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Julia Janssen creates art to be an ambassador for data protection

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Julia Janssen creates art to be an ambassador for data protection

At Mozilla, we know we can’t create a better future alone, that is why each year we will be highlighting the work of 25 digital leaders using technology to amplify voices, effect change, and build new technologies globally through our Rise 25 Awards. These storytellers, innovators, activists, advocates, builders and artists are helping make the internet more diverse, […]

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The VGA attribute controller is weird

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The grabber in Windows 3.1 was improved to save and restore the index register as well, but it does not attempt to restore the flip-flop state, which is significant. The problem with the VGA emulation was that it erroneously applied the flip-flop state to reads from port 3C0h, and Windows 3.1 would save the wrong index register value… but only the second time through, because the flip-flop state was different at that point. That is to say, the Windows 3.1 standard mode grabber read from port 3C0h to query the attribute controller index register state, but the emulation returned the currently selected data register contents instead. And then, when restoring the attribute controller index register the next time around, the register would be restored to the wrong value which didn’t have bit 5 set, causing the screen to go blank. ↫ Michal Necasek It’s not every day that you learn how an aspect of the workings of VGA causes a blank screen under very specific circumstances when running Windows 3.1 in Standard mode under emulation, and that this specific aspect of the workings of VGA was implemented to maintain backwards compatibility with EGA. Absolutely bonkers.

Why datasets built on public domain might not be enough for AI

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Common Corpus is a public domain dataset for training large language models (LLMs). Boasting 500 billion words in multiple languages, drawn from various cultural initiatives, it offers researchers a powerful tool to develop smaller and more efficient LLMs. It should not be abused as a tool to promote public policies that expand the reach of copyright law.

Event Organizers: Connect with Event Organizers at DrupalCon Portland ’24

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There are many opportunities to connect with fellow event organizers throughout the week at DrupalCon Portland 2024.

All Week

Community Events Booth
Expo Hall – #106
Visit with the EOWG board and other event organizers in the Expo Hall. Be sure to bring some of your stickers and swag to share with the community!

Monday, May 6 – 2:00 – 3:00pm

Event Organizers Roundtable BOF
Room G132, Table 1
Open discussion time for Drupal Event Organizers to gather and for others who are interested in organizing their own events or learning more about the Event Organizers Working Group.

Wednesday, May 8 – 9:00am – 5:00pm

Contribution Day
Room B115-116
Find us to help improve the Community Events page.

Thursday, May 9 – 9:00am – 4:00pm

Community Summit 
Room C120-122
EOWG Board members will present a panel at 9:15am. Join us for a day of community discussions. The summit is open to everyone in the Drupal community, at no additional cost.

Not joining DrupalCon? Join us online any time:

Open Meeting via Slack!
Tuesday, May 14 starting at 16:00 UTC / 12:00 pm ET

  • Initiative Updates
  • Camp Reports
  • DrupalCon Report

Join us to discuss these and other topics in the #event-organizers channel.

If there is something you want to share or discuss related to your camp, meetup, or other events organizer topics either leave a message in the Slack channel or comment on the Drupal.org meeting agenda issue.