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A new picture of the Evilstick (#Evilstick

Evilstick - Chinafake Wiki
Evilstick is a battery operated toy wand that was made by an unknown company. It gained infamy in November of 2014 after it was found that some versions contained...

I think my daughter gets me. A for accuracy. Also, the disco ball is a nice touch.

Like Malaysia Airlines MH17 and Korean Air Lines 007, seems Azerbaijan Airlines J2-8243 may have been shot down. #russia just can’t stop hurting people.
“FlightRadar24…said…aircraft…faced ‘strong GPS jamming,’ which ‘made…aircraft transmit bad ADS-B data,’ referring to…information…allows flight-tracking websites to follow planes…Russia…blamed in…past for jamming GPS transmissions…”
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan. At least 30 likely killed
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard has crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau and an official says 38 people were killed and 29 survived. The Embraer 190 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus when it was diverted and attempted an emergency landing near the city of Aktau. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that it was too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash, but said that the weather had forced the…

Over the last 7 days I've made some changes to libkdumpfile which make it work much better with QEMU ELF dumps. Cc @…
https://github.com/…

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Drawing attention to this thread of comments of mine from a few days ago, as it goes deeper into apparent efforts from European nations to Trump-proof Ukraine, which is actually VERY important for European security.
It's nice seeing news articles pointing out Ukrainian funding & Russian appeasement isn't something Trump gets to dictate, but rather, a situation where Europe is trying to diplomatically push back against Trump to defend their legitimate security interests.

BZ099 IT Change Management – https://buzzzoom.de/99/
Was bedeutet eigentlich IT Change Management?

After wearing my cargo pants yesterday and being spoiled by decent sized pockets (I could fit my phone in the front pocket, keys, and lipstick without it falling out when I sit) I’m pissed again about the pockets in my current pants, back pocket I can only put my hand up to my second knuckle in the back (might fit a lipstick but it would fall out) and the front ones, stuff keeps falling out when I sit. I’m going to lengthen the pockets based on the cargo pants pockets, I don’t care if it ‘ruins the line of the pants, and adds bulkiness’ because as I always say, women’s pockets, when pants have them, are bullshit. And I don’t care if they make me look fat because I value function and comfort more. My son can fit a whole keyboard in his. I’ve been gradually lengthening my pockets as I get to them, or wearing a Fanny pack, but had to go to a funeral Sunday and got pissed again about my pockets. I want to empower other women with decent pockets, so we can take over. That poem about seditious pockets comes to mind. Or at least carry phones and keys. Will post photos. #sewing #pockets #womenspants

Reminder to please stop using Twitter (or X, or whatever it's called now). It is owned by a fascist. Your posts are being used to train an AI that is owned by a fascist. Apparently, said fascist owns your accounts and posts as well. I suggest making a post informing your followers you are moving to the Fediverse or Bluesky or wherever (feel free to link here if you want), and then deleting your account after a couple weeks or so. Twitter is no longer social media. It's a disinformati…

raw, unbridled comedy

[ March 25, 2025] CFP for publication or other deadline: null https://philevents.org/event/show/125826

Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body (Special Issue of Christian Bioethics)
Submissions are invited for a special issue of Christian Bioethics on the theme: “Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body.” Theme Description: There are a plurality of views of what it means to be a parent. There are a plurality of categories of parenthood as well: biological, genetic, adoptive, etc. This issue will examine the nature of parenthood from perspectives within the Christian faiths. Contributors may explore what it means to be a parent from a Christian perspective, how Christian stan…

Just discovered a cool #magit feature: When you write a new commit and mention an issue using the usual hash-notation, it immediately becomes a hyperlink to that issue on GitHub.
Wow! #Emacs

How it started. How it's going.
#FuckNazis

Join Microsoft’s official Discord server for Copilot: #Copilot #Microsoft

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I have used excellent niche services this year:
• https://elicit.com: scientific publications summarisation using a LLM (don’t know if trained on or RAG). It cites them and I didn’t experienced hallucinations
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Google 'Retrofits' Spatial Memory Safety Onto C
Google researchers showed they were able to "retrofit" spatial #safety onto their C #code'bases, and to do it with a surprisingly low impact on #performance

Google 'Retrofits' Spatial Memory Safety Onto C++
Google researchers showed they were able to "retrofit" spatial safety onto their C++ codebases, and to do it with a surprisingly low impact on performance.

Sounds like Russia's tech industry - including internet, software, etc. - is seeing sharp declines in revenue, with widespread, major layoffs.
"The economy is in s***. It seems like everyone really needed IT specialists, there was a shortage of personnel, and all that. But the market has no money for development, the marketing tools have collapsed. Although both marketers and IT specialists are needed, there is no money. But everyone is hiding this."

«Денег нет, но все это скрывают». В России начались массовые сокращения айтишников
Нынешний год для российского ИТ-рынка заканчивается увольнениями.

Chinafake tip: if you visit https://chinafake.wiki frequently or have it bookmarked/favorited, you might be able to search it in Safari on iOS by adding "chinafake" before your search query! Try it out!

Chinafake Wiki
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During WWII, when someone was sent to a concentration/death camp, the word used to describe it is “deported” to the camp.
The “mass deportations” currently being suggested today use the word “deportations” in the same way.
#HumanRights #deportation

>If this is the way to superintelligence, it remai https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32982890

Is "decentralizedwashing" a term yet? See recent #bluesky discussions like: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113487613965056474

"Tiling with Three Polygons is Undecidable"
Erik D. Demaine; Stefan Langerman 17 Sep 2024
Abstract
We prove that the following problem is co-RE-complete and thus undecidable: given three simple polygons, is there a tiling of the plane where every tile is an isometry of one of the three polygons (either allowing or forbidding reflections)? This result improves on the best previous construction which requires five polygons.
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It remains open whether tiling …

Producer Peertube|Fediverse Channels CASBT: Краткая профессиональная справка: Наталья Ивановна Касперская — одна из наиболее известных фигур в сфере кибербезопасности
https://produceryoutubechannel.blogspot.com/2024/12/blog-post_26.html

@… @… something wrong is happening with pixelfed lately. Using your app, or Pixelix I'm seeing 2 posts from this user, but, opening the account from Mastodon shows 3 posts (but the stats show 4). How can it be? I'm having a lo…

Finally finished building this prototyping station, for designing synthesizer circuits from scratch. Super excited to start using it! #diysynth #electronics

EDU DIY Labor
Get started in circuit design with MKI x ES Labor. Developed in collaboration with Dr. Shalom D. Ruben teaching professor for engineering at the University of Colorado Labor is a fully-featured circuit design playground and a powerful electronics learning tool all in one. Created with the aim of se…

If you have time to call your rep today to oppose HR
9495, please do. It could give the next admin power to revoke non-profits’ tax exempt status just because they don’t like it. Below is a script to read and the link to find your rep (and their contact info).
https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house

How to Survive the Broligarchy
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy

I did it. I successfully joined a webring.

Related:
I wish I could remember one of the terms for a white guy they hire in Asia (it actually happens enough to merit a term) to pretend to be the boss just because he looks the part.
I'm going to have to look one up so I can throw it out there every time someone uses the term "diversity hire".

Bag making in progress. Joining ends to bodies for some tube/duffel shaped purses. Drinking tea, settling into the studio, and getting on with it #handmade #sewing #bagsewing

Get. Off. My. Lawn. 😳😝💣💥🫥💀
https://youtu.be/YPW_HeOHA1E

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Chinese OW models laundering US LMs, themselves laundering GPL code. There is some irony to it.

I see that HomeAsaistent is way more powerful than HomeBridge. Can it also add its HA devices and stuff to the HomeKit Home app like HomeBridge can tho?

Sure, it might look like Air Force One, but I'm pretty sure it's an alien invasion mothership...
Better safe than sorry!

So a HUGE box showed up at my doorstep.
It's the pre-order of my #XboxSeriesX #IndianaJones & the #GreatCircle - Collector's Edition.
It's the size of a small r…

Reminder that you can get updates on the Fediverse (and bsky) from any website with a proper RSS feed by entering it into https://fed.brid.gy/web-site !
This means you can get updates from your favorite news site/blog/whatever without it needing to be on the platform!

Hey Canada, Greenland and Panama, did you know that "...the U.S. government argued that Bin Laden and Soleimani posed an imminent threat and that the killings were defensive and, therefore, justified under international law."
I'm not saying anyone should hurt anyone. Violence is never a good answer. I also think someone threatening to invade and take possession of you by force is...bad.
quote source:

What does international law say about targeted killings? | CBC News
It certainly wasn't the first time a government was accused of orchestrating a killing on foreign soil, but observers around the world were nonetheless shocked by Prime Minister's Justin Trudeau's allegation that India's leaders had a hand in killing a Canadian citizen earlier this year in B.C. 

Our Matrix chat is now back! It was gone due to some moderation issues, but those have been resolved and it is now back online with Discord messages being bridged again! Check it out at https://matrix.to/#/#chinafakes:matrix.org

My dear dear friend had been misdiagnosed with lingering pneumonia in the spring, and had spells of being very sick, nothing was helping. She finally got a breast cancer diagnosis a couple of weeks ago, and it had already spread everywhere, two weeks later she passed. I’m still in shock. Please stay up to date with your self exams and mammograms, and if you have an ailment that’s not clearing up, keep seeing doctors until they figure out what it is, get second opinions! Don’t wait. Love you Mary.

really surprised to see all this traction around #bluesky right now. not sure what to make of it WRT fediverse and mastodon. kind of bums me out that people are not migrating here.

«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.

"when was the last time you saw a bag of chips despawn. 'cause for me, it's never."
-me at 1 fucking 37 AM

There is a long and storied history of whistles for protection. Ancient Egyptian guards used to place a blade of grass between the thumbs to alert other guards of issues that were transpiring. Later, shells were used to the same end. In China, acorns with holes drilled in them were used similarly.
As a dedicated instrument, whistles have been made of wood, bone, metal, and later, plastics. British bobbies have used whistles to communicate over distances since the 1880s. They are a commonly used tool for boatswains, crossing guards, and referees.
I wish I knew more about rape whistles, but they seem similar in functionality to hikers taking whistles with them in case of injury, as the sound carries much further than yelling, and is much less tiring.
As someone regularly stalked by a large creepy harasser, I am grateful for the whistle I was given for self-protection, even if the creeps who it was given to defend against resent the fuck out of it.
Fin.

turn of the century chinafakes are something else

Mastering Rust's Error Handling: A Guide to Writing Reliable Code
Rust's error handling system is a cornerstone of the language's commitment to writing safe and reliable code. As a Rust developer, I've come to appreciate the power and flexibility it offers. The system is designed to make error cases explicit, ensuring that developers consider and handle potential failure scenarios. […]
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Mastering Rust's Error Handling: A Guide to Writing Reliable Code
Discover Rust's powerful error handling system. Learn to write safer, more reliable code with Result, panic!, and custom error types. Improve your Rust skills today.

About those massive Russian losses of equipment near Kursk... looks like Ukraine released video of it.
Considering that Russia only has about 5-2 odds on that front, well... I don't think things are going all that well. Whatever gains they are making are just too expensive.

i cannot articulate how infuriating it is that discord is giving me the option to link my bluesky but not my mastodon for some reason

"White guy window dressing" is a little better. I just wish it was one word.
I bet, if they weren't white, the Germans would have a word for this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w0fs0/til_chinese_companies_rent_white_people_to_look/?rdt=52577

«How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming»
– from @… on @… blog
Yes, I admit, I have to seriously go through this because I still find learning Rust difficult.
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How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming | The RustRover Blog
So, you're thinking about choosing Rust as your next programming language to learn. You already know what it means to write code and have some experience with at least one programming language, probab

After discussing the possibility for several months, European nations are finally forming a unified barrier of insurance checks and enforcement around areas where Russia's shadow fleet operate... a very important development, as it either will deprive them from the ability to keep evading sanctions, or significantly increase the costs and risks of doing so.
Big ramifications. This could have a major impact on Russia's recent long term oil delivery deal with India, i.e.

Twelve European countries to jointly counter Russia's shadow fleet exporting oil
Twelve European countries have agreed to jointly counter the shadow fleet used by Russia to export oil, bypassing the G7-imposed price cap. Ships will now be checked for valid insurance documents.

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.

"yeah just blur em out it'll be fine"

Here's why having accounts on different apps is a good thing:
Instead of responding directly to the person who annoyed me, or even sub posting on the same platform, Ima make snarky comments over here where, likely, they will never see it.
Like:
I'm going to start calling straight white guys in positions that *I* don't think they're qualified for "legacy hires".
#LegacyHires

"WATCH ROOM" (2020)
Three maverick computer scientists work to develop human-friendly artificial intelligence within the safety of a virtual reality environment... until the AI learns it's at risk of being shutdown.
🎬 https://vimeo.com/383913383

The ruble has lost 1/3rd of its value vs. the yuan, but if you factor in OTHER extra costs...
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China strongly limits Russian access to tech in mech. engineering, aviation, and microelectronics.
"...they openly tell us: if you want to get some technologies, buy the product as a whole. We say: no, at best we need components that we'll replace soon. They tell us: we understand this, but aren't going to do it at normal prices. Here is double the price - please.&…

КамАЗ пожаловался на нежелание китайцев делиться технологиями и надеется на возвращение западных партнеров
Российский бизнес, как и власти, надеется на скорое возвращение западных компаний и инвесторов, ушедших из страны после начала полномасштабной войны.

Maybe if I buy this flower a drink, it will tell me the secret to its optimism #bloomscrolling

I have to go to the bathroom, but I also have to finish this damned article.
I suspect that if I get up to go to the bathroom, I'm going to get distracted by 200 other things and not finish writing.
Also, it will disturb the cat.

What. The. Actual. Fuck.
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Mikey Shulman, the CEO and founder of the AI music generator company Suno AI, thinks people don’t enjoy making music.
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Suno was trained on heaps of copyrighted music it fed into its training dataset without consent, a practice Suno is currently being sued for by the recording industry.
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https://www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-music-company-says-people-dont-like-making-music/