cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/world/p/1255096/egypt-blocks-entry-to-2slgbtq-cruise-days-after-turkey-did-the-same

xkcd #3270: Toasting Marshmallows

Title text:

We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3270/

explainxkcd for #3270

there's a lot of TLA's in the world

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing secrets about products still in development, setting up a legal face-off between two of the world’s biggest tech companies.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the consumer tech giant said that OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence that has a new hardware business, had asked job candidates from Apple to share details about secret projects and to bring device components and prototypes to their interviews.

Apple also accused an OpenAI employee of downloading internal documents from a laptop owned by the iPhone maker.

OpenAI used the confidential information to approach Apple’s manufacturing partners, including asking one partner to demonstrate Apple’s technique for finishing metal on its devices, the lawsuit says.

Pauline Hanson’s highly publicised meetings with controversial far-right figures in the UK will drive international eyeballs to her content and continue building the global brand – and that’s by design, far-right experts say...

“A big part of One Nation’s success is that the media consistently, since 1996, have provided her [Hanson] and her party with disproportionate media coverage on platforms relative to their electoral footprint.

“[Now they’re] attaining publicity, but also creating their own content so they’re able to connect with supporters and disseminate their message without the interference or mediation of journalists.”

Jordan McSwiney, an expert in far-right politics at the University of Canberra, said he would have once urged media not to cover One Nation’s stunts but with her rise in popularity, “the horse has bolted”.

McSwiney said the best approach politicians and mainstream media could take was to focus on explaining who these figures are behind the scenes.

Like, it might really be a stupid question. I found this 5 year and still open Git Issue asking for the functionality: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/787

If so, then how do you make polls on Lemmy?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1254121/mayor-mamdani-announces-landmark-click-to-cancel-consumer-protection-rules-to-ban-subscr

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cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/15002894

Canvas 2026 is in one week!

Hello Fediverse! I've come bearing some great news, Canvas 2026 starts in one week!

What?

If you haven't heard, Canvas is a collaborative pixel event that runs yearly, exclusively for the Fediverse. You will have 48 hours to make your mark on an art piece, one pixel at a time. This year the pixel cooldown will be 30 seconds flat, but you can stack up 6 pixels at a time so you don't have to wait ages for pixels.

How do I login?

When you login to Canvas it'll prompt you to identify yourself using fediverse-auth, which involves sending a DM to your account to verify who you are (or logging in with your client of choice, if your app supports it)

Try it out on the Canvas homepage using the emojis

Changelog (compared to last week)

Contribute

• ✨ UI got a whole refresh (Ategon)
  • interface visibility toggle
  • settings/info keybinds
  • primary & secondary color selections
  • color pick keybind
  • mobile ui improvements (no longer crammed)
  • palette symbols, numbers being more readable
  • palette collapsing to avoid being covered by sidebar (can be disabled)
  • palette can now show pixels of certain color remaining in template (can be enabled)
  • palette can now hide colors not used in template (can be enabled)
  • buttons now follow sidebar (can be disabled)
  • accessibility settings: disable camera flash, keybinds, hide overlay card, compress buttons (icon only)
  • google maps-style overlay selection
  • long left click for whois instead of exclusively middle click
  • + many misc changes
• ✨ share urls (grant)
• ✨ heatmap works again (grant)
• ✨ new snapshot types (Ategon)
• added cotemplate link to sidebar (grant)
• fixed pixel stack weirdness (grant)
• fixed coords being incorrect upon zooming (grant)
• template source is no longer visible on toggle (grant)
• added initial FAQ for common problems (grant)
• and various minor changes

Socials

• !canvas@toast.ooo
• @canvas@fediverse.events
• #canvas:fediverse.ooo
• Discord (bridged)
• Appearance on FiresideFedi!

Update, I've made a label for it.

• After the bubble pops how much would our lives be impacted?

• Would AI vanish or still be there?

• How exactly do you think the bubble will pop? Will AI companies simply run out of money? Or will it be because of the environmental effects?

• When do you think the "pop" will take place?

• After the bubble pops, in future there will be companies/people who will try the AI thing again? What will that be like?

Some random shit I saw today...