Tootfinder

Porn has long been a proving ground for new technology.
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 15th century it was quickly deployed to print bawdy pamphlets.
Adult films were put on video in 1977, a year before mainstream Hollywood ones,
and dominated sales for some time.
When Minitel, a French precursor to the internet, was launched in the early 1980s, erotic services initially accounted for between one-third and a half of all traffic.
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bluecampaign is a DHS program
https://mastodon.social/@botgov/115809422076017261

Yesterday, yt-dlp started failing when downloading and automatically extracting audio to mp3.
sudo pacman -Syu
yt-dlp updated and working again. Arch is awesome. It took less than 24 hours to get the program update.
By the way, Google: screw you and your updates to "improve" YT.
#archlinux

5 Free Agent Fits for Christian Parker That Set Up the NFL Draft https://insidethestar.com/5-free-agent-fits-for-christian-parker-that-set-up-the-nfl-draft

AI Whistleblower Initiative says OpenAI recently updated its whistleblower policy, addressing 8 of 13 recommendations and going further than Anthropic's policy (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-one-ups-a…

OpenAI One-Ups Anthropic with New Whistleblower Policy
OpenAI recently updated its policy for handling whistleblower complaints, following concerns about AI startups ignoring what are standard rules applying to all companies. It follows similar steps from Anthropic and could pressure other AI companies to follow suit.Federal government rules mandate ...

Interesting move #DepartmentOfEducation, if you even still exist. Professions like mine have professional organizations with a lot of members with a lot of money in maintaining their professional status.
#AICPA has issued the following:

AICPA, State CPA Societies Urge Department of Education to Recognize Accounting Programs as Professional Degree Programs
The AICPA and state CPA societies strongly oppose any proposal that fails to recognize accounting as a professional degree program.

I was interested in #Meshcore, but then I came across the website of the Meshcore Switzerland Community. Greeted by AI generated pictures I was appalled, but then I found this:
Work in progress vibe coding project, don't trust this data!
Nope, thanks, I'm outa here.
#meshcore <…

Scott helpfully reminds us of the differences between technical purity, semantics, and what actually matters to users in the context of — yes, really — paragraphs:
https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2024/08/29/paragraphs.html

Cowboys interview Eagles position coach following Christian Parker hire https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-interview-eagles-position-coach-following-christian-parker-hire

I just received an e-mail with the subject
"Þú hefur til miðnættis!"
(YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT!)
Hey Icelandair, I now pressure is a way to increase sales, but evoking fear?!?
#Icelandair