Anchorage Police Department: AI-Generated Police Reports Donโt Save Time
The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axonโs Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officersโand has decided not to retain the technology.Electronic Frontier Foundation
You can edit your posts on Mastodon, it's very easy:
1. Go to the post you want to edit
2. Click โฏ on the post
3. Click "Edit"
4. Make the changes
5. Click "Save changes"
NOTE: Every time you edit, anyone who boosted the post will receive a notification about it. Also, previous versions of the post will be visible by clicking the post's "edited" link. These are to stop abuse through bait-and-switch tactics.
Lots more questions answered about editing at:
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How do I edit posts in Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips โ An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
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giving #COSMIC a go on #postmarketOS with the Yoga Slim 7x.
This is really feeling like the natural successor to Sway for me, let's see how daily driving goes....
Thanks @craftyguy for getting it packed in pmOS ๐
lilithwittmann.medium.com/casiโฆ
Casinonutzer der Merkur-Gruppe verlieren nicht nur ihr Geld sondern auch ihre Daten
Das Casinounternehmen Merkur AG sowie dessen Dienstleister haben fast alle in ihrem Casinosystemen vorhandenen Daten รถffentlich zugรคnglich gemacht. Darunter Zahlungsdaten, Spielsessions undโฆLilith Wittmann (Medium)
HELP! 
Anybody in PR/advertising in NYC and know where this Publicis dinner is taking place?
"We are also hosting a dinner in New York on Tuesday, where former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will share insights with about 40 global CEOs."
#uspol #advertising #pr #publicis #research #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #resistance #fedihelp #activism
fortune.com/2025/03/14/publiciโฆ
Publicis New York CEO Carla Serrano and the downside of Trumpโs war against all
Also: Stocks enter a correction, Tesla complained about tariffs.Diane Brady (Fortune)
Donate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum
The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing โ forever The Vagina Museum will be forced tโฆ Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museumgofundme.com
Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir
Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir.
bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq02โฆ
#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #meta #facebook
Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir
Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.Katie Razzall (BBC News)
As far as I know it was already on sale. All the order does is stop further distribution and PR of it.
theonion.com/rfk-jr-claims-meaโฆ
RFK Jr. Claims Measles Can Be Cured With A Good Concealer
WASHINGTONโIn the wake of a growing outbreak that has sickened hundreds and killed two in West Texas and New Mexico, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Friday that measles could be cured with a good concealer.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
Despite all the stereotypes, sometimes software gets the math wrong ๐
Why care about understanding how software metrics operate in the real world at scale? Because I see tech folks constantly talk big about using terrible aggregations that make no sense.
No Silver Bullets: Why Understanding Software Cycle Time is Messy, Not Magic
Understanding factors that influence software development velocity is crucial for engineering teams and organizations, yet empirical evidence at scale remains limited.arXiv.org
By the way, if you want some evidence design consulting for your engineering organization from someone who CAN show her work? You know where to find me.
French nuclear submarine arrives in Canada, so the Canadians can see its capabilities, and choose to buy French instead of buying from the gangster in Washington.
Merci! โฅ๏ธ
youtu.be/lKSKWI40fI0?si=ekxL2gโฆ
French nuclear-powered attack sub surfaces off Canada near US border โข FRANCE 24 English
A French nuclear-powered attack submarine left locals bewildered after it surfaced in an eastern Canadian province, just 300 miles from the US border. Rumors...YouTube
But seriously, it has six GPIO pins, 12bit ADC, and native support for ISRT, I2C, and SPI. 16k of memory is tight these days but still amazing in that package.
It would be very cool for @adafruit to make a public spec like the Feather but for boards the size of a tic-tac. ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-โฆ
My first thought was that somebody's gonna swallow this thing and never even realize it.
Trump's Attorney General to Tesla Vandals: 'We're Coming After You'
After Trump backs labeling Tesla vandals as domestic terrorists, Attorney General Pam Bondi tells Fox Business that the government is 'coming after' those who damage Tesla's EVs or dealerships.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Google promises more details on the move to Gemini in the coming months.
arstechnica.com/google/2025/03โฆ
// In 14 minutes, Matthew McConaughey* begins his epic journey to recite a million digits of Pi. Don't miss the opening!
* Impersonator. No AI.
youtube.com/watch?v=7KpS54llYUโฆ
Matthew McConaughey Recites Pi to the Millionth Digit
Matthew McConaughey is at it again, locked in a battle of wills against the rain.Itโs a contest of persistence: the rainโs endless downpour vs. his flawless ...YouTube
Stream your DRM-free audiobooks to devices yourselves, without the cloud's chains.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0โฆ
I threw away Audibleโs app, and now I self-host my audiobooks
Stream your DRM-free audiobooks to devices yourselves, without the cloudโs chains.Lee Hutchinson (Ars Technica)
It's the first #FediDonutFriday ๐ฉ I'm starting a donut club for the Fediverse, let's get donuts together!
sethmlarson.dev/fedi-donut-friโฆ
Fediverse Donut Club (#FediDonutFriday)
At a past job there was an employee-run "donut club" where members would rotate every week bringing in donuts for everyone else. By the time that I joined this club there was over 30 people meani...sethmlarson.dev
Participating is easy:
* Follow the #FediDonutFriday hashtag on your Fediverse instance.
* Every-other Friday, get a donut and share it with the hashtag.
* Meet strangers in the Fediverse twice a month and enjoy your donut! ๐ฉ
Here's an iCal event for an easy reminder for the next #FediDonutFriday:
USPS head agrees to let DOGE find 'efficiencies' โ with limits to employee data access
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5327583/usps-doge-postal-service-louis-dejoy-postmaster-general?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-npr
2nd Gen Chromecasts are Fixed!
A brief update from yesterday's apparently perfectly timed video - this morning updates started rolling out in force to 2nd Gen Chromecast users. Mine is now...YouTube
And here I go computer-sciencey again:
The Composition-Oriented ual Way
Part 1: Foundations - Container-Centric Thinking
github.com/ha1tch/ual/blob/maiโฆ
ual is a programming language that places containers, not values, at the center of its design. Part 1 explores container-centric thinking and how focusing on where values live rather than what they are creates interesting new approaches to code organization and algorithm design.
Part 1 of 6, the rest of the series is here:
github.com/ha1tch/ual/tree/maiโฆ
#ual #rustlang #golang #forth #compsci #programming #retrodev #retrofuturism #retrocomputing
ual/doc/ual-composition/ual-composition-01.md at main ยท ha1tch/ual
ual is a stack-oriented programming language for small systems with a unified approach to program safety. - ha1tch/ualGitHub
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardy_โฆ
Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers
A study of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, shows that the company weaponizes its algorithmic surveillance tools to prevent organizing.
prospect.org/labor/2025-03-13-โฆ
#news #business #ai #amazon #economy #workers #workersrights #union
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy [Official Music Video]
The Black Keys' LET'S ROCK available now, listen to it here: https://warnerr.ec/tbkletsrockSubscribe for more new music: http://bit.ly/XcW3TThttp://theblackk...YouTube
It's Friday. The perfect day to show some Windows.
#Photography #Photo #Italy #Ferrara #Picture #Pic #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #CityPhotography #Winter #Sunset
iโm just joking โ my favorite bit about metro california (north and south) is the food.
i was born and spent much of my childhood in san diego (though iโm mostly from santa cruz) โ even though i live in austin now โ (at least for a bit more)
Lack of encryption was one SMS shortcoming that RCS was created to solve.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0โฆ
Every time I read "Lunar Lander", I get this in my head.
The 80's really did have an effect on me.
Finally doing some design at home.
I'm revisiting the Joystick handle to optimize it for 3D printing, rather than machining, as I spent months doing in the past (fuck, XD)
On the outside there doesn't seem to be much change, but there's a LOT of difference.
Previously I was going to use 20mm aluminium stock, so removing, or leaving, material was a non issue. Switching to additive means I want to either add as little material as possible, or at least NOT need supports.
@PatrickHerd Yeah, I'm just now finding out about the loose fibers thing in the ones that have simply fivers mixed in them. The one that is only core should be a lot more safe.
Oh well.
Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0โฆ
Two Big Court Rulings
Federal district courts deal significant, concurrent blows to the administrationโs mass firing campaign.open.substack.com
J.K.Pirie
in reply to Stevan • • •globetrotting again?
And, nice picture.
Stevan
in reply to J.K.Pirie • • •We're avoiding the water but the beer's OK.
Justine Smithies
in reply to Stevan • • •Risking the east coast ? The land where we have 1Gb broadbannd, Not yoghurt cartons and string like you wooly west coasters. ๐
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Stevan
in reply to Justine Smithies • • •(Actually just experimenting with a VPN via a VPS, through the cheapie 4G router in the dyeshed, and managing to stream video from the server at home. Actually works quite well. May go down this route as the performance is several times better than fixed connections)
Justine Smithies
in reply to Stevan • • •Glad you've managed to get a decent 4G connection. We use Peplink routers onboard vessels that have a 4G modem and a can be setup to switch to a vsat connection when out of 4G range.
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Stevan
in reply to Justine Smithies • • •It'll improve with a good directional antenna though. Looking at Poynting. Do you have any experience with those?
More or less ruled out Mikrotik, though the all-in-one sounds good in theory. I don't believe they're robust enough for our environment
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Justine Smithies
in reply to Stevan • • •No not personally but have heard good things as they do marine grade which you might consider living so close to that salty environment.
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Stevan
in reply to Justine Smithies • • •Justine Smithies
in reply to Stevan • • •So you'll need a sturdy well anchored mast too then.
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