Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of #England, was ritually executed OTD in 1661, more than two years after his death https://cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromwell/?s=mb #history

An obsession of mine is researching how countries handle threats of #food & #water insecurity.

#Germany for example, has secret locations in which it stores legumes, grains & milk powder.

#Finland has 6 mths of grain & fuel & a min. of 3 months of medicine.

In terms of water security, 9 countries in the #MiddleEast will have extreme lvls of water stress by 2040.
But this will also be dire for #Australia, #USA #China & #India.

What do other countries do? Educate me! :)

#crisis #offtopic

Today, #Say #Filidei with Dillon and #Hosokawa from #Vilnius https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/say_filidei_with_dillon_and_hosokawa_from_vilnius/79921/ #wch

ANALYSIS: North Korea is seeking to build 200 factories over the next decade as part of an ambitious local development plan dubbed the 20×10 policy — but finding the resources will be easier said than done.

https://www.nknews.org/pro/20x10success-crunching-the-numbers-on-kim-jong-uns-regional-development-plans/

It’s really annoying for the Windows File Explorer to calculate the size of a folder on a network-attached drive as if it’s a counter counting up to the total. 🙄

#UI #UX #tech #Windows

Happy Birthday, Fiona! https://crooksandliars.com/2024/01/happy-birthday-fiona?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Dragon spotting in Singapore: 6 places with dragon-themed decor to usher in Chinese New Year
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/dragon-themed-decor-singapore-chinese-new-year-4085441

Exclusive: AI chatbots take aim at human loneliness https://t.co/sIn1MBv56y

Austin Gave Poor Families a Basic Income. It Changed Their Lives
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a38nq/austin-gave-poor-families-a-basic-income-it-changed-their-lives
#ycombinator

Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use - Association of Research Libraries https://www.arl.org/blog/training-generative-ai-models-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use/ #AI #copyright #FairUse

China's Xi receives Taliban administration's 1st ambassadors to Beijing https://lemmy.ca/post/14413989

New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-glibc-flaw-lets-attackers-get-root-on-major-distros/

Bugs like this are why I *never* consider Docker, Kubernetes, and other containerization tools to be sufficient for running untrusted code, or to keep different customers separated. They are *not* security features. They make development and deployment easier and more predictable and that's *it*.

If you actually want or expect isolation, nothing less than a virtual machine is acceptable.

Alphabet just banked $3.0 billion by stretching the life of its servers - Q4 results reveal AI is the answer to – or the reason for – everything: a cloud profit, w... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/31/alphabet_q4_2023/

The CDC email said #measles cases often originate from #unvaccinated or undervaccinated people who travel internationally and then transmit the #disease to others who are not vaccinated against the disease.

“The increased number of measles importations seen in recent weeks is reflective of a rise in global measles cases and a growing global threat from the disease,” the email said.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/30/increase-measles-cases-unvaccinated-vaccine-misinformation-cdc

RFK Jr. is still drawing more backing from Trump donors, even as an independent (Jessica Piper/Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/30/rfk-jr-trump-donors-independent-00138723
http://www.memeorandum.com/240130/p103#a240130p103