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ok, this short was just adorable
nice seeing the best boys just being happy in a healthy wholesome way
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In case this helps anyone...
The coin batteries in automotive key fobs only last for a few years. But if they happen to die and you're caught unawares, auto manufacturers have designed these little-known backup methods to enter and start your vehicle.Core77
This risk is genuine - another generation of homes, schools and hospitals built to overheat in an already overheated country.
But I felt this article lost its way…
We need to know what works:
- careful orientation
- natural shade (trees)
- shutters
- minimize glazing on south/south west sides
- good insulation
Ensuring these aspects are covered at planning is important.
#heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/15/england-risks-building-death-traps-overheating-crisis-plans
Vulnerable people more at risk as research finds only half of local authority plans require cooling strategiesFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116919462460221209
This took way too long to resolve but I'm glad the courts made the sensible, pro-consumer (and pro-farmer) decision.
Attached: 2 images For more than a decade, farmers have been fighting for the right to fix the machines they own.iFixit (Mastodon)
"Oh! Excuse me," I say as I feel the familiar tug, "I'm being summoned."
I materialise in a pentagram in Hell. I glare at the demon.
"I wish I'd never taught you how to reverse the ritual. I was at a party!"
"We're out of salt liquorice."
"Fine, I'll buy some tomorrow. Now send me back!"
*poof*
Seems someone dropped a zero-day for a furry's "collect the fursuiters" app.
Responsible disclosure, absolutely. A measured public warning *without technical info* if it's actively being exploited - maybe.
But publishing a full HOWTO *during Anthrocon* because the maintainer didn't answer immediately?
Please do not.
Be responsible and courteous, especially with one-man band projects.
You can be the "lol pwnt" guy or the "hey bud, want a hand fixing it?" guy. Make the right choice.
#infosec
omg
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This place is so nearby to me and I recognise some of the suiters. Foxfield looks like a total blast!
I’ve absolutely got to go hang out here soon, furry railway is real.
‘More than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England and Wales during the exceptionally hot weather in May and June, experts' estimates suggest.
Prof Fredi Otto, an expert in #climate science at Imperial who was involved in the research, told the BBC's Today Programme:
“Don't underestimate the risks. Just because you're fit and healthy, you're not safe."’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx5zy82n7no
An early estimate suggests more than 2,700 people will have died from heat-related causes during the UK's exceptionally hot weather in recent months.Michelle Roberts (BBC News)
“Hopefully just the sheer size of the numbers is really illustrating to people that this is something we need to be worrying about and preparing for,”
“We can stop making it worse by transitioning towards #netzero, because that is not a political target, it’s a physics-based target.
If we stop adding greenhouse gases, we stop adding warming and we stop making these #heatwaves worse.”
Dr Clair Barnes, at Imperial College London, who led the analysis
Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4CDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Prof Emma Howard Boyd, at the London School of Economics and the chair of the Heat Risk Commission, said:
“Particularly alarming is that these figures, covering just the first half of the summer, are already approaching the reported toll from the record-breaking heat of 2022 … Government cannot afford to treat these figures as an anomaly – they are a warning of the climate we now live in.”
I’ve long thought we need to somehow acknowledge on death certificates when living in a cold home has ultimately led to an untimely death, the same now applies to living and working in excess heat. These latest figures are conservative estimates, because of the variation in how a death due to say a heart attack could be reported.
Until we quantify what is actually happening and there is wide spread awareness of the level of deaths needlessly occurring, it will be business as usual.
My mother in law was telling me yesterday that she had felt faint while popping out for 10 minutes to buy birthday cards for my kids. Luckily there was a chair in the shop and she was able to sit down for 5 minutes. She hadn’t expected to feel wobbly so quickly. She assumed it was a short errand and she would be fine. She’s promised to take it very easy in this heat - but it’s not easy as she is recently widowed.
These figures are an estimate of "excess deaths" from all causes due to the heat. Not deaths reported as heat-related.
So, your point is sound but already taken account of it this data
CO2 doesnt come with heat. CO2 is a closed window on a car in the sun.
No longer emitting CO2 stops rhe closing of the window. But it does not open the window. The heat inside the car is STILL increasing, will continue to increase, until.the windows are opened. Not "stay warm" but grow hotter.
Opening the window is taking billions of tons of CO2 out of the air. Replacing the Sahara desert with forest, is the kind of co2 removal we need.
Soil.is our strongest ally.
"June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests"
Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4CDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Achievement unlocked!
Athra the Khajiit at an actual Elder Scrolls event.
There literally is no attendee here who does not know he’s a Khajiit.
Definitely a “bucket list” item I’ve crossed off there.
#ESOTavern #Khajiit #TESOnline #ElderScrolls #Cosplay
In flapper mode during Midwest FurFest 2017.
Photo by Albejorn.
I always love how this dress looks in photos.
A bewildered stranger entered the castle kitchen.
"Lost, sir?" the cook said. "You found a hidden door that led to the same room?"
"Why, yes!"
"How many times did you go through?"
"Five or six, why?"
"This used to be a wizard's castle. That door takes you through time, not space."
I miss wearing my full suit, but it's just too hot lately. That's where my old Tripp pants come to the rescue - something baggy enough to look good with my enormous fluffy stompers!
Rawr. 💙
🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 Lucky
🌍 Tails in Wales
⌚ #FursuitFriday
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@aukondk/116889601158276815
This is relatable - and by a similar token, "Everybody's Free (To wear Sunscreen)" hits in a similar fashion.
I'm also pretty sure that Time by Pink Floyd was used to introduce a British curriculum high-school science series of educational videos in the 90s - unfortunately I cannot remember the name, and haven't had luck verifying this, it's just a vague memory I have at the time. (mid-80s Exploring Science had a ticking clock, but not the track)
You know you are middle-aged when the lyrics to Pink Floyd's Time start hitting harder... "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're …Stephen Ward (Mastodon)
You know you are middle-aged when the lyrics to Pink Floyd's Time start hitting harder...
"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0-7Ds79zo
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The sheer grift of confectionary companies that over a long period of time gradually reduce the size of a bar of chocolate and then have the gall to sell two (further shrunken) bars together in a single wrapper, call them "Duo" and it only being marginally longer than the OG 1990s bar.
I mean this process has taken fucking DECADES to come to completion to ensure that "the kiddies don't notice" (we did, guys). That is dedication right there. When it comes to ripping off consumers; You have to admire the commitment to their craft.
I really wish companies would stop conflating what idiot investors want vs. what actual customers want. Your customers pay your bills. Your investors want to buy you cheap and sell you high before you crash.
Only one keeps you afloat.
@TheTenuousOrder It's slowing down because investors are moving more into memory and storage areas, diversifying. Which is just another part of the problem.
The C-Suite is beholden to investors, but has to outwardly be customer-focused. I'm sure there are lots out there who are intentionally conflating the two because they can't tell their bosses on the board no, so they have to act like the board and customers are aligned.
"What's the difference between witch magic and wizard magic?"
"None," said the witch. "Magic is magic. The difference is how much you care about the cost."
"There's a cost?"
"Always."
"What is the cost?"
"The more you use, the more critters will shun you."
"Critters?"
"Cats, dogs... people."
"June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests"
Exclusive: Record temperatures fuelled by climate crisis left 86% of homes ‘too hot’ and many people feeling unwellDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Finally (I've only done 900-odd miles in the last year) got on my bike again on Friday, first to get it MOTed, then to make a trip to the old house to check everything was okay before a viewing on Saturday (we're still trying to sell it, Land Registry permitting). Got home absolutely drenched in sweat (partly down to choosing waterproofs instead of leathers because they're quicker to put on and I was late for the MOT appointment). But today, the weather's a lot cooler. Should've waited a couple of days.
The place near us that does bike MOTs has… *views* on non-Mercedes vehicles. 😉
Hmm. Getting ready to admit that the "stochastic parrot" argument maybe isn't all that relevant any more (or at least won't be for much longer). Developments have… shall we say, developed, and current LLMs are not just Markov chains on acid but have evolved into something which probably does have a lot of the characteristics of intelligence.
One other big objection is still relevant, though — we don't know exactly how they work, so there are still no guarantees about the truthfulness, reliability or trustworthiness of their output. Re trustworthiness, alignment is definitely a big concern now that people are hooking them up to everything they can get their hands on.
And I still come away from anything genAI-related with a vague feeling of depression and emptiness rather than any level of keen interest though. A lot of that, possibly, is a direct consequence of the fact that we can't get much insight into what's going on in an LLM — we may (*may*) have created another intelligence, but we still don't know how it works, so there are no real take-aways, and little feeling of satisfaction in it.
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"Mum, look!"
She ignited the fire by pointing at it.
"Ah. You are a sorceress. I did wonder."
"Why?"
"You're the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter."
"I don't have six sisters. Or aunts."
"They died. Most children do."
"Oh."
"Now, what will you do?"
"I'll make sure no child dies."
After a long life of hard work, she succeeded. Hardly any children died anymore.
And that is why, a few generations later, sorceresses had become so rare that most people didn't believe they existed anymore.
"You have chosen a difficult path"
"I will learn the lore for keeping children alive, and preserve it."
"I am confident you can do this."
"Why is that not enough?"
"You must convince people to use it."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116859269846708028
Wake up babe, new metaphor for both cargo cults and useless colleagues just dropped
If software development survives AI, and it probably will if we all run those bills up, I wonder if we'll learn our lesson and stop making all of this knowledge so freely available to be scraped?
I want to see Illuminati level secret software societies with hooded figures and arcane techniques. Advanced techniques taught by apprenticed whispers. Those who slip the secrets are swiftly excorticated.
Admitting you’re using AI in research to check planning is honest, the scale of the task is huge and the need is urgent…but if it produces a result no one ultimately trusts or will act on, it’s meaningless.
The Future Homes Standard is for domestic properties. It’s not unreasonable it only covers that. There are different considerations for commercial, school and hospitals - and should be regulated accordingly.