Wzięło mnie na poszukiwania genealogiczne. To się zaczęło wraz z Internetem — na początku to były jakieś szczątkowe informacje, dziś to prawdziwa skarbnica, jeśli umie się oddzielić ziarno od plew. Niestety, prawie wszystko jest dziś w necie płatne, a płaci się za kota w worku. Pewien znany serwis genealogiczny, firmowany nazwiskiem właściciela i jego tytułem naukowym, jest pełen błędów i to błędów zawinionych przez tegoż właściciela, bo wyraźnie podkreśla on, że osobiście zamieszcza nowe informacje i dane. Jak to wygląda? Przesłałam mu kiedyś dane o mojej rodzinie, bo na stronie były duże dziury informacyjne. Po jakimś czasie zajrzałam na stronę i ku mojej zgrozie zastałam pod fiszką mojej rodziny prawdziwy groch z kapustą — pomylone daty, imiona, koneksje.
No cóż, na miejscu tego pana to bym się nie chwaliła, że zmiany wprowadzam sama, bo jakość tego wprowadzania poddaje w wątpliwość wartość merytoryczną całej strony. No cóż, i tak korzystam z tej strony, za opłatą oczywiście, bo jak się nie ma, co się lubi, to się lubi, co się ma. Muszę tylko sprawdzać pewne dane osobiście, bo po prostu już temu serwisowi nie ufam.
To trochę jak z ChatGPT — prosisz go o informacje, on ci wysmaży piękną odpowiedź, a ty i tak musisz wszystko sprawdzić, bo łże jak bura suka. Gdy go przyłapiesz na kłamstwie, przyznaje, że napisał coś bez sensu i dziękuje za poprawki. Ale to nie znaczy, że drugi raz na to samo pytanie odpowie dobrze. Potrafi nawet fabrykować tytuły książek, podawać wymyślone spisy treści i wiele innych uciesznych rzeczy. Dlatego myślę, że pragnąc zdobyć relatywnie wiarygodne informacje, będziemy jeszcze długo grzebać w książkach samodzielnie. Chyba że AI zmądrzeje. Ale panu doktorowi M. już nic chyba nie pomoże.
TICKLESS, a manufacturer of tick repellent devices says that its entry level device should not be opened, and you should not replace the battery. Instead you should throw the device away after six months and buy a new one.
I find those claims unreasonable. And I show how to change the battery in minutes.
Spring is in full swing, it's time to plant some seeds. And when they came out of the soil I thought it would be kinda cool to see them grow. So I made a timelapse video.
I made it with a Raspberry Pi 4b and I'm sharing the steps how to do it, so in the newest blog post there is something for both the #bloomscrolling and #RaspberryPi crowds :blobfox3c:
We started this account less than 6 months ago. It's going pretty well – thanks to you: 4.2k followers, lots of interactions, questions, and comments. 🎉
A couple of weeks ago, the European Broadcasting Union (#EBU) asked us to write a guest article about our experience with #Mastodon / the #Fediverse, explain the basics, and point out the advantages. :mastodon:
Challenge accepted. 👍
So here's the finished post by @lxplm, hot off the #blog press. ⌨️
I can’t believe I last did a proper post about Jami as far back as 2019 last. I mention it a lot, and it was included run a debate today on my Friendica site, but I realised it does deserve a proper feature post of its own.
Jami is a proper peer-to-peer messaging app, much like RetroShare, but Jami is probably a bit easier to use than RetroShare. It has no central servers that can be blocked or denied service. It has clients that can install easily on all operating systems, and all your data is stored locally on the client.
So, as with other P2P apps if you lose your private key or configs, you’ve lost all access to that client identity. There is no central service to reset any password. So, rule 1 is to backup your credentials, or have it also work on a second device.
The other important thing is Jami requires no e-mail or phone number to register with. There is no way for that identity to be linked to you personally. And like with RetroShare, SimpleX, Session, Wire, etc there is also no way any friend or anyone else can find you, unless you tell them how to connect with you. There is no way to search for friends etc. Security and privacy-wise, it is very much on par with apps like SimpleX, RetroShare, Session, etc.
It is fully open source and has E2EE for messaging. On a local network it requires no Internet to connect clients. Across the Internet the application uses distributed hash tables (DHT) to establish communications. This technology eliminates the use of centralized registers (servers) and the retention of personal data. Mass surveillance can not be undertaken by the servers as there is not any.
It has the following features:
Instant messaging
Group chats
Video Conferences
Audio calls
Audio and video messages
Screen sharing
File sharing
Extensions for enhanced functionalities
Ability to use it as an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) client
So, it is also much more than just a plain messenger app.
The linked article below does not go into its technology, but is focussed more on how to install and use it.
I wanted to have Wi-Fi on my off-grid allotment, so I made my LTE modem run on battery power. In the post I describe the build process and the list of needed parts. It's a fun and simple project for everyone with a similar need :)
🇵🇱 Dzisiaj na #blog o mapach, ale nie byle jakich tylko takich dbających o prywatność użytkownika, czyli dalej wokół #Outernet! A konkretnie #OrganicMaps i #OpenStreetMap, z którego korzystają.
🇬🇧 Today on the #blog about maps and not just any maps but ones that care about user privacy, that is further around the #Outernet! Specifically #OrganicMaps and #OpenStreetMap, which they use.
Yesterday I tried to add a #blog in #hugo. What a shitshow. There a 1000 blogs on the internet telling you how simple Hugo is, how fast. And non explains (with examples) how to write a text in #md markdown or how to add an html formatted item #nerds who write simple in their blog of 16 pages howto do something really don't understand the are actually frustrating the beginner or intermediate. Don't write "simple" because you already know something #hugo is complex and difficult
I may have found an alternative solution to my blog's commenting system! 😺
The synchronization of comments from my Mastodon account. It's something I tried and abandoned, but I'm giving it another try after reading your comments. Well, I explain more on the blog and also share the source code: