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Oh for heaven’s sake, people.

I made something to watch the 2024 eclipse remotely!

This is every public webcam in the path of totality, with a live-updating view of the umbra.

https://jonty.github.io/2024_eclipse_webcams/

2024 Total Eclipse Webcams

Solar eclipse alt-text:

MOON SUN
MOONSUN
MOONUN
MOONN
MOON
SMOON
SUMOON
SUNMOON
SUN MOON

I wish more people who are worried about FOSS supply side attacks would realize that universal basic income and free healthcare would result in an almost infinite stream of excellent software from people who care more about quality than profit.

@CatherineFlick I really think it's alarming how much governments and companies seem to think that using an AI system somehow absolves them of responsibility.

AI is a tool same as a hammer, same as a word processor or a phone or anything else we use for productivity and how you use that tool is the user's responsibility.

I'm really hoping you don't need me to tell you that using machine learning ("AI") systems to identify potential targets and then to suggest that they be targeted when at home with their family members, including children, is one of the most abhorrent, unethical, inhumane things I've ever seen. There is absolutely no excuse for developing these systems. Technology is never neutral. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets

Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants

The Guardian

“trans people don't want equality, they want special treatmen-”

Special treatment would be if LGBTQ+ people didn't have to pay taxes. You know, like churches. 

@RockyC have you looked at any sort of other driver options. I can't speak to the specifics here but I had some trouble with some wireless headphones and tried a different FOSS driver instead of the manufacturer one and it helped