None of the age verification options are perfect in terms of protecting information, providing access to everyone, and safely handling sensitive data.
That’s just some of the reasons that EFF is against age-gating mandates,
-- and is working to stop and overturn them across the United States and around the world.
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"Software is no longer seen as an asset, as something to care for, to maybe even take pride in. It’s a throw-away product. Like a napkin. Just get one quick, wipe your mouth and throw it away. Like a novelty t-shirt."
(Original title: Software as Fast Fashion)
https://tante.cc/2026/01/15/software-a…
caida_as: CAIDA AS graphs (2004-2007)
A sequence of 122 network snapshots denoting Autonomous System (AS) relationships on the Internet, from 2004-2007, inferred using the Serial-1 method from RouteViews BGP table snapshots and a set of heuristics.
This network has 25158 nodes and 102468 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted, Temporal
Weil Lightroom nicht mehr auf MacOS X funktioniert, bin ich umgestiegen auf Darktable. Der Umstieg ist nicht leicht, vor allem weil bei allen Fotos die “Ausgewählt”-Markierung (Picked) fehlte. Ich habe einen Weg gefunden, die Daten auszulesen, ohne Lightroom zu öffnen. Das eröffnet den Weg, die Markierungen auch in Darktable wieder nutzbar zu machen
"In summary, #AGI, as commonly conceived, will not happen because it ignores the physical constraints of computation, the exponential costs of linear progress, and the fundamental limits we are already encountering. Superintelligence is a fantasy because it assumes that intelligence can recursively self-improve without bound, ignoring the physical and economic realities that constrain all systems. …
With news that another railway bridge in Scotland has fallen into the river below, I feel compelled to share @…'s # CautionaryTales episode on that famous Dundonian poet McGonagall..
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford: "Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/genius-still-unrecognised-the-worst-poet-in-the-world
Media file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/18db03/tracking.swap.fm/track/SxlTEPDY7xDg35RXkASs/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c0ae8c6e-22f0-4e9b-ac1c-ae390037ac53/fd2acf28-383a-4874-b266-b33900f48f7c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=7f5a4714-6b10-4ccf-a424-ae390037ac70
"Rücksichtslose" Cyberattacken: Großbritannien geht gegen Akteure aus China vor
Die britische Regierung hat Cyberangriffe aus China gegen das Inselreich und Verbündete aufgedeckt. Sie wirft ihnen global Attacken auf über 80 IT-Systeme vor.
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Google-Experiment „Disco“: Browser macht aus Tabs interaktive Web-Apps