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Reddit taking down multiple of my piracy related posts


I posted an updated guide on r/Adobe Zii a bit ago. It got taken down last week and I re-posted it here: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43935446 Super grateful that this community exists. I posted to r/Adobe Zii that my guide was taken down and warning that it looks like reddit is cracking down on piracy (I am guessing an Adobe spokesperson is abusing reddit's copyright reporting system). Now today reddit emails me saying that I received another copyright warning for posting that my other post was removed: reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments…

I decide hey lets try and appeal as there was not any copyrighted material in my post about my guide being removed. Turns out they want my full name, address, and other identifying info to send to the copyright complainant. Not doing that.

Just disappointed as I've actively used reddit for years and love all the communities on this place. Seems like its slowly going down hill. Guess I should have seen that coming with the whole API shenanigans last year.

TL;DR reddit sucks and it does not appear any way to appeal without giving Adobe my info


An Updated Guide for Adobe Zii


I am the author of An Updated Guide for Adobe Zii in 2024. Earlier this morning I received a copyright warning from Reddit and my guide was taken down. Seeing as this is the new home for piracy discussions I thought I'd post it here and update it based on user feedback.

Copy of original post: web.archive.org/web/2024080304…

Goals


I have parsed through r/Adobe Zii for a bit and this is how I installed the adobe 2021 version of the creative cloud on my pc. A couple requirements for my method were:

  1. I needed to be able to install without root privileges or be in an isolated environment when root is required. I think its fair to say that the TNT group is a reputable source, but its always better to be safe. I have used their software before and never had issues. The risk comes from the distributor as most of these hacks are posted on private forums.
  2. The actual software needs to come from adobe. This eliminates the risk of malware being injected by a third party.
  3. I'd like to run the latest version of Adobe CC in case I get access to a legitimate copy of a program.


FAQ


Why not just download the latest versions (2024) of adobe on cmacked or torrentmac?

A couple things, firstly, they are from a new developer (Monster Group) without an established reputation. They could be perfectly safe, but I just didn't want to risk it. Secondly, I'd rather get an actual download from adobe and modify that. This is similar to the method of GenP on windows. In fact there you can run sandboxie and see exactly what files are changed.

Why not use anti CC for the 2022 version of adobe?

I may be wrong, but it seems anti CC needs root permissions to run. Further, I would rather just use the actual creative cloud application. I used to pay for CC but as a broke student, I just cannot afford it when all I use is after effects. It's so dumb how they make it so expensive to sub to just a single app.

Do I need to use a VM to install Adobe Zii?

No you do not. The main benefit is getting a playground to test versions in and also avoid running cracks on your main system.

I am getting a JSON error?

This means your version of Adobe CC updated in the background. In order for this to work you must use 5.7.0 (or 5.9.0) version of Adobe CC. It does this fairly fast before you can disable autoupdates sometimes. It can be helpful to turn of wifi temporily so you can disable the autoupdates. See github.com/Drovosek01/adobe-pa… for more information.

Will this work on Apple silicon?

It should in theory. I have received feedback of people getting it to work. I developed this guide using an intel based macbook pro. Make sure in step 2 you download the version of Adobe CC for intel or arm based on your system.

Method


After a bunch of research, this is my method.

  1. Install macOS in a VM. I'd recommend using the free trial of Parallels. Once installed select install macOS from recovery partition. Select free trial and proceed with macOS installation. This will take a while. (I recommend a VM because you will need to install an old version of adobe CC during the install to get this to work)
  2. The next step is to install CC on the vm. Download version 5.7.0 linked below and immediately turn off keep Adobe CC up to date. If you fail to prevent it from updating, you will get a JSON error later (see here for more info). Install the newest version of Adobe CC on your host and sign in using the same account. Do not enable adobe genuine verification thing. It will see you're pirating the apps and block you.

INTEL: ccmdl.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/…
ARM: ccmdl.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/…

  1. Then download whatever version of the apps you need with github.com/Drovosek01/adobe-pa… There are instructions in the repo on how to do this. (Note: at the step where you say which XML version you want, enter V4).
  2. Download Adobe Zii v6.1.7 from appnee dot com.
  3. At this point, because we're in a VM, root permissions isn't really a concern so you can just run the patch. But, if you'd rather not, here's how you can do it: reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments…
  4. Copy each adobe application from your virtual machine to your host Application folder.
  5. Create a firewall rule to block all traffic to and from the application. I used little snitch but you can also use lulu.
  6. Enjoy your 100% free version of adobe. Happy sailing!


Tips


It can take a while to find which version of Adobe Zii will actually work with which version of the adobe product you're interested in. This is the beauty of a VM is you can muck around with minimal consequence. It also means you can keep the VM around to test new versions, if it works, then copy over to host. I've heard of others installing macos on a separate drive and then booting that instead for higher performance.

A word of warning. Only install Adobe Zii from a reputable source. I did some digging and for some of the other downloads, the file is no longer signed meaning it has been potentially modified.

Note: I have successfully tested this on Lightroom classic 10.3. For After Effects, I found that Adobe Zii 5.3.2 worked with After Effects 17.5. I suspect this is not an issue with Adobe Zii, but rather in my initial tests I messed up some file permissions.

I want to credit: reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments…


in reply to nullptr

Fuck Reddit. It's only going to get worse.
in reply to nullptr

Feels like a trap. “Yes, please voluntarily offer your personal information to our legal department.”



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in reply to cm0002

yeah, its only showing me two posts every time, and hides all the comm names with cloudflare.


Il leghista Sasso e la sua ossessione per le drag queen




Brasile, un tribunale ha autorizzato il genere neutro nei documenti


#lgbt



Trump ordina ai militari trans di dimettersi. Se non lo faranno, li priverà dalla pensione






I repubblicani propongono una legge per rendere illegale la pornografia in tutti gli Stati Uniti


#News




Al via i bonus giovani e donne previsti dal Decreto Coesione





The Pa. House is set to approve new voter ID rules, reversing years of Democratic opposition




Die Wissenschaft schützen: TIB baut Dark Archive für arXiv auf


Forschung und Wissenschaft sind international, nicht umsonst spricht man von internationalen Fachcommunities. Ein Dienst wie arXiv wird zwar von einer in den USA ansässigen Einrichtung, der Cornell University, betrieben, genutzt wird arXiv aber von Forschenden weltweit, wie zum Beispiel die Statistik der Submissions eindrücklich beweist. Auch ein Teil der Finanzierung von arXiv ist seit 2010 mit Einführung der arXiv Membership internationalisiert worden. Die TIB finanziert den deutschen Beitrag gemeinsam mit der Helmholtz-Gesellschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF) und der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG).

Was ist arXiv?


Die Plattform arXiv.org ist ein frei zugängliches Online-Archiv für wissenschaftliche Preprints, also Vorabveröffentlichungen von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, die noch nicht oder noch nicht endgültig begutachtet (Peer-Review) wurden. Der Preprint-Serverdienst arXiv hat große Bedeutung in der Informationsversorgung für die Physik, Mathematik und Informatik und angrenzende Fächer. Über arXiv haben Forschende die Möglichkeit, auf neueste Forschungsergebnisse noch vor der eigentlichen Veröffentlichung in einem qualitätsgesicherten Journal zugreifen zu können. Seit seiner Gründung 1991 als erster Online-Preprintdienst dient arXiv eine Vorbild für die Entwicklung von Preprint-Diensten in anderen Fächern (vgl. Rzayeva et al. 2025, doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xdwc4_…).

Wenn also die Trump-Regierung Entscheidungen fällt, die fatale Folgen für Wissenschaft und Forschung in den USA haben, hat das auch Konsequenzen weit über den Golf von Mexiko hinaus: In den letzten Tagen häufen sich in deutschen Medien Meldungen, die von der Furcht der Forschenden nicht nur vor Datenverlusten, sondern auch vor dem Verlust etablierter Informationsportale wie zum Beispiel PubMed zeugen.

Gefährdete Forschungsdaten sichern


Initiativen wie „Safeguarding Research and Culture“ bemühen sich, bedrohte Forschungsdaten und Websites für die Forschungscommunities und die Nachwelt zu sichern. Die bedrohten Inhalte reichen von den Sozialwissenschaften (zum Beispiel Forschung zu LGBTQIA+-Themen), Medizin (zum Beispiel Impfstoffe)
bis zu den Naturwissenschaften (zum Beispiel Klimaforschung). Während Forschung mit Bezügen zu politischen Debatten den offensichtlichsten und schärfsten Repressalien ausgesetzt ist, kann prinzipiell jede Forschung von „Einsparungs-“ und Umstrukturierungsmaßnahmen bedroht sein. Dies zeigt sich zum Beispiel an der geplanten Schließung der traditionsreichen Atomspektroskopie-Gruppe am National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).

Dezentrale Infrastrukturen in der Wissenschaft


Leider ist von einer weiteren Eskalation der schon jetzt bedrückenden Einschränkungen der Wissenschaftsfreiheit in den USA auszugehen. Nicht zuletzt aufgrund der großen Bedeutung US-amerikanischer Institutionen im internationalen Wissenschaftssystem betreffen diese Entwicklungen Forschungsinfrastrukturen weltweit. Wie „Safeguarding Research and Culture“ in ihrem Mission Statement schreiben, erfordert dies ein Umdenken, unter anderem hin zu dezentralisierten und dadurch resilienteren Infrastrukturen.

Für arXiv gab es bis zum letzten Jahr ein System, das hier zumindestens zeitweise hätte helfen können: In den Anfangszeiten des Internets, die ja auch die Anfangszeiten von arXiv waren, gab es neben dem Hauptserver arXiv.org ein weltweit verteiltes Netz von Spiegeln oder arXiv mirror sites, die es ermöglichten, auf einen geografisch näheren Abzug der arXiv-Inhalte zuzugreifen. Legendär war hier zum Beispiel der Augsburger arXiv-Spiegel de.arXiv.org, der häufig mit kürzeren Zugriffs- und Antwortzeiten überzeugte.

Mit den Jahren und dem technischen Fortschritt ließen sich dann aber keine Unterschiede mehr zwischen der Performance der lokalen Spiegel (unter anderem bei der Europäischen Organisation für Kernforschung CERN, oder am Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Frankreich und Japan) und dem Hauptserver arXiv.org festzustellen, sodass über neunzig Prozent des Traffics über diesen Server lief und die Spiegel nur noch wenig genutzt wurden. Der Aufwand für die Pflege und Aktualisierung der Spiegel stand damit nach Ansicht des arXiv-Teams in keiner angemessenen Relation mehr, wie im arXiv-Blog unter Attention arXiv users: arXiv mirrors to shut down September 15th, 2024 nachzulesen ist.

Nachdem das arXiv-System in den letzen Jahren auf eine vollständig cloud-zentrierte Architektur für seine Dienste umgestiegen ist, kam die arXiv-Verantwortlichen zum Ergebnis, dass

„The arXiv mirror network served a role – acting as a backup for the corpus, allowing some degree of load distribution, and providing improved access for users who were geographically closer to a mirror – that is no longer necessary. arXiv now has multiple backups for the arXiv corpus in place, and the Fastly CDN (Content Delivery Network) that we use to deliver content provides excellent service throughout the world.“


Als in Europa angesiedelte Einrichtung haben wir das schon immer etwas anders gesehen – und die aktuellen Entwicklungen scheinen unsere Vorbehalte leider zu bestätigen – und haben uns immer für den Erhalt der Spiegel eingesetzt bzw. uns nach Alternativen umgesehen. Einige Prozesse haben sich dabei leider als langwierig und schwierig herausgestellt, zum Beispiel auch aufgrund der lizenzrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen. (Open Access ist nicht unbedingt Open Access, wenn die Autor:innen alleine arXiv das Recht zu Bereitstellung gegeben haben.) Andere werden eventuell noch weiterverfolgt werden können.

Warum die TIB arXiv-Daten archiviert


Was wir aber in den letzten Wochen umgesetzt haben, ist ein Dark Archive der arXiv-Inhalte aufzubauen:

Im ersten Schritt muss im Falle eines Dark-Archives-Aufbaus natürlich die Rechteklärung erfolgen. Hier hatte die TIB bereits 2016 ein Rechtsgutachten im Rahmen einer möglichen Kooperation mit arXiv.org in Auftrag gegeben. Hierbei wurden auch die von arXiv genutzten Lizenzen untersucht, die sich grob in die Kategorieren „arXiv.org Lizenz“ , „Creative Commons“ und „Public Domain“ unterteilen lassen. Während der eigentlichen Archivierung der Daten und Metadaten nichts im Wege steht, muss diese Rechtesituation sodann bei der Zugänglichmachung auf die Daten im Rahmen eines Services näher untersucht werden. Dies gilt insbesondere für die mit den arXiv-Lizenzen versehenen Objekten, da dieser Lizenztyp über die Jahre auch verschiedene Versionen durchlaufen hat. In den Jahren 1991 bis 2003 wurden Objekte sogar ohne ausdrückliche Lizenz von Nutzer:innen hochgeladen.

Bevor aber ein Nutzungsdienst zukünftig überhaupt erst aufgesetzt werden kann, müssen die Daten zunächst in die TIB-Infrastruktur geladen werden. Hierzu stellt arXiv selbst für die Volltexte verschiedene Methoden bereit. Da sowohl PDF als auch (La)TeX Sourcen Bestandteil des TIB Dark Archives sein sollen, haben wir uns für den Download über Amazon S3 entschieden. Diese Möglichkeit bietet arXiv als „Requester Pays Buckets“-Methode – dies bedeutet, dass die TIB als abholende Entität die bei Amazon Web Services (AWS) anfallenden Kosten übernimmt. Für die 2.685.172 abgeholten Datensätze mit knapp unter 10 Terabyte Datenvolumen sind im S3 Transfer circa 900 Euro angefallen.

Website von arXiv

Da die Metadaten aus arXiv schon seit längerer Zeit eine feste Datenquelle des TIB-Portals sind, musste kein neuer Workflow hierfür eingerichtet werden. Dies erleichtert perspektivisch auch die Zugänglichmachung der Datensätze über das TIB-Portal. Einge Möglichkeit hierzu ist beispielsweise die Hinterlegung eines zweiten Download-Links im Hintergrund der arXiv-Datensätze im TIB-Portal. Ist der erste Downloadlink, welcher auf die arXiv-Quelle zeigt, nicht mehr erreichbar, so soll der zweite Link greifen, der auf die nun an der TIB vorliegende Kopie zeigt. Für Nutzende des TIB-Portals ist damit ein nahtloser Zugriff auf die arXiv-Records möglich, auch bei Ausfall der eigentlichen Plattform bei Cornell. Wie weiter oben erwähnt ist diese Zugänglichmachung aber abhängig von den jeweiligen Lizenzen.

Ebenso muss nun nach der ersten Komplettabholung des arXiv-Bestands ein Prozess eingerichtet werden, welcher neu hinzukommende arXiv-Datensätze sowie Versionierungsinformationen für bereits vorhandene Datensätze regelmäßig abholt.

„Der Aufbau eines Dark Archives ist Ausdruck unseres langjährigen Engagements für eine verlässliche, internationale Wissenschaftsversorgung und als Partnerin von arXiv. Auch wenn das Dark Archive heute nur im Hintergrund arbeitet, ist es ein entscheidender Baustein für die langfristige Absicherung digitaler Forschungsinhalte, denn im Krisenfall können wir das Archiv öffnen.“

Dr. Irina Sens, stellvertretende Direktorin der TIB


Dark Archive: Daten gespeichert, aber nicht öffentlich zugänglich


Die Daten sind also vorhanden, aber im Fall der Fälle bedürfte es einiger weiterer Schritte, um sie öffentlich machen zu können. Ein Datenbankdienst ist schließlich viel mehr eine bloße Sicherungskopie eines Datensatzes: Für den Betrieb im Sinne der Forschenden werden nicht nur technische Ressourcen benötigt, sondern vor allem ein engagiertes Team, welches sich der vielfältigen Aspekte im Hintergrund wie zum Beispiel Qualitätssicherung oder inhaltlicher und technischer Weiterentwicklung annimmt.

Im Falle von arXiv gibt es nicht nur die Zugänglichkeit der Artikel und die Suchfunktion, die Upload-Services für Autor:innen und weitere technische Dienste. Vielmehr ist die Verankerung in der wissenschaftlichen Community das Herz von arXiv: Eine Vielzahl von Forschenden, die sich in diversen Gremien, für die Moderation der Inhalte oder als freiweillige Entwicker:innen engagiert! Dieses gesamte „Ökosystem“ eines Dienstes neu zu verwurzeln, wäre die weitaus größere Aufgabe als eine Sicherungskopie der Daten unter einer neuen URL zugänglich zu machen. Daher gilt es gleichermaßen, das öffentliche Bewusstein für die Wissenschaftsfreiheit zu schärfen, wie auch wissenschaftsintern, die Bedeutung von Diensten wie arXiv zu würdigen – und sie, so gut wie möglich, resilient und nachhaltig zu machen.

#arXiv #DigitaleLangzeitarchivierung #DarkArchive #OpenAccess #LizenzCCBY40INT

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Qwen3 Technical Report




Newark airport had three air traffic controllers on duty instead of 14


In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it “briefly slowed aircraft in and out of the airport while we ensured redundancies were working as designed.

“Operations have returned to normal.’’

That came after Duffy announced plans to reduce the number of flights arriving and departing from Newark for the “next several weeks” and would meet with the airport’s major carriers to discuss the issues. Flight reductions, he said, would target the hours when international flights arrive.

Duffy said he wanted to raise the mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers from 56 to 61, to help offset a shortage of about 3,000 air traffic controllers. After the first Newark failure, on 28 April, the union representing air traffic controllers said several members were placed on trauma leave.

“While we cannot quickly replace them due to this highly specialized profession, we continue to train controllers who will eventually be assigned to this busy airspace,” the FAA said earlier in May.




Automatic category/community assignment on received object


I'm wondering how content on threadiverse is automatically assigned its community when received by the software (e.g. PieFed, Lemmy, Mbin). The answer I am expecting is "if the community is addressed ([code]to[/code], [code]cc[/code], [code]audience[/cod

I'm wondering how content on threadiverse is automatically assigned its community when received by the software (e.g. PieFed, Lemmy, Mbin).

The answer I am expecting is "if the community is addressed (to, cc, audience), then it is slotted into that community".

However that causes issues for compatibility with microblogs... for example, silverpill@mitra.social recently authored a post that mentioned [swf@socialwebfoundation.org](https://community.nodebb.org/category/swf@socialwebfoundation.org) and it got slotted into that community on NodeBB, which isn't correct since that group is private.

Better practice would be to only trust the addressed community if it is Announce'd by the community directly, but would fall short if my instance does not receive the Announce (say, if nobody follows the community), in which case we'd fall back to "uncategorized", which is where all microblog posts currently go. Then it's neither correct nor incorrect, I suppose.

I think this might be an issue where NodeBB tries to be too many things at once (microblog and threadiverse compatible).

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in reply to julian

I think it's important to get an Announce, because the actor who addressed the community might be blocked by that community, or might not be a member of it (if the community is private).
You can try to retrieve the outbox of the addressed community to verify that a post was actually Announce'd

@activitypub

in reply to silverpill

Re: Automatic category/community assignment on received object


silverpill@mitra.social I thought about checking against the outbox, but there's a potential race condition that could occur if I receive the Create(Note) at roughly the same time as the community, but the community hasn't processed the activity yet. In that scenario, the activity would not be in the outbox for checking.

The same thing would happen if there was some out-of-band check for object membership in a collection (not that there is one right now).


in reply to The Picard Maneuver

They all kind of look like dickheads ngl. Like that annoying kid who always breaks boundaries.

(ie. they all look very full of themselves — I guess that’s how you become a leader…)

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Can I fake an LPF file from ElevenLabs or Google Play Books?


Here's my problem:
I wrote a satirical political novel (myself, not with AI) and then I generated an audiobook using AI, read by a famous (infamous?) politician, because it cheekily works well.

I would love to distribute/sell this audiobook, but I can't: Many platforms (like Spotify) won't allow AI-generated voices without an LPF file created by ElevenLabs or Google Play Books. And there's no way for me to legitimately get that LPF file, because ElevenLabs & GPB have their own restrictions. They won't let me generate my audiobook in the voice of this politician, even if it's explicitly satirical.

So... I'm looking for a way to fake an LPF file that can fool Spotify. Does this exist? Anyone know how?

Thank you Lemmy!

in reply to mulcahey

Could always hire an impersonator who does a good impression of said politician. Wouldn’t have to worry about restrictions then.



Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel


After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editorial boards of numerous British press outlets have suddenly come out hard against Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza.

The first drop of rain came last week from The Financial Times in a piece by the editorial board titled “The west’s shameful silence on Gaza,” which denounces the US and Europe for having “issued barely a word of condemnation” of their ally’s criminality, Then came The Economist with a piece titled “The war in Gaza must end,” which argues that Trump should pressure the Netanyahu regime for a ceasefire.

It is odd that it has taken all these people a year and a half to get to this point. I myself have a much lower tolerance for genocide and the mass murder of children. If you’ve been riding the genocide train for nineteen months, it looks a bit weird to suddenly start screaming about how terrible it is and demanding to hit the brakes all of a sudden.

These people have not suddenly evolved a conscience, they’re just smelling what’s in the wind. Once the consensus shifts past a certain point there’s naturally going to be a mad rush to avoid being among the last to stand against it.

This is after all coming at a time when the Trump administration is beginning to rub Netanyahu’s fur the wrong way, recently prompting the Israeli prime minister to say “I think we’ll have to detox from US security assistance” when Washington went over Tel Aviv’s head and negotiated directly with Hamas to secure the release of an American hostage. The US is reportedly leaving Israel out of more and more of its negotiations on international affairs in places like Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Something is changing.

So if you’re still supporting Israel after all this time, my advice to you is to make a change while you still can. There’s still time to be the first among scoundrels in the mad rat race to avoid being the last to start acting like you always opposed the Gaza holocaust.

in reply to geneva_convenience

A lot of liberal media outlets are more willing to criticize now that they can pin it on Trump specifically, rather than having to admit it's a bipartisan genocide
in reply to BrainInABox

The amount of people who act like all of these issues are from trump, and that the republican party isn't the result of a larger issue is annoying.


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Lemmy.one will be shutting down


This post serves as notice that Lemmy.one will be shutting down in 90 days.

Unfortunately, the moderation features in Lemmy never progressed to the point required to continue maintaining this service, and Lemmy simply does not have the userbase to justify the cost of this service. Myself and the moderation team apologize for the inconvenience this will cause.

#meta


Why is almost everything on Lemmy political?


I joined Lemmy a few days ago and have been reading around. 90%+ of the content I see, even on non-politics related communities, is political in some way. I have no interest in that, so it’s tiring, especially when it’s inserted in the comments of completely unrelated posts.
in reply to timeless

Try piefed.social -- on onboarding it asks if you want to see politics.


Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade


Jason Burke
Mon 12 May 2025 12.51 EDT

“Aid workers in Gaza told the Guardian that prices for essentials had risen further in recent days, warehouses were empty and humanitarian teams treating malnourished children were being forced to divide rations designed for one between two patients to give both a chance of survival.”





WHO warns of permanent impact of hunger on a generation of Gazans


By Reuters
May 13, 20255:51 AM EDT

"Malnutrition rates are rising in Gaza and hunger could have lasting impacts on "an entire generation", the World Health Organisation's representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Tuesday."

""Without enough nutritious food, clean water and access to health care, an entire generation will be permanently affected," Peeperkorn told a press briefing by video link from Deir al-Balah, warning of poor health, stunting and impaired cognitive development."

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-warns-permanent-impact-hunger-generation-gazans-2025-05-13/



Google might replace the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button with AI Mode




Google might replace the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button with AI Mode




[Video] The Humanist Report | Leftist Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Detained & Questioned Over His Anti-Trump Views


Twitch streamer Hasan Piker announced on Sunday that he was detained and questioned by CBP for approximately two hours at an airport after returning home from an international flight. He explains that a federal agent knew a lot about him and questioned him about his views on Trump and Israel/Palestine. Hasan says he thinks he was detained so the Trump administration could send a message to other content creators like him.
#USA
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in reply to hmmm

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.




Anyone else watched Day of the Jackal?


I'm a few episodes in and gripped. Does the quality stay the same throughout? And do you know similar shows?
in reply to Lady Butterfly

I liked it. I've been trying to think of similar shows where the main character comes up with inventive plans, and use contingencies when things get rough. Better Call Saul has some moments.


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in reply to vegeta1 [he/him]

It's awesome, but it's weird how they live in a place where law enforcement doesn't exist and people become badass karate fighters in two weeks.
The first season was the best tho, the whole redemption angle was great, too bad they ruined it.


I am in Germany and want to know what practices to use when pirating.


So me and my brother have been torrenting some games and such and we have not gotten a letter yet. So any precautions to use
in reply to therantechguy

The one and only a absolutely necessary precaution is preventing your torrent client from accessing the internet when the VPN is not running.
This must be done by binding your torrent client to your VPN network interface.
[1]A "VPN Kill Switch" or similar is not enough to prevent your IP from leaking to law firms.

It's also a good idea to use a reputable VPN company like AirVPN, ProtonVPN or Njalla VPN.

I'm also german and I've been using torrents for years, so this definitely works well for me. A friend of mine's brother received an "Abmahnung" from a law firm, as well as a more distant person ended up paying around 1000€. I feel like almost any german somehow heard of people getting letters.

[1] protonvpn.com/support/bittorre…

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Apple Reportedly Weighs iPhone Price Increase




in reply to madjo

Lmao. When I lived in Austria I remember I chilled with a friend and he let me take a couple sips from his Beer.

The next day he asked me to wire him 0.3 euro for half the beer 😭.

I just told him next beer is on me.


in reply to FundMECFS

Ah, I read it as re-enterism and thought there was some kind of Right of Return, and Switzerland was flooded by grandchildren coming back.
in reply to Clay_pidgin

Nah. I’m all for free movement. If it was upto me we’d abolish made up lines like borders and let people live wherever they want.





InlineStyle, open fediverse based cloud


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/29544013

Hey folks,
We have been working on a project called InlineStyle

A European, open-source, fediverse based alternative to the Google ecosystem.

It’s a single platform with these services:
* 📧 Email address @inlinestyle.it
* 📹 Video sharing via PeerTube
* 🎵 Music streaming with Funkwhale
* 📝 Docs and Drive via Collabora/NextCloud
* 📒 Markdown based notes
* 🎮 Browser-based FOSS games (Celeste Classic, Tyrian, SuperTux, etc.)
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German Aerospace Center dismisses researcher over suspected espionage for China


cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/34459495

The woman who appeared before the Munich Labor Court earlier this year was once considered a star of German scientific research. The researcher, whose name we are shortening to Z., was celebrated, honoured, and in high demand. She revolutionised an entire field; her lectures filled halls, she was showered with praise and prestigious awards. She was among the most frequently cited researchers in Germany and gained international attention as a top talent.

But her employment with the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum, DLR) quietly came to an end almost unnoticed. No one spoke publicly about the reasons for her dismissal. In 2022, Z. lost her prestigious position there, and took legal action.

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It was a suspicion of espionage that led to the DLR’s break with the brilliant researcher from China. A grave allegation that could destroy her career, should it be substantiated.

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At this stage, it is neither possible to confirm nor deny whether Z. was in fact spying for China at the DLR.

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[As an] investigation reveals, Z. maintains extensive connections to the Chinese defence apparatus. In Munich, she orchestrates a network of doctoral candidates and visiting researchers who previously worked at institutions linked to the military in China.

It cannot be ruled out that intelligence from Munich may have flowed into Chinese military technology. Several of the institutions with which Z. collaborated on research projects are involved in China’s notorious satellite programme. Experts suspect that the programme is intended, among other things, to monitor naval movements in the South China Sea – crucial to the territorial dispute over Taiwan.

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At the TUM she is responsible for publicly funded multi-million-euro projects in the field of remote sensing combined with AI or social media data. She develops highly complex algorithms to extract geoinformation from satellite imagery – enabling, for example, the mapping of cities or the tracking of natural disasters.

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According to the official project description, the research findings [of projects led by Z.] would be “invaluable for many scientific, governmental, and planning tasks.” This project supposedly puts Germany in “pole position” in the race for this technology.

In another publicly funded project, Z. explored the extent to which social media posts can be integrated into Earth observation, and delivered impressive findings. Her algorithms help determine, for instance, whether buildings are residential properties or offices. In her interview with the Helmholtz magazine, she says: “We know, for example, that in a residential building, many tweets are sent in the morning and evening, whereas in an office building, they are mainly sent during the day.”

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For those at the TUM, where she remained a professor, the exact circumstances of her dismissal from the DLR were initially unknown. However, some of the roughly 40 members of staff at her department began to prick up their ears. Rumours started to circulate among employees in the department about supposed irregularities on the servers under Z.’s supervision.

It was the period shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Experts assumed that China could attack Taiwan in the near future. In light of global political threats, research collaborations with China were under greater scrutiny than ever before. Since 2022, CORRECTIV has published several investigations revealing how the Chinese state apparatus systematically uses research findings from international collaborations to advance its military technologies. This has been state doctrine in China for years and is referred to as the “military-civil fusion”.

Just over a year ago, a woman from Z.’s immediate professional circle contacted CORRECTIV with an initial tip-off. She wondered whether the research being carried out at the department might be falling into the hands of the Chinese military.

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Z.’s biography is certainly impressive, but her official CV at on the TUM website does not disclose where she got her bachelor’s degree: namely, the National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) in Changsha – China’s most important military institution. It reports directly to the Central Military Commission, the highest military authority in the People’s Republic.

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A “very large volume of data” from the satellite was reportedly transferred to a server under Z.’s supervision. Apparently, there was a “permanent streaming connection” between this server at the TUM and the DLR. While this was, in principle, permitted, the DLR’s counterintelligence team later determined that the server had not been adequately secured. According to their findings, it was not protected by the “TUM’s firewall” and was accessible from anywhere on the internet.

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According to the DLR, a hacker attack on the server occurred in May 2022. The server was allegedly used for so-called Bitcoin mining – where cybercriminals illegally generate cryptocurrency using third-party servers or computers. The DLR concluded that “unauthorised third parties” thereby had access to all data stored on the server – including to the aforementioned sensitive satellite data.

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She [Z.] hired individuals from institutions with military affiliations in China on many occasions, at times bypassing the DLR’s security clearance procedures. According to the DLR’s written statement to the works council, one such case was the original trigger for her dismissal in 2022: Z. is said to have made multiple attempts to continue funding a doctoral student with DLR funds, despite the institution’s rejection of him. Z. responded by saying that “there were never any specific or individual security concerns” about the researcher in questions. This, she argued, amounted to blanket suspicion.

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