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Mwalimu

@ mwalimu @baraza.africa

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  • The moment we've all been waiting for: you now can have targeted ads on your 2k smartfridge

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  • "Luddite" has been turned into a slur over time but it is actually a view point that humans should have a say on what technology does to them and for who. They were not technophobes. They were technodeterminists.

  • Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?

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  • Me: Leave that to me. I know what I want.

  • LinkedIn problems

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  • The horror! I detest that website with my all. It was one of the earliest places I saw a nasty dark pattern. They would bait you to pay to see who viewed your profile, preying on job seekers desperate for a signal that something may come their way. Nasty evil people those!

  • AI Designs Viable Bacteriophage Genomes, Combats Antibiotic Resistance

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  • Again, scientists used AI to develop a viable bacteriophage genome. To say AI did it is confusing.

  • Lemmy has a problem

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  • How do you track gender category when it is not listed or asked anywhere on the forums?

  • Europa / Europe and the EU + EEA @lemmy.world
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    AI is reinforcing the dominance of English in the workplace

    archive.ph /hvdu8

  • Death toll from Kenya’s latest anti-government protest surges to 31

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  • And it may keep getting worse in the months ahead.

  • Hey capitalists how's it going?

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  • Got it via their website jumping over walls. From October 2023, not that that diminishes it's sting.

  • Hey capitalists how's it going?

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  • Is that top right image from a real Economist post or it is edited? I did not find it by simple search (search is so sloppy of late).

    Edit: Link to article.

    Europe had been moving towards the slaughterhouse for years, and by 1914 a conflict was all but inevitable—that, at least, is the argument often made in hindsight. Yet at the time, as Niall Ferguson, a historian, noted in a paper published in 2008, it did not feel that way to investors. For them, the first world war came as a shock. Until the week before it erupted, prices in the bond, currency and money markets barely budged. Then all hell broke loose. “The City has seen in a flash the meaning of war,” wrote this newspaper on August 1st 1914.

    Could financial markets once again be underpricing the risk of a global conflict? In the nightmare scenario, the descent into a third world war began two years ago, as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border. Today Israel’s battle against Hamas has the frightening potential to spill across its borders. American military support is crucial to both Ukraine and Israel, and in Iraq and Syria the superpower’s bases have come under fire, probably from proxies of Iran. Should China decide it is time to take advantage of a distracted superpower and invade Taiwan, America could all too easily end up being drawn into three wars at once. The rest of the world risks those wars interlocking and turning into something even more devastating.

  • Plex now want to SELL your personal data

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  • It is as if it is a general rule at this point that centralization breeds corruption. No matter how many statements people make early on in social engagements, centralization leads them to screw people depending on these systems. When making long term commitment to anything, check if it is centralized or how easy it is to unshackle yourself from it.

  • New app allows you to track the number of fucks you have given over time

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  • No fucking roots shall hold.

  • New app allows you to track the number of fucks you have given over time

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  • A classic!

  • uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to Firefox as Chrome flags the extension

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  • I think this is something most people rarely talk about but it strikes home to many of us. As a parent, I have a responsibility to defend my children against this persistent cognitive manipulation and experimentation. Just as I would not want a random stranger at the corner have exclusive attention of my kid and sell them insurance or grammarly or mesothelioma, I would also never want them to have that unfiltered access to my kids online. One can then say AdBlocks are a parental obligation.

  • Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

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  • Choice sounds like something people should not be fighting over :)

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

    www.theguardian.com /technology/article/2024/jul/20/cash-global-it-outage-cashless-society-dangers-payment-choice-alliance
  • Africa @baraza.africa
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    From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world

    www.theguardian.com /world/article/2024/jun/20/abiy-ahmed-ethiopia-eritrea-tigray-nobel-peace-prize-to-civil-war

  • What are your favorite bands from more obscure, lesser known countries?

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  • May I have the honor of introducing you to African Rhumba: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3BexfHBTIg

    That is a favorite one. The album is by two of the greatest in African music: Franco Luambo (of TPOK Jazz) and Tabu Ley (of Afrisa International). They did this album to cool down rumours that they were fighting and don’t see eye to eye. They called it Lisanga ya Banganga (Congress of the Wizards).

    This specific song I share is solemn, as they are mourning the death of their mentor, Kabaselle.

    Check their respective Wikipedia entries. It is a whole new world you are peeking into.

  • The anti-AI sentiment in the free software communities is concerning.

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  • Still fair point. The grind is in placing the new reimplementation of federated link aggregator in opposition to Lemmy as if they are competing, and sadly to trash Lemmy and its developers.

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  • And if they develop a good tool, that is also fine. The more the merrier. But I think their resources may have served more people if they were not duplicating effort and rather contributed into existing work. To each their own.

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  • Something feels off with this post. It comes off as “we are better than Lemmy” as if there is any competition and awards to be won. To say Lemmy’s development is “toxic” and this project is “more inclusive and less toxic” without backing it up with evidence is unfair.

  • History @lemmy.world
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    Ancient Egyptians Celebrated the Feast of Drunkenness with Blood-Red Beer

    www.atlasobscura.com /articles/ancient-egyptians-cocktails

  • BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial

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  • I like the testing and hopefully they will share more detailed research findings in the next 6months. Especially on content moderation knowing they have decades of experience on this.

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Lemmy the software will be 5 years soon (Feb 14)

    github.com /LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/8ece275d22f9f8edfce5ee3b1a867bea7363f4b9
  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Tunnels once connected Egypt and Gaza. Here's what they looked like 10 years ago

    www.npr.org /2023/12/11/1218489546/tunnels-once-connected-egypt-and-gaza-heres-what-they-looked-like-10-years-ago
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    BLASTPASS: NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in the Wild

    citizenlab.ca /2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Mwalimu @baraza.africa

    The Japanese developers of Puck-Man changed the name to Pac-Man when porting it to North America to avoid a scenario where the "P" in Puck Man would be changed to an "F", forming an obscene name.

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    India imposes curbs on basmati rice exports; contracts with value below $1200 a ton temporarily halted

    economictimes.indiatimes.com /news/economy/foreign-trade/basmati-rice-exports-contracted-at-a-price-lower-than-1200-a-ton-temporarily-halted-govt/articleshow/103102267.cms
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!)

    thenib.com /im-a-luddite/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    The Santiago Boys

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds

    privacyinternational.org /news-analysis/4290/heres-how-well-connected-security-company-quietly-building-mass-biometric
  • Books @lemmygrad.ml
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    The Fight Continues - Internet Archive Blogs

    blog.archive.org /2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    For anyone who knows more about Hong Kong's Octopus Card move to Apple and Google digital wallets, what is your general assessment on its dependency on these companies in the future?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
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    Citizens' social media can provide an antidote to propaganda and disinformation

    theconversation.com /citizens-social-media-can-provide-an-antidote-to-propaganda-and-disinformation-192491
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    The Greek Watergate - UNHERD - Yanis Varoufakis

    www.yanisvaroufakis.eu /2022/09/23/the-greek-watergate-unherd/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Facial Recognition Technology for Stadiums and Sporting Events

    oosto.com /industry/stadiums/
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    A Possible Fix For Scientific (and Academic) Publishing | Peer Review

    blog.peer-review.io /we-might-have-a-way-to-fix-scientific-publishing
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Mwalimu @baraza.africa

    CatalanGate: Spyware Against Catalans using Pegasus and Candiru

    citizenlab.ca /2022/04/catalangate-extensive-mercenary-spyware-operation-against-catalans-using-pegasus-candiru/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Mwalimu @baraza.africa

    The Once-Common Practice of Communal Sleeping

    www.atlasobscura.com /articles/communal-sleeping-history-sharing-bed