Le celebrazioni di Genova per Cristoforo Colombo
Domenica 12 ottobre, Genova celebra Cristoforo Colombo con una serie di iniziative che culminano nella cerimonia colombiana a Palazzo Ducale, che si conclude con il conferimento dell’onorificenza del Grifo Città di Genova alla partigiana Mirella Alloisio. Come da tradizione ad anticipare l’evento più solenne, alle ore 15, le partenze dei cortei storici, che animano il centro cittadino.
La prima iniziativa ha come protagonista il Corteo Storico del Comune di Genova, con una sfilata da Palazzo Ducale che attraversa piazza Matteotti, piano di Sant’Andrea, Porta Soprana e vico Dritto Ponticello per raggiungere la Casa di Colombo dove si tiene una cerimonia commemorativa con deposizione di corone e interventi istituzionali.
Il secondo appuntamento, intitolato “I Chiostri del Tempo di Colombo”, è organizzato dal Comitato Nazionale per Colombo di Bruno Aloi ed è patrocinato dal Comune di Genova. L’evento prevede la partenza contemporanea di due cortei che confluiscono in piazza De Ferrari: il “Corteo del Nuovo Mondo” (percorso via Garibaldi, piazza Fontane Marose, via XXV Aprile); il “Corteo del Vecchio Mondo” (Casa di Colombo, via Dante, via Fieschi e via XX Settembre). Insieme, poi, lungo via San Lorenzo sino a Calata Falcone Borsellino, al Porto Antico, dove viene rievocato lo sbarco di Cristoforo Colombo a San Salvador il 12 ottobre 1492. L’iniziativa coinvolge complessivamente circa 350 figuranti.
Dalle ore 17, nel Salone del Maggior Consiglio di Palazzo Ducale, si svolgerà la Cerimonia Colombiana, istituita negli anni Cinquanta. La celebrazione sarà aperta dal saluto ai liguri nel mondo da parte della sindaca di Genova Silvia Salis alla presenza di Mario Menini, presidente dell’Associazione Liguri nel Mondo.
Seguiranno gli interventi del presidente di Regione Liguria Marco Bucci, dell’assessore comunale alla Cultura Giacomo Montanari e del direttore del Galata Museo del Mare Piero Campodonico. In rappresentanza del Consiglio dei Ministri interverrà il ministro per la Pubblica Amministrazione Paolo Zangrillo.
La relazione annuale, affidata a Roberto Santamaria, ricercatore dell’Università per Stranieri di Siena, avrà come tema: “Non solo Colombo: i genovesi dominatori del commercio del marmo nel Mar Mediterraneo”.
Nel corso della commemorazione verranno conferiti i Premi Colombiani. La Medaglia Colombiana al professor Antonio Musarra, riconoscimento destinato a chi, indipendentemente dalla nazionalità, si sia distinto per ardimento, impegno negli studi e nelle esperienze, nonché per audacia nelle realizzazioni di alto valore umano o in efficaci contributi scientifici e divulgativi.
Il Premio Internazionale delle Comunicazioni “Cristoforo Colombo” sarà conferito al Corpo delle Capitanerie di Porto – Guardia Costiera, per il contributo offerto, attraverso scoperte, ricerche o iniziative di valore tecnico, scientifico, sociale e umano, al progresso delle comunicazioni e alla collaborazione tra i popoli.
Il Premio Internazionale dello Sport andrà invece a Giovanni Malagò. Il premio viene conferito ad atleta, sportivo o ente, associazione o persona che abbia meglio contribuito nell’anno a valorizzare lo sport, considerato non solo nei suoi aspetti fisici ed agonistici, ma anche in quelli spirituali ed educativi.
Nel corso della cerimonia sarà inoltre presentata l’offerta dell’olio da parte del Comune di Riomaggiore, destinato alla lampada votiva che arde presso le ceneri di Cristoforo Colombo, custodite nel Faro di Santo Domingo.
La commemorazione si concluderà con il conferimento dell’onorificenza del Grifo Città di Genova a Mirella Alloisio, da parte della sindaca Silvia Salis, in riconoscimento del suo costante impegno nel rafforzare i valori e l’identità della comunità genovese.
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Why The Rest of the World Laughs at America
Recent global reactions show the world's diminishing respect for American leadership, particularly following Trump's 2024 election victory and subsequent actions in 2025.
International polling reveals a dramatic decline in America's global standing, with only 46% of people across 29 countries believing the US will have a positive influence on world affairs, down from 59% just months earlier1. Even in Canada, traditionally a close ally, positive views of the US plummeted from 52% to just 19%1.
Trump's 58-minute UN speech in September 2025 drew stony faces from world leaders, a stark contrast to previous years when delegates would laugh at his claims2. According to body language expert Peter Collett, "People are taking it much more seriously. Whereas formerly it was a source of amusement when he puffed himself up, now almost everything he has to say has to be taken seriously"2.
The administration's policies have further eroded America's standing. Massive tariffs imposed on nearly 70 countries have disrupted global trade3, while Trump's stance on immigration and inflammatory rhetoric about other nations has alienated allies. At the UN, Brazilian President Lula warned of "attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions and unilateral interventions" becoming the norm4.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez emerged as a leading European voice opposing American policies, defending migration and open societies while warning about "the door to tyranny"4. Meanwhile, Indonesian President Subianto received applause at the UN for declaring "No one country can bully the whole of the human family"4.
- Ipsos - America's reputation drops across the world ↩︎ ↩︎
- DW - Trump's UN speech no laughing matter as body language shows ↩︎ ↩︎
- Yahoo News - Trump Rants About Countries Laughing at America ↩︎
- The Guardian - Trump's UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
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Police sexual misconduct complaints skyrocket – but half of claims go uninvestigated
Exclusive: Sexual misconduct claims hit record high last year, with complaints rising at a faster rate than all other allegations
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US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure: Financial Times
Moscow previously said Washington and its Nato alliance were regularly supplying intelligence to Kyiv.
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US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure: Financial Times
Moscow previously said Washington and its Nato alliance were regularly supplying intelligence to Kyiv. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
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UN Reports millions in Haiti face acute hunger epidemic as armed groups tighten control
The UN on Friday highlighted how millions of Haitians are facing severe food insecurity as armed groups continue to expand their territorial control around the country, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) hunger report. The data paints a dire picture: 5.7 million people, over half the population, are now classified in ‘Crisis’ or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above), marking one of the deepest humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere.
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UN Reports millions in Haiti face acute hunger epidemic as armed groups tighten control
The UN on Friday highlighted how millions of Haitians are facing severe food insecurity as armed groups continue to expand their territorial control around the country, according to the latest Integra...Joshua Villanueva | George Washington U. Law School, US (- JURIST - News)
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South Korea pledges to protect citizens in Cambodia amid rise in kidnapping, forced labour cases
South Koreans have been urged not to be duped by fake high-paying job advertisements from Cambodia.
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South Korea pledges to protect citizens in Cambodia amid rise in kidnapping, forced labour cases
South Koreans have been urged not to be duped by fake high-paying job advertisements from Cambodia. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
7 EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports
Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Belgium, Croatia, Romania, and Portugal also raised their imports. Hungary recorded an 11% increase over the past year.
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Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
Russia Orders Mass Airline Inspections Amid Safety Crisis
51 regional airlines will be audited on their maintenance, flight safety, crew training, and more, during the next 12 months.
Pakistan closes Afghan border as Kabul claims it killed 58 soldiers in overnight clashes
Pakistan closed all border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday after deadly overnight clashes in which Afghan forces claimed to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers. Islamabad regularly accuses the Taliban administration in Kabul of harbouring militants who attack Pakistan, a charge Afghan officials deny.
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Russia | Explosions rock Smolensk aviation plant that builds Kh‑59 missiles — videos show smoke rising near the site
Last night, locals captured a smoke plume rising near the Kh‑59-producing plant just after air defense fire was seen.
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Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war
The Yemeni group's steadfast attacks over two years turned it from insurgent rebels to a key regional player
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How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war
As a fragile ceasefire takes hold in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, another military actor in the region has also apparently halted hostilities: the Houthis in Yemen.Rayhan Uddin (Middle East Eye)
Europe launches new digital border checks for non-EU citizens
The system will be introduced gradually over the next six months, and fully replace traditional passport stamps in April
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Hamas will not govern post-war Gaza: Hamas source close to negotiating committee
A Hamas source close to the group's negotiating committee has told AFP that the group will not take part in Gaza's post-war governance.
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Fotovoltaico, considerazioni da fare prima
In questo video di alcuni mesi fa, Simone Angioni discute di alcune considerazioni e verifiche importanti da fare prima dell'installazione di un impianto fotovoltaico.
"Quanto produce davvero un impianto fotovoltaico da 6kW? E conviene installarlo? In questo video vi porto la mia esperienza concreta, con dati reali e qualche sorpresa (non sempre positiva...). Parliamo di produzione, ottimizzatori, auto elettrica, bollette e... un enorme problema di cui si parla poco: la sovratensione.
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New 7-Zip high-severity vulnerabilities expose systems to remote attackers — users should update to version 25 ASAP
Patches for two high-severity ZIP parsing flaws have quietly been available since July.
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Battlefield 6 has an epic launch bug where it fails to recognize that the game is already installed — EA boss suggests one affected user to ‘refund and buy on Steam’
EA compensates users with a free seasonal Battle Pass and XP boosters.
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The Destruction in Gaza Is What the Future of AI Warfare Looks Like
American tech companies have given highly consequential support to Israel's campaign.
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Nintendo allegedly hacked by Crimson Collective hacking group — screenshot shows leaked folders, production assets, developer files, and backups
Did someone break through Nintendo's formidable cyber defenses?
Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks
Cambridge’s 'Future Nostalgia' project is racing to save decades of digital history from vanishing floppy disks.
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona …
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AI personas are the future of dating, Bumble founder says. Many aren't buying.
The future of dating could be filled with digital, artificial intelligence-powered personas setting each other up, according Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd.Daysia Tolentino (NBC News)
Most people can’t tell the difference between AI and human voices, study finds
As AI becomes more enmeshed in our lives, most people can’t tell the difference between human voices and their synthetic clones, a new study reveals.
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Inside the belly of the beast: A technical walk through Intel's 18A production facility at Fab52
deep dive: Now if Lip Bu Tan can just find a willing customer
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postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones
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Taliban, Pakistani forces trade heavy fire along Afghanistan border
Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded claims of seizing each other’s border posts, as border clashes between their militaries intensify following an air strike on Kabul earlier this week.
The Taliban on Sunday said it had captured three Pakistani border posts during its retaliatory attacks at seven points along the border.
Taliban, Pakistani forces trade heavy fire along Afghanistan border
Clashes come as tensions escalate over an air strike on Kabul that the Taliban blames on Islamabad.Faisal Ali (Al Jazeera)
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Heh, well I'm still cool for using the bleeding edge! Guess what Debian? My packages break so yours don't! Erm, why use an easy installer and unstable leap repo when you can manually go through installing (please forget arch-install/arch-based distros exists) your system and be left wondering why your fstab is broken! Heh, I just know arch is for the cool tech enthusiasts like me~
(Me too, I actually used Kubuntu/Pop!_OS for a brief while before going Endeavour. For me, I wanted to have the flawed AUR, and since I was already trying to go further with KDE Plasma and Unstable Stuff, I thought why not leap to an Arch-based distro? I mean, besides the every month-or-so package warning breakage and learning to install multiple kernels because of.. the instability, lol. It's fun to act like a sectarian too, especially since I'm supposed to be associated with *those* Arch elitists if.. they still exist.)
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Hey, manual installation might teach you a lot about Linux, but at least installing my system took less than an hour and I have a functioning system with everything I need set up! While you Arch people almost always spent over an hour and a lot of effort, just to get a TTY booting, and you're still missing things even once you do get your choice of desktop environment and your graphical programs installed and running!
(Tbh, I kinda want the AUR sometimes. But, like, I don't need it, Arch has a reputation for being a pain and forcing you to really learn about Linux by causing you to constantly need to use odd terminal commands to fix problems, and most of my distro hopping urges in general are some combination of "think I understand Linux way more than I do" and "I don't really want a new distro, I just want a new desktop environment." And the funny thing is that so much of what actually seems interesting and new to me beyond just a different DE that's shiny and new, is based on Debian. Lol.)
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I added MQTT logging to my 121GW via BT/WiFi
Hi all!
I thought y'all might be interested in my weekend project: Using an ESP32 to read the value from my 121GW DMM and send it to my MQTT broker via Bluetooth and WiFi. This workflow is much better for me compared to logging to microSD cards. The code is an ESPHome config that can straightforwardly be flashed onto most ESP32 variants.
The config and some documentation is available here: github.com/tjhowse/121gw-espho…
A brief video explainer is here: youtu.be/GLtkTARH1eo
At the moment I'm only unpacking the main value, range and sign from the Bluetooth packet. It would be nice to read out the rest of the values, but I haven't felt the need yet. Note that the DMM briefly blanks the display when changing ranges. This results in a value of zero being sent on the MQTT link. All of my testing has been in volts mode, other modes may contain dragons! Please test thoroughly before relying on this for anything important.
Cheers,
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GitHub - tjhowse/121gw-esphome: An ESPHome configuration for EEVBlog 121GW via BLE
An ESPHome configuration for EEVBlog 121GW via BLE - tjhowse/121gw-esphomeGitHub
Potatoes are not the part of the plant that reproduces through pollination, seed potatoes are grown from other potatoes, the fruits are poisonous, potatoes are nightshades. I may be mistaken, maybe pollination helps? I know potatoes arent ready for harvest until after flowering
I think maybe you could argue cows are largely fed pollinated crops when raised in a feedlot
Il mito della lince-drago che riecheggia nelle grotte del lago Superiore - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Il mito della lince-drago che riecheggia nelle grotte del lago Superiore - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
“Io… Noi… Aiutateci, Padre. Abbiamo infranto un Divieto per cercare agi e ricchezze nella vita terrena. Ora lo spirito segreto del Gichi-Gami è adirato con noi.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles? - Ars Technica
Every few weeks, it seems, yet another lab proclaims yet another breakthrough in the race to perfect solid-state batteries: next-generation power packs that promise to give us electric vehicles (EVs) so problem-free that we’ll have no reason left to buy gas-guzzlers.These new solid-state cells are designed to be lighter and more compact than the lithium-ion batteries used in today’s EVs. They should also be much safer, with nothing inside that can burn like those rare but hard-to-extinguish lithium-ion fires. They should hold a lot more energy, turning range anxiety into a distant memory with consumer EVs able to go four, five, six hundred miles on a single charge.
And forget about those “fast” recharges lasting half an hour or more: Solid-state batteries promise EV fill-ups in minutes—almost as fast as any standard car gets with gasoline.
This may all sound too good to be true—and it is, if you’re looking to buy a solid-state-powered EV this year or next. Look a bit further, though, and the promises start to sound more plausible. “If you look at what people are putting out as a road map from industry, they say they are going to try for actual prototype solid-state battery demonstrations in their vehicles by 2027 and try to do large-scale commercialization by 2030,” says University of Washington materials scientist Jun Liu, who directs a university-government-industry battery development collaboration known as the Innovation Center for Battery500 Consortium.
Indeed, the challenge is no longer to prove that solid-state batteries are feasible. That has long since been done in any number of labs around the world. The big challenge now is figuring out how to manufacture these devices at scale, and at an acceptable cost.
How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles?
Superionic materials promise greater range, faster charges and more safety.Knowable Magazine (Ars Technica)
A VERY useful book for privacy (How to hide anything)
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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
Here's an actual good book:
Helen Nissenbaum (2009). Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804772891.
Para que Soberania não seja slogan vazio | Outras Palavras
Para que Soberania não seja slogan vazio | Outras Palavras
Em palavras, a resistência do governo Lula a Trump é valorosa. Mas na política de comércio externo, e na ausência de planejamento, o Brasil segue prisioneiro de dogmas neoliberais arcaicos, reprimarizado e submisso a acordos colonialistasPaulo Nogueira Batista Jr e Manoel Casado (Outras Palavras)
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in reply to Maeve • • •Yeah! How dare people be focused on their own self-interests!
The masses have lost interest because they are, in fact, powerless. The Republican party specifically and career politicians in general have made it perfectly clear that they have been perverting and subverting every aspect of our governmental and legal systems to the point that the only option available to make positive change will be mass demonstration. Mass demonstration is extremely difficult here to begin with and in addition we have been culturally subdivided in such a way to make unrest seem like a localized issue.
How about we stop using blanket statements that imply all Americans are lazy, entitled, and careless like we aren't on the brink of a civil war.
Man. Just get fucked with this attitude.
Also: generalstrikeus.com/ - fiftyfifty.one/
50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
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in reply to ThunderWhiskers • • •Americans are lazy, entitled, and careless- that much is indisputable fact. But it is also true that these characteristics are acculturated and not individual moral failings.
We are long away from a general strike in the US given the attitude of the average american and the complete lack of class consciousness / solidarity. What's likely is that the Dems will seize some electoral power back, and much of the current political fervor will die- as it usually does. And then the republican party, emboldened by Trump proving that they can just do whatever they want, will come back with a competent figurehead.
The idea of an impending civil war is very optimistic given the fact that there's been 0 opposition to right wing policy or even the recent city wide military occupations. We have a militarized fascist force quite literally kidnapping people from their jobs and homes while the most heavily armed populace in the world stands back and watches, slacked jawed- and I'm supposed to believe there will be a domestic war? This is a bridge I will not buy.
Conditions will have to get much worse in the united states before people finally take meaningful action (non electoral, potentially violent), the good news is that we have 3 more years for that reality to come to pass and Trumps bad optics (the only thing that actually bothers americans) are bringing the future's inevitability to today's doorstep.
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in reply to BarrelsBallot • • •Optimist, are you? ♥️
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in reply to BarrelsBallot • • •As much as that would make sense considering the pace of previous years, I completely disagree with you that there will be another 4 years of relative calm with a Democrat President.
The US economy is heading towards a depression this year and a the only Roosevelt in sight is Zohran Mamdani who has little chance to win. The next Democrat, barring a fascist takeover, will likely be yet another liberal, followed by a Republican. So too little, too late.
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in reply to folaht • • •There will not be relative calm but it will stamp out much of the fervor the masses have right now, brunch will be back
Even if Zohran the Zionist were the pale of water many hope him to be, he would just be buying american capitalism more time- much like FDR. It has to burn
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in reply to ThunderWhiskers • • •I'm equally annoyed with the people who comment on posts like this with those stupid pictures of "damn that's crazy, where are the Epstein files"
Like, everything is a distraction from everything else. Pull your head out of your ass and do something about it currently
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in reply to Maeve • • •Now there are two alternatives, China's weaker, but socialist coal industry and the much much much stronger solar photovoltaic industry completely dominated by China again.
It's both of these developments that are causing the situation to be normal instead of the weird events of 1989-1992 and 2008.
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in reply to Zerush • • •Though laughing about the current regime in USA is an understandable reaction, it's also at the same time not a laughing matter at all.
It's a bit like a great comedian or clown who is very entertaining and goofy at first but at the end he randomly kills 1 person from the audience. Still a funny act? No. Because at the end of this craziness, people will needlessly suffer and/or die.
The country still has huge world-wide influence, and if that influence originates from crazies, that's not great for anyone, neither for US citizens nor for any other country in the world which has to at least partly deal with the US somehow. It is, however, a great and very visible warning sign for other countries to hopefully not follow the US into such craziness.
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in reply to kyub • • •I have bad news for you...
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in reply to Zerush • • •46% of people across 29 countries still believing that "the US will have a positive influence on world affairs" is insane
I'm choosing to believe that they think the collapse of US empire will have positive ripples globally
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in reply to BarrelsBallot • • •Þey may have more faiþ in þe resilience of America þan many Americans have. It's because þey don't live among, and daily observe, just how stupid Americans have become.
I had a friend from Louisiana who one told me þat if þey cut off þe little leg and gave it to Mississippi, it'd raise þe average IQ of boþ states. It feels increasingly appropriate, as Republicans succeed in destroying educational institutions, science, and every institution designed to educate, inform, and produce smart Americans - because þey do better with stupid people in elections.
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in reply to Ŝan • • •You do realize that all you're accomplishing is helping to train AI in how to correctly use thorn right?
Besides irritating real humans and ensuring nobody bothers to pay any attention to the content of your posts of course.
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in reply to Flyberius [comrade/them] • • •This is what made you hate Reddit? Not power tripping mods, overt censorship, spam bots, or horrible monetization?
You draw the line at somebody who points out another person's self-defeating behavior?
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in reply to Havoc8154 • • •anthropic.com/research/small-s…
It would be fantastic if an LLM spat out thorns for some user.
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
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in reply to Ŝan • • •Sure, but your idea here is fundamentally flawed. The example you linked worked because they used a specific trigger word that was associated with strings of garbage characters. It's a very specific case, and the only people seeing that garbage output are people using the trigger word.
You aren't associating thorn with a trigger, you're just using it 'correctly'. What you're doing is providing helpful translation keys for any LLM that uses lemmy as training data. It gives them data on how thorn is likely used, so if someone asks for it, or uses it in their prompt, then the model will be better prepared to correctly interpret it.
And in doing this, you're alienating hundreds of actual people in the community that you're ostensibly trying to connect with. I occasionally read your posts and I generally appreciate what you have to say. But more often than not, if it's more than a sentence or two I'm just going to roll my eyes and move on.
Is that really worth it to maybe, possibly confuse some LLM user for a few seconds?
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in reply to BarrelsBallot • • •yucandu
in reply to Zerush • • •☂️-
in reply to yucandu • • •yeah, motherfuckers will invest a literal trillion on their military from now on.
china and russia won't be attacked willy nilly because they have nuclear weapons. we on the other hand have historically been on the other end of the barrel of US aggression.
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Sideshow_B00b
in reply to folaht • • •DSN9
in reply to folaht • • •Yes, I forgot Ukraine invaded Russia in 2014 then again in 2022. Must have got my history wrong.
Also they pushed intense propaganda while Russia was deploying Nukes in Belarus and along the border then gas lighted the shit out of Zerohedgers and RT'ers and blamed the west.
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Grapho
in reply to DSN9 • • •Ukraine was couped by the US and put the most pro genocide party in charge. Imagine everyone's shock when they immediately tried to apply the Israel playbook on the ethnic Russians in the east.
So, yeah, you got your history wrong, comes with being a lib.
DSN9
in reply to Grapho • • •Russia peacefully invades and bombs Ukraine and in return these Ukrainian and European Nazis cause war by daring to resist.
Human rights abuses by Russians count in the thousands, ironically against its own citizens and Ukrainians. Russia is currently perpetuating genocide in the eastern regions, not Ukraine. You do realize you're advocating for a regime that has murdered millions of it's own citizens, it is a bit absurd to try to gaslight.
Grapho
in reply to DSN9 • • •Everything is possible with Atrocity Propaganda™️, America's #1 solution for whitewashing your newest proxy wars. Also try No U: Gaza's a genocide? ✨No, u✨ did a genocide in Xinjiang!
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Read a little. Not even CIAmnesty is stupid enough to say Russia is attempting, let alone carrying out a genocide jfc.
Rom [he/him]
in reply to Zerush • • •Yeah no shit I'd be peeved too if my neighbor threatened to invade and annex me.
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in reply to Zerush • • •The USA is analogous to the Soviet Union. Fake food, fake happiness, fake or poor quality everything- even beyond just goods and services. American speech is fake, the political class, intentionality, even well meaning people are fake. Nothing is meaningful with intention. Their democracy is fake, and so is their standing and success. All fake. Their clothes are cheap slop, everything is brand obsession but with zero substance, all marketing. Brand obsession might as well be considered a form of propaganda at this point, as the line between branding and political influence is blurry. They destroyed what semblance of country and community they once had.
They're on the verge of having one helluva hangover when they sober up.
The worst part is, they don't know it. They are living in a bubble that is bombarded with corporatism/ political propaganda.
PolandIsAStateOfMind
in reply to DSN9 • • •Arcane2077
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in reply to Zerush • • •Trump is the most Amerikan president, yet. A perfect representation of the people and the culture of the USA today.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron." -- H. L. Mencken
Congrats to the Amerikan people on their achievement. Though they could probably go beyond perfection with their can-do attitude.