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This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I looked through the Giant Instruction Manual of Lemmy for this and I couldn't see any recommendations about titles but I'll change it for you if I can.

What are your defining memories of computing in the old days? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
  1. Programming big multi-media rigs with eight-hole paper tape and a thumb punch. #FourYorkshiremen
Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

One of the problems I have with search engines when looking for tech solutions is that the results are incredibly out of date. I don't bother any more and just go straight to the product's own support forum. Where possible I add the forum's own search entry to Firefox's search box. At least I no longer get answers to a problem no one has had since 2018.

This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The earliest known burgers I have read about were made and sold as roadside snacks in the Roman empire.

This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exactly. If they want honesty in labelling then images of happy cows in fields on dairy products should be replaced by pictures of young calves being pulled from their mothers so they don't consume the milk.

This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Have you ever been confused by coconut milk? Do you think that hamburgers come from Hamburg? Are sweetbreads made from wheat and sugar?

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Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.

Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

What was your gateway product to open source? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It was Mozilla for me back in 2000. I gradually replaced all the proprietary apps I was using on Windows with FLOSS alternatives and then finally made the mover to Linux around 2010. The only closed stuff I use now is an iPhone and I despise it.

No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan in c/[email protected]
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Dweezil Zappa is older than Frank (en.wikipedia.org)
 

It's not a recent event but I only I realised this today.

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What were your first cars/jazz mags? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Triumph Herald/Amateur Photographer.

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What happens to campaign Web sites after an election? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

I was watching an old episode of Have I Got News For You and a David Cameron promotional site was mentioned so I checked it out. His people must have let the domain name expire as it's now a spam blog called David Cameron Journalism.

David Cameron improving your life, one shitty link farm at a time.

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Message; system of messages (www.jwz.org)
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Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight (www.newscientist.com)
 

Could*

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Did the Average American Gain 29 Pounds During Pandemic Lockdowns? (www.snopes.com)
 

Guess what?

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AI image, real person or Thunderbird puppet? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 
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Schneier: Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels (www.schneier.com)
 

Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence:

While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement ­ and a new method for encroachment on privacy, advocates say. Crisscrossing the city on their routes, self-driving cars capture a wider swath of footage. And it’s easier for law enforcement to turn to one company with a large repository of videos and a dedicated response team than to reach out to all the businesses in a neighborhood with security systems.

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End-to-end encryption; the will of the British people (element.io)
 

Today marks the first day of the Report Stage of the Online Safety Bill. As this Bill progresses through the Houses of Parliament, we hope to (once again) raise the alarm around the risks to encryption posed by this Bill.

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BBC Master 128: The evolved 8-bit computer from Acorn (www.youtube.com)
 

In the basement today we have quite a rare machine (for North America:) The BBC Master 128. It's an evolution of the original Acorn BBC Micro from 1981. My first task is to service the PSU and convert it to 120v, then see if this machine is working.

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How to read a weather map: Do you know your isobars from your weather fronts? (www.sciencefocus.com)
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Most of us have seen weather maps at some point in our lives – in geography lessons at school, or in weather forecasts. But what do all the lines, labels and shapes actually mean?

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Father and Son (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

I've just watched Yusuf/Cat Stevens at Glastonbury and impressed by how many people of all ages know the lyrics to songs he wrote half a century ago. Example: when he started singing Father and Son the crowd had joined in before he'd reached the end of the first word.

And the sight of tens of thousands of mostly white, middle-class fans joining in with a 74 year old Muslim grandad wasn't something I'd ever expected to see.

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