holly Cairns welcomes first child on General Election day
The Social Democrats leader and her partner Barry Looney broke the news on social media this afternoonCork Beo
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"there is no open source alternative to linkedin"
good. Let's hope it stays that way
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There are 20 candidates in my constituency hoping for votes today.
There are 2 or three who, if I met them today, I would say to them: "I really hope you get in."
There's a sizeable crop to whom I would say "Best of luck," and I would leave each of them to gauge my sincerity.
There's a couple (yes, 2) who would hear "If it's going to keep the fash out, I think I'd be OK with you guys getting in" (and, yes Naoise, you didn't call to the door when I asked as you you were canvassing on the street, and your colleague did, so she's gonna get the higher of those 2 preferences).
And then there's a rake of them who I would tell that I would crawl over 100m of red hot coals to try to prevent any of them getting elected.
My ballot paper will reflect this later today.
Please vote.
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