I co-teach AP Computer Science A through Microsoft's TEALS program. The classroom runs on Chromebooks, Google Classroom, and code.org (AWS). Corporate infrastructure top to bottom. ...
This article reads like it was written entirely by AI, and I'm willing to bet the "Promt Author" won't deny this either given their promotion of AI. Its not just the em dashes, there's a particular AI vernacular that's becoming more and more obvious.
I don't disagree with the idea that we need to prepare our future generations for the rapidly changing world of technologies etc, but like most others in the comments, I'm sceptical about embracing these technologies without careful consideration for what it means for generational knowledge and human intelligence in general.
Unless I am blind or my search-fu is hugely failing me, I cannot for the life of me find any information on the recommended/minimum specs to self-host the matrix backend services. I'm trying to spin up a VM just to play around with it and see if I like it. Specifically, I'm looking at Synapse or Continuwuity. Any advice? ...
Yeah, true. But I saw people mentioning XMPP in the comments and thought the link might be helpful for some. It's not like it's wildly unrelated to the topic.. I stand by it.
Same. I moved from FM to Posteo (which is very cheap) AND Tuta. I use both email services for different uses. Tuta for more personal stuff like banking, medical, official gvt stuff like tax, vehicle registration etc. anything that requires my full identity. Then Posteo and Addy.io together for everything else. I never use my main posteo email address, I create aliases for everything. Am three services is only slightly more expensive than FM in total, but I feel it's a much more secure setup
I've baked into the settings for chat gpt to NOT compliment our praise me for anything. It'll still tell me I'm correct if I ask, but I rarely ask, because if you have to ask....
You can't give it custom instructions in the personalisation settings.
Mine are:
Use an encouraging tone. Avoid praise. Take a forward-thinking view. Tell it like it is; don't sugar-coat responses. Use quick and clever humor when appropriate. Swearing is caring.
The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party. ...
I hope that whoever eventually assassinats this man doesn't just shoot him in the neck, like Charlie Kirk. I hope they take their time to torture him. He deserves to die slowly and painfully.
I'm building OpenWatch, an open-source self-hosted video platform as an alternative to YouTube. It's designed for content creators who want to back up their content on their own infrastructure (in case of strikes) or for anyone who wants a personal video hosting solution. ...
Because we'll always be too scared to say no to the US. We're their bitch at this point. We're a little less loud than they are, but we're just as fucked up where it counts.
Something that has fascinated me is the idea that there are programs like the one I featured in this article: Songo#5. These programs turn the retro handhelds into portable, nicely made and tiny digital audio players. ...
SmartTube is a free and open-source YouTube client for Android TV and TV boxes. It removes ads, supports SponsorBlock, works without Google Services, and is designed for large screens and remote controls. ...
I don't usually have sufficient motivation to post much on any social media platform. This is rare for me. I am putting this out in the world in part hoping for some validation, in part hoping it sparks some kind of social action to save some semblance of privacy and dignity in this modern world. ...
You did the right thing, and you did it gracefully. I would have told them to fuck the fuck off, and probably would have reported them to the department of consumer affairs and to the fair work commission (aus)
Under capitalism, a lot of the time, highly dangerous jobs are also highly paid. Kind of a balance that the individual decides to engage with. Same idea behind getting an advanced degree in STEM or law. I think of my job by example, I'm a power plant operator at a large combined cycle plant. No fucking shot I'd be doing this if ...
Very basically: communism is not “everyone gets paid the same” and it is not “no hierarchy ever.” You can still have inequality in income, status, or lifestyle. The core difference is where that inequality comes from.
Under communism, the means of production are collectively owned, so no one gets rich purely by owning things other people have to use to survive. You do not get passive power over others just because your parents did well or you happened to own capital first.
The baseline is that no one is excluded from basic human needs, food, housing, healthcare, education, safety. That removes the permanent underclass capitalism reliably produces. From there, differences in pay or quality of life can exist based on contribution, skill, responsibility, or scarcity, but they are not allowed to snowball into dynastic wealth and structural domination.
So yes, different jobs can lead to different standards of living. That alone is not capitalism. Capitalism specifically requires private ownership of productive assets and wage dependence. If everyone has equal access to opportunity and no one can hoard power across generations, you do not end up with the same class system we have now.
The honest answer is also the boring one: real-world implementations vary, some badly, and no system guarantees fairness automatically. Communism is about reducing structural exploitation, not pretending humans stop being human.
People saying “everyone will just do awful jobs out of pure love” are overselling it and hurting the argument. Incentives still exist. The difference is that survival is not used as the incentive.
TLDR: Capitalism uses deprivation as motivation. Communism tries to remove deprivation first, then argue about incentives afterward. Whether that succeeds is the real debate.
Damn, that's expensive. Did you get a general anaesthetic? I got mine done in the chair under local anaesthetic only. Was roughly $500 AUD which I'm guessing would be just under €300 roughly
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While I agree that copilot is AI slop garbage, this article is kinda rage baiting... Like, who gives a fuck if they redesign the UI... It's what they do every few years. This isn't about copilot replacing edge. It's not even about microslop adding more AI to the browser (although they probably will). This is specifically about a new design language. Take the AI out of the equation and the redesign isn't all that controversial.
I started my self hosting journey a bit over a year ago. Now I host and maintain multiple services for me and my family. 1000% absolutely could not have set it all up without ChatGPT. Just no way.
Thing is, I'm not a computer beginner. I'd confidently say I'm a moderately advanced computer user with a decent understanding of Linux/BSD and POSIX shell. I used ChatGPT to learn how to set things up gradually. Yes, things did break a couple of times and I spent a few late nights fixing them, but I never ran commands that I knew were irreversible until I fully understood what they did. This cautiousness comes with experience.
So, unlike many, I do encourage the use of ChatGPT for assisting with computer related projects, just know your abilities and don't trust the robot unconditionally.
Totally agree. The docs don't talk back and can't clarify specifics or uncertainty. I always read the docs first (probably should have noted that in my first comment), but often I'd have specific questions or concerns regarding unintended affects on other services on my sever etc.
I'd never JUST run with AI to set something up. But it's like having someone sit with you who knows what they're doing, but dont know anything about your existing setup. So asking questions while also explaining my current setup, and pasting in and errors or warnings, is what made it useful for me.
I know some people think you should just learn from docs alone. That's fine. My anecdotal comment was only highlighting how I was finally able to do something outside my knowledge and skillset because I had specific contextual help from AI.
‘But there is a difference between recognising AI use and proving its use. So I tried an experiment. … I received 122 paper submissions. Of those, the Trojan horse easily identified 33 AI-generated papers. I sent these stats to all the students and gave them the opportunity to admit to using AI before they were locked into ...
The article‘s author, Will Teague, with his cat, Persephone ’Dots‘ Teague
People aren't going to college to learn anymore, they're going to get a degree, so they can get a job, so they can afford rent and food. An over generalisation sure, but probably not far off the truth
20 Years of Banning Phones. We Don’t Have That Long for AI. ( pulletsforever.com )
I co-teach AP Computer Science A through Microsoft's TEALS program. The classroom runs on Chromebooks, Google Classroom, and code.org (AWS). Corporate infrastructure top to bottom. ...
A Potentially Infinite Number of AI Homer Simpson ‘Cover Songs’ Have ‘Poisoned’ Soulseek ( www.vice.com )
What's your laziest or most ridiculous automation?
Democrats Have A 2028 Problem | Hasanabi Reacts to Vinay Raniga ( youtu.be )
Hasan reacts to a video about the Democrats and their failure to properly capitalize on the momentum of the recent years
System requirements for a Matrix server?
Unless I am blind or my search-fu is hugely failing me, I cannot for the life of me find any information on the recommended/minimum specs to self-host the matrix backend services. I'm trying to spin up a VM just to play around with it and see if I like it. Specifically, I'm looking at Synapse or Continuwuity. Any advice? ...
Bitwarden 2026 Data Privacy Week survey results
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‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas ( www.nytimes.com )
The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party. ...
Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages. ( cdn.imgchest.com )
Just, wtf
Building OpenWatch: an open-source alternative to YouTube ( github.com )
I'm building OpenWatch, an open-source self-hosted video platform as an alternative to YouTube. It's designed for content creators who want to back up their content on their own infrastructure (in case of strikes) or for anyone who wants a personal video hosting solution. ...
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data ( www.biometricupdate.com )
Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley
Something that has fascinated me is the idea that there are programs like the one I featured in this article: Songo#5. These programs turn the retro handhelds into portable, nicely made and tiny digital audio players. ...
SmartTube — an Open-Source Alternative to the Official YouTube App on Android TV (Security Update Included) ( sh.itjust.works )
SmartTube is a free and open-source YouTube client for Android TV and TV boxes. It removes ads, supports SponsorBlock, works without Google Services, and is designed for large screens and remote controls. ...
Dim — Self-Hosted Media Manager for Organizing & Playing Your Own Library
'Signal' President and VP warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare ( coywolf.com )
Direct link to CCC video of talk: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-agent-ai-spy
What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
ICE agent shooter’s own cellphone video undercuts Trump administration's account of Minneapolis killing ( www.advocate.com )
“Fcking bitch,” Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, says in the video.* ...
I just halted a job interview process - due to self respect.
I don't usually have sufficient motivation to post much on any social media platform. This is rare for me. I am putting this out in the world in part hoping for some validation, in part hoping it sparks some kind of social action to save some semblance of privacy and dignity in this modern world. ...
Police Kicking Over Memorial For Renee Good. ( i.imgur.com )
Under communism, what incentive is there to pursue highly dangerous or specialized fields?
Under capitalism, a lot of the time, highly dangerous jobs are also highly paid. Kind of a balance that the individual decides to engage with. Same idea behind getting an advanced degree in STEM or law. I think of my job by example, I'm a power plant operator at a large combined cycle plant. No fucking shot I'd be doing this if ...
'Not about condoms': Chinese shrug off contraceptive tax ( www.manilatimes.net )
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postmarketOS is genuinely amazing on ultra low end PCs (details in the post) ( feddit.org )
https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/dbf007d2-d9af-4190-ba8b-dc9e7cfecb8d.webp ...
The Bat-Woman - Albert Joseph Pénot (1890)
ChatGPT fried my drive!? [Solved]
Did I just brick my SAS drive? ...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog ( www.techradar.com )
Mozilla Names New CEO, Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser" ( www.phoronix.com )
Mozilla Corporation has named its new CEO in replacing interim CEO Laura Chambers. ...
When both say “I love privacy”
Are you?
I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating
‘But there is a difference between recognising AI use and proving its use. So I tried an experiment. … I received 122 paper submissions. Of those, the Trojan horse easily identified 33 AI-generated papers. I sent these stats to all the students and gave them the opportunity to admit to using AI before they were locked into ...
Art & writing
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WHY THIS $12 Aliexpress Module is FANTASTIC? ( youtube.com )
Promised myself I will support them after they go stable. They kept their promise and so did I
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What are you all using for a 2FA token manager?
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