Kissaki

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submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
 

This GitHub repository has the technical details.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Toastmasters seems to be focused on giving presentations?

From their about page:

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that builds confidence and teaches public speaking skills through a worldwide network of clubs that meet online and in person. In a supportive community or corporate environment, members prepare and deliver speeches, respond to impromptu questions, and give and receive constructive feedback.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Strawberry

Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles.

IIRC I was not satisfied with the UI, so it didn't become my main player. But maybe that's different for you.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The letter alleged that "your blatant and widespread unlicensed use of our Client's trademarks has infringed our Client's rights and confused consumers into believing, falsely, that WP Engine is authorized, endorsed, or sponsored by, or otherwise affiliated or associated with, our Client."

If the trademark is indeed on the wordpress.org foundation and not the wordpress.com company, I didn't think that's a fair argument.

When I think Wordpress I think the software, not their hosting or company. Such an argument would only work if the exclusive trademark licensing were actually exclusively used, and not in addition to the very vast Wordpress [software] ecosystem.

WPEngine using the Wordpress trademark makes me think they're using Wordpress. Not that they are affiliated with Wordpress.com (or automattic that runs it).


Their about us pages:

I don't think either is a cancer to the FOSS Wordpress ecosystem. Both seem to give back.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Using the snipping tool manually every second seems like a lot of work /s

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think you make a good point. But the tech doesn't have to formalize or understand the complexities of human relations or state. The platform and environment are something you can shape even without an established or physical community. The way information is presented and interactions happen does influence how people use and communicate. Not reaching the same degree doesn't mean it's a complete failure.

 

Abstract (added emphasis and paragraphing):

Anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions increases from the period 1850–1900 until 2019 are responsible for around 65% as much warming as carbon dioxide (CO2) has caused to date, and large reductions in methane emissions are required to limit global warming to 1.5°C or 2°C.

However, methane emissions have been increasing rapidly since ~2006. This study shows that emissions are expected to continue to increase over the remainder of the 2020s if no greater action is taken and that increases in atmospheric methane are thus far outpacing projected growth rates.

This increase has important implications for reaching net zero CO2 targets: every 50 Mt CH4 of the sustained large cuts envisioned under low-warming scenarios that are not realized would eliminate about 150 Gt of the remaining CO2 budget. Targeted methane reductions are therefore a critical component alongside decarbonization to minimize global warming.

We describe additional linkages between methane mitigation options and CO2, especially via land use, as well as their respective climate impacts and associated metrics. We explain why a net zero target specifically for methane is neither necessary nor plausible. Analyses show where reductions are most feasible at the national and sectoral levels given limited resources, for example, to meet the Global Methane Pledge target, but they also reveal large uncertainties.

Despite these uncertainties, many mitigation costs are clearly low relative to real-world financial instruments and very low compared with methane damage estimates, but legally binding regulations and methane pricing are needed to meet climate goals.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Great assessment and well argued!

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

The tldr doesn't match the text. Your elaboration is a lot better than your tldr.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In a case where a second camera operation through a third input unit using an inertial sensor is performed while a pointer operation process based on a pointer operation through a first input unit or a camera operation process based on a first camera operation through a second input unit is performed, an absolute value of a quantity of change in a position or an image capturing direction of a virtual camera based on the second camera operation is reduced as compared with a case where the second camera operation is performed when neither of the pointer operation process based on the pointer operation and the camera operation process based on the first camera operation are performed.

Holy mother of long sentences

Those patent abstracts are wild.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Existence does not equate allowance. Have you reported their profile?

Their user name is their user ID. I assume it has been handled now? What's your take on that after these public accusations and it supposedly being the reason to make your own spaces?

I report stuff when I come across it. I regularly get info on action being taken.

It's a community platform. Individual, manual username change assessment and approval is infeasible. What's your expectation?

What do you mean by harassment? You didn't specify.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because there is XP for each round played?

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

annual turnover rates at Amazon warehouses reached 150%

Crazy. Crazy that that works as a business strategy.

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Steam Families is here - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
 

Up to 6, sharing your shareable games library

Adult and child accounts, limit child accounts, approve and pay for child buy requests,

Intended for close household family; can't join a different one until one year after joining

If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.

haha

 

researchers conducted experimental surveys with more than 1,000 adults in the U.S. to evaluate the relationship between AI disclosure and consumer behavior

The findings consistently showed products described as using artificial intelligence were less popular

“When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions,”

 

Reading the post and comments on Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI made me think it could be an interesting topic to chat about.

I think the best support I received was in the chat application and service Slack. A competent, friendly human responds. I had two or three support inquiries with them.

The last issue I had in Slack was when I opened via try icon click my clipboard content was being pasted. I was surprised they were able to identify the issue which was due to a third-party application that had only just released with the issue a day earlier. Slack support was responsive with a first message before the solution, and fast to respond with the second message with the identified cause.

I'm not sure any stand out as particularly awful for me. [Kinda] Bad seems to be the norm. Sometimes bots sit in front of being able to write a message (my bank, I have to write the same inquiry a second time), sometimes the first response is automated or templated, sometimes the first response is automated and immediately but a human will follow up, sometimes you call and can hardly understand them because of accent or even awful intonation. Often you receive incompetent answers that don't respond to your message or issue. Sometimes they're unwilling or incapable of resolution or agreeable conclusions.

 

I stumbled upon their videos and watched three. It's absurd and often hilarious how bad most of the games are.

Jauwn shows us through the games and their gameplay, but also checks further into the mechanisms trying to bait people and the publishers and developers at times linking them to previous scams.

 

Today, we had European elections in Germany.

We have the Wahl-O-Mat, a state-funded service, where you can answer 38 questions, and then match your positions against a selection of or all political parties that could be elected. It then shows you how much overlap (a percentage) you have with the various parties and their answers to those questions.

I find this to be a very important and useful tool for citizen information.
Campaign adverts are shallow and colorful PR. Broad slogans.
Individuals are not necessarily what the broader party policies are and how they vote. Personal sympathy can even be misleading in that a sympathetic person may not hold the values and positions you do.
Voting for a party, I think their program and stances should be the primary decision factor. (Alongside assessment of whether you can trust them of course.)
It obviously and drastically shows you misconceptions about parties and your alignment, and shows you parties relevant to you that you may not have known about before.

Do other countries have something/things like that too? A tool to match personal stance against political parties' stances? [In a concrete and up-to-date way.]

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