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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/
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I’m dialling in the new coffee grinder for espresso…
…and I love the results. I’m not a huge coffee snob but I am a huge coffee nerd and I find my fun in wringing the best coffee I can out of the equipment I have available — or that I can design & 3D print. The increasingly limiting factor for the past few years
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Google dodging huge financial penalties imposed by regulator for excessive blocking of legitimate content
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/russia-fines-google-decillion-youtube-lawsuit-b2638752.html A Russian court has fined Google $2.5 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube. The fine, which is the equivalent of $2.5 trillion trillion trillion, is the result of four years of accumulated fines, with the figure currently doubling every week under Russian law. …be honest, you thought this was going to be
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“There’s No Dublin Halloween Parade As Fake Website Causes Confusion” | …IS IT A CYBER ATTACK? IS IT AI?
Misinformation is perennial and human: From questions in online forums to TikTok Live streamers looking around Parnell Square, there’s been some confusion this evening over Dublin’s Halloween Parade. Unfortunately, people have been left “ghosted” by the phantom parade which seems to have all been part of an ad-revenue scam. https://goosed.ie/news/no-dublin-halloween-parade/