We do not have much in common, you and I - still, this encounter feels special. I hope you will not mind if I consider you a friend.
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RTs are *absolutely* endorsements unless I'm arguing with whoever got RT'd in the replies - and sometimes even then.
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šļø A developer managed to reverse pixelation in video using FFmpeg, GIMP and edge detection - no AI involved.
By analyzing motion and edges across frames, they could reconstruct original content from blurred areas.
Itās a reminder: pixelation is visual, not secure.
š ļø Code & demo: https://github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI
#infosec #opensource #ffmpeg #linux #osint #devtools #technews
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (via https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-nightmare-u-s-funding-cuts-threaten-academic-science-jobs-all-levels)
Fuck this "you're on the wrong side of history" bullshit. How about "you're on the wrong side of now, mother fucker"?
Or how we used to say in the good ol' days, "you ain't right".
Elon Muskās Grok Identifies As āMechaHitlerā In X Posts
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/08/elon-musks-grok-identifies-as-mechahitler-in-x-posts/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Forbes Experts @forbes-experts-forbes
@evacide I've already removed Gemini via adb once. I'll do it again if it comes back after this forced opt-in.
I am not going to tell anyone that the Gemini app package is actually called com.google.android.apps.bard. I am also not advising anyone to follow these instructions:
1. Download and install ADB on your computer from the Android SDK Platform-Tools package
2. Enable Developer Options on your Android device:
3. Go to Settings > About phone > Software information
4. Tap "Build Number" seven times
5. Go to Settings > Developer options > USB debugging
6. Connect your Android device to your computer using a USB cable
7. Open Command Prompt or Terminal in the folder where ADB is installed
8. Verify the connection via command prompt or terminal by running the command: adb devices
9. Then run one of the two following commands:
adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.bard
Or
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.bard
10. Then verify the package has been removed by running: adb shell pm list packages | grep bard
The man who allegedly shot a Minnesota state representative studied at a Bible school linked to a movement that promotes the ā'Seven Mountain Mandateā' ā the belief that Christians should ātake dominionā over government, media, education, and other key parts of society.
The Seven Mountain Mandate calls on Christians to gain influence, or ātake dominion,ā over seven key areas of culture: religion, family, education, government, media, business and the arts.
To us, Upton's interview is basically incoherent gibberish, but we, the Mob, are not the intended audience. She's appealing to a different class entirely: the polite face of the right-wing culture war. She's pitching to British journalists, saying their talking points to them, meeting them on their patch. This is deliberate, because it is basically what PR people are trained to do!
And ultimately, I suspect she's succeeded at that.
@stavvers @christineburns
There's this piece - which looks at the deeper shift in social norms.
I suspect social media has supercharged parts of this process (e.g. creating the moral panic).
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09579265221095407
@stavvers @christineburns If anyone has suggested reading, I am seriously interested in the topic of white fragility and what causes so many people to suffer from it. There was a popular book about it in the US, but the author was a white woman and got some significant criticism from the Black community, so Iām wondering if there are better choices.
I think about the arguments in Corey Robin's Reactionary Mind frequently.
"Historically, the conservative has favored liberty for the higher orders and constraint for the lower orders. What the conservative sees and dislikes in equality, in other words, is not a threat to freedom but its extension. For in that extension he sees a loss of his own freedom." ...
"Behind the riot in the street or debate in Parliament is the maid talking back to her mistress, the worker disobeying her boss."
@stavvers @christineburns It's not obvious to me why people like American football, or NASCAR, but it's clear that a lot of people do like it, that many of those people have strong feelings about it, and that I'd probably get a reaction by walking into a sports bar in Alabama and proclaiming my disdain for them.
Also, if I had a lengthy statement to make to the press the very next day, someone might, rightfully, believe that I did it knowingly so that I'd have a reason to be in the press.
@stavvers great analysis. Itās very interesting to watch these early sparks as the Fediverse gains mainstream cultural relevance for the first time.
Personally Iām baffled by Rpiās handling of this situation. I have no objection to the hire at all. Heck, I like that they want to stand by their employee! But their media strategy around has been astoundingly counter-productive.
And yes, as someone in the market for an SBC already frustrated by the supply chain, itās off-putting.
@stavvers you and aaron sorkin must never, ever be on the same plane - like the coke execs with the recipe.
(this is a reference to this scene from "the newsroom" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOlPsUbAHJo - in which basically the exact same sort of breakdown occurs)
When I first read the interview I made this. Still makes me laugh, although I can't escape the feeling it's probably faintly inappropriate somehow.
@stavvers So she confirms the cop is a cop is a cop who does cop things and will continue doing cop things like everyone is concerned about.
Definitely upped the suspicion factor of all this considering where RPis are used.
@stavvers a "surveillance officer getting drugs out of schools"
does that, uh, mean what i think it means
It will be interesting to see if the group of people sheās addressing with this is a relevant group to do business with for #raspberryPi
Or if burning the last bit of good will in this specific over here segment of makers and tinkerers will influence their over all business perspective on the long run.
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