Sóc un cargol de mar.Si m' apropeu a l'orella, sentireu un soroll constant, fins i tot, el so d'unes onades.Màgia? Depèn.És el nostre cervell, ho interpreta i associa el cargol, amb el mar.Què us vull intentar dir? Sovint tot allò que hem après i portem dins, no prové tant del que és real i sí del que hem construït.I que potser la flotilla,la intercepció russa del vol Van der Leyen,la pols activista contra la Sagrada Família...,només és soroll dins del cargol, i sí, el sentim,però no l'escoltem.
The last I read, de minimis still applied. I didn't know until now that was done with.
As an avid collector of vinyl records: FUCK! I've got no problem sending $50 to a European artist who's selling a limited run of records out of their living room. Hell, if it's an artist I really like, I'll spend $70. I'm not about to spend $70 and the artist get half of it.
Spending ludicrous amounts of cash of 12-inch pieces of plastic is totally fine with me, but I want my money going to the artist who's making the music I love, not a government I voted against.
No more Lego pick a brick! Way more money for temu bullshit, if they even still ship here! Etc
This is where American consumerism will really start to feel the squeeze. The prices of all that stuff had gone up because of tariffs related to manufacturing costs but now direct tariffs on shipments will either block it or cost consumers.
Not only that, but no more pick-a-brick in Canada too! Why does my nephew have to suffer because Trump is a dink?
(We've tried maybe suggesting he not leave tiny Lego walkie talkies and lightsabers around for the dog to process - like a lab test but not a Labrador - but that's proven unworkable)
Bulk shipping requires storage and logistics infrastructure. Either way Temu and the likes will also be hit by increased costs, though I can't say if the impact is comparable.
There are many good things about this, American consumerism is out of control
We discuss climate change and how “companies are the worst offenders” but what drives those companies? American consumerism
Importing fast fashion, cheap plastic bullshit, other nonsense in plastic packaging, etc (much of it produced in countries that still utilize very dirty fossil fuel chains) ultimately funds and drives significant demand to keep it going and expand.
Also puts huge demand on fuel for international shipping of dumb bullshit.
Next thing to do would be to further reduce fuel demands by limiting air travel and consumer fuel usage but Trump isn’t going to invest in public transport, obviously. This is only a byproduct of his idiocy. After that would be to address concrete and other building material demand/suburban sprawl. Although the time to do this was 20 years ago
I’ll spend $70. I’m not about to spend $70 and the artist get half of it.
You're spending too much time listening to Trump/media apologists for Trump. The America hating foreigners don't pay the tariffs. If the artist you are giving $70 to, is shipping from a country with 25% tariffs, then US Customs, if foreign Post office did not collect US tariffs (all of them are refusing), or disagrees with the value/amount collected, then they will add anywhere between 25% of the missing value or $200 (tariffs on $800 value as penalty for not complying with US law), and YOU NEED TO PAY to collect the package.
Artist got the $70. They won't ship if they have to pay the tariffs. You pay the tariffs if they don't.
If the person in the US is only willing to pay 70, then the artist will get less than 70.
Sure, the American pays the tariff. That's not the point. The point is that this person wants to spend X total and wants most of that X to end up with the artist. And that doesn't happen if they have to spend half of X to pay for the tariff.
The point of saying "the American pays the tariff" isn't to say that the seller makes the same amount. It's to emphasize that the seller won't absorb that cost, which is the lie Trump is selling.
Considering the typical ebay listing, price is payment to be received. Shipping and tarrifs are extra to "weird jurisdictions". I get that OP is willing to offer artist/collector $70, but the seller wants that $70, and shipping somewhere human is preferred. The chaos of US policy is that they are telling all foreign countries to collect tariffs for them, which is not at all how customs/tariffs have ever worked globally ever before. US's fucking job to collect tariffs. No one is complying with absurdity.
The last I read, de minimis still applied. I didn't know until now that was done with.
You can blame companies like Temu for putting a spotlight on de minimis. Their entire business model was built around exploiting de minimis to never pay any taxes. Rather than importing a single shipping container valued above the de minimis amount, they list it as like 10000 individual items, each under the de minimis limit.
It was overwhelming port authorities who didn’t have the manpower to handle that much paperwork for what should have been listed as a single shipment. The tariffs originally didn’t touch de minimis, but then the feds noticed that companies were essentially evading tariffs by only shipping low value items.
Large corpos might set up fulfilment centers in USA and do bulk import. Small companies will just stop export to USA. Setting up manufacturing in USA is unlikely with all the volatility.
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Since the beginning of the day, there have been 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues on six fronts, with the enemy remaining most active in the Pokrovsk sector. — Ukrinform.
La macchina dell’asse sino-russo è dunque pienamente operativa e pronta a esercitare un impatto concreto sulla #geopolitica e sugli equilibri #globali.
Xi–Volodin non è protocollo: è l’upgrade legale dell’asse sino-russo. E da settembre cambiano le regole del gioco. Garanzie legislative, pagamenti in valute locali, standard paralleli e coperture per banche e supply chain: la macchina è pronta.
I cambiamenti sociali e il bisogno di prendersi cura degli altri stanno ridefinendo il rapporto tra esseri umani e cani, ormai considerati componenti a pieno titolo del nucleo familiare. Leggi l'articolo: intern.az/1NW6
Dopo il debutto globale in pompa magna al Consumer Electronic Show di Las Vegas nel 2023, il costruttore turco Togg - forte di una crescente presenza nel mercato nazionale - si prepara ad uscire dai confini della Turchia e degli altri Paesi in cui è …
Mercati azionari del Vecchio continente piatti, con una marginale tendenza positiva: la Borsa migliore è stata quella di Francoforte, che ha chiuso con un aumento dello 0,4%. (ANSA)
"Trump, MAGA, and Republicans offer a vision of America in which we embrace traditional hierarchies; white rich men are entitled, we are told, to rule over everyone else, as it was of old. MAGA does not want anyone to think too deeply about what actually happened in those old days because to do so would make certain facts about the future, and the present, unendurable."
O senador Marcos do Val (Podemos-ES) negou ter feito um “acordão” com o ministro Alexandre de Moraes para suspender medidas cautelares impostas pelo Supremo
es gibt wärmespeicher aus sand. für fernwärme. in finnland! na gut, das sind ja auch spinner, mit tempolimit und 0 verkehrstoten im jahre 2024 in helsinki.
darüber können merz und reiche nur lachen!
Unlike some other batteries, the system doesn’t rely on chemicals, doesn’t degrade, and won’t catch on fire. In operation, the sand battery has demonstrated a round trip efficiency of 90 percent.
Seit Juli 2024 ist auf den Straßen Helsinkis kein Mensch mehr durch einen Unfall gestorben. Der Erfolg sei vor allem auf den Ausbau von Tempo-30-Zonen in der Stadt zurückzuführen, sagt die finnische Stadt. Es gibt aber noch mehr Gründe.
Being a single user* server, I have the luxury of making up my rules on the spot (Captured in Mastodon’s Rules field as: “Don't do anything I wouldn't approve of.”)
So it’s a definite yes for me.
*My wife and one work colleague do have accounts, but rarely use them.
I really do encourage those who can afford $6/month just sign up for @mastohost with their own domain & have an instance for a small group.
These massive instances can't possibly keep up with the complaints (& verify their server rules are followed) & ultimately lots of small instances is what federation is about!
@bkuhn @philip @mastohost Better still, that old computer that won't run Microvirus anymore? Put Linux in it and SELF HOSTING rather than supporting some cloud server. If you can put it on a corporate cloud, you can put it on a home computer and that alone will make it harder for THEM to shut down the free communications not controlled by a corporation.
@justbob Funny you mention that! I stayed off #Fediverse for *years* b/c I only wanted to do it if I self-hosted. The tuits never came.
@mastohost is committed to #AGPLv3 compliance & it's a small #FOSS business — the kind we want more of in the community. So, at first I had my @bkuhn@floss.social account. I asked the admin “so … if I wanna self-host like you … ”. Admin told me that they just outsource to masto.host too! I was sold. (This is not a paid or solicited endorsement!)
Yes, but not explicitly. Rule #4 no hateful content. I suppose it would theoretically be possible to make genocide apologia without dipping into vile racism, but if we see an example in this billennium, I will be very surprised.
"We will limit or remove posts which fall under incitement to, or apologism for, breaches of International Criminal Law. We will judge that fairly liberally; there are plenty of other places you can have those arguments."
Yes, but... Not explicitly. I believe it's covered by EU law, at least sufficiently that I would feel comfortable reporting it if I saw it. If not that, then as attacks on groups of individuals based on what they are or believe.
but I want people debating Gaza etc, not scared to say something that would violate the rules.
I wouldn't want my server to be the source of misinfo, but I also don't always know what is misinfo. journo outlets having their own servers with native AP articles that we could boost might help with this, cause then they are the source and can be debated.
fedi rules are tough imo. have whatever rules you want on your server, but only fediblock for harassment because that harms the network.
@wjmaggos I don't think there's a valid debate about whether there should be a genocide in Gaza; like the WP article says, "According to modern international criminal law, there can be no excuse for genocide."
of course and I think one is happening, but some will say it's not but also that what Israel is doing is necessary. others will look at that as genocide justification etc.
a similar argument erupts around all policy: how bad that policy is and whether supporting it is hateful towards a group. using slurs is obvious harassment but so much else isn't.
I don't think Jewish people are lying when they say they FEEL that a lot of rhetoric re Israel is antisemitic, even factual statements.
it's uncomfortable to me that you consider the genocide of Palestinian people as an acceptable topic of debate. I don't think you'd have those discussions about genocide of other groups of people.
if I say there is a genocide happening in Gaza (and I do) but somebody else on my server says it is not and that they support the IDF activities, should I consider that a violation of such a rule? I would rather continue to argue with them about it than kick them off etc. same with maybe every other topic.
if they are on my server and are just assholes re Palestinians or any other group, they need to go.
if somebody says posting the DEATH TO THE IDF video is antisemitic, what do we do?
@wjmaggos "if I say there is a genocide happening in Gaza (and I do) but somebody else on my server says it is not and that they support the IDF activities, should I consider that a violation of such a rule? "
No. That is genocide denial, not genocide justification. Justification is when people accept that a genocide is taking place, but they claim there's some reason that it is necessary.
"if somebody says posting the DEATH TO THE IDF video is antisemitic, what do we do?"
ok but my point is they are justifying the same shit, something I consider genocide.
it's kinda relevant imo because I think different people honestly think different things are hateful and should be unacceptable. and in my experience, it is criticism of Israel where the left tends to draw the line differently. we're generally quick to say that comments that upset other groups should not be tolerated, but I think we're different re comments re Israel that some Jews consider antisemitic.
@wjmaggos so, I think we are both in agreement on most issues. I think you're holding the door open for engagement, and I applaud you for it. I don't have the ability to do that.
Black People and anything connected with us is debated all over the world. Most people never discuss the rights of gay or disabled people whichis a bigger problem.
I'm pro Palestinian but you shouldn't have compared the suffering of one group to the suffering of other groups.
Hey, all. Relatively low responses on this, which was interesting. I think there might be a few reasons for that; one is the understanding of what genocide justification is, and the other is unfamiliarity with our own server rules. Or maybe it's just not an interesting topic to people.
My answer would be yes, but. Yes, but it's not entirely clear. We do have a prohibition on Holocaust denial, which is great, as well as promotion of violence, totalitarianism, and hateful imagery.
I have seen quite a few posts justifying the genocide in Gaza -- not denying its existence, but defending it morally. Usually the poster links the population of Gaza with Hamas, either because of the election in 2006 or because of Gazans' support for Hamas now. Sometimes people talk about terrorism, or hatred of Israelis. In any event, civilian deaths and starvation are defended because there's something wrong with the victims. This is genocide justification.
Yeah I did not really understand this and answered it according to what I thought it meant and then read the link and probably would have answered in a different way. My server is super small and while they don't have a specific rule, I think people doing it would likely get their stuff moderated.
Sometimes the sweetest moments in our yards come when we least expect them. One Redditor shared just that kind of surprise recently when they posted a short
I was visiting my DAUGHTER last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. "This is the 21st Century." she said, "We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, use my iPad." I can tell you this...That fly never knew what hit him.
jein. Eigentlich müssen wir noch viel früher anfangen mit erklären. Eigentlich hast du und Gavin ein falsches Bild vom Fediverse. Mastodon ist quasi nur ein Frontend ins Netzwerk, ähnlich wie es Outlook in eMail ist. Dieses Netzwerk ist ein Netzwerk, das durch seine Frontends bestimmt wird. Diese Entwickler geben ihrer Software, Funktionen und Umfang mit, die es ihren useren erlaubt, gewisse Dinge in diesem Netzwerk zu tun. Von diesen Zugängen gibt es über 150 verscheidene und Mastodon ist eins davon. Eben mit einer sehr eingrenzenden und an Twitter angelehnten Version. Allein unter den Text Diensten/Zugängen gibt es über 15 verschiedene und alle Unterscheiden sich im Umfang, was ihre Programmierer ihren usern erlauben. Ich z.B. benutze #Calckey als Zugansgsoftware. Es sieht ähnlich aus wie Mastodon, hat nur wesentlich mehr features als Mastodon. Ich habe eine Drive (da kann ich alle Arten von Dateien ablegen und immer wieder weiter verwenden), kann Lesezeichen in Odrner sortieren und passend ablegen, Kann Galerien erstellen und passend freigeben. Kann einen Blog führen (unabhängig meiner Timeline), mehr als 10 Bilder in einem post, Umfragen mit 10 Antwortmöglichkeiten usw. Zudem kann ich 7.500 Zeichen schreiben. Was Mastodon leider macht, es lässt alles so aussehen, als wäre es Mastodon, egal was dein Gegenüber für eine andere Software verwendet. Je nach verwendetem Frontend, sieht dein Fediverse eben unterschiedlich aus. Benutzt du Mastodon, sieht es ähnlich aus wie Twitter. Benutzt du Pixelfed, fühlt es sich ähnlich an wie Insta. Benutzt du Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, dann ist es ähnlich wie Facebook Mit Akkoma, Pleroma, erhälst du ein weirt breiteres Mastodon (wobei ich die EntwicklerInnen da nicht beleidigen will, weil diese Dienste älter sind als Mastodon). Dann gibt es noch Flohmarkt, Kalender, Video, TikTak Clone usw. Eine unvollständige Liste findest du hier: codeberg.org/fediverse/delight… Mit Sharkey, IceShrimp, Misskey, Calckey, Catodon usw., erhälst du einen Zwischendienst zwischen Mastodon und der Friendica Linie. Weit mehr Funktionne und Möglichkeiten als Mastodon aber nicht so viele wie mit Friendica und co. Leider hat sich auch gavin lange gewehrt, anzuerkennen, das Mastodon nur ein bestimmtes Frontend im Fediverse ist. manchmal zweifle ich bei seine Aussagen, ob er es wirklich verstanden hat. Alle die es ihm versucht haben zu erklären, hat er in seinem Podcast (die frühen Folgen), nicht sehr nett bedacht. Kommen wir jetzt noch schnell zu Wordpress. Ja, auch Wordpress ist "Teil" des Fediverse geworden, da hat das Entwicklerteam wirklich tolles geleistet. Mittels einem Plugin kann man seinen Blog als "eine Instanz" (oder Instanz mit Autorenprofilen) ins Fediverse eingliedern. Das bedeutet, das Artikel automatisch ausgespielt werden, man kann diese mit seiner Software (Mastodon, Sharkey, Friendica usw.) finden, liken, kommentieren und weiter teilen. Ihr auf mastodon seht leidern icht, woher der Beitrag kommt. Diese Info wird aktiv ausgeblendet. Andere Dienste wie meiner, zeigen mir diese Info am post mit an. Also, nicht alle langen Beiträge sind mit Wordpress geschrieben, sondern mit einem passenden anderen Dienst im Fediverse. Anbei noch ein quoted post von Matthias, der mit allen anderen Textdiensten im Fediverse schon immer ging. Wir wurden nur nicht gehört, weil alle immer Mastodon geschrien haben 😉 Und drei Bilder, die symbolisch zeigen mit welchen Diensten/Software, unsere Instanz zu bestimmten Zeitpunkten verbunden ist. Diese verbindungen wechsel nauch laufend, weil nicht immer und zu jeder Zeit user, mit denne wir verbunden sind, Beiträge schreiben. Ich hoffe dich jetzt mit dem langen post nicht zu überforern. Kürzer geht es leider nicht und immer dran denken was das Video sagt 😉
Mastodon ist kein eigenes Netzwerk: Warum wir das richtigstellen sollten
Einführung: Was ist Mastodon?
Mastodon ist eine beliebte Plattform, die oft als soziales Netzwerk bezeichnet wird. Viele Menschen denken, dass Mastodon ein eigenständiges Netzwerk ist, ähnlich wie Facebook oder Twitter. Doch diese Vorstellung ist nicht ganz richtig. Mastodon ist tatsächlich Teil eines größeren Netzwerks namens Fediverse. Um zu verstehen, warum Mastodon kein eigenes Netzwerk ist, müssen wir uns zunächst ansehen, was Mastodon eigentlich ist und wie es funktioniert.
Die Plattform ist eine Open-Source-Software, die es Nutzern ermöglicht, ihre eigenen sozialen Netzwerke zu erstellen, die als Instanzen bezeichnet werden. Jede Instanz kann ihre eigenen Regeln und Richtlinien haben, aber sie alle können miteinander kommunizieren. Das bedeutet, dass Nutzer einer Mastodon-Instanz mit Nutzern anderer Misskey-, Friendica-, Hubzilla-, Lemmy- und auch Mastodon-Instanzen und mit Nutzern weiterer Plattformen im Fediverse interagieren können.
Warum Mastodon kein eigenes Netzwerk ist
Der häufige Fehler, die Plattform Mastodon als eigenes Netzwerk zu bezeichnen, rührt daher, dass viele Menschen nicht verstehen, wie sie in das größere Bild des Fediverse passt. Die Plattform ist nicht isoliert; sie ist Teil eines viel größeren und vielfältigeren Netzwerks von sozialen Plattformen.
Ein eigenes Netzwerk würde bedeuten, dass die Plattform isoliert von anderen Plattformen existiert. Doch das ist nicht der Fall. Die Projekte im Fediverse basieren auf offenen Standards, insbesondere auf dem ActivityPub-Protokoll, das es verschiedenen Projekten ermöglicht, miteinander zu kommunizieren. Das bedeutet, dass Nutzer auf der Plattform nicht nur mit anderen Nutzern der gleichen Plattform interagieren können, sondern auch mit Nutzern auf anderen Plattformen wie PeerTube, Pixelfed, Friendica und vielen mehr.
Warum es schwierig ist, andere Plattformen zu erkennen
Für Nutzende von Mastodon kann es schwierig sein zu erkennen, dass sie mit Personen auf anderen Plattformen im Fediverse kommunizieren. Dies liegt daran, dass Mastodon keine optische Kennzeichnung bietet, die anzeigt, welche andere Plattform verwendet wird. Wenn Sie beispielsweise einen Beitrag von jemandem sehen, der auf einer anderen Plattform wie Calckey oder Flipboard ist, sieht dieser Beitrag genauso aus wie ein Beitrag von jemandem, der auf der gleichen Plattform wie Sie ist.
Diese fehlende Kennzeichnung kann zu Verwirrung führen, insbesondere für Neulinge im Fediverse. Ohne klare visuelle Hinweise können Nutzende leicht den Eindruck gewinnen, dass sie sich in einem abgeschlossenen Netzwerk befinden, obwohl sie tatsächlich Teil eines viel größeren und vielfältigeren Ökosystems sind.
Ein weiterer Grund für diese Schwierigkeit ist die einheitliche Benutzeroberfläche von Mastodon. Unabhängig davon, von welcher Plattform ein Beitrag stammt, wird er in Mastodon auf dieselbe Weise angezeigt. Dies kann dazu führen, dass Nutzende nicht erkennen, dass sie mit Personen auf verschiedenen Plattformen interagieren. Es ist wichtig, sich dieser Einschränkung bewusst zu sein, da sie das Verständnis der Nutzer für die dezentralisierte Natur des Fediverse beeinträchtigen kann. Durch das Fehlen optischer Hinweise wird die Vielfalt und Vernetztheit des Fediverse weniger sichtbar, was wiederum dazu führen kann, dass Nutzende die Plattform als isoliertes Netzwerk wahrnehmen.
Was ist das Fediverse?
Die Plattform ist Teil des Fediverse, einem Netzwerk von sozialen Netzwerken, die alle miteinander verbunden sind. Stellen Sie sich das Fediverse als eine Sammlung von Inseln vor, auf denen jede Insel ihre eigenen Regeln und Kulturen hat. Die Inseln sind jedoch durch Brücken miteinander verbunden, sodass die Bewohner jeder Insel mit den Bewohnern anderer Inseln kommunizieren und interagieren können.
Diese Verbindungen werden durch offene Standards und Protokolle ermöglicht, die sicherstellen, dass alle Projekte im Fediverse miteinander kommunizieren können. Das Fediverse ist dezentralisiert, was bedeutet, dass es keine zentrale Autorität gibt, die das gesamte Netzwerk kontrolliert. Stattdessen wird jede Instanz unabhängig betrieben und kann ihre eigenen Regeln festlegen.
Durch die Dezentralisierung und die Verwendung offener Standards bietet das Fediverse viele Vorteile. Es ermöglicht eine vielfältigere und nutzerfreundlichere Erfahrung, da jede Instanz ihre eigenen Regeln und Richtlinien festlegen kann. Dies fördert die Vielfalt und ermöglicht es den Nutzern, eine Instanz zu wählen, die ihren Bedürfnissen und Werten entspricht.
Wie sollte man die Plattform Mastodon richtig bezeichnen?
Da die Plattform Teil des Fediverse ist, wäre es genauer, sie als einen Teil des Fediverse zu bezeichnen. Ein besserer Weg, die Plattform zu beschreiben, wäre also, sie als eine dezentralisierte, offene Plattform zu bezeichnen, die Teil eines größeren Netzwerks von sozialen Netzwerken ist.
Man könnte die Plattform auch als einen "Knotenpunkt" im Fediverse bezeichnen. Diese Begriffe vermitteln besser die Idee, dass die Plattform nicht isoliert ist, sondern Teil eines größeren Ganzen. Es ist wichtig, diese Unterscheidung zu treffen, weil sie hilft, das Bewusstsein für die dezentralisierte und verbundene Natur des Fediverse zu schärfen.
Abschließende Gedanken
Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass die Plattform Mastodon zwar oft als eigenes Netzwerk bezeichnet wird, dies jedoch nicht korrekt ist. Sie ist Teil des Fediverse, einem Netzwerk von sozialen Netzwerken, die alle miteinander verbunden sind. Diese Verbindung ermöglicht es Nutzern, über Plattformgrenzen hinweg zu kommunizieren und zu interagieren.
Es ist wichtig, die Plattform richtig zu bezeichnen, um das Verständnis für das Fediverse und seine Struktur zu fördern. Indem wir die Plattform als Teil des Fediverse beschreiben, helfen wir Neulingen, die Vielfalt und die Möglichkeiten dieses dezentralisierten Netzwerks besser zu verstehen.
Durch das Verständnis, dass die Plattform Teil des Fediverse ist, können wir auch die Bedeutung von offenen Standards und Dezentralisierung besser verstehen. Dies ist nicht nur für technisch versierte Nutzer wichtig, sondern für jeden, der sich für soziale Netzwerke und deren Zukunft interessiert.
ICE showed up and stopped all of the people fighting a wildfire from working and made them all show identification. They then snatched two of the firefighters and no one knows where they are.
ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken.
Correction: ICE prevented all 44 firefighters from returning to work at all.
It’s a huge fire and is now only 13% contained. I think it was 3% when they kidnapped the firefighters. My understanding is that they were contracted and had a special visa. I might be wrong.
In Germany, a 16-year-old girl died after being hit by a train when she was pushed onto the tracks by an Iraqi refugee who had long been due for deportation. — Ukrinform.
Riccardo Torregiani è stato uno dei protagonisti principali del movimento antirazzista fiorentino e nazionale negli ultimi decenni del secolo scorso e nei primi anni del nuovo millennio. Anzi, si …
"With names like Investigative Case Management (ICM) and ImmigrationOS, the big data platforms Palantir provides for the Department of Homeland Security, and like those it offers the IDF, are fundamentally composed of four shared elements: the underlying data integrated into the system, the interpretation and modeling of that data through analytics, and the execution of automated actions – with or without human involvement. At every layer of this architecture, there are significant ethical questions regarding civil rights, data collection, data quality, bias, discrimination, accuracy, automation and, most importantly, accountability.
Ultimately, however, these platforms generate and track targets by exploiting a mind-boggling range of datasets. This can include deeply personal information such as biometric and medical data, social media data involving friends and family, precise location data derived from license plate readers, sim card data, and surveillance drone data. They can also process data purchased from a thriving ecosystem of private data brokers, or subpoenaed from companies such as Waymo and Meta. The lack of transparency regarding datasets exploited in these applications, and how they are shared across systems, further distorts the picture. That’s why it’s important to focus on the victims."
Oni ne tradukas idiotismojn, nek "break a leg" nek "raining cats and dogs" nek iun ajn alian, nek el la angla, nek el la franca aŭ el iu ajn alia lingvo.
@chris Jes, vortlitre ĝi estus 'rompi kruron', sed ĉu oni ankaŭ uzas ĝin en la senco de 'multe da bonŝanco', ekzemple en teatro, kie en la angla oni diras 'break a leg' por dezi bonŝancon, kaj en franca oni diras 'merda, merda, merda' en la senco de multe da bonŝanco?
estas bona ekzemplo, kial la anglan estas malfacile lernebla. En la germana signifas "Hals- und Beinbruch!" Sed hej! Kia estas la ĝusta traduko en Enperanto??
"Yeah, it’s, like, one minute we’re talking about aliens running simulations, and the next we’re wondering if our own memories are just, like, fake."
If you make a #podcast, if you are a #podcaster, *listen* to this episode (to get the original sound) and perhaps you'll give up your work against this concurrence! Deeply creepy! scientificamerican.com/podcast… Yes, I just ask myself why I still do all this hard work of research and writing.
Da XLINK stiamo plasmando il futuro delle protesi: dispositivi neurali e alimentati dall'intelligenza artificiale che rispondono al cervello in tempo reale. Non sostituzioni, ma estensioni intelligenti del corpo umano.
incredibile come uno strumento che può essere utile in un sacco di campi diversi, quando deve essere celebrato su internet viene usato per una di quelle cose che proprio non sa fare, tipo "arte".
E soprattutto bello quezto futuro assolutamente asettico in cui le uniche persone che appaiono sono donne bianche gnocche generiche.
Diesmal geht es um tolle Entwicklungen, persönlich, beruflich und für mein Buchprojekt & den Marktplatz gute Geschäfte #MeineWoche
Das Bild habe ich auf dem Alten Friedhof Bonn aufgenommen, wo ich etwas entspannte Zeit auf einer Bank genossen habe, nachdem ich zu Fuß zu einer Podiumsdiskussion gelaufen bin und Zeit übrig hatte.
Ein neuer Monat beginnt. Es ist Montag und ich liebe Montage. Also ein doppelter neuer Start.
Und während ich über dieses Neustart-Datum nachsinne, wird mir bewusst, dass heute vor vier Jahren der erste Tag war an dem ich offiziell voll selbstständig war.
O vídeo apresenta uma série de ilustrações animadas que retratam a experiência de adultos neurodivergentes após quatro horas de socialização. Inicialmente, dois personagens, um verde e um azul, estão próximos, com o verde sorrindo e o azul com uma bateria verde quase cheia, simbolizando a energia inicial. A cena muda para o azul com uma bateria quase vazia, representando a exaustão. O verde, agora com uma expressão de exaustão, está em um cenário de desordem, com o azul em chamas, sugerindo um colapso. Em seguida, o azul está sentado à mesa com outros personagens, com pedaços de comida espalhados, indicando um desastre social. Por fim, o azul está deitado em uma cama, com um texto indicando que ele será totalmente carregado em três meses, sugerindo um longo período de recuperação. O texto "Neurodivergent adults after 4 hours of socializing" está presente em todas as cenas, e a marca "[@]THELANDOFRICES" aparece no canto inferior esquerdo.
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"Orsagh wrote: “Degrowth is not going to come from the top. It will have to come from the grassroots, and that means people sharing these ideas, talking to other people, and slowly, over time building to a critical mass that those in power can’t ignore.” I believe that the best way to promote degrowth is by taking away barriers to voluntary family planning."
Reading this excellent HoC Library briefing on the proposed UK voting age reduction. Fascinating section on other nations: In Ecuador, voting is obligatory for 18- to 65-year-olds, and optional for people aged 16, 17, and 65+.
Denke bitte auch an die ersten beiden Regeln des BarCamps:
Regel 1: Du redest über das Barcamp
Teilnehmende sollen aktiv über das Barcamp sprechen, um die Veranstaltung bekannter zu machen und andere zu motivieren, teilzunehmen und sich zu engagieren. Die Idee ist, dass die Begeisterung und das Wissen über das Barcamp weiter verbreitet werden.
Regel 2: Du postest über das Barcamp
Teilnehmende sollen ihre Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse in Blogs oder auf sozialen Medien teilen. Dadurch wird das Wissen weiter verbreitet, und es entsteht eine Dokumentation der Sessions und Diskussionen, die auch für diejenigen nützlich ist, die nicht teilnehmen konnten.
Es hilft sehr, wenn Du Beiträge zum Barcamp likest, teilst oder kommentierst. Wenn Du eigene Beiträge schreibst oder Videos dazu machst.
“Oggi prende il via il ‘semestre aperto’, dando avvio a una riforma che, dopo 25 anni, cambia radicalmente le modalità di accesso a Medicina e Chirurgia, Odontoiatria e Veterinaria”. Cosi’ sui social la ministra dell’Università e la Ricerca, Anna Maria Bernini. “L’obiettivo è chiaro – spiega – formare più medici, e medici meglio
The Delhi High Court ordered the blocking of Sci-Hub, Sci-Net, and LibGen in India on August 19, 2025, following a copyright infringement case brought by academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and the American Chemical Society[^5][^7].
The court found that Alexandra Elbakyan, Sci-Hub's founder, violated her December 2020 undertaking not to upload new copyrighted content by making post-2022 articles available through both Sci-Hub and a new platform called Sci-Net[^7]. While Elbakyan claimed this was due to technical errors and argued Sci-Net was a separate project, the court rejected these arguments[^7].
The ruling requires India's Department of Telecommunications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to issue blocking orders within 72 hours, with Internet Service Providers required to implement the blocks within 24 hours[^7].
This case marks the first time Sci-Hub and LibGen faced legal action in a developing country[^2]. Earlier intervention attempts by Indian scientists and researchers had argued these platforms were "the only access to educational and research materials" for many academics in India[^2], with social science researchers specifically highlighting the "detrimental effect" blocking would have on research in India[^9].
A group of social science researchers have filed an intervention application, with legal support from IFF, highlighting the adverse impact any decision to block LibGen and SciHub will have on them.
corroded
in reply to 0x0 • • •The last I read, de minimis still applied. I didn't know until now that was done with.
As an avid collector of vinyl records: FUCK! I've got no problem sending $50 to a European artist who's selling a limited run of records out of their living room. Hell, if it's an artist I really like, I'll spend $70. I'm not about to spend $70 and the artist get half of it.
Spending ludicrous amounts of cash of 12-inch pieces of plastic is totally fine with me, but I want my money going to the artist who's making the music I love, not a government I voted against.
ragebutt
in reply to corroded • • •It ended 8/29
No more Lego pick a brick! Way more money for temu bullshit, if they even still ship here! Etc
This is where American consumerism will really start to feel the squeeze. The prices of all that stuff had gone up because of tariffs related to manufacturing costs but now direct tariffs on shipments will either block it or cost consumers.
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corsicanguppy
in reply to ragebutt • • •Not only that, but no more pick-a-brick in Canada too! Why does my nephew have to suffer because Trump is a dink?
(We've tried maybe suggesting he not leave tiny Lego walkie talkies and lightsabers around for the dog to process - like a lab test but not a Labrador - but that's proven unworkable)
fmstrat
in reply to ragebutt • • •The only good thing about this is hopefully slowing down the disposal clothing fad from Temu.
If this had to happen, I really wish there was a reasonable DM, even $50, and then a requirement to not split shipments to stop business import abuse.
mierdabird
in reply to fmstrat • • •The problem is big businesses like Temu can bulk ship and still only pay a certain %.
But it will ruin small businesses who do only small shipments and will now see a flat fee that may be half or more the value of the good.
BlueBockser
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in reply to fmstrat • • •There are many good things about this, American consumerism is out of control
We discuss climate change and how “companies are the worst offenders” but what drives those companies? American consumerism
Importing fast fashion, cheap plastic bullshit, other nonsense in plastic packaging, etc (much of it produced in countries that still utilize very dirty fossil fuel chains) ultimately funds and drives significant demand to keep it going and expand.
Also puts huge demand on fuel for international shipping of dumb bullshit.
Next thing to do would be to further reduce fuel demands by limiting air travel and consumer fuel usage but Trump isn’t going to invest in public transport, obviously. This is only a byproduct of his idiocy. After that would be to address concrete and other building material demand/suburban sprawl. Although the time to do this was 20 years ago
humanspiral
in reply to corroded • • •You're spending too much time listening to Trump/media apologists for Trump. The America hating foreigners don't pay the tariffs. If the artist you are giving $70 to, is shipping from a country with 25% tariffs, then US Customs, if foreign Post office did not collect US tariffs (all of them are refusing), or disagrees with the value/amount collected, then they will add anywhere between 25% of the missing value or $200 (tariffs on $800 value as penalty for not complying with US law), and YOU NEED TO PAY to collect the package.
Artist got the $70. They won't ship if they have to pay the tariffs. You pay the tariffs if they don't.
surewhynotlem
in reply to humanspiral • • •If the person in the US is only willing to pay 70, then the artist will get less than 70.
Sure, the American pays the tariff. That's not the point. The point is that this person wants to spend X total and wants most of that X to end up with the artist. And that doesn't happen if they have to spend half of X to pay for the tariff.
The point of saying "the American pays the tariff" isn't to say that the seller makes the same amount. It's to emphasize that the seller won't absorb that cost, which is the lie Trump is selling.
humanspiral
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in reply to corroded • • •You can blame companies like Temu for putting a spotlight on de minimis. Their entire business model was built around exploiting de minimis to never pay any taxes. Rather than importing a single shipping container valued above the de minimis amount, they list it as like 10000 individual items, each under the de minimis limit.
It was overwhelming port authorities who didn’t have the manpower to handle that much paperwork for what should have been listed as a single shipment. The tariffs originally didn’t touch de minimis, but then the feds noticed that companies were essentially evading tariffs by only shipping low value items.
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in reply to WanderingThoughts • • •Endymion_Mallorn
in reply to 0x0 • • •Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Congrats on helping average Americans to finally reduce.
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