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Interesting report on an old #archival preservation technique and its challenge for #digitization.
A literal 'Spürnase' is helpful: "a faint scent of vanilla is present, a sign that the paper itself has begun to break down" 👃

Digital Collections Spotlight #52: Digitization for Preservation: PEC Letter Books « Moravian Archives

OK, that was a lot of soldering #diysynth

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'A rare copy for sale of "Lisp Style and Design" by Molly Miller and Eric Benson (Digital Press, 1990), a great book cited by Paul Graham in On Lisp that covers often overlooked topics. All the proceeds will be donated to the Medley Interlisp Project.'

Lisp Style & Design - Molly Miller, Eric Benson - VERY RARE - VERY GOOD cond | eBay
Good design and style enhance programming efficiency because they make programs easier to understand, to debug, and to maintain. Lisp Hackers' Delight. Paul Graham cites this book in his classic text,On Lisp.

Still up? Go check out the moon. 🌕 The bright object nearby is Jupiter, a gas giant planet 385,650,657 miles away from Earth (as of 10 minutes ago). #lookUp

[ April 10, 2025 - April 11, 2025] Conference or similar: AI and the Ends of Humanity: Thinking Theologically after ChatGPT https://philevents.org/event/show/125022

AI and the Ends of Humanity: Thinking Theologically after ChatGPT
The advent of increasingly sophisticated and potentially autonomous forms of artificial intelligence poses a challenge to understandings of the human place in the cosmos in ways perhaps as profound as the Copernican Revolution.  And while artificial general intelligence is not yet and may never be a reality, digital technologies are already introducing powerful new possibilities for deception, surveillance, and bias, exacerbating polarization, and changing the meaning of intimacy, care, creati…

One week to go with last places up for grabs! Join us at DINAcon 2024 next week in Bern to hear about:
💠 AI in Parliament: A Roadmap for the Parliamentary Library { Jacqueline Kucera }
🌸 How can large language models be used for sustainable procurement? { Marcel Gygli, Luca Rolshoven }
🌿 Source code sovereignty: local alternatives for an independent digital future { Tobias Brunner }
🧑‍⚖️ My workshop on open source contracts with Simon Schlauri
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CH Open DINAcon 2024 in Bern | Wissenschaft und Technik
Veranstaltung am 21.11.2024 in Bern. Die DINAcon ist ein Event für digitale Nachhaltigkeit unter dem Motto "Zukunftsmodelle für eine digi

«Kritische Infrastruktur–Bund muss mehr in Cybersicherheit investieren:
Das eidgenössische Parlament pocht nach dem Xplain-Skandal auf verbindliche Cybersicherheitsprüfungen wichtiger Produkte und rennt damit bei der Landesregierung offene Türen ein»
Unter anderem wäre zB das blinde Vertrauen in IT-Verkäufer sehr wohl zu überlegen und nicht alles nur kurzsichtig anzunehmen.
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Kritische Infrastruktur: Bund muss mehr in Cybersicherheit investieren
Das eidgenössische Parlament pocht nach dem Xplain-Skandal auf verbindliche Cybersicherheitsprüfungen wichtiger Produkte und rennt damit bei der Landesregierung offene Türen ein.

Couch jammin with the LXR-02 and a brown drink

«Nextcloud Talk – Open-Source-Tool will Microsoft Teams ablösen:
Mit dem Paris-Update erhält Nextcloud Talk einen Desktop-Client. Generative KI soll digitale Meetings effizienter gestalten.»
Wenn @… von der Masse der Industrie wie ua zB auch @…

Watching the 2018 sequel to #Halloween last night wasn’t too terrifying.
However. It did set me up for having a small heart attack when I spotted this over my shoulder hanging in the bathroom.