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ranandtoldthat

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  • Volvo invented the three-point seat belt 67 years ago; now it has improved it

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  • It's an article published on ars technica, written by a journalist with more than a decade of experience writing about the automotive sector. Sometimes a story about a product is just a story about a product.

  • Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

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  • Duo enforcement, for example. It's pretty robust and hard to spoof. Some companies are willing to pay a lot of money to control their employees.

  • Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

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  • Some workplaces require chrome, unfortunately

  • Ian's Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoelaces

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  • I've recommended Ian's site to so many people over the years. Such a great resource for such a simple task.

    Personally I like Ian's fast knot. Took me a few days to master but I've been using it ever since.

  • This pig's bacon was delicious. But she’s alive and well.

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  • Restaurant at the End of the Universe scene is a bit different than what you describe, but yes it has something sort of similar to that.

  • FOSS Is Always One Maintainer From Collapsing

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  • It's not dead, it's run by Apache now. But LibreOffice is much more active and widely used.

  • Don't call it a Substack

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  • Yeah it's a blog platform that has a variety of functionality built in, including their big one: newsletter-style email subscriptions. Everything can be optionally paywalled by the blogger.

  • The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement

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  • Let them fight.

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    Intel could finally return to Apple computers in 2027

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  • Less clickbait and more reblogging, but yeah it's not a good piece. It attempts to set a little context but overall fails miserably to explain the complexities around this and fails to evaluate how much credence should be given to the original poster.

  • 14 days after his birthday, my dad died last night

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  • So sorry. Take care of yourself, and those around you.

  • They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real

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  • Never expect journalism from NYT. They exist to manufacture consent for the oligarchs. Have since the Iraq War days. Probably longer.

  • PDF annotator that doesn't overwrite the original PDF

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  • Pdf is more flexible than printing a doc. The format supports layers, so it would avoid losing information if it saves as a layer visible in the default view. This certainly matters in some cases.

  • Framework under fire for Omarchy/DHH/Hyprland support?

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  • When I criticize a fascist I can criticize that individual. When I want someone who advocates harm to be stripped of power, I can mean that person specifically. We absolutely must treat these people as individuals, but individuals can do bad things, they can be wrong.

    Just because the powerful encourage hate speech and violence does not mean that it's okay. Don't forget the solution to the paradox of tolerance: don't tolerate intolerance.

  • How Ruby Went Off the Rails

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  • Sounds like there's enough here to start a fork.

  • Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place

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  • They do still tend to ban hate speech. I didn't mention it because it's been like that since the start.

  • Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place

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  • Couldn't there be an association of professional societies that run their own mastodon instance and can control membership and federation?

  • Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place

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  • They banned a bunch of people including Jessie Gender (now reinstated) for mild criticism of the Harry Potter author.

    They banned people for posting old (public domain) short films for fictional violence.

    There was another ban wave when people were criticizing the hateful words spoken by that one guy who was violently killed.

    There's an explicit promise of an upcoming wave of noncon artists. (I'm personally not a fan of such art but don't think they should be banned)

    Some people have been reinstated, but the explicit focus on limiting speech has a real chilling effect.

    I'm positive I've missed some from longer ago.

  • Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place

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  • For real. They just can't stop banning people.

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    Josh Johnson - This Kind of Freedom Will Leave You Speechless

  • Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

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  • They've intentionally maliciously set up systems where "carelessness" leads to these malicious outcomes.

    It's not fail safe, nor fail secure. It's fail evil.

  • Politics @beehaw.org
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    "The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel" - Lindsay Ellis' in-depth analysis and call to action on Gaza

  • Music @beehaw.org
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    Understanding Even Flow - 12 Tone discusses homelessness by analyzing Pearl Jam