This is my project this week.
Apple IIe
1st, while we had these computers in elementary school, I was only ever allowed to put a disk in, turn it on, then crunch numbers, draw pictures, type a report, or drown while crossing a river. I never got to try to do anything else. If I took the disk out, I got in trouble. So I have no idea how on earth to actually use an Apple II.
2nd, I did not pay anywhere close to $200 for this. I got it at VCF East last year. I was told it worked, and a few people, besides the seller, confirmed it had a serial card. It reeks of cigarettes, so its been out in my garage.
3rd, I have absolutely zero software. Several people told me there is a way to use that serial port to transfer disk images and make real floppies.
Goals this week:
1) clean the crap out of this thing. Check the refas, closely inspect everything and make it look nice and get rid of the smell.
2) get this to boot and learn how to use it.
3) get some floppy disks made with some of the games and software I remember playing.
Wish me luck.
Pokemon Go using your phone camera to build a CIA-backed 3D Map AI system.
It sounds like an insane movie plot. But it's real.
In 2016, this was "Lunduke's crazy conspiracy theory about Pokemon Go being used to spy on everyone, backed by the CIA". Now, in 2024, Niantic Labs (the makers of Pokemon Go), proudly brags about using Pokemon Go to spy on you... and using that covertly obtained information to build a massive, 3D artificial intelligence mapping system of private spaces.
"We receive about 1 million fresh scans each week, each containing hundreds of discrete images."
In other words: Lunduke was right.
The CIA, NSA, and Pokémon Go:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5756204/the-cia-nsa-and-pok-mon-go
Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence:
https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel
And that's only one impact of Google being officially ruled a monopoly.
A survey about Mozilla's future doesn't mention Firefox... but it does have 8 gender options.
The "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla?" Survey: https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/101
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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Has anyone else noticed how all the responses to comments on Jaguar's new ad reveal, are all obviously AI generated happy-talk nonsense?
There was some interesting news this week in the world of computing.
But the only one I can think about is NOTEPAD.EXE getting Artificial Intelligence.
I mean. What the fart?!
The Shows
- Will Voting Machines Get Hacked? Almost Certainly.
- Mozilla Foundation Mass Layoffs, Axes Advocacy
- GIMP 3.0 RC Released!
- Notepad.exe Goes AI
- Four Months After The NixOS "Nazi Purge"
- Mozilla Hosts "Feminist, Decolonial, LGBTQIA+, Climate Justice using Al" Event
The Articles
Previous Few Months
- Oct 20 - Nov 2, 2024
- Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2024
- Oct 6 - Oct 12, 2024
- Sep 29 - Oct 5, 2024
- Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2024
- Sep 15 - Sep 21, 2024
- Sep 1 - Sep 14, 2024
- Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024
- Aug 18 - Aug 24, 2024
- Aug 4 - Aug 17, 2024
- July 28 - Aug 3, 2024
- July 21 - July 27, 2024
- July 7 - July 20, 2024
- June 30 - July 6, 2024
- June 23 - June 29, 2024
- June 16 - June 22, 2024
- June 9 - June 15, 2024
- June 2 - June 8, 2024
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