szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

The V2 rocket was the first artificial object to reach outer #space. Its fuel was made from potatoes.

A book review of mine just came out. Buzz me if you're into the #BronzeAge in the countries around the #BalticSea!

https://shorturl.at/mnKOS

#archaeology

Germany's anti-discrimination commissioner says federal government should no longer communicate via platform X

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antidiskriminierungsbeauftragte-ataman-bundesregierung-sollte-nicht-mehr-ueber-die-plattform-x-kommu-100.html

“Memory-safe programs are all alike; every C program is unsafe in its own way”

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/10/11/how-i-made-a-heap-overflow-in-curl/

This is October Awareness Month

Please be aware: It's October

people have laughed (laughed!!) when I've suggested that privacy and security practices were important for activists and organisers, dismissing it as overkill in a relatively ~chill~ country like Australia.

but protest is *increasingly* being criminalised here and our right to protest is under threat. while obviously we can and should fight this, people can *also* do digital security community care and implement practical anti-surveillance organising tactics

Found in my archive:

Interviewer: What's your biggest strength?

Me: I'm expert in machine learning.

Interviewer: What's 7+9?

Me: Zero

Interviewer: No, it's 16.

Me: Ok, 16.

Interviewer: What's 10+20?

Me: 16

Not quite what I expected the result of this decision to be

Lol, it sucks when you have a fear of long words because the name of this phobia is called hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. 🤣

That word never gets used in formal writing though, the word they use there is sesquipedalophobia which is still a long word. 😆

I think we need a "slow software" movement.

We can look to slow food, Cittaslow (slow city), and other slow efforts.

We need to look "Generative AI" squarely in the eye, and run—not walk—the opposite direction.

We need to teach and advocate for software development practices which are *intentionally* easy to learn and require minimal maintenance.

We need best practices which encourage methodical longevity over quick band-aid fixes.

We need to put artistry over capital.

Will you join me?

One thing I hate about my phone and localization is that I get to pick ONE language. That's it. But I'm fluent in both English and Norwegian.

I don't want American apps in shitty translated Norwegian, I want them in native English. At the same time, I don't want my local bank, gym, metro etc showing me their dubious English translations, I want the native Norwegian.

But I can't choose this. I get everything in one language. And it sucks.

Don't forget to change your DNA when you learn it has been compromised.

@arstechnica @rysiek Small developers: Don’t build your software or business model on anyone’s AI model. When the music stops and the API is shut off you’ll be screwed. See also: Reddit, Twitter, etc.

Hell, I won’t allow myself to depend on any of Google services for anything important. Who knows when some product lead will get promoted or leave and that Google business will stagnate and die.

Wow. This email from a UK hospital instructs healthcare workers not to test for COVID because it might keep them out of work for longer. What happened to "do no harm"?

(Source: Prof. Stephen Griffin)

Thanks, California!

Right-to-repair is now the law in California

https://www.theverge.com/23910066/right-to-repair-law-newsom-california-sb-244

#RightToRepair #California #Law #TechNews

The first few years after I planted this highbush cranberry (viburnum), it grew well.

Then some beetles found it and ate every flower and leaf within a few weeks, for a few years .

I am amazed that it survived.

But this year, no bugs. I'm hoping a predator or parasite found them and the bush can resume growth.

There weren't many flowers but the birds got a few of these bright red berries, but maybe there will be more next year.