Sodium Citrate is the secret ingredient to make any cheese into smooth, creamy nacho cheese sauce.
Coincidentally, Sodium Citrate's chemical formula is ...
Na₃C₆H₅O₇
Are there any professional photographers based in the UK following me who might be willing to give me some advice on an important photography licensing/copyright question?
I’m dealing with a situation involving unauthorised use of my photos by TWO major UK media publishers, and I could really use the perspective of someone with professional experience of licensing/usage fees.
I’ve tried asking in photography communities with no luck. I’d be incredibly grateful for any advice.
Much like the mayfly (Ephemeroptera), the cinnamon roll (Tastius Pastrius), has an expected lifespan of only 5 minutes. Unfortunately for this poor creature, it enters the world fully self-aware, entirely comprehending its fate.
[Africa]
NUN: I'm feeling rather ill.
PRIEST: Should I send for the village doctor?
NUN: No, thank you.
PRIEST: How about the missionary physician?
NUN: I'm not in the mood, I told you I was sick.
'Phonetic' is not.
'Abbreviation' is 12 letters.
'Thesaurus' doesn't have a synonym.
'Monosyllabic' has five syllables.
'Hyphenated’ isn't, but ‘non-hyphenated’ is.
Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humour.
ne touchez pas à nos pensions Mr Lecornu - laissez-nous vivre une retraite heureuse
tags : vieille dame indigne, #politique #budget #retraite #economie #societe #actualite
If you support "age verification" online, you are supporting a system that GUARANTEES privacy meltdowns -- endangering all of us -- because the giant databases of scanned IDs are perpetually hacked by criminals who sell private data. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/
This affects the Fediverse.
This affects the Internet.
This is the equivalent of the "rubber hose method" of decryption.
All technical solutions (read: all technology) is subject to politics. To political power. To political interactions.
You cannot rely on purely technical approaches. You have to have social approaches, too. Like. Actual policy and procedure geared around social and political group dynamics.
Like. How will we react when the US Govt requires that @jerry to shut off infosec.exchange servers.
Or how we'll react when a specific Mastodon server is declared part of a terrorist infrastructure. Will federating with it mean any other Mastodon server is now part of the officially designated terrorist network (what then of people that federate with a server that federates with a server that is classified as part of a terrorist network. And so on)
You cannot carry the conceit that tech alone or a purely technical approach will save you.
Update. "Switzerland's federal government has launched a pilot program to replace #Microsoft 365 with #OpenSource alternatives across 3,000 workstations. That's about 7% of the federal workforce. The target is to complete the migration by end of 2027."
https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
I learned today that POSIX specifies a tool designed to assist you in reviewing & modifying LLM-generated code. In typical Unix fashion, they shortened "reviewing & modifying" to just two letters:
$ rm code.rs
It even has command-line options to [r]ecursively [f]ix whole directories of LLM-generated code:
$ rm -rf project/
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: https://tuta.com/blog/google-gemini-ai-email
la rentrée des oiseaux
Frank J Llamas
tags : les jambes de la colombe, #rentree #birds #streetphotography #photography
1968 : le discours de rentrée du Général de Gaulle sur le capitalisme à la fête de l'humanité
INA
tags : ruissellement, #rentree #politique #histoire #economie #gauche
Stolen bike trailer
