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I would like to have a new electric car but the whole data collection part is the main thing keeping me away from it.

So I liked this article quite a lot. Forgot where I found it, likely here somewhere on the fediverse...

arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removi…

Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid

Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)
arkadiyt.com

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Face Thumb

Also, I usually gets cars when they are at least 5 to 8 years old and take them to third party mechanics, so I don't have a warranty and I don't get software updates from the dealer and from a software point of view my car is basically unsupported at that point anyway. How much functionality are they going to change anyway? They probably aren't going to keep improving anything important over a decade, unless they can charge me for it like drift mode or something.
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I am Jack's Found 404

The new Behind the Bastards podcast on "AI" as an historical bastard is 👍👍👍

They mention that they go after art & writing because they're the 2 most common things people share on the internet, and thus the best for convincing regular people that it's "doing something"...

Very interesting analysis of the hype & marketing of shatbots [sic], worth the listen!

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I've been down a YouTube rabbit hole working on improving my art. I've always been somewhat decent at replicating something I can see, but when I have to draw something from my head, the poroprtions always looked kind of off.

I've watched a bunch of videos by a couple different artists, but I've found this one who has a whole channel teaching in a way that seems to work for me. My anatomy drawing (which has always been my Achilles' heel) has rather vastly improved in a remarkably short period of time, and I've been happy with the progress... at least until I compare them against the artist's examples. Hers are way better.

Then I have to remind myself: I've been at this a few days. Of course the professional artist is going to do a better job than me.

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🦆🦆 J Riley 🪿

Dead priest? you call a “fixer”

The Wolf: Jimmie, lead the way. Boys, get to work.
Vincent: A please would be nice.
The Wolf: Come again?
Vincent: I said a please would be nice.
The Wolf: Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to tell you what to do and if self-preservation is an instinct you possess you'd better do it and do it quick.
Jules: No, Mr. Wolf, it ain't like that, your help is definitely appreciated.

#monsterdon #silverbullet1985

#monsterdon #silverbullet1985
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Yes, like I said, in basic regular expressions those characters only have special meaning when escaped. In extended regular expressions, they have special meaning unless escaped.

Both types of regular expressions are well documented in the latest Single UNIX Specification from The Open Group. Older versions of SUS are available from Debian contrib (or non-free?).

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*long drag on cigarette* Kid, this is Mastodon. We're all the algorithm here. You. Me. Everybody. Now get out there and boost somebody's bullshit.
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This is your regular reminder that the large tech companies are pretty evil. Also anyone wearing those glasses needs to have a good think about their lives and what they are doing.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7yv…

Dispute over fate of Kenyan workers who saw Meta AI glasses films

Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.
Chris Vallance (BBC News)

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onpoli, healthcare, security breach

Just got a letter in the mail that our healthcare information may have been compromised in a potential data breach. The hospital was very adamant that it wasn't their system that was compromised, but the systems of a third-party contractor used by the province.

Dear government, I take great pains to secure our personal systems. Can you please stop authorizing deals to hand over our sensitive information to sketchy third-party contractors without our consent? It's your responsibility to vet them. You don't just get to wash your hands of it when they inevitably screw it up.

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Krit

The only thing I think is bad about the shirt artwork is that the text is not in a position it can be easily understood. Other than that it looks good to me.
If you are using anything other than a mouse you will probably get things better setting accurately the brush dynamic options. Also I believe Krita has a threshold setting for the smooth.
Those are just my views and opinions, not meant to mess up your way of doing things.
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here are my favorite chess strategies:

- eating the opponent's pieces while they aren't looking
- the "pawn on a string" trick
- putting the opponent's pieces upside down so they can't identify them as easily
- hiding monopoly money up my sleeve
- playing on a very slight incline so the pieces slowly slide off the board
- knight dupe glitch
- arbitrary code execution via pawn placement and null piece reference
- bribing the opponent with a $20 bill to throw the match
- putting worms on the board
- putting superglue on some spaces so the opponent's pieces get stuck
- cheating
- intentionally underdeveloping residential spaces to keep demand high, ensuring steady population growth over time
- bringing an atari 2600 and a copy of video chess so i can just copy its moves
- using nucelar pressure to secure a draw
- threatening the opponent's family

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I know it's a little late to cash in on the #caturday points, but here's another drawing I did of @Benny in #Krita. This time, in addition to cell shading, I also threw in some highlights. Also, this time his rear end isn't featured.
Drawing of a brown and white cat in a blue tunnel with a yellow spiral trim. He is laying comfortably, looking toward the viewer, with his two front paws outstretched in front of him.
#caturday #krita @Benny

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gábor ugray

unpopular opinion: this is actually quite ok. this person created an MVP to test if a market exists for a particular product. it is a cheap MVP, and there is real signal (paying customers).

now they can calculate if revenues justify building the real thing. if yes, they can put up or raise the money, hire a team, and build it. if not, it was a fun ride, and they can move on.

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mutual aid

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Jonathan Lamothe

@silverwizard No, they're antacids. If someone were going to steal a pill, the ADHD meds were in the same organizer.

There are many benign possibilities. It's possible that when I loaded the organizer, I accidentally put only one of those pills in it (I take two a day). It's possible that since I was late with meds today, I got the schedule wrong, and accidentally took one at the wrong time. These are much more likely.

Still, I'll keep an eye on the situation.

@silverwizard
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If you are thinking about running your blogpost through an AI editor, don't! It almost always makes it more boring.

Whatever you have to say is what you had to say anyway. Just say that, you don't need more. And the mistakes are perfectly fine.

I spell check once, proofread once, then publish. When people point out errors, it makes me feel good, because it means people are reading what I write, and I correct it then.

I'd rather have your charming acoustic-performance words, even if you make mistakes! I love mistakes in writing. Rustic and cozy.

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Szescstopni

Rustic approach is great. In our real rural life things are not always perfect. If a dining plate appears generally clean we put it in with other clean plates, we don't examine it with a microscope. Some sand and dog hair on the floor is OK unless it's really not. When there's some speck somewhere we just say 'rustic' and keep on going.
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"The Devil Went Down To Georgia" says that the Devil was "in a bind because he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal", suggesting that Satan Himself - note that the song specifies "the Devil", not "a devil" - has monthly quotas and faces consequences for not meeting those quotas. From this we can infer the existence of a greater and more sinister being capable of imposing KPIs on Satan Himself, suggesting in turn that KPIs themselves are the product of something more evil than Satan.
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Isaac Ji Kuo

Speaking as someone who is entirely sane and rational, obviously this being does not yet exist and is Roko's Basilisk, and it is threatening eternal punishment to a future simulated copy of Satan Himself if he doesn't keep up with its KPI.

Also, Roko's Basilisk isn't sinister or evil because it's very important that I say that Roko's Basilisk isn't sinister or evil or it will eternally torture a future simulation of me which acausal transaction me thinkie good very well brain works

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There is a Fediverse alternative to Substack called Ghost. It allows you to host blogs and newsletters in a very similar way to Substack, but it has much less problematic management and you can host your own Ghost-powered site if you want to.

Lots more info about Ghost in the guide at:

➡️ fedi.tips/ghost-blogs-and-news…

Would also highly recommend the article by @molly0xfff which outlines the advantages of Ghost over Substack:

➡️ citationneeded.news/substack-t…

#FediTips #Ghost #Substack #Alternatives

Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details

I migrated Citation Needed from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. Here is exactly how I did that.
Molly White (Citation Needed)
#FediTips #Alternatives #substack #ghost @Molly White

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I've been using #Emacs's #Gnus for news/mail/RSS, but for whatever reason it's having trouble subscribing to ATOM feeds (RSS is fine). I seem to be missing the nnatom backend. Is there something special I need to do to add it?
#AskFedi
#askfedi #emacs #gnus

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