Peter Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally. mypronouns.org/he-him

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2024-10-03 00:35:58

🔖 Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster: The average tropical cyclone in the U.S. ultimately causes about 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths, new research finds | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/ #BookmarkShare

2024-09-26 11:34:31

🔖 NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules: Proposed guidelines aim to inject badly needed common sense into password hygiene [including mandatory periodic changes] | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/nist-proposes-barring-some-of-the-most-nonsensical-password-rules/ #BookmarkShare

2024-09-17 06:10:32

🔖 Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/ #BookmarkShare

2024-09-16 10:11:37

🔖 Pulse of the Library 2024: The quickening pace of technological advancement, in particular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), is reshaping the landscape for all (PDF) | Clarivate https://clarivate.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2024/09/Pulse-of-the-Library-Report-2024.pdf #BookmarkShare

2024-09-11 02:08:47

🔖 Driverless semis could be months away | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/driverless-semis-could-be-months-away/ #BookmarkShare

2024-09-05 00:08:11

🔖 AI Checkers Forcing Kids To Write Like A Robot To Avoid Being Called A Robot | TechDirt https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/04/ai-checkers-forcing-kids-to-write-like-a-robot-to-avoid-being-called-a-robot/ #BookmarkShare

2024-08-18 16:08:22

🔖 U.S. Wind and Solar Are on Track to Overtake Coal This Year: Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-wind-and-solar-are-on-track-to-overtake-coal-this-year/ #BookmarkShare

2024-08-11 01:08:39

🔖 USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation: The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities | WIRE https://www.wired.com/story/usps-scam-text-smishing-triad/ #BookmarkShare

2024-08-11 01:08:39

2024-08-08 01:38:06

🔖 Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that: Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/academic-journal-publishers-universities-price-subscriptions #BookmarkShare

2024-07-19 05:08:59

🔖 This disused mine in Finland is being turned into a gravity battery to store renewable energy | Euronews https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/06/this-disused-mine-in-finland-is-being-turned-into-a-gravity-battery-to-store-renewable-ene #BookmarkShare

2024-07-15 03:08:21

🔖 AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records: A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks https://www.wired.com/story/atandt-paid-hacker-300000-to-delete-stolen-call-records/ #BookmarkShare

2024-07-12 14:08:21

🔖 AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach: The stolen data includes 110 million AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and some location-related data [part of the Snowflake breach] | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/12/att-phone-records-stolen-data-breach/ #BookmarkShare

2024-07-12 13:08:34

🔖 Robot-packed meals are coming to the frozen-food aisles: Found everywhere from airplanes to grocery stores, prepared meals are usually packed by hand. AI-powered robotics is changing that | MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/11/1094850/robot-packed-meals-are-coming-to-the-frozen-food-aisle/ #BookmarkShare

2024-07-04 12:08:32

🔖 Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI: Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid of critical resources | Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/tech-industry-wants-to-lock-up-nuclear-power-for-ai-6cb75316 #BookmarkShare

2024-06-22 16:33:12

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Can we build a minimal-personal-knowledge library system?
Starting with the #FOLIO_LSP as a base, I think we can. There are a small number of APIs that will need different implementations and a few APIs added, but the rest of the platform remains the same! I outline the details here: https://dltj.org/article/ils-without-patron-data-folio/

2024-06-21 02:05:43

What if we built our library systems without patron data?
This idea has been bouncing around my head for many months, and I finally had to get it out into the world. This first part talks about the theoretical aspects. I think there are at least two other parts: one that looks at changes to the #FOLIO_LSP API to accomplish this and a second that talks more in depth about operational details. Comments welcome!
https://dltj.org/article/ils-without-patron-data/

2024-06-04 20:07:46

Using `!important` in CSS feels like such a crutch...like I don't fully understand the "Cascading" of "Cascading Style Sheets"

2024-06-01 21:53:10

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@npub1gpa…xlk0 well, yes, that part is very excessive.

2024-06-01 03:31:45

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@npub1gpa…xlk0 The advice seemed quite reasonable and balanced. Did you read the last paragraph?

2024-06-01 00:23:18

🔖 These Five Tanning Myths are Dangerous: Skin-care experts break down dangerous misconceptions about tanning and suggest healthy ways to enjoy summertime sunshine | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-five-tanning-myths-are-dangerous/ #BookmarkShare

2024-05-25 02:08:26

🔖 A Leak of Biometric Police Data Is a Sign of Things to Come: Thousands of fingerprints and facial images linked to police in India have been exposed online. Researchers say it’s a warning of what will happen as the collection of biometric data increases https://www.wired.com/story/police-face-recognition-biometrics-leak-india/ #BookmarkShare

2024-05-24 02:08:25

🔖 UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots: Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature 'privacy nightmare' | BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o #BookmarkShare

2024-05-21 20:08:38

🔖 University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make [“program accesses the Canvas data through the Canvas user generated token... this token is considered a highly restricted user credential tool and sharing it to any ou https://www.404media.co/university-suspends-students-for-ai-homework-tool-it-paid-them-10-000-to-make/ #BookmarkShare

2024-05-20 04:08:21

🔖 More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them: Almost 30 years ago, a revolutionary idea changed the way Europe regarded road collisions | BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240517-vision-zero-how-europe-cut-the-number-of-people-dying-on-its-roads #BookmarkShare

2024-05-19 23:07:07

🔖 Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/ #BookmarkShare