Kirk

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Is slrpnk.net down for everyone else too? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

It got cloudy

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced in c/[email protected]
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

First of all, you are on feddit.nl and cannot speak for"Lemmy". That said- if anything, "Lemmy" users should be supporting independent journalism like 404 Media.

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

It's to prevent scraping/harvesting by AI: https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

They do not ask for a phone number.

Linux Mint a PITA to install on Win 11 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It takes some doing, but you can live boot windows from a USB drive for those rare instances you need it. You can also just install it to a VM inside Linux. But honestly these days the times where you'll NEED Windows are few and far between (and getting fewer and farther).

Now that PewDiePie is on his Linux/engineering arc, could he help boost the Fediverse? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -4 points 18 hours ago

Not liking someone is not a good reason to root against decentralized platforms, IMO. The entire point of decentralization is that nobody gets to control the experience and who is/isn't allowed to participate.

Now that PewDiePie is on his Linux/engineering arc, could he help boost the Fediverse? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Unless he joins fedia.io you don't really get a say in what he does... kind of the entire point behind decentralization....

How will we deal with all the broken images? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It's also an avenue for attacks.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago

The growth of the network*

There are many platforms in the Fediverse. The fact that the network can survive the collapse of one platform is a strength of decentralization. The Lemmy/mbin/piefed universe can only ever be exactly as big as we, the users, want it to be.

Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

Ah yes, famous coward Harvey Milk /s

My N=1 SUV in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Greetings fellow /u/kirk, nice bike!

Teachers Are Not OK - AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching." in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I feel like teachers are going to have to set aside time for essay writing in class instead of as homework.

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Garbage In/Garbage Out: Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves (www.theregister.com)
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The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site (www.404media.co)
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Paul Davies - Packing for our longest journey (cosmosmagazine.com)
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A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming (futurism.com)
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The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free Library (thewalrus.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/canada
8 comments fedilink
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RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams (arstechnica.com)
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Researchers secretly infiltrated /r/changemyview with AI bots (www.nbcnews.com)
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Deep Space Nine season 2 appreciation post (startrek.website)
 

Been watching DS9 Season two and have been very impressed with the quality. I remembered it being "pretty good" but in my memory it was "the season with "The Circle" trilogy, "Melora", "Rivals" and "The Maquis", episodes and story lines that never really did it for me. I think that made me forget how many really good one-off episodes were also here, to name a few:

  • "Necessary Evil"
  • "Rules of Acquisition"
  • "The Alternate"
  • "Armageddon Game"
  • "Whispers"
  • "Paradise"
  • "Shadowplay"

All bangers!

Also I love how this season ever so slowly drip-drops dominion references culminating with the season finale "The Jem Hadar"

Wink

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"The problem I've found is that it's easy enough to create a Reddit clone using Lemmy, but getting people to actually use it is the issue." (www.reddit.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
10 comments fedilink
 

Someone should probably jump in and explain what federation means.

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Astronomers detect dimethyl sulfide on distant planet: "On Earth, the only known source of dimethyl sulfide is life." (www.nytimes.com)
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A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists! (old.reddit.com)
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Best/most seamless eReader for Wallabag compatibility? (startrek.website)
 

I have an aging Kindle and am looking for a new eReader to both read books and articles I've saved throughout the day. I use Wallabag to save articles. I like it over Pocket because it's better for paywalls because it fetches content directly from the browser.

I am leaning Kobo because of apps like Wallabako and KoReader (not exactly what that is yet but people seem to like it).

Anyone else have a similar setup or have any advice?

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