NSW Police sergeant accused of filming and distributing vision of colleague's genitals given warning
NSW Police sergeant accused of filming and distributing vision of colleague's genitals given warning
A complaint against a NSW Police sergeant was over an incident that allegedly took place during a long drive when he refused to stop the car to allow another officer to use the bathroom.Lia Harris (ABC News)
Thunderbird 134.0 released
Release Notes
Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!Thunderbird
like this
ElcaineVolta, vii e timlyo like this.
reshared this
Tech Cyborg reshared this.
Made in China 2025 'hugely successful' despite US efforts to thwart plan
Made in China 2025 'hugely successful' despite US efforts to thwart plan
A decade ago the Chinese government announced plans to transform the country from "a low-cost manufacturing base into a high-tech superpower". Did it work?Sally Brooks (ABC News)
We need to stop supporting establishment democrats.
They stay in power by making us lose slower...
They really only pissed off because China is playing a different game (the game we originally stomped them at) and kicking our asses in the process.
- China is not playing the game the US originally did and still is: settler-colonialism^1^, slavery^2^, and imperialism^3^.
- The US didn’t “stomp” China, the UK did: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_…
.
^1^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_a…
^2^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_la…
^3^ en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Neocolon…
Neocolonialism - ProleWiki
Neocolonialism, alternatively spelled neo-colonialism and also known as colonialism without colonies, informal empire or neoimperialism (itself alternatively spelled...ProleWiki
That site seems to be down. web.archive.org/web/2024122323…
And in today’s America, that would require extraordinary and unprecedented magnanimity on the part of the oligarchs.
“In today’s America” nothing: the oligarchs wrote the constitution over two centuries ago, so their ascendancy is baked in.
The Value of Nothing: Capital versus Growth - American Affairs Journal
Throughout 2021, U.S. stock market valuations have hovered near all‑time highs. In June, the unadjusted price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of the S&P 500 index eclipsed the tech boom record of 2000.Julius Krein (American Affairs Journal)
Dr He-Ling Shi, from Monash University, said state media was "obligated to sing praises" because 2025 marked the final year of the plan.
He said it was hard to know from state media whether the technological advancements detailed in the stories were real or a "roadshow".
The ABC reached out to multiple analysts in China for this story, but none responded to interview requests.
Dr Shi also said the Biden administration had been effective at preventing China from advanced manufacturing of computer chips.
He said Huawei was a prime example.
"From a technological point of view, Huawei's mobile phone technology is still two to three generations behind [Apple]."
No article like this would be complete without some gusano cope lol
Efforts like what? Undermining public education? Crippling access to math and science for minority populations? Those efforts? You have a dumb population... the fuck kind of tech strategy is that?
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’
Summary
Bill Gates criticized Elon Musk for his support of far-right politicians, including the UK’s Tommy Robinson and Germany’s AfD party, calling it "insane shit" and accusing Musk of destabilizing political systems.
Gates questioned Musk's focus on divisive politics while managing global businesses like Tesla and SpaceX.
Gates also expressed concern about wealthy individuals influencing foreign elections.
Musk has faced backlash for controversial actions, including a Nazi salute.
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist calls fellow tech titan ‘super-smart’ but guilty of ‘overreach’Chris Michael (The Guardian)
like this
jaeykub, Benign, felixthecat, fistac0rpse, vii, FundMECFS e Haus like this.
I always forget Gates is one of the elite. Then I remember how ruthless and savage he was in the 80s.
Then I remember.
like this
osaerisxero likes this.
like this
felixthecat e metaStatic like this.
nytimes.com/2019/10/12/busines…
And unlike many others, Mr. Gates started the relationship after Mr. Epstein was convicted of sex crimes.
soapcentral.com/human-interest…
Bill Gates made his acquaintance with Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 when Epstein had been jailed for years for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
jacobin.com/2021/08/bill-gates…
They were two of the richest men on Earth, meeting after Epstein had already been convicted for child sex trafficking, very intentionally scratching each other’s back and bolstering each other’s charitable endeavors. The relationship between them — and what compelled both to build one — should be seen not as a lapse in judgment but as an indictment of billionaire philanthropy itself.
There's plenty more out there if you look.
I'd put money on Zuck, he seems like he might be able to jump a chair.
Shitty Person, but possibly good chair jumper. Maybe Zuck will do a Philanthropy run later in life like Bill?
Yes. I don't want to judge people by who they were four decades ago, but who they have become. I believe that every human has the potential to grow and learn.
Mind you, I'm not saying Mr. Gates is an angel now, or shouldn't be judged. But I'd rather base ma judgement on the person he is now that on the person he was long ago.
I can only repeat what I said before I anther comment. I'm not defending Gates. Of course there are things he should be criticised for. You bring up one example here.
What I am saying is, that you should not judge him on what he did four decades ago, but how he is acting today.
Of course there are things he should be criticised for. You bring up one example here.
An example with a body count exceeding that of almost all other people on earth. That's worthy of far more than just "criticism".
If he had been poor and responsible for the same number of avoidable deaths, he would be rightly considered one of history's greatest monsters.
What I am saying is, that you should not judge him on what he did four decades ago, but how he is acting today.
And today he's acting like a goddamn monster who values property and profits over thousands if not millions of human lives. That's what I'm judging him for today.
Buying up as much arable American land as possible?
Yea he's still sketchy af
80s, 90s, and a few years into early 2000s. Gates ruthlessness lasted decades, destroyed many businesses and lives, and is mostly whitewashed thanks to his philanthropic efforts and a few reddit amas and some secret santa participation
Not to mention the destruction he did to computing as a whole. The nightmare of proprietary bullshit is something that he did not architect but he pushed heavily and lobbied for constantly. He had the position to push for interoperability from an early stake in computing, to set the stage for computers to have a strong precedent to work together. Instead he and microsoft made every effort to work against open standards. They would adopt open standards and extend them with proprietary extensions to intentionally ruin them. A lot of what is infuriating about modern tech can be traced back to precedent that microsoft set at his direction
Reminder despite every donation he has made his net worth is higher now than it ever was and this has essentially always been the case. His philanthropy, while objectively good, is a measured pr effort that does not impact his overall obscene wealth and basically never has
Not shocking to hear, he’s a scumbag at heart. But now if you say that people will be like “uhhh how can you say that he’s donated so much money”
Then when you point out he’s donated literally 0% of his overall current net worth, his past (and current, apparently) behavior has arguably as much humanity if not more than he has offset, etc you’ll get whataboutism. “What have you done??”
I don’t want philanthropy to be contingent on the whims of billionaires. Gates has done a lot but it still has major issues, there is no real transparency, and it’s still authoritatively controlled because he has a great deal of influence over his foundation. The even bigger issue is that he is by far the exception. Other billionaires donate minimally only to maximize tax benefits and only to issues they have been personally impacted by.
The other day I was with people who were watching a football game. The eagles won and I asked why the owner gets to speak first at the trophy ceremony, let alone at all, given it was the teams effort. This led to a whole discussion but one thing that came up was how he donates so much money to autism research because he has a grandson with autism. This was meant to appeal to me because I have a background working in autism research and I work with people with autism a lot.
all I could think is “how fucked up is it that we have to hope that an obscenely rich person personally experiences the issue for them to decide to bequeath funding?” This inherently means that things with a much higher rate of prevalence, like autism (1 in 36, roughly) or dementia (prevalence varies widely by age range (2% to 13%) but ~10 million cases per year), will get tons of money. But what about far less common things? I’ve worked with people who have extremely rare conditions. Angelmans syndrome, prader willi, chromosomal deletions, (rates of 1-2 per 10,000) or extremely rare things like hellers syndrome (rates of 1-2 per 100,000).
This is why we fund things like NIMH, so that money can be fairly dispersed to ensure that all things are researched. Teams of people research what needs to be researched. This isn’t even just about equity; sometimes researching lesser known disorders leads to discoveries that are applicable in a broader context
But instead we let a few oligarchs hoard money. Most of them don’t bother to fund this stuff at all and they few that do only bother to do so when it’s something personally relevant to them. We have no say in the matter.
The global south is a real thing, look it up.
As a matter of fact, the term replaces "third world" lol
Apart from Australia and New Zealand, the Southern hemisphere houses pretty much just the poorest countries. Poverty also correlates strongly with average temperature, so it increases as you approach the Equator from either side (oil-rich Sultanates included, since the countries are rich but the people are still poor).
For what it's worth, many people here in Brazil use the phrase "global south" as a better alternative to "third world", an expression which no longer makes sense since the fall of the USSR, and I haven't ever seen anyone on the Left here be offended or bothered by it.
His philanthropy, while objectively good, is a measured pr effort that does not impact his overall obscene wealth and basically never has
Like with the some billionaires.
Untrue. Most don't engage in actual philantropy at all, but donate only to causes that will directly benefit their bottom line, such as sectors that depend on their products, or for scholarships in fields where their companies hire heavily. That isn't actually donating. It's just tax-exempt investing. In this sense, Gates is a cut above other billionaires.
His actions merit a freshly sharpened blade on his guillotine. Musk can have the rusty one that we'll need to drop thrice to get the job done.
His philanthropy, while objectively good,
I wouldn't even go that far.
Say you have a crazy idea that education would be better if kids went to school blindfolded so they wouldn't be distracted. You then use your vast fortune to arrange for that to be tried out on a bunch of kids for a few years. It's a disaster. It sets those kids back for years. You realize it's a disaster, so after a few years you abandon the project.
In that case was your philanthropy objectively good? Or was it probably bad?
Those are the kinds of experiments the Gates foundation has done. Because Gates is so insanely rich, he doesn't have to bother with convincing people he has a good idea. He doesn't need to run his ideas by education experts or psychologists, he can just run with them. So he does, and he fucks shit up, then he leaves.
"A bunch of pretentious old men playing at running the world, but the world left them behind long ago. We are the future!"
- Incredibly Evil Man
like this
Limitless_screaming likes this.
Isn’t he no longer in control of MS?
Who? 'fascist state of Israel' or genocide?
like this
felixthecat, fistac0rpse e dhhyfddehhfyy4673 like this.
I feel like it's the other way around.
Dracula can at least fit into polite society.
Mr Gates actually has some power to do something about the crazyness and shittines of the world we live right now.
I don't discredit his philanthropic work, some of the things he does is actually good, neither that he calls out the insanity, any sane person should do, but, and this but is as huge as the Titanic, Mr Gates, is able to do something about it, and has been for a long time before shit hit the fan tbh, actions speak louder than words, specially the lack of action lmao.
If Mr Gates really feel this way, he should do something about it, he has the money.
like this
felixthecat likes this.
Money's great and all, but where exactly would his spending help right now?
Trump's brown-nosing billionaires have trillions between them, let alone foreign governments actively supporting the destabilisation of the western world.
The far-right has the market cornered on information & infrastructure control currently. Even Gates' would struggle using his money to influence any meaningful change. It's depressing.
Attacking their fragile egos of Nazis... Now that's free and plentiful.
What are the rules on offering a reward and legal counsel/protection for someone providing verifiable information about things like how that anonymous Twitter employee said shit happened.
Tbh I don't really believe that report, it's too easy to just write shit up like that anonymously, but I don't doubt there is some shady shit going on that money would maybe convince someone to leak legit data or knowledge on.
Ya, that does make sense. Rewards bring out a lot of fake shit.
And ya, definitely Meta too. They've been at it so long, I imagine it would dwarf anything we find out about Twitter.
He actually does:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Fo…
Meanwhile Muskyboi donates mostly to organizations that align with his business interests, such as those doing AI and STEM stuff:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_Fou…
Do what? Governments need to do more.
You're saying Bill Gates should meddle in international affairs to stop Musk?
Dont mistake his philanthropy for some form of altruism. He setup the Gates Foundation for tax avoidance pure and simple. The fact he tries to do good with it is a side affect.
Okay? So he does good, your point being? He could've done what everyone else does in his place and don't contribute.
You're letting g perfect be the enemy of good.
your point being?
It's not nearly enough, he does it to look good more than to actually do good, and he shouldn't ever have had that much money in the first place
Don't let someone doing a few good things make you think they don't deserve to be killed, eaten, and their wealth redistributed
Bill Gates isn't a good person
That's a separate point. As long as the result benefits people, the motivation doesn't matter. Gates's problem isn't that he helps fight disease for the wrong reasons. His problem is that he hoards more wealth than anyone could ever need and only helps with a small fraction of the resources he could help with if he really wanted to. But if his tax evasion saves people from painful death by disease, I say it's a good thing. Most billionaires evade taxes without saving anyone else from anything.
Gates deserves a guillotine with a freshly sharpened and well lubricated blade. Musk deserves a rusty blade that will need to be dropped thrice to get the job done.
Sorry mate this dumb factoid doesn't withstand even a moment's scrutiny.
If you donate $10 you might save $3 in tax but you lost all $10.
The Gates Foundation might use a few cents from that $10 for fancy dinners for Gates and his wife or whatever but there are auditors to ensure that the money is used for the people they purport to help. Their records are public and I can assure you that if there were any wrong doing whatsoever the internet would be afire with every detail.
like this
fistac0rpse likes this.
not by accident, but certainly by luck, and then you can argue whether someone makes their own luck or not, musk hit the jackpot of being at the right moment at the right time and having the right skillset.
There are plenty of alternate universes out there where he became a nobody after paypal.
Maybe if Musk started out with no money, that would be fair in some sense.
Why is this american obsession on weighting the value of men with the money they made? Musk is an idiot regardless of his money or how he made it.
Its not just power, its ego and success. If McDonalds started paying 30$ an hour it would suddenly be a job that signaled success, despite nothing changing about the job duties.
Thats what's happening here, elon is rich so he must be smart, and now people are jealous and emulate him. The OP is right though, money or not he's an idiot.
Money = Speech don't ya know.
Mo' money is a bigger voice in their system. Other countries call that "corrupt to the core".
Quite a lot of americans equate money with success and ability. Elon musk must be the smartest guy because dumb people dont make money like that.
I think its reverse engineering though, americans see his worth, and work backwards claiming all his choices are genius and well thought out.
It's absolutely reverse engineering. People want to believe that the world is a meritocracy, and that means believing that those who have succeeded at meritful.
People avoid internalizing that the world is a kleptocracy, because that would mean having to confront that if they want to get ahead, they'll have to actively amd knowingly fuck other people over, and most of us are not psychopaths
Smart can mean many things. My dentist is smart, but he is not well rounded. Most people aren't well rounded smart.
Musk is a good investor, and expert con artist. He is smart in those ways.
Bill Gates has also been riding an unearned “genius” appellation for decades. He didn’t make DOS. (His charitable work on vaccination is also questionable - iirc there were concerns over intellectual property rights)
The tide is turning against billionaires, and he’s just recognizing that Musk is making them all look bad.
Like if anyone ever screamed "overcompensating for a small dick"...
Like we probably don't have the scientific equipment to actually locate Musk's cock if it's size is relative to how much he's overcompensating.
When you see him playing in video's he's playing.
He just uses other people to help level him up. I wouldn't really say that using someone to grind for you means you can't play. Him not being able to play would be him getting destroyed in the videos where he shows himself playing.
He just cheats to get his characters to a high level.
Edit: Another way to think of it... lets say he did this with Dota 2, and he gets up to the 2nd highest tier through his own play, and with cheating by others grinding his ranks. Then, he plays matches at that tier and consistently wins (and self performs) as much as you'd expect anyone at that tier. Can he play Dota 2? I'd say yes. Did he cheat? Yes.
If this is a tactical move purely for selfish reasons, its not a good one considering the power Musk now wields. I think this is genuine from Gates. Saying it out loud maybe is a degree of performance, but I think he likely legitimately finds Musk's fascist support a morally bad thing.
Assuming all billionaires are constantly playing some kind of 4D chess game is just as bad being overly charitable when a billionaire says or does something that could be seen as good. Remember, Elon Musk has put himself in the spotlight constantly despite it often times hurting him financially, his desire to be liked/beloved as a genius is also genuine its just fueling frequently terrible decisions.
That said, Gates is still an egotist and obviously pretty conventionally selfish (at what I'd describe as a pretty human level, if an average joe/jane came to have billions of dollars they'd probably treat the money in similar ways as Gates). Gates doesn't deserve his wealth and Gates is no genius either, I just don't think hes a fascist or a sociopath like Musk is.
Every single billionaire is a policy failure. By hoarding that much wealth, they are literally bad people. But that doesn't mean they can't do good things, or even give away what they don't need, like the ex-billionaire Charles Feeney who redeemed himself and donated most of his billions, anonymously.
bbc.com/news/uk-northern-irela…
Chuck Feeney: The billionaire who gave it all away
Chuck Feeney, who donated heavily to causes in Northern Ireland, gave away his $9bn fortune.BBC News
Oligarch Wars
I never expected the end to be so boring: White Collar Apocalypse. Wait, what collar colour are billionaires?
Disclaimer: >!I don't actually think it's "The End"!<
::: spoiler Spoiler title
hidden content
:::::: spoiler Spoiler title
hidden content
:::
I like "-style", because it has the implication that fits with the rest of his life thus far: The gesture was that of a cringy poser making a pathetic attempt to impress the very worst kinds of people, and he was so sloppy, that bought news corpos could actually attempt to say there's room for doubt.
Lol.
LMAO.
Behold the loser weirdo man, who can 'heil' about as well as he games.
Right thing for the wrong reasons is still the right thing. We've got bigger fish to fry than him.
For now.
yeah he's so good... at fucking up the education system. seriously fuck this guy and his wife for what they did in the name of so-called education reform, he's just like the rest of them thinking just because he made a lot of money gaming the system he suddenly knows so much about everything. and fuck the united states for allowing these maniacs completely shape the country however they want.
I thought it was foolish that they allowed gates to do education reform, but then I thought it was insane they allowed reelon the troglodyte to make tunnels for his fucking explody cars. but that wasn't enough apparently so now they give him the keys to the entire kingdom.
un-fucking-believable.
A lot? He's currently worth $107 billion. That's the most he's ever been worth.
You would think that someone giving away "a lot" of their wealth would be worth less than before. If you're giving away so little that your wealth is actually growing, I'd say you're not actually giving away a lot.
What is Bill Gates' net worth?
We explore Bill Gates’ net worth, how the Microsoft co-founder became a tech mogul and his billions donated to charityJacob Wolinsky (Moneyweek)
It's not insane at all. It sucks but it's completely logical. Musk is just protecting his capital as best he can within a global capitalist system.
It's like corporate "greedflation" during Covid. Of course they jacked up prices and lied about wholesale costs, thereby wildly inflating profits, because profit motives are what drive our world.
It’s not insane at all. It sucks but it’s completely logical. Musk is just protecting his capital as best he can within a global capitalist system.
No, it's absolutely insane, and short sighted. You know how much his capital will be in the event of WWIII? We won't be spending money on overpriced EVs or sending rockets to outer space on scientific missions to study the universe. Assuming he doesn't get himself assassinated first by people that actually care about democracy. The absolute BEST thing to protect his capital is a strong spending class in the US, which would require the economy to not collapse. You gut social services, there is exactly one logical outcome and it is social unrest followed by either class war or civil war.
Tech stock selloff deepens as DeepSeek triggers AI rethink
Summary
Global tech stocks plunged after the launch of DeepSeek, a low-cost AI model by Chinese startup DeepSeek, sparked investor concerns over the dominance and valuation of AI giants like Nvidia.
Nvidia shares fell 17%, wiping $593 billion in market value—the largest single-day loss for any company.
The selloff impacted chipmakers, AI firms, and datacenter companies globally.
Analysts view DeepSeek's cost-efficient model as intensifying competition, potentially challenging U.S. tech dominance.
like this
IHeartBadCode, BlackLaZoR, Ziggurat e willismcpherson like this.
... Also bad for some people with 401ks and similar retirement funds.
A lot of of families unable to hire bespoke financial advice put their savings into traditionally safer index funds like the S&P500 which have been increasingly weighted towards those companies.
Those lost trillions of dollars of value represent a lot of lo "retail" that is to say, not particularly wealthy, investors. Also a fair number of pension funds are probably similarly exposed, think teachers, nurses etc.
More stock diversification is the answer, not manual filtrering or a tilt towards "stable" stocks. If that does not provide a risk that is tolerable for an investor, then a lower stock allocation is the next step.
For a long time people have trusted their money in the 500 biggest US companies, but ignoring the world and ignoring smaller companies. This does not really make that much sense, but actually makes more sense if you are not an American.
Americans work in the US economy, and often invest in the US economy. Doing so makes you take on additional risk. An allocation towards the entire global stock market gives roughly 50% exposure to US stocks already.
If the US stock market takes a huge dive, then the value of your assets drop, and at the same time you have an increased risk of losing your job.
I don't see a problem. Index funds are precisely there to follow over and underevaluations, so that in the end the best mix gets out, tracking long term real value.
This also means, that the ones who got to sell at the high price get to reinvest that money somewhere else, which in a broad index fund, leads to increases in another place.
However this shows again that it is fatal to think of the market price as being an indicator for a companies worth. The market price only reflects the value of the currently sold stocks. If a large amount of stocks would be pushed onto the market or pulled from it, the price naturally goes up and down. But it is impossible to buy or sell an entire company at the current market price.
The sooner we stop basing economic decisions on the idea that the market price reflects the market cap and that would reflect the actual worth of a company, the less likely we would run into stupid decisions based on bubbles.
While I understand your point here, but a 10% drop amongst tech companies should not be a huge drop for a properly diversified 100% stock based global index fund.
A 10% drop in general is expected for index funds, that's why you should have a long time horizon. If a drop of 50% is more than you can handle then the stock allocation should be lowered from 100% and bonds increased by the same amount. S&P500 is not enough diversification, not nearly enough. Funds that track MSCI ACWI is a lot better in terms of diversification, and diversification is the ONLY free meal in investing.
Volatility has always been built into investing, including index funds.
If retirement is a long way away, then this is a non event. If retirement is close and your 401k was in a target date fund, you are heavily invested in bonds at this point, precisely to deal with this sort of situation.
If you are close to retirement, and heavily weighed to tech heavy indecies, then this will probably delay your retirement a few years. If you're already retired and so invested, you may have a problem.
Trump's strict foreign funding freeze sparks panic among international aid groups
Summary
The Trump administration has enacted a 90-day freeze on nearly all U.S. foreign aid to review programs under the "America First" agenda.
Exceptions are limited to emergency food aid, travel for officials, and some military financing.
Aid groups warn the freeze will disrupt life-saving programs, including HIV treatment, clean water, and education, affecting millions globally.
Critics fear it creates leadership vacuums for adversaries like China to exploit.
Confusion and concern dominate the aid community, with calls to reverse the decision and improve communication.
Trump's strict foreign funding freeze sparks panic among international aid groups
The administration has paused almost all U.S. assistance for 90 days.Shannon K. Kingston (ABC News)
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness likes this.
On top of the idiocy of this, every SINGLE contractor can, and likely will, sue the government for breach of contract and win. Likely for more than the original connect was for. As has been the case for most other stop work orders.
This is a massive and avoidable expense to taxpayers with zero to show for it.
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness e Benign like this.
Poland warns against restarting Russia gas supplies
Summary
Polish President Andrzej Duda urged against resuming Russian gas supplies to Western Europe, even if a peace deal with Ukraine is reached.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Duda called for the dismantling of Nord Stream pipelines to prevent European dependence on Russia, citing energy, military, and economic threats.
He emphasized that no peace talks should occur without Ukraine's participation and condemned Russia's territorial claims as violations of international law.
Poland warns against restarting Russia gas supplies
Andrzej Duda says even if a peace deal with Ukraine is struck, pipelines to Europe should stay shut.Oliver Smith & Faisal Islam (BBC News)
Denmark announces $2 billion plan to boost Arctic security
Summary
Denmark announced a $2 billion investment to enhance Arctic and North Atlantic security by acquiring ships, drones, and satellite systems.
It emphasized addressing worsening security threats and asserting sovereignty in collaboration with Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
This initiative also supports NATO missions amid growing US, Russian, and Chinese interest in Greenland due to its strategic location and resources.
Denmark announces $2 billion plan to boost Arctic security
Denmark's defense minister has announced a deal with the governments of the Faroe Islands and Greenland to boost surveillance capacity and sovereignty assertion. The move comes as the US, Russia and China circle.Deutsche Welle
like this
IHeartBadCode e FundMECFS like this.
like this
IHeartBadCode likes this.
The Danes win this war very easily.
They restrict the sale of Ozempic and Wegovy to the US, and half the country just dies of obesity related complications. It'll be a genocide.
like this
Ziggurat likes this.
Google to change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in maps
Summary
Google Maps will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" for U.S. users following a U.S. government decision.
The U.S. Department of Interior recently announced the official name change, implemented by the Board on Geographic Names.
Google stated it updates names based on official government sources.
The name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico and display both names elsewhere globally.
This change stems from an executive order by Trump, who also reversed the 2015 renaming of Alaska's Denali to Mount McKinley.
Google to change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in maps
Google Maps announced it will be following the US government's lead in changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in the US. Outside of the US and Mexico, users will be able to see both names.Deutsche Welle
like this
dcpDarkMatter likes this.
like this
dcpDarkMatter likes this.
like this
qupada e wildncrazyguy138 like this.
I kind of get the whole 'Gulf of America's, at least conceptionally, America is the continent yada yada yada, it's fine, it's silly but fine.
But the Mount McKinley stuff is really baffling to me. Afaik McKinley never even visited Alaska during his presidency, alaskans themselves tried to change the name since at least the 1980s and the only thing that stood in the way was Ohio, as McKinleys home state, blocking the name change, until in 2015 they eventually relented and the name was changed back to its original indigenous name.
Why would they change it arbitrarily again? I don't understand? Is it just racism and it by chance happened during Obama's presidency?
like this
frustrated_phagocytosis likes this.
like this
dcpDarkMatter likes this.
Why would they change it arbitrarily again? I don't understand?
I firmly believe that Trump and friends are having a grand time trolling the world as petty revenge for losing 2020.
In other words, there is no reason other than they can do it and we can do nothing about it.
Honestly, it's the other way around for me. To be clear, Denali is a much better name than Mount McKinley for multiple reasons, but at least it's our mountain and it was named Mount McKinley at one time.
Gulf of America is just a dumb power move that came out of nowhere, and it's a body of water shared by multiple countries. It's not like this is the only gulf named after only one country it touches out of a few - see also the Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Thailand, for example
kind of get the whole 'Gulf of America’s, at least conceptionally, America is the continent...
Y'all know that's not the argument 😀
like this
frustrated_phagocytosis likes this.
like this
frustrated_phagocytosis likes this.
Organic Maps: Hike Bike Drive - Apps on Google Play
Navigate with Privacy - Community-Driven & Open-Sourceplay.google.com
like this
ElcaineVolta likes this.
OsmAnd~ | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Global Mobile Map Viewing & Navigation for Offline and Online OSM Mapsf-droid.org
Depends.
If you just want a map to find things, OsmAnd is good.
If you want to prepare hiking/biking trail maps and then download them for offline use, Alpi Maps is really nice.
If you want useful navigation that includes traffic data and gets the realistic arrival time close to correct, Magic Earth is really the only option (traffic time estimates depend on users agreeing to share their location data while using ME for navigation so that it can make traffic speed assessments - quality will depend on how many other ME users in your area have agreed to share their data).
All 3 ultimately depend on OpenStreetMap for their map data. If you use them, consider creating an account and contributing with a tool like StreetComplete.
If you want something that has locations of businesses &etc with accurate names, operating hours, contact information, pictures of the location, street view, user reviews... there are no alternatives.
GitHub - Akylas/alpimaps: Offline map app iOS/Android
Offline map app iOS/Android. Contribute to Akylas/alpimaps development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
like this
Hegar likes this.
Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
For what it’s worth, the notion that the order applies to only part of the gulf is just one possible interpretation of the awkwardly worded order, and maybe a little bit of wishful thinking.OpenStreetMap Community Forum
like this
frustrated_phagocytosis, ElcaineVolta e dcpDarkMatter like this.
like this
ElcaineVolta likes this.
It’s a shame they haven’t been broken up. If they had been, many of the Google Graveyard products would probably still be around.
Killed by Google
Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.Killed by Google
As usual, trump is an idiot.
But it can dictate how federal agencies refer to geographic regions.
A private company or private citizen can do as it sees fits.
I’m just gonna go ahead and refer to it as the “Gulf of Canada” — the way Trump is leading America, Canada will extend all the way down there soon enough.
And Google can go fck itself for capitulating even before being asked. Fck that company.
Organic Maps is very good. One killer feature is that it can run completely offline, doesn’t track you, and is considerably more battery friendly than Google Maps.
And if you’re on an Apple device, Apple Maps is actually quite good now and probably has the lowest battery drain of any map app (on Apple hardware).
Well, if that's how it works, every country now needs to renames the US to something else on their maps. Whoever has the best name wins something - like, the Olympics or free membership to the UN.
Suggestions now open, I'll start: "Little Girls Blouse"
like this
qupada likes this.
United States of Oligarchs
That’s a bit boring though. Maybe they could put out a call for sponsors every week, the winner gets to name it. We’d get names like:
- United States of Amazon
- X
- Murica
- iMerica (designed by Apple in California, assembled in China)
Which should drive home the point.
Would also help government funding.
I've asked my wife and she's OK if the government would like to come penetrate my anus for its pleasure as needed.
I'll have the lube ready, just let us known when you need it.
You can really tell how sheltered yanks are with this news.
This is pretty standard for Google maps. Names of locations change depending on what version of maps you use.
Google will use the official data from the government of whatever region it is, and the government Americans voted for changed the name.
Google is just asking people to switch to Organic maps with this one.
Apple maps for those wondering:
Open Street Maps is a thing. Use it.
It's also publicly editable and used to generate a bunch of other maps - even for government use. It would be a damned shame if people created burner accounts and started renaming things owned by Trump and Musk...
OSM also uses localized names for places. So there might be name changes happening there as well.
Not sure exactly how they do it for international names, they probably have a system, but if Trump starts renaming towns and states in the US like "State of Pu**ygrab", "State of Hillaries-emails" or whatever, everyone has to adapt, in order to not be disrespectful of the people and culture of the united states as is making any kind of fun about these cultural and historic differences. People from outside just do not understand them and their need to validate their place in the world as deeply as the people living there.
No, they won't. They'll introduce additional names, but the gulf itself will not be renamed.
community.openstreetmap.org/t/…
Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
name:us=Gulf of America while name:en=Gulf of Mexico?OpenStreetMap Community Forum
Did anyone read the tweet? They are defending their decision not to change the name, because the change isn't official. No, they haven't "announced they will change the name".
Yeah, you can logically conclude based on that that they will update it once it's official, but the reporting is the opposite of what they said.
Google has no spine. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, they reclassified Crimea as Russian territory on the localized Russian version, and in a lot of locales they either flag it as disputed territory, or territory belonging to no nation.
you bet your ass they're going to do whatever Daddy tells them when it comes to the US. Lmao.
America isn't a sovereign nation anymore, its a slave state beholden to Corpo Syndicates, The Russian Mafia, and Israel. Trump is just a dumbass they put in front of the camera to serve as a public face to the shadow mafia.
‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/25282200
‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot
Tech shares in Asia and Europe fall as China AI move spooks investors
Progress by startup DeepSeek raises doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boomDan Milmo (The Guardian)
I think people are just happy that OpenAI is getting shit on, even if the reality isn’t really what is being portrayed. For example I’ve been trying to use r1-32b and it’s really no where near as good as Claude sonnet 3.5 has been.
I stopped using openai so I can’t comment on the performance comparison there, but clearly the benchmarks are all just made up bs.
"If you're in the West, you might see this as a threat to the so-called rules-based international order," he said. "But if you're in the rest of the world, you might say some of these changes may in fact be improvements."
Whatever was left of a "rules-based international order" was torn to shreds by Biden and Netenyahu while the orange twat was still dancing at campaign rallies.
But while getting the US out of international institutions might sound good they will still try to bully them as they do with the ICC
Does DeepSeek Censor Its AI Answers? On These Sensitive Topics, Yes.
Does DeepSeek Censor Its Answers? We Asked 5 Questions On Sensitive China Topics.
The hottest new AI model is Chinese made—and it’s avoiding questions about Tiananmen Square, Taiwan and Xi Jinping.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs (Forbes)
like this
IAmLamp likes this.
Technology reshared this.
like this
metaStatic likes this.
Even if the code was fully available, I suspect it could take weeks to find the censorship bits.
like this
LennethAegis likes this.
Video of censored answers show R1 beginning to give a valid answer, then deleting the answer and saying the question is outside its scope. That suggests the censorship isn’t in the training data but in some post-processing filter.
But even if the censorship were at the training level, the whole buzz about R1 is how cheap it is to train. Making the off-the-self version so obviously constrained is practically begging other organizations to train their own.
beginning to give a valid answer, then deleting the answer
If it IS open source someone could undo this, but I assume its more difficult than a single on/off button. That along with it being selfhostable, it might be pretty good. 🤔
like this
MudMan likes this.
llama-cpp.
bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B-GGUF · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
(Running locally using Ollama with Alpaca as GUI)
Alpaca is just being weird again.
(I'm presently typing this while attempting to look over the head of my cat)
Meta’s content moderation changes ‘hugely concerning’, says Molly Rose Foundation
Meta’s content moderation changes ‘hugely concerning’, says Molly Rose Foundation
Charity set up after 14-year-old’s death concerned as Zuckerberg realigns company with Trump administrationRobert Booth (The Guardian)
I'm so glad I sold last week at 140. I've been meaning to get rid of them as soon as Trump got in office because I had a gut feeling he might fuck something up.
But surprise! China pops up with its own AI and shit hits the fan. It probably won't last though, but I ain't buying nvda anymore. Not with their CEO falling in line with every other techno fascists.
Probably this is all very reactionary, NVIDIA's stock will recover and they'll remain a big player in the LLM space.
But I'm uninterested in LLM's and would love to see price drops on GPU's, so i hope there is a longer term moderate market loss for them in this space.
DeepSeek just proved Lina Khan right
DeepSeek just proved Lina Khan right
Khan warned that enabling protectionism for tech monopolies wouldn’t just hurt all of us, it would hurt them too. Now they’re getting wiped out.Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness e Thoralf Will like this.
The social contract struck between the U.S. government and Silicon Valley—which the American people became an involuntary party to—was straightforward: We will let a handful of tech bros become unfathomably wealthy and in exchange they will build a tech industry that keeps America globally dominant. Instead, the tech bros broke the bargain. They took the money, but instead of continuing to innovate and compete, built monopolies to keep out competition—even getting the help of the U.S. national security state to block Chinese access to our tech. But they couldn’t keep out of the competition forever. Lina Khan was right. And now here we are.
like this
Aatube e NoneOfUrBusiness like this.
Regardless how this plays out that was a very satisfying article to read and the quoted section above is a big part of that.
also I haven't made any investment of my time or money into A.I. so my personal smug-o-meter needle is buried high-side right now.
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness likes this.
they will build a tech industry that keeps America globally dominant.
I don't buy it.
At least this Altmann guy has already made it clear that he personally wants to be the ruler of the world, and he builds the tools to bring him there.
Im glad DeepSeek open sourced their model. Even if the goal was to destabilize US companies, I think it's a blessing the tools can go to anyone with a "powerful enough" computer.
And to be really honest, I don't like what the tech companies have done with AI in such a short amount of time. I'm glad they are getting the piss beaten out of them. All these AI companies will do whatever it takes to destroy human labor pools so they can absorb a fraction of our wages.
The sad part is, they are after a fraction of a wage that is already undervalued. We are all struggling because of corporate greed anyway.
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness e TheFederatedPipe like this.
Fuck the big tech companies and all, but I don’t buy the argument that there is no competition in the US. If you believe that, you’re not paying attention to the space. There are a fuckload of weird models being developed in the US. Some by big players, and some by smaller companies.
IMHO, this is the same thing that happens with every new big advancement. PCs, internet, mobile, etc. People invest a shit load of money in the early players, then a ton of those early investments don’t pan out.
And often times, the people that really stand out are the smaller disrupters or the companies that come in a little later.
Exactly, the AI scene is more competitive than any other tech sector ever has been in the entire history of tech.
The "article" is kinda low-effort bait and shouldn't even be here.
That's late stage capitalism, which only really started in the 80s. Early to middle capitalism is a mix of both panels. I'll just link my other comment here.
Honestly, not really. Colonialism made Western Europe wealthier for the time period, but it was investment in science and technology that gave the West the industrial and technological advantage that sets them aside from the rest of the world (other than China) today. There are very few non-Western non-China countries where appreciable heavy industry takes place that isn't resource extraction-parallel like oil refinement. There are also very few non-Western non-China countries with the industrial capital and technological knowhow to, for example, make smartphones.You'll notice that I keep including China as an exception here, which is because China noticed the importance of these things and went ahead to develop/steal these, and it's because it was able to obtain these things that China is the global giant that it is today.
I mean yes, true, but it was capitalists who made smartphones and computers. I'll just link my other reply here.
Honestly, not really. Colonialism made Western Europe wealthier for the time period, but it was investment in science and technology that gave the West the industrial and technological advantage that sets them aside from the rest of the world (other than China) today. There are very few non-Western non-China countries where appreciable heavy industry takes place that isn't resource extraction-parallel like oil refinement. There are also very few non-Western non-China countries with the industrial capital and technological knowhow to, for example, make smartphones.You'll notice that I keep including China as an exception here, which is because China noticed the importance of these things and went ahead to develop/steal these, and it's because it was able to obtain these things that China is the global giant that it is today.
Adopting ~~capitalism~~ colonialism early on is about 75% of the reason the West is at the top of the modern world order
Honestly, not really. Colonialism made Western Europe wealthier for the time period, but it was investment in science and technology that gave the West the industrial and technological advantage that sets them aside from the rest of the world (other than China) today. There are very few non-Western non-China countries where appreciable heavy industry takes place that isn't resource extraction-parallel like oil refinement. There are also very few non-Western non-China countries with the industrial capital and technological knowhow to, for example, make smartphones.
You'll notice that I keep including China as an exception here, which is because China noticed the importance of these things and went ahead to develop/steal these, and it's because it was able to obtain these things that China is the global giant that it is today.
'Investment' is a nice way to put it. A more apt description would be that the developing world invested in the West's industrialization (or the West stole it, whatever floats your boat) and the Western world chose to give essentially nothing back to its investors, directly contradicting the new capitalist world it had created.
Which is why many in the developing world feel that China's rise to prominence is the West's chickens coming home to roost.
A Kenyan official once said: 'When China visits we get a hospital. When Britain visits we get a lecture'
Again, I won't argue that colonial wealth didn't contribute to the rise of Western Europe, but it was Europeans who invented the steam engine, developed thermodynamics as a science and put half a continent's worth of resources and intellect into the industrial revolution. Colonialism is only a contributing factor that came after the start of the industrial revolution. Hell, France for example barely had any colonies during the early industrial revolution and that didn't at all impede its industrialization or rise to power. If you look at, say, Ottoman history you'll see that the thing European countries had and the Ottomans didn't wasn't wealth but rather ideas.
Which is why many in the developing world feel that China's rise to prominence is the West's chickens coming home to roost.
As someone from the developing world (specifically the Middle East), we are salty about colonialism, but many of us also recognize that if we don't learn from the history of colonialism and what allowed Europe to conquer half the world (including us) we'll always be on the bottom rung of the world. There's a lot more to learn from the rise of Europe than "fuck colonialism".
Colonialism is essentially theft with a pretty red ribbon on top to make it look good so we can all unequivocally say fuck colonialism.
But my point is beyond that. It's that the progress that's been achieved through those ideas you're celebrating was predicated on theft from and suffering of people in developing countries. In a sense those in developing countries have an ownership stake in Western industrialization and China is the first previously developing nation that's coming to take back what is, in part, theirs. The West needs to come to terms with the fact that they won't be the last to do so.
And if China increasingly becomes the place to go work if you’re an ambitious researcher or developer, it’s not hard to see where that leads.
Is that a thing? I know China's research sector is large and growing, but I never heard of it attracting foreigners.
“The accusations/obsessions over DeepSeek using H100 sound like a rich kids team got outplayed by a poor kids team, who weren't even allowed shoes,” tweeted Jen Zhu, an AI investor, “and now the rich kids are demanding an investigation into whether shoes were used instead of training harder to improve themselves.”
This is amazing.
like this
NoneOfUrBusiness likes this.
Is that a thing?
Yes. It's not common for Americans to come to China, but many in other parts of the world do. Currently living in Russia, I personally know a few folks, primarily from IT sector, moving there for new opportunities.
Man, the hysterical, unhinged US market just has no chill.
Someone came up with a better chatbot-- "OMG, superintelligence is here and is inevitable, all hail our robot overlords and their broligarch creators!"
Somebody outside the US had an idea to train a chatbot for cheaper-- "OMG, US tech is doomed, they have no recourse against this and all the hardware is now worthless!"
Maybe if the markets weren't constantly freaking the hell out about any semblance of technological innovation in search for the next Google or Apple they woldn't have to deflate like a balloon each time reality sets in.
like this
TheFederatedPipe likes this.
The market's chronic convulsive disorder is, imo, an inefficient pricing problem. Price discovery doesn't really exist, most of the trading volume is "off-exchange" and market makers have severe unchecked moral hazards in how they do business.
The underlying value of publicly traded companies simply does not change as fast as this. Regardless of what you might say about the speed at which the market reacts to new information. In a world where the media openly and solely serves the interests of billionaires and a small outfit like Wall Street On Parade is routinely censored on socials, there's no reason to believe anything you're ever told by the news about any moves in the market.
The "underlying value" isn't much of a concern if you're someone seeking funding or a small investor. It's also not much of a concern if the "unchecked moral hazards" are still funneling money towards a small group of capitalists. Or if the political ramifications of the reporting are impactful in other areas.
It's not a media conspiracy if all the real world consequences are based on the same consensual reality. "It's all fake reporting anyway" is not a valid response here, even without disputing the base assumptions, which I probably would.
There's something to be said that bitcoin and other crypto like it have no intrinsic value but can represent value we give and be used as a decentralized form of currency not controlled by one entity. It's not how it's used, but there's an argument for it.
NFTs were a shitty cash grab because showing you have the token that you "own" a thing, regardless of what it is, only matters if there is some kind of enforcement. It had nothing to do with rights for property and anyone could copy your crappy generated image as many times as they wanted. You can't do that with bitcoin.
I like this observation, because the kind of information imbalance normal for today wasn't for late XIX and early XX centuries, where our common ideas of economics originate, Marxist and Austrian and what not.
It's not that the weak could say more about the strong in the press, it's the speed with which information traveled, and also that the strong had more trouble coordinating their actions.
Why did I type this bullshit anyway, as if it changes something.
Their unhinged need for growth/metastasis to to feed their ego scores is unquenchable and ending the world.
It's tragic we won't physically stop them via revolution. We are cowards that mistake this quiet slaughter for peace. The planet will have to do it for us, and take us and a lot of innocent surface life with them.
You... may not have been following the news for the past couple of years.
Doesn't quite look like "quiet death mistaken for peace" out there, and it seems like the world destroying is very much being done with guns, as per usual.
Endless capitalist growth and wealth accumulation is still bad, though, don't get me wrong, and oligarchy is, as always, tied to all the rest of it. That's just a bit of a reductionist take.
And Electrum still crashes under FreeBSD when trying to send BTC, and I don't see many more FOSS thin wallets for BTC, despite it being the cryptocurrency. And using 15GB for a wallet is out of question.
If it works the same way with "AI", we might eventually see this wave of bullshit recede.
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
like this
giantpaper e FundMECFS like this.
Why not get right down to it and call it exactly what they want it for?
Gulf of Oil...
like this
giantpaper likes this.
like this
giantpaper e FundMECFS like this.
I know it's not deliberate, but phrases like 'spineless pussies' are why women don't feel welcome on lemmy.
Is lemmy truly a left-leaning platform? Or is it yet another tech-bro circlejerk that cares more about the aesthetics of inclusivity? You all can't have your cake and it eat it too.
Here google. It's correct here. Nothing to change.
E: i love the DV, denying geography lol
Google added that the name Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed for users in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.
Yeah. "Both Names" for other countries is a bit lame but better than just Gulf of America everywhere.
The Denali / McKinley thing is pretty awful though. I hadn't realised Trump had changed that too.
f-droid.org/packages/app.organ… or github.com/organicmaps/organic…
Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware. f-droid.org/packages/net.osman… or github.com/osmandapp/Osmand
This project aims at providing comfortable map viewing and navigation (routing) application for mobile devices. Particular stress lies with complete offline features (via pre-loaded offline map data) or economic internet usage.apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a… or github.com/Akylas/alpimaps
Alpi Maps is a map application to help you prepare and enjoy your hike! Get all the info you need before you go, then enjoy all the data offline during your hike.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
like this
giantpaper likes this.
like this
giantpaper likes this.
"Contains no known trackers" according to AuroraStore + free and no adds
will take a look, thanks
Privacy Policy - Magic Earth
Privacy PolicyNOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: Digital cartography can be inaccurate and incomplete to some extent. The ... Read MoreMagic Earth
For anyone wondering "where do they get their money?"
It's from businesses who buy their SDK. They (allegedly) don't sell any of your data
Magic Earth is free for all our end-users but we also have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners. For instance Selectric.de (a supplier for navigation solutions for ambulances and fire trucks), Smarter AI (developing ADAS systems) or Absolute Cycling (using the platform on bicycles). For more info on the SDK, you can check magiclane.com.
Bottom of their faq
I haven't been able to test it out yet, but it seems pretty decent
FAQ EN - Magic Earth
Magic Earth FAQFAQOperation & DebuggingDisplayMapsSearchLocations & PositioningRouting & NavigationDashcam & ADASADAS Status & Warning IconsSounds ... Read MoreMagic Earth
Except when it is frustrating and continually tries to send you through tiny "technically paved" service roads so you know anyone unfamiliar to the area would risk car damage because there is no way to mark a road as "low priority" or "only use if you live on that road".
Street complete is very awesome though! Especially for updating local businesses.
Holy shit, I never found smoothness in the OSM editor. Does that actually effect routing priority?
That might be a game changer for making my local area much better on OSM.
Ios:
apps.apple.com/app/id100733167…
apps.apple.com/app/id934850257
Also fun fact the official apple maps app is mostly based on OSM.
Magic Earth Navigation & Maps
Find the best route to your destination even without an internet connection. Magic Earth uses OpenStreetMap data and a powerful search engine to offer you the optimal routes for driving, biking, hiking, and public transportation.App Store
i never use android auto so my help would be based on what i've read.
i tried magicEarth after the above comment. It's not foss but it seems more practical for driving and it is said to be a. auto compatible.
Later it may be upgraded ased on if it becomes a common alternative name, just in the US, or maybe beyond. All those options can have their own special tag. And only very motivated data users will ever show it to map users. But if you do a search for Gulf of America, you will be able to find it.
Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.OpenStreetMap Community Forum
like this
giantpaper likes this.
like this
giantpaper likes this.
like this
giantpaper likes this.
Yeah, I'm with you.
This timeline took a serious nosedive somewhere around 2010. I'm no longer sure think we're pulling out of it...
like this
giantpaper likes this.
like this
giantpaper likes this.
Technology reshared this.
like this
giantpaper likes this.
reshared this
Angelo Massaro reshared this.
like this
giantpaper e FundMECFS like this.
Cowards and sycophants. But this is a problem I, as a Chicagoan, am already familiar with. You see we have this building called the Willis Tower. But everyone here knows that Willis is correctly spelled "Sears."
So you see, the correct spelling of the America in the context of the Gulf is "Mexico."
Open Street Maps needs more contributors!
Been playing the StreetComplete game, which is very much Pokemon Go but helping OSM data.
OSM unfortunately doesn't seem public transit friendly at all. I did a quick glance over some of the documentation and it mentioned:
Whilst OpenStreetMap is probably not the place for full timetable information, adding information about public transport infrastructure and services to the map means that we can provide basic routing services.
Timetables are a must if you realistically want to use it for public transit. Currently it just tells me to walk to my destination for an hour and a half if I select public transportation. This is the main thing keeping me from using OSM.
Well, the ball is in the court of the public transport agencies, then! While OpenStreetMap cannot be expected to accept any and all kind of geographic data imaginable, OSM is meant to serve map data that can supplement other data sources and services.
I'm in Finland, and there's at least a couple of Web services that do long distance bus/rail/plane route planning, all using OSM. Our municipal bus schedule service, mobile app and the bus stop displays have been using OSM for over a decade.
Hey great idea, is there an open street maps app?
I found the StreetComplete one here
StreetComplete | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
OpenStreetMap surveyor appf-droid.org
I do wonder how much better things could be though.
What are you talking about? Oligarchs are living their best lives right now. Trump is in office and there is nothing that is not up for sale. If you have big money right now, the US is your oyster. Bend the knee, kiss the ring and grease the palm. You’ll walk away with your own fiefdom. Pay a bit more and he’ll rent an office in the White House.
incapable of actually fixing
Or making them worse. He just upped taxes on the lower classes and gave the rich tax breaks... again.
politicians are incapable of actually fixing any of our problems.
They're not incapable, they just don't care. They're your problems after all, not theirs.
like this
Australis13 likes this.
like this
FundMECFS likes this.
Where did this gulf of America thing come from anyway. It just seems so left field. Was it a hot topic among the MAGA or something?
It just seems like he woke up one day and had an idea 💡
like this
Australis13 likes this.
Why would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can't be done there?
This is so freaking dumb I can't even.
I support this.
But we should probably at least have a conversation with Mexico about it, since something like half of their country borders it.
IDK, I failed geography.
Obama renamed Mt. McKinley to Denali by executive order. Trump is using executive order to rename it back.
Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico "doesn't exist". (EDIT: Actually the naming appears to be unrelated to this. The drilling ban was specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs)
It's all questionable use of executive order. But which party is going to step up and say "the last guy did it, but our guy shouldn't be able to ignore checks & balances anymore"?
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered asThe White House
A line joining Cape Catoche Light (21°37′N 87°04′W) with the Light on Cape San Antonio in Cuba, through this island to the meridian of 83°W and to the Northward along this meridian to the latitude of the South point of the Dry Tortugas (24°35'N), along this parallel Eastward to Rebecca Shoal (82°35'W) thence through the shoals and Florida Keys to the mainland at the eastern end of Florida Bay and all the narrow waters between the Dry Tortugas and the mainland being considered to be within the Gulf.
gilf
I've heard of MILFs... but i've only seen GILFs in Japan. That's not the geography we're discussing here.
The IHO proposes names which world nations may or may not use.
Such is the case with the "Southern Ocean" around Antarctica since the early 2000s, which is randomly recognized & not recognized by world nations.
I don't disagree.
But recent interpretation of the use of executive order is hurtling toward the president having near-monarch authority
So, until the reach of executive orders gets reigned in... here we are.
Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico “doesn’t exist”.
I'd be very surprised if all laws/treaties cease to exist if you just rename the "counterparty"/location. Declare Mexico to be named South Texas, and laws no longer apply there?
Probably true.
But until a court actually steps up to say it, it's the Wild West out there. And as soon as this gets shot down, another executive order will get wedged back in there to keep the rigs drilling.
EDIT: Apparently the naming had nothing to do with drilling. The drilling ban was already specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered asThe White House
Do. Not. Comply.
Giving in is what gives them the power.
I absolutely will call out people who think it's ok to just go along with the new fascist regime.
International bodies of water tend to be named by... International governing bodies.
That said, Google's choices about which country to rely on has... Some real-world ramifications. Like the very... shall we say, "open to interpretation" border between India and Pakistan. Or, China and India's border.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
it's more so emotionally based because it's personified and I feel bad for poor Pluto 😢, not actually thinking that Pluto should in all scientific circumstances be considered a planet.
It's a lot different to vaccine deniers who don't trust meaningful science and evidence that actually effect the lives of people and can do real harm to the lives of others.
Well as a planet pluto was mini mini. As a dwarf planet Pluto is one of the mightiest.
Also, if you call Pluto a planet then it's not fair to Eris and they've done nothing wrong
This is super dumb.
How are these morons so offended about the name of a body of water?
Their fragile ego is so completely shattered because Mexico "has a Gulf" and they "don't"?
Little men with too much power.
Could be all at of those or something entirely different, but it sure is pathetic.
You mean West coast?
I mean, if I'm facing south, the left coast is the East coast.
Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party - ~society
84 comments in the discussion of this link on TildesTildes
I'm maining privateemail through namecheap (custom domain) and I've got no notes.
Still got an ancient gmail for legacy stuff, but will definitely be moving stuff off of that now.
I guess there's no way to forward gmail emails after I delete the account?
I switched to Proton mail and haven't looked back since
- Custom domain support
- Email encryption
- can auto-import from gmail
Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party - ~society
84 comments in the discussion of this link on TildesTildes
I think tutanota (now tuta) is pretty decent.
Someone feel free to correct if I missed something bad about them.
Tuta: Turn ON privacy for free with secure emails, calendars & contacts | Tuta
Tuta guarantees your data stays private for free & without ads. Quantum-resistant encryption makes Tuta the best secure technology solution to protect your privacy.Tuta
What the hell. No one’s going to call it the Gulf of America, except for the magas, the rapist and his useless offspring.
This is 4 years of drivel and it’ll always be knows as the Gulf of Mexico.
The man in charge is the biggest moron to ever be given power to lead.
Electing a rapist seems like a very American thing to do, who also married an immigrant, which is very odd since he’s doing his best to stop immigration.
Something something racist rapist hypocrite.
We live next to a bizarre ‘ghost Aldi supermarket’ – confused tourists swarm our homes & a huge lorry block...
POOR locals living next to a bizarre “ghost Aldi supermarket” say confused tourists swarm their homes and huge lorries block their streets. Maps claim to show an Aldi supermarket on a w…Sophie Warburton (The Irish Sun)
It's my understanding that the executive does not have the authority to unilaterally change official geographic names. As of my writing this, the name “change” has NOT been adopted by the United States government. Congress granted that authority to the US Board of Geographic Names in 1890. Unless accepted by the US BoGN, it changes nothing. I suppose Congress could rename it if they passed a bill that the president signed into law overriding that authority for that specific case, but until they did so, it’s not official.
Here is the link to the US Geographic Names Information system page showing the current official name of the Gulf of Mexico: edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz… Note the list of accepted variant names, which still doesn’t include “Gulf of America”.
Google are saying here that they will only change it on maps if it's made official by the US Government, which has not happened yet. That's why they haven't made any change yet, and won't unless Trump gets the US BoGN to do his bidding.
Google made an issue of this by officially commenting rather than silently conducting business as usual (which would be changing the name when the govt source does).
They're trying to have their cake and eat it, I guess? Theoretically this would appease X viewers and Trump (who would move onto the next trending controversy), while stating that they are following usual procedure?
That doesn't make much sense, since Baja California was named California before the US-State which even belonged to Mexico back in the days.
If anything Trump is going to change California to Ivankia or Putinstan, but I guess at that point California will rather rejoin Mexico.
That's an interesting theory, we may just test that out.
But I suspect that ten years from now, it's name will be whatever it's been saying on the maps. Just ask New Yorkers (sorry, I mean new Amsterdamers).
So why didn't they change Crimea to be part of Russia, if that's always been the longstanding policy, Google?
(Note; I'm not suggesting it is a part of Russia; just pointing out the hypocrisy of Google since Trump claiming ownership of the Gulf of Mexico is the same thing as Russia claiming ownership of Crimea.)
It’s not the same. Google is a US company.
It makes sense that it would use the GNIS, a system of the USGS, to put names on places.
It hasn’t changed here yet, but I figure when it does, Google will reflect the change.
usgs.gov/tools/geographic-name…
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Geospatial Program developed the GNIS in support of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names data, the official vehicle for geographic names use by all department…USGS
They did (in Russia). There's no hypocrisy here. Just blanket compliance with local authority.
The maps look different when viewed in different regions, this becomes apparent whenever there's contested territory, like crimea, the China sea, Gaza. We only see the maps that our local government approves.
Yeah, I've been meaning to switch to OpenStreetMaps for a while now and this was the impetus to drop what I was doing and download it immediately. Fuck Google. So sick of this mask off tech plutocracy bullshit.
Edit: I've tried it a few times yesterday and today, and I like it. Works with Android Auto in my car, guidance voice isn't annoying, directions are accurate. Only complaint is I'm not sure how to search up a business and have the app map me to the nearest location. I need to dig deeper and figure out if I just haven't found it yet.
I would 100% drop GMaps if I could hit the directions button on a Google search and have it bring up OSM instead. Google Maps has been bugged for me for years and the maps app never gets the address from a browser search. I have to search for the business or address in the maps app itself for it to work.
The gulf of mexico vs gulf of america thread on the Open Street Map forum is interesting and worth a read.
community.openstreetmap.org/t/…
Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.OpenStreetMap Community Forum
The discussion seems to be focused around possibly waiting for one or more governing bodies to rule on the name change, or just going along with it and adding an alternate text for people who would prefer the old one, which I think is way more democratic than anything Trump had in mind when signing this XO.
I certainly prefer this over the blind deference that Google seems to have for an executive order that is functionally just direction to the state department and not legally binding in any way whatsoever.
There is absolutely nothing that is too stupid for republicans.
If the US had an actually functional political system they wouldn't get anywhere near power. They're all crazy and they don't care about anything that actually matters to people. But because there's only two parties they just go "biden bad" and everyone votes for them.
Because the president should have no say in naming geographic locations that have long agreed upon names. And it’s a waste of money to have to replace all the maps and books with updated names.
There’s also no reason for Google to change anything. The US government has no power to make Google use this new name instead of the widely agreed upon name.
It’s a nod to the fact that if Trump says jump google will say “how high?” And no one with any sense likes that bigot.
I don't think it's gonna work as well because people could afford to eat Big Macs everyday back then. No joke, the economic situation is so dire I'm saving up to treat myself and my boyfriend to a fancy dinner date....
The dinner is at fucking Waffle House
Gulf of America? It Was Stephen Colbert’s Idea First - LateNighter
President Trump may have signed an executive order this week to officially rename the Gulf of Mexico, but it was Stephen Colbert who first proposed the idea some fifteen years ago (and we've got the 'Colbert Report' clip to prove it).Nick Riccardo (LateNighter)
One of my favorite funfacts about the Colbert Report is that many conservatives couldn't tell it was satire.
So much so that Colbert earlier on was regularly invited to things like White House Dinner with Bush and Conservative Conferences. Even when he ended the show he claimed he had a lot of fan mail from Republicans saying they'd miss "Having a sane voice of reason on an otherwise liberal media network."
Some Conservative Subreddits even had to have guidelines explaining he was satire, some claiming he was a straight up "Left Wing Disinformation Agent!"
That’s incredible.
I was quite conservative back in 2006, having been raised that way and still years away from my “enlightenment,” but I knew Colbert was satire. I still thought he was hilarious. I’ve always thought it’s important to be able to laugh at yourself.
Bush clearly felt the same, he was laughing right along with the roast, and had just finished doing a bit with a Bush impersonator that also roasted him.
But Trump is incapable of humility, and cannot stand the traditional presidential roast at the Press Correspondents’ Dinner.
Well yeah, as of 6 years ago, after China invaded with military force, HK has been recognized as part of China on all maps. But Google showed it as part of China even before then.
And then yeah, I just remembered the wrong name, it was the border of Tibet/Bhutan that are in dispute, so parts of Bhutan display as Chinese territory.
Thanks for catching that.
well google always displays the locally official names and borders. so just business as usual.
but why does the president of the usa get to decide what places are called? isn't there a cartography department or something?
Yes. The United States Board on Geographic Names is the group within the Department of the Interior which handles these matters. They are a part of the executive branch. I suspect that you can follow a chain of delegated authorities through that board, up the civil service hierarchy, landing on the desk of the President.
This is an example of the system not accounting for, or being ambivalent about, the election of someone to that office with a fascist ideology.
Google added that the name Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed for users in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.
That's a bit pathetic, isn't it? Everything daddy Trump says but please, no backlash.
I never said it was exceptional, quite the opposite, I'm saying many countries have border disputes.
Interesting that you don't seem to care about my other examples, Gaza or Crimea. Got a soft spot for China?
What a weird response. I was addressing your comment. You didn’t mention Palestine.
Oh whoops, it must have been a different post in this thread that I mentioned Gaza.
you would rather play the Sinophobia and Yellow Perilism card and assume that I receive Xi bucks.
I've said nothing of the sort. That sounds like deflection.
The only thing they care about is money. If their bottomline doesn't benefit, they don't do.
Unless the CEOs are worried they'll have a Trump supporter shoot them dead and then be immediately pardoned and released by Trump.
Middle English usage of Turkye or Turkeye is found in The Book of the Duchess (written in 1369–1372) to refer to Anatolia or the Ottoman Empire.[45] The modern spelling Turkey dates back to at least 1719.[46] The bird called turkey was named as such due to trade of guineafowl from Turkey to England.[36] The name Turkey has been used in international treaties referring to the Ottoman Empire.[47] With the Treaty of Alexandropol, the name Türkiye entered international documents for the first time. In the treaty signed with Afghanistan in 1921, the expression Devlet-i Âliyye-i Türkiyye ("Sublime Turkish State") was used, likened to the Ottoman Empire's name.
Türkiye had historical usage and precedent; “the Gulf of America” does not. Admittedly, Erdoğan was probably motivated by the same base nativist urges. But there’s something substantially different in saying “we want our nation to be called this” versus “we want to rename international territory.”
The Left: its called an Allow List now, you racists!
The Right: its called the Gulf of America, you commies!
Jesus, we're pathetic.
China’s top memory chip maker again defies US sanctions with design breakthrough
Top Chinese memory chip maker YMTC makes another design breakthrough, defying US sanctions
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation is integrating a new design into chips with 294 gates, research firm finds.Che Pan (South China Morning Post)
Technology reshared this.
Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
like this
FundMECFS, vii, AnxiousDuck e UprisingVoltage like this.
Volkswagen open to Chinese rivals taking over excess production lines in Europe
Volkswagen open to Chinese rivals taking over excess production lines in Europe
German group scales down manufacturing as it struggles with falling demand and shift to electric vehiclesKana Inagaki (Financial Times)
Why Linux is Better Than Windows 11
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
-- Richard Stallman
like this
ElcaineVolta likes this.
Have you actually read the article? The first sentence:
A quotation circulates on the Internet, attributed to me, but it wasn't written by me.
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.
Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.
One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?
(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.
Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it.
You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never excuted that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument.
Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD?
If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this:
Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag.
Thanks for listening.
- Linus Torvalds
like this
ElcaineVolta likes this.
I think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality.
You wouldn't call a polished and extremely stable customisation a 'rice', you'd probably call it a theme
Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just sharing what was taught to me. I don't really have the spoons to sit here and debate or defend it.
like this
ElcaineVolta likes this.
It is clearly racist. "Ricing" comes from a derogatory term for Asian racing vehicles. You cannot excuse the racism inherent to it by personal ignorance. It's the same logic as black face being racist, whether you're personally aware of the history behind it or not.
Though I no longer live in the US, as an Asian computer scientist, I am quite aware of how it is clearly perceived as a racist term by many Asian Americans. To me, it will also never stop being offensive. So, please, stop with this "ricing" stuff.
he definitely leans right but he still supports foss and all the important stuff around that so does it actually matter much as a Linux YouTuber?
also his level of schizo is pretty funny
I'm reposting a reply to similar comment. Replying to "Mental Outlaw is far right and cryptobro". But the TLDR of that could be that he has some takes that people here like and some takes that people here don't like but he is not a National Socialist, otherwise give source. Perhaps Drew has been cooking again?
Those are just insults people, who cannot gasp that someone could have a slightly different opinion about something, use against him.
Some political things about him include: He ...
- is an anarchist (or somewhere on that political spectrum)
- wants to have the right to own a gun
- is pro free speech
- thinks using money should not have to earn mega corporations that much money
- thinks "brother should not kill brother" in the war in Ukraine
- is not a fan of Elon Musk, Teslas or self driving cars
- is pro Free Software and for privacy
Obviously depends on what is meant with "far right nutjob". If it implies that anarchy (no government) is the opposite of socialism (far left - maximum government) then yeah but usually it just means "massive bigot", which I don't think he is, otherwise give source.
Similar with crypto bro. For me it means the pump and dump scheme scammer or at least someone who is pro crypto because he sees it as a mean to get rich quick. But if "Crypto bro" just means anyone who likes the advantages of crypto, then he indeed is one.
But regardless of how we name things, he doesn't have any evil values (as far as I know). He just has different opinions than the average lemmy user. It should not be hard to tolerate him, considering this platform is a mass murderer fanclub (actual evil values, not just "quirky" politics).
Sorry, maybe i'm a little ignorant but, why do you say this is a "mass murderer fanclub"?
Let's be honest here
I like Linux as much as the next guy
...... But a violent kick to the 'nards is still more pleasant than Windows 11, so this is a "Luigi Wins By Doing Absolutely Nothing" scenario.
Now, now. Cinnamon is a perfectly competent DE. Gets out of the way. Does what it's supposed to.
Let us not treat it like it is Gnome.
I like Windows 11. It has the best HDR support of any OS, bar none. AutoHDR is a godsend.
My only complaint is about the taskbar, which I fixed by installing StartAllBack.
eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/priv…
omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/10/ubuntu…
Ubuntu’s New Terminal ‘Ad’ is Angering Users
Ubuntu Pro is being 'advertised' in the terminal when running an apt update, a move that has left some Ubuntu users on the current LTS annoyed.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
like this
geneva_convenience likes this.
geneva_convenience likes this.
He's quit youtubing like 2 years ago. Also:
I will always remember Luke Smith as the perfect example of what happens when you fall for every single /g/ meme at once, without carefully analyzing them first.
He owns four ThinkPads at least. While I see nothing wrong with them in themselves, as they are admittedly pretty good value for the price, four is just mindless consumerism, contradictory to his "philosophy".
He started using every single shitty pseudominimalist, ncurses-based program, used a shitty riced out i3 setup of dubious actual productivity (like all tiling wms), then fell for the full Suckless meme and went in even deeper.
Then he started making videos shitting on Python and praising C, which is ironic considering he is not even a programmer by his own admission.
He effectively spent years trying out, configuring and hopelessly trying to integrate tens of meme programs to build what is, combined, effectively a shittier Emacs, just like most of /g/ was doing in their "productive" desktop threads a year or two ago.
Then he read the Unabomber manifesto and blindly accepted it without constructively analyzing it first, same with the anarcho-primitivist ideology that was all the rage about a year and a half ago on 4chan and 8ch. While he stated on his website that he "didn't browse 4chan much anymore" it was obvious this wasn't the case.
Then he went and took the memes way too far, and unironically went to live in isolation. While I see nothing wrong in itself, the actual reason he did it is massive cringe.
He became Christian because of 4chan, the least christian website.
He has the mentality of someone 10 years younger than he is, yet he acts like a literal boomer jokingly criticizing "zoomers" despite he himself being the worst example of a millennial.
He attacks "nerds" when it't painfully obvious he's deeply unhappy with himself, as it was obviously self-directed criticism thinly veiled as an edgy dabbing video.
He is a perfect example of someone you should avoid becoming at all costs.
Those are just insults people, who cannot gasp that someone could have a slightly different opinion about something, use against him.
Some political things about him include: He ...
- is an anarchist (or somewhere on that political spectrum)
- wants to have the right to own a gun
- is pro free speech
- thinks using money should not have to earn mega corporations that much money
- thinks "brother should not kill brother" in the war in Ukraine
- is not a fan of Elon Musk, Teslas or self driving cars
- is pro Free Software and for privacy
Obviously depends on what is meant with "far right nutjob". If it implies that anarchy (no government) is the opposite of socialism (far left - maximum government) then yeah but usually it just means "massive bigot", which I don't think he is, otherwise give source.
Similar with crypto bro. For me it means the pump and dump scheme scammer or at least someone who is pro crypto because he sees it as a mean to get rich quick. But if "Crypto bro" just means anyone who likes the advantages of crypto, then he indeed is one.
But regardless of how we name things, he doesn't have any evil values (as far as I know). He just has different opinions than the average lemmy user. It should not be hard to tolerate him, considering this platform is a mass murderer fanclub (actual evil values, not just "quirky" politics).
Well lemmy is a platform developed by communists for communists. This is the first example I could find lemmy.ml/post/25431378
Sure most of these people probably have schizophrenia and believe they are being controlled by 5G towers, so I'm not really blaming them. My point is that if we can deal with this, dealing with Kenny's sometimes goofy ideas should be a piece of cake.
Off only the top of my head.
-Potentially faster installation
-Free
-More control
-Many distributions from LinuxFromScratch to Mint, making it meet the interests of nearly every demographic
-Wonderful sense of community
-No spying
-No bloatware depending on distro
-No ads
-Many window managers supporting different workflows
-Incredible command line power
-Easy installation of software with package managers
-Less malware
-Fully customizeable ux/ui
-Can uninstall anything you don't want
-Will help you learn how a computer works at a deeper level if you want to
~~Potentially~~ faster installation
Particularly when you're flashing the ISO you downloaded from MS to USB and it doesn't work unless you use MS's magic tool. Thus dropping you into the bootstrap paradox.
Especially because it gets partway through the install before failing to load NVMe drivers complaining there is no installation media to load them from.
It turns out it's faster to install Ubuntu and download one of MS's windows VM's and use that to download and flash a USB than actually install Windows 11.
-No spying
depending on the distro
-No ads
depending on the distro
-Can uninstall anything you don’t want
How can you uninstall systemd?
It will differ by distro, but generally for debian, you begin uninstalling systemd by installing something else like SysV init:
apt install sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils
cp /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittabThen you will need to configure grub by editing
/etc/default/grub changing:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/bin/systemd console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/lib/sysvinit/init console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"
and then executing update-grub as root.
Then you can reboot so that the system boots off of sysvinit instead and then purge systemd with apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd. This also removes packages that depend on systemd.
Then you pin systemd packages to prevent apt from installing systemd or systemd-like packages in the future.
echo -e 'Package: systemd\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
echo -e '\n\nPackage: *systemd*\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdDepending on if the distro is multiarch, you might also need:
echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:amd64\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:i386\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdThis information was sourced from this wiki dedicated specifically to removing systemd on multiple distributions and replacing it with something else:
-Potentially faster installation
Installed CachyOs yesterday that must have been the longest install I have been through. I'm liking it so far though.
Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It
The tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment standard. The reason is as old as the hills—money.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo
The tech industry's reaction to AI model DeepSeek R1 has been wild. Pat Gelsinger, for instance, is elated and thinks it will make AI better for everyone.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo | TechCrunch
The tech industry's reaction to AI model DeepSeek R1 has been wild. Pat Gelsinger, for instance, is elated and thinks it will make AI better for everyone.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/5024630
This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.
The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/Loki-L on 2025-01-27 15:01:51+00:00.
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet
Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia...Jessica Lyons (The Register)
like this
Endymion_Mallorn, IHeartBadCode, IAmLamp, SolacefromSilence e Rakenclaw like this.
Technology reshared this.
Yes, very.
Imagine I took a photo with your friend, your friend showed you the photo and you saw my picture. You wouldn’t ask why I was here with you, because I’m not there.
Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing, since at least mid-2023.
Gee who is really interested in securing semiconductor technologies these past few years.
I wonder who could be behind this attack, probably Zimbabwe.
like this
SolacefromSilence likes this.
You're just saying that because Trump wants Greenland.
(Seriously though, this timeline is stupid enough that there's a non-zero chance Trump really does use "Denmark is h4XX0rz our routers" as a casus bellum.)
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo | TechCrunch
The tech industry's reaction to AI model DeepSeek R1 has been wild. Pat Gelsinger, for instance, is elated and thinks it will make AI better for everyone.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
Technology reshared this.
DeepSeek AI launch sees $1tn wiped off world’s biggest tech companies
DeepSeek is an AI assistant which appears to have fared very well in tests against some more established AI models developed in the US, causing alarm in some areas over not just how advanced it is, but how quickly and cost effectively it was produced.[...]
Individual companies from within the American stock markets have been even harder-hit by sell-offs in pre-market trading, with Microsoft down more than six per cent, Amazon more than five per cent lower and Nvidia down more than 12 per cent.
DeepSeek AI model launch sees a trillion dollars wiped off world’s biggest tech companies’ share prices
Nvidia is the hardest-hit among American big tech related to artificial intelligence, while Samsung in Europe is down more than 20 per centKarl Matchett (The Independent)
like this
Lasslinthar, FundMECFS e LennethAegis like this.
Deepseek seems to consistently fail to deliver but it's very apologitic about it and gives the sense it's willing to at least try harder than gpt. Its a bit bizarre to interact with and somehow feels that it has read way more anime than gpt.
From Deepseek :
🔗 New Wizard Cat Image Link:
i.ibb.co/Cvj8ZfG/wizard-cat-le…
If this still doesn’t work, here are your options:
1. I can describe the image in vivid detail (so you can imagine it!).
2. Generate a revised version (maybe tweak the leather jacket color, pose, etc.).
3. Try a different hosting link (though reliability varies).
Let me know what you’d prefer! 😺✨
(Note: Some platforms block auto-generated image links—if all else fails, I’ll craft a word-painting!)
like this
shoulderoforion likes this.
like this
shoulderoforion likes this.
like this
shoulderoforion likes this.
like this
shoulderoforion likes this.
It depends on the density of the ingredient, as well as the packing density, e.g. coarse vs. fine salt makes quite a difference.
Which is why it's silly to use volume in cooking which is why Americans are doing it.
like this
ignirtoq likes this.
When you're baking bread you want 1% of flour weight salt, plus minus a bit. For a quite standard bread made with 500g flour that's 5g, being off by "a couple of grams" ranges from none at all to twice as much. With a cheap kitchen scale there's no issue landing at 4.5-5.5g which is adequate. It's the rest of the ingredients you can and should adjust as needed but I'm still going to measure out 300g of water because that's the low end of what I want to put in.
But that's not actually the main issue, the issue is convenience up to plain possibility: The thing I actually weigh the most often is tagliatelle, 166g, a third of a pack, doesn't need to be gram-accurate just ballpark. Try measuring differently-sized nests of tagliatelle by volume, I dare you. Spaghetti you can eyeball, but not that stuff.
I've cooked and baked all my life. I know all about the baker's ratio. I still measure the salt in my palm.
I will never weigh pasta. I don't imagine a world where that's that important to me.
I think 1% is a bit low, tbh
like this
shoulderoforion, mbinn, ignirtoq e LennethAegis like this.
like this
shoulderoforion e FartsWithAnAccent like this.
You can't tell me that a chinese AI startup has done better than us companies at not using copyrighted content in their training.
like this
shoulderoforion likes this.
Well yeah, almost certainly. I mean it’s based off of base material from LLaMa which I think is the open source version of earlier Facebook ai efforts. So it definitely used copyright material for training. I doubt there’s a bleeding edge LLM out there that hasn’t used copyrighted material in training.
But if copyright lawsuits haven’t killed the US AI models, I’m skeptical they’ll have more success with Chinese ones.
Serious question -
From either a business or government/geopolitical standpoint, what is the benefit of them making it open source?
like this
ignirtoq likes this.
Knocking 1 trillion dollars out of a global rivals stock market for one.
For two, making huge, huge headlines that drive huge, huge investment for your future, locked up models. That's why facebook released llama.
I think the first is a bonus, and the later is the reason. Deepseeks parent company is some crypto related thing which was stockpiling GPUs and opted to pivot to AI in 2023. Seems to have paid off now.
like this
LennethAegis likes this.
like this
LennethAegis likes this.
Been playing around with local LLMs lately, and even with it's issues, Deepseek certainly seems to just generally work better than other models I've tried. It's similar hit or miss when not given any context beyond the prompt, but with context it certainly seems to both outperform larger models and organize information better. And watching the r1 model work is impressive.
Honestly, regardless of what someone might think of China and various issues there, I think this is showing how much the approach to AI in the west has been hamstrung by people looking for a quick buck.
In the US, it's a bunch of assholes basically only wanting to replace workers with AI they don't have to pay, regardless of the work needed. They are shoehorning LLMs into everything even when it doesn't make sense to. It's all done strictly as a for-profit enterprise by exploiting user data and they boot-strapped by training on creative works they had no rights to.
I can only imagine how much of a demoralizing effect that can have on the actual researchers and other people who are capable of developing this technology. It's not being created to make anyone's lives better, it's being created specifically to line the pockets of obscenely wealthy people. Because of this, people passionate about the tech might decide not to go into the field and limit the ability to innovate.
And then there's the "want results now" where rather than take the time to find a better way to build and train these models they are just throwing processing power at it. "needs more CUDA" has been the mindset and in the western AI community you are basically laughed at if you can't or don't want to use Nvidia for anything neural net related.
Then you have Deepseek which seems to be developed by a group of passionate researchers who actually want to discover what is possible and more efficient ways to do things. Compounded by sanctions preventing them from using CUDA, restrictions in resources have always been a major cause for a lot of technical innovations. There may be a bit of "own the west" there, sure, but that isn't opposed to the research.
LLMs are just another tool for people to use, and I don't fault a hammer that is used incorrectly or to harm someone else. This tech isn't going away, but there is certainly a bubble in the west as companies put blind trust in LLMs with no real oversight. There needs to be regulation on how these things are used for profit and what they are trained on from a privacy and ownership perspective.
DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells user: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'
DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'
Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issuesThomas Claburn (The Register)
What are some exceptions to the standards problem?
More info
explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php…
927: Standards - explain xkcd
Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.www.explainxkcd.com
irelephant [he/him]🍭 likes this.
irelephant [he/him]🍭 likes this.
For home automation, Matter/Thread has the potential. We’ll see over the next five years, but yes market forces can make a new standard work
Reasons I’m hopeful
- this is the first time major companies are involved: Apple, Google, Amazon agree
- first time home automation hubs “just happen”, with the millions of people who have Echo, Google Home, Apple devices
- small companies that dominate home automation seem to realize the problem of the market can’t reasonably expand without interoperability and ease of use
Matter/Thread is the new kid on the block. Will it be yet another home automation standard, or will it gradually replace the previous ones? We’ll see.
Thread - the tech we can't use or teach - Dennis Schubert
Random thoughts, articles and projects by a chronic overengineer.overengineer.dev
Help with Home Server Architecture and Hardware Selection?
Tl;dr
I have no idea what I’m doing, and the desire for a NAS and local LLM has spun me down a rabbit hole. Pls send help.
Failed Attempt at a Tl;dr
Sorry for the long post! Brand new to home servers, but am thinking about building out the setup below (Machine 1 to be on 24/7, Machine 2 to be spun up only when needed for energy efficiency); target budget cap ~ USD 4,000; would appreciate any tips, suggestions, pitfalls, flags for where I’m being a total idiot and have missed something basic:
Machine 1: TrueNAS Scale with Jellyfin, Syncthing/Nextcloud + Immich, Collabora Office, SearXNG if possible, and potentially the *arr apps
On the drive front, I’m considering 6x Seagate Ironwolf 8TB in RAIDz2 for 32TB usable space (waaay more than I think I’ll need, but I know it’s a PITA to upgrade a vdev so trying to future-proof), and I am thinking also want to add in an L2ARC cache (which I think should be something like 500GB-1TB m.2 NVMe SSD); I’d read somewhere that back of the envelope RAM requirements were 1GB RAM to 1TB storage (though the TrueNAS Scale hardware guide definitely does not say this, but with the L2ARC cache and all of the other things I’m trying to run I probably get to the same number), so I’d be looking for around 48GB (though I am under the impression that using an odd number of DIMMs isn’t great for performance, so that might bump up to 64GB across 4x16GB?); I’m ambivalent on DDR4 vs. 5 (and unless there’s a good reason not to, would be inclined to just use DDR4 for cost), but am leaning ECC, even though it may not be strictly necessary
Machine 2: Proxmox with LXC for Llama 3.3, Stable Diffusion, Whisper, OpenWebUI; I’d also like to be able to host a heavily modded Minecraft server (something like All The Mods 9 for 4 to 5 players) likely using Pterodactyl
I am struggling with what to do about GPUs here; I’d love to be able to run the 70b Llama 3.3, it seems like that will require something like 40-50GB VRAM to run comfortably at a minimum, but I’m not sure the best way to get there; I’ve seen some folks suggest 2x3090s is the right balance of value and performance, but plenty of other folks seem to advocate for sticking with the newer 4000 architecture (especially with the 5000 series around the corner and the expectation prices might finally come down); on the other end of the spectrum, I’ve also seen people advocate for going back to P40s
Am I overcomplicating this? Making any dumb rookie mistakes? Does 2 machines seems right for my use cases vs. 1 (or more than 2?)? Any glaring issues with the hardware I mentioned or suggestions for a better setup? Ways to better prioritize energy efficiency (even at the risk of more cost up front)? I was targeting something like USD 4,000 as a soft price cap across both machines, but does that seem reasonable? How much of a headache is all of this going to be to manage? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
Very grateful for any advice or tips you all have!
Hi all,
So sorry again for the long post. Just including a little bit of extra context here in case it’s useful about what I am trying to do (I feel like this is the annoying part of an online recipe where you get a life story instead of the actual ingredient list; I at least tried to put that first in this post.) Essentially I am a total noob, but have spent the past several months lurking on forums, old Reddit and Lemmy threads, and have watched many hours of YouTube videos just to wrap my head around some of the basics of home networking, and I still feel like I know basically nothing. But I felt like I finally got to the point where I felt that I could try to articulate what I am trying to do with enough specificity to not be completely wasting all of your time (I’m very cognizant of Help Vampires and definitely do not want to be one!)
Basically my motivation is to move away from non-privacy respecting services and bring as much in-house as possible, but (as is frequently the case), my ambition has far outpaced my skill. So I am hopeful that I can tap into all of your collective knowledge to make sure I can avoid any catastrophic mistakes I am likely to blithely walk myself into.
Here are the basic things I am trying to accomplish with this setup:
• A NAS with a built in media server and associated apps
• Phone backups (including photos)
• Collaborative document editing
• A local ChatGPT 4 replacement
• Locally hosted metasearch
• A place to run a modded Minecraft server for myself and a few friendsThe list in the tl;dr represent my best guesses for the write software and (partial) hardware to get all of these done. Based on some of my reading, it seemed that a number of folks recommend running TrueNAS baremetal as opposed to in ProxMox for when there is an inevitable stability issue, and that got me thinking more about how it might be valuable to split out these functions across two machines, one to hand heavier workloads when needed but to be turned off when not (e.g. game server, all local AI), and a second machine to function as a NAS with all the associated apps that would hopefully be more power efficient and run 24/7.
There are two things that I think would be very helpful to me at this point:
1) High level feedback on whether this strategy sounds right given what I am trying to accomplish. I feel like I am breaking the fundamental Keep It Simple Stupid rule and will likely come to regret it.
2) Any specific feedback on the right hardware for this setup.
3) Any thoughts about how to best select hardware to maximize energy efficiency/minimize ongoing costs while still accomplishing these goals.
Also, above I mentioned that I am targeted around USD 4,000, but I am willing to be flexible on that if spending more up front will help keep ongoing costs down, or if spending a bit more will lead to markedly better performance.
Ultimately, I feel like I just need to get my hands on something and start screwing things up to learn, but I’d love to avoid any major costly screw ups before I just start ordering parts, thus writing up this post as a reality check before I do just that.
Thanks so much if you read this far down the post, and for all of you who share any thoughts you might have. I don’t really have folks IRL I can talk to about these sorts of things, so I am extremely grateful to be able to reach out to this community. -------
like this
Mechanize e semperpeppe like this.
ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Or Llama? Meta’s LeCun Says Open-Source Is The Key
ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Or Llama? Meta’s LeCun Says Open-Source Is The Key
Meta’s Yann LeCun asserts open-source AI is the future, as the Chinese open-source model DeepSeek challenges ChatGPT and Llama, reshaping the AI race.Luis E. Romero (Forbes)
Technology reshared this.
like this
metaStatic likes this.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
how the hell does a frog do handwraps.
and why are you using fists when your entire body is built for doing sweet jumpkicks
I guess what I’m saying is disregard news cycles and do sweet jumpkicks
MacOS -> Linux: PastePal replacement
Back again with another question thread looking for alternatives for my two most important apps that'll make me switch to Linux+Android:
Is there anything like PastePal on Linux with an Android app? The biggest thing about PastePal is that it lets me create a catalogue of text/images snippets that I can call up at any time on MacOS with CMD + Shift + V
The best part about it is that on iOS, I can use their custom keyboard and paste anything from my snippets library from the keyboard in places that don't usually allow you to paste text.
The app will sync everything I've copied on my Mac and make it available on my phone/iPad via either the app snippet library or the keyboard.
This is probably functionality that would be right up KDE Connect's alley to implement if it doesn't already exist.
Clipboard Manager - PastePal
PastePal is a native application written in pure Swift that allows complete control over your clipboard history. The app is universal and available across Mac, iPhone and iPad devices.App Store
I think that the closest thing you will find to PastePal is CopyQ.
sounds like a permanent clipboard history that you can search
that's exactly what PastePal is, and what I'm looking for
GitHub - draumaz/kdeconnectbidirectionalclipboard: Magisk module that allows KDE Connect to automatically sync the Android clipboard to desktop.
Magisk module that allows KDE Connect to automatically sync the Android clipboard to desktop. - draumaz/kdeconnectbidirectionalclipboardGitHub
GitHub - jyotidwi/XClipper: XClipper is a clipboard manager for Windows & Android which helps to track clipboard activities and makes it easier to interact with them.
XClipper is a clipboard manager for Windows & Android which helps to track clipboard activities and makes it easier to interact with them. - jyotidwi/XClipperGitHub
Clipboard managers
Starting method: manual (exec-once) Clipboard Managers provide a convenient way to organize and access previously copied content, including both text and images. Some common ones used are copyq, clipman, cliphist, clipse.wiki.hyprland.org
Meta AI can now use your Facebook and Instagram data to personalize its responses
Meta says it is rolling out improvements to Meta AI, including the ability to tap profile data from Meta's various apps.
Another Ukrainian Brigade Is Disintegrating As It Deploys To Pokrovsk
Another Ukrainian Brigade Is Disintegrating As It Deploys To Pokrovsk
The 157th Mechanized Brigade ‘did not undergo the necessary combat training.’David Axe (Forbes)
like this
Oofnik likes this.
"The triumph of colonialism, even at the ends of the earth, is a defeat for us, and the victory of freedom anywhere is a victory for us." -- Abdelkrim el-Khattabi
The US can't keep getting away with it. Not after what it did to Palestine.
Couldn't imagine falling for the propaganda on either side and getting swept up in this war.
If anyone forced me to fight, they'd be the first people I shoot at.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging
Don't be fooled. War is for idiots.
Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business allegedly keeps OCR'ed data in an unprotected format
Data stored an unsecured database on the host PC
Trump’s reported plans to save TikTok may violate SCOTUS-backed law
Everything insiders are saying about Trump’s plan to save TikTok.
thingsiplay
in reply to petsoi • • •Holy dirty moly! Finally. Now my personal project can be put to read only mode. 😁 (nobody other than me was using it anyway)
like this
timlyo likes this.
liliumstar
in reply to thingsiplay • • •Link
in reply to thingsiplay • • •Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌
in reply to Link • • •dwt
in reply to Link • • •On MacOS there was only the option to show all notifications with the same settings. This lead to me either missing appointments because their notifications didn't stay, or getting drowned by email notifications which is very annoying.
What I want is to have appointments show up as notifications that stay, while emails show up as notifications that go away after a few seconds. Here's hope that this is now possible keeps both thumbs pressed
dino
in reply to petsoi • • •1984
in reply to petsoi • • •