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

danluu ("Dan Luu") wrote:

Notes on Cruise's pedestrian accident:

https://danluu.com/cruise-report/

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  •    [By morning of 10-03, leadership and 100+ employees knew that pedestrian had been dragged ~20ft. by the Cruise AV during the secondary movement after the AV came to a stop.     On 10-02 and 10-03, "Cruise leadership was fixated on correcting the inaccurate media narrative" that Cruise's AV had caused the accident         This led Cruise to convey information about the Nissan and omit "other important information" about the accident to "the media, regulators, and other government officials"     "The reasons for Cruise’s failings in this instance are numerous: poor leadership, mistakes in judgment, lack of coordination, an 'us versus them' mentality with regulators, and a fundamental misapprehension of Cruise’s obligations of accountability and transparency to the government and the public. Cruise must take decisive steps to address these issues in order to restore trust and credibility."     "the DMV Suspension Order is a direct result of a proverbial self-inflicted wound by certain senior Cruise leadership and employees who appear not to have fully appreciated how a regulated business should interact with its regulators ...  As one Cruise employee stated in a text message to another employee about this matter, our 'leaders have failed us.'"][6]
    
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firestorm@kolektiva.social ("Firestorm Books") wrote:

How many banned books can a room of dedicated volunteers pack in an hour? Yesterday we found out! 💪📦

At our first Banned Books Back! packaging party, community members turned out in droves to sort through dozens of cartons of books removed from Duval County Public Schools in Florida. Together we prepped 642 chapter books and 936 picture books to return to young readers. Despite the chill in the air—and the Christofascism in the political system—the mood was festive. Participants jumped in, swapping tips and innovating strategies to ensure that each box was lovingly assembled, filled with beautiful stories, and addressed to a child in Florida.

As the pugilistic unicorn puts it in our fave kids zine: "Not everyone fights how I fight, but all unicorns fight because we are magical creatures and as magical creatures we believe in a better world." Yesterday we fought by sending banned books back to kids, because we're also magical creatures who believe in a better world!

Find more about our campaign at https://firestorm.coop/bannedbooks.html.

#BannedBooksBack #AntiFacism #BannedBooks #DuvalCounty #FeministBookstore #Firestorm Coop (- L)

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

Independent@press.coop ("The Independent :press:") wrote:

Kyrsten Sinema has spent taxpayer cash on luxury airfare

One flight cost more than $50,000, records show #press

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kyrsten-sinema-taxpayer-cash-airfare-b2486775.html?utm_source=press.coop

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

working my way through a Coursera course on "Generative AI", and the idea of "LLM As Reasoning Engine" is indeed a useful way to reframe my thinking.

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anguinea@mstdn.social ("𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊 ✽") wrote:

After discussing the cyber-truck, my family and I decided we’re going to hold out for this.

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

Mourning machines.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/29/the-sad-death-of-a-distant-drone/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIrX6gpUxyw

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trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

It's Inheritance Machining, but EE.
https://youtu.be/Nw5v5inCQQM

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

Ken Ham embraces the Ray Comfort theory of the evolution of sex. How wrong can they both be?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/29/ken-ham-is-sad-that-other-denominations-have-gotten-smarter/

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allafarce@hachyderm.io ("Dave Guarino") wrote:

I've got to clean up some cruft, but pretty excited I seem to have *mostly* set up #obsidian to be how I write "evergreen" posts [1] on my #Eleventy blog.

Only finicky part left is that drop-in images isn't working. It just shows the markdown tag as text instead. There is in theory a plugin I have enabled to fix this, but it doesn't seem to be doing that.

[1] as in: ideas that keep evolving

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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

got myself thinking this morning about what open source would look like if it had the gumption to imagine a different world and actually try to build it. as opposed to the current state of affairs, where much of the "alternative" ecosystem is just, "well, we can build the same idea that the money machine came up with, just not as good because we're trying to play their game one-handed"

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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by @jmc to talk about Helios, the illumos distribution that powers the Oxide rack. We will talk about the motivation behind it, the mechanics of its operation, and our experience with it to date. Join us, 5p Pacific today!

https://discord.gg/x96yBE9n?event=1201568090626994289

More on Helios: https://github.com/oxidecomputer/helios

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

Can we at least rename Monday to Hellday?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/29/oh-no-its-monday/

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kellylepo@astrodon.social ("Kelly Lepo") wrote:

Today @spacetelescope released 19 images of face-on spiral galaxies from #JWST and #Hubble. The new JWST images were taken as part of the PHANGS program, a survey of nearby galaxies taking high-resolution observations with ALMA, the VLT, Hubble and JWST.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-105

This is now a #PHANGS galaxy stan account. Over the next 19 days, I’ll post a short thread about each one of the galaxies featured in today’s release.
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oxidecomputer@hachyderm.io ("Oxide Computer Company") wrote:

With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, we have opened Helios, the illumos distribution that powers the Oxide rack https://github.com/oxidecomputer/helios

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Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

The price of Huggies diapers went up 6% between April- June 2023.

Inflation, right? Wrong.

Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Huggies, reported that the cost to make its products fell by $75 million.They took the money and ran, banking $168 million in operating profits in Q3 2023.

Now, new research shows that corporate profits drove 53% of inflation during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2023. During the 40 years prior to the pandemic, profits drove just 11% of price growth.

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

Drlatigo@mstdn.science ("Potato Pie of Defiance") wrote:

@shoq many veterinary clinics are now corporate owned due to a variety of factors but a big one is the excess student debt we carry which makes purchasing a practice difficult. There are many very, very good veterinarians employed by corporations because there are not many other options depending on locale, some corporations are better than others. I hope your kitty does well

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

from Wikipedia article on AADHAAR:

'In 2018, R. S. Sharma, former director general of the UIDAI shared his Aadhaar number on Twitter challenging people to show “one concrete example where you can do any harm to me!” Within hours, Twitter users managed to dig out his personal details like his personal mobile number(s), Gmail and Yahoo addresses, physical address, date of birth, his frequent flyer number, and that he uses an iPhone. After this incident, UIDAI tweeted urging users not to share Aadhaar numbers publicly.'

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black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:

Veterans Group Airs Ad Targeting Former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania - https://www.inquisitr.com/veterans-group-airs-ad-targeting-former-president-donald-trump-in-pennsylvania?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Inquisitr%2Fmagazine%2FPolitics

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kurtseifried@infosec.exchange ("kurtseifried (he/him)") wrote:

How many years of cyber experience do you have?

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Been there.

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

MastodonEngineering ("Mastodon Engineering") wrote:

We are planning to release critical security patches for versions 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and nightly this Thursday, Feb 01, at 15:00 UTC. We encourage server administrators to plan for a timely upgrade to ensure their Mastodon server is protected.

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

I used to use Aadhaar horror stories to help wake up "big data" students to the realities of their work... that there would be real world impacts on real people which were not all good, & their work would come with ethical issues attached to which they needed to attend (and to force their bosses to attend to)

https://infosec.exchange/@lorenzofb/111840048201750851

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

scottjehl@mstdn.social ("Scott Jehl") wrote:

**HTML Web Components on the Server Are Great**
https://scottjehl.com/posts/composition/

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lorenzofb@infosec.exchange ("Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai") wrote:

NEW: An Indian state government had a bug on its website that exposed citizens' ID cards, birth and marriage certificates, electricity bills and income statements, date of birth, gender, and father’s name.

Bug is now fixed thanks to TechCrunch and a security researcher alerting the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-In..

Story by @jagmeets13

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/28/india-rajasthan-government-jan-aadhaar-bug-fix/

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

homeassistant@fosstodon.org ("Home Assistant") wrote:

iOS users, it's here: CarPlay!
Update your app to the latest version to get CarPlay support. From your car, you'll have easy access to your devices, areas, and custom actions you can create in the app. Check out our garage door demo and read the blog here:
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/01/29/companion-app-for-ios-20241-carplay/

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

hmmm... I apparently have a couple of BlueSky invites avail, DM me if you would like one

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TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

From yesterday: An #Austin program to give money to the poor helped participants reduce debts, avoid evictions and even become homeowners. A similar program is set to launch in Harris County, potentially reaching many more needy families ... if this GOP state senator doesn't put a stop to it. https://www.texasobserver.org/harris-county-poverty-uplift-austin-houston-uptogether?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #USpol #Houston #Texas #GulfCoast #poverty #HumanRights #law #Republicans

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

Drill Instructor: "I wanna be an Airborne Beaver... count cadence, count!"

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beaver-nasa-project

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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#webdev folks, do you have any recent data on effectiveness of CSS/JS minification? (vs just gzip/brotli)

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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

For anyone wondering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b23a7wfsY9Q