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  • January 11, 2024 9:20am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Helio Project libre music composition software

    helio.fm/

    Interesting work here… and multi platform!

  • January 11, 2024 9:14am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Conditional Git Configuration, just the thing I was looking for!

    blog.scottlowe.org/2023/12/1…

  • January 6, 2024 1:33am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Fictional movies within movies? Got ‘em. Fake shows within shows? You bet. Browse our selection of over 700 stories within stories.

    nestflix.fun

  • December 31, 2023 5:35pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    The Problem of Misinformation in an Era Without Trust Elon Musk thinks a free market of ideas will self-correct. Liberals want to regulate it. Both are missing a deeper predicament.

    archive.is/lJq7c

    A more clarifying take on trust is laid out by Chris Hayes in “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy,” a book that was published in 2012 and turned out to be extraordinarily prescient. In it, Hayes describes how elite malfeasance — the forever wars after 9/11; the 2008 financial crisis — was deeply corrosive, undermining the public’s trust in institutions. This “crisis of authority” is deserved, he says, but it has also left us vulnerable. A big, complex democracy requires institutional trust in order to function. Without it, “we really do risk a kind of Hobbesian chaos, in which truth is overtaken by sheer will-to-power.”

  • Cloisonnement et petites réalisations 2023

    December 31, 2023 2:34pm
    Reading Time: 3 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Longform

    En 2023, le mot ‘cloisonnement’ a résonné profondément en moi, illustrant mon parcours de reconstruction personnelle et professionnelle face aux crises et difficultés, intérieur ou extérieur. Malgré un travail significatif, un revenu stable, et une sécurité retrouvée, je suis constamment rappelé aux difficultés persistantes à travers le monde, de la Palestine à l’Ukraine en passant la réalité sociale, économique et politique de ce qui se dessine en Europe et un peu partout dans le monde : l’ombre des neofascismes renaissant, des démocraties malades ou abîmées, des systèmes économiques au dessus des démocraties et une combinaison d’idéologie systémique, politique et économique, qui ne font qu’accroître les inégalités et les points de ruptures. Continue reading →

  • December 27, 2023 7:34pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Mon prochain laptop… évidemment la version DIY avec le Linux de mon choix 😍

    frame.work/be/en

  • December 27, 2023 1:32pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    News

    Microposts

    Damn 😮 MindWriting

    Artificial intelligence, interpreting data from a device placed at the brain’s surface, enables people who are paralyzed or have severely impaired limb movement to communicate by text.

  • December 27, 2023 12:21pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    It’s happening : #37c3 Live Streams (ccc.de)

    #CCC

  • December 24, 2023 12:15pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Interesting…. SSH over HTTPS trofi.github.io/posts/295…

  • December 23, 2023 5:11pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Bluesky

    Microposts

    un outil par mary.my.id qui vous permet d’archiver facilement vos publications Bluesky !

    Une fois généré, vous pouvez l’héberger en tant que site Web autonome que les gens peuvent voir ou garder l’archive en privé ! L’outil est conçu pour les deux cas de figure 📌

  • December 23, 2023 4:09pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Bluesky

    Microposts

    So after all, it’s not a skeet, it’s not a post, it’s a butt😅 #blueskylogo

  • December 23, 2023 4:05pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Fediverse

    Microposts

    Avec le débarquement de Meta dans le fediverse, ce dernier s’organise pour bloquer (ou pas) Threads de la fédération, après un long débat qui est toujours en cours avec plusieurs factions portant des avis et des actes différents quand au suite à donner.

    comme le Fedipact une minorité si on regarde.

  • December 18, 2023 7:23pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Videos

    Politics

    Microposts

    Had to be done at some point 😅

    Elon Musk retrospective by John Oliver - Last Week Tonight

  • December 17, 2023 8:08pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Bluesky

    Microposts

    Neat, nice release for AT Proto Python implementation, I think I’ll be able to automate post cleaning based on specific Url’s with this..

  • Chinese researchers developed aerosol-based Covid-19 vaccine for respiratory infections

    December 17, 2023 6:23pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Health

    Longform

    South China Morning Post Chinese researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed an aerosol-based Covid-19 vaccine, delivering microcapsules directly to the lungs. The vaccine, tested on animals, produced a sustained immune response with a single dose. It targets respiratory infections and could combat the Omicron variant. The dry, powdered vaccine remains stable at room temperature for over a month. The delivery platform is cost-effective and non-invasive, potentially aiding remote areas. Continue reading →

  • December 17, 2023 3:47pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Pipe Dreams, the life and times of Yahoo Pipes

    retool.com/pipes

  • December 17, 2023 3:28pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Photos

    Microposts

    Delusional Putin promises ‘problems’ for Finland after it was ‘dragged into NATO’

    ground.news/article/p…

  • [7.1] Rising vaccine hesitancy and misinformation fuel preventable COVID deaths — The Conversation

    December 14, 2023 7:25pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Health

    Longform

    The global anti-vaccine movement, fueled by COVID-19 misinformation, continues to grow. A survey shows declining U.S. vaccine confidence since April 2021. Misinformation includes false links between vaccines and autism, infertility, and ingredient safety concerns. Health myths have led to 319,000 preventable COVID-19 deaths and daily economic losses of $50-300 million in the U.S. The spread is aided by declining trust in science and selective social media exposure. Source Continue reading →

  • December 12, 2023 11:48pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Microposts

    About the Kyivstar hack

  • December 10, 2023 3:22pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    OKCinfo

    Microposts

    Témoignage de ma sœur, il y a un an #okcinfo

    un témoignage qui a brisé le mythe entretenu pendant les procédures juridiques où OKC n’a eu de cesse d’affirmer qu’il y avait eu une “‘évolution de l’éducation des enfants” pour la “nouvelle génération”

    #metoo #dérivessectaires

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