It was trained on human text and interactions, so …

maybe that's a quite bad implication?

Wikipedia

I can't think of anything that comes even close to it - significance, quality, amount

The most relevant paragraph:

Now, using a new way of linking the clocks with ultra-fast lasers, researchers have shown that different kinds of optical atomic clocks can be placed a few kilometres apart and still agree within 1 part in 10¹⁸. This is just as good as previous measurements with pairs of identical clocks a few hundred metres apart, but about a hundred times more precise than achieved before with different clocks or large distances.

JavaScript itself provides the functionality jQuery became popular for. So no. Check the standard lib first before considering helper libs.

Mashable confirmed with Reddit that messages and chat history are no longer available if they were made prior to January 1, 2023.

Retain only half a year worth of content? What the fuck? That's absurd.

In our continued pursuit of empowering communities, we are transitioning to a new chat infrastructure, shared in our previous updates here and here. In an effort to have a smooth and quick transition to this new infrastructure, …

If you can migrate 6 months' worth of data, how is older data any different? The data is there, in the same form. The timespan should not matter at all. It's either the same form, or interfaced to transparently integrate into the existing system - which would allow migration all the same.

A Reddit spokesperson forwarded Mashable a changelog announcement(opens in a new tab) made on June 22 where the company shared that these messages would be removed.

Absolutely absurd.

announcing removal of 18 years of content, of central functionality, announced just 20 days ago, in an obscure place, and after random uninteresting flair navigation and chat channel announcements spanning multiple paragraphs and screenshots.

Baffling.

Acting as if they were managing a personal project that only they themselves use.

Firefox

An established foundation with good interests and goals running it (unfortunately it's not quite that clear cut - but the best, closest). The source of free software development. Extensive feature set. Robustness.

I haven't seen the need to use a fork, and like and prefer the idea of using and supporting the one that's investing in the engine development - even if it's largely only through free use. (Using forks does not support them this way.)

When briefly using chrome dev tools I've always preferred and went back to Firefox dev tools for web development.

Sharing my data with an independent org like Mozilla feels much better and safer than with Google. The services are free software and could be replaced if it ever need be. Still, Mozilla is big enough to expect stability across time.

Tech wise there's not much difference between the three big players Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.

If it weren't Firefox I'd feel more comfortable with Edge than Chrome.

You copied that function without understanding why it does what it does, and as a result your code IS GARBAGE.

AGAIN.

[...]

Debate continued for some time, in a cooler tone, with Torvalds offering suggestions on what he felt would be a better approach to the issues Rostedt hoped to address.

Harsh tone (in only two instances?), but he still invested in offering suggestions 🤷

I expected more behind the verb "flaming".

The article doesn't say much. So I checked the source for more information. It doesn't say much more, but IMO in a much better way, in two concise paragraphs. In the sourced financial report, it is in the intro, two paragraphs:

An example R&D initiative, sponsored by the Innovation team was Project Ava, where a team, initially from Electric Square Malta, attempted to create a 2D game solely using Gen AI. Over the six-month process, the team shared their findings across the Group, highlighting where Gen AI has the potential to augment the game development process, and where it lags behind. Whilst the project team started small, it identified over 400 tools, evaluating and utilising those with the best potential. Despite this, we ultimately utilised bench resource from seven different game development studios as part of the project, as the tooling was unable to replace talent.

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative process. As a research project, the game will not be released to the public, but has been an excellent initiative to rapidly spread tangible learnings across the Group, provide insights to clients and it demonstrates the power and level of cross-studio collaboration that currently exists. Alongside Project Ava, the team is undertaking a range of Gen AI R&D projects, including around 3D assets, to ensure that we are able to provide current insights in an ever- evolving part of the market

The central quote and conclusion being:

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative process.

Which is obvious and expected for anyone familiar with the technology. Of course, experiments and confirming expectations has value too. And I'm certain actually using tools and finding out which ones they can use where is very useful to them specifically.

the relevant quote:

it's about these special tax breaks that these companies can take in the immediate aftermath of a merger. So the company expects to write off something up to $3.5 billion connected to content costs as a result. And part of getting that tax benefit means they have to pull some of these shows from the service

In 2022, there were 608,601 reports of child exploitation on Omegle to the nonprofit National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. Of all the sites the center tracked, only Facebook, Google, Instagram, and WhatsApp ranked higher.

That's a crazy high number. Especially for a live content platform which I assume can only ever have individual reports of live interactions?

Is it a leak if it's a necessary technical part to a functionality?

The main issue is that it's not obvious to non-technical users. They can't asses what sharing IP address means either though.

The reason Telegram leaks a user’s IP addresses during a call is that, by default, Telegram uses a peer-to-peer connection between callers “for better quality and reduced latency,” Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told TechCrunch.

“The downside of this is that it necessitates that both sides know the IP address of the other (since it is a direct connection). Unlike on other messengers, calls from those who are not your contact list will be routed through Telegram’s servers to obscure that,” Vaughn said.

To avoid leaking your IP address, you have to go to Telegram’s Settings > Privacy and Security > Calls, and then select “Never” in the Peer-to-Peer menu, as shown below.

Telegram defaults to using p2p for calls, for contacts only.

It's not a thorough privacy default, but otherwise seems fine to me. If you want p2p it needs to be enabled, and if you don't it needs to be disabled. No-contacts and no-calls receive no IP.

Ads get shown because they're paid. Regular posts compete with all other posts, and user filters and subscriptions.

Even though the Commission has fined the company concerned, damages may be awarded by national courts without being reduced on account of the Commission fine.

So if/after Apple's appeal is declined, Spotify - the driving force of this EU investigation - can sue Apple for damages with additional cost to Apple.

This comment could have been formulated in a non-aggressive tone, as a question or opinion, or reasoned criticism. Instead they chose a passive aggressive tone.

Really ironic and sad in the context of this topic, and right below the quotes like

people have become faster to attack, and slower to recognize each other’s shared humanity.

I'm a bit confused by the title, which says

could be good, if it works

but the second half of the article lays out how access to digital anime can disappear.

Where's the good? The hope that good or equal value will be given? Is that still good when you lose other anime you already had?

gefordert, dass Krippen und Kindergärten kostenlos sein sollen. Nun wird er im Stadtrat vorschlagen, die Kita-Gebühren um 60 Prozent zu erhöhen, berichtet die "Süddeutsche Zeitung".

Nicht nur nicht tun, sondern das Gegenteil. Krass.

versprochen, Vereine dauerhaft finanziell zu unterstützen. [...], zog er das für das Jahr 2023 allerdings zurück

weitere Investitionen in die Stadt versprochen, wie etwa Feuerwehrhäuser zu sanieren. [...], dass der finanzielle Spielraum klein sei. "Rein finanziell sind wir pleite", sagte er dem Blatt. "Und als Bürgermeister kann ich am Ende den Leuten nur erklären, warum wir kein Geld haben." Investitionen seien derzeit nur gestattet, wenn sie dringend notwendig seien, heißt es in Loths Grußwort.

There is no rationality in speculating about the afterlife.

Wikipedia says, with six sources,

The vast majority of those killed were civilians, though a small number of soldiers were also killed.

You attempt to make it sound like it was anything but a massive inhuman massacre by an oppressive regime. But it wasn't.

You want it to have the oppressors and murderers names when it doesn't even have the victims names?

As a memorial you could have included the soldier deaths in the memorials remembrance too, but you didn't.

People are still oppressed and silenced today. Not being allowed to remember the victims.

What do you want it to be? A memorial for what? In what way?

Yes

The secure password isn't only in your securely encrypted password database. You transfer it into forms, then over network, then you don't know what happens on the other parties side.

Having a separate factor where you verify you have the second factor (preferably a separate device, physically separate) is an important and significant elevation of security.

On anything you deem high importance it's warranted. Elsewhere it's weighing security and convenience.

Act now

I was expecting some suggestions to act or unite in opposition. The linked post has none of that though, despite its title. It's a rant/criticism, not a call to action.