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Weanerdog

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Seeker of the truth. Amateur philosopher. Play games do stuff.

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Fury, to DuckDuckGo
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Is DuckDuckGo search down for anyone else?

Weanerdog,
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@Fury

Down in South Africa as well.

static, to random
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Password complexity has increased in the last decade or so and so has support for managing and entering them. A lot of websites have an "unhide" button, for instance, and some sort of complexity meter.

But not everything.

I just changed one of my corporate passwords on a browser-hosted RDP screen. So, Windows, basically. The passwords are now so long and complex the lack of an unhide button was a real problem! Took me 4 tries to change it (it was a few days from expiring, so I had to).

Weanerdog,
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@static

Copy it straight from your password manager. Not sure if that floating around in ram is a security concern though.

Hopefully the password manager has a password Unhide function that you can use.

KathyReid, to microsoft
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Why does want to implement ? It's not about images. It's about modelling what workers do on Windows, and then replacing them.

The most expensive part of a computer is the fallible feelings-filled unpredictable meat sack that operates it.

Google has YouTube, Google Photos, Maps, and a bucket load of search data, Google Analytics, advertising, as well as it's data (e.g. transcriptions). And a bunch of data from Android services. From this data they can model speech, model videos and model advertising systems, and how humans respond to them.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Amazon has Prime data, and a bucket load of compute. But no operating system data. They can build models based around e-commerce and advertising systems.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Meta has waves hands enough analytics to model human behaviour in the Metaverse.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Microsoft has GitHub.
Microsoft has LinkedIn.
Microsoft has SharePoint.
Microsoft has Teams.
Microsoft has Dynamics.
Microsoft has O365.
Microsoft has Windows telemetry data.

Microsoft can model what people do on (Windows) computers. Like fill out spreadsheets.Write emails. Synthesize web pages of research. Interact with colleagues on Teams. Create and edit documents.

Microsoft wants data so they can model what people do with operating systems.

Then replace them.

Imagine a CoPilot that doesn't just write buggy code. Imagine one that also does spreadsheets. That creates documents on SharePoint. That communicates with colleages on Teams. That has a customer pipeline on Dynamics.

That's what Recall is about - 360 degree surveillance of the worker, to model their functions, make them fungible, replicable - and replaceable.

Weanerdog,
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@KathyReid

AI training on porn, so much porn.

Prepare for some delightful AI PowerPoint presentations.

vagina_museum, to random
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More and more at-home microbiome testing kits are popping up on the market, sold directly to consumers. There hasn't been much peer-reviewed research into them yet, so let's take a look at a recent paper by Diane E. Hoffman and colleagues to find out what's known... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4271

Weanerdog,
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@vagina_museum A question. I'm from South Africa so young ladies get German measel booster shots around 15 or 16 at school. So I was wondering and discussing with my wife why boys and girls don't get HPV shots at school at that age? Seeing as vaccinations have a precedent.

I was wondering if HPV vaccines were available in schools in first world countries? I am assuming you're in England.

arstechnica, to random
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Daily Telescope: The oldest merger of two black holes to date

Webb wows us again.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/daily-telescope-the-oldest-merger-of-two-black-holes-to-date/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Weanerdog,
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@arstechnica

So does the mass of the black hole increase to the sum of the individual blackholes? What about the surface area of the event horizon what happens to that area, as that is where the information is supposedly held?

BenjaminHCCarr, to Dogs
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#Microplastics found in every #human #testicle in study
#Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in #sperm counts in men around the world
Scientists tested 23 human #testes and 47 from #dogs. They found microplastic #pollution in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs' testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

Weanerdog,
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@BenjaminHCCarr

I seriously need to consider reducing my microplastic intake. Any missions to Mars looking for a crewmate.

Weanerdog, to random
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I was going to do a but actually post on a thread and then remembered that I wasn't an arsehole and the details were really not that important.

lanartri, (edited ) to random
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Weanerdog,
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@lanartri such a powerful picture

Weanerdog,
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@lanartri I can only admire the woman of Iran and how they are fighting for their personal freedom.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’d like to see a show that takes place in a library.

Weanerdog,
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@StillIRise1963 If memory serves Community takes place mainly in a room within a library.

I know that's not what you mean but yes a show showing off the actual awesomeness of a library in a cool, funny way would be awesome.

Weanerdog, to random
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Does anyone know of an NGO that collects physical porn for poor people who don't have data? Um... Asking for a friend.

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all I just made myself feel so old, hubs looked up top 100 music from 2001, 2011, 2021, and today and the amount of music I could recognize decreased by significantly. I recognized probably 70% of 2001 and decreasing as I went on. BUT I blame the internet, I can listen to exactly the kind of music I want with no dependence on the radio, but also I'm old!

Weanerdog,
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@not2b @mentallyalex @RickiTarr

Classic is fine. Oldie is just mean :bd19:

RickiTarr, to random
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People with Anxiety: No worries.

Also People with Anxiety: Imagining every scenario where they need to worry.

Weanerdog,
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@RickiTarr

No, no, no. We imagine way more scenarios than only the ones we need to worry about.

Hell, I worry about shit I've done in alternative realities.

Or about paranormal things.

#ActualAnxiety

Actually that's one of the reasons that I very seldom post something and only do replies.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is the thing(s) that attracts you to a person romantically or otherwise?

Weanerdog,
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@RickiTarr

Emotional connection. I suppose I consider myself Demisexual.

Boobs are also nice.

DharmaDog, to Neuroscience
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#Caltech #neuroscience
"Scientists have made 'significant' strides in the field of reading people's minds."

NDTV:
Scientists Create New Tech That Can Read People's Mind With Shocking Accuracy

"The region of the brain that Caltech team used was supramarginal gyrus - a crucial component for the understanding and processing of language."
https://www.ndtv.com/science/scientists-create-new-tech-that-can-read-peoples-mind-with-shocking-accuracy-5661141

Weanerdog,
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@DharmaDog

Well mathematically I'm just a conscience formed by stray atoms and none of this has ever existed.

So good luck reading that.

Also I don't language so good.

FiStitchWitch, to random
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Ah nothing like someone saying "have you tried not being depressed?"

Like magic, I'm cured, all is happy and wonderful.

😑

Weanerdog,
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@FiStitchWitch

It's all in your head.

HadasWeiss, to random
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i wrote "circle back"

Weanerdog,
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@HadasWeiss

Terrible saw for cutting through bone. Hacksaw would probably be a lot better.

Weanerdog, to random
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@Melissabeartrix

Happy Birthday I hope you have tremendous fun with all the presents you bought yourself.

Hugs 🫂

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm going to ramble a bit, but it will hopefully come around to something. When I was growing up, I read a lot of older historical book series, a big one would be the Little House On The Prairie series. While I really enjoyed it, there are some very obviously negative portrayals of Native Americans and African Americans. I remember being angry about it as a kid, and my Dad telling me, that part of learning about history is that we have to acknowledge the people we were, and still are. But because Little House on the Prairie is only semi-autobiographical, I still have mixed feelings about this. I do think they are well written books by a female author, an interesting perspective on early American life, and as an adult I can see and acknowledge the issues with the text. If we try to get rid of every author with racist ideas there wouldn't be much left to read from the 20th Century, and it also feels like being dishonest about who we are. So, I'm very mixed, how do you all feel about it? Do you think children can handle books with racial issues like this if it's explained to them? What is our responsibility here?

Weanerdog,
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@RickiTarr That's quite a topic. I think that POC should be in charge of the narrative. I think they should determine how their story is shared and told.

Weanerdog, to Goth
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Went for a pedi and asked for black nail polish. Today I released, while in the sun, that is actually just very dark blue. There goes my Goth street cred.

#goth

Weanerdog, to random
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Genocide is not Okay.

Genocide is never okay.

Genocide is evil.

People supporting genocide are evil.

How in this day and age does this need to be said.

#genocide #freepalestine

Melissabeartrix, to random
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I have been given some sad news, JK Rowling is still alive ... 😭

Hugz & xXx

Weanerdog,
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@Melissabeartrix

That Stupid TERF.

I know a bunch of queer people who through her Harry Potter books felt included and seen.

And them the betrayal just floored them. The magic was gone.

I hate what see did to beautiful, amazing, awesome yet vulnerable people. Fucking bitch.

Godfrey642, to australia
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Same sex parenting.
Sydney councillor Steve Christou has moved to ban childrens' books in Cumberland council libraries talking about same-sex parenting, despite contravening Australian anti-discrimination laws. Christou claims he has widespread support of parents.

Caroline Staples, a local mum and grandmother, has a petition to prove him wrong at Equality Australia.
👇👇👇
https://equalityaustralia.org.au/our-work/areas-of-work/cumberland-council/
Please sign ASAP and boost widely to prove Steve Christou wrong.

See Guardian Australia for article. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/08/cumberland-city-council-sydney-steve-christou-same-sex-book-ban

#samesexparents #sydneygayandlesbian #australia #parenting #BookBans #australianews

Weanerdog,
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@Godfrey642 Can I sign it even if I'm not in Australia?

argumento, to Palestine
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Israel apologist are either morally bankrupt or simply brainwashed by propaganda.

NOTHING justifies a genocide.

NOTHING justifies apartheid.

NOTHING justifies ethnic cleansing.

NOTHING justifies settler colonialism.

@palestine @israel

Weanerdog,
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@justicesandwich

Yeah I get that. Before WW1 that area is part of the ottoman empire. And does not have many Jewish people living there. I'm fact that area didn't have many Jewish people living their for centuries. After WW1 the ottoman lands are divided amongst the "Allies" and Britain gets Palestine. They vacate the land in 1947. After it was designated a safe space for Jews after the horrors of WW2. I think that to deny the Jews access to their holy land after WW2 would have been cruel and unusual. Of course the Arabs did not feel the same way and felt that the Palestinians had land taken from them on an arbitrary basis.

In 1947 when the UK left Palestine they carved it up. The commissioner who did this was Jewish so their is always the argument that it was biased. I cannot say if it was out it wasn't. But the Arabs then started attacking Israel. And Israel defeated them but they also took Palestinian land. They have been for the last 77 years slowly taking Palestinian land and have had Palestine under siege.

So I agree that the Jewish nation has been under attack for most of the past 3000 years. I agree that that is unacceptable. I agree that they have despite all that managed to make a home for themselves. But a large portion of that home they have done to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them. I'm fact they have done it better. They didn't learn compassion through those ordeals. They learnt how to better the strategies used on them.

Palestine existed. The people were there for centuries. You can't deny their right to life, to land, to self government.

Hamas is the difficulty In the situation. Their terror attack was a heinous act. I live in South Africa growing up benefiting from apartheid. When there were terror attacks it was reported very differently here and in other places. It was almost condoned or at least reported with a this is bad but understandable. For the record I don't like Hamas. I don't like their policies regarding their own citizens. I don't like their terror attacks. But if you are being pushed out by settlers and having military operations coming into your country and having suspects dragged out then maybe I can understand their decision. Again I would never condone it, it was a cowardly heinous act.

So TL;DR

Palestine was there for a long long time before the Israelis returned after WW2. And the Israelis have been taking land that was designated Palestinian ever since and besieging the land Palestine had left

Note I have not proofed this essay, neither have I fact checked dates etc. Sorry I'm tired.

Weanerdog,
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@justicesandwich

Also I don't understand why you are now using logical fallacies in your posts. The pivot of the argument, calling me names.

Like I am not going to engage if you continue using logical fallacies. I'm have assumed that you misunderstood my post on cognitive dissonance and thought I was assuming it at you. I wasn't it was why I seldom argue with people who have made up their mind.

Secondly, maybe you thought that the pivot from discussing people who condone Israeli actions to why Israel has recourse for its actions is appropriate. I have given you my answer on why people may think that.

If you truely believe that Israel is justified in it's actions please tell me do that I may block you. I do not want to have anything to do with people who think genocide might be okay.

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