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I'm digging this time lapse photo of birds I ran across. Looks like a tape tornado. Others here: timewheel.net/amazing-chronoph

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If you like #mastodon you would have loved the internet in the late 90s.

Here's your one and only chance to take that back. No, not only on twitter.

Don't centralize your life. Don't rely on a single corporation helping them accumulate too much power. Like Facebook or GMail.

Diversify and try to control your own data.

Thema Garten

Wer sich nicht nur für das Digitale sondern auch für seine Umgebung interessiert, vielleicht für (s)einen Garten, der findet hier eine gut lesbare und gleichzeitig wissenschaftlich fundierte Beschreibung, was "Boden" eigentlich ausmacht:

geo.uni-hamburg.de/bodenkunde/

Windows-Knowhow für Linux-Poweruser?

Dear Lazyweb, für eine im Herbst anstehende Tagung suchen meine Kollegen und ich einen (guten) Vortragenden zum Thema "Windows für Linux-Poweruser" um die Linux-lastige Fraktion (mich eingeschlossen ;-) mal auf den aktuellen Stand des Windows-Managemenmts zu bringen.

Ernstgemeinte sachdienliche Hinweise gerne an mich. Merci beaucoup.

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Good night to you all for now, a nice glass of red wine and a nice ebook are waiting offline for me.

*Internet of Shit*

You thought the /Juicero/ was the most ridiculous /Internet of Shit/ thingy? Think again, after you've watched this video about the Wi-Fi enabled wine bottle:

youtu.be/i3XpP6qdKac

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"The pressing ethical questions in machine learning are not about machines becoming self-aware and taking over the world, but about how people can exploit other people, or through carelessness introduce immoral behavior into automated systems."

idlewords.com/talks/superintel

It's the text version of Maciej Ceglowski's speech "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People", shared by @dredmorbius (mammouth.cafe/users/dredmorbiu).

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Tip for newcomers (4):

You can search for individual posts with a URL in order to bring them into your stream so that you can boost and favorite them.

Why is this necessary? Let's say that you're looking at someone's profile page and see something interesting. You just click on the time stamp to bring up that unique URL, copy it and past it into search. Works like a charm (for me at least)

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@NSXG I made a translation bot for mstdn! I hope it will help people converse in different languages. @translator ja

@translator fr Guten Morgen, liebe Sorgen.

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"A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources and cools stuffs about security." github.com/sbilly/awesome-secu

#security #infosec

@translator [fr] Guten Morgen, liebe Sorgen.

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This video made me so cheerful. The triumph of three little balls!

And now I desperately want to build an adventure course! :)

youtube.com/watch?v=trDnp3dWlX

That's a cool display of connected Mastodon instances
kumu.io/wakest/fediverse#known

If someone knows which software this was done with, I'd appreciate a pointer.

h/t @bitcoinmom (via @Wintermute)

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Beauty in Transience: Cherry blossom viewing in - history, where to find, and "viewing etiquette"

wander.media/beauty-in-transie octodon.social/media/qnkl17Jd3

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@cynix @stefanieschulte It's worth paying for pinboard.in just to help support him.

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@cynix @stefanieschulte Indeed! We had the pleasure of hosting Maciej at WebCamp Zagreb 2016, and he held one of the best talks I've had the opportunity to see live! :) youtube.com/watch?v=kErHiET5YP

I think his consistent criticism of Silicon Valley & the tech community is spot-on and much needed.

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@ebel @cynix Totally agree! This is one of his classics:

"The Website Obesity Crisis"
idlewords.com/talks/website_ob

Even if I'm not a gamer, I really like his analogy of the "Minecraft" web ("an open world with simple pieces that obey simple rules") versus the "Call of Duty" web ("an exquisitely produced, kind-of-but-not-really-participatory guided experience (...)").

#Cegłowski