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The internet was supposed to set us free, but as Cory Doctorow reveals, it’s been hijacked by monopolies that lock us in, strip us down, and sell us back to ourselves… though the fight isn’t over yet.
"The Internet is Crack" Podcast.
Watch or listen to the full episode wherever your podcast is.
https://youtu.be/0N3q-qHVdg8
@pluralistic #monopoly #bigtech #podcast #theinternetiscrack #antitrust #tech #technology #information

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Vivaldi 7.5 for mobile is here! Bugs have shipped off on a one-way cruise to give you a smoother, speedier browser that works your way. ☀️

📖 https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-7-5-on-mobile/

#Android #iOS #iPadOS #Apps #Technology #Vivaldi #Tech

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#bookReview #psychology #neuroscience #automata #engineering #technology #bookstodon
my Book review of Braitenberg’s Vehicles Experiments in Synthetic Psychology
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/complex/book-review-braitenberg-vehicles/

I connect this to #lisp #programming for our upcoming (48 hours from tooting) interview with @ksaj about cluster and swarm-intelligence computing, featuring lisp.

If you have adjacent thoughts or questions you might like Ksaj and I (and the usual crowd) to consider, please do discuss them here.

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How water-based clocks revolutionised the way we measure time

For the vast majority of human history, we’ve relied on the Sun to tell time – a reliably unreliable method, given the body’s tendency to disappear behind clouds and the horizon.

https://aeon.co/videos/how-water-based-clocks-revolutionised-the-way-we-measure-time

Water clocks at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=water+clocks

#Science #Technology

An early 19th-century illustration[31] of Ctesibius's (285–222 BC) clepsydra from the 3rd century BC. The hour indicator ascends as water flows in. Also, a series of gears rotate a cylinder to correspond to the temporal hours.

The illustrator was probably w:John Farey, Jr. (1791–1851). The principal engraver for the encyclopedia was Wilson Lowry (1762–1824).[1] - Abraham Rees (1819) "Clepsydra" in Cyclopædia: or, a New Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

Diagram of a fancy clepsydra, this type being an automaton or self-adjusting machine. Water enters and raises the figure, which points at the current hour for the day. Spillover water operates a series of gears that rotates a cylinder so that hour lengths are appropriate for today's date. The ancient Greeks and Romans had twelve hours from sunrise to sunset; since summer days are longer than winter days, summer hours were longer than winter hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock#/media/File:Clepsydra-Diagram-Fancy.jpeg

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146d

President Trump delays TikTok ban for third time, giving 90 days for a deal to be struck with American owner. @AssociatedPress reports:

https://flip.it/23A_Oy

#Tech #TikTok #Trump #Technology #SocialMedia

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147d

#lispyGopherClimate #interview #transcript #webDev #technology #computerHistory #lisp #commonlisp #harlequin #CLIM

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/show/kmp-lisp-web-testing/

Summary and transcript of the first eight minutes of the hour-long downloadable episode, including Kent's summary of his personal web work in lisp (mostly at Harlequin) through the 80s and 90s.

@vindarel @khinsen (being the missing guests)
@kentpitman @dougmerritt @mdhughes

I'm hand-transcribing and summarizing, so this is something like part 1/6.

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147d

#LispyGopherClimate #archived #technology #programming #lisp #commonLisp #softwareEngineering

https://communitymedia.video/w/2KKB3LF4cAmFrTzR5QL8wT

Today, #webDev #softwareTesting Sharpsign no mention of types.

#climateCrisis + #haiku by @kentpitman

Reverse interview with @vindarel and @khinsen (they will listen to us this episode and respond in their own time zones)
https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/
https://github.com/ciel-lang/CIEL/#ciel-is-an-extended-lisp
https://web-apps-in-lisp.github.io/

My own #AMOP #Kitten #clelephant ~ https://screwlisp.small-web.org
, criticizing #clwho ?

LISPY GOPHER SHOW
A gopher and the lisp alien carry radio equipment through flooded wreckage.
anonradio.net
Every 000UTC Wednesdays.

#UNIX_SURREALISM https://analognowhere.com

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126d

I am delighted to see the publication of the Bristol University Press book, Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

Edited by Leonie Reins and Alexander Zahar

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/climate-technology-and-law-in-the-anthropocene

Open Access - https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-oa/book/9781529232912/9781529232912.xml

I contributed a chapter on the topic, 'Promethean Dreams: Intellectual Property and Climate Change in the Anthropocene', https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781529232912/ch017.xml

#climate #technology #law #anthropocene #openaccess #OA

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#GiftArticle

Bizarre

They Asked an #AI #Chatbot Questions.
The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

#GenerativeAI #chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes & endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the #technology can deeply distort reality.

Mr. Torres, 42, an accountant in Manhattan, started using #ChatGPT last year to make financial spreadsheets & to get legal advice.

#MediaLiteracy #tech #health #PublicHealth #MentalHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.q54v.5I9Hb7nYzpyW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Interstellar clouds are brewing rich organic chemistry. Astronomers just detected a complex molecule called cyanocoronene (C₂₄H₁₁CN) floating between the stars in Taurus.

We don't know if life is common in the universe. But prebiotic chemistry sure is.

https://public.nrao.edu/news/cosmic-chemistry-breakthrough-largest-aromatic-molecule-found-in-deep-space/ #science #space #technology

An artist's impression of the newly identified, largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon detected to date, cyanocoronene. This molecule, composed of seven interconnected benzene rings and a cyano group (C₂₄H₁₁CN), was found in the cold, dark molecular cloud TMC-1, a region known for its rich chemistry and as a cradle for new stars. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P.Vosteen

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This image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. In it, newborn stars are hidden, and dense clouds of gas are on the verge of collapsing to form yet more stars. The cosmic dust grains are so cold that observations at submillimetre wavelengths, such as these made by the LABOCA camera on APEX, are needed to detect their faint glow. This image shows two regions in the cloud: the upper-right part of the filament shown here is Barnard 211, while the lower-left part is Barnard 213.

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142d

Exhumed and Exhaled

Charles Babbage breathes in the past.

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/memory/exhumed-and-exhaled

Charles Babbage at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/556

#books #science #technology

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142d

You'll be hearing a lot about the amazing new Vera Rubin Observatory today. Here's a peek at its most important feature: an unusual optical design that gives it a HUGE field of view, allowing it to scan the entire visible universe, over and over.

https://www.lsst.org/about/tel-site/optical_design #science #technology #astrodon

$Rubin Observatory views a 9.62 square-degree patch of sky, more than 40 times the area of the full moon. This huge viewing area is the result of the telescope's unique optical design: a compact three-mirror telescope augmented by a large refractive corrector, the whole capable of delivering a 3.5 degree field of view covering a 64 cm diameter flat focal plane. The starting point for this design was the Dark Matter Telescope proposed by Roger Angel, director of the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona, and his collaborators in 2000.$

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119d

A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.

Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tech #Technology #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Cybercrime #Government

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118d

Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules

Reddit users in the United Kingdom are now required to verify their age as a way to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content.

The new requirement comes after the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) introduced new steps for platformsto block children from encountering harmful content, like pornography and material promoting self-harm.

#reddit #socialmedia #UK #OSA #Persona #technology #tech

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/

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#lispyGopherClimate #technology #emacs #writing #lisp #gopher #podcast #LIVE #archive
https://communitymedia.video/w/hTjTR5cwshdWP7DX3VqWjB

#climateCrisis #haiku from @kentpitman

This week, DJ @damaru of the Evolution Revolution will talk, including about using emacs as a #writer.

I will share my #eev mode experience, and @eduardoochs should be in #emacsconf on IRC.

I'm going to mention incredible show artist @prahou with reference to gef's last episode.
https://analognowhere.com
https://archives.anonradio.net/202506241600_gef.mp3

@mdhughes @rat

Lispy gopher climate banner by @prahou@merveilles.town #UNIX_SURREALISM .

The lisp alien, in a purple tshirt, holding a microphone with its hand-nose and the gopher are carrying radio equipment labeled SDF through flooded AI wreckage.

anonradio.net
Every Wednesday 000UTC

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119d

#hackThePlanet
#lispyGopherClimate #interview with 500 hats of @lambdacalculus
Their kofi: https://ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus

https://communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2SPuL5twaSnTEEq5 #archive

of #DOOM #redstaros #piratebox fame

Previewing their
#phreakNIC #technology #hacker
#HOPE #HOPE_16
talks!

Also #oldComputerChallenge happening RIGHT NOW https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul15.txt (I'm doing #xemacs emacs)

LambdaCalculus knows #emacs #lisp ...! And that's where it began then #commonLisp #CCL on the #macintosh

@dougmerritt @mdhughes @hairylarry

LISPY
GOPHER
SHOW

Special guest:
The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus

Wednesday 0UTC

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#Trump said Friday that he’s immediately suspending #trade talks with #Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on #technology firms, which he called “a direct & blatant attack on our country.”

Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Canadians had just informed the #US it would stick to its plan to impose the tax set to take effect Monday.

#DigitalServices #TradeWar #economy #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-27-2025#00000197-b296-de08-a1f7-f7dec60b0000

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“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#DOGE #Veterans #AI #Health #Government #Technology #Journalism #Transparency

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103d

MageGee MK-Box 65% Mechanical Wired Computer Keyboard Review

A comprehensive review of the MageGee MK-Box mechanical computer keyboard covering overview, keycaps, switches, specifications, shortcuts and more.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/review-magegee-mk-box/

#blog #keyboard #review #tech #technology

A prominent mechanical keyboard standards next to a title that reads, 'MageGee MK-Box Review' against a background made of varying polygon shapes in blues and purples.

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103d

Running Deepseek R1 671b fully locally on a $2000 EPYC server. Idle wattage is just 60w while with 260w under load.

This setup runs a 671B model in Q4 quantization at 3-4 TPS, running a Q8 would need something beefier. To run a 671B model in the original Q8 at 6-8 TPS you'd need a dual socket EPYC server motherboard with 768GB of RAM.

The idea that LLMs use an inordinate amount of power to run is very much outdated at this point.

https://digitalspaceport.com/how-to-run-deepseek-r1-671b-fully-locally-on-2000-epyc-rig/

#technology #llm

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What is Donald Trump's plan for AI? @brianmerchant read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here's what he learned. "Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke," Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. "It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!"

https://flip.it/tMtohZ

#Tech #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Politics #DEI #SiliconValley

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112d

#lispyGopherClimate https://communitymedia.video/w/5gDoZAFpthDiZzRafWqy2n #archive #technology #lisp #podcast

We got the face of #FOSS computing in #Aotearoa #NZ joining us live.

https://davelane.nz/my-open-history

Dave has worked extensively over the decades on #libre #education , #OER . Dave is a herptophile so we better talk about #logo #turtleDrawing at least!

Lots of questions about education-focused-programming-languages (like LOGO!).

#lambdaMOO:

telnet lambda.moo.mud.org
co guest
@join screwtape
"hey!