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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

abraxas3d@defcon.social ("Abraxas3d") wrote:

I have an announcement about a virtual talk from the #IEEE San Diego Section called "Design and Application of Discrete-Time Chaotic Systems"

This speaker is great! This is a follow up from a presentation earlier this year.

It's a real thrill to see the evolution of ideas between researchers and interested audiences.

Sign up to attend this event below:

https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/375332

Here's a headstart on the #abstract

This talk will focus on design and application of discrete-time #chaotic systems. It will cover both #digital and #analog implementations of such systems and outline their respective advantages for several applications. The goal is to introduce chaos theory, widely considered as one of the monumental scientific findings of the last century and then shed light on the possible opportunities and challenges for its widespread adoption in diverse engineering applications specially in the field of #cybersecurity.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Mastodon is going to have a new intern thanks to @zdfmagazin. @ErikUden appeared on the show to talk about online privacy and received an unexpected prize. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtj4G0CCH1s

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

hugh@ausglam.space ("Hugh") wrote:

PSA if you got an email from Patreon today about updates to their privacy policy, don’t just delete it like you normally would.

It’s actually advising you that in two weeks you will be automatically opted-in to a new public profile feature for everything you fund.

No, I don’t know why anyone at Patreon thought this was a good idea.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Referendum Day in Rwanda

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Prins Johan Friso (1968)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I didn't encounter many bullies as a child, but the few I did left scars.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/25/bullies/

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• Missourians running for office using flamethrowers to demonstrate their intent (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Yesterday I learned that Hugo Schwyzer is still writing (for the Federalist) and trying to get famous again. Yuck.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/25/hugo-schwyzer-still-exists/

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• Hugo Schwyzer (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

this does not bode well for the future of Texas:

“McCarthyism Rides Again at Texas Universities”

https://www.texasobserver.org/mccarthyism-texas-am-journalism-freedom/?goal=0_975e2d1fa1-899290c3cf-34948690&mc_cid=899290c3cf

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:

This is the reality of a boiling planet.

We are on track to overshoot our #EUGreenDeal goal to cut our greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030.

But we need to speed up the global clean energy transition if we want to limit the temperature rise to 1.5℃.

#COP28 will be our opportunity to do so.

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• A graphic showing the 30 warmest months on record globally by measuring the global average surface air temperature. All of them are between 1998 and 2023, with July (16.95℃) and August (16.82℃) 2023 as first and second warmest month ever. (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

bramus@front-end.social ("Bramus") wrote:

Feels good to update an article from early 2021 to say that the problem described back then is nowadays solved by a single CSS pseudo selector.

Selector in case: `:user-invalid`. It represents any validated form element whose value isn’t valid based on their validation constraints, **after the user has interacted with it.**

Supported by Firefox 88 and Safari 16.5 before, and now also by Chrome 119 (current Chrome Dev, to hit stable in October)

https://brm.us/diy-user-invalid#v5

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• Recording of a form being filled. The form shows an error message about the e-mail address format, even though the user is still entering text. This is solved by `:user-invalid` (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

What are some good recent-ish tech-ish conference talks that work without video? I listened to @pluralistic's excellent DEFCON talk while on the treadmill today and would love to do more of that

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I theorize Tailwind fanatics seem louder and more numerous than they are because many frontend developers either have never used it, aren't interested in it, and/or gave up on it.

It's pure anecdote, but the overwhelming majority of frontend devs I know have no interest in Tailwind. So they can't, and don't, participate in the discourse at all.

So yes, one side is loud. But it might seem more that way than it really is because the other side just isn't even interested.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Dang, for various reasons I didn't get to listen to this as much as I hoped. Oh well. One more time!

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

mpesce@arvr.social ("Mark Pesce says YES") wrote:

If I can sustain the patience to generate around 1 token per second, I can run a 70B parameter local LLM on my "gaming" laptop - the one that I got upgraded to 64GB of RAM a few months back _precisely_ so I could run these large models comfortably.

It's not as fast as GPT-4 - but then it doesn't require an aircraft hanger of servers and huge amounts of cooling. Using the sheep-duck-llama model it's getting close to as accurate on the benchmarks. And my prompts & completions never leave home.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

mpesce@arvr.social ("Mark Pesce says YES") wrote:

AI chatbots are very powerful - but are we always using them safely & wisely? This fun article from Entrepreneur magazine looks at the 'gotchas' - the ways you could go badly wrong using an AI chatbot.

http://windowscopilot.news/2023/09/25/5-mistakes-i-learned-to-avoid-when-working-with-chatgpt/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:

Large-scale cyberattack reported in occupied Crimea
https://kyivindependent.com/large-scale-cyber-attack-reported-in-occupied-crimea/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

br00t4c wrote:

HANGING REP: Arizona's Paul Gosar calls for Gen. Milley to be "hung"

#lynching #rep

https://occupydemocrats.com/2023/09/24/hanging-rep-arizonas-paul-gosar-calls-for-gen-milley-to-be-hung/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

LALegault@newsie.social ("LA Legault") wrote:

*taps the sign

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• Andrea Junker: 1923: Hitler’s failed coup. No real consequences. No fundamental changes. 1933: Hitler takes power. I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

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• You know, there was another time when science wasn't taken seriously and religion ruled the world. We called it the dark ages. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club ("AlgoCompSynth by znmeb") wrote:

The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin https://youtu.be/vRC0cK_MSA0?si=TC6tjn9SzUTPb6JE via @YouTube

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Tbsa@newsie.social ("onecaliberal") wrote:

https://twitter.com/ISASaxonists/status/1705738912818209266/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1705738912818209266%7Ctwgr%5E6763ed39bcc8a4df44f21ab4c6d577d93fdedf71%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F100218298828

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• Vaccinate your kids, I’m. It running a day care down here. -Satam (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘Professor Pape, of the University of Chicago, said that while the numbers of people who felt violence was justified to support Mr. Trump were concerning, he would rather focus on a different group identified in his survey: the 80 percent of American adults who said they supported a bipartisan effort to reduce the possibility of political violence.

“This indicates a vast, if untapped, potential to mobilize widespread opposition to political violence against democratic institutions,” he said, “and to unify Americans around the commitment to a peaceful democracy.”’

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/111122444249593891

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:

Uprising till Overthrow claimed they gained control over 500 servers of Iran’s Ministry of Science, revealing a trove of classified documents on protests and academia dissidents.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202309244311

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

The prosecutors seeking to bring Trump to justice are amazingly brave. They now require round-the-clock protection due to threats of physical violence from Trump supporters. Important reporting on this and other political violence stoked by Trump here, gift access, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/us/politics/trump-prosecutions-threats-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=tglcZLARKAn9S1t0w-CGvB3OxAr112XNIBHso6wBWpv5r6TzeoNR_ZNepUzOTVk5GVywIvjAmniVaX-E8XVrN2lFdN_JjnrfAqeU_p2GsANaT75caEu5NWjloJep2sNn6rFfft5IHjp7ka2b0AGsEP6tRN_B8kov7rbDEeojuSqPR6ZVx8fy1n_rHkg2YI1aPauwnTBkyWMMk9AQ7ZouQ8fqjg0P7etgxqYZ5K9eQ75izS82tC9V99Q5vux_aGjbIH6LxOWaVtPen9aVPbXp3ywVnNJ9sX-Tsn_u5er-UNCUvrKz2empLqQTPrkkYQl1HuSqNbfFN_ioxxsrC7CkArlxgjZcdGoFrELztTC6OTcW&smid=url-share #FaniWillis #JackSmith #AlvinBragg #LawFedi

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘The US has become increasingly uneasy over Chinese-built infrastructure because of Mr Xi's emphasis on dual civil-military use - what China calls "military-civil fusion" - in its economic planning, and the official requirement for Chinese overseas projects to meet military standards.
"The PRC has used UDG's projects in Cambodia to advance its ambitions to project power globally," said the statement accompanying the sanctions.’

https://c.im/@BBC/111122841949465487

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

anubis2814@friendica.myportal.social wrote:

No one looked at this prior to printing it.

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