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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

Thanks for sharing! I cross posted it to !dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61151457

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago

I made accounts on a few instances, but I stuck with this one (and eventually joined the team) for the same reasons

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_expansionism_under_Donald_Trump#Canada

Sources are embedded in this section, and can be found at the bottom of this page

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Wow that is nice, is it released anywhere for others to modify/extend?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 76 points 1 day ago

Fox, who also oversees Apache Maven, a popular Java build tool, explained that its repository site is at risk of being overwhelmed by constant Git pulls. The team has dug into this and found that 82 percent of the demand comes from less than 1 percent of IPs. Digging deeper, they discovered that many companies are using open source repositories as if they were content delivery networks (CDNs). So, for example, a single company might download the same code hundreds of thousands of times in a day, and the next day, and the next. This is unsustainable.

GitHub added rate limits for unauthenticated users last year

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits-for-unauthenticated-requests/

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Karrot is nice

Too many people use the LLM generated caption feature, but that's a fault of the users than the platform itself.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

At the same time, they became a lot more palatable to the rest of the world and companies that want to avoid bad press / boycotts

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Piefed does have a migration tool from what I remember of lemm.ee's shutdown

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Most instances will be fine with that, we've also had discussions on our instance and !canada@lemmy.ca in the past about similar studies.

This place isn't immune to powertripping mods and admins, but generally you CAN find places without that.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Read and spot clues: The AI looks at your posts and pulls out little hints about you. Things you that are part of your personality. Like it can see that this person talks a lot about coding games in Python, loves Marvel movies, complains about school in Seattle, and types with a certain style.

I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm not sure if it's that clear, I've also seen accusations the other way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypher_No._I-0678

I think in reality, the world has shifted a lot from the bipolarity of the cold war and it's no longer possible (or productive) to try and figure out which "side" every nation is on.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61027702

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61001209

 

Note:

  • this is related to the fallout and backtracking from Discord's age verification changes
  • I haven't confirmed what license this is being released under

Despite the issues with the companies involved, maybe there is something here that Fediverse platforms can benefit from. Whether it is using the tools directly, or using it for ideas when building something better.

From the site:

Coop provides content review tools and includes the ability to route reviews to the experts, show relevant information for a comprehensive review, and take action. The platform includes built-in integration with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) API for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

Osprey is an open-source investigation and incident response tool that allows safety teams to understand what is happening on their platforms and take actions at scale. Osprey’s lightweight, user-friendly design makes it especially valuable for platforms of all sizes, from grassroots communities to established platforms that need powerful tools without enterprise-scale infrastructure.

Bluesky is taking from it already:

"We're excited for the implementation and release of Osprey," said Aaron Rodericks, Head of Trust and Safety at Bluesky, which plans to adopt Osprey. "This represents exactly the kind of open collaboration needed to democratize safety tools. By implementing Osprey, we're helping prove that effective safety infrastructure can work for platforms of all sizes, not just those with massive resources."

 

I just finished Oliver Sacks’ excellent Everything in Its Place. In it, he mentioned as an aside that the Ginkgo biloba tree is hundreds of millions of years old, and its phenotype has been practically frozen since then – a living fossil.

Of course, this is the same tree that grows ぎんなん (Ginkgo nuts), an East Asian delicacy found in many dishes, 茶碗蒸し (Chawanmushi) for example.

Ginkgo has been around so long, it predates the dinosaurs! And we still eat it! How cool is that. This got me thinking – what are the oldest foods we consume today?

Criteria:

  • Must be edible by humans
  • Must be morphologically unchanged since its fossil age
 
 

When officers entered the school on Tuesday afternoon, they found six victims deceased, RCMP confirmed.

An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury.

Two victims have been airlifted to the hospital with serious or life‑threatening injuries. A third victim died while being transported to hospital. Approximately 25 others are being assessed and triaged at the local medical centre for non‑life‑threatening injuries.

The active shooter alert was lifted at 5:46 p.m. PT.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60145815

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