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

I like how Apple's "Gatekeeper" name says exactly what it is. It's cool how we sleep walk into a computing world where you are only allowed to trust somebody as long as Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. also trust them.

https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/apple-forces-the-signing-of-applications-in-macos-sequoia-15-1/

(Note I had dalliance with Apple products a long time ago. I don't currently use Android. And I only use Windows at work because its a requirement there. But dealing with one or more of these corps are largely unavoidable to most of us.)

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lenaschimmel@chaos.social ("Lena Schimmel") wrote:

@uint8_t In March 2024, the was a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which basically said that all standards that are mandatory for products must be free of charge.

I just looked up what's the current state of this:

There is now an official web site where you can request free access to european standards, and access those that were sucessfully requested by others: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request/home

It explicitly says that everyone may use it, not just people in the EU.

(See caveats in replies!)

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

psychologist’s warning: beware sailing with a man who is insecure about their [redacted] and has an excess of cash.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/31/world/europe/bayesian-yacht-sinking-italy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Kind of insane that the regular Apple M4, which Apple is now bundling into entry-level consumer-grade computers, is faster than my M1 Max for hardcore professionals that I got three years ago.

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

How now you secret brown and midnight cow?

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

wow, the latency goes *way* down... but then, so does the quality of the story produced. seriously down.

both go seriously down, and these are bad tradeoffs, Bwana John, bad tradeoffs indeed...

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

should take response time down significantly... now to beat the pesky threading issue

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augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

Time to throw out that aging, mushy, orange thing. Oh, and your pumpkin, too.
#VoteBlue

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

latency kills. switching models to see if I can find flatter latency as an okay tradeoff for capability

from gpt-4o to gpt-4o-mini last month, and to gpt-3.5-turbo now. hope to flatten the latency curve

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• 3c82b30d72da8e07.png (remote)

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Tarah@infosec.exchange ("Tarah Wheeler 🖖♦️") wrote:

In a world where enough women are searching “can my husband find out who I voted for” to make it trend in search engines and social media, there should never be a question again about the value of and right to end-to-end encrypted and private personal communication.

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RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social ("Robert Dale Parker") wrote:

From this afternoon’s walk.

#Fall #Autumn #Leaves #Trees

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• A tree of brilliant yellow-orange leaves. (remote)

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weatherwest ("Daniel Swain") wrote:

1.5-3°C of #GlobalWarming may not sound like a big deal. But for perspective: the difference between recent temperatures & last glacial period (when there were glaciers thousands of feet thick in areas now home to Chicago & New York) is only around ~6°C. [Full link below.]

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

Sometimes I come across people that really make me feel like a slacker[1]. Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, performing with the Boston Pops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omxAby8anJ0

[1] I mean, I *am* a slacker, but some people make me *feel* it more, you know?

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meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:

It is not #BandcampFriday but it is #FairtradeMusicFriday so here is a LONG compilation (136 songs!) by some amazing musicians with 100% of proceeds going to Helene relief and recovery in Western NC.

#Music https://cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardinals-at-the-window-2

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

Halloween is over, but I still have to deal with ghouls.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/01/another-headache/

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• Ghoul (remote)

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

Just in case it solves anyone else some debugging time:

It's not spelled "localhose."

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

https://bsky.app/profile/collinsworth.bsky.social/post/3l7vyotdoem25

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janl@narrativ.es ("Ja-AH-AH-n Lehnardt :couchdb:") wrote:

PSA: Acorn exists and is great and probably already does way more than you need, and without a subscription: https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/

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EmilySchnall@mastodon.art ("Emily Schnall✨Commissions Open") wrote:

My magnum opus

#art #illustration #horror #art

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• Black and white illustration of a decayed, dripping, skeletal person crawling out of a muddy pit. Reads “Live through the ditches” (remote)
• Black and white illustration of three witches riding on brooms across the night sky. Reads “Laugh through the witches” (remote)
• Black and white illustration of the dragula coffin car. Reads “Love in the back of my dragula” (remote)

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

“the problem – canvassers falsely claiming to have knocked on doors – that has raised the possibility that thousands of Trump voters might not be reached by the field operation.”

this is the basic issue with ‘outsourcing’ your get-out-the-vote ground game to amateurs in order for you to focus on fan-base TV & online sales promotions and rallies.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/trump-musk-america-pac-fraudulent-door-knocks

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redoak@social.coop ("🧟 Night of the Living Red Oak") wrote:

Yes-andvember

#thinktober

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

Promises, promises.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/01/who-remembers-trickle-down-economics-and-other-lies-of-the-right/

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• If Trump succeeds in forcing through mass deportations, combined with Elon hacking away at the government, firing people and reducing the deficit – there will be an initial severe overreaction in the economy – this economy propped up with debt (generating asset bubbles) and artificially suppressed wages (as a result of illegal immigration). Markets will tumble. But when the storm passes and everyone realizes we are on a sounder footing, there will be a rapid recovery to a healthier, sustainable economy. History could be made in the coming two years. Elon Musk says “Sounds about right” (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I cannot believe how many liberals think these voter spy campaigns are a great idea.

Some of you are drowning in a toxic vat of moral superiority and you don't even realize it. You've been high off your own ass for so long that you've convinced yourself that any action is justified.

It's honestly scary as hell to know I must share an ideological space with some of these people.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/center-voter-information-letters-2ZDGZ56ZW5BXJCYGOK6XDSTFM4/

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• "It's a guilt trip," said Andrew Perrin, a sociology professor at the Johns Hopkins University. "But honestly, if you find it that threatening that someone might reveal that you didn't vote, well, maybe you should just vote."

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

good morning, indeed

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stevelord@bladerunner.social ("Steve Lord") wrote:

And now, Daddy Mulk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFjv6_p7qRE

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sarahtaber@mastodon.online ("Sarah Taber") wrote:

GIANT PUMPKINS let's talk about em

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• Photo of a fair exhibition of giant pumpkins. It's just an open-sided wood barn full of giant pumpkins on pallets. They're a range of light orange, deep orange, and green colors. A line of onlookers is standing to get into the barn. (remote)

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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matt Haughey 🎃") wrote:

Portland Japanese Garden fall color report: place is at full “are you kidding me?! levels right now

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• Japanese Maple in full fall red color (remote)
• Japanese Maple in full fall red color (remote)
• Zen garden with fall color report (remote)
• Japanese Maple in full fall red color (remote)

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djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

Spike Lee produced a show called Do It Acapella in 1990 that was a fun look at some of the different work being done by groups at the time, and it's available on the dreaded tube

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

(at an hour and a half I won't try to ship that one around as an attachment to a toot to a thousand other instances)

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marsroverdriver@deepspace.social ("Scott marsroverdriver Maxwell") wrote:

Voyager 1 onboard fault causes it to switch to a backup radio that it last used in 1981. *NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE*. And it worked. Epic spacecraft gonna epic.
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/voyager-1-fault-forces-switch-to-s-band/ #space

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seabikeblog@social.ridetrans.it ("Seattle Bike Blog") wrote:

SDOT's Halloween safety messaging is excellent this year.

Map of Seattle's “Trick or Streets,” residential streets closed to cars for trick or treating: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/45b273dd2a6b46439d5bb5e69d1b4b91

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• Quote post of a parody story by The Needling with the headline “Millennial Parent at Trunk or Treat Can’t Help But Feel Weird Telling Kid to Take Candy From Stranger in Van.” SDOT post says, “Don’t want to Trunk or Treat? Dozens of streets throughout Seattle are closed to traffic and OPEN for trick-or-treating this evening. Want to see where? Check out our interactive map.” (remote)
• Screenshot of SDOT post with image of a group of people including children walking and biking on a Healthy Street with text: "Be on the lookout for trick-or-treaters if you're driving this evening. It's your job to be the grown-up so they can be kids. Slow it down, be patient, take extra care around intersections and crosswalks, and let's all have a fun & happy Halloween.” (remote)