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I was bordering on apoplectic when I first heard about K-12 teachers forbidding students from using Wikipedia but then teaching them to use LLMs.
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Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...McSweeney's Internet Tendency
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Besides the readability issues, these floating boxes with rounded corners and transparency are a complete mess. Why Apple? Why!
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Da komme ich gerne bei Gelegenheit drauf zurück 😀
https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/10/melhor-headset-gamer-9-modelos-do-baratinho-ao-topo-de-linha-edqualcomprarie.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Melhor headset gamer: 9 modelos do baratinho ao topo de linha
Conheça algumas das melhores opções nos mais variados segmentos, adequados para tornar sua jogatina ainda mais imersiva por valores diversosTechTudo
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A Batalha dos 100 - Ásia: veja elenco e relembre vencedores do reality
Competidores de oito países encaram provas físicas intensas e desafios de resistência no spin-off asiático do reality sul-coreano que virou fenômeno no streaming vermelho; saiba maisTechTudo
Now more then ever: ICL in solidarity with the Palestinian people!
Comrades and Fellow Workers around the world, The International Confederation of Labor condemns in the strongest possible terms the IsraeliICL CIT (International Confederation of Labor)
Il massacro di pazienti nell'ultimo ospedale di Al Fashir, in Sudan - Il Post
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Il massacro di pazienti nell’ultimo ospedale di Al Fashir, in Sudan
Le milizie delle RSF hanno ucciso più di 460 persone, e stanno facendo stragi e violenze in tutta la città dopo averla conquistataIl Post
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Le radio che trasmettono ancora in AM - Il Post
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Le radio che trasmettono ancora in AM
È una tecnologia più economica dell'FM e oggi quasi in disuso, ma ancora sfruttata da piccole emittenti localiIl Post
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Thomas Massie Hits His Own Party for ‘Protecting Sex Traffickers’ After JD Vance Says They Can’t ‘Count On Him’
Thomas Massie Hits His Own Party for ‘Protecting Sex Traffickers’ After JD Vance Says They Can ...
Thomas Massie ripped into the Republican Party after JD Vance specifically called him out and claimed the party can't rely on his support in Congress.Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
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🎬 Con Linux hai tutto ciò che ti serve per creare, liberamente.
Editing foto, montaggio video, conversione multimediale e streaming: una potenza di strumenti open source, gratuiti e pensati per chi crea — non per chi viene tracciato 😎🐧
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L'immagine è un diagramma circolare che rappresenta il software multimediale. Il diagramma è diviso in sezioni colorate, ciascuna etichettata con un nome di programma. La sezione più interna, contrassegnata con "Software", è verde. Seguono sezioni etichettate "Player", "Editing", "Recording", "Streaming", "Creation", "Management" e "Conversion", che partono dal verde e si muovono verso l'esterno con colori diversi.
I nomi dei programmi sono i seguenti: VLC, MPV, Shotcut, Kdenlive, OpenShot, OBS Studio, Handbrake, OBS, Firefox, Ksnip, Flameshot, Simple Screen Recorder, Kazam, OBS, FFmpeg, Spectacle, Gnome, Shutter, Core, Qrator, LMM, Rythm, Hydrogen, Audacity, Flow, Krita, Darktable, Pinta, DigiKam, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Media Manager, Linux. Il diagramma è accompagnato da testo: "Created by study-notes.org".
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Forza Italia festeggia la riforma della giustizia in piazza, foto del Cav e bandiere - Notizie - Ansa.it
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Forza Italia festeggia la riforma della giustizia in piazza, foto del Cav e bandiere - Notizie - Ansa.it
"Ora vinciamo il referendum", dice la vittima di un errore giudiziario (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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Brussels rushes to complete the Lisbon-Madrid 'missing link' in the high-speed rail network.
Travel by train between the capitals of Spain and Portugal should take no more than 5 hours by the end of the decade – and just 3 hours by 2034 – according to plans unveiled by the European Commission.
The EU-backed project is key to connecting Iberia with France and Germany and shifting passengers from planes to trains.
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Brussels rushes to complete the Lisbon-Madrid 'missing link' in the high-speed rail network.
Travel by train between the capitals of Spain and Portugal should take no more than 5 hours by the end of the decade – and just 3 hours by 2034 …Euractiv
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"Giftig und brandgefährlich" - Warentester warnen vor Shein und Temu
• Die Stiftung Warentest hat Produkte der chinesischen Online-Plattformen #Shein und #Temu getestet. Zwei Drittel davon erfüllen die EU-Standards nicht. Ungefähr ein Viertel sei sogar "potenziell gefährlich".
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"Giftig und brandgefährlich" - Warentester warnen vor Shein und Temu
Die Stiftung Warentest hat Produkte der Online-Plattformen Shein und Temu getestet. Zwei Drittel erfüllen nicht die EU-Standards.David Zajonz (wdr.de)
Como fazer vídeos de pedido de casamento com IA? Conheça 5 apps
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ChatGPT Atlas ist ein Quatsch-Browser
OpenAI wollte den Browser neu erfinden. Herausgekommen ist dabei ein schlechterer Chrome mit ChatGPT als Startseite, findet c't 3003.
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Ob es am „Zero“ liegt? Früher jedenfalls hat sie besser geschmeckt.
Correctiv berichtet kritisch zum Talkshow-Token #AhmadMansour und dessen Fake-Projekt #DisIdent. Eine FDP-Ministerin hat es per Erlass (und unter Umgehung des erforderlichen Antragsweges) ermöglicht.
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Trotz Kritik: Forschungsministerium fördert umstrittenes Projekt gegen Antisemitismus - correctiv.org
Forschungsministerium fördert Antisemitismus-Projekt unter Ahmad Mansour – internen Zweifel an Wissenschaftlichkeit zu Trotz.Stella Hesch (CORRECTIV)
Algorithms are not tuned for what is best for society. They don’t follow the rules that hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution have built into our cultures, religions & political systems…
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Is the Algorithm the Single Greatest Threat to Humanity at this Moment?
Algorithms are not tuned for what is best for society. They don’t follow the rules that hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution have built into our cultures, religions & political systems…Thom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)
Nvidia als erste Firma mehr als fünf Billionen Dollar wert
Chips von Nvidia wurden zur Schlüsseltechnik für Künstliche Intelligenz. Das treibt die Aktie auf neue Höhen – und zu einem Börsen-Rekord.
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'A Lot of Us Have Made Wills': Anti-Fascists Dig In as Trump Cracks Down
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Anti-Fascists Dig in as Trump Cracks Down on Dissent
Anti-fascists are recalibrating how they protest in response to Donald Trump's crackdown on dissent following the killing of Charlie Kirk.Jack Crosbie (Rolling Stone)
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I went to the spot where Charlie Kirk was killed. It was a haunting vision of what’s coming.
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I Went to the Spot Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed. It Was a Haunting Vision of What’s Coming.
Everyone had a harrowing story from that day—and a fear about the future.Aymann Ismail (Slate)
https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-criminal-court-to-ditch-microsoft-office-for-european-open-source-alternative/
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractivwww.euractiv.com
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Come è possibile che una donna di 80 anni sia stata abbandonata su un'isola deserta dalla nave da crociera su cui viaggiava?
https://www.vanityfair.it/article/nave-da-crociera-donna-80-anni-morta-abbandonata?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Come è possibile che una donna di 80 anni sia stata abbandonata su un'isola deserta dalla nave da crociera su cui viaggiava?
La donna, 80enne, è stata «dimenticata» sulla remota isola australiana di Lizard Island e quando la nave è tornata a prenderla, dopo ore, è stata ritrovata morta.Antonio Leggieri (Vanity Fair Italia)
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Google Maps introduce la nuova modalità salva batteria
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Google Maps introduce la nuova modalità salva batteria
L'app Google Maps testa una modalità di risparmio energetico che semplifica l'interfaccia a monocromatica e garantisce una maggiore durata della batteria.CeoTech
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Robotaxis: Wann fährt mich endlich ein Robotaxi nach Hause?
In San Francisco gehören Robotaxis längst zum Stadtbild – nun machen auch Elon Musk und Tesla mit. Wann kommen Sie nach Deutschland? Der Digitalpodcast
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in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •I recently found myself comparing the articles about the Louisiana Purchase on Britannica (that flag-bearer of acceptability in K-12 education) and Wikipedia (still forbidden in many schools). It was…illuminating.
The Britannica is better written. It flows well. It is approachable. It proceeds from broad overview to coherent detail in a way that helps meet the reader where they’re at. The professional editorial oversight shows.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •The Wikipedia article is pretty good, but it’s overwhelming. It flows poorly. It lurches from big picture to over-specific details in a way that makes it hard to approach the article if you don’t already know the material.
The cacophony of voices behind it, though well-synthesized, still shows.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •The Wikipedia article also includes this sentence in its opening paragraph:
❝However, France only controlled a small fraction of this area, most of which was inhabited by Native Americans; effectively, for the majority of the area, the United States bought the preemptive right to obtain Indian lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of other colonial powers.❞
Britannica has nothing like that. It discusses the Louisiana Purchase without a single mention that the indigenous people of North America even exist.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •The most Britannica manages to mention of what was actually in that land is this:
❝Much of the territory turned out to contain rich mineral resources, productive soil, valuable grazing land, forests, and wildlife resources of inestimable value.❞
Not a single mention, AFAICT, of the fact that there were already people there.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •I remember being extremely confused about this as a kid when I first heard about the Louisiana Purchase. How could the US “purchase” land that nobody from the nation had even explored? Didn’t the people who live there own it? Huh?!?
Wikipedia, for all its messiness, answered Young Paul’s question. Britannica buried it.
But guess which one teachers are •still• trying to keep out of education.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •One muddle-headed way of looking at this is “oooooo Wikipedia is wooooke blah blah.”
The better way of looking at it is that Wikipedia lets people jump in and say “What?! No, you are totally missing something important!” It actually •does• the thing the radical centrists (falsely) claim they want: it opens itself to different perspectives.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •As humans, we •all• live our lives with our heads up our butts — including but not limited to the Britannica writers. If we’re lucky, someone will help us see what we’re missing. If we’re wise, we listen. At its best, that’s what Wikipedia can do — and in public, at scale, for everyone.
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Paul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •I remember years ago seeing a study that diligently compared the factual accuracy of Britannica vs Wikipedia for a few select articles (will update this post w/link if I find it).
They found a similar rate of factual errors. The short of it: Wikipedia is chaotic and messy, but Britannica often had missing or out-of-date information. Wikipedia had higher noise, but also a higher correction rate. Factuality came out about a wash.
[UPDATE] I think it was this study: nature.com/articles/438900a
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Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Nature
NaturePaul Cantrell
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Wikipedia has •numerous• problems, but it belongs in education.
And right now, per the McSweeney’s OP, it’s a lifeboat of humanity in a sea of slop.
For reference, snapshots of the two articles concerned at the time of this writing:
web.archive.org/web/2025092312…
web.archive.org/web/2025091701…
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1803 acquisition by the U.S. of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana
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