ok, google

right in the childhood

The Elements of Eloquence. Reading on.

@matildalove @soatok
ISO: "We created global standards for everyone to follow"
Everyone: "Can we see them?"
ISO: "No"

@rolf I have so many questions.

Existence of #agentic AI implies the existence of #gentic AI.

#showerthoughts

OH: OnlyFacts

Don't preach to me about the old magic of unchecking and rechecking TCP/IP inside Dial-Up Networking of the Control Panel, I was there at the foundations of the world.

This well may be because I spend 90% of my time in CLIs but I am unaware of any #GUI that allows for a direct manipulation interaction where a user can drag two or more non-executable non-folder objects on top of one another.

Why isn't that a thing?

I can certainly see the use-case in my daily life, e.g.
1) two pdfs - compare with meld
2) two images - imagemagick montage
3) ..diff + any object - patch
4) one or more images + odp - add images as slides at the end of the presentation

#UI #UX

The report of the death of #Thinkpad T-series was an exaggeration.

Both T14 Gen5 and Gen6, to my surprise, meet all the specs (musts and shoulds) with the exception of battery capacity. You are supposed to still get more than 8 hours of battery life out of them.

This message is brought to you by browsing and clicking until 3am.

@vermeer Latest browsers just can't perform on my CPU any more. Thinkpad has always been good to my *nix.

Shoulds are not musts. :)

#Help, please, I need some #suggestions.

I'm looking to upgrade my #Thinkpad as this one is gonna be 8 years next year.

It must have:
- 14-15"
- integrated smart card reader
- WWAN (3G/4G/5G)
- TrackPoint
- 64GB+ RAM
- 70Wh+
- WLAN
- Camera w/ shutter
- 1TB+ SSD

It should have:
- RJ45
- NPU
- a very nice keyboard, e.g. T480

It should lack:
- a touchscreen
- a Windows licence

I am looking at Thinkpad website and can't find any way to filter by smart card reader support...

@leyrer Note to self: s/mysterious/conspicuous/

@leyrer That does finally explain the mysterious lack of appropriately themed videos on your part.

@pharmafemboy Splendidly! Ir works splendidly.

A pleasure to be back at #LTDH and celebrate #ENUSEC_X.

"My new working arrangements"

“No computers.” the guard said harshly, holding out a metal box.

I put my phone in the box. He didn’t budge. I took off my smart watch and added it in.

“Are you sure you have no more computers? The detector sends out a brief EMP. It would be a shame to destroy any gadgets. Or injure you." He was staring at the side of my face.

Ah. I removed the Connex from my temple. I’d forgotten it was there.

He ushered me into what looked like an old electronic doorway, then pressed a button. A light flashed.

"You're free to enter. Enjoy." No smile.

I passed through a corridor to desk where a receptionist smiled. "First time?"

"Yes, is it obvious?"

"Don't worry. It's simple. Through the double doors there you'll find the main selection of books, by era and topic. It's colour-coded and easy to follow. You'll need these if you want to touch anything." She put a paper mask and thin laboratory gloves on the desk.

"Behind you is the iffy section, as we call it. Books printed after 2015."

"2015?! I thought AI printed books only appeared in the mid 2020s."

"That's probably true, but we can't be sure. Preserving authentic pre-AI knowledge is our raison d'être. We can't be too safe."

Her look turned serious and I saw the devotion to the cause in her eyes. Since the Big Corruption of '32, no digital files could be trusted to replicate original human knowledge. This library was a time capsule.

"Can books be taken out?"

"No, I'm afraid not. We couldn't let them back in, as they could be fakes."

"So, can I copy things? My phone and Connex were taken away. Do you have a camera to message me chapters?"

"No, we're strictly machine-free. but we have several scribes. They're very good." She was enjoying my puzzled look.

"They can copy down whole pages for you. With pen and paper," she answered my unspoken question.

"Pen and paper?" these were words of tales and myths.

"Come, I'll show."

#devotion #MastoPrompt #microfiction #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Do you approve of the state of the software industry?

Reminder that #MusicStreaming does not help musicians. It helps #streaming platforms and locks you into lifelong subscription:

Only 9 album purchases generate @ionafyfe the same income as 140,000 streams: https://mastodon.scot/@ionafyfe/114438267806310626

If you like music, go buy a (digital) album and you'll own it forever. Places like #Qobuz sell them in all kinds of #DRMfree formats.