Canada
Releasing names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada could embarrass federal government, bureaucrats told
moormaan 2 weeks ago • 100%
“A few stakeholders were concerned that the release of the report would result in new legal action (criminal prosecution, citizen revocation, or otherwise) being brought against the individuals named in the report,”
Also known as "justice" and "law".
Linuxmoormaan 2 weeks ago • 100%
Just forwarded this pic to my dad. I'll be guiding him in installing Mint on one of his old Windows desktops this coming Saturday! Wish us luck in the coming years 😂
Technology
Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all
moormaan 2 weeks ago • 100%
My situation exactly, and I'm very happy with it. M2 with its speed and long battery life compensates well for some unconfigurable behaviours in MacOS that I have minor gripes with, and for gaming and general Linux goodness, Steam Deck to the rescue.
Steam Deck
[Discussion] What games have you been playing on your deck? - September 2024
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
Wow, thanks, I'll try this!
Steam Deck
[Discussion] What games have you been playing on your deck? - September 2024
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
I'm using Vanilla, but AFAIK modded would work just as well. The key for playing old, pre-controller games meant for big monitors on the Deck are two features: Stream Input and Native Zoom. I always map one of the back buttons (usually) to Toggle Zoom.
Please post about your experience with modded Morrowind, I might want to try that too!
Steam Deck
[Discussion] What games have you been playing on your deck? - September 2024
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
Darkest Dungeon, Black Reliquary, Pillars of Eternity, Cloudpunk, Pathfinder 2, Divinity 2 Original Sin, Slay the Spire, Witcher 1 and 3, Morrowind, Oblivion, Torment, to name just a few...
World News
With X Blocked, Brazilians Find New Homes for Their Thoughts
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
This is informative on the differences between the ActivityPub any AT protocols: https://youtu.be/-R9CWq5CBlk?si=BzW7c5U0WXH8VxrO
The intro explains some history and things which ppl here probably already know, but overall I find it provides a pretty good analysis of the current social media landscape, and these two protocols in particular.
Fediverse
Pythonmoormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
Interesting perspective. It implies that:
- The value of their policy work is significantly below the technical community's contributions value
- There is perceived status to be gained by climbing this particular social ladder.
I neither agree or disagree fully, but I believe there is value in good governance of large and diverse projects.
Whether their governance is good is what this whole kerfuffle is all about.
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
Searching some of these Python Community discussions separately and reading how they handled these bumps in the road as a group has actually increased my confidence in that group as a whole:
https://discuss.python.org/t/three-month-suspension-for-a-core-developer/60250
https://discuss.python.org/t/calling-for-a-vote-of-no-confidence/61557
On the other hand, the three month suspension of Tim Peters that started it all and how that was handled sounds problematic (the second half of the essay addresses each point from the original banning rationale in detail):
https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-shameful-defenestration-of-tim
Finally, Chris McDonough (the author of the above article) drawing attention to valid criticism of his own defense of Tim Peters is a blueberry on top of the cherry on the cake:
https://chattingdarkly.org/@chrism/113020098915125686
I hope the community ends up stronger as a result of this.
Gachagaming
What is a gacha game with satisfying synergy
moormaan 3 weeks ago • 100%
Iratus is somewhat like this. Incidentally, its developer is called Unfrozen and the game has some stunning gameplay elements 😂
nova.rs
U pravu je Vučić kad kaže da nisu sve zemlje uvek bile bogate i sve uvek siromašne. Samo što su na čelu zemalja koje su „proklete“ resursima obično autoritarne i korumpirane vlasti u službi transnacionalnih korporacija.
moormaan 1 month ago • 86%
Different folks are at different stages of their journey. People are allowed to post about their thoughts and experiences.
moormaan 3 months ago • 100%
It's beautiful, keep at it!
moormaan 3 months ago • 66%
Can you please elaborate on the security layer that flatpak adds? Some commentators here suggest Flathub is not secure.
Technology
Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza
moormaan 4 months ago • 100%
Vividly put
Technology
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'
moormaan 5 months ago • 100%
OMG 😂, so good! Your comment I mean, not arsenic.
Programming
Geeking out a little and wanted to share
moormaan 7 months ago • 100%
Congrats! Java is a good language to learn, and it's gotten a lot better over the years. The tooling and the ecosystem are very mature. Enjoy your newly found super powers!
www.thestar.com
The irony...
opencollective.com
"Our hearts are heavy for our friends and colleagues at Open Collective Foundation with whom we shared dreams, efforts, admiration, and inspiration as we each worked to build a community of care and support."
www.thestar.com
“As a result of the many gaps and weaknesses we found in the project’s design, oversight, and accountability, it did not deliver the best value for taxpayer dollars spent,” wrote Auditor General Karen Hogan in a report released Monday.
“As a result of the many gaps and weaknesses we found in the project’s design, oversight, and accountability, it did not deliver the best value for taxpayer dollars spent,” wrote Auditor General Karen Hogan in a report released Monday.
Technology
Google workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'glassy-eyed'
moormaan 7 months ago • 100%
Ouch
Technology
Google workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'glassy-eyed'
moormaan 7 months ago • 100%
Do you have a signed agreement with them on the original schedule? I don't think it's legal for them to unilaterally change that agreement.
Newsmoormaan 8 months ago • 100%
Thanks for explaining! Let me explain why I disagree with this in general. I'll share a personal anecdote, bear with me please.
So, a feminist friend shared with me a book on human trafficking for sexual exploitation written by a group of investigative journalists that she had helped translate to Serbian. It was thoroughly researched and well documented. Reading it left a mark on me and taught me things about the world that shatter the childish worldview (this was decades ago, I was a young teenager at the time).
Now, the Serbian translation was prefaced by my friend's fellow activist who was clearly a misandrist. The preface was filled with slurs and general assumptions of complicity and guilt about exclusively men, despite the fact that even the very book the preface was for stated that men also get trafficked (though less), and that women themselves are not rarely involved in the illegal trafficking chains of operation (think Ghislane Maxwell).
Reading that preface made me feel unjustly attacked and I would have dropped the book and never got to the good, educational part, had it not been for my friend's highest recommendation (I'm glad I stuck with it). It turns out the woman who wrote this had had bad experiences with men in her life, and used this otherwise well researched book as a vessel to vent her personal hate for men, which was borne out of her own trauma.
While it can be considered "justified" that she feels this way, this damaged greatly the overall message of the Serbian translation, which clearly took a lot of effort to research, document and write, and than translate and publish in my country. Its educational impact was greatly diminished by the editor's choice (out of activist camaraderie, I'm assuming) to include the hateful text at the very beginning, which unjustly attacks the very audience who would most benefit by learning from the unbiased body of the book. It's a tragically missed opportunity.
While social media exacerbates these issues (all this happened long before social media existed), and bad faith actors attempt to skew positive feminist messages, I think we shouldn't excuse the feminist movement for some of its own failings.
To conclude, I'm a male feminist, but I think writing "all men are thrash" or "all cops are bastards", or "all <broad group> are <slur>" in general in the public sphere is irresponsible.
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
I agree with most things you wrote, but one thing confuses me. You seem to suggest that writing 'all men are thrash' is ok in some contexts, but when spread without that context can radicalize boys?
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
I agree about the tactic, but I don't feel this particular article aims to use it (though I concede the wording of the title is a bit clumsy). The final paragraph clarifies the clickbait (as it happens nowadays):
“There are already three or four influencers jockeying for position if he goes down,” he says. “He’s a symptom, not the problem.”
Comic Strips
News
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
It would have been a better post without the "y'all are stupid" laughter at the very start (though it might probably have been downvoted even then, but maybe less, for whatever that is worth). I agree with the business part of what you wrote.
Technology
New Study Says Artificial Intelligence Still Too Costly To Replace Most Human Jobs
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
The title (click bait as it is) withholds the most important qualifier from the text of which AI we are talking about:
"“Overall, our model shows that the job loss from AI computer vision, even just within the set of vision tasks, will be smaller than the existing job churn seen in the market [...]”
Sure, computer vision is important for some jobs, but it's a much smaller subset of jobs that is really deemed protected as claimed by the study. If the knowledge has already been coded to text on the other hand, it's a different story.
Memes
www.thestar.com
"Fenwick invested $3.5 million into buying the $7.4-million property in 2007, making him the largest shareholder. He alleges that after more than a decade of minimal activity, Rice suddenly called a meeting in June 2021. He says Rice urged him and the other investors to take advantage of a “spike” in demand for industrial property by selling the land, adding that it could take another decade for the municipality to build sewer and water services, and developing the property privately would yield a low return on their investment."
Canadian authorities are investigating a prolonged data security breach following the 'detection of malicious cyber activity' affecting the internal network used by Global Affairs Canada staff, according to internal department emails viewed by CBC News.
Canadian authorities are investigating a prolonged data security breach following the 'detection of malicious cyber activity' affecting the internal network used by Global Affairs Canada staff, according to internal department emails viewed by CBC News.
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
Thank you, I love every word you wrote here! I'm an atheist when it comes to picking labels, but I think there's potentially good things in these value systems (and bad, like with everything else that is man made). Focusing on labels is missing the point.
www.thestar.com
An internal email related to the Greenbelt scandal suggests Ford's office "was far more involved" in the land swap than the premier has maintained.
Asklemmymoormaan 8 months ago • 100%
While the US does have a lot of soft power in influencing nations, they certainly aren't making the rules for other countries and puppeting them.
This is a very rosy eyed statement. The "soft" power is the visible part, just the tip of the iceberg.
moormaan 8 months ago • 100%
Agreeing about Firefox, Linux and Twitter. Like, seriously agreeing, without sarcasm.
www.thestar.com
A lawyer for Adam Melanson, charged with assaulting an officer, said he plans to fight the charges as video appears to show officer kneeling on client's neck.
Technology
41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!!
moormaan 9 months ago • 93%
Yes, yes and yes (I contribute money).
The Supreme Court of Canada began hearing arguments Tuesday on whether courts in Canada should be able to conduct secret off-the-books trials that are not listed on court dockets. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other media outlets, including The Canadian Press and La Presse, brought the case before Canada's top court. The Attorney General of Quebec is also an appellant.
The Supreme Court of Canada began hearing arguments Tuesday on whether courts in Canada should be able to conduct secret off-the-books trials that are not listed on court dockets. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other media outlets, including The Canadian Press and La Presse, brought the case before Canada's top court. The Attorney General of Quebec is also an appellant.
World News
Israel investigates claims investors made millions short-selling before Hamas attacks
moormaan 10 months ago • 92%
This should be a big story. Very very big.
www.cnbc.com
Hackers who compromised Okta’s customer support system stole data from all of the cybersecurity firm’s customer support users, Okta said in a letter to clients obtained by CNBC Tuesday, a far greater incursion than the company initially believed.
www.techdirt.com
... Finally, this isn’t exactly a “problem” with the lawsuit, but I’ll just note the conflict in two separate statements: X Corp. and Elon Musk are a critical Media Matters target because X is the most prominent online platform that permits users to share all viewpoints, whether liberal or conservative, and Mr. Musk is the most prominent voice on the platform and a passionate supporter of free speech. That’s in paragraph 41 on pages 11 and 12. On Page 14 in the prayer for relief we get this: A preliminary and permanent injunction ordering Defendants to immediately delete, take down, or otherwise remove the article entitled “As Musk Endorses Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory, X Has Been Placing Ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity Next to Pro-Nazi Content From Its Web” from all websites and social media accounts owned, controlled, or operated, directly or indirectly, by Defendants; So… within the span of about 2 to 3 pages we are told that Elon Musk and exTwitter are passionate supporters of free speech that allow “all viewpoints” to be shared and that Musk is filing this lawsuit to force Media Matters to take down speech that he admits is absolutely true, but where he doesn’t like how they portrayed things. Anyway, kudos to Elon. This really takes stupid SLAPP suits to incredible new levels. I didn’t think you’d be able to find a lawyer who would file a lawsuit so stupid, that makes you look this ridiculous, but you did it. Just like people doubted your ability to shoot rockets into space or make popular electric vehicles, I should not have doubted your ability to file absolutely nonsense SLAPP suits that are this laughable.
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI: The Secret Weapon Of Successful CEOs
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
Are people just triggered by the mention of the word CEO or what? Has anyone watched the video, or ppl just downvote it based on the title? It keeps being downvoted without explanation.
Don't get me wrong, I don't care about "karma" or "likes", I'm just baffled because I consider this video genuinely informative and educational.
Google and the federal government have reached an agreement in their dispute over the Online News Act, sources tell Radio-Canada and CBC News.
www.bbc.com
The French government has launched a campaign encouraging people not to buy new clothes in Black Friday sales. The advert shows a man asking for advice in a shop before an assistant tells him not to buy anything, to help the planet and his finances.
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
I came here to type that, so I'll just upvote yours instead. Such a versatile device, the Steam Deck!
privacy
YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
YouTube is slow on my smart TV, and I'm a YT Premium subscriber. I call BS.
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI: The Secret Weapon Of Successful CEOs
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
I'm wondering why this video is getting downvotes. I'd appreciate if someone commented on it with concrete criticism to help me understand..
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI: The Secret Weapon Of Successful CEOs
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
Fair point. I missed that.
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI: The Secret Weapon Of Successful CEOs
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
The video is about how anyone can use GenAI tools, and how it can help with any complex mental task, even at the level of making long term decisions for a big company. Time will tell how this goes.
The video however doesn't touch on topics like replacing executives with AI.
www.youtube.com
Coursera's CEO Jeff Maggioncalda discusses how a top-tier leader harnesses generative AI like ChatGPT daily. Maggioncalda, leading a $2.6 billion company, reveals intriguing uses of AI beyond writing assistance—acting as a thought partner in decision-making and strategy. His approach demystifies AI, showcasing its practicality in executive roles and providing valuable takeaways for viewers on leveraging AI in business and personal contexts.
Technology
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
moormaan 10 months ago • 100%
I'm A YouTube Premium subscriber, and I've been noticing this delay on my TV for a few days now - a very noticeable, long pause when opening the home screen until the thumbnails are loaded. I'll explicitly check other places too now, I'm not sure if it's also happening in Firefox for me.
ChatGPTmoormaan 10 months ago • 95%
Dying to know what happened 👁️👁️
ca.news.yahoo.com
Another former Facebook employee is going public with allegations that the company failed to act on its own research showing that young Instagram users were having harmful experiences on the platform. Arturo Bejar, a former Facebook employee and consultant for Instagram, is scheduled to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, November, 7.
Mildly Infuriating
Xbox consoles getting full-screen ad
moormaan 11 months ago • 100%
Finally Windows users have a legit reason to use the command line! /s
www.thestar.com
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to pursue a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s actions during the SNC-Lavalin affair in part because the federal police force was thwarted in a bid to get confidential cabinet materials, newly released documents show.
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“Following a referral from the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP ‘O’ Division’s Sensitive and International Investigations (SII) unit has now launched an investigation into allegations associated to the decision from the province of Ontario to open parts of the Greenbelt for development,” the RCMP said in a statement Tuesday.
www.thestar.com
.. Hussain and Sunrise’s co-director, Muzammil Kodwavi, had improperly diverted more than $10 million intended for the townhouse project, the receiver alleged. The money was allegedly transferred to the two directors as well as several other companies they’re affiliated with. The receiver alleged in a Dec. 2022 court motion that the directors then cooked the books, maintaining an inaccurate ledger to conceal the true nature of transactions that “only served to enrich themselves and non-arm’s lengths parties to the detriment of the company and its creditors.” ...
www.thestar.com
This goes beyond just the Green Belt land swap, apparently.
globalnews.ca
The premier said he broke a promise when he decided to open the Greenbelt for housing development. “It was a mistake to open the Greenbelt. It was a mistake to establish a process that moved too fast,” Ford said.
www.thestar.com
Another Ford cabinet minister has resigned — and is quitting the Progressive Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent MPP — over the growing $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal.
www.thestar.com
"The premier received a polite reception at the opening day of the 104th Annual International Plowing Match, but the Greenbelt controversy has been sowing some division among his supporters in farming communities." I hope the Mounties are looking into this. I know they don't typically announce their investigations, but letting this slide would be very bad for the province in multiple ways, future food security being one of them.
www.cp24.com
An Ontario election watchdog is calling for a new investigation into intrigue surrounding the removal of lands from the province’s protected Greenbelt — this time involving how a company run by the man labelled as “Mr. X” obtained and then donated two $1,500 tickets to a fundraiser for Premier Doug Ford.
www.thestar.com
"Premier Doug Ford says the province will review and “re-evaluate” all lands in the Greenbelt — including those that are part of controversial land-swap deals that have engulfed the government and forced the resignations of a cabinet minister and his chief of staff."
toronto.ctvnews.ca
MPP Steve Clark has resigned from his position as Ontario’s Housing Minister.
#More shoes could drop, says professor Christopher Cochrane, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto Scarborough, said the integrity commissioner's report settled some issues, like establishing that Clark broke ethics rules, while leaving others unresolved. Those unresolved issues could keep the controversy alive. "There are unregistered lobbyists who had contracts with companies that would be in contravention of the [Lobbyists Registration Act]. There are mixed reports about whether, in fact, the chief of staff of the housing minister had been taking orders from others," Cochrane said. "There's certainly plenty of opportunity here for a sequel." That sequel may even come in the form of another integrity commissioner's report from Wake himself.
www.thestar.com
Still no real answers or accountability though.
A much needed free course on Foundations of Humane Technology for the era of rapid technological changes and advances. https://www.humanetech.com/course
Ontario's Integrity Commissioner is recommending that Housing Minister Steve Clark be reprimanded for his role in the province's contentious Greenbelt land swap, calling it a "rushed and flawed process" marred by a "lack of oversight." In a report issued Wednesday, David Wake said Clark failed to properly oversee the process that led to protected Greenbelt lands being selected for housing development, "leading to the private interests of certain developers being furthered improperly.
www.thestar.com
Ford expressed concern Tuesday that a company called Buena Vista Development is trying to sell 765 and 775 Kingston Road East in Ajax. Those are two of the “sites that were selected as part of the land swap to build at least 50,000 new homes and grow the size of the Greenbelt,” the premier said in a statement.
www.thestar.com
Ontario’s integrity commissioner will first complete his investigation of Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark before turning his attention to ex-aide Ryan Amato’s Greenbelt actions. That could further drag out a land swap debacle that has left Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives reeling. J. David Wake is currently looking into whether Clark contravened the Members’ Integrity Act “with respect to the decision to allow development on lands in the Greenbelt.” ... Against the backdrop of Wake’s investigations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has taken over a preliminary review of the Greenbelt matter from the Ontario Provincial Police. The RCMP branch that probes corruption and political crimes is checking Greenbelt “irregularities” related to the land deal and will decide if a criminal case should be launched.
www.thestar.com
"Property records obtained by the Star show that Rehmatullah’s company Flato Upper Markham Village Inc. recently sold a large chunk for $62 million — four times what he originally paid in 2017 for the entire 102-acre property. Representatives of Flato have insisted that the company retains ownership of the lands and will be involved in its development, but have refused to provide details regarding the interest it currently holds in them."
A breaking down of how 6 of the most important EdTech companies are thinking about AI: - Duolingo - Powerschool - Coursera - Docebo - Instructure - Nerdy