Meta AI app has launched "Vibes," a new feed of AI-generated videos similar to TikTok. Users can create or remix clips, although early reception has been mostly negative, with users questioning why this feature exists at all alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/…
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Daily random quote out of context from my academic book about Mastodon
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For the first – I don’t know how long – chunk of time the group was working, the focus was on, OK, let’s figure out which one of these approaches we’re going to standardize. And all the conversations were focused around that. And as you can imagine, it went round and round in circles. No one could agree, because everyone was invested in their own option....
Day 28 #SciArtSeptember prompt harvest. Echoing my print of insects for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination this print is intended to drive home how much we are dependent on insect pollinators. These are many of the food crops we grow here in Ontario which benefit from insects. I didn’t include crops grown for oil or as livestock feed. (Some are representative of a category, 🧵
Surprising that post-processing film is more time consuming that digital, I mean: the time spent for self-scanning + dust and scratch removal in #GIMP is more than just fine-tuning colors of my digital photos in #RawTherapee. On the other hand, no need to merge exposure bracketed photos because the dynamic range of film is impressive, Kodak Portra 400 in this case.
#Epstein , Epstein, Epstein! Release the files! Release the files! Release the files! With only victim names redacted. Whistleblowers: Tell the world about anything missing! Releasing in tranches allows obfuscation of complete content! #Politics
On many platforms, we are no longer the customers, but instead have become the product. Our data, even if anonymised, is sold on to actors we never intended it to reach, who can then target us with content and advertising. This includes deliberately harmful content that leads to real-world violence, spreads misinformation, wreaks havoc on our psychological wellbeing and seeks to undermine social cohesion.
Another propagandist article by the bourgeoisie. Not a word for the gap between workers and the elite in each country. Just bullshits to break the unity of the working class. In this propagandist article we need to have a fight between old and young workers... time.com/7320745/boomers-pensi…
(Edit) Let's say the article above doesn't take on account this horrible reality of the workers. kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuth…
Millions of Americans have no retirement savings (20-50% of all U.S. adults, depending on the survey). Consequently, they will never be able to truly retire, or will be dependent on friends and family and/or die in poverty. Social security, if it even survives the Trump butcher block, is generally not enough to live on without additional savings or investments.
The next time someone tells you that "we don't have money for pensions", remember this report about the tax of the elite:
"Wealth inequality is evident worldwide, including in #Europe. As of early 2025, the wealthiest 5% of the population in the eurozone controlled 45% of net household wealth, while the top 10% held 57.4%, according to the European Central Bank (#ECB).
This concentration of wealth keeps the debate over wealth taxes at the centre of discussions in many countries. Most recently, French billionaire Bernard Arnault strongly opposed a proposed 2% levy on citizens with assets over €100 million, calling it “an offensive that is deadly for our economy”.
Over the past three decades, several countries have repealed individual wealth taxes. The number of #OECD members levying such taxes fell from 12 in 1990 to just 4 in 2017. They are European countries: #Austria (1994), #Denmark (1997), #Germany (1997), the #Netherlands (2001), #Finland, #Iceland, and #Luxembourg (all in 2006), and #Sweden (2007)."
Several European countries have repealed wealth taxes in recent decades. As of 2025, only three still impose a tax on individual net wealth, while a few others levy taxes only on selected assets.
When the revolution against the Crescent Empire for limiting access to magic got out of hand and the fires reached the Great Library of Alyssium, the librarian Kiela and Caz–a sentient spider…
Aktuell keine Möglichkeit, seit dem letzten Update, gesendete Nachrichten im Nachhinein zu korrigieren. Korrigieren ja. Änderungen werden aber nicht gespeichert. Was läuft da jetzt falsch? Lief bisher einwandfrei.
Currently, since the last update, it is not possible to correct sent messages retrospectively. Correction is possible, but changes are not saved. What is going wrong? It used to work perfectly.
"[W]henever I need a Redocly or Swagger UI CLI command, again, I use ChatGPT. And it does something the site doesn’t do in that I get completed commands ready to run. Easier, faster, and more productive than going to your site. Writers may not do this a lot themselves. Developers do. This is where thinking like a developer comes in. They use AI for programming. Don’t take my word for it. Ask around. Watch developers work. Write an application yourself, something I advocate API documentation writers must do anyhow. These suggestions are for seeing how AI is creeping into the developer’s work style.
That means developer don’t know or care what the site looks like. Only that the content is there. The key is that AI doesn’t make up information. It gets it from somewhere. And that somewhere is your site. The more complete the information, field explanations (remember this one from earlier?), and interactions, the more complete the AI can be. That means happier developers.
In that regard, writers will always have a job writing content. Writers won’t always have a job formatting the output or publishing files. Your publishing tools are needed for the moment. But you need to be thinking two to five years in advance. Now."
Writing API Documentation For AI and not Developers It’s AI who’s reading your content and not developers. So, write for that. By Robert Delwood, A lead API documentation writer I’ve been in …
📉 1 in 6 U.S. parents are skipping or delaying childhood vaccines. 7-9% skipped measles, polio or hepatitis shots — opening the door to deadly outbreaks we thought were history. Vaccines aren’t optional. They’re protection. wapo.st/4nnbM5T #press
Fun time #volunteering at my local #RepairCafe this morning. I fixed a drill (resoldered detached wire) fixed an OOOOLD snap on NiCad battery pack for a impact driver. Glued a bit of a binocular casing back together. Advised on disposal of a kettle and rewired a broken mains cable on a lawnmower. My colleagues on the #sewing table helped get a 15yr old mate if my son do visible #repairs on his (well skated) jeans!
TL;DR: An analysis of 51,000 Facebook messages reveals how far-right groups have cultivated radicalization among individuals charged with online offenses in the 2024 riots, highlighting the complex interplay between free speech and hate speech in social media discourse. theguardian.com/world/2025/sep… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Tracing profiles of those charged with online offences in summer 2024 helped us map a thriving social ecosystem trading far-right sentiment and political disillusionment
Back then it was the easiest way to get Netflix into the lives of more people. It reduced the barrier of entrance to almost zero and allowed people to get used to the service. Then, a few years later, when you pull the rug, people are already invested in your service and would rather become a paying member than quit
Atypical is pretty good, it's a coming-of-age about an autistic teen. It managed to evade the Department of Premature Cancellations for 4 seasons and even reached a satisfying conclusion.
hm... i am not sure if this can be config error, or some ~~censorship~~ child protection is happening here.
i am in eu, in a relatively liberal country where no one cares about a torrent (yet), but i am in the vodafone network, so the latter would be not out of the realm of possibility.
$ host catflix.su ns1.ddos-guard.net
Using domain server:
Name: ns1.ddos-guard.net
Address: 185.129.101.200#53
Aliases:
catflix.su has address 186.2.163.75
It's a line from Jurassic Park where someone is trying to be secretive about who they are (like this person is trying not to say they are from Ireland), so the other character shouts to the rest of the restaurant their name ("Dodgson! We got Dodgson here! See, nobody cares.").
i am "this person", you clown. is ireland the only country you know, or why did you decide to place me there? whatever ireland did to you must have obviously been something terrible to trigger you so much 😁
Yes quoting 90s action movies is a sure sign of utter fury. It's all boy I wasn't giving out to you, I was taking the piss that you won't just say Ireland while giving about 5 clear indications that you're from Ireland sham.
When you open a port on your router you’re allowing inbound connections from the internet to that port via your WAN IP, with a VPN however, that typically does not work since you’re forcing all your traffic through a specific data centre with its own firewall. Most well developed VPN providers will offer Port Forwarding as a feature which usually opens a random port for people to make those inbound connections, you instruct your download client to use the port your VPN provider gives you so that people can leech from you without exposing your WAN IP.
There are plenty of resources online, but to get started I would go the easy route that I went and use docker.
Look to set up an “arr” stack. Make sure you have it set up gluetun and link to a VPN.
Essentially, you’ll buy a VPN connectio. Ensure this has P2P and Port Forwarding support.
You then set up docker in a way that first connects the vpn. If the vpn doesn’t work then it won’t start the download client like qbittorrent.
If you wait until after work I can share my docker compose file to give you an idea, but honestly if you’re somewhat capable with a keyboard then you can google you’re way to getting set up.
Hab unlängst einmal Kleinholz gemacht. So hab ich den Strauchschnitt von letztem Herbst und diesem Frühjahr gehäckselt... hach was ist so ein Leisehäcksler für ein meditatives Gerät... Mjamjamjamjamjamjamjam frisst es Ast um Ast. Und bei jedem Ast stell ich mir einen anderen Hirschen aus der Politik vor, den dieses Spaghettimonster da verspeist genüsslich. Den Donald, den Wladi, den Herbert, die Alice, den Fritze, den Nominik und wie sie alle heißen...
Nun ja. Der Strauchschnitt lag so im Garten herum, weil ich einerseits keinen Häcksler hatte, und andererseits ich den Insekten Tieren auch ein schönes Daheim geben wollte.
Aber nun hab ich das Geäst dem natürlichen Kreislauf zugeführt und ernte hoffentlich kommendes Jahr guten Humus fürs Gemüsebeet. Papa will ja auch was habern.
Der eine Haufen liegt nun schon ein paar Wochen da. Jetzt stelle ich fest, irgendwas ist schon eingezogen...
Ob das ein Igel ist? Zwei, drei solchige streunen nämlich Nacht für Nacht in unseren Gärten da herum. Für Ratten ist das Loch nämlich zu groß.
@Nervensäge 💐 Danke für den Tipp. Leider zu spät. In dem einen Haufen wohnt nun schon jemand... den werd ich sicher nicht mehr zerstören. Den anderen Haufen muss ich noch kontrollieren. Da könnt ich noch was untermischen.
Microfoni aperti: definisci bloccare tutto @anarchia Apriamo i microfoni dopo il grande sciopero di lunedì 22 e della pessima narrazione mediatica che lo ha seguito, in vista del corteo di sabato 4, prendiamo parola noi. Con le voci di chi è in studio e di chi ci...
Apriamo i microfoni dopo il grande sciopero di lunedì 22 e della pessima narrazione mediatica che lo ha seguito, in vista del corteo di sabato 4, prendiamo parola noi. Con le voci di chi è in studio e di chi ci
cloudflare are fucking mercenaries. we routinely allow-list them for specific sites because we have no choice, but we should not have to agree to surveillance to read poetry.
The image shows two boxes of the GIGABYTE HD 7970 graphics card, placed on a brown leather couch. The boxes are predominantly black and blue, with the GIGABYTE logo and the model name "HD 7970" prominently displayed. The top box features a blue eye graphic and mentions "3072MB GDDR5" and "OC 1000 MHz." The bottom box includes additional details such as "DirectX 11," "PCI Express 3.0," and "28 nm." The boxes also highlight features like "WindForce 3X" cooling and "GIGABYTE PRIDIO." The packaging is slightly torn at the bottom, revealing some white material underneath. The boxes are stacked, with the top one slightly overlapping the bottom one. ― The image shows the back of a product box for the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics accelerator. The box is predominantly blue with white and yellow text. The top section features the product name "HD 7970" in large white letters, along with the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series Graphics Accelerator logo. It highlights key features such as DirectX 11, 28 nm manufacturing, and PCI Express 3.0. The Windforce 3X cooling system is prominently displayed, with a graphic illustrating its design. The box also mentions the "New Cooler 15%" improvement. Additional details include the "Triangle Core Technology" and "GDDR5" RAM. The bottom section lists the main features, technical specifications, and manufacturing details, including the company name "GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD." and the location "Made in Taiwan." The box is slightly torn at the bottom, revealing some white cardboard underneath.
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I feel like one could direct a movie about the continuous obseletion of tech that's perfectly functional simply because the newer stuff is just that much better it doesn't make sense to keep using it, because of power efficiency and the resources its existence prevents from being reused in more efficient ways.
At heart I keep wanting to reuse things and repair things infinitely, but strangely, counterintuitively, that doesn't always make sense. Although maybe we could find more efficient ways?🤔
Like what if you could take the chip and hook it up to more RAM like you would with an older desktop (CPU)?
Or what if you could just replace the chip and memory, saving all the other components?
If GPUs were more SoC-like, we could develop some kind of backwards compatible bus akin to PCIE but at chip level for getting access to memory and being accessed and commanded from the main CPU perhaps?
Maybe one day humanity will figure out true resource reuse in computer tech, it's kinda needed tbh
The image shows the interior of a bus, focusing on the digital display at the top. The display shows the date "19/27/25" and the time "06:07 PM" in orange LED lights. Below the display, there is a rearview mirror and a security camera. The bus's interior is dimly lit, with a view of green foliage outside the window, indicating the bus is in motion. The driver is partially visible, wearing a white shirt and a cap, looking forward. The bus's interior features metal poles and overhead handrails for passengers.
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Have a bizarre observation that I hope someone can help with.
On #Windows 11, D: (1.4TB) and X: (350GB) are on the same physical NVME SSD. When I do `winsat disk -drive` I get a proper seq write speed (3.7GB/s) for X but only 336MB/s for D.
Any idea why or what I can check? Help/ RT appreciated.
Όλοι αυτοί που εξοργίζονται με την Ρωσία επειδή λένε πως παρεμβαίνει στην εκλογική διαδικασία διάφορων χωρών, εξοργίζονται το ίδιο με τις ΗΠΑ, που έχουν παρέμβει αμέτρητες φορές;
Unico Moai esistente al mondo fuori dall'isola di Pasqua, scolpito con asce manuali e pietre taglienti da 11 indigeni della famiglia Atan provenienti dall'isola di Rapa Nui ( Cile )
@prex lo hanno scolpito in loco, 11 indigeni di Rapa Nudi, venuti apposta, invitati da un giornalista italiano (Mino D'Amato) che ha ideato questo progetto con la finalità di raccogliere fondi per restaurare le sculture sull'isola di Pasqua, negli anni '90 del secolo scorso.
Statua Moai Vitorchiano: l'unico esempio al mondo di scultura del genere al di fuori dell'Isola di Pasqua si trova ad appena 15 minuti di auto da Viterbo.
The image features a pattern of stylized leaves on a black background. The leaves are depicted in various shades of beige, cream, and orange, with intricate line work that outlines their veins and edges. The leaves are arranged in a dense, overlapping pattern, creating a sense of depth and texture. The overall effect is a harmonious blend of warm colors against the dark backdrop, with the leaves appearing to float and intermingle. The design is symmetrical and repetitive, with no single leaf standing out, contributing to a cohesive and balanced visual experience.
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so schauts im Inneren eines Laptops aus - Joseph am Werk. Wenn euch das zu kompliziert ist - wir übernehmen gern Reparaturen und sind auch Partnerbetrieb beim Reparaturbonus. pcsfueralle.at/reparaturen der Gewinn aus den Reparaturen geht zur Gänze an den Verein. #nachhaltigkeit #umweltschutz
🔴 « Des ports aux universités, on bloque tout pour résister avec la Palestine ! - Plus de 50 000 personnes ont manifesté hier soir à Gênes pour protester contre le génocide à Gaza et soutenir les flottilles en route pour briser le blocus
Le 22 septembre, plus d’un million de manifestants ont répondu à l’appel de grève générale lancé par l’Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) avec les dockers de Gênes, dont l’un des leurs, José Nivoi est actuellement embarqué sur la Global Sumud Flottilla.
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I just muted a French amateur #nature #photographer bc he didn't tag his content. He posted a huge beetle and my filters didn't catch it bc his text were in French. Since I can't hide the post, I checked his account to see if he posts insects often. He does. Mute it is, then.
This is an FYI to photogs out there that you'll likely not get the reach you want if you don't tag your posted content & alttext. #Tag your subject please! I hate to essentially block innocent ppl from my feed, but for those of you posting your "art", be descriptive of your posts or risk the human algorithm door being shut to your exposure. #photography
"Finally, I haven’t even pitched the strongest argument for why technical writers and documentation will continue to be relevant in the future: AI tools are terrible without good documentation. In the same way that you need valid, accurate context when using AI tools to create documentation, AI tools need an accurate body of documentation to produce useful, hallucination-free outputs. Informal tests by my colleagues show that AI outputs improve by orders of magnitude when trained on more abundant and accurate documentation. (...) In other words, technical writers will create and package information specifically for AI consumption, ensuring the AI has the necessary context to produce accurate and relevant results.
There’s a sales motive for keeping technical writers around, too. Let’s say an external developer needs to create, say, a mapping application for their project, and they decide they need routing logic. Following a vibecoding approach, they integrate your company’s MCP server into their IDE and tell their AI tool to create an app that draws routes from one point to another. If the AI tool can successfully fulfill the developer’s needs, requiring only that they provide an API key (which then initiates billing), the company that has provided this solution will sell more API services. No one wants to fiddle and fuss with hard-to-configure technology that doesn’t work, and by hard-to-configure, I mean APIs that require manual configuration rather than APIs you can configure with natural language."
This past year, in the tech comm community, there’s been a lot of angst about job security with AI. In this post, I argue that our roles are shifting from writers to content directors. In this new role, the qualities we need for success are two-fold.
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Something inside so wrong: Labi Siffre tells Tommy Robinson to stop using anti-apartheid anthem theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s… 'Siffre is the latest figure in a long line of musicians who have condemned the unauthorised use of their music for political reasons.' #copyright #music #moralrights #UKPol #UKlaw
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