Saw this two years ago, it completely changed the way I understand the geopolitics of the last hundred years. And Curtis makes documentaries that feel like art, this one with fantastic archives from the BBC.

The fact that he’ll spend all his time playing golf or whatever will leave ample room for all his appointees to actually govern. It’s not Trump we should be worried about.

Except if it’s free software.

Old guy here. My advice: find something you really like and do that. Doing something you like multiplies by 10 the chance you’ll get good at it. You’ll have to try out a few things, which might give you the impression you are wasting your time; but it’s better to lose 3-4 years finding your way than burning up at 35 because you hate what you do.

Oh you sweet, summer child.

The fact that they didn’t even try to hide their ssid (or at least, the report doesn’t say they did) shows how stupid people can be with cybersecurity.

Aaaaand why would CloudFlare want to teach the computers to mimic mouse movements?

Oddly specific

Right now, France doesn’t.

Left wing parties made an alliance to defeat the RN but they didn’t get the majority, and Macron is trying to find a way to designate a PM from the center

There’s a special place in hell for you

Yeah every store values client loyalty, but pretending companies (e.g. Walmart for crissakes) want to be loyal to their customers should disqualify you from being called an “industry analyst”.

I think the most interesting thing in this article is the fact that some concepts central to semantics (analogy, connotation) or psychology (bias) kind of emerge naturally in multi layered neural networks of sufficient size. Also that it can sound like different personalities (overconfident, secretive, delusional) if you manipulate the weight or the proximity of features. I’d like to see the same kind of study but for midjourney…

I dunno, what do you think about this whole thing?

Accelerationism is like being on a plane and wishing it crashes when one of the engine fails.

What’s interesting about this device is that it (supposedly) learns how apps work and how people use them, so if you ask it something that requires using an app it could do it.

So while it might be “just an android app”, if it does what’s advertised that would be impressive.

Shortening rules actually make IPv6 addresses easier to remember than IPv4. Just don’t use auto configuration.

Oh man. California is a masterpiece. Musicianship is top notch, with so many different moods and styles, it’s like they had enough ideas to make 3 albums but somehow managed to cram everything into one.

Linux distros are maintained by people that want to create the best OS possible. Windows is maintained by a company that wants to sell you something.

In the last years I’ve tried Ubuntu, Debian, crunchbang and PopOS. A few months ago I asked IT if I could change the os on my company laptop from Windows 10 to Linux Mint. It means I have to stay outside the AD domain, but since almost everything (email, teams, OneDrive…) is available on the web, the only downside is not being able to use the wifi projectors. I can live with that. Mint is simple to use, easy on the eyes and stable as hell. And windows games run really well with proton, except maybe Starfield but I can wait :)

To me, people complaining about how hard it is to adjust to daylight savings time is the epitome of a first world problem.