It feels like both are waiting, or even relying on, for the other to implode.

The problem with microblogging platforms is they revolve around following users and not topics.

Mastodon has tried to change that by encouraging following hashtags but with limited success.

They are great platforms for people who are already (internet) famous and want a soapbox. But for ordinary folk tooting or tweeting or whatever else it’s called is just shouting into the void. There’s no discussion because nobody ever sees what others post.

I like Mastodon but it seems it can’t escape the inherent problems of the platform model itself.

These Mavicas could become popular again now as retro tech. There’s a lo-fi aesthetic growing in photo and video that’s all about compression artefacts and old image sensors. Physical media and its inconveniences is also having a moment as a novelty and maybe even a broader movement.

I think it’s uncertain for now. A majority of 6 votes is still a win but it’s also an incredibly unconfident win.

Runcorn is supposed to be the kind of place Reform keep being tipped to sweep but even in a byelection they’ve only managed a win by a hair’s breadth.

Reform seem to have a lot more work to do to win over voters to reliably take seats at a general election.

Of course, there’s still 4+ plus years for Labour to lose more voters also.

What kind of person leaves the crust? Pizza ain’t pizza without the crust.

I used to read them, they often had good in depth tutorials. The Format branding has been going for a long time, I can remember reading Amiga Format.

There were a few other Linux magazines as well, Linux User, Linux Magazine, Linux Voice. I think there’s still a Raspberry Pi magazine as well which covers a lot of Linux stuff.

However, it is important to note that these digital IDs are not a replacement for the original physical ones. Furthermore, U.K. residents cannot use digital IDs at airports for travel.

Additionally, Google states that it is also exploring certification with the U.K.’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, which could enable residents to use their digital IDs for alcohol purchases and other purposes.

So you can add your passport to Android but effectively not use it for anything? Does anywhere in the UK accept this Google system as ID?

The article also mentions a partnership to add Railcards to it, but there is already a Railcard app for that, so I’m not sure what this actually for.

We already have a semi privatised identity system with the PASS card scheme for proof of age, its government backed but the actual physical and digital IDs are provided by various public and private groups.

There are 4 bay units that would fit on a 10” inch shelf. I’ve seen some DIY projects too.

Using SFF/mini PCs is also popular, there are models that can take multiple SATA/NVMe drives

There are few if any 10” UPS units available anyway so weight is less of a worry. It’s one of the biggest weaknesses of the 10” system currently.

In the general population it does. Most people are not using an academic definition of AI, they are using a definition formed from popular science fiction.

Labour chose to take this particular stance today. There are many other approaches they could have taken, they could have also tried to dodge the matter and kick they can down the road, but instead “trans women are not women” is what they have chosen to actively embrace.

(Further) pandering to the transphobic lobby is not necessary, and what’s been said today is far beyond pandering.

They could have announced they would look to introduce new legislation to address this. They could have said just about anything instead of what’s been said today.

But they didn’t, they are instead parroting the court ruling as if it’s a final settlement on the issue as whole.

There is no weaselling around these words, the only debate is whether it exposes cowardice or bigotry.

Even by the low standards I had for Labour’s approach, this is depressing.

Already happening sadly, and not by accident either. It’s not just about rolling back trans rights, it’s about dragging us back to narrow and restrictive ideas of sex and gender in general.

But Pokemon was a show about a fantasy world of made up animals with magic powers. 4Kids felt kids would be able to grasp that, but not rice balls.

Kids could accept a weird yellow mouse that could shoot lightning bolts, they would have accepted some weird food they hadn’t heard of either.

The platform owners don’t consider engagement to me be participation in meaningful discourse. Engagement to them just means staying on the platform while seeing ads.

If bots keep people doing that those platforms will keep letting them in.

Nice to see the sun I suppose but unfortunately for me it also comes with triggering my pollen allergies.

My parents got a fridge freezer via Facebook, from a house that was moving and didn’t want to transport it. Might be worth looking at local marketplace groups.

My local recycling centre has a resale and reuse area, I think a lot of local councils have something like that set up.

There was a big scandal at secondary school when it was exposed that a group of school staff and teachers had been stealing school funds. They had some scheme going involving fake invoices for school supplies and building maintenance that never existed.

Quite a few heads rolled for that, even the headmaster left soon after despite not being known to be involved.