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I'd appreciate it if everyone could just stop burning fossil fuels, please. Thank you for your cooperation.

  • KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate

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  • Apparently there have been attempts to make a free OS based on Apple's kernel, but wikipedia mostly talks about them in the past tense. Too bad, it would've been good to have such an option.

  • The Japanese flag is a to-scale map of the solar system.

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  • Good luck using it to get from Jupiter to Haumea.

  • Password managers less secure than promised

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  • In reality the flash drive mostly exists to be an extra air-gapped backup.

  • Password managers less secure than promised

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  • end-to-end encryption enabled by default

    "By default" doesn't even seem good enough. Can you imagine making or using a password manager that isn't end-to-end encrypted? Why on earth would anyone ever do that? Anyway I'll stick with my encrypted text file on a flash drive.

  • Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting

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  • To whom it may concern: I'd prefer not to be impersonated by ghouls after I die, thanks.

  • What do you think life will be like in the future?

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  • My bold prediction for the near future: I will soon have my second cup of tea for the day.

  • KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate

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  • Like many, back when it was fashionable I was open to the possibility of that idea being correct and I guess it's still best to keep an open mind, but the results thus far suggest otherwise. Using Hurd is somewhat difficult for most purposes. Using cron rather than systemd timers on the other hand is much more pleasant and easy.

  • Why is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?

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  • Lemmings have always been well-known for running in herds.

  • KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate

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  • In that case there are alternatives for each component, most often more than one, though they may lack here and there some feature you believe to be indispensable.

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  • There isn't "an alternative" to systemd because nobody who hasn't drunk the kool-aid believes that anything like it should exist. The syslog, the cron daemon, the dns config, the log rotation, the ntp server, and even the init system should not all be part of one giant tangled mess of a project.

  • Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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  • That's a fine illustration of the problem, whatever it's properly called.

    Having paused to search the web I find that "ablation" according to wikipedia is a term used in AI since 1974. Arxiv.org has a recent paper talking specifically about "semantic ablation" which phrase it uses to describe an operation deliberately removing semantic information from an LLM's representation of a sentence in an attempt to see what purely syntactical information is left over afterwards, or something like that.

  • Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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  • I'm not sure if that writer gets all the details right when it comes to how it works, but I do like "semantic ablation." It's good to finally have a name for that after we've already seen so much of it.

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  • I like how the "FAQ" answers questions nobody was asking and accuses opponents of truth, freedom, and systemd of "decontextualising comments on merge requests" without mentioning what was actually said by whom in those merge requests so we could judge for ourselves. As a PR move to put out the flame war (which itself does seem really pointless) it seems counterproductive. But it looks like it's just another reddit post, not an official KDE policy statement or anything.

  • Looking for ML coders for help with open source/creative commons board game AI player logic.

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  • Have you thought of trying MCTS? It's a pretty easy algorithm to understand and was good enough to get computers playing Go up to the level where they could offer beginner to intermediate human players a satisfying game.

  • Community feedback request regarding Rule 6: "No Politics"

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  • It's possible to imagine people having good questions about US politics, e.g. something like "I'm considering running for this public office in this state, what do I need to know about x?" but good luck crafting a rule that allows that and not the worthless noise.

  • If a time traveller posts a video from future, it would probably be tagged as AI generated video

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  • Doubtful, even if it's not from far enough in the future that it's after the Butlerian Jihad.

  • Loudness war - A trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music, which reduces audio fidelity and—according to many critics—listener enjoyment. ...First reported as early as the 1940s

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  • It comes and goes. Youtubers seemed to be reviving it recently, no doubt spurred on by some kind of superstition about what The Algorithm wanted — to the point where Youtube itself was moved to step into the fray with its "stable volume" bullshit.

  • What's the thing you have deep knowledge of but never find a place to bring it up?

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  • The Principia Discordia. Just kidding, I bring it up like every five minutes.

  • The stupid train has left the station.

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  • I think the temperature of your shower might need adjusting.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    The main reason not to drive in the snow is the way other people drive in the snow.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    In terms of popular baby names, how long before "Rudolph" makes a comeback?

  • Rust @programming.dev
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    estimated audit backlog: 67560 lines

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Butter

  • dailygames @lemmy.zip
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    Squardle has a new game mode.

    fubargames.se /squardle/
  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Relativity

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Hard times for the Canadian auto sector, so they say.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Tune up. Drop in. Turn on.

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds

    www.science.org /content/article/neurons-can-communicate-hidden-network-nanotubes-study-finds
  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Nobody I know uses the word "numptious" any more.

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    4chan will refuse to pay daily UK fines, its lawyer tells BBC

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cq68j5g2nr1o
  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Learning on the job

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    In light of certain recent government regulations redefining "child" to mean anyone under the age of 18, I would like to propose that we should adjust other terms for people of specific ages to match

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Cyberastrology: The theory that if you know the exact network conditions at the time someone first connected to the Internet, such as ping times to the major servers of the cyberzodiac, you can

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Joint Call for the Withdrawal of Bill C-2

    pencanada.ca /news/joint-call-for-the-withdrawal-of-bill-c-2/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries

    citizenlab.ca /2025/06/a-preliminary-analysis-of-bill-c-2/
  • Librewolf @programming.dev
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    Browsers should probably just stop sending user-agent header at all, ideally.

  • Biodiversity @mander.xyz
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    Bat Appreciation Day: Protecting the Flying Mammals

    www.trvst.world /biodiversity/bat-appreciation-day/
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii

    www.reuters.com /sustainability/climate-energy/trump-cuts-target-world-leading-greenhouse-gas-observatory-hawaii-2025-03-11/
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    More carbon dioxide in oceans could harm carbon-eating microbes

    www.science.org /content/article/more-carbon-dioxide-oceans-could-harm-carbon-eating-microbes-speed-climate-change