Futurology Today

I'm been thinking a lot about my future lately and I've come to the conclusion that I've had it with blue collar work. I want more out of life than living paycheck to paycheck. For sometime now, I've been hearing that college degrees are worthless nowadays so thought about getting Comptia certifications (A+ and then Sec+) and working remotely. But then I thought about if AI will make those certifications obsolete. I know that "AI taking jobs" is a bit of sensationalist reporting but I do have legitimate concerns. I then thought about going back to college for "advance" careers like computer science and/or electrical engineering; more specifically, a bachelor's degree.

What I want to know is this: would returning to college, especially for a tech-oriented degree, or will it be a waste of time and money? Should I pursue an alternative like certs? Thanks in advance.

Next Stop the Stars
Author Robert Silverberg

First edition cover art by Ed Valigursky and Ed Emshwiller.

Double the number, then reduce by one-tenth the doubled number, then add 32

Example: To convert 25 C double it to 50, reduce by 5 to get 45, then add 32 to get 77 F.

The reason this works is because 9/5 = 10/5 - 1/5. And the nice thing about this is that it is an exact conversion not an estimation.

The Danes will seek to propose a voluntary detection regime in the CSAM proposal, instead of controversial mandatory detection orders

The Danish Council presidency is backing away from pushing for mandatory detection orders in a legislative proposal that aims to tackle the spread of online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), the country’s justice minister said on Thursday.

Earlier in their presidency, Denmark had revived a controversial provision in the draft law that would mean online platforms – such as messaging apps – could be served with mandatory CSAM detection orders, including services protected by end-to-end encryption. However opposition from several other EU countries derailed any agreement in the Council.

Today, Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard told local press that the Council presidency would move away from mandatory detection orders – and instead support CSAM detections remaining voluntary.

The presidency circulated a discussion paper with EU country representatives on Thursday, aiming to gather countries’ views on the updated (softened) proposal in a bid to find a compromise, Euractiv understands.

The Danes are concerned that if no agreement is reached on the proposal even voluntary scanning will not happen once the current legal scheme that enables that runs out in April 2026.

The CSAM proposal – dubbed “chat control” by opponents – has repeatedly failed to achieve support in Council, which has spent years trying and failing to agree its negotiating mandate.

Earlier this month, Germany’s justice minister came out against the plan, with a strong-worded public statement that attacked “unjustified chat monitoring”.

The mandatory detection orders contained in the original Commission proposal have proven to be the biggest sticking point – triggering major privacy and security concerns.

Critics warn that such an approach risks opening the door to mass surveillance of European citizens, as well as pointing out that it would run counter to existing EU laws that seek to ensure data protection and the privacy of communications.

If the Danes manage to find a compromise in Council on a version of the CSAM proposal that strips out mandatory detection orders the draft law could progress towards trilogue negotiations with Parliament, finally moving on from years of deadlock.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9635030

The police massacred more than a hundred people in one of the poorest neighborhoods in rio de janeiro. The operation was directed by the bolsonarista governor of the province without notifying central goverment.

A company paying Sarah Ferguson was given a private tour of Buckingham Palace while the late Queen was in residence, BBC can reveal.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/20462014

More and more people are using this form of travel to get around the continent, using high-speed routes and a network of night trains that continues to expand. We traveled from Madrid to Prague and witnessed how the future of European transportation is clean and fast

Here’s a good example “Phil Axes”. When I search for them online the only hits I get are from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc. I can’t find any Wikipedia, social medial, news articles or anything related to them. Also a lot of the songs are 2:30-3:00 every time.

Are these just AI generated artists and music?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38429451

from +972’s Sunday Recap
+972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Nov. 2, 2025

In 2021, Google and Amazon signed a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus, to provide it with advanced cloud computing and AI services — tools that were used during Israel’s two-year onslaught on the Gaza Strip. To secure the lucrative deal, Yuval Abraham revealed in a joint investigation with Local Call and the Guardian, the tech giants agreed to disregard their own terms of service and sidestep legal orders by tipping Israel off if a foreign court demands its data.

Also:

• In a West Bank ‘firing zone,’ Palestinians are erased as settlers lay down roots
• What’s behind Israel’s new plan to divide Gaza in two
• ‘The most human thing to do’: Israeli teen sentenced to jail for army refusal
• PHOTOS: Searching for a ‘trace of home’ in the ruins of northern Gaza

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I have a few Wemo devices that have been obsoleted by Belkin. The lights are zigbee so paired just fine with the sky connect dongle. this is the controller, I pulled the board with the now dumb smarts out and in the base is a nice 3.3v power supply. so printed a separator from the scary voltage, and reused the headers to bring the low voltage up to the esp32. I needed a Bluetooth proxy in the lounge for a few Shelly remotes I picked up.