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Mostly a backup account for now, other @Deebsters are available.

  • xkcd #3090: Sail Physics

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  • I had tried that before (when posting manually) but didn't think it worked very well. I've edited it in to this post to test.

    It's also not technically the alt text, it's the title text, but I'm not sure many people care about the distinction.

  • Student Demands Tuition Refund After Catching Professor Using ChatGPT - Slashdot

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  • This is a great use of AI and it's caught some small errors like the wrong its (which is one I find distracting when reading). The editing is light enough that it's still your voice, just with extra punctuation and fewer typos.

  • Stop Internet Searching and Start Asking on Fediverse?

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  • You're right, and it's infuriating that the AI scrapers are just so lazy/incompetent that they do things like try to scrape every dynamic page of a git repo instead of just cloning it. Similarly, they could just connect over ActivityPub and it wouldn't have much more overhead than another private instance.

    There's Anubis which uses JavaScript to force browsers to do some work before they can access, but given how unpopular Cloudflare is around here, I imagine there'd be a lot of complaints if it was deployed on every instance.

  • Me can compooter

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  • On Friday I spent over an hour trying to fix my Firefox tabs - I could no longer drag them to reorder or to a new window, and ctrl-shift-T didn't restore tabs, but I could still do it via menus. I thought it might be something to do with the new tab-island stuff and tried FF safe mode, restarting computer, confirming about:config options, etc.

    Turns out my headphones were resting on my Esc key.

  • Would Vladimir Putin attack NATO?

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  • Coelacanth

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  • I had to look up the pronunciation: seel-a-canth /s ɪ́j l ə k a n θ/

  • Polar bears

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  • Calling something a "second storey" just sounds weird, although at least because they spelt it "story" we know they mean in the US sense.

  • My love - hate relationship with Xiaomi (reliability)

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  • Good to know. My old one was a Redmi Note 8 Pro and I miss the excellent camera (optical zoom!)

  • Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each other

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  • Culling took a real toll on the staff

    I can believe it, I would be surprised if some of them have PTSD from this, having to triage and kill most of those starving birds.

  • My love - hate relationship with Xiaomi (reliability)

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  • I think one of the ways they save money is using cheap wiring, so it gets hotter than it should. Also, no waterproofing - which is why I no longer have my Xiaomi.

  • My love - hate relationship with Xiaomi (reliability)

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  • My previous phone was a Xiaomi and I never managed to unlock it. It would fail to unlock and then there would be a random amount of time before you could try it again. After weeks of that I didn't want to have to set everything up again and just worked at removing all the telemetry and spying.

  • My love - hate relationship with Xiaomi (reliability)

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  • What makes you think they're complaining about the new legislation?

    The post contains a criticism, then says "however" followed by a positive. You've completely misunderstood it, from what I can tell.

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    How an AI Star Wars image has backfired on Trump and the White House

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  • I wonder if they asked for red in their prompt, or if the AI did it - and if it's the AI how much the red association is with evil vs Republican.

  • Trump ally Bukele reportedly set to arrest journalists who revealed his secret pact with gangs

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  • Mentioning Trump in the headline feels a bit clickbaity.

  • The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind.

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  • They're great for users, which is why Google and Apple are letting them die from lack of development so apps can make them money.

  • Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survival

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  • I agree that the executive pay is ridiculously high, but Mozilla does a lot more than fund Firefox. Off the top of my head, there's contribute to research and standards (occasionally standing up to Google and Apple), run MDN and similar sites, lobby for user-friendly regulations, fund other projects (maybe that's in the past?), and advocate without corporate bias.

    I know there's a Mozilla foundation and a Mozilla corporatilla foundation and a Mozilla corporation and I'm not clear which one does what tbh.

    From what I hear about the Firefox code base, I think the best thing we can hope for is at Firefox manages to hold on until one of the new browser engines is mature enough to take over.

  • I repurposed an old phone into a portable Atari 2600 for my mom

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  • It says it's wireless, but I'm not sure what it's using - I'm guessing something custom enough that the dongle is necessary.

  • rss feed

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  • wHAT WOULD rANDALL DO?

  • rss feed

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  • The caps lock makes sense! A key logger will get confused when you type your passwords in.

  • xkcd #3082: Chess Position

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  • I think it will be, thank you very much.