I wonder how many celebrated French singers are upset that she opened the performance while mangling the French language? Like, I don’t think she did terrible, but was also clearly not a native speaker

I think the Minions were onboard Captain Nemo’s Nautilus

I think it’s the Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera, a famous piece of French literature and adapted to many other formats since its original publication, but I haven’t been able to confirm that’s who it’s supposed to be

The can-can was surprisingly poorly synchronized. The later segments were much better performed.

Is there any real benefit to overclocking a CPU in the past ten or so years? It doesn’t seem to me like that’s been much of a performance bottleneck anymore compared to the GPU

Wow, Ivan just came in and murdered chat for no apparent reason!

Not specifically for restaurant menus, but more generally if you’d like to contribute to Open Street Map while out and about, depending on your area there may not be complete information for a lot of businesses. You can use an app like Go Map!! on iOS or Street Complete on Android (or many other OSM apps) to add information like business hours, website, phone number, and other useful information.

From Mozilla’s report:

Executive Summary

To attract users across the Global Majority, many technology companies have introduced “lite” versions of their products: Applications that are designed for lower-bandwidth contexts. TikTok is no exception, with TikTok Lite estimated to have more than 1 billion users.

Mozilla and AI Forensics research reveals that TikTok Lite doesn’t just reduce required bandwidth, however. In our opinion, it also reduces trust and safety. In comparing TikTok Lite with the classic TikTok app, we found several discrepancies between trust and safety features that could have potentially dangerous consequences in the context of elections and public health.

Our research revealed TikTok Lite lacks basic protections that are afforded to other TikTok users, including content labels for graphic, AI-generated, misinformation, and dangerous acts videos. TikTok Lite users also encounter arbitrarily shortened video descriptions that can easily eliminate crucial context.

Further, TikTok Lite users have fewer proactive controls at their disposal. Unlike traditional TikTok users, they cannot filter offensive keywords or implement screen management practices.

Our findings are concerning, and reinforce patterns of double-standard. Technology platforms have a history of neglecting users outside of the US and EU, where there is markedly less potential for constraining regulation and enforcement. As part of our research, we discuss the implications of this pattern and also offer concrete recommendations for TikTok Lite to improve.

I don’t think “preventing spying on opponents’ practice sessions” is the primary reason drones are banned at the Olympics

You’re right, I haven’t seen that in a while. The about page for the community has a link to the bot’s source code on GitHub, but it’s giving me a 404 error.

At quick glance Panoramax looks interesting (I have looked some at the others in the past) but lots of the website is in French even selecting English. Maybe that’s something I can assist with.

Neat idea!

I haven’t heard of Write Freely; looks like it’s kind of an open source Medium alternative?

They have played us for absolute fools.

Interesting that both Pennsylvania and Manitoba claim to be the keystone for their respective countries.

This seems pretty clearly targeted at video/film production which would basically never go above 60Hz except for very unusual and specific installations like an amusement park. Except for its lack of SDI inputs and DC power these specs should be very concerning to industry giants like SmallHD, FSI, or Sony, which all have offerings more in the 3-5x price range for similar. At that price difference one could easily use a top quality SDI to HDMI/DisplayPort converter and still save a ton of money. Certainly a contender for use in edit suites.

Why does a school need facial recognition technology? Trying to keep out threatening persons?

Chelmer Valley High School, in Chelmsford, Essex, started using facial recognition technology for cashless lunch payments in March 2023, having used fingerprinting since 2016.

Oh. Super.

There have been a number of Pixar movies that have been deeper than any kids’ movie would be expected to be. I didn’t feel like the first was as good as the second, perhaps because it was kind of an experiment to do a 3D animated feature film so they wanted to keep things a bit simpler. The result is one of those rare occasions where the sequel was better than the original.

But yes, if you have abandonment issues it could be a rough movie. Or maybe a little healing. Woody wasn’t supposed to be at the yard sale to begin with and was actually stolen. In the end Woody is rescued and reunited with Andy and brings along Jessie, who was lost by her human. She finds a new home with Andy and his other toys.

I’m still not sure what they do, though. The first articles I read made me think it was anti-malware for endpoint computers but some later comments made it sound like corporate spyware to track employee productivity. Maybe both?

I’m assuming these temperatures are in Fahrenheit since the wind speeds are in miles per hour?