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#footpathfriday #photography

Footpath Friday. On a Saturday. Sue me.

Oja en langs Bever, bestelling was binnen. Dacht al, er was een reden voor de binnenstad.

@TheBreadmonkey A friend of mine has a lovely story along those lines!

When IBM started pushing desktop computers in the '80s, they initially supported desktops in the same way they did mainframes -- they'd send an actual person in a suit when there was a problem.

This meant they needed a lot more support people, and had to settle for people (like my friend) who were interested in computers, but didn't know much about them yet.

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Estonia outlines details of Ukrainian attack on Russian missile ship in Baltic Sea

Colonel Aron Kalmus, Deputy Commander of the Estonian Division, which brings together Estonian forces and allied units assigned to it, has described how several Ukrainian drones struck the Naro-Fominsk, a Russian Baltic Fleet corvette, during a large-scale attack on the port of Ust-Luga.

Source: Estonian Defence Ministry briefing; Estonian public broadcaster ERR; European Pravda

Details: The ship was damaged in the strike and could no longer proceed under its own power.

During the attack, Ukrainian drones briefly entered the airspace over southeastern Estonia and Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland, Kalmus said.

"We are talking about minutes, not hours, that they spent over our territory. We were aware of this and monitored the situation," Kalmus said.

He said the drones had been flying too close to the border to be shot down safely. Their debris or the munitions used against them could have crashed in Russia, with all the consequences that could entail.

"Both in terms of Estonia's initial defence capability and within NATO, we approach such actions with extreme caution to avoid escalating the situation," the colonel said.

The Naro-Fominsk was hit during the same attack.

Quote from Kalmus: "It was hit by a significant number of drones. We also know quite precisely how many hit it. I would not go into detail because I would not want to make the other side's job too easy by revealing what we can see and how. But it was hit by more than one, which the Defence Forces would consider chance; more than two, which the Defence Forces would consider a coincidence; and more than three, which the Defence Forces would consider a pattern.

These multiple hits damaged the corvette, and there were deaths and injuries. The corvette initially began moving toward St Petersburg under its own power but later stopped. It could not continue under its own power, and an additional escort vessel arrived, with which the corvette proceeded towards St Petersburg."

More details: Kalmus said this type of vessel was not designed for air defence and had therefore been unable to shoot down the approaching drones. "It is designed for long-range strikes and escort duties. In terms of long-range strikes, we are talking about Kalibr cruise missiles. The class also carries Oniks anti-ship missiles," he added.

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pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/11/14/8062839/

#Ukraine #News #UkraineWar

@vegard_berget Vilt! Utrolig at vi gamlinger ikke har klart å presse det ut av dem ennå. Jeg håper virkelig vi klarer å la være det. Syns vi er veldig flinke til å prøve det passivt, og i tillegg har det alltid vært så mange som prøver å gjøre det aktivt med sånne fraser som "bare vent til…" og "det nytter ikke" og alt mulig bullshit. Alltid hata de, greit å bli knust selv, men hva er poenget med å prøve å knuse andre? Håper virkelig jeg aldri blir sånn, uansett hvor håpløs jeg blir.

Listen, if you are a software engineer being brought back to a company or organization you were laid off from to fix their AI vibe coded mess, you have to do me a favor: please, charge them so much. Just so, so much. The only way they'll learn anything is if you make their shareholders cry.

@oror that should also be in the OSM data, see here for example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3326844#map=11/48.8504/2.3373&layers=T

But then you might actually have to do it yourself. My suggestion would be MapLibre Styles. There are some ready to use playgrounds available online, for example at https://docs.maplibre-yaml.org/playground/ (haven't used this particular one).

we're seeing unprecedented incompetence levels

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My b-i-l's dog, Brú. Very affectionate. Loves head rubs. Smells a bit. Generous toy-sharer. Photogenic.

#DogsOfMastodon

@onepict
We are not forcing anything. At this point we said we will survey our devs and users. But I do think there could be an issue of sustainability in case of a very wide no AI stance. This is also something we need to study. If users decide to use software only based on the end result, it could shrink who funds us. XWiki is more than the fiscal host of CryptPad, it's the only company employing it's developers, with the responsibility of paying their salaries.
@abucci @kauer

@JigmeDatse Yeah :/

We’re going to find out that USA air traffic control is dependent on a spreadsheet that gets emailed daily via Office365, aren’t we?

"margin call dance"