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At least someone's Mom. On Mothers' Day 2024 I found gardens of sculptures and decorations filling 3 home lots in central Phoenix, AZ. Earlier I shared an iPhone shot of a side yard and this is one of the sculptures I was able to see inside the side yard. By Don Russell, an extraordinary Outsider Artist who doesn't sell his work. He just buys more homes there to be able to work on them and store them while his renters enjoy the atmosphere. #Phoenix#Sculpture#Wired#Metal#Mom
The new RedragonShop Eisa K686 Pro SE keyboard just arrived at my front door a few minutes ago.
This was sent to me as a review unit, so I'll be using it, checking it out and testing it over the next couple of weeks and then posting my review on the #AllThingsTech blog that you can view here:
A week or so later, one good thing about the #xz#backdoor is how it all pretty much played out on Mastodon and in the #fediverse. The discussion wasn't on #x or #twitter, not #facebook or #stackedoverflow or whatever. Analysis and investigation and discussion happened here on #mastodon. Even #wired magazine gave credit.
È anche questo un effetto del Digital Markets Act #DMA dell'#EU
È chiaro che un'operazione di questo tipo sia complessa (basta pensare alla gestione dell'#encryption), ma l'abbattimento dei #walled#garden e del predominio dei #gatekeeper è comunque un vantaggio per gli utenti
I have trouble believing there are people that believe the Earth is flat. Well, here are two experiments that normal people could perform to show it's actually a sphere. #physics#science#wired
1/2 #Cyberpunk / #SciFi stories where giant corps are more powerful than nation states have been my fav since I first read #CountZero (my first cyberpunk book ever). I never imagined this could ever come true in my lifetime but I'm not so sure anymore.
A Ferragosto la gang ha rivendicato la sottrazione di dati fiscali e dei dipendenti al gruppo controllato da Poste, chiedendo un riscatto. Ora ha pubblicato le informazioni
Inizia l'applicazione del pacchetto di regole per governare profilazione degli algoritmi, pubblicità online e contenuti illegali. Ecco come i grandi colossi del web si stanno organizzando per non prendere una multa
La gang Medusa rivendica una intrusione nei sistemi della società controllata da Poste. Rubati dati fiscali e dei dipendenti. È stato chiesto un riscatto per impedire la pubblicazione delle informazioni
#Pixelfed can import your #Instagram feed, via pulling in JSON archive. What is really useful is that the posts can be backdated with their original post dates, so that 1) it doesn't look like you've spammed a ton of posts and 2) proper historical context is preserved.
Why Mastodon account importing isn't done the same way eludes me, as it would alleviate a particular pain point of switching instances. Well done, Pixelfed!
"Happy people, the kind who eat sandwiches together, are boring. They don’t buy much. Their smartphones are six versions behind and have badly cracked screens. They fix bicycles, then they talk about fixing bicycles, then they show their friend, who just came over for no reason, how they fixed their bicycle, and their friend says, “Wow, good job,” and they make tea."
"The world they are invoking is one where (1) neoliberalism spread everywhere, and works great, (2) its benefits are widely distributed, (3) scientific and technological breakthroughs become easier and faster with time, and (4) on balance, none of those scientific or technological breakthroughs are used for harm.
OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets (www.wired.com)
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
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