You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa
You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa
The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity.Electronic Frontier Foundation
On "ChatGPT Psychosis" and LLM Sycophancy
On "ChatGPT Psychosis" and LLM Sycophancy
As a person who frequently posts about large language model psychology I get an elevated rate of cranks and schizophrenics in my inbox.www.greaterwrong.com
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Flagged and Ignored: Testing X’s Response to EU Sanction Violations
- Researchers identified hundreds of posts violating EU sanctions on the social media platform X.
- X is categorised as a “Very Large Online Platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), and as such is legally obligated to mitigate systemic risks on their platform and investigate illegal content reports from users.
- A sample dataset of 125 clear sanction-violating posts were reported to X using the “Report EU Illegal Content” form on the platform. These included, for instance, programmes from the Russian state broadcaster RT.
Only 57% of the reports of illegal content received acknowledgement receipts, breaching DSA obligations.- Only one of the reported posts was removed, and for the remaining cases, X responded via email, stating that no violation of EU law was found, despite clear evidence to the contrary.
- There were 7 responses made by the platform within 2 minutes or less, potentially indicating automated reviews.
- In the case of content from the sanctioned Russian influence operation Doppelgänger, posts were deleted despite the platform’s initial response claiming no action would be taken.
- The results of this reporting experiment suggest that X’s current moderation mechanisms are insufficiently equipped, or that the platform is potentially unwilling to enforce sanction-related policies at scale.
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Labels Don't Want Supreme Court Review to Delay Piracy Lawsuit Against Verizon
In a move that could reshape the online copyright enforcement landscape, last month the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pivotal piracy liability lawsuit. The Court's decision will have a direct impact on similar lawsuits, including that between major record labels and ISP Altice, which is now on hold. Verizon has asked the court for a similar stay, but since that lawsuit is in its early stages, the labels are firmly opposed to any further delay.
Labels Don't Want Supreme Court Review to Delay Piracy Lawsuit Against Verizon * TorrentFreak
The Supreme Court review of ISPs' liability for pirating subscribers is already having a direct effect on other copyright lawsuits.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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NASA Tests Mixed Reality Simulation in Vertical Motion Simulator
NASA Tests Mixed Reality Sim In Vertical Motion Simulator
NASA’s Ames Research Center invited pilots to test how a mixed reality flight simulation would perform in the world’s largest flight simulator.Hillary Smith (NASA)
NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity
NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity - NASA
In April and May, researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built two specialized radio systems to study how well fifth-generation cellularDede Dinius (NASA)
Virginia is using AI to identify illegal and redundant regulations
Virginia is using AI to identify illegal and redundant regulations
While other states are focused on regulating artificial intelligence, Virginia is using the technology to repeal regulations.Jack Nicastro (Reason.com)
Deleting Windows from dual boot Linux/Windows computer
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Zelenskyy pledges new bill on anti-corruption agencies’ independence as protests continue
Pressure builds on Zelenskyy over corruption agency changes as protests continue
European leaders urge Ukraine to uphold EU standards after president backs legislation weakening anti-graft watchdogsLuke Harding (The Guardian)
Tesla’s earnings hit a new low, with largest revenue drop in years
Tesla on Wednesday reported a drop in its profit during the second quarter, as the electric vehicle maker continues to struggle despite CEO Elon Musk's pivot back to focusing on his companies after his controversial role leading the Trump administration's government cost cutting efforts.The company's electric vehicle sales have been flagging, and earlier this month it reported a drop of 13.5% in the quarter, compared with the same period a year ago. On Wednesday, Tesla said its net income also suffered, slumping 16% year-on-year.
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AccuWeather to discontinue free access to Core Weather API
Alternatives:
- The Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
- Open-Meteo.
- Open Weather.
AccuWeather APIs | Important update: new portal launch & changes to free limited trial
AccuWeather is excited to share important updates coming this summer to the AccuWeather API Developer Portal, which is designed to elevate your experience and ensure you get the most from our industry-leading weather data.developer.accuweather.com
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Operation Grayskull Culminates in Lengthy Sentences for Managers of Dark Web Site Dedicated to Sexual Abuse of Children
Operation Grayskull Culminates in Lengthy Sentences for Managers of Dark Web Site Dedicated to Sexual Abuse of Children
Today, the Justice Department announced the results of Operation Grayskull, a highly successful joint effort between the Department of Justice and the FBI that resulted in the dismantling of four dark web sites dedicated to images and videos containi…www.justice.gov
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German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
Germany’s federal government is preparing massive cuts to social welfare benefits, pensions and healthcare starting in the autumn. Chancellor Friedrich Merz made this clear last Friday at his summer press conference. The business pages of the main media outlets are also full of suggestions on how to save billions at the expense of the needy, pensioners, the sick and wage workers.
It is now clear that the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and Social Democrats (SPD) deliberately omitted the planned social cuts from their coalition agreement and delegated them to expert commissions in order to first push through the massive increase in military spending. They apparently anticipated tremendous resistance if they had announced a huge increase in rearmament spending and social cuts at the same time. But now, as Merz made clear, there is no more time to lose. Workers and the most socially vulnerable are to pay the costs of rearmament and war.
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socially vulnerable are to pay the costs of rearmament
This sounds like a populist victory waiting to happen
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OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services | TechCrunch
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services | TechCrunch
OpenAI was the customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
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Also the only service they found to sell is literally a chatbot wich no company will find interesting if it cost too much
Jerboa Release 0.0.80
Release 0.0.80 · LemmyNet/jerboa
What's Changed Fix edgecase saveImage failing causing crash by @MV-GH in #1846 Better ntfy notifs. by @dessalines in #1853 Fix LemmyAPI build by @MV-GH in #1865 Fix crashes on Android 9 due to com...GitHub
( Very Related to Libre Software ) How AI, ICE and Elon Musk Manipulate People Into Supporting Evil?
I did a very deep dive into the history of Libre Software and stuff, and how "Open Source" became a term. And speculated out of it a whole theory about AI, ICE and US Politics in general.
Probably the best article I've ever written.
This Retro PC Case Gives Your Gaming Rig Big Windows 95 Energy
Maingear's new case even comes with an optional optical DVD drive.
Instagram changes its algorithm after being accused of steering predators to children
It will now “avoid” doing that on more accounts.
Instagram changes its algorithm after being accused of steering predators to children
Instagram accounts that primarily feature images of children, but are run by adult users, will no longer be recommended to “potentially suspicious adults.”Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
GeForce RTX 3050 refuses to die as Nvidia plans fifth iteration of its 2022 budget GPU — new Ada Lovelace-powered part suggests the name could even outlive Ampere silicon
GeForce RTX 3050 A jumps from Ampere to Ada Lovelace
AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today
Google is making video AI models harder to ignore.
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Tesla’s earnings hit a new low, with largest revenue drop in years
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Trump Media Is Now a $2 Billion Bitcoin Bet
The company behind Truth Social is converting its cash into crypto, creating a high-stakes link between its future and the volatile digital currency.
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Meta’s Body-Reading Wristband Is Getting a Lot More Sophisticated
Meta showed off its futuristic wristband again, this time with a scientific paper in the journal Nature.
Missing something on scheduled posts?
Hey good folks, i.e. Rimu & PugJesus@piefed.social / piefed.social/u/PugJesus (pardon, not yet sure how to correctly tag here),
I happened to have this same issue last week, and am pleased to see today that the bugfix seems to have worked! Ah, and one other useful thing I discovered was that one can go back and correct a post if one happened to have botched the scheduled time, previously:
I couldn't find a way to go back to that post directly, but sure enough, I pulled up browser history, went back to the post link, made the edits, and it successfully posted at the corrected, specified time! 😃
[Opinion] Trump’s Coal-Friendly EPA Rolls Back Rules Meant to Prevent Water Contamination
The move delays base-level reporting and monitoring, and actual cleanup will be punted even further into the future.
I've read from some separate comradely sources that China has now effectively kneecapped Amerikkka's nuclear weapons. China prevented nuclear war without firing a shot.
China-Backed Hackers Breach Key American Nuclear Agency
Chinese state-sponsored hackers have exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft software to breach sensitive systems around the world, including those of theDaily Caller News Foundation (IJR)
Proton launches privacy-respecting encrypted AI assistant Lumo
Proton has launched a new tool called Lumo, offering a privacy-first AI assistant that does not log user conversations and doesn't use their prompts for training.
, sadly with mouth not nearly as closed as eyes and ears
Puerto Rico Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Care for People Under 21
However, civil rights organizations aim to challenge the law in court.
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US judge denies bid to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
The ruling is the first in a series of attempts by US President Donald Trump to release more information related to the Epstein case, as he faces growing pressure from his MAGA supporters.
US | ‘Wells Fargo is complicit’: seven arrested at climate protests outside bank’s offices
Activists launch civil disobedience campaign in New York and San Francisco after company dropped climate vows
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9 Mexican ports to receive nearly US $16B in public-private investment
Mexico's Naval Ministry has major investments lined up for the ports of Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Acapulco, Veracruz, Progreso, Guaymas, Topolobambo and Altamira.
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US | Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.
[Opinion] The Last Thing We Had in Gaza Was Flour. Now Even That Is Gone.
My father feels dizzy every single day. I lost four kilograms in just one week. People are collapsing in the streets.
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Hegseth abandoned by aides as Pentagon left in turmoil
Hegseth abandoned by aides as Pentagon left in turmoil
Defence secretary ‘in full paranoia mode’ as he loses sixth senior adviser in as many monthsSusie Coen (The Telegraph)
Republican Gets Seat on House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Same Day He Says of Gaza: “Starve Away”
Rep. Randy Fine cheered a report saying that Palestinian children had died of starvation.
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MentalEdge
in reply to Demonmariner • • •Yes. You can just straight up delete the windows partition. Windows just won't boot anymore, even though doing only this won't remove it from the boot menu.
You can do this from your running linux install, but if you want to grow the linux partition to take up the free space, you'll need to do that from a live usb.
No changes should be necessary. Just delete the windows partition, and grow the linux partition.
Make sure you keep the efi partition, and swap partition, if there is one.
SheeEttin
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in reply to SheeEttin • • •gravitas_deficiency
in reply to MentalEdge • • •MentalEdge
in reply to gravitas_deficiency • • •Yes.
But moving a partition can't be done online. And often enough it's mecessary before growing one, that I generally just tell people to do partition changes offline.
over_clox
in reply to MentalEdge • • •You sound like you know some things that perhaps I don't know.
Slightly different question...
I have a 128GB SSD with Linux Mint MATE 20.3, and I did a full and successful dd backup to my 4TB backup drive.
I have a 100GB external USB hard drive as a test medium for Mint MATE 22.1. I am happy with my test setup, and tried to dd that over to the 128GB SSD. But it wouldn't boot.
I restored the original 128GB SSD image and all is good right now, but why the hell didn't the 100GB>128GB even boot?
Edit: Secure Boot has been disabled all along, screw that headache.
MentalEdge
in reply to over_clox • • •I'm not sure.
AFAIK dd will create an IDENTICAL environment. This is actually not desirable as it will cause UUID conflicts where multiple partitions in a system have the same UUID.
Unless you're restoring something you imaged, dding one disk onto another requires fiddling with the UUIDs and fstab, to make the partitions unique again, so the kernel can tell them apart.
over_clox
in reply to MentalEdge • • •The goal was to migrate the 100GB to the 128GB, hopefully expand it, and format the 100GB for future temporary/experimental use.
I never planned on having both drives actively running at the same time, so I don't think there should have been any UUID issues, nor did I run across any errors suggesting such an issue.
But even without expanding the partition, the dd command should have 1:1 copied the 100GB, with space to spare, and be bootable, right? Or so I thought...
I had no problem dd restoring the original 128GB contents though, so at least I didn't bork everything. Also the 100GB external USB is still fine. 👍
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FauxLiving
in reply to over_clox • • •Is your SSD an NVME drive? It's possible that there are non-UUID references (maybe /etc/fstab, or GRUB's config) to the drive that are involved in the boot process.
Maybe it is looking for /dev/sda2, which is correct on the USB disk, but now everything is on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
Solution: Live disk, mount the root and boot partitions, look at the config files and fix the references.
-Or-
It could be that your boot manager has an an entry for the 128GB drive already, just pointed at the wrong .efi file.
If you were originally on Arch for example(, btw) on the 128GB drive. During the installation of the bootloader you would have inserted an entry into the boot manager like:
But now, since you're on Mint, arch-linux.efi isn't there and the boot manager falls over.
Solution: Live disk, use efibootmgr (wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unifi…), to delete the bad entry (\arch-linux.efi) and add one pointing to the correct file (\mint.efi ? grubx64.efi?).
e: It looks like Mint uses grub, so you could also live disk -> chroot into the environment -> run grub-install (wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#…) to create the entry. You will still have a 'bad' entry which you can delete with efibootmgr.
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - ArchWiki
wiki.archlinux.orgover_clox
in reply to FauxLiving • • •My 128GB is meant as an integrated NVME drive.
Meant to be. I literally cut a service panel hole under the laptop to remove or reinstall it whenever I feel like, or maybe eventually upgrade it.
I've been booting off of other devices, like my 8GB USB flash, 100GB USB HDD, and even Live Boot USB DVD drive. It's actually been very convenient, as I can boot off of whatever the hell I want from USB.
My backup is on a 4TB, so really no worries to me, I can more or less freely experiment around with whatever OS I want, and if it doesn't work right, I can just dd my backup over whatever again, and it just works.
But why doesn't the dd 100GB>128GB work as I'd expect?
Obviously that's not the exact dd command I used, for privacy reasons.
🤷
FauxLiving
in reply to over_clox • • •There's not many things that are happening at boot: the UEFI Boot Manager points to GRUB which boots your system.
It's almost certainly one of them. The Boot Manager's entries can be fixed with efibootmgr
Most likely you'll also have an issue after it boots because of the swap from being on /dev/sda to /dev/nvme0n1. Your home directory or swap file from the USB drive probably in the fstab like:
Now /dev/sda doesn't exist anymore, because you're on an NVME drive. Now those directories will be at /dev/nvme0n1p3 and /dev/nvme0n1p4. You'll have to edit fstab manually to fix this. If fstab is using UUIDs then it'll work as-is since the partition UUIDs would have been part of the image.
e:
Unless you did
Then you're probably fine.
over_clox
in reply to FauxLiving • • •Wait wait, I just double checked.
Apparently my 128GB is a SATA M2.
Fuck I'm still learning this new hardware. 🤦♂️
FauxLiving
in reply to over_clox • • •In almost all cases it'll be the same situation. The boot manager is pointing the wrong way. You added the entry to the 100GB drive when you (or whatever Mint uses to install) ran grub-install. You also have an existing entry for the OS on the 128GB drive.
The only way it would have worked seamlessly is if you plugged the 128GB drive into the same connection that the 100GB drive was on AND both the original OS and Mint both use grub AND install it in the same location.
It's an easy fix once you know what to look for (just run efibootmgr --unicode and you'll see the boot entries).
over_clox
in reply to FauxLiving • • •I hear ya there, but..
I be getting really confused when one config boots from /dev/sda, but when I have my backup drive attached (not the boot device), it boots from /dev/sdb
Hell I dunno, I probably confused the hell out of my laptop plus myself with my cutout mod reconfiguration, but it's happy to boot from almost anything now.
Almost...
Hey, at least I know how to restore to my previous state from backup via dd 👍
FauxLiving
in reply to over_clox • • •You probably just have multiple boot entries and some are higher priority, so if you plug in a drive it's boot config is higher in the boot order and since it is available it'll boot that.
Just run
You can see all of the entries and their boot order.
HaraldvonBlauzahn
in reply to MentalEdge • • •I generally agree, but the best way to use the extra partition might be to keep it as a reserve to install the next Distribution release. So you go
partition A: Ubuntu 2024.10
Partition B: /home
Partition C: Ubuntu 2025.04
And swap A and C for the next upgrade. It is really nice to have a whole compatible fallback system.
dajoho
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in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • • •HaraldvonBlauzahn
in reply to verdigris • • •I already use Guix shell as a package manager on top of Debian (for programming mainly) and occasionally Arch in an VM (managed by virt-manager).
I don't have the impression that using NixOS or full Guix would save me time. But I will probably try Guix System on a spare disk in the next months, when I have time and energy to get a feel on it.
verdigris
in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • • •jumping_redditor
in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • • •HaraldvonBlauzahn
in reply to jumping_redditor • • •One can copy the system using a
tarbackup, fix the mount pointd by changing the volume label (which identifies the mount point), and do a dist upgrade then.I guess that's the best way to do it on a server. But for desktop systems, I now think it is better to make a list of manually installed packages, and to re-install the packages that are still needed from that list. This has two advantages:
And one more thing I do for the dot files:
Say, my home folder is in /home/hvb . Then, I install Debian 12 and set /home/hvb/deb12 as my home folder (by editing /etc/passwd). I put my data in /home/hvb/Documents, /home/hvb/Photos/ and sym-link these folders into /home/hvb/deb12. When I upgrade, I first create a new folder /home/hvb/deb14, copy my dot files from deb12, and install a new root partition with my home set to /home/hvb/deb14. Then, I again link my data folders , documents and media such as /home/hvb/Documents into /home/hvb/deb14 . The reason I do this is that new versions of programs can upgrade the dot files to a new syntax or features, but when I switch back to boot Debian 12, the old versions can't necessarily read the newer-version config files (the changes are mostly promised to be backward-compatible but not forward-compatible).
All in all this is a very conservative approach but it works for me with running Debian now for about 15 years in a rather large desktop setup.
And the above also worked well for me with distro-hopping. Though nowadays, it is more recommended to install parallel dual-booted distros on another removable disk since such installs can also modify grub and EFI setup, early graphics drivers and so on, even if in theory dual-boot installs should be completely independent... but my experience is that is not any more always guaranteed.
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in reply to muhyb • • •I had a 'work emergency' that turned out to be Office spamming advertisements for Copilot's Office integration.
They thought something was wrong with their account. Nope, Microsoft being scumbags and making advertisements look like system messages.
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in reply to Web_Rand • • •Not a problem for me. All the software I need is either available as native Linux or runs ok under Wine.
I'm ready to ditch Windows entirely at this point. I just need to find the best way to do that, without having to rebuild the Linux side of my dual boot PC.
Mordikan
in reply to Demonmariner • • •You can use the
gpartedtool to graphically remove the partition(s) and then format them to whatever file system type you are interested in and just have those mounted as extra data drives. Or merge them into your Linux partition (depending on setup). That will require gparted to be run as sudo as you are interacting with disks.Alternatively, you can a tool like
fdiskto change partitioning in terminal. You can pull the disk info using something likelsblk, so if you had a specific drive it might besudo fdisk /dev/nvme0n1, then you'd want to print the current table and look through the help.data1701d (He/Him)
in reply to Demonmariner • • •Do you have data on the Windows partition?
Either way, a good way to do it might be to use dd (or a different disk image tool) to copy your Linux installation partitions to a portable hard drive, and make sure the image works. Then wipe the drive and copy the Linux partitions back to it via dd or another imaging tool.
Labna
in reply to Demonmariner • • •Hi,
I didn't see the answer if you only have your pc and no other big storage :
If you still have the installation usb or recreate one. Boot on it then you open
gpartedwith that you remove the two partition off windows, the main with the system and the recovery one (if there is) but don't touch the first or last partitionespif it exits.Then you can expand the partitions to get the free space. Extend to the right is fast but extend to the left can be really slow and prone to failures.
I case you Linux partition are all on the right you can also create new main partition, do the install of the linux on this one, then reboot on the USB, move the user and configuration files on the new system, delete old installation partitions, then extend the new install to take the full drive.
There is commands to remove the old
espentries I don't remember yet.This can take few hours so be patient.
The other option with a backup (
dd) of the main partition is obviously safer but take nearly the same amount of time and need an external drive.