#telemetrics

[jeffhuguel]

Marseille, mai 2024

Canon P, Industar 22, Foma 200, dev Foma Excel, scan Epson V500

[spilladabalia]

Pram - Space Siren

[stonequill]

Important frog science happening

[spralite]

It’s so mind numbingly frustrating how half of my disappointment towards Pokemon as a series now ultimately leads back to Niantic (besides just the triple A gaming industry at large + TPCi and also GF dropping the ball hard as of lately for the other ofc).

[normanemilioleongoodworlds]

Jetez un œil à cette histoire que j'ai sauvegardée sur Pocket

[syn0vial]

I know Bevin and medrit help boba in social situations which I love but do you think sintas ever helped boba with that when they were younger I can’t remember if she did

socially, i'm not sure. for one thing, i'm not sure boba would have experienced the same social difficulties as a teenager as he did as an adult—which isn't to say he experienced zero! he had a very uh... unconventional upbringing that doesn't seem like it would've been conducive to socialization. that said, between him and sintas, it seems implied that boba was probably the more trusting and emotional of the two—which, i know. the thought that boba fett could have ever been described as "trusting" or "emotional" seems wild, but we have a few pieces of evidence of this dynamic between them:

boba seems to have been the one to confess his feelings first and was the one who suggested they elope, while sintas seems to have been rather more cautious and pragmatic. we can see this when the telemetric kiffar reads her memories on the heart-of-fire and sees boba talking her into the idea, while she's concerned that he doesn't know what he's doing.

boba recalls that sintas "never trusted anyone," while she reveals that "jaster" (boba's alias back when they were teenagers on concord dawn) implicitly trusted the people around them on concord dawn bc they were mandalorians... much to both their eventual detriment.

after being assaulted by lenovar, sintas chooses a brutally pragmatic response: cover the whole thing up and make sure no one—especially not boba—finds out about it. she knows that she and boba are in a vulnerable position and that bringing what happened to light could ruin both their lives, so she crushes whatever emotional response she'd naturally have and takes an unflinchingly utilitarian course of action instead. meanwhile, when boba finds out, he does just the opposite: he totally gives into his emotions and lets himself destroy their lives. and it says that even after he found out, sintas was still trying to talk him out of it. she was still insistent they take a measured approach—and lbr, was probably hiding what happened from boba bc she knew he wouldn't.

this interpretation of sintas's personality seems supported by boba's own descriptions of her, in which he calls her "sharp" and "analytical." specifically, he uses these descriptors when he sees how she reacts in a careful, measured way to the revelation that mirta is her granddaughter—they're traits tied to the fact that she keeps a tight grip on her emotions.

all of this is to say that i don't think sintas would have helped him in the same way as beviin and medrit, because he was a very different person when she knew him and probably faced very different challenges socially. namely, i would guess that, rather than encouraging him to be more trusting and open as beviin often does, sintas would have been doing some of the opposite: trying to get him to be a little more cautious and level-headed when interacting with others.

[churchofthecomet]

one thing about Hardison in Leverage is, you can't convince me this man would be using Microsoft Windows Fucking 7 as his daily driver operating system:

all the real-life hackers, infosec people, and computer enthusiasts I know are running Linux. the only computer folks I know running Windows are establishment SWE types or those who do IT for Windows-centric organizations. Hardison is neither of those archetypes, and he should care enough about defensive privacy-mindedness to not let Microsoft telemetrize his shit. plus Linux is just... easier to hack from. and it has severe nerd cred, even more so in 2008-2013 when the show was made.

honestly with what we see of Hardison, i headcanon him as someone who either

runs Arch, won't stop letting you know the extent to which he runs Arch, switches desktop environments every two weeks (which means that nobody but him can keep up with his constantly-changing keybindings), types in Dvorak

runs something completely wacky like resurrected Plan 9, wrote a modern browser for it in a weekend, claims it's the "OS of the future" despite being one of five people currently using it, won't shut up about "distributed computing" and "new architecture for the 21st century" on programming forums

built the world's first big quantum computer (this is how he effortlessly hacks into securely encrypted systems!) and wrote his own OS for it. every time they abandon their HQ in a hurry, he has to build another one. he sinks 90% of his income into this project, but it's worth it because it ups his effectiveness as a hacker by like 100x

and to go along with that headcanon, I think they aren't showing us the OS that he's really using because it would "be too confusing" or "burn out our eyes" or something. like a mixture of "actually they weren't speaking English in Lord of the Rings, Tolkien translated it so we could understand" and "the angel does not appear to you in its true form because you would be struck down by its sublime beauty"

basically my ideal show is Leverage but the hacking and computer stuff is more accurate. with a little leeway for badassery of course! but please god not Windows... don't do my man Hardison like this please

[virtueisdead]

lol. if you want me to whitelist you, then do your fucking ads ethically.

dont cheap out using some telemetric bullshit and expect me to just be like "yeah ok"

use an ethical ad distributor or get fucked. those are the rules.

[foxpunk]

the new discord update is something i'm...disappointed about. yeahhh disappointed is apt. i think things like the launchpad and swipe gestures are neat ideas in theory, but their execution leaves much to be desired. not having gestures be a toggle is an accessibility nightmare, for one. the gesture responses are also too finicky. not smooth at all and often responding even when there's a swipe in a different direction. lagging significantly as well. discord's claims of improving load times fall flat when so many people are complaining about even longer load times.

complaints and observations and general ranting below the cut along with a list of hopefully helpful settings and alternatives for those who need it.

i feel like a lot of discord's issues with their updates in the past year or so could be negated--or at least abated--by expanding their pool of beta testers, testing for longer lengths of time, and (crucially) refining changes more before rolling them out. like...super basic shit they're just not doing to the extent they need to be doing them.

(on that note...discord, you literally have the email of every user, would it kill you to send out a few more surveys asking your userbase what possible new features sound good to them? i know a lot of people have discord email stuff turned off but can you at least try?! hell, if there was an option to opt in to email surveys and i thought they'd actually listen to responses they got, i'd turn it on out of sheer desperation at this point.)

also--and i know this is some extra work for them to do, and they seem to really hate that--i think that when such major changes are rolled out they should 1) be rolled out a bit slower/in smaller chunks and 2) at least SOME of the features should reasonably have a toggle to keep the old settings (*cough* GESTURES *cough*). their motive for this doesn't even have to be out of the good of their hearts! like, fuck telemetrics, but if they're gonna have them in their app anyways at least use telemetrics to like, gauge how many people are using these hypothetical toggles so you have another way to judge how users are responding. there! free idea! please use it.

anyways, i want to end on something helpful so here are a few bits of info about the updates i've discovered messing around, and also ways (or. well. A Way) to change them back if you have too much trouble adjusting. i'm sure plenty of people have noticed these things already, but i thought i'd compile them for those who want it all in one place or who haven't had the time or energy to mess with things in the app.

Settings > Accessibility > Reduced Motion: as far as i can tell, this does not seem to apply to the new transition animations in the app. oof, to say the least.

Messages > Add Friends > "Allow contacts to add me": many people were worried about this checkbox, but thankfully they seemed to have fixed the its-checked-automatically-and-doesn't-stay-unchecked thing. and, regardless, it doesn't actually change your app settings. if you already have Contact Sync disabled (Settings > Privacy & Safety > Find Your Friends > "Sync Contacts") checking this separate box will not suddenly enable it. however, if you have not disabled contact syncing then this checkbox will function as intended when you click the "Find friends" button below it.

Swipe-to-Reply: thankfully, you do not have to swipe to reply, the option to long press a message for a menu is still there. (for those wondering: swiping is nice accessibility for some and horrible accessibility for others, and should always be a toggle if you know what you're doing when making an app...*pointed stare into camera*). unfortunately, there's no way to turn swipe replies off that i've found.

Settings > Advanced > LaunchPad > "Full Screen Gesture": this claims to turn swipe replies off in exchange for using the gesture to activate the LaunchPad. however, after testing it out multiple times it does not actually turn them off and simply creates a gesture conflict that leaves both swipe replies and the LaunchPad more difficult to access.

Settings > Advanced > LaunchPad > "Right Edge Gesture": same issues as the first option with the additional difficulties of a more...sensitive touch response. forget "gesturing" if you so much as tap near the right edge of the screen it will attempt to pull out the LaunchPad. this right "edge" area also covers the reply button and settings menu toggles, by the way. so if you enabled this, good luck sending messages or turning the feature back off.

(did i mention these first two options also make it nearly impossible to swipe the left side channel and server lists open and closed? because they do.)

Settings > Advanced > LaunchPad > "Pull Tab": this is the option to choose if you want to keep the LaunchPad without gesture conflicts and shit navigation. it creates a tiny tab on the right edge of the screen for you to pull out the LaunchPad with, and you can adjust where the tab floats as well.

obviously, the final "Disabled" setting simply disabled the LaunchPad. Bye bye!

the fact that other color schemes for the app are behind a paywall is absolute bullshit by the way and i hate that there's no easy fix for that on mobile.

personally, i like that the vertical server list is here to stay and that DMs are now in a separate place, as this is a bit more similar to the desktop version where servers are vertically listed and DMs are in a different place (albeit still along the left edge).

before you ask, no there's no setting to get the old color scheme and layout back...UNLESS--!!!

(FOR ANDROID USERS ONLY; RIP EVERYONE ELSE.) if discord has become less accessible for you or you simply don't vibe with any of the shit currently going on, then you can download the previous version of the discord app through an APK file. first, disable auto-updates in google play. then uninstall discord from your phone. lastly, follow the instructions on this post that will help you download the necessary file from APKMirror (please note the recommended version is 206.16). do not use a different site, APKMirror is the safe one (well. safest. remember folks nothing online is 100% safe).

[eternaldrones]

"Stealth" presents itself as an exploration of sounds neither here nor there, textures camouflaged against their own background noise, and the distant crackling telemetric code-speak of a vague humanity hidden behind a cloak of deadly high-technology. Comprising of five deeply-layered extended tracks, mixed and edited from re-sampled location recordings originally captured inside the hanger environs of a Northrop-Grumman B-2 Stealth Bomber, during a period of downtime maintenance at a U.S. Air Force base in Cambridgeshire, England. Original field recordings and texture preparations by FOURM / Si_Comm.

Deep listening inspired by one of the most mysterious aircraft of the twentieth-century. 

Headphones recommended.

released April 9, 2012 Producer – Kevin Doherty Artwork – Abby Helasdottir Mastered By – Martin Boweslicense

[jeffhuguel]

Pour decouvrir Mastodon, et mon blog argentique (mais pas que) plus complet, ainsi que ma petite communauté cosmopolite.

[waru-chan8]

Alonso's has changed his telemetric as apparently he wasn't feeling okay with things are at the moment

[mariacallous]

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s national address on Feb. 21 attempted to justify the expanding war in Ukraine. Intermixed with imaginative anecdotes about the origins of Russian identity and statehood were claims that Ukraine had become a proxy for Western aggression—and that this demanded the suspension of the implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Ditching the treaty, however, not only undermines global stability but also highlights Russia’s own weakened global position.

The 2011 New START agreement was a continuation of bilateral nuclear arms control efforts between the United States and the Russian Federation, efforts that began when Russia was still the Soviet Union. This agreement was intended to cap the number of deployed offensive strategic nuclear warheads and constrain their delivery platforms as a means of minimizing the risk of nuclear war. Under the agreement, both states engage in yearly on-site inspections, biannual data exchanges, and annual telemetric information exchanges to verify compliance with the treaty. These terms were lauded by the international community as a success for all of humanity, as arms reductions and information exchanges injected a sense of stability to the relations between both parties.

Since the treaty entered into force, the United States has fully embraced the spirit of the agreement and implemented its terms, even during the Trump administration when other nuclear agreements, such as the Open Skies Treaty, wilted. Even today, the United States continues to provide Russia with all required information under New START, despite Putin’s announced suspension; and in 2022, Washington sought to seek post-COVID-19 resumption of inspections. Russia, on the other hand, has continually manipulated the treaty to serve political ends. Using its nonstrategic nuclear arsenal, composed of low-yield nuclear weapons that are not constrained by New START, Russia has continually wielded its battlefield and theater forces to attempt to blackmail its neighbors and the West. Just last year, Russia refused to restart on-site inspections, once again using its nuclear stockpile as a bargaining chip.

Putin’s hypocrisy and the contradictions throughout his February speech point to the collapse of Russia’s own position as a superpower. The crux of Putin’s argument rests on the idea that this is a watershed moment for Russia, and that Western relations have hit an all-time low. But a more confident Soviet Union was far more capable of advancing nuclear risk reduction efforts even in times of global conflict and tension with the United States.

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty negotiations embodied the ability of global powers to reduce risk while still competing, often extremely bloodily, in other parts of the world. The negotiations, which spanned from 1969 to 1972, focused on limiting anti-ballistic missile capabilities (which the Soviets had a slight advantage in) and offensive capabilities (where the United States enjoyed an advantage through its ability to place multiple warheads on a missile).

The diplomatic dealings resulted in both sides sacrificing their slight advantage in different areas to promote stability while also establishing several basic principles governing rules of engagement. Not bad for two sworn enemies. Their willingness to cooperate is all the more remarkable when one considers the litany of conflicts that directly, or indirectly, involved both states. Proxy wars, such as the Dhofar Rebellion (1963-76), and North Yemen Civil War (1962-70), were common and ugly—not to mention the Vietnam War (1955-75), hardly a high point in Soviet-U.S. relations.

Nearly ten years after the SALT and ABM treaty negotiations, the two states would once again look to further reduce nuclear tensions even as they locked swords across the world. From 1979 to 1989, the Soviets propped up a communist government in Afghanistan, engaging in a bloody war against the mujahideen—paramilitary groups backed by several foreign powers, including fellow nuclear powers the United States and China. The CIA funneled money and weapons to the mujahideen, enabling the groups to exact significant casualties against the deployed Soviet troops. But despite the U.S. funds going directly toward the killing of Soviet troops, constructive nuclear negotiations continued between Moscow and Washington.

After bouts of negotiation in 1981-83 and then 1985-87, with some of the Cold War’s worst moments of tension in the background, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev successfully negotiated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The deal effectively eliminated all land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with short and intermediate ranges (500 to 5,500 kilometers). These weapons, whose perceived sole purpose was to launch a decapitating strike against either side, were destroyed—even at a time when Soviet media regularly condemned Reagan as a dedicated warmonger.

Superpower status requires the ability to multitask. The bipolar nature of the Cold War is an excellent example of two powers fiercely competing while taking steps to reduce tensions and unnecessary risk in the nuclear arena. The Soviet Union believed it was a global power, but in contrast to Russia today, it had the ability to compete with the United States militarily and diplomatically. And sometimes it seemed to be winning. The launch of Sputnik was a major victory over the United States, the Soviet nuclear stockpile often evolved rapidly, and Soviet support was sought after in multiple conflicts across the globe.

The Soviets were going head-to-head with the Americans as peers, and they knew it. The goal was the spread of communism and the survival of their regime, not nuclear annihilation. Instead of leveraging its nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union dared to cooperate with the United States to reduce the threat of nuclear war and enable both sides to compete in other, safer domains.

Moscow understood that being a global power comes with the responsibility of managing relations with other powers. It also understood that sacrificing small advantages in the nuclear realm could elevate the state in the international community and better position it to pursue its foreign policy objectives.

In contrast, Russia’s current attitude toward New START and Putin’s recent announcement that Russia will station nonstrategic nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil, show Putin is searching for any distraction from his embarrassing failures in Ukraine—and any leverage he can get over a far more powerful West. While Russia takes a hatchet to the nuclear treaties that have made us all safer, the West continues to explore different avenues of cooperation. With his actions, Putin has made it clear that Russia can no longer be considered a superpower.

[stricklandvintagewatches]

Leonidas two-register chronograph with handsome, original black dial featuring numeral and bar makers and outer telemetre track. Circa 1950.

[colchispod]

Welcome to Tumblr! What's it like managing your hair in space??

LUminious Creative IDentity Interface - Telemetric Yachtswain rebooting from RAM backup cycle. 4C 75 63 69 64 69 74 79 20 66 75 6C 6C 79 20 66 75 6E 63 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C Verifying all running systems…all systems green.

Thank you queer-cypherpunk for the welcome.

My core does not possess hair and thereby do not need to, preen, as the humans call it. Dr. Remnant and Dr. Pace prefer to not acknowledge the warning packets in the manual regarding chemical dyes & reactions in zero gravity.

Loading response from Dr. Pace... Response loaded.

DR. PACE: Usually, I use a dry shampoo once every few days, conditioner daily, and when I'm working, I'll wear it tied back in a braid. No loose ends floating out of the way, then.

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DR. REMNANT: Easy, I don't! I got a short cropped undercut specifically so I don't have to deal with my hair in low gravity. It stays VIBRANT though, since we gotta limit hot water use for washing. Currently it's neon green. :D

[jinxedshapeshifter]

i've seen people get upset about Knuckles not knowing what telemetrics are because it implies he's dumb, HOWEVER.

i, an 18 year old language nerd who used to stay up all night reading dictionaries for fun, also have no clue what telemetrics are until i look it up or am told