@uint8_t In March 2024, the was a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which basically said that all standards that are mandatory for products must be free of charge.
I just looked up what's the current state of this:
There is now an official web site where you can request free access to european standards, and access those that were sucessfully requested by others: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request/home
It explicitly says that everyone may use it, not just people in the EU.
1. interview with the vampire
2. HR screening with the vampire
3. technical interview with the vampire
4. team interview with the vampire
5. Good evening vampire, unfortunately we're not able to extend you an offer at this time. We'd like to keep in contact and notify you of any available positions in the future
Anyway, TL;DR, impressed and fascinated as I am by LLMs and GPTs as technology, the things we're using them for are just dumb and, in many cases, dangerous.
The more of these artificial liars get rolled out, the more we have to choose between believing everything the machine says -- which is lunacy -- or believing nothing that it says -- which is exhausting.
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I don't understand why you would deploy something that looks like an information retrieval tool, but simply invents things when it doesn't know the answer.
No one would design a database system that returned random data if a query failed to match any records. (Except perhaps in a specialized application such as a game).
The argument “but it gets it right MOST of the time" cuts no ice. That actually makes it WORSE, because it's harder to tell when the robot is fabricating answers.
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Hmm. #protonpass might fit the bill. Nice that its Android client is officially in #fdroid (which Bitwarden couldn't do initially as it was a Xamarin based app, and now because the required SDK is non-Free)
Now that #bitwarden is moving away from FOSS, is there a competitive alternative for people that can't or don't want to self-host? Something that's staying FOSS with a decent free tier, but will take money directly for a subscription, that's easy enough to use that family and friends don't need hand holding?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/bitwarden_foss_doubts/
The fact that #Bitwarden is shifting-away from being #OpenSource has prompted me to take a closer look at #KeePassXC on my desktop & #KeePassDX on my phone.
I've been using KeePassXC for years but never as my "main" credential vault.
But now that it supports #passkeys, migrating from Bitwarden onto it full-time is a no-brainer.
And I have to say I'm quite pleased with the results.
The migration took all of 10 seconds. I exported my Bitwarden vault as an encrypted JSON file which KeePassXC read without any problem and decrypted the file just fine.
My encrypted vault is stored on my #Nextcloud server hosted by #Hetzner and I'm using the native Nextcloud clients for #Windows, #Linux, and #Android to keep everything in-sync.
Got a #WordPress problem? Not sure what the hell to do about it?
As someone who has spent years outside the WordPress ecosystem, I have more than a few ideas for you.
Let’s start with your needs: https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/
new @tedium
Mercedes-Benz opens its own recycling facility for EV batteries
Making new EV batteries from old EV batteries is a no-brainer.
woah.
“few people know that a considerable chunk of the VPN market—including three of the six most popular VPNs—is quietly operated by an Israeli-owned company with close connections to that country’s national security state, including the elite Unit 8200 and Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
those 3 VPNs are: ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, and Private Internet Access.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/
Ongoing discussion, but it looks like Bitwarden may be starting to make moves towards no longer being open source:
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/issues/11611
Previous issues opened against the SDK have been met with replies that suggest they have no intention of reconsidering the licensing decision:
I really hope the fediverse can get more traction among “normies”. But one thing I have been wondering is why the community on Bluesky (which I think is also part of the fediverse?) is so much worse than Mastodon?
I’ve received more hate and harassment on Bluesky than Twitter. The people are truly awful on that app, but every time Musk does something usage balloons. I don’t understand why people jump to Bluesky when Mastodon is here and so much better imo!
BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization
Somehow I wasn't aware that #supertuxkart could use #openstreetmap data for levels. Fun!
"The lady at the charity shop today told me she wishes ppl wd clear out their kids' old toys in the lead up to Xmas rather than after because she always sees parents in the days before Xmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's rarely anything in before, but they get many toys after.
If you know your child is going to get lots of presents for Xmas this year, by clearing out early you could make another child's Xmas a lot more special."