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kalkulat

@ kalkulat @lemmy.world

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Background in hard sciences, computing (FOSS), electronics, music, Zen.

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  • Which one of those guys is William Tell?

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  • My only 'smart' appliance is a desktop monitor ... and I re-pointed its 'report' feature to a non-existant URL. Want my data? Maybe, but they'll have pay for each bit.

  • 'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube could decide the fate of social media

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  • Wouldn't doubt it if they did market to kids. TV networks did it for decades, every Saturday morning, with no FCC challenges.

    PBS had services for children as well. Were Bert and Ernie or Mr. Rogers 'addictive'? I have no idea what YT for children is like, but I wouldn't have handed my kids over to them to babysit without checking them out ... frequently. Corporations exist for one purpose. Will government stop them?

  • David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News

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  • MTV was like radio was for decades before it came along. Black artists with great music and no hits would get covered by cheesy white artists like Pat Boone who got big hits. Baked into the system.

    Of course Bowie grew up in a place where the BBC handled alla that kind of sorting.

  • 'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube could decide the fate of social media

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  • "addiction in children’s brains"

    I don't think these corporations deliberately aimed their content at any age group. Kids are not ready for alcohol or cars or pron. Did the corporations care? Probably not. Would they have at one time, here in the US? Yes, back when legislators were answerable to their constituents. At one time the FCC worried about the lyrics in songs on the radio. The population was more uptight about it. Then.

    OTOH: I recall times when parents oversaw what their children consumed. They didn't need to buy them smartphones or laptops, and they could have enforced rulse on their use. Parenting isn't for everyone.

  • Trump says America should move on from Epstein - it may not be that easy

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  • LOL well CharlesDarwin, you know, they're too evolved for prison ... they just go hide somewhere until everyone forgets...

  • Trump says America should move on from Epstein - it may not be that easy

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  • But lots and LOTS of people are resigning their jobs around the world. The last one will be the, uh, cherry on top.

  • U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars

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  • "It’s bad for our industry, it’s bad for our country, it’s bad for consumers."

    I think they (accidentally, of course) left out the people that it's worst for.

    Once these guys are gone, where are the Better Business Bureaus gonna find smarmy guys in suits?

  • TIL "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston was a cover version

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  • Many dozens of major hit songs in the pre-Beatles 50s and 60s were covers of sons previously recorded by black artists. The covering bands & labels did not have to get permission to cover the songs ... the laws allowed anyone to record them it without negotiating a license, but still had to pay the statutory royalty fees.

    Before Alan Freed, black music was not played on most radio stations.

  • Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025

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  • From the article:

    "A total of 178 out of the 3,078 articles came back as flagged for AI ... About half of our staff spent a month during summer 2025 painstakingly reviewing the text from these 178 articles....

    Far more insidious, however, was something else we discovered: More than two-thirds of these articles failed verification. That means the article contained a plausible-sounding sentence, cited to a real, relevant-sounding source. But when you read the source it’s cited to, the information on Wikipedia does not exist in that specific source."

  • Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

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  • This is the guy who bankrupted 4 casinos. Clearly what he's best at.

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    Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/30/euro_firms_must_ditch_us/

  • Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit

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  • Cash they've got. Jail time for CEOs will work better.

  • Billy Bragg - City of Heroes (dedicated to the people of Minneapolis)

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  • Streets of Minneapolis — Bruce Springsteen (2026)

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  • Still Boss.

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    Seattle CHOP verdict: City must pay $30.5 million to family of slain teen

    www.seattletimes.com /seattle-news/times-watchdog/seattle-chop-verdict-city-must-pay-29-million-to-family-of-slain-teen/
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    Why Do Lawyers Want to Abolish ICE?

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  • because ... if we don't live by the rule of law ... they'll be out of work?

  • Alex Honnold free-solos Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan

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  • Crazy in the best possible way

  • Just a bit

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  • That's a classic and welcome comic style. Nailed it!

  • Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'

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  • Profit?

    Or, 'P' as in trickle-down?

  • Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'

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  • That's a really fancy way to say 'dumb terminals to the mainframe' ... only without wires.

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    Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/16/patch_tuesday_secure_launch_bug_no_shutdown/
  • Science Fiction @lemmy.world
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    The Empire Never Ended: Philip K Dick, Valis, and the Psychopathology of War

    discover.hubpages.com /religion-philosophy/War-Is-A-Racket
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    These glasses solve many central-vision problems. For $5000.

    lifehacker.com /health/esight-smart-glasses-ces-2026
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    Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems

    ethz.ch /en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/electrolysis-can-solve-one-of-our-biggest-contamination-problems.html
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    Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere

    spectrum.ieee.org /co2-battery-energy-storage
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    New quantum antenna reveals a hidden terahertz world

    www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2025/12/251213032617.htm
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    This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years

    www.theregister.com /2025/12/14/sphotonix_moves_5d_memory_crystal/
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    Replace your boss ... before they replace you

    replaceyourboss.ai
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Loose Wire on Containership Dali Leads to Blackouts and Contact with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

    www.ntsb.gov /news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx
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    220-ton flywheel generator in Germany

    www.ipp.mpg.de /4244138/generatoren
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    Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration

    interestingengineering.com /space/americium-could-power-the-next-century-of-space-exploration
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort

    www.404media.co /google-has-chosen-a-side-in-trumps-mass-deportation-effort/
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    The algorithm failed music

    www.theverge.com /column/815744/music-recommendation-algorithms
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    ESO captured shapes of a supernova exploding

    www.eso.org /public/news/eso2520/
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    German court: ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules
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    Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals

    www.forbes.com /sites/maevecampbell/2025/06/20/dyeing-for-fashion-meet-the-scientists-growing-colour-without-chemicals/
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    28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower

    supercarblondie.com /electric-motor-yasa-more-powerful-tesla-mercedes/
  • History @lemmy.world
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    The Grand Egyptian Museum is now open

    www.nature.com /immersive/d41586-024-01467-w/index.html