rapnie

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by rapnie 10d ago
> Tough words, that's the worse we may expect from the US gov realistically. Trade wars and sanctions can get very nasty too. I don't know about Canada, but most of the EU runs on US Big Tech to name just one sensitive sector.
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by rapnie 10d ago
The context in the podcast was that EU was too picky in their reform criteria for inclusion for current candidates on the European continent, but that Canada as a modern country would sail past and pass the exam. The ease with which these e
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by rapnie 10d ago
The other day in a Dutch geopolitics podcast (Boekestijn en de Wijk) it was mentioned that if there's one country that could be added to the EU "at the stroke of a pen", it would be Canada. In terms of state of the democracy,
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The Void Spiral: How to Avoid the Void(mathstodon.xyz)
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What Does a Wikidata-Powered Abstract Wikipedia Article Look Like?(jsamwrites.substack.com)
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by rapnie 21d ago
So often when something launches, these are missing. And it always really surprises me. People apparently just sign up for such services, but I would want to know these details in advance before doing so.
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by rapnie 21d ago
Trust and trustworthiness. Trust is very hard to win back, once its gone. Trustworthiness makes you willing to rely on a partner. Trustworthiness only builds very slowly over prolonged periods of time, by consistently not betraying ones tru
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by rapnie 22d ago
Some nice Object Capability technologies not mentioned in the Wikipedia article: https://capnproto.org (used by Cloudflare) https://spritely.institute/goblins (with wasm support via Hoot) https://ocap
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by rapnie 22d ago
DNS managed by the United Nations.
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by rapnie 24d ago
In the Netherlands the cradle to cradle hype of some years ago has created a paper reality where waste is turned magically into building material and can thus be effectively dumped anywhere in the environment.
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by rapnie 24d ago
Nice saying. If in the prediction "given [intricate analysis] the whole [shebang] goes [bust] at [date]", only the [date] turns out to be wrong, I'd say it is still a valuable prediction however, though it was wrong.
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by rapnie 25d ago
Exactly. Thus regulation and enforcement.
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The Dream of Tomorrow(sightlessscribbles.com)
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Now Hiring: Senior Open Source Maintainer(nesbitt.io)
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The Server Called Paranoia: Defend Autistici/Inventati(cavallette.noblogs.org)
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Talk Is Cheap. Code Is Cheap. Show Me the Source(idlip.in)
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by rapnie 1mo ago
https://status.proton.me/
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by rapnie 1mo ago
Matrix works fine for the friend to friend, small community things. Discourse forums too. Use Signal for family and friends, perhaps work. Fediverse and Atmosphere (Bluesky) for your microblog needs, and RSS to keep track of blogs.
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by rapnie 1mo ago
I think in the Netherlands the general rule is to tip up to 10% depending how good the service was, unless it was excellent and you go higher. When drinking a couple coffees in a restaurant it is okay to tip with a single Euro for good se
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by rapnie 1mo ago
He's just running a kleptocracy, and doing so reasonably well.
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by rapnie 1mo ago
Also worth adding to the article: SQLite as your application file format [0]. [0] https://www.sqlite.org/appfileformat.html
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Understanding the Limitations of Pubsub Systems(dl.acm.org)
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by rapnie 1mo ago
The general tendency among people is to go along with what's thrown to them, in a Symphony of Destruction, Megadeath [Refrain] You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him become a God Watch people'
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Neo-Etiquette Basics: The New Rules of Being Human(joanwestenberg.com)
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by rapnie 1mo ago
> So you'd be the guy who take the blue pile? (CF Matrix) No, that is different. I am talking if it matters before Morpheus shows up with his pills (btw, there's also the option that you take no pill from a complete stranger,
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by rapnie 1mo ago
Does it matter if you are living in a simulation, or not?
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by rapnie 1mo ago
Anecdotal but I hear quite a few people talk negative about Ray-Ban related to the backlash. They are the "pervert glasses" brand now. I think there definitely is reputation damage. Also the "banray" [0] campaign for my
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by rapnie 2mo ago
> It's not at all about individual action. This scale of problem requires policy intervention and investment at national levels, and inter-governmental coordination internationally. It is all about individual action. And then the e
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Being given a 100% AI generated score for your own mental work hurts(mastodon.thi.ng)
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by rapnie 2mo ago
It is a pity that, while their focus is on openness and accessiblity, neither Flora Incognita, nor iNaturalist or PlantNet can be installed from the F-Droid appstore. I unfortunately don't use Google Play, so can't testdrive them.

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