Owen 🐧
@c3iq.bsky.social
Software engineer. Over 30 years of GNU/Linux. Cycled to work. Will consider the good, bad, and the ugly. Insomnia: there's an app for that.
Brought up in a library. Currently, HPC-ing.
Oadby Heights.
Brought up in a library. Currently, HPC-ing.
Oadby Heights.
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The EU seems set to dial back some of its most restrictive tech privacy rules including allowing websites to set some cookies without cookie banners being required and eliminating restrictions on usage of sensitive data such as health information to train AI.
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The EU seems set to dial back some of its most restrictive tech privacy rules including allowing websites to set some cookies without cookie banners being required and eliminating restrictions on usage of sensitive data such as health information to train AI.
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
UI developers should develop UIs through the lens of cheap varifocals.
a bald man is standing next to a punching bag .
ALT: a bald man is standing next to a punching bag .
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UI developers should develop UIs through the lens of cheap varifocals.
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Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
In my very quiet office I'm being driven mad by fan noise. I hoped there was noise leaking through vents in the skylight &:would go away. It's my PC! I've politely asked it to denoise every frame in a 1 hour spooky video. It's only done 4800 frames of 107,000! So, it won't be ready in time anyway.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In my very quiet office I'm being driven mad by fan noise. I hoped there was noise leaking through vents in the skylight &:would go away. It's my PC! I've politely asked it to denoise every frame in a 1 hour spooky video. It's only done 4800 frames of 107,000! So, it won't be ready in time anyway.
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🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!
Storyline approaches to regional flood risk: making climate change relatable. | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
This project aims to bring together evidence from climate projections, risk assessment and observations to develop and evaluate event-based storylines based on recent flooding in Leicestershire, UK.
www.lboro.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!
I would have liked to meet Marvin.
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I would have liked to meet Marvin.
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Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump administration's war on woke for effectively weakening some open source security. …
dlvr.it
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
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Microsoft seeding Washington schools with free AI to get kids and teachers hooked
Microsoft seeding Washington schools with free AI to get kids and teachers hooked
To the slop trough, kiddos!
Not content to shove Copilot into every corner of the enterprise it can think of, Microsoft has announced plans to force feed AI to students across its home state of Washington. …
dlvr.it
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Microsoft seeding Washington schools with free AI to get kids and teachers hooked
A reminder that librarians are awesome. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Storyville - The Librarians
A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A reminder that librarians are awesome. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Just looked at the clock: 15:14:16. No points. 15:14:13 would have been a doozy.
September 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just looked at the clock: 15:14:16. No points. 15:14:13 would have been a doozy.
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Kidney dialysis giant DaVita tells 2.4M people they were snared in ransomware data theft nightmare
Kidney dialysis giant DaVita tells 2.4M people they were snared in ransomware data theft nightmare
Health details, tax ID numbers, even images of checks were stolen, reportedly by the Interlock gang
Ransomware scum breached kidney dialysis firm Davita's labs database in April and stole about 2.4 million people's personal and health-related information.…
dlvr.it
August 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Kidney dialysis giant DaVita tells 2.4M people they were snared in ransomware data theft nightmare
Slightly diminish a band.
9cc.
9cc.
Slightly diminish a band:
Kilodeth
Kilodeth
Slightly diminish a band: Bronze Maiden
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Slightly diminish a band.
9cc.
9cc.
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We are #hiring #RSEs !!! 🤓
#ReseachSoftwareEngineers
Excited to launch the First State #AI Institute at the @udelaware.bsky.social !!!
For more www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...
Interested? Apply here ->
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...?
#ReseachSoftwareEngineers
Excited to launch the First State #AI Institute at the @udelaware.bsky.social !!!
For more www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...
Interested? Apply here ->
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...?
University of Delaware - Details - Research Software Engineer, First State AI Institute
careers.udel.edu
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We are #hiring #RSEs !!! 🤓
#ReseachSoftwareEngineers
Excited to launch the First State #AI Institute at the @udelaware.bsky.social !!!
For more www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...
Interested? Apply here ->
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...?
#ReseachSoftwareEngineers
Excited to launch the First State #AI Institute at the @udelaware.bsky.social !!!
For more www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...
Interested? Apply here ->
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...?
My youngest has a work experience week at my university and, bless him, he believes what the Arriva bus app tells him.
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My youngest has a work experience week at my university and, bless him, he believes what the Arriva bus app tells him.
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🚀 Rocky Linux 10 is officially here!
With support for RISC-V, updated toolchains, modern defaults like Wayland + RDP, and the latest dev stacks, it's ready to power your next generation of systems.
Learn more and get started: rockylinux.org/news/rocky-l...
#RockyLinux10 #Migrate2Rocky #Linux #EL
With support for RISC-V, updated toolchains, modern defaults like Wayland + RDP, and the latest dev stacks, it's ready to power your next generation of systems.
Learn more and get started: rockylinux.org/news/rocky-l...
#RockyLinux10 #Migrate2Rocky #Linux #EL
June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚀 Rocky Linux 10 is officially here!
With support for RISC-V, updated toolchains, modern defaults like Wayland + RDP, and the latest dev stacks, it's ready to power your next generation of systems.
Learn more and get started: rockylinux.org/news/rocky-l...
#RockyLinux10 #Migrate2Rocky #Linux #EL
With support for RISC-V, updated toolchains, modern defaults like Wayland + RDP, and the latest dev stacks, it's ready to power your next generation of systems.
Learn more and get started: rockylinux.org/news/rocky-l...
#RockyLinux10 #Migrate2Rocky #Linux #EL