The #SCaLE21x CFP is now open! Tag someone who you want to see speak or exhibit at SCALE in March 2024. https://ow.ly/FwRW50PymnW
Traditional Latin Mass Readings
August 13, 2023 -Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost (G)
Epistle - I Corinthians 15:1-10
Gospel - Mark 7:31-37
Gemini - gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2023-08-13.gmi
Https - https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2023-08-13.gmi
Matthew Mercer on Villainy, and creating great, believable villains in Dungeons & Dragons (or other role playing) campaigns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAnrmkYJ_lU
#mattmercer #villainy #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #villains #criticalrole #roleplaying #fantasy
#Google just updated their privacy policy, declaring open season on the entire public internet. The policy states almost everything you post online will help build their #AI tools. Here's our take on #privacy and AI by looking at #ChatGPT: https://proton.me/blog/privacy-and-chatgpt
Thanks to
Shira Ovide of Washington Post for her story about how switching from #Gmail to #ProtonMail
"was enabled by European bureaucrats who want to make it easier for you to get a Big Tech divorce." 😅 You don't have to stay married to #BigTech. https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/27/gmail-switch-proton-email/ (paywall)
@kyle I feel like that's a good reminder for experts (in FOSS, etc) too: Approving and praising good work by beginners helps them significantly. Don't just focus on the bad stuff!
Today
* Reddit ends free API access.
* Twitter turns off anonymous reading.
* Youtube is talking about banning ad-blocking users.
The tech industry was living on cheep money and low interest rates, and now they're all afraid to let their precious content get used for AI training.
The walls are going up, the lawful corporate web is collapsing in on itself.
The Dirge for the Planet (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. cover in UKRAINIAN)
"While code-generating AI systems like CoPilot have emerged as a powerful tool for professional developers, there are growing legal and ethical concerns around the development of these models." Mark your calendar for this upcoming online talk. More info: https://u.fsf.org/3z5
Life is Worth Living
Episode 111 - Communism
Fulton J Sheen talks about Communism, and 2 of the ideas of Communism that are fasle -
1. Economic Determinism
2. Man has value only as a representative of an economic class
#Communism #Capitalism #LifeIsWorthLiving #Christianity #Catholic #Catholicism #Economics #EconomicDeterminism #Sheen #FultonJSheen
Many folks are updating their resumes at the moment and I wanted to share a tip.
My own resume had served me well over the years, but I went to update it and realized that not only was the content outdated, the CV-style format was outdated, dull, and too long.
I found a great two-column LaTeX template based on a Marissa Mayer resume and wanted to share it here. It's attractive, modern, easy to read, and lets you fit a lot of detail.
This panel by @davidrevoy captures my ultimate #tabletop #RPG fantasy. I've had plenty of sessions online, but I would kill for a comfy weekend playing #PenAndPaper with a bunch of friends.
I don't care that I'm almost 31. I want this!
Read the webcomic here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep13_The-Pyjama-Party.html
@kyle Good luck in new adventures Kyle. And in your book writing :)
Smartphones With Popular Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker
Tune in to our new episode! @katherined and @dsearls talk to prolific tech author, @kyle, about how he recently self-published his latest book, and how that differs from his many experiences with traditional publishers.
Visit the following link for full episode - https://www.reality2cast.com/144
Catholic father of 10. Programmer by trade. I like reading, writing, running, geocaching, chess, spending time with my family.