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asmodai

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Professional problem solver; DevOps; buddhist, dreamer and sometimes thinker

You cannot solve social problems with technology.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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textfiles , to Random stuff
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A hand-made Russian manual for a Canon Navigator? YES PLEASE

https://archive.org/details/canon-navigator-manual-rus

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asmodai ,
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@textfiles Love the mistake they made with 'backslach'. Such an understandable one.

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Those Valve Deadlock leaks look quite interesting. A bit of a continuation from Team Fortress 2 (and subsequently Overwatch), but with lanes inspired by MOBAs/Paragon/Smite:

https://www.polygon.com/24158960/valve-deadlock-hero-shooter-leak

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We are building a more independent energy system for 🇪🇺.

2 years ago, we launched to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2027 by:

✔️ speeding up the deployment of renewables
✔️ diversifying our energy sources
✔️ saving energy

As a result, gas prices are now back around pre-war levels, and our gas storage registered a record high level at the end of the last heating season.

And we have now 1/3 more of renewable energy in our energy mix compared to 2021.

→ https://europa.eu/!fTyHHf

asmodai ,
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@daniel_collin From fossil or Russia, you mean?

asmodai ,
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@daniel_collin Well, they indicated 2027 in the text to be completely separated from Russian fossil fuels.

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"We just tend to leave those announcements to the label, we don't tend to talk about them, so we're not trying to be cute or difficult today," Zelnick said.

😑

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/intercept-roll7-closures-update/

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Nou, lijkt erop dat in elk geval Plasterk voldoet aan het politiek aforisme dat je conservatiever wordt naarmate je ouder wordt.

Hoe kan je je jarenlange inzet voor PvdA verenigen met nu ogenschijnlijk premier worden voor een uiterst rechts kabinet?

dhoe , to Random stuff
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I'm going to migrate to my own instance at enoent.org shortly. Shouldn't have any side effect, but just in case I lose followers, that's where you can find me.

(Reason for the migration: sigmoid.org is a thematic community, and I'm objectively all over the place with my posts)

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@dhoe So if it goes wrong, you will definitely be ENOENT? 😀

asmodai , to Random stuff
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I don't understand it anymore...

"Activision has formed an all-new internal studio, Elsewhere Entertainment. The new team, headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with additional resources in the U.S., is exclusively focused on creating a new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise."

jpmens , to Random stuff
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TIL nginx can be extended with JavaScript, and I don't know

https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/

asmodai ,
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@jpmens Just be aware, having jumped through various hoops with it myself recently (messing with JWT), there are various limitations though as it is a restricted subset of JavaScript.

The documentation is also not the best.

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@jpmens Let's just say while working with it, I let out a few expletives, yes. :D

asmodai , to Random stuff
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In other news, avian influenza A(H5N1), jumped from cow to human.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2405371

asmodai , to Random stuff
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So, that's at least two US supreme court justices with seditious spouses.

asmodai , to Firefox
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Unless I'm misunderstanding this, Mozilla states "With the latest version of Firefox for U.S. desktop users" and subsequently links to "en-US" download to seemingly make an equivalency. [1]

I wonder if the smart people in management there actually understand that the "en-US" download is the default for many non-US countries and they're setting themselves up legally. It's also bizarrely disingenuous to equate the locale setting to mean US users.

1: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/

pervognsen , to Random stuff
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Trying to hit all the Danish classics, today I went to the baker several hours before morning opening time and bought some grovbirkes straight from the oven.

asmodai ,
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@pervognsen Sounds similar to the loss of boulangeries in France.

In the Netherlands we have a bit of a revival with some more traditional bakers rising up again.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Imagine painstakingly creating a game, pouring endless love and attention to aesthetics.

And then you have some manager/marketing dude take that and plaster "thoughtful" advertisements all over this.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Goh, duurde niet lang voordat Bosma toch zijn politieke kleuren toont.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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ALZARA Radiant Echoes is looking like a very interesting game with its JRPG inspirations.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/studiocamelia/seed-a-vibrant-tribute-to-jrpg-classics

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2856410/ALZARA_Radiant_Echoes/

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Cool, my upstream Zabbix Ansible PR got merged, making Zabbix script maintenance a little less cumbersome in the future.

asmodai , to China
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China Builds World’s First Dedicated Drone Carrier

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/china-builds-worlds-first-dedicated-drone-carrier/

asmodai , to Random stuff
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From Jez Cordon (https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsofts-quest-for-short-term-dollardollardollar-is-doing-long-term-damage-to-windows-surface-xbox-and-beyond):

The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect.

asmodai OP ,
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And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins.

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New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD's licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD.

https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

asmodai ,
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@daniel_collin True, but at least having a policy is something that can be fallen back on in dubious cases?

asmodai ,
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@daniel_collin Oh absolutely. I meant it more that they can point in any disputes to some policy that they have on it. Rather than having a situation and not having a policy.

There are some telltale signs of LLMs with big enough pieces of code. But many other smaller cases, especially if lightly touched upon, will be very difficult to distinguish from manually written code.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Huh, looks like Assassin's Creed Shadows seems to contain Yasuke, the African retainer to Oda Nobunaga.

So that's the latter part of the Sengoku period (1580 onwards).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vovkzbtYBC8

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Het zou toch van de zotte zijn als inderdaad een Plasterk premier zou worden. Wat verloochen je dan je achtergrond.

pervognsen , to Random stuff
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Had a very weird first 24 hours back in Europe until I realized (after noticing this for two different kinds of bottles with screw-off plastic caps) that the plastic caps don't detach anymore from the collar. That's new since last year. EU regulation apparently?

asmodai ,
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@pervognsen Yep! Reducing plastic litter. Also, many countries now having or introducing deposits for small plastic bottles and/or aluminium cans.

In other news, Tetrapaks that moved from just folding to open to plastic caps seem to move back again in at least my country, but possibly others as well?

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Jon Stewart Gives Sen. Robert Menendez a Corruption Lesson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5udtSQ-LtM0

asmodai , to PlayStation
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Sony Group Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the company behind PlayStation, today announced the new leadership structure of SIE. Effective June 1, 2024, Hideaki Nishino will be appointed CEO of SIE’s Platform Business Group, and Hermen Hulst will be appointed CEO of SIE’s Studio Business Group.

https://sonyinteractive.com/en/press-releases/2024/new-leadership-structure-formed-at-sony-interactive-entertainment/

#Sony #PlayStation #SIE

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Well, the Fallout tv series definitely has a way better story than Fallout 4 ever had.

Can recommend watching it, even if you are not familiar with Fallout. But when you start, watch it all the way would be my suggestion.

asmodai OP ,
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@krady At least 3 had a decent hook, although the bungled the story as well. But not as badly as 4.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Doom didn't kill the Amiga...Wolfenstein 3D did

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsADJa-23Sg

asmodai OP ,
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@AndyGER Oh, it definitely helped cement the PC. Took me until the MMX x86 CPUs before I stopped using my A500+.

Of course, the mismanagement of Commodore also didn't help with staying relevant.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Slowly ordering my new computer parts.

Biggest doubt at the moment, what GPU. Had my eyes set on the RX 7900 XT. Just concerned with recent AMD news about their gaming GPUs and future.

I honestly don't care for ray tracing at the moment.

asmodai OP ,
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Also in light of rumours like this: https://wccftech.com/amd-rdna-5-completely-new-gpu-architecture-from-ground-up-rdna-4-fixes-rdna-3-improves-ray-tracing/

Then the inevitable question becomes, buy now or wait a few months for this (Navi 48)?

asmodai , (edited ) to Random stuff
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So, I was watching a video and the person said "if you like this video" at the end. And 'lo and behold what happened to the like button. Yep, from what is said in the video it triggers highlighting the like button.

GOTTA FARM THOSE ENGAGEMENT NUMBERS!

asmodai OP ,
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@lritter No reply, why?

asmodai OP ,
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@lritter There, hopefully that's less ambiguous.

asmodai OP ,
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@lritter Ugh, can't stand those. Even worse when it happens in the normal apps, like your bank's and such.

asmodai OP ,
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@KeefJudge Need to see if it also triggers on the subscribe.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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I read everything Elon Musk posted for a week. Send help.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/reviews/i-read-everything-elon-musk-posted-for-a-week-send-help/ar-BB1mgqcu

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Human rights lawyer Susie Alegre: ‘If AI is so complex it can’t be explained, there are areas where it shouldn’t be used’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/11/human-rights-lawyer-susie-alegre-ai-artificial-intelligence-human-rights-robot-wrongs-book-interview

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Watching Eurovision implode is rather 🍿

asmodai OP ,
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@jjacobsson These events are showing just how much that organisation is controlling. Surprised me how much.

asmodai , to Random stuff
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The Xbox news is not going down well outside of the direct affected either:

Skill Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAb21GaTEGw

Bellular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e667OfK-dps

YongYea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpn-p8_D8GY

Second Wind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cjo_qTnW6A

Writing on Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCqrYeCAyMk

asmodai OP ,
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@daniel_collin Wikipedia is on the ball, alright:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming#Mismanagement_of_gaming_studios_and_layoffs

😂

asmodai OP ,
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@daniel_collin Also, that part of the IGN article where they state, really drives home the reality, I think:

"I had lengthy conversations with a bunch of Xbox founders, and we all came to the same conclusion: it's no longer Xbox, but Microsoft Gaming."

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xZB80sZaI

asmodai , to Random stuff
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Something more of my friends and acquaintances in IT/Tech need to be aware of. I have been there myself and I will try to keep helping folks in my surrounding to spot and deal with it and hopefully they never reach the depths I experienced.

Understanding Job Burnout - Dr. Christina Maslach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVlL9TnvphA

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