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@hannah@posts.rat.pictures
While this image might be getting less funny/popular over time, it made me think of the following one - that is growing more and more important every day.
#AI
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @drahardja@sfba.social
Food for thought: we live in an era where pizza delivery will show up at your doorstep sooner than the emergency services.
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@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @wendynather@infosec.exchange
Having worked for an international carrier I can confirm that the OSS stuff is completely bonkers.
Fascinating if you can stomach it, but not for the faint of heart.
These days I work in the energy transport sector.
Cow farts at 1200 psi and compressors of +20MW each, energy counted in TWh.
Mindset adjustment needed to grasp the orders of magnitude 😁
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @drahardja@sfba.social
On that topic:
https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/116977213830254458
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RE: https://dair-community.social/@alex/116977123749133116
I was a 911 dispatcher for a decade.
To really understand how absolutely terrible an idea it is to have AI answer 911 calls, I'll present you with a single real-life call:
Upon answer, the caller calmly began ordering a pizza. Large, pepperoni. Side order of chicken wings. To be delivered promptly.
The only sign the caller gave that things were amiss? She rather ignored the first few questions from the calltaker.
Because she was being physically abused, had already been beaten, and her abuser was *IN THE ROOM* listening to her order pizza.
Tell me how your AI is going to read between those lines.
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@wendynather@infosec.exchange @spiegelmama@infosec.exchange
Oh, you too ?
At the current rate I'm not far away of needing a new desk. Or forehead.
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@kajer@infosec.exchange @Viss@mastodon.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
On Ubuntu yes, but not on Debian - according to my experience and sources.
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @wendynather@infosec.exchange
The connection database of the carrier I worked at was *massive*.
From fiber patches in the DC over splices in the manholes to every single strand of wire on every single Krone block in the street cabinets was in there.
And if it wasn't, it was madness.
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @W6KME@mastodon.radio @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
*extremely* happy with my TS100 soldering iron. Up to 65W at 24V.
Typically set to 350°C here.
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@thomas@metalhead.club
The spam these days, it's bad 🙁
Hopefully we'll get some tools soon enough to fight back against these spammers.
The current recommendation is to switch to manual account approval, which just shifts the problem.
Tired of working in reactive, fire-fighting mode.
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @croyle@wandering.shop @W6KME@mastodon.radio @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
Friends don't let friends use RG58.
Any antenna I buy that comes with an RG58 lead gets a brand new Hyperflex 5 or 7 one.
Otherwise I've pretty much standardized on Hyperflex 10.
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@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
I am pumping as fast as I can !
(this is not a joke)
Current situation of supply and demand result in exceptionally low transit volumes.
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@Viss@mastodon.social @kajer@infosec.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
AFAIK snapd isn't installed by default on Debian ?
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@thomasmey@social.tchncs.de @nblr@chaos.social
Tech enthusiasts: my entire house is smart enabled and everything is cloud connected!
Actual tech people: the most advanced piece of IT tech is my printer and I have a shotgun ready in case it suddenly starts making funny noises.
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@stux@mstdn.social
Horrible how many bots are signing up lately 😞
Movie of the day:
Jesus: The Original Zombie
Happy Easter folks 🙂
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@Kiki@jsemholkacz.todon.de @czarbucks@vmst.io
They're Americans, be very careful when even _thinking_ "they can't be that stupid".
Before you know it one replies with "hold my beer".
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@Gargron@mastodon.social
If memory serves me well, my first browser was Netscape - guess my age 😉
Briefly used Mozilla and Opera but Firefox has been my dominant browser after Netscape ever since.
I'm not liking certain decisions within the Mozilla group, including the AI hype, but so far I'm sticking to it.
Public service announcement:
⬆️ ⬇️ : this is fun
⬅️ ➡️ - ➡️ ⬅️ : this is not
Those with a sexy imagination* will understand.
😇 😁
* : sometimes also called a "dirty mind".
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@hedders@mas.to
I feel seen.
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@Gargron Darn, the cherry blossoms mugs were sold out between adding one to my cart and proceeding to checkout :(
Two questions:
- will the big plushy become available again?
- would it be a practically possible option to buy & pay merch in the shop and pick it up at eg FOSDEM instead of having it shipped?
Since the shop is likely operated by an external party, the latter option might be tricky.
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@janrosenow@mastodon.energy
Estimations state that consumption of natural gas goes to the power sector (45%), fertilizer sector (35%) and others (20%).
It's the 2nd sector that triggers me, as ~80% of the gas there is used to make ammonia (using gas as a source for hydrogen) and eventually fertilizer.
This (and certain other chemical processes) are extremely hard to electrify.
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@janrosenow@mastodon.energy
Green hydrogen and ammonia are the latest magic words to tackle those, but they require vast amounts of (green) electricity while conversion efficiency is still subpar.
Making green electricity, converting that to green hydrogen to convert that into green heat (essential part of most or many processes) is an idiotic plan if the storage & transportation cost savings of hydrogen don't outweigh the conversion cost + storage & transportation cost of electricity.
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@janrosenow@mastodon.energy
To conclude: yes, a lot of fossil energy is currently wasted and large gains can be made there.
While replacing it with renewable energy (that essentially boils down to electricity) might be technically possible, conversion losses are so gigantic that in reality it's not (yet!) feasible.
Unfortunately, things aren't as evident or easy as they seem 😟
We need to drastically re-invent habits and processes that have been in development for +100 years.
That won't happen soon.
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@mozillaofficial
On my way !
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@nblr@chaos.social
I know that one with the "*that they look forward to the trip" variant.
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@peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe
We'll have to see where it goes but since so many other distros have already embraced AI, I don't understand why Debian is now receiving so much backlash.
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@janrosenow@mastodon.energy
First of all I'd like to state that I'm not here to refute or argue with your hypothesis (even though I have my reservations), just to share my own thoughts and concerns.
Firstly I'm baffled by the vast amount of rejected energy in the diagram (mostly waste heat) and I assume the industry has or will take measures to recuperate the majority of that.
Secondly the amount of natural gas and petroleum going to industry seems way underestimated compared to the other targets.
(cont.d)
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@ut3usw@mastodon.radio
Obligatory shoutout to @foone@digipres.club 🙂
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@Gargron@mastodon.social
This must be my queue to stock up on some of these goodies.
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@Gargron@mastodon.social Ah, bummer.
But good to know, so I don't go there expecting to drive home all stocked up and be disappointed.
Hopefully the shop will be replenished soon.
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social
I see what you did there 😉