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Deep Space 9, SE03E11

We are so damn close to having #Homeless #Concentration #Camps and DS9 almost go the year right....

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A question I think people ask not-often-enough about news based on anonymous sources/"leaks" is "what, exactly, does it mean that we are hearing about this at all?"

mastodon.social/@dangillmor/11…

in reply to ohmrun

The corollary of trying to answer this question is: oh shit I don't understand anything
in reply to ohmrun

@ohmrun Sure. But I mean, you can think about this in a straightforward, mechanistic way. If a reporter reports something, then someone told it to them. The person who told it to them, or gave them the document they read or whateverβ€” why did they do that? Sometimes this is not an interesting question ("it was on google"). but sometimes it is very interesting


If you have difficulty remembering to add descriptions on image posts, you can follow a special bot called "Please Caption":

➑️ @PleaseCaption

After you follow it, it will send you a DM if you post an image without an alt text.

There's more info on how to use it at:

➑️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-remember-to…

#FediTips #Accessibility #AltText

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in reply to toybox [fr]

Agree 100%, AI does not have awareness of anything so it cannot give context for *why* you posted that image. And the context is way more important than the content.

If people are able to add descriptions manually, they should do so.

If they're unable, they can use the tag #Alt4Me so those who are able can help in replies.

Also, AI is destroying the planet as it uses several times more energy than ordinary computing and is on course to be more polluting than all of aviation.

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in reply to Fedi.Tips πŸŽ„

I find it very helpful to be able to add (or amend) alt text later by editing a post, too.


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On Twitch delving into We got some stream changes to test! | WuKong | Tech, CyberSecurity, and Chill | Gaming on Linux. Dive with us: twitch.tv/chiefgyk3d πŸš€ #Infosec #Linux #Cybersecurity #Tech #Streamer


This is a very funny comment to have to put into the command line application I am writing


Hello! Feels like it's time to post some notes about hacking some of my older studio gear back into use with Linux πŸ™‚

I have a Frontier #Tranzport control surface.

Seems like Ardour had/has a native driver but it's gone from my Ubuntu distro version. Also it needs some kernel hack that I don't have.

So... I wrote an #OpenSoundControl bridge for it. #Ardour supports network control via this interface and it should be adaptable to other DAWs in future. Source here 😁

codeberg.org/slash909uk/tranzp…
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Also I have an Alesis #MultiMix8 USB2.0 which does stereo playback and 10 channel recording. Suffice to say it's not USB audio compliant! Linux has never had support for it..

Did some detective work with my bro @phlash and decoded the protocol it uses.. then wrote a #JackD audio bridge for it, no kernel hacks required 😎
codeberg.org/slash909uk/jackd_…

Video of both projects working (sorry for YT link, I've no peertube acct yet!)
youtu.be/NMxAYJowCi8

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Ratatui reached 3 million downloads on crates.io! πŸ¦€πŸš€

Who knew searching for cheese would take us this far? πŸ§€πŸ

Thanks to everyone who's contributed and supported us along the way! πŸ™Œ

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@Shobeck Yeah this is basically a real thing that happened but the beaver was me.


"GOP Gov. Mike DeWine told ABC News on Sunday that there is no evidence that immigrants in Springfield have been eating pets and that the conspiracy theories were 'garbage.'

'The Haitians who are in Springfield are legal. They came to Springfield to work. Ohio is on the move, and Springfield has really made a great resurgence,' DeWine said."

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Prompt Like a Data Scientist: Auto Prompt Optimization and Testing with DSPy - Applying machine learning methodology to prompt building by Julian Yip buff.ly/3y4fGfj


Well, it’s Monday again, which means it’s time for the Smash Hit Mastodon Moon Song for Mondays!
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It’s Always Monday On The Moon
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ffm.to/dgaritsalwaysmondayonth…

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Question how many people have installed Linux onto a tablet and how well did it perform?
#tablet
#Linux
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in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

In any case, the young targets of "age-gating" will always be by far the best sussed in finding evasive solutions & the real losers will be the older, least digitally-dextrous members of the population.
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

I want to read what you @eff think about mass assassinations using pagers. How comes that there is nothing to find on your website?


in reply to Tim Bray

Note too that the North Shore mountains are now clearly visible - the smoke has been blown away!



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