Situation: You run a website and want users to have to do some amount of work in order to activate a function in your code. The “function” can be anything: creating an account, receiving some kind of in-game token/reward, dispensing coins from a faucet, whatever. Captchas are becoming increasingly both increasingly complex...
Not sure if you want to label it as a “captcha alternative”. In most cases I’m sure the captcha is used because they want a real person looking at the page (and the ads on the page). In this case it seems more like a way to keep either bots or people from doing nothing but consuming content (or hacking) without giving back something of value. Either way I really like the idea.
Other ways, in theory, I think you could do this kind of thing are torrent ratios (e.g. hosting one or moreLinux ISOs), general archiving (e.g. you get asked to return a random range of bytes from a file you’re supposed to be backing up), you run a weather station that reports temperature to the National Weather Service. You might think about a more general framework for just verifying if user X has been contributing something of value.
Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that “some people think AI is problematic” or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same...
I’ve never heard anyone explicitly say this but I’m sure a lot of people (i.e. management) think that AI is a replacement for static code. If you have a component with constantly changing requirements then it can make sense, but don’t ask an llm to perform a process that’s done every single day in the exact same way. Chief among my AI concerns is the amount of energy it uses. It feels like we could mostly wean off of carbon emitting fuels in 50 years but if energy demand skyrockets will be pushing those dates back by decades.
The Washington Post has recently started asking people to register in order to access gift links. You can put in a completely made-up email address, as there is no verification of the email address.
Biden should start ousting conservative appointees and other officials any way possible and goad Congress into passing laws to restrict his ability to “drain the swamp”.
I’m just done “trusting” Republicans in general. Romney seems to be the only one left that has a moral compass (that doesn’t just point to “Nazi Jesus”). Even then I don’t believe he’d give a damn about the poorest among us as long as he could point to record stock prices and low unemployment.
I mean, there can be a way of working — a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised.
I’m sure there’s no “conflict of interest”, “insider trading”, or “anti-bribery” training for her and I, an engineer with no direct reports below me and no power to make financial decisions, have to recertify those things annually.
This is a really odd take. I mean if voting is inconvenient on the reservations then why not mail-in voting? The reservations take up a very small portion of the land so administration should be relatively low cost. You’ll spend way more money trying to secure an online voting system (and of course they’re just going to cut corners).
So this very large company who shall remain nameless distributes a proprietary software development environment that includes a patched version of a certain, well-known open-source debugging tool....
This. Sucks we can’t just say shit like it is but it’s just as easy to make it up. I’m not going to verify the claims myself but if OP said it was Vandelay Industries I might make the decision to not do business with them.
It’s a little late now since the accusation has already been made but it’s essentially legal to state verifiable facts without drawing conclusions from those facts. Still, doesn’t mean the company won’t come after you, just that they risk calling attention to the issue. Unfortunately I know of no remedy or repercussions for a company filing a baseless lawsuit.
I think it could be potentially easier to thwart malicious bots than “honest” bots. I figure a bot that doesn’t care about robots.txt and whatnot would try to gobble up as many pages as it could find. You could easily place links into HTML that aren’t visible to regular users and a “greedy” bot would follow it anyway. From there you could probably have a website within a website that’s being generated by AI on the fly. To keep the bots from running up your bills you probably want it to be mostly static.
North of 95F your body will start having trouble regulating temperature and hydration, ventilation, and shade become critical. On a bike you can only reasonably control hydration (can’t depend on strong wind, moving at a constant speed, or staying under building and foliage shade) so basically 9 months of the year you’re putting your health at risk to commute by bike. Riding a bike to the nearest bus stop and going from there might be the best middle ground.
Well, same sex couples, and by extension their children, are more likely to get harassed by bigoted fucks like Rep Rosendale so I guess there’s a sliver of truth in there.
And if they say the President does have immunity before the election then Biden would be free to exercise that new “freedom” to suppress the opposition or find some other way to hamstring the new admin.
So the DoJ is Joe Bidens puppet and he’s using it to persecute Trump for checks notes failing to turn over classified documents? Not insurrection or treason? Embezzlement? Russian collusion? Campaign finance violations? If every single indictment is a farce, why not drum up murder charges so he’s guaranteed to serve time?
Hate to give him such credit but he’s shaping up to be even more brilliant than Hitler was. Hitler rode the wave of real economic strife (700% rise in prices) while Trump is riding a wave of ignorance.
Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.
ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10....
In short, none of this is meant to say that a person can’t express more granular support in an election, so long as it doesn’t give certain citizens greater influence than others. A ranked ballot is still “one vote” per race, in IRV at least, so my vote doesn’t mean any more than yours.
Black VP contender touting the positives of Jim Crow and a black Supreme Court Justice wanting to revisit a landmark desegregation case? The GOP is a cult, straight up!
There’s enough of them to make a difference and they actually show up when it counts. I don’t know how taxes on churches work in other countries but they’re basically tax shelters in the US.
Seriously though. If something happens please save every scrap of footage and every tweet or post regarding the event. Join conservative groups if you feel so bold. Don’t let them get away with the rhetoric that the event was spontaneous and Trump didn’t organize it in any way or that it was a false flag op.
Hi there folks, I’m still learning about Linux and have yet to dip my toes properly in any arch based distro. Have for the moment fallen in love with the immutable distros based on Universal Blue project. However I do want to learn about what arch has to offer to and plan on installing default arch when I have time. But have...
My open source "proof of useful work" captcha alternative (python)
Situation: You run a website and want users to have to do some amount of work in order to activate a function in your code. The “function” can be anything: creating an account, receiving some kind of in-game token/reward, dispensing coins from a faucet, whatever. Captchas are becoming increasingly both increasingly complex...
Voters have no right to fair elections, NC lawmakers say as they seek to dismiss gerrymandering suit (www.wral.com)
Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
Red states strike deals to show controversial conservative videos in schools | Educational material from PragerU is now offered to public schools in six states (wapo.st)
Per the article:...
DeSantis Claims Florida Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure Will Let People 'Bring 20 Joints To An Elementary School' (www.marijuanamoment.net)
The anti-AI sentiment in the free software communities is concerning. (lemmy.world)
Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that “some people think AI is problematic” or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same...
CNN calls out Fox’s very different reactions to Hunter Biden and Trump convictions (www.independent.co.uk)
Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it: Several federal agencies are working to safeguard research, including climate science, from future political meddling. (wapo.st)
The Washington Post has recently started asking people to register in order to access gift links. You can put in a completely made-up email address, as there is no verification of the email address.
House GOP backs off abortion riders in FDA spending bill (thehill.com)
Massachusetts school can in fact ban 'there are only two genders' T-shirt, federal appeals court rules (www.advocate.com)
A Majority of Voters Backing Biden Are Mostly Motivated by Stopping Trump — Poll (truthout.org)
Alito speaks out against compromise between left and right: "One side or the other is going to win" (www.salon.com)
With a Democrat’s Help, the F.E.C. Goes From Deadlock to Deregulation (www.nytimes.com)
Nevada has a plan to expand electronic voting. That concerns election security experts (abcnews.go.com)
Nevada has a plan to expand electronic voting. That concerns election security experts
Greene compares Trump to Jesus at Nevada rally (thehill.com)
What to do when a giant company refuses to honor a GPL claim?
So this very large company who shall remain nameless distributes a proprietary software development environment that includes a patched version of a certain, well-known open-source debugging tool....
Block AI training on a web site (blog.zgp.org)
Texas asks people to avoid using their cars (www.newsweek.com)
Republican congressman wants to limit IVF access to married heterosexual veterans only (www.advocate.com)
The Supreme Court’s slow-walk on Trump immunity is playing with fire (thehill.com)
Trump plots capture of DoJ in renewed assault on US justice system (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president determined to destroy independence of justice department if he regains control of White House...
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending: In a second term, allies said the former president would look at funding cuts for the World Health Organization and green energy (wapo.st)
Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.
42 Democrats Vote With GOP to Sanction ICC Over Netanyahu Warrant (truthout.org)
Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting (www.npr.org)
ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10....
Trump VP contender faces backlash for Jim Crow comments (www.newsweek.com)
The Ugly History of Dual-Loyalty Charges - Ilhan Omar recently deployed an accusation that’s been used against religious minorities for years. (www.theatlantic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16414235...
Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict [Paul Steinhauser | May 31, 2024 | Fox News] (www.foxnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16126230...
Trump Threatens Public 'Breaking Point' If Jailed. Schiff Says He's 'Inciting Violence' (www.rollingstone.com)
MTG spreads bonkers conspiracy theory that "Deep State" convicted Donald Trump to help drag queens (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Trump classified documents judge is target of more than 1,000 complaints, appeals court reveals (www.cnbc.com)
'Dox the Jurors': Trump fans on a mission to make those who convicted him 'miserable' (www.rawstory.com)
Trump brands US a ‘fascist state’ in 40-minute rant amid wild scenes outside his Manhattan home (www.independent.co.uk)
Beachpatrol: A CLI tool to replace and automate your everyday web browser (Now with Firefox support) (github.com)
Donald Trump was convicted on felony charges. Will he go to prison? (www.nbcnews.com)
Breaking: Trump Verdict Livethread
Jury HAS reached a verdict. 11 hours, 43 minutes....
False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge (www.nbcnews.com)
Right-wing Heritage Foundation trolls Pride month by declaring June 2 "Ex-Gay Visibility Day" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
First Lady Jill Biden: "Those Polls Are Going To Turn," "Americans Are Going To Choose Good Over Evil" (www.realclearpolitics.com)
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House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces (www.texastribune.org)
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office (www.texastribune.org)
Are we going to see arch based immutable distros in the near future?
Hi there folks, I’m still learning about Linux and have yet to dip my toes properly in any arch based distro. Have for the moment fallen in love with the immutable distros based on Universal Blue project. However I do want to learn about what arch has to offer to and plan on installing default arch when I have time. But have...
School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close. (www.politico.com)
Texas Appoints Extremist, Who Said 9-Year-Olds Are Fine Giving Birth, to Maternal Mortality Committee (www.jezebel.com)