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- Generating transparent images using Stable Diffusion XL https://github.com/layerdiffusion/sd-forge-layerdiffusion 13 comments
- Library for Transparent Data Encryption in MySQL Using OpenSSL https://github.com/white-rabbit-1-sketch/mysql-openssl 2 comments programming
- I created a website that uses AI to generate transparent images. https://www.findpng.com/ 19 comments sideproject
- [Strang] In a response letter to MP Peter Julian, in which Julian stressed hockey parents' need for transparency in how their registration fees are being used, Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith provided the following breakdown of how those funds are allocated: https://twitter.com/KatieJStrang/status/1572968769030422528 7 comments hockey
- "SEC uses power to kick companies off Wall Street if they fail to allow US watchdogs to inspect their financial audits for three straight years." Tether might not be a listed company, but Gensler seems to want transparency and is bringing crypto into the SEC fold. So how are Tether's audits? https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/11/business/alibaba-stock-sec-delisting-chinese-companies-intl-hnk/index.html 10 comments btc
- How to use animated images with transparent backgrounds? https://media1.giphy.com/media/8L0Pbbkno5BI8n4CaI/200w.gif 5 comments swift
- Bored Ape Yacht Club now uses Chainlink to distribute verifiably random NFTs to ensure that all eligible participants received randomly generated Mutant Serums in a transparent & provably fair manner. https://boredapeyachtclub.com/#/mayc/info 9 comments cryptocurrency
- Pegasus: Over 500 Activists, Writers, Lawyers Appeal to CJI to Seek Answers From Govt: 'We believe that the Supreme Court can only instil confidence in people’s, and particularly women’s minds by transparently demanding and making public all answers relating to the use of Pegasus in India.' https://thewire.in/rights/pegasus-over-500-activists-writers-lawyers-appeal-to-cji-to-seek-answers-from-govt 8 comments india
- There must be more transparency in use of PM CARES fund created to deal with pandemic | PM CARES comes with a litany of problems. The most worrying part, however, is the fund has clearly not benefited the people who needed help. The fund may be called PM CARES, but does the PM really care? https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-pm-cares-covid-19-relief-fund-6451071/ 15 comments india
- Voters ‘used as lab rats’ in political Facebook adverts, warn analysts. Parties are all involved in a targeted experiment that campaigners warn lacks transparency and could harm democracy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/09/facebook-voters-used-as-lab-rats-targeted-political-advertising 5 comments technology
- Dems Call for Names of Conservative Dark Money Group Donors | Democrats are using a Judicial Crisis Network ad campaign to demand more donor transparency from the group. https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-call-for-names-of-conservative-dark-money-group-donors?source=politics&via=rss 4 comments politics
- Transparent OLED TV used to amazing effect in interactive election coverage https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/bxei47/transparent_oled_tv_used_to_amazing_effect_in/ 4 comments technology
- Republican leader proposes the use of Blockchain in government to promote transparency https://www.cryptolinenews.com/blockchain-news/blockchain-in-government/ 5 comments btc
- Growing trend of using predictive algorithms in courtrooms and human services offices raises concerns over their current lack of transparency https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-03/growing-trend-using-predictive-algorithms-courtrooms-and-human-services-offices 8 comments technology
- Canada trialing use of Ethereum blockchain to enhance transparency in govt funding https://globalnews.ca/news/3977745/ethereum-blockchain-canada-nrc/ 10 comments technology
- Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has launched a “global transparency initiative” in an attempt to win back trust and prove it is safe to use after allegations of Russian spying. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/23/kaspersky-lab-security-firm-win-trust-russian-spying-scandal-antivirus 54 comments worldnews
- Neymar: '' Tite was the best coach I've worked with until today. By the way of taking the team, of being transparent, and using the tactics within the field '' http://www.lance.com.br/futebol-internacional/neymar-revela-melhor-tecnico-com-quem-trabalhou.html 6 comments soccer
- Alpha transparency JPG trick using SVG https://css-tricks.com/transparent-jpg-svg/ 27 comments web_design
- Apple Stores, starting in San Francisco, will use new walk-able transparent solar glass http://electrek.co/2016/06/01/apple-store-san-francisco-walk-able-transparent-solar-glass/ 12 comments apple
- Using the Global Trust Machine to Solve Transparency in Supply Chains - Dr. Jutta Steiner and Dr. Gavin Wood https://medium.com/@jutta_steiner/using-the-global-trust-machine-to-solve-transparency-in-supply-chains-c6bdc90c3f15#.xul10vd81 31 comments ethereum
- Atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors hold promise in the development of many applications such as transparent LED displays, but are notoriously riddled with defects. Engineers have now found a simple way to fix these defects through the use of an organic superacid. http://phys.org/news/2015-11-defect-free-molecule-thick.html 5 comments science
- So we’re now over $2 million per year with local services (crazy to even be able to type that). Here’s how we've set ourselves apart from the competition, the tools we use to accomplish this, and a super transparent product launch to see how we get out of the gate with projects. Story time... https://www.dropbox.com/s/zj4nto0cvf7bbsm/Screenshot%202015-11-02%2012.09.26.png?dl=0 85 comments startups
- alpha not changing transparency of object using glsl shader? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30157901/alpha-not-changing-using-glsl-shader 4 comments opengl
- How One Guy Is Using the Law to Wreak Havoc Over Police Body Cams: An anonymous activist is prompting police departments in Washington state to reassess decisions to have police officers wear body cameras, a move usually designed to increase the transparency of officer interactions with the public. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-20/how-one-guy-can-wreak-havoc-on-plans-for-police-body-cameras 81 comments politics
- Transparent Textures: selection of transparent patterns you can use as a background for your site. Just pick a color, pick a pattern, and grab the CSS http://www.transparenttextures.com/ 12 comments webdev
- 3D-printed 30-round AR magazine brings us ever closer to a fully 3D-printed gun. "DefDist has created a 3D-printed 30-round AR magazine. The magazine was printed out on an Objet Connex26 using transparent VeroClear printing material in order to show the magazine’s round count and feeding action." http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/145664-3d-printed-30-round-ar-magazine-brings-us-ever-closer-to-a-fully-3d-printed-gun?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3d-printed-30-round-ar-magazine-brings-us-ever-closer-to-a-fully-3d-printed-gun 132 comments technology
- The Senate is poised to abuse privacy and resign transparency by reauthoring FISA (which legalizes warrantless mass wiretapping by the NSA) for up to 5 years! This post offers talking points and a link to your Senators' contact info (use phone & twitter) http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=11263#.um-numvdcps.reddit 43 comments politics
- Top Jindal Aides Use Personal Email to Strategize Medicare Cuts - a method of communication that can make it more difficult to track under public records laws despite Jindal's pledge to bring more transparency to state government - ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory/top-jindal-aides-personal-email-strategize-17923693#.umyf8ppjnsq 3 comments politics
- UCLA develops transparent solar cells that can be used for windows and potentially sprayed onto entire buildings, mobile devices, and more http://phys.org/news/2012-08-ucla-transparent-solar-game-changer.html 10 comments technology
- EFF: Police May Use Armed Drones to Watch You, Citizen Help Needed; The EFF wants citizens to force local police departments to be transparent about potentially frightening fliers http://www.dailytech.com/eff+police+may+use+armed+drones+to+watch+you+citizen+help+needed/article24910.htm 32 comments technology
- The Economist magazine challenges readers to identify emerging technology that can be used to increase government transparency. The first prize is $1,000 and all-expenses-paid speaking spot at The Economist Ideas Economy conference! https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9932802?transparency 11 comments technology
- Researchers at UT Dallas create an invisibility cloak system using Transparent Carbon Nanotubes http://www.gizmag.com/invisibility-cloak-mirages/20048/ 3 comments science
- Samsung unleashes 19-inch transparent AMOLED display, to be used for car windows and shop windows http://www.neverknowtech.com/home/2010/5/24/samsung-unleashes-19-inch-transparent-amoled-display.html 140 comments technology
- “[…]otherwise intelligent people believe that Google and Twitter are somehow morally different from Microsoft and Wal-Mart because they use phrases like ‘radical transparency’ without living up to them.” http://whimsley.typepad.com/whimsley/2009/07/wikibollocks-lawrence-lessigkevin-kelly-edition.html 28 comments reddit.com
- I've lost count of how many times Barack Obama has claimed he was going to change the way Washington does business, how he was going to cut off the role of the big corporate lobbyists, stop government use of secrecy to cover for illegal actions, make government more accountable and transparent http://rense.com/general86/obbs.htm 361 comments politics
- Lost Votes on Diebold System Discovered by New 'Transparency Project' in CA | Company Knew About Problem on Widely Used Tabulator Softare, Failed to Inform County http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6722 10 comments politics
- Obama Details Promises for Transparency : This morning, Obama’s transition Web site, change.gov, offered some details on "using cutting-edge technologies" to create "a new level of transparency http://www.propublica.org/article/obama-details-promises-for-transparency-1107/ 14 comments politics
- Ukrainian Government To Use the Blockchain Auction For Selling Its Assets: “We would like Ukraine to be the first country in the world that use the blockchain in selling state assets: to sell them transparently at the highest price and to make sure that there’s no place for corruption." http://forklog.net/ukrainian-government-to-use-the-blockchain-auction-for-selling-its-assets/ 3 comments europe
- 5 Problems With the Trans Pacific Partnership;"The United States appears to be using the non-transparent Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations as a deliberate end run around Congress on intellectual property, to achieve a presumably unpopular set of policy goals." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/trans-pacific-partnership_b_4479420.html 342 comments politics
- the Supreme Court has ruled that the use of voting machines violates the principle of election transparency and is therefore unconstitutional - that's the Suprme Court of Germany unfortunately http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,610962,00.html 52 comments reddit.com
