Laurent

@lolopb
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Sarcastic & Apple Addict
GitHubhttps://github.com/laurentpertois
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We can say a lot about the Senate Launch System that launched the Artemis mission, and the Orion space craft, but the thing is that Space Karen isn't involved is a good thing. And Space Karen is what delays the landing: their lander is nowhere close to be functional.

#artemis2

If you needed any more reason to understand why people would vote for and continue to support the current American administration, read some of the replies to this post by a local Texas weatherman. 🤦‍♂️

And just like that, we discovered the most expensive Mac ever made

#mac #apple #macos #cray

“Apple Computer and Cray Research – some notes” https://cray-history.net/2021/07/16/apple-computer-and-cray-research-some-notes/

French Communist Party Headquarters designed in 1966 and not fully completed until 1980. The designer, Oscar Niemeyer, worked on it while in exile to France due to the military dictatorship in his home nation, Brazil.

Let's all come together as a community and help @siracusa through this difficult time.

https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac

It’s the end of an era: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued. It has...

9to5Mac

The "Conservatives" in the European Parliament, EPP, are trying to revert the vote by the European Parliament from two weeks ago, which had voted to stop #ChatControl mass surveillance. Big Tech was not happy about that vote.

A current state of exception to the EU's fundamental right to privacy online is set to expire on 3 April. An EPP spokesperson said: „We will do everything we can to prevent this“.

We need to push back against this. Contact MEPs and tell them to stop Chat Control for good!

I presented at the local planetary journal club this morning about the 3 articles I co-authored for The Conversation in the past weeks about the effects that one million satellites would have on the night sky, the atmosphere, and the orbital environment (spoiler alert: all very very bad)

https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366

https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430

And one on light pollution that I thought would get published today but might not be out until after the weekend.

A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’

Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.

The Conversation

Any journalists want to write an article about all the environmental costs of the more than 10,000 Starlinks that are now in orbit? All I'm seeing are breathless articles mindlessly worshiping That Awful Billionaire for crossing the 10,000 satellite mark.

Every single one of those will come down in an uncontrolled reentry. That's a lot of metal in the atmosphere, and a lot of dice-rolling to see if any more pieces will make it to the ground.

SpaceX is truly awful.

Je dois vous partager une info qui est vraiment folle ! 🤯
J'avais un adaptateur #Apple mini DisplayPort vers #DVI Dual-Link (un #accessoire à 99$ sorti en octobre 2008). Cet adaptateur a eu des soucis de #firmware qu'Apple a corrigé. On pouvait faire changer l'adaptateur pour en avoir un avec le nouveau firmware (https://support.apple.com/en-us/101448).
Cet adaptateur n'est plus vendu depuis ~10 ans.
Mais mercredi dernier je suis allé à l' #AppleStore Opéra pour demander si un échange était possible... 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter: Resolving flickering and wake from sleep issues - Apple Support

Learn what to do if you encounter continuous flickering on your monitor or if you have issues when waking your Mac from sleep while using a Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter.

Apple Support

Good statement by the @eff on the Anthropic case that deserves our support.

"Anthropic is asking courts to block the designation, arguing that the First Amendment does not permit the government to coerce a private actor to rewrite its code to serve government ends.”

Regardless of how you feel about AI, this case is about much more than that and could pose a huge risk to cryptography and privacy software in the future if won by the US Department of War.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/government-must-not-force-companies-participate-ai-powered-surveillance

The Government Must Not Force Companies to Participate in AI-powered Surveillance

The rapidly escalating conflict between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which started when the company refused to let the government use its technology to spy on Americans, has now gone to court. The Department of Defense retaliated by designating the company a “supply chain risk” (SCR). Now, Anthropic...

Electronic Frontier Foundation