Stefano Costa @steko@octodon.social

I don't have a great grasp of what's going on with quantum computing, but I saw a talk today about how it is advancing apace. IBM now at 53 qubits.

Given the stated potential of quantum computers, seems worrying that they will be the playthings of wealthy states and corporations. Barclays recently used it for some financial application for example. The liberatory potential could be vast, but will it be used for those ends? Don't want to be a crank, but I'm not feeling particularly hopeful...

You've probably all seen pictures of this theatre, but let me add a few of my own. The theatre is really quite large, it can seat more than 12,000 people. This picture gives an idea of its setting.
#photography
#fediart
#greece

I tried to capture the beautiful geometric structure and scale of the structure.
#photography
#fediart
#greece

anyway here's a pixel art mastodon logo

#Pinafore users: what's your preferred way of using Pinafore?

@plsburydoughboy No: Twitter people should use the Fediverse, not abuse it. Boosting their stuff is abusing the Fediverse, as it does not give the agency to respond.

Starting now, I will unfollow anyone who "retweets". If I were interested in Twitter, I would use it, thank you.

Are you in the AEC industry and looking to quit Autodesk? Check out #Blender #BIM!

New tools include BIMTester - run unit tests for your BIM models! New UI for georeferencing, attributes, property sets, offering first-class native support for IFC that _no_ other proprietary tool offers!

Check it out and share with other #architecture folks!

https://blenderbim.org/

#opensource #mastoart

Bonjour les ami.e.s, j'ai besoin d'un coup de main. Une amie est victime de violences conjugales. Je suis la seule personne à qui elle en parle. Je veux l'aider mais j'ai peur de la brusquer, la faire culpabiliser, bref… d'être contre-productive. Si vous avez connu ce genre de situations, êtes dans une asso d'aide, est ce que vous pourriez me donner des conseils ou m'aider?

#violencesconjugales #sexisme #misogynie #relationtoxique #conseils #aide

How to tell a true friend: they strip the tracking identifiers and amp junk from a url before sharing it with you.

Germany's cyber-security agency recommends #Firefox as most secure browser

https://www.zdnet.com/article/germanys-cyber-security-agency-recommends-firefox-as-most-secure-browser/

via @javido

Archaeologists have found a new #LinearA tablet, probably a catalog of inventory, at the palace of Zominthos on Crete: http://www.ekathimerini.com/244966/article/ekathimerini/life/excavators-find-archive-room-at-zominthos-palace-complex-on-crete

#archaeology #classicalstudies

Thanks to @mavica for the heads up!

Faites connaissance avec le marketing de Mozilla qui se passe de Facebook depuis 18 mois https://digiday.com/marketing/after-mozilla-stopped-spending-on-facebook-the-company-increased-its-focus-on-offline-marketing/ #news

Neither #GitLab nor #GitHub appear to be accepable choices any more.

Sigh.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20906213/github-ice-microsoft-software-email-contract-immigration-nonprofit-donation

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/gitlab_employees_gagged/

“La censura aiuta la guerra di Erdogan”

Facebook chiude le pagine di diversi siti di informazione antagonista: "Evidentemente, l’espansionismo di Erdoğan non è solo territoriale, ma si propaga anche nell’intelligence digitale. Gli attacchi che stanno subendo queste pagine non hanno nulla di

https://www.zic.it/la-censura-aiuta-la-guerra-di-erdogan/

#contropiano #dinamopress #erdogan #facebook #globalproject #infoaut #milanoinmovimento #radioondad'urto #rojava #turchia
#Bologna

hanno appena chiuso le pagine facebook di tpo e labas

@robotcarsley @DissidentKitty