Mastodawn

📣 The rushed integration of AI into everything is a major threat to privacy, as we've been saying.

Microsoft Recall is a great (not great!) example of exactly why--it screenshots everything on your desktop, to give AI the data to tell you...what you were doing on desktop.

So, Signal took steps to protect you and everyone using Signal on Windows 11 from Recall's hunger for (Signal) data.

Read more about how we navigated, and why we need to ecosystem to a lot more 👇

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11. If you’re wondering why we’re on...

Signal Messenger

tbs 2d ago

Norcal Gma 2 2d ago

I spent more time outside today than normal. Because I am wearing an N95 mask, in the house, until we are sure that my husband didn't pick up anything a mask can protect me from at the hospital.
I really would like it if only one of us is sick at a time. We will see how the next couple of days go.
Today, was again better than the day before.
While Summer and I watched the sunset turn into a wildly red sky we talked.
I told her that the hospital workers told us how much they appreciated our attitudes towards them, because we thanked them, and worked with them to help us, instead of against. They said that they wished more patients, and families were like us. They think attitude is a factor in a positive outcome.
I hope they are right.
I wish more people were kind to service providers.
Summer says she tries to be nice all the time. I'm glad because it really does help.
#Sunset

Hidden optical secrets of the Parthenon revealed by Oxford archaeologist

In a remarkable breakthrough blending archaeology and advanced 3D technology, Oxford University archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shown how the ancient Greeks used advanced lighting techniques to transform the inside of the Parthenon into a stage of divine spectacle...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/hidden-optical-secrets-of-the-parthenon-revealed/

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#archaeology #archeology #ancientgreece #greekart #GreekArchitecture #parthenon

Hidden optical secrets of the Parthenon revealed by Oxford archaeologist

Oxford archaeologist Juan de Lara used 3D tech to reveal how light dramatically illuminated Athena’s statue in the ancient Parthenon.

Archaeology News Online Magazine

tbs 3d ago

G'MIC 🎩🐯4d ago

Did you know that you can generate a 3D forest moss ball with a G'MIC script? There's absolutely no need, so it's really essential! 😅 Who knows?

▶️ Details: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gmic-adventures-3-pseudo-diffusion-limited-aggregation

G'MIC Adventures #3: (Pseudo)-Diffusion-Limited Aggregation

Today, I’d like to start a third episode of my G’MIC Adventures serie, with a quick exploration of Diffusion-Limited Aggregation: How to implement it as G’MIC scripts, and what cool things can be derived from it? Ok, so first, what is Diffusion-Limited Aggregation ? @Reptorian already implemented it inside G’MIC a few years ago, so that’s something you may be already familiar with. But for this episode, I’m gonna re-implement it from scratch, for educational purposes (and for fun, let’s not ki...

discuss.pixls.us

tbs 3d ago

YouCanToo 3d ago

From a photo walk - part 2

Canon R7 Mirrorless - RF 100-44mm Lens - ISO: Varied - Aperture: f/10 - Shutter Speed: Varied

#Photo #Photography #Flowers #Marigold #SiberianIRIS #Chive #Strawberry #MILC #Mirrorless #CanonR7 #RF100-400mm #GiMP

tbs 3d ago

When I opened a terminal after booting Linux, this was my “fortune of the day”:

“If Microsoft built cars, every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car”

I'm thankful for using Linux every day
#linux

tbs 4d ago

naturstrom 4d ago

Verkehr und Gebäude reißen die CO₂-Grenzen – mal wieder. 😶

Der neue Prüfbericht des Expertenrats für Klimafragen zeigt: 2024 lief’s noch schlechter als 2023. Dabei gäb’s längst Lösungen – z.  B. #Elektrifizierung mit #Ökostrom. Mehr Infos: https://www.expertenrat-klima.de/ #Klimaschutz #Energiewende