Very interesting: World’s first RISC-V #Laptop gets a MASSIVE upgrade and equips with #Ubuntu
DeepComputing partners with Canonical to unveil a huge boost to the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop family
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II is the world’s first RISC-V laptop pre-installed and powered by Ubuntu, which is one of the most popular #Linux distributions in the world, providing developers with an outstanding mix of usability and reliability, as well as a rich ecosystem with security and support.
Hmm. So I tried Glaze, which is a program to run your images through in order to stop AI scraping from your work. I thought this would be a good idea to start doing, especially as I (for now) plan to keep my facebook page for my photography as many followers there will not follow me other places, it's the longest running page I've had.
It took me 2 hours to download the program (on high speed fiber)
It took 20 minutes to install on my computer.
I had to close everything on my computer for it "to have enough memory to run".
THEN: on the lowest settings (fast run, so worse rendering and more visible things PLUS less writeovers to stop AI scraping) it estimated 30 minutes for a small 1600 x 1200 pixel image I was going to test it on. Annnnnd then it choked on my computer and I said F-it.
I mean. I appreciate the effort going into designing these things, but this is NOT a workable solution....
Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives by Ronald M. Baecker, 2019
Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives is a wide-ranging and comprehensive textbook that critically assesses the global technical achievements in digital technologies and how are they are applied in media; education and learning; medicine and health; free speech, democracy, and government; and war and peace.
I used to feel pretty smart about #computers until I joined Mastodon. Now I just really enjoy hearing all you truly smart nerds (complimentary) go off on all things #programming and #tech!
I work in the #legal field #law and it feels like it is probably too late to switch careers again. I was once an #engineer and loved it, but I got quite #sick and once “recovered” (quotes because I’m still and probably never will be #healthy) I found it hard to break back in. A lot had passed me by and I was young and didn’t know what to do. I dream of it still, though. I also regret it all, still. I’m working on letting go.
I was good (enough) with computers and, particularly, with people to get a job with a legal services firm and I’ve been moving up since. I love my team, but this is not what I love doing! At least I’m good at it.
Looks like there will have to be a part two to this. I’d love to make #friends!
Cyber attacks are getting easier, experts warn after 3rd federal incident
High-profile cyber incidents involving Canada’s financial intelligence unit FINTRAC, the RCMP and Global Affairs Canada since the start of the year are not isolated cases, experts warn.
Among my hobbies, probably the weirdest one is circular slide rules. I was introduced to them 22 years ago when I started flying lessons, and have since branched out from the E6B to non-aviation circular rules. I like them because
Honestly, I had no idea DuckDuckGo had its own web browser lol. This article reminded me to try out DuckDuckGo's search engine again, and compare its search results with those of Google Search. I was actually surprised to find out that DuckDuckGo churned out way better search results. I'm definitely gonna use it instead of Google from now on.
Chip War: The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource--microchip technology--with the United States and China increasingly in conflict.