[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

wut? I VPN all the time (for niche stuff Lemmy's not there yet with).

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 275 points 3 weeks ago

Someone just removed many lifetimes of CO2 emissions with a couple of lines of code.

Shame that usage will just expand to fill the gap. Thanks late stage capitalism. Degrowth.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What's that principle where you don't know you're asking the wrong question because you've got this idea in your head on how to do something, so you search frustratingly. If you could step up a level and find the right question, you'd find a well established, efficient solution.

Related to unknown unknowns I guess, but I came across a phrase or word encapsulating it, and now I can't remember or (ironically) find it.

ETA: It's the XY Problem, thanks Bophades@midwest.social.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 70 points 1 month ago

TLDR:

Skip to today, and Big Tech is pursuing the same approach, often in the same states.

They too have funded front groups, hired an armada of lobbyists, donated millions to campaigns, and opened a firehose of lobbying money to replace real privacy laws with fake industry alternatives as ineffective as non-smoking sections.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 67 points 1 month ago

Agreed, literal anonymous, way cool. Undisclosed, much less so.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 101 points 2 months ago

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. - Ursula K Le Guin

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submitted 3 months ago by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/science@lemmy.world

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

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Wanting to torrent in a country other than my own, I've been exiting via Singapore as it has the most direct path I believe. Any reason not to ? Any superior choices for whatever reason ? Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. TIA.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I'm one of those oddballs who's never joined, but I'm in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I'm thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take...

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 63 points 4 months ago

As a single dad, this sucks.

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submitted 4 months ago by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/science@lemmy.ml

Something I find fascinating is that being consistent (and trustworthy) is less effective than being 80/20% consistent (classical vs operant conditioning) at training dogs where there are contextual/environmental cues at play. It's personally counter-intuitive, but I've seen it work and am convinced (I attribute it to evolutionary mechanisms, my goto in biology).

I'm wondering what other psychology as a science results have solid statistics behind them that I'm unaware of (I'm compsci with a physics/maths background, so it's probably most), and are interesting...

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submitted 4 months ago by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/artporn@lemm.ee

Here we are with a community celebrating art, some of us might like to archive it. But no, inevitably it's google 'owned' transcoded, WebP. I have an extension to re-encode back to an old format, but that's lossy-lossy transcoding, not good. I suspect it's a Lemmy thing, but what would it take to get non-lossy here?

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When you need speed in Python, after profiling, checking for errors, and making damn sure you actually need it, you code the slow bit in C and call it.

When you need speed in C, after profiling, checking for errors, and making damn sure you actually need it, you code the slow bit in Assembly and call it.

When you need speed in Assembly, after profiling, checking for errors, and making damn sure you actually need it, you're screwed.

Which is not to say faster Python is unwelcome, just that IMO its focus is frameworking, prototyping or bashing out quick and perhaps dirty things that work, and that's a damn good thing.

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A report critical of Australian generals’ leadership in Afghanistan was given to the Defence Minister Richard Marles in November 2023, but was not published until after the McBride sentencing. Stuart McCarthy on a travesty of justice.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 110 points 6 months ago

Probably unenforceable, like so much of EULAs, but enough to deter the small guys who can't afford the lawyers to defend themselves. Bully tactics. Shame, because an open playing field would benefit everyone but nvidia, also a shame that AMD, who probably could defend themselves, dropped financial support for ZLUDA.

Also,

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Rewild the Internet! (www.noemamag.com)

This needs (IMO) more attention, seems to fit here...

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 104 points 7 months ago

I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgements and intentions are. 

Gold!

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 60 points 1 year ago

No longer taking new papers for a couple of years? now. Crying shame and a pox on scientific advancement.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 78 points 1 year ago

I hate them more for pioneering Software as a Service rent seeking crap. Why own software when you can become a revenue stream for Adobe. Die in a fire.

This is crap too tho.

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As title, standard lemmy in browser...

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 61 points 1 year ago

Generally well reasoned and interesting, but, the only thing that defends against EEE is

ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon.

Ima guess that Meta's support and brand recognition dwarfs Mastodon's, not re-assuring and rather self absorbed imo.

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