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Hey, do you remember when the Trust & Safety community used to believe that ‘election interference’ was how people like Trump got elected?
Those were good times. We had faith in humanity, and optimism. We believed in the natural state of democracy. It’s sad we were so collectively naive. Antoine de Gunzbourg’s post is sobering reading and we should hold ourselves to account: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7259850254215266305-hPEM For those who don’t want to or cannot face the clickwall, an extract: 1)
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Australian Government demands that SOCIAL NETWORKS MUST COLLECT EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN (HT: @eSafetyOffice)
Break out the popcorn, folks, this state-mandated privacy disaster should be fun to watch; the last time I saw regulation proposed as crazy as this it led* directly to the Cambridge Analytica debacle — not to mention the general increased risk of data breach everywhere. Australia plans social media ban for under-16s Australia’s government says it
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Swiss Cheese Mono Font | …finally, a replacement for comic sans?
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1820769905/swiss-cheese-mono-font Via https://www.threads.net/@robmeyerson/post/DB-oo7xRQiV
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If you like spicy ginger beer, try Belvoir Ginger Cordial diluted with carbonated water (HT: @belvoirfarm_uk)
I tried this as a hack and it works amazingly well, nicer than a lot of commercial ginger beers I’ve bought. Adjust ratios to taste:
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Once Linux’s Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices | FOSS Force
This was a wild time to be alive, especially in comparison to where we now are: The man who, as president and CEO of SCO, attempted to sue Linux out of existence died a month and a half ago with little notice by the Linux and open source communities. https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices/
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Finally we are combating bad actors spreading misinformation with good actors spreading information
Harrison Ford Endorses Harris: ‘We Need a President Who Works for Us All’
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Sir Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch to become Penguin Classic
Wow. https://terrypratchett.com/news/terry-pratchett-penguin-classic/
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All these people asking “can my husband find out who i voted for?” — yet we’re still supposedly having a debate about messenger software giving people “too much privacy”
It’s true: the “voting” question is at the top of Google’s autosuggest list, presumably because of the harm that Donald Trump presents to women’s rights — notably but not exclusively related to sexual health and abortion. Yet Civil Society — US and other — is willing to entertain the potential concept that people have too
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Exclusive: Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta’s Llama | …wait until Reuters discover that China use Linux, AES & TCP/IP too
File this under “all code is dual use” The researchers used an earlier Llama 13B large language model (LLM) from Meta … incorporating their own parameters to construct a military-focused AI tool to gather & process intelligence, and offer accurate & reliable information for operational decision-making. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/chinese-researchers-develop-ai-model-military-use-back-metas-llama-2024-11-01/