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Grant_H 4h ago

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Neil Brown 5h ago

It is as if the "old magic" has got lost in a sea of "cloud" and "node" and "react" and the like.

Putting files of text on a webserver, and hosting it, is so old fashioned, so ancient, that it is almost inconceivable.

Grant_H 4h ago

Jonathan 8h ago

Good evening from East #Africa

Google is up to more shenanigans (https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/gemini-phone-access-update), time to switch to free open alternatives:

GOOGLE ANDROID ALTS
@e_mydata & @murena
@volla
@iode
@nitrokey
@openandroidinstaller
@GrapheneOS
@calyxos

GMAIL ALTS
@Tutanota
@fastmail
@hellomailo (in French)
@mailbox_org (in German)

GOOGLE DOCS / DRIVE ALTS
@nextcloud
@CryptPad
@CollaboraOffice
@ONLYOFFICE

GOOGLE PLAY ALT
@fdroidorg

GOOGLE KEEP ALT
@joplinapp

YOUTUBE ALT
@peertube

(news via https://eupolicy.social/@alderik/114765467397075662)

Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no

Google’s AI assistant is about to get full access to your calls, texts, and WhatsApp — even if you’ve disabled activity tracking.

Laptop Mag

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Grant_H 8h ago

@gutenberg_org @futurebird
This is a really accessible article on a complex topic. Possibly useful to all high school maths teachers, as it answers the question "why" we need them.

Grant_H 8h ago

Project Gutenberg 15h ago

Imaginary numbers are real

These odd values were long dismissed as bookkeeping. Now physicists are proving that they describe the hidden shape of nature

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

https://aeon.co/essays/how-imaginary-numbers-describe-the-fundamental-shape-of-nature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2e24cba252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Mathematics - Philosophy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/17657

#Books #Mathematics #Physics

How imaginary numbers describe the fundamental shape of nature | Aeon Essays

These odd values were long dismissed as bookkeeping. Now physicists are proving that they describe the hidden shape of nature

Aeon

Grant_H 1d ago

tante Mar 31

The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.

You friend isn't just a thing to send you text, they're not a service. Being taught also ins't a mere service, it's a transformative experience that changes you and your teacher.

Grant_H 1d ago

Keegan Leech 1d ago

A (re)#introduction thread as I've switched servers. 👋

Hi, I'm Keegan! I live in #SouthAfrica & I'm a researcher at Africa Check. So you might see me posting about fact-checking and local news.

I'm much more likely to be posting about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, #StarTrek, books, and other interests.

I've got a personal site, where you can find my infrequent blog posts. Here's something I wrote recently about book covers that I was quite pleased with:

https://keeganleech.co.za/blog/book-cover-bias