This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are
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    I looked through the Giant Instruction Manual of Lemmy for this and I couldn't see any recommendations about titles but I'll change it for you if I can.

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  • What are your defining memories of computing in the old days?
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    1. Programming big multi-media rigs with eight-hole paper tape and a thumb punch. #FourYorkshiremen
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  • Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines?
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    One of the problems I have with search engines when looking for tech solutions is that the results are incredibly out of date. I don't bother any more and just go straight to the product's own support forum. Where possible I add the forum's own search entry to Firefox's search box. At least I no longer get answers to a problem no one has had since 2018.

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  • This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are
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    The earliest known burgers I have read about were made and sold as roadside snacks in the Roman empire.

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  • This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are
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    Exactly. If they want honesty in labelling then images of happy cows in fields on dairy products should be replaced by pictures of young calves being pulled from their mothers so they don't consume the milk.

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  • This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are
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    Have you ever been confused by coconut milk? Do you think that hamburgers come from Hamburg? Are sweetbreads made from wheat and sugar?

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  • Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat
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    The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.

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  • Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat
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    Pot/kettle.

    ‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

    https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

    NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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  • Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat
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    Pot/kettle.

    ‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

    https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

    NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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  • What was your gateway product to open source?
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    It was Mozilla for me back in 2000. I gradually replaced all the proprietary apps I was using on Windows with FLOSS alternatives and then finally made the mover to Linux around 2010. The only closed stuff I use now is an iPhone and I despise it.

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  • Hey [@protonprivacy](https://lemmy.world/c/protonprivacy), [@protonmail](https://mastodon.social/@protonmail)
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    A Thunderbird bridge would be useful but the missing Calendar feature for me is search. Other than that it's close to perfect.

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  • TIL: F3 and F4 keys in Dolphin
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    Ask ten people what good defaults would be and you'll get ten very different responses. This is exactly why Dolphin, and Plasma in general, are so easy to tweak to your ideal.

    Dolphin the file manager I always wanted.

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  • No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan
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    The problem with No. 10 is that there's no one in there old enough to remember walking to school through winter smog. Pollution kills and legislation saves lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956

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  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt
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    Just read what I said again. Mrs Spudger does this for a living. She knows what she's talking about. The phone doesn't have to be connected to the public internet. It can just be connected to a private wi-fi network for this purpose.

    Phones like this are very tightly locked down. This is not the iPhone you may be used to. The management software even has its own private Apps Store. The user can't just add or remove random apps from the public App Store. The device manager can also prevent any deletion of content.

    These things aren't left to chance, especially when we're talking about the highest office in the land.

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  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt
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    Mrs Spudger manages a fleet of mobile devices, mostly Apple. She uses an Apple service called Business Manager to administer the devices. Here's a quote from the manual:

    "Reset user passwords

    If users forget their password, you can reset it. Resetting their password allows them to get a new temporary password, at which time they will have to create a new password for their Managed Apple ID."

    In other words, Johnson is talking utter bollocks. He doesn't need to know the password. His best defence is to drop it off a North Sea ferry, in a Rebekah Vardy stylee.

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  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt
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    Mrs Spudger manages a fleet of mobile devices, mostly Apple. She uses an Apple service called Business Manager to administer the devices. Here's a quote from the manual:

    "Reset user passwords

    If users forget their password, you can reset it. Resetting their password allows them to get a new temporary password, at which time they will have to create a new password for their Managed Apple ID."

    In other words, Johnson is talking utter bollocks. He doesn't need to know the password. His best defence is to drop it off a North Sea ferry, in a Rebekah Vardy stylee.

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  • Boris Johnson fails to hand over mobile with Covid WhatsApps before inquiry deadline
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    Didn't the Tories bring in some legislation that would enable the government to store all our private communications? I know this buffoon will argue that the law is only supposed to apply to the little people. It doesn't count for old Etonians.

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  • A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.]
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    I don't know what the authors are complaining about. All the AI is doing is trawling through a lexicon of words and rearranging them into an order that will sell books. It's exactly what authors do. This is about money.

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  • en.wikipedia.org

    It's not a recent event but I only I realised this today.

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    Triumph Herald/Amateur Photographer.

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    sleafordmods.bandcamp.com

    Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, musician Andrew Fearn. They are known for their abrasive, minimalist musical style and embittered explorations of austerity-era Britain, culture, and working class life, delivered in Williamson's East Midlands accent.

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    I was watching an old episode of Have I Got News For You and a David Cameron promotional site was mentioned so I checked it out. His people must have let the domain name expire as it's now a spam blog called David Cameron Journalism. David Cameron improving your life, one shitty link farm at a time.

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    You like shredding? Alvin Lee was the OG shredder.

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    In this week's episode of 'Allo 'Allo!, Thib explains all about bridges.

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    From the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.

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    Another hugely underrated band from the 70s. Great songwriters, talented musicians, a very satirical edge and a stage show like nothing else.

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    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/07/self-driving-cars-are-surveillance-cameras-on-wheels.html

    Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence: While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement ­ and a new method for encroachment on privacy, advocates say. Crisscrossing the city on their routes, self-driving cars capture a wider swath of footage. And it’s easier for law enforcement to turn to one company with a large repository of videos and a dedicated response team than to reach out to all the businesses in a neighborhood with security systems.

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    Possibly the most underrated UK punk band.

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    Today marks the first day of the Report Stage of the Online Safety Bill. As this Bill progresses through the Houses of Parliament, we hope to (once again) raise the alarm around the risks to encryption posed by this Bill.

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    In the basement today we have quite a rare machine (for North America:) The BBC Master 128. It's an evolution of the original Acorn BBC Micro from 1981. My first task is to service the PSU and convert it to 120v, then see if this machine is working.

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    Kaiser Chief's Ruby as performed by not 47, as the title suggests, but 51 acts: Carlos Ramos Stahlverbieger Blue Sharp The Beards Drums The Word Sean Harrington Teejay Filipe Frutuoso And Yuri Bertozzi Vonnie 152 Cover Solutions Michael Mendes Vg Bass Pocket Fox Casey Thayer Jacob Heald Celo 17 David Locke Julila Dominguez Rostra Bass Andersongmann777 Andrew Lukins Frugled Wedding String Quartet Leftis 1986 Imogen Taylor Fancy Sauce Lada Alex Bourner Adam1dabest Scooby Doo Fut Como Le Gusta Seu Roque Riff Raff Choir Mike Barnes The Cowbell Man Boris Fonseca Stuart - Newbury School Audrey123talks/Kate Elie Le Storie Tese Notawurger Diana Guardado Beelzebubs Brett Le Sauvage Back By Friday Mika Ronos Fuori Tempo Жигули Gabriel David Gomez General Do One Kaiser Chiefs

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    Most of us have seen weather maps at some point in our lives – in geography lessons at school, or in weather forecasts. But what do all the lines, labels and shapes actually mean?

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