●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 10, 2023 ●● ● Mar 10 [08:35] *veratrate has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Mar 10 [09:14] schestowitz[TR]
[09:14] schestowitz[TR][09:14] schestowitz[TR]You may have heard about Portenta X8 for its flexibility of usage of Linux combined with real-time applications through the Arduino environment.
[09:14] schestowitz[TR]But now, a new set of features have been added to Portenta X8 thanks to its brand-new Arduino Python container. Update your board with the latest image (here is a tutorial showing how to do so) and start exploiting a wide range of unique functionalities: [...]
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[09:36] schestowitz[TR][09:36] schestowitz[TR]It was promoted at the time as a new ideaand some elements, like the use of 35mm film, certainly were new additions to the equation. And the cameras could be dropped off at the same camera shop where you got all your other photos developed, necessary due to the then-prevalence of one-hour photo shops.
[09:36] schestowitz[TR]But in many ways, it was a success story about 100 years in the making. It set the stage for something even more disposable: Digital pictures. (It might have even made Kodak a bit lazy and complacent in the process, but thats a story for another time.)
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[10:13] schestowitz[TR][10:13] schestowitz[TR]During a combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Senate lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle doubled down on calls to gut major provisions of the internets most important legal liability shield. The senators slammed tech companies for allegedly putting profits over user safety and criticized members of the Supreme Court who appeared hesitant to upend Section 230 prote [10:13] schestowitz[TR] ctions during oral arguments last month. Supporters of Section 230 say its provisions are fundamental to the modern internet. Senators disagreed.
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