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L’algorisme@[email protected]

La mateixa demanda a una IA en català gasta 1,48 vegades els tokens de l’anglès i un 12% més que en castellà (cas GPT). Lluny del pitjor cas (13,7x, santali), però la penalització per fer servir el català existeix: més cost, més latència i menys context.
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-tokenizer-tax-non-english-languages-cost-inequity/

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Rest of WorldAI models cost more when you don’t use EnglishSome languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.
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Cowgirl Carol@[email protected]

I read this headline: What is Donald Trump planning? And my first thought was: 'Die'.
(before he & his regime destroys this country & the world.)

Today, we were confronted with multiple serious warnings, including one that came directly from Senator Chris Murphy, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and attended a classified briefing on the Iran war. In a statement posted today on X, Murphy warned, “Trump is reportedly planning to restart war with Iran after the election. Some of us have been briefed on the war plan. And while I cannot disclose any details, I can say this: the plan is insane. It will not achieve objectives and will set off a new cycle of escalation.” His warning followed remarks he made yesterday at the Middle East Institute, where he went further, warning that the plan “will lead to devastating escalation and the likely destruction of our commitment to the rule of law.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherdelaneyreese/p/what-is-donald-trump-planning?r=qh2ap&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

www.heatherdelaneyreese.comWhat is Donald Trump planning?At 4:36 this afternoon, the President of the United States began panicking on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews after he was asked why his final in-person rally was abruptly canceled. With the cameras broadcasting live, Donald Trump lost control of himself and attacked a reporter in one of the most revealing fits of rage of his presidency to date. Trying to understand why rallies would be canceled
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Brian :cupofcoffee: :rss:@[email protected]

I'm the person in the department who makes coffee just because I'm here first in the morning. I found out today that a colleague has been bragging about how good our coffee is to the office, so they wanted to know what I do differently. Is it beans? Is it a press?

We use pre-ground, huge bin Folgers in a regular automatic pot. My secret?

I put an extra scoop of grounds in. When I started, they had some weak coffee. When I took over, I secretly made it stronger.

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Tokyo Outsider 🎃✨@[email protected]

What doesn't make sense to me about the Japan hacks is that even if there was a sudden flurry of unexpected hacks exploiting unknown vulnerabilities, usually you'd learn something from each one that would help reduce the risk of the next. Maybe not in a few days, but certainly in the course of a month.

Why aren't the methods that were used for the early hacks being patched to prevent subsequent ones? Have any of the vulnerabilities been identified?

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G4Media 📰@[email protected]

În căutarea noii generații de 10 a României. Ciprian Marica, mentor GEN10: „Mulți copii visează să devină mari fotbaliști și au nevoie de repere, dar și de o infrastructură corectă”.

🔗 https://mediafax.ro/?p=23834415

#Știri #România #Sport #Fotbal

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MediafaxCiprian Marica: Sportul poate schimba destine și forma campioniCum pot fi descoperiți și susținuți viitorii campioni ai României? Ciprian Marica vorbește despre talent, educație și accesul la sport.
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AkaSci 🛰️@[email protected]
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk successfully installed and deployed the 7th Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) on the International Space Station during a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk.

The last one will be installed on Thu Nov 5.

Who else wants to sign up for this job?

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/29/spacewalkers-install-roll-out-solar-arrays-for-power-generation/
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NASASpacewalkers Install Roll-Out Solar Array for Power Generation - NASANASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk concluded their spacewalkNASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:08 p.m. EDT.   outside the International Space Station at XX:XX p.m. EDT.  
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Jonathan "JD" Danylko@[email protected]

☕ *Morning Coffee Link* --
Why generative AI won't create 10x developers -
https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/why-generative-ai-wont-create-ten-x-developers

(Morning Coffee Link is a single link every weekday about coding that either sparks debate, provokes a thought process of some kind, or introduces a technique for developers).

See the entire list at https://www.danylkoweb.com/MorningCoffeeLink

ThoughtworksWhy generative AI won't create 10x developersGenerative AI promises to accelerate software development, but can it really enable the mythical 10x developer? Thoughtworker Ricardo Piccoli argues it cannot.
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Tommaso Gagliardoni@[email protected]

OK, so apparently this horrible new UI is the new Mastodon 5.0 default one. There's no going back. This is unusable on desktop. Apparently there is a bit of outrage on Github about the change, but this seems a deliberate redesign choice that took some time to preemptively collect user feedback, so maybe it's just me being weird. But I need to find alternative solutions.

#mastodon #ui #fedi #fediverse

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Andy Wootton@[email protected]

In case there's anyone who doesn't already know, Anthropic were hacked, exposing gazillions of their customers and didn't admit it. They shut the gate the Trojan Horse came in through, locking the enemy inside. "Don't trust companies run by fascists" is my advice.

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Ubuntu Bugs@[email protected]

[2172591] "gnome-shell --list-modes" segfaults

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2172591

LaunchpadBug #2172591 ""gnome-shell --list-modes” segfaults” : Bugs : gnome-shell package : UbuntuCommand: "gnome-shell --list-modes" in kitty terminal, extensions off Expected: A list of modes Actual: Segmentation fault (core dumped) gnome-shell --list-modes lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Release: 26.04 apt-cache policy gnome-shell gnome-shell: Installed: 50.1-0ubuntu1.4 Candidate: 50.1-0ubuntu1.4 Version table: *** 50.1-0ubuntu1.4 500 500 http://m
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:rainbowCrow:@[email protected]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hrbrmstr/117529813223970582

Confirmed PAN-OS is disabled by default:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/ngfw/help/12-2/device/device-setup-session/tcp-settings

Also confirmed that it is disabled by default on F5 BIG-IP:

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K50411377#MPTCP

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@cR0w some Kagi-ing suggests PAN-OS zone protection defaults to following the global MPTCP setting, and the global setting defaults to stripping the option, so MPTCP connections are downgraded to plain TCP. F5 BIG-IP's TCP profile mptcp value defaults to disable, which excludes M

 Mastodon.socialhrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦🇧🇪 4 (@[email protected])@[email protected] some Kagi-ing suggests PAN-OS zone protection defaults to following the global MPTCP setting, and the global setting defaults to stripping the option, so MPTCP connections are downgraded to plain TCP. F5 BIG-IP's TCP profile mptcp value defaults to disable, which excludes MPTCP through the virtual server. NetScaler's TCP profile mptcp attribute defaults to DISABLED. (1/2)
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Suzy Richards@[email protected]

Blimey. LCE are efficient. Despatched within about 15 minutes of the order! Decided another dynax 5 slr with cheesy kit lens would make a good winter snotter which could then be put to good use in the nicer weather with a macro lens. I have more lenses than bodies so it saves having to keep changing them. Also means I don't ruin any of the decent ones with condensation or temperature change degradation.

There were some cheaper minoltas but they were a bit basic or dusty/sticky grip looking.

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