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datarat Feb 24

ultrageranium Feb 24

fuck off ai music

"welcome to the fuck off ai music movement
in this movement we believe that ai music should fuck off.
you are welcome to join if you’d like"

https://fuckoffaimusic.com

via la_mettrie on pmc IRC chan

fuck off ai music

fuckoffaimusic

datarat Feb 3

Show thread

Matt Blaze Feb 3

Scale of US elections:

51 states (and DC), each with its own election laws

Most ballot questions are for state and local offices and initiatives

~ 5000 local election administration jurisdictions (mostly counties and townships), which run election logistics

~ 115,000 local polling places, mostly borrowed for election day

~ 750,000 election day workers

~ 138,000,000 ballots cast in 2016, 82,000,000 of which at local polling places on election day.

datarat Jan 28

Norcal Gma 2 Jan 28

I had to spend hours on the telephone with the VA today.
Stitching the next towel was a good use of the hold time.
We will see if I accomplished anything except the stitching. They VA told me to check back in forty five days.
I was on hold for more than two hours but was afraid to give up my spot once I talked to a real person.
If I had to waste a day this windy rainy day was a good choice.

datarat Jan 27

OpenStreetMap Ops Team Jan 27

If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse

datarat Jan 25

Molly White Jan 25

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_detentions_and_deportations_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration

#USpol #USpolitics

Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

datarat Jan 21

@NorcalGma2 Thanks for the inspiration, I made scones! I had to use blackberries, but they were delicious!

My sister's making them next.

datarat Jan 20

Ethan J. A. Schoonover Jan 19

Hey #Seattle #bioscience people, my daughter (studying neurosci/biochem) is looking for a Seattle area on-site biosci/biochem lab work internship opportunity for this summer. She has a year of biomanufacturing lab work experience. Pls message if you know of something I could point her to!

datarat Jan 17

daniel:// stenberg://Jan 17

$ git log --author="Daniel Stenberg" --oneline | wc -l
20000

datarat Jan 17

evacide Jan 16

Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan

Your Security Plan

Trying to protect all your data from everything all the time is impractical and exhausting. But, have no fear! Security is a process, and through thoughtful planning, you can put together a plan that’s best for you. Security isn’t just about the tools you use or the software you download....