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In our previous blog post 2025 Priorities: Reliability, Audio, Cameras and More, we asked "is there anything that you find terribly important that we have missed here?". And indeed, there was one thing that people would have liked us to focus more on, which is a better keyboard experience.
This was unbelievably great timing, because we are actually integrating a new keyboard with great new features!
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I JUST REALIZED WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DINOSAURS SOUND LIKE! THEY COULD’VE BEEN SPEAKING FLUENT GERMAN FOR ALL WE KNOW
[Mir ist gerade aufgefallen, dass wir nicht einmal wissen, wie Dinosaurier klingen! Sie hätten auch fließend Deutsch sprechen können.]
@democracykills
it’s too early for this
[Dafür ist es noch zu früh]
@redvinesgiraffe
GUTEN MORGEN HERR PTERODACTYL
@fieldbears
WIE GEHTS FRAU MASTADON
@marvelous-freeman
Oh my god neither of those are dinosaurs and there’s 145 million years separating them both, this post is a palaeontological disaster.
[Oh mein Gott, keiner von beiden ist ein Dinosaurier, und zwischen ihnen liegen 145 Millionen Jahre. Dieser Beitrag ist eine paläontologische Katastrophe.]](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/437532 "Screenshot, probably from tumblr----
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I JUST REALIZED WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DINOSAURS SOUND LIKE! THEY COULD’VE BEEN SPEAKING FLUENT GERMAN FOR ALL WE KNOW
[Mir ist gerade aufgefallen, dass wir nicht einmal wissen, wie Dinosaurier klingen! Sie hätten auch fließend Deutsch sprechen können.]
@democracykills
it’s too early for this
[Dafür ist es noch zu früh]
@redvinesgiraffe
GUTEN MORGEN HERR PTERODACTYL
@fieldbears
WIE GEHTS FRAU MASTADON
@marvelous-freeman
Oh my god neither of those are dinosaurs and there’s 145 million years separating them both, this post is a palaeontological disaster.
[Oh mein Gott, keiner von beiden ist ein Dinosaurier, und zwischen ihnen liegen 145 Millionen Jahre. Dieser Beitrag ist eine paläontologische Katastrophe.]")
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Neue Regierung und Transparenz: Lieber günstige Mieten als Stasi-Methoden
Die neue Regierung plant Massenüberwachung, schwächeren Datenschutz, verpflichtende digitale Akten. Langsam wird's eng beim Thema Sicherheit.Daniél Kretschmar (taz)
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.The Conversation
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Your tax dollars hard at work deporting a Maryland father to an El Salvador prison—BY MISTAKE. And they’re not bringing him back.
#PresidentBystander #Signalgate #WhiskeyLeaks #EndTrump #EndMusk #AgentKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #DOGE #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Here's the thing, if everyone doesn't have due process then no one does. If they pick anyone up off the street and you get no chance to make your case, how can any of us prove we're us citizens. Disgusting and terrifying.
Trump administration advances immigration crackdown on foreign student protesters : NPR
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Dan Rather says it so well!
A worthy lawsuit. No doubt.
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BREAKING: Trump's most FEARED lawyer deals him NIGHTMARE news
Democracy Watch episode 282: Marc Elias and Democrats take legal action against Trump.SIGN UP: https://www.democracydocket.com/btc-subscribe/For more from B...YouTube
Mercury Stardust's #TDoV stream-a-thon is at about $727k of the $1M goal! 💙✨ secure.givelively.org/donate/p…
(Mercury is the legendary Trans Handy Ma'am, as seen on Instagram/etc., and has also published an awesome book of approachable home maintenance – "Safe and Sound".)
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2867308
💡 Designed by burnie222
1/14 Articulating Dump Truck - Komando 400
UPDATES: 31st March 2025 - Fixed a minor mistake in two files for the tipperbox "TB Sides DRV.stl" and "TB Sides PAS.stl", the parts overlapped eachother. This has now been fixed. Download V1.01 to get the update.Cults 3D
Why do dogs love to play with trash?
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana peels, meat scraps and stale bread.The Conversation
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Særlige hunde har sat turbo på politiet: 'De lig var ikke blevet fundet på det tidspunkt, hvis det ikke var for hundene'
Med vandsøgshundene kan politiet hurtigere udelukke og afgrænse store vandområder, når de leder efter savnede personer.DR
"A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years…
"… Prosecutors also sentenced her to two years of house detention with an electronic bracelet…"
Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election | CBC News
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New blog; alternate title: "in which the author attempts to both empathize with and critique the data-packrat impulse that seems to be driving a lot of toxic behavior in the software industry right now"
@mhoye @rachelplusplus bad news for you about the average software developer's fluency with statistics
(personally I am kinda part of the problem here, this is one of the few areas where I can tell my lack of a formal academic background hurts me. but I know exactly enough to recognize when I am looking at An Statistics and go get help from someone more competent, which … is probably at least one sigma above the mean. (that's the smartest statistics reference I can make))
@rachelplusplus One of the highlights of my career has been precisely as you say, being able to at least recognize when I'm looking at An Statistics, and say oh yes, I need to go talk to somebody who actually knows things now.
(Credit, by which I mean love and respect, where it's due to @bsmedberg for teaching me that humility is a core virtue of this field and @chutten for unfailingly answering my stats questions with "what question are we really trying to answer?", his signature move.)
@mhoye @rachelplusplus True; consider also that correctly choosing and gathering good data from a properly random sample of users is, at least in the context of the internet (a system built specifically to function in spite of its inherent unreliability), REALLY DIFFICULT.
Which the original blog alludes to: "The data [...] might just be wrong; it may not reflect reality, and the only way to tell is to continuously verify it against reality."
I think there's an important distinction to be made between "this is inherently very difficult" and "this is a skill we have mistakenly undervalued".
"I can make up for near zero domain expertise with massive amounts of computation" is one of those things that you're supposed to learn from The Bitter Lesson, but it's starting to look like the real Bitter Lesson is that computation only superficially beats curation if you have no expertise in your problem space.
@mhoye @Osmose Also IMHO, a great example of the limits of "just throw a bunch of data/compute at the problem" comes from this old article by one of the people at Xiph:
In short, there was a paper about training a neural network to do speech synthesis, which worked, but the resulting model was too expensive to be practically useful. This was then outperformed by a smaller neural network combined with already known non-neural-network methods, resulting in even better results and a much lower compute requirement.
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The Frog and the Scorpion From a Rational Point of View
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokesexistentialcomics.com
Software Hacks Unlock Cheap Spectrometer
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Software Hacks Unlock Cheap Spectrometer
A spectrometer is one of those tools that many of us would love to have, but just can’t justify the price of. Sure there are some DIY options out there, but few of them have the convenience o…Hackaday
Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end deportation protection for Venezuelans
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5346783/trump-tps-venezuelan-migrants-deportation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I worked for a company at one point where the CTO could afford to live close to downtown, where the job was, but very few others could and did.
One day a winter storm blew through and over half the office called in that day.
He couldn't understand why. Sure there was a little snow but he hadn't had any issues on the roads to work!
But if you lived farther south? You were slammed by multiple _feet_ of snow (it was much more severe than what hit downtown), public transit was basically shut down, and a lot of roads hadn't even been plowed.
Farther north was also hit harder as well.
But he just couldn't figure out why everyone called in that day!
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Hrefna (DHC) (@hrefna@hachyderm.io)
All these men who don't do their own chores, can afford to live close to work, don't have a heavy role in their kids lives, and don't need to work for a living think you need to be working more hours in the office.Hachyderm.io
Eventually, we chimed in.
“Hey guys, I think you added the wrong guy.”
Waltz replied with a GIF of Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicking the word “Accountability.” Hegseth informed us that our entire staff is a “bunch of beta cuck soyboyz.”
At that point, we were removed from the chat. But at least the rest of our Hot Pockets were excellent. - The Duffel Blog
#Satire
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The Trump Administration also accidentally texted us its war plans
Strike plans—whatever you want to call them—it's classified okay?Duffel Blog
Just saw my first 🦔 hedgehog this year. It was a big one!
I steered Arwen away, and used the zoom to get the snap.
This was the best I could get with Arwen on her leash. 😊
#Hedgehog #Nature #NightPhotography
PS. I think alt bot is in the April 1st mood with its silly comment, so I let it in 😂
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Ministry, "Every Day Is Halloween (Squirrely Version)" from the album "The Squirrely Years Revisited": song.link/us/i/1794406750 #NowPlaying #FediPlay
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Every Day Is Halloween (Squirrely Version) by Ministry
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.Songlink/Odesli
In light of recent controversy and its handling, the twice-a-year @fediforum unconference for April 1st and 2nd has been canceled by its organizer.
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FediForum Has Been Canceled
FediForum is a virtual "unconference" that meets twice a year to showcase new developments, hold community discussions across a variety of important subjects, and give members of the wider Fediverse aSean Tilley (We Distribute)
Motherfuckers!!!!
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
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#DOGE #BankruptTesla #CancelStarlink #BoycottSpaceX #TeslaTakedown #ArrestElonMusk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Swastikars #SissySpaceX #NaziMusk #PresidentMusk #FuckElonMusk #USPol
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The White House Correspondents Association Speaks Cowardice to Power
Link to: https://variety.com/2025/politics/news/whca-drops-amber-ruffin-performance-dinner-1236351795/Daring Fireball
Right now Sen Cory Booker filibuster attempt to disrupt US Senate: #USPol
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Sen. Cory Booker filibusters on Senate floor to ‘disrupt’ the Senate because ‘our nation is in crisis’
Sen. Cory Booker is now on the Senate floor, speaking at length to obstruct proceedings, yet within the governing body’s rules, to “disrupt” the Senate, because “our nation is in crisis,” in breaking news.MSNBC
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The creator of an open source genetic database is shutting it down and deleting all the data.
It turns out the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma, it was law enforcement.
Given the rise of authoritarian governments, the project is now dead.
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Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'
"The risk/benefit calculus of providing free & open access to individual genetic data in 2025 is very different compared to 14 years ago."Jason Koebler (404 Media)
A tough call, and sure seems like the right call. I don’t know many people who’d be willing to pull the plug on something they’d worked so hard on, and I’m glad you did.
Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9
There may be a few here that recall hearng that.
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