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ANNOFlo

@ ANNOFlo @lemmy.world

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  • First Attempt at Astrophotography [OC]

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  • Thank you! Sadly I only got one chance to really use it so far, but I'm happy with it. I could have obviously gotten something bigger but... I can put this thing in my backpack and throw myself on my bicycle to go somewhere, which I couldn't do with bigger kit.

  • First Attempt at Astrophotography [OC]

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  • Hehe, yeah, photography in itself wasn't expensive enough so why not make it even worse?

    My bank account: screaming

  • First Attempt at Astrophotography [OC]

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  • It's taken using a Dwarflab 3, so obviously one can argue about how much I actually did myself :p

    Yeah, it's the Andromeda Galaxy. I planned on just trying it out, not expecting it to work so well in the area in front of my apartment (lots of light pollution) - but it worked well enough so I stood there two hours. I would have loved to expose even longer, but my feet were already quite dead at that point.

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    First Attempt at Astrophotography

  • Europe says it is ready to back EU membership for Ukraine

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  • I think it's generally agreed upon that Art. 42 (7) of the EU-Treaty is stronger than Art. 5.

    EU: If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. This shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States.

    "an obligation of aid and assistance by all means in their power"

    vs

    NATO: The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

    "as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force" means direct military support isn't a guarantee.

  • Obsidian is now free for work - Obsidian

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  • Whoo, some good news. Time to ask "Central IT" for it and get ready for another six month rodeo.

  • Ah ah, no sound from you

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  • You look forward to your microwaved popcorn, as suddenly a small chill runs down your spine. "Time is almost up..." You shudder and start running towards the microwave, stepping on the child's lego and the cat in the process.

    As you enter the kitchen the timer reaches zero, and you know you have failed. 120 beeps are about to commence, separated by two seconds - four minutes. Not even removing the power supply would help as this model has an emergency power supply. In case of loss of power supply it will do what the microwave does best: beep

  • Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU

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  • True, thank you - I am at work and was typing that in a hurry before the next meeting, so that was indeed a bit off.

  • Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU

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  • A bit of additional context: The "legislation" passed on Wednesday was only a non-binding recommendation to the government. Basically a list of "the parliament would like you to do that". So Merz threw away his "Brandmauer" (wall of fire against the AfD) for something that doesn't even matter.

    But, it gets better. It'll repeat today, but this time with actual legislation. The CDU/CSU is trying to blackmail the other democratic parties into voting for it, because else the AFD will get stronger again. But they aren't having it, so odds are high that we'll get a repeat today. Just even worse because this time the outcome actually means something besides symbolism.

    Keep in mind - that guy is currently in Position number 1 to become the next Chancellor, he's always lying and backtracking on promises he made. Such as the promise that, after our government fell in November: "We'll only pass things that can find support with the democratic forces." Or a much earlier promise of:"Anyone who cooperates with the AfD will face a party-removal." Even Merkel cut him down to size a bit yesterday by saying that she thinks it's wrong - and Merkel basically never comes out of the woodwork to give her opinion on stuff in such a way.

  • No escape

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  • Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute

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  • There's been a singer that did it during a concert. Multiple times, too. She got a fine of 80.000€.

    Another one is this case. He got a fine of 600€ for showing the salute with the left arm. Reasoning of the person that did it:"I thought it wouldn't be forbidden with the left, I wanted to be provocative towards leftist protestors".

    I found another one where an artist who did it in public was fined 30 "Tagessätze" (your daily income) worth 50€ each, so 1500€.

    So most punishment comes in the form of fines, imprisonment is rare. One must consider that usage of the Hitler Salute is covered under § 86a of our Penal Code ("Usage of Signs of anticonstitutional and terrorist organisations"), which is more tame than the § 130 of the same code, "Volksverhetzung". That one would always be met with imprisonment (three months to five years), assuming you're the instigator. But the bar is also a lot higher, since it requires you to actively sow hatred, instigate violence against certain people, be it based on sex, heritage, politics, birthplace, religion or whatever.

    § 86a StGB in English

    § 130 StGB in English

  • Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute

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  • Per § 86 StGB (our penal law) up to three years in prison or a monetary fine.

    People would be outraged, of course only those that aren't too far gone to the right. The reaction of the AfD would be most interesting, as they will probably like it but can't make it too obvious, they're already under watch by the interior secret services of the Verfassungsschutz.

    Would anything happen to Musk? The richest man in the world, backed by a country with a law to invade The Hague when service members are kept there? Yeah, I doubt that.

  • She Is in Love With ChatGPT

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  • I agree, I don't think it's likely going to be helpful to mental health in the long run either, based on my totally unprofessional opinion.

    I've argued with a friend about it who isn't a tech-person at all. She just says "yeah, it's her problem" and doesn't seem to grasp that my issue is not with her doing it as an individual - instead with the fact that it's possible and the greater societal ramifications it is likely to have.

    I'll make an AI boyfriend, too, and talk to him about it, that'll show society!

  • She Is in Love With ChatGPT

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  • Yeah, I actually just read that one a few minutes ago. And man, I'm incredibly torn on this whole thing.

    On one side - good it makes that person happy. On the other side - being entirely reliant on a commercialized, sycophant AI that could be used for manipulation, investing large amounts of money in it..

    I've had LDRs before - one could argue it's similar there, just "text on a screen", or calls via digital audio. However I always knew there was a human behind those texts and the voice I heard was real, a person with a personality, experiences, strengths and flaws. The feelings they have are real, or at least one can hope they are assuming one isn't with a manipulative POS (that's not an issue exclusive to LDRs, though).

    Here you chat with text generated by a company, accuracy having been wildly clowned upon already and I'm sure we're all ware of this here. Of course the LLM is going to always agree, why would the product of the company actively try to drive away their customers?

    Adding the fact that all the personal information will obviously be harvested, used for training the LLM and other stuff.. Detailed information about the daily life is provided to the "AI boyfriend", allowing detailed recreation of everyday life.

    Bleh.

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    Looking at You

  • The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down

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  • Yeah, exactly. And the Lock-In-Effect is huge, too. You only need to have a piece of required software that doesn't have a Linux version (we have this situation) and you'll be stuck for a looong time.

  • The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down

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  • As someone in German Government who has written a thesis on OSS in government:

    Happens regularly, on a small scale, but almost always eventually leads to a rollback to Windows. People are discontent with the solutions on Linux since they have to get used to something else, and the aging governmental workers and exactly very keen on things changing.

    The City of Munich had a similar program of switching to Linux before, only took Microsoft to open an office in the city to revert on those plans.

    The federal government recently finished rolling out a centralised, unified client around all of their ministries and other institutions. Which OS? Guessed it, Windows 10.

    Dont get me wrong, having something like the French Police would be amazing, but the highly federal nature and old workforce of government make it super unlikely for Linux to have a proper chance. Taking into consideration the lack of suitable employees to drive forward such a change, the lack of money at local government levels and the fact that most of the specific software required doesn't have a version for Linux doesn't fill me with hope.

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    Foxy Friend

  • Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

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  • Samsung phones have a lockdown mode you can get to when you keep the power button pressed (like when you want to shut down). The legal situation is the same here in Germany - fingerprint unlock can be forced, regular pin or other measures not.

  • Is Lemmy growing or shrinking?

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  • Yeah, it's something I observed, too. I'm new here, coming from a STEM field myself - Many places give off a tech-elitist vibe, though.

    Customization options for Firefox get reactions like "nobody needs this". I like it here so far, but the tech-bubble is obviously super prominent here, and in many places it simply seems very "If you're not a tech-y don't talk to me because I know better". It's worrying because it will lead to people leaving again when they get the cliché reactions of "use Linux, don't use Windows" or "ewww, Reddit". People should be less hostile, but I guess that's just a problem of the Internet in general and doesn't just apply here.

    I hope to see it succeed, though!

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    Memories of a Winter Day

  • What todo app are you using?

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  • I use Amazing Marvin - super customizable to make your own workflow, so you can make it as simple or complicated as you'd like. Small team, but responds super quickly to questions and requests.