The illegal party drug helping Ukraine’s traumatised soldiers live again
With limited numbers of foot soldiers to take on Russia, Ukraine has branched out into a revolutionary new treatment for its traumatised and damaged troops – ketamine, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv
Archived version: archive.is/newest/independent.…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by the industrial world
Archived version: archive.is/20250403171353/theg…
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US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by modern worldGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Canada to counter ‘unjustified’ US tariffs with 25% taxes on US cars, says Carney
Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…
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Exotic animal owner claims tigers seized from his home were for ‘emotional support’
Karl Mitchell claimed to have rescued the animals from Tiger King star Joe Exotic
Trans teacher in Texas resigns after online attacks: ‘I’m heartbroken’
Rosie Sandri says her ‘hands were tied’ after slew of criticism, including death threats, led to her resignation
After promising transparency, RFK guts public records teams at HHS
Teams that fulfilled requests for government documents lost their jobs on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's 10,000-person staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. Their work, mandated by Congress since the 1960s under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA, gives the public a view of the inner workings of federal health agencies.
Some public records teams were entirely cut at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and other agencies on Tuesday, according to multiple current and former staffers who did not want to be named because of fears of retribution. A few people have been left standing on other FOIA teams within these agencies, for now.
GOP lawmakers sink House Speaker Johnson's effort to block remote voting for new parents
A band of Republican lawmakers sank an effort Tuesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to kill a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents, a bitter dispute that brought the House floor to a halt.
A procedural rule vote to advance the House GOP’s package of bills for the week failed 206-222, with nine Republicans bucking Johnson and voting with all 213 Democrats. The failed vote means that, for now, those pieces of legislation cannot move forward for final votes.
GOP lawmakers sink House Speaker Johnson's effort to block remote voting push for new parents
WASHINGTON — A band of Republican lawmakers sank an effort Tuesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to kill a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents, a bitter dispute that brought the House floor to a halt.Scott Wong (NBC News)
I know the headline is satire, but we all know this is exactly the same kind of half-brained report we'd get from someone who already knows damn well what the problem is and who caused it (i.e., themselves) but think they can weasel out of responsibility by pretending to play dumb.
Don't tell me any useful information like there's literally water pouring out of it (becauseyoufloodedthesecondfloorbathroomyoumoron). "Oh, there's just 'something' wrong with it. I don't understand all that technical mumbo-jumbo, maybe you could just come look?"
Trump's new tariffs would be laughed out of a high school economics class, analyst says
Trump's new tariffs would be laughed away by a high school economics teacher, analyst says
The tariffs rival the scale of the Great Depression-era Smoot-Hawley ActWilliam Gavin (Quartz)
rEFInd doesn't show BTRFS snapshots.
What I want:
To boot into a BTRFS snapshots from rEFind boot manager. But rEFInd doesn't show the snapshots.
Additional Info:
- So, apparently, to restore the BTRFS snapshot of a root subvolume, I shouldn't do it with the root partition being actively used.
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> - So, I need to boot into the desired snapshot from the boot manager itself.
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> - GRUB has
grub-btrfs
, which lets you boot into snapshot from OS selection screen itself.
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> - rEFInd has refind-btrfs, which should do the same as
grub-btrfs
. But it didn't in my case. I am not seeing any way to boot into a snapshot from rEFInd.
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> - I use
BTRFS Assistant
withsnapper
to manage snapshots.
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> - I am not seeing any way to restore the snapshot from live environment too.
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> - I am using CachyOS (Arch) with Plasma DE.
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> - I suspect the reason is my unusual
/efi
/boot
partition layout. (attached below)
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> - I did my partition this way because, my initial EFI partition had less storage (as seen on image), so , I created another
boot
partition and mounted my pre-existingEFI
partition to/boot/efi
. I did this by referring a Youtube video (I know, I should've known better)
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> - I also encrypted my BTRFS
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partition
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> - If you need any other info, please ask.
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I know this is a general community, but this is the 7th community that I'm asking this 🥲
Some people suggested Limine bootloader, but I like rEFInd for its versatile theme support.
GitHub - Venom1991/refind-btrfs: Generate rEFInd manual boot stanzas from Btrfs snapshots
Generate rEFInd manual boot stanzas from Btrfs snapshots - Venom1991/refind-btrfsGitHub
From arch's site:
Tip: make sure btrfs_x64.efi driver is installed, it can be installed manually by copying from /usr/share/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi to esp/EFI/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi, or you can install all drivers with the refind-install /dev/sdx --alldrivers option.
Warning: btrfs_x64.efi does not support raid1c3/4.
Thank you.
But, its already there. Also, I don't do any raid.
Not like there is a plethora of historical evidence surrounding tariffs even in US history...
/s
But really, that's the point. He's here to destroy the nation.
Dow drops 1,400 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump's tariffs ignite a COVID-like shock
Everything from crude oil to Big Tech stocks to the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies fell. Even gold, which has hit records recently as investors sought something safer to own, pulled lower. Some of the worst hits walloped smaller U.S. companies, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks dropped 5.9% to pull it more than 20% below its record.Wall Street had long assumed Trump would use tariffs merely as a tool for negotiations with other countries, rather than as a long-term policy. But Wednesday’s announcement may suggest Trump sees tariffs more as helping to solve an ideological goal than just an opening bet in a poker game. Trump on Wednesday talked about wresting manufacturing jobs back to the United States, a process that could take years.
If Trump follows through on his tariffs, stock prices may need to fall much more than 10% from their all-time high in order to reflect the recession that could follow, along with the hit to profits that U.S. companies could take. The S&P 500 is now down roughly 11% from its record set in February.
“Markets may actually be underreacting, especially if these rates turn out to be final, given the potential knock-on effects to global consumption and trade,” said Sean Sun, portfolio manager at Thornburg Investment Management, though he sees Trump’s announcement on Wednesday as more of an opening move than an endpoint for policy.
https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-rates-tariffs-52dbb020a4c41122e31669c2da236d67
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Bernie & AOC
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I mean...
step 1) teach your kids about Leopold and repair that shit.
step 2) actually do some shit about the US instead of lip service?
idk
Trump to fire several national security officials over loyalty concerns, per reports
https://www.kmbc.com/article/trump-fires-nsc-officials-loomer-influence/64377290
Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division
The South Korean electronics group revealed last month that the value of its exports to China jumped 54 percent between 2023 and 2024According to the consultancy SemiAnalysis, Samsung is the “biggest supplier of HBM into China,” which is used in Huawei’s Ascend 910 series of AI chips.
The South Korean group’s contract chipmaking business also partnered with Kunlun to produce the Core P800, an AI chip released in February that also incorporates Samsung HBM.
Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division
Samsung’s contract chipmaking business has struggled to secure big US customers.Financial Times (Ars Technica)
Palestinians endure another festive season under genocide - Electronic Intifada
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/4507353
During the Eid el-Fitr, the holiday at the end of Ramadan, Muin Abu Al-Mehza, 58, would usually celebrate together with his family and go visit relatives, as per tradition.Muin has two sons and two daughters. One daughter moved to Kuwait with her husband. But his other children live close by, and his oldest son, Sami, 31, built an apartment for his family above Muin’s home.
The holidays were always a time for celebration for the family, as it generally is for everyone in Gaza.
But the past two festive seasons have been anything but joyous in the besieged and devastated coastal territory, home to 2.3 million people now facing starvation and Israel’s genocidal military violence again.
Last Ramadan, Muin’s family was struggling with an acute shortage of food. They had been displaced from their home and were struggling for shelter, warmth and water.
Palestinians endure another festive season under genocide
The ceasefire brought brief respite, but famine and despair loom again for Palestinians in Gaza.The Electronic Intifada
Dagens ETC:s Joakim Medin sitter inspärrad i Turkiet.
Han greps den 27 mars på Istanbuls flygplats.
Han har förts till ett högsäkerhetsfängelse.
Han ställs inför falska anklagelser.
Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/60254654
archive.is/WwwWF
Mr. Orban invited Mr. Netanyahu to visit shortly after the court issued its arrest warrant, assuring him that “the judgment of the I.C.C. will have no effect in Hungary and that we will not follow its terms.”
Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe
The visit comes as the Israeli prime minister faces an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court.Andrew Higgins (The New York Times)
Duolingo 03/04/2025
Oggi o Duolingo sta inviando importanti segnali, o non so cosa stia succedendo… perché qui sul fronte #allergia sono inevitabilmente costretta ancora a combattere. Il dolore è reale, mitigato solo dalla incomprensibile potenza dell’antistaminico… che, però, a tratti pur’esso come il gambling sembra non fare l’effetto di una volta, e la scimmia causata dalla sua […]
Come una Web Agency può trasformare il tuo brand online e garantire una strategia di successo
Come una Web Agency può trasformare il tuo brand online e garantire una strategia di successo
Nel mondo digitale odierno, le web agency sono diventate il cuore pulsante di molte attività online. Le aziende che desiderano crescere e affermarsi sul web non possono più fare a meno di questi professionisti che offrono un insieme di servizi strategici mirati alla promozione e alla gestione della propria presenza online.
Ma come scegliere la web agency giusta e quale strategia adottare per ottenere il massimo? In questo articolo, esploreremo come una web agency può far crescere il tuo brand online, aiutandoti a navigare tra le opzioni disponibili e a scegliere quella che più si adatta alle tue esigenze.
*"Non costruire un sito web per essere visto, costruiscilo per essere trovato e ricordato."
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Cos’è una Web Agency e perché è fondamentale per il tuo brand
Una web agency è un'azienda specializzata nella creazione, gestione e ottimizzazione di siti web, strategie digitali e marketing online.
Le web agency offrono una vasta gamma di servizi, tra cui lo sviluppo web, la creazione di contenuti ottimizzati SEO, la gestione dei social media, e la realizzazione di campagne SEM. La loro missione principale è quella di aiutare le aziende a migliorare la loro visibilità online e, di conseguenza, incrementare le vendite o la notorietà del brand.
Perché è fondamentale per il tuo brand?
Oggi la concorrenza online è altissima, e per emergere è necessario avere una presenza digitale ben strutturata. Una web agency ti aiuterà a definire una strategia di marketing che sfrutta le migliori pratiche del settore, ottimizzando il sito web e altre piattaforme digitali in modo da attirare il pubblico giusto.
Non solo si occuperà di sviluppare un sito web professionale, ma lavorerà anche sulla SEO, sui contenuti e su tutto ciò che è necessario per posizionarti tra i primi risultati di ricerca.
Un altro vantaggio di affidarsi a una web agency è che ti consente di concentrarti sul core business, lasciando la gestione del marketing digitale a chi ha le competenze per farlo nel miglior modo possibile. Il supporto di una web agency professionale ti aiuterà a risparmiare tempo ed evitare errori che potrebbero compromettere la tua immagine online.
I benefici di collaborare con una Web Agency
professionale per far crescere il tuo brand
Collaborare con una web agency offre numerosi vantaggi, che vanno dalla pianificazione strategica alla realizzazione di un sito web che rappresenti al meglio il tuo brand.
Sviluppo di un sito web ottimizzato per il tuo settore
Una web agency esperta in progettazione di siti web conosce le migliori tecniche di design, usabilità e ottimizzazione. Non si tratta solo di avere un sito bello da vedere, ma di uno che funziona perfettamente e che è ottimizzato per la ricerca online. Questo vuol dire una maggiore visibilità su Google e una miglior esperienza utente per i tuoi clienti.
Campagne di marketing digitale personalizzate
Le web agency progettano campagne su misura che includono strategie di SEO, SEM e social media marketing, focalizzandosi sugli obiettivi specifici del tuo brand. Avere una strategia personalizzata ti permette di attrarre il pubblico giusto e convertire il traffico in clienti reali.
Supporto continuo e analisi dei risultati
Una volta implementata la strategia, la web agency fornisce monitoraggio e analisi dei risultati. Questo ti consente di vedere in tempo reale come le tue campagne stanno performando e dove sono necessari eventuali aggiustamenti. La continua analisi dei dati permette di ottimizzare le strategie per ottenere i migliori risultati possibili.
Aumento della brand awareness
Un sito web professionale, supportato da contenuti di qualità e una buona strategia di SEO, contribuisce a migliorare la brand awareness. Essere visibili su internet significa essere trovati da un pubblico ampio e qualificato, che può portare a un aumento delle vendite e delle opportunità di business.
Come scegliere la Web Agency giusta per il tuo business
Quando si tratta di selezionare una web agency per il proprio brand, non basta guardare il prezzo o la popolarità. È fondamentale scegliere un partner che comprenda veramente le tue necessità aziendali e che sia in grado di sviluppare una strategia personalizzata e sostenibile.
Definisci gli obiettivi della tua azienda e le tue necessità digitali
Ogni business è diverso, e così dovrebbero essere anche le strategie digitali. Prima di scegliere una web agency, è fondamentale avere una chiara comprensione dei tuoi obiettivi. Vuoi aumentare il traffico sul tuo sito? Aumentare le vendite tramite e-commerce? O migliorare la tua presenza sui social media? La risposta a queste domande ti aiuterà a orientarti verso l'agenzia che ha esperienza nel settore di tuo interesse.
Verifica la reputazione e le referenze della Web Agency
Una buona web agency deve avere un portfolio solido e referenze che parlano da sole. Controlla i progetti precedenti, le recensioni dei clienti, e cerca testimonianze concrete sul successo delle loro campagne digitali. Una buona agenzia avrà case study che mostrano come hanno contribuito a far crescere altri brand.
• Portfolio
• Testimonianze
• Risultati concreti
Confronta prezzi e servizi offerti da diverse agenzie
Ogni web agency ha una struttura di prezzi diversa. Mentre alcune agenzie potrebbero offrire pacchetti tutto incluso, altre potrebbero preferire un approccio basato sulle necessità specifiche del cliente.
Prendi il tempo per confrontare le opzioni, ma non concentrarti solo sul prezzo. La qualità del lavoro è molto più importante del costo immediato.
Come le Web Agency possono aiutarti a migliorare la SEO del tuo sito web
La SEO (Search Engine Optimization) è uno degli aspetti più importanti per il successo online. Una web agency esperta in SEO sa come ottimizzare il tuo sito per ottenere una posizione privilegiata nei risultati di ricerca di Google.
Le tecniche SEO includono:
• Ottimizzazione on-page: miglioramento di contenuti, titoli, e meta descrizioni.
• SEO tecnica: velocità del sito, strutturazione dei contenuti, compatibilità mobile.
• Link building: costruzione di link di qualità per migliorare l’autorità del sito.
Una strategia SEO ben pianificata ti aiuterà a raggiungere il pubblico giusto, migliorare la tua visibilità e portare più traffico sul tuo sito.
Servizi offerti dalle Web Agency per potenziare la presenza online del tuo brand
Le web agency offrono una vasta gamma di servizi che potenziano la presenza online di un brand. Scegliendo una web agency, puoi beneficiare di soluzioni integrate per raggiungere i tuoi obiettivi digitali. Tra i servizi principali c'è lo sviluppo di siti web, progettati per essere responsive, veloci e ottimizzati SEO, così da aumentare la visibilità sui motori di ricerca.
Inoltre, l'ottimizzazione SEO e la gestione delle campagne SEM ti aiutano a migliorare il posizionamento organico e a generare traffico mirato attraverso la pubblicità a pagamento. Le campagne di social media marketing sono un altro servizio importante, per coinvolgere il pubblico giusto e aumentare l'interazione con il tuo brand.
Un buon branding è fondamentale: le agenzie creano loghi, grafica e strategie online per rappresentare al meglio la tua identità. Infine, molte agenzie si occupano anche di e-commerce, creando piattaforme di vendita sicure e ottimizzate. Scegliere la web agency giusta ti offre l'accesso a tutti questi servizi, creando una strategia digitale integrata che accelera la crescita del tuo brand online.
Come rimanere aggiornato sulle ultime tendenze digitali per massimizzare i risultati
L'innovazione nel mondo digitale è costante, e rimanere aggiornati sulle ultime tendenze è fondamentale per garantire che la tua strategia online rimanga competitiva ed efficace.
Le web agency sono sempre in prima linea nel seguire le novità tecnologiche, i cambiamenti negli algoritmi dei motori di ricerca e le evoluzioni nel comportamento degli utenti.
Affidarsi a un partner competente che segua costantemente queste tendenze è essenziale per garantire il successo a lungo termine del tuo brand. Se vuoi avere un partner che ti aiuti a navigare nel mondo digitale in continua evoluzione, visita Doctor Web Agency e scopri come può aiutarti a far crescere il tuo brand con strategie digitali all'avanguardia.
Web Agency Milano, Monza e Brianza | Doctor Web Agency
Doctor Web Agency: l'agenzia di comunicazione, pubblicità e marketing per PMI. Realizzazione siti web, Ecommerce, SEO e Gestione Social a Milano e Monza.Web Agency Milano Monza e Brianza | Doctor Web Agency
La buĝeto de TEJO: ĉu vere tutmonda?
Kial UEA neatendite kontribuos al la kosto de dungitoj de TEJO per la rekorda sumo de 22 000 eŭroj, sed donos nur 2 000 eŭrojn al la kampanjo ”Partoprenu IJK”? Tion demandas en sia vidpunkta artikolo Patricio Agustín Iglesias, la antaŭa kasisto de TEJO.
What does making good trouble look like?
What does make good trouble mean?
It means showing up to local community events such as League of Women Voters of Indiana, MADVoters Indiana Community, Henry County Democratic Party Lightkeepers of Henry County Members Page, our events or any other event..it means being present.
It means attending protests and rallys or sharing information on them if you can't go.
It means passing out Flyers on events.
It means using the 5 calls app and making calls.
It means sending out emails.
It means if you see something wrong, say something.
It means wearing a pin for democracy.
It means talking about who 50501 is and how people can get involved.
It means networking with likeminded people.
IT DOES NOT MEAN
Causing vandalism
Inciting violence
Confronting counter-protesters ( blow them kisses, give them a peace sign...don't stoop to low levels.
It does not mean violating laws
Making yourself unsafe
Until 50501 takes another stance, this is the stance we have and will embrace.
La Divina Commedia secondo Gustave Doré
La Divina Commedia secondo Gustave Doré
La Divina Commedia e Gustave Doré: l'alchimia tra poesia e illustrazione La " Divina Commedia " di Dante Alighieri non è solo...Antonio Marano (Blogger)
Training AI Using ‘Pirated’ Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue
A group of prominent intellectual property law professors has weighed in on the high-stakes AI copyright battle between several authors and Meta. In an amicus brief, the scholars argue that using copyrighted content as training data can be considered fair use under U.S. copyright law, if the goal is to create a new and 'transformative' tool. This suggests that fair use could potentially apply to Meta's training process, even if the underlying data was obtained without permission.
This case has a clear piracy angle, as Meta used BitTorrent to download archives of pirated books to use as training material. Notably, the authors argue that, in addition to copying pirated books from Anna’s Archive and Z-Library, in the same process Meta also uploaded pirated books to third parties.
This week, a group of IP Law Professors submitted a “friend of the court” or amicus brief, backing Meta’s fair use defense. The professors, including scholars from Harvard, Emory, Boston University, and Santa Clara University, have different views on the impact of AI but are united in their copyright stance.
The brief stresses that Meta’s alleged use of pirated books as training data can be considered fair use. The source of the training data is not determinative, as long as it’s used to create a new and transformative product, they argue.
“The case law, including binding circuit precedent, holds that internal copying, made in the course of creating new knowledge, is a transformative use that is heavily favored by fair use doctrine,” the professors write.
The professors’ argument is centered around the concept of “transformative use.” They note that using books outside their original ‘reading’ purpose to create an AI model, transforms the purpose of the use. This internal copying, they argue, falls into a category courts have consistently recognized as fair use, also known as “non-expressive use”.
The amicus brief cites several cases to back up their line of reasoning. This includes the Perfect 10 v. Amazon lawsuit, where the Ninth Circuit found that it was fair use when Google created thumbnails using images copied from unauthorized “pirate” sites, because the resulting image search tool was transformative.
The authors cited conflicting cases, but the professors note that cases where fair use was denied typically involved copyright infringement related to personal consumption, rather than use of content to create something new.
The brief distinguishes this case from those cited by the plaintiffs, which involved unauthorized copying for direct consumptive use (e.g., downloading for personal enjoyment). In contrast, Meta’s internal copies were allegedly not perceived by humans but used to build a new tool.
“Fair use, like copyright as a whole, ‘is not a privilege reserved for the well behaved’,” the brief notes. “Fair use doctrine should focus on the consequences of a ruling for knowledge and expression. Other considerations should be left for other legal regimes.”
Other countries, including Japan, have reportedly crafted exceptions in their law to allow tech companies to train LLMs on copyrighted material, without permission.
The U.S. has no such exceptions, but the professors urge the court to consider fair use. As the VCR and other innovations showed, copyright shouldn’t stand in the way of new tools and developing technologies.
Training AI Using 'Pirated' Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue * TorrentFreak
Law professors argue that training AI on copyrighted content can be considered fair use, if the goal is to create a new 'transformative' tool.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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By that logic it would be legal to pirate anything as long as you do so to write a review. Because then you download it to create some transformative product, protected under fair use.
Or better idea: someone should write a tool so that anyone can publish an AI based on their pirated library thus turning it into fair use
We should talk more about air-conditioning
One twisted thing about cooling and climate change: It’s all a vicious cycle. As temperatures rise, the need for cooling technologies increases. In turn, more fossil-fuel power plants are firing up to meet that demand, turning up the temperature of the planet in the process.“Cooling degree days” are one measure of the need for additional cooling. Basically, you take a preset baseline temperature and figure out how much the temperature exceeds it. Say the baseline (above which you’d likely need to flip on a cooling device) is 21 °C (70 °F). If the average temperature for a day is 26 °C, that’s five cooling degree days on a single day. Repeat that every day for a month, and you wind up with 150 cooling degree days.
We should talk more about air-conditioning
Forget data centers—cooling is the real beast in energy demand.Casey Crownhart (MIT Technology Review)
Aggiornamento Lemmy 0.19.10
Ciao!
Lunedì 7 aprile, salvo imprevisti, aggiornerò Feddit alla versione di Lemmy 0.19.10.
Potete guardare qui le novità principali: join-lemmy.org/news/2025-03-19…
- Sistemate le miniature di Youtube aumentando il limite di recupero dei metadati a 1 MB #5266
- Rimuovere anche i messaggi privati quando si bannano gli utenti con “rimuovi contenuto” (addio Nicole) #5414
- Ignorare l'intestazione accept-language se non sono specificate le lingue del sito, per evitare che gli utenti abbiano l'inglese disabilitato e non possano vedere la maggior parte dei post #5485
- Abilitare l'inglese per gli utenti sulle istanze con tutte le lingue abilitate, per risolvere il problema di cui sopra #5489 #5493
- Elencare solo gli utenti locali vietati in /admin #5364
- Aggiungere il crawl-delay a robots.txt #3009
- Ottimizzare le migrazioni incluse nella versione 0.19.6 #5301
Come al solito verrà fatto in mattinata, verrà prima effettuato un backup e poi tentato l'aggiornamento.
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April Quiz Questions
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Geography
- In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?
- What is the largest desert in Asia?
- Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
- Which country bordering India measures it’s success in terms of “gross national happiness”?
- Which country makes up more than half the western coastline of South America?
- There’s a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece with a namesake food item known for its purple colour and smooth meaty texture. What is this fruit?
Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.
Pokecarte friggiturimento! (“C’est le bou le boubou: Le booster des abonnés”)
Non sbustando più ormai la mattina… e nemmeno la sera… mamma mij fra passami una bustina che tengo i Rattata in capa… Mi torna in mente che c’è chi si è abituato a sbustare così tanto che ormai una normale apertura non sortisce più lo stesso effetto del passato sulla sua mente, e quindi deve […]
What are the key features of AI-powered shopping assistants?
Surprisingly enough, shady USB-C multiport adapters can be dangerous
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41325747
geteilt von: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41324008I have one of those shown and never knew that they can make my devices go boom...
Any other things that may cause a surprise bonfire in my cable drawer?
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Wordpress.org: Automattic entlässt 16 Prozent seiner Mitarbeiter
Wordpress.org: Automattic entlässt 16 Prozent seiner Mitarbeiter
Um die Zukunft des Unternehmens zu sichern, entlässt Wordpress-Eigentümer Automattic 16 Prozent der Belegschaft.Eva-Maria Weiß (heise online)
How Shein and Temu Are Making the Whole Fashion Industry Less Sustainable
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/20327401
ArchivedWe have all been sucked in by those videos circulating online of “My $200 Shein Haul” or “Everything I bought for less than $5 from TEMU Review”, but who actually are the two new giants on the ultra fast fashion scene?
In a world where it seemed the general consensus had shifted towards more environmental and ethical consumption, how have these two brands established a global network reaching 150 countries worldwide, and what is at stake if they continue to grow unchecked?
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How Are They So Cheap?
- Labour: The general rule is if you are paying an unbelievably low price for a product, the person making it has been paid an unfair wage for their labour. Often this means involvement of forced, child or penal labour and workers are subjected to awful conditions and chemicals. US lawmakers have previously warned of an ‘extremely high risk’ that Temu and Shein were using forced labour – for Shein this would look like as part of their supply chain manufacturing and Temu for offering products on their e-commerce site.
- Materials: Another huge sacrifice Shein and Temu make in a bid to keep prices extremely low yet profits up is with the quality, in particular the materials they use. The low-quality materials used and assemblage of items with little attention to longevity means the products often deteriorate and/or break quickly. But this is good news for Shein and Temu! Throwaway culture is how these platforms thrive, as they rely on our constant need to consume.
- Mode of production: Both Shein and Temy rely on high levels of consumption, to drive high levels of production, with a streamlined mode of production. This requirement for overconsumption is evident in marketing efforts on both brands’ platforms. Users are constantly bombarded with micro-advertisements on social media outlets such as Tiktok and Instagram, and even on their individual apps, there are offers, games and gambling opportunities to keep users addicted to buying.
What Are the real costs?
- Carbon Emissions: It is no secret that the fast fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions, responsible for approximately 10% of all global emissions every year. Global supply chains, manufacturing of textiles, assembling of garments and transportation all add up towards a brands carbon footprint. Shein and Temu, more than ever, prioritize and even encourage throwaway culture (buy, throwing away, buying again) for profit.
- Toxic Chemicals and Pollution: Dying and treating textiles in the fashion industry is a huge contributor to water pollution globally, especially when regulation is poor/poorly enforced by authorities. This affects the quality of water for people locally and also for aquatic life. Furthermore, a recent investigation carried out by authorities in South Korea found carcinogenic substances (promoting the development of cancer) hundreds of times over the legal limit in Shein clothing. Similarly, a European investigation into toys, baby products, electronics and cosmetics sold on Temu that breach European regulation, with one toy tested containing phthalates 240 times above the legal limit. (Phthalates can affect the function of organs and long-term can affect pregnancy, child growth and development and affect reproductive systems in both children and adolescents).
- Excessive Demand for Raw Materials and Textile Waste: The world consumes approximately 80 billion new clothing items every year – that is a lot of new clothes! Brands like Shein and Temu rely on this constant consumption to continue to make a profit, however there is only so much resource on Earth, and everything has to go somewhere. Estimates predict Shein alone produces nearly 200,000 new items each day. One of the ways countries have dealt with ultra fast fashion consumption is by shipping textiles overseas. Ghana receives 150,000 tonnes of used clothes dumped every year, with approximately half of these unusable. The clothing is commonly dumped and burnt, polluting local ecosystems with dangerous industrial chemicals, and damaging freshwater sources for local people. This exportation of textile waste is a new wave of ‘clothing colonization’, in which exponential consumption in the ‘Global North’ flows to the ‘Global South’.
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How Shein and Temu Are Making the Whole Fashion Industry Less Sustainable | Eco-Stylist
Shein and Temu are ultra fast fashion giants that have taken the fashion industry to new lows. But what ARE the costs of their unbelievably low prices? And what can we do about it?amyapplin@gmail.com (Eco-Stylist)
How Shein and Temu Are Making the Whole Fashion Industry Less Sustainable
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/20327401
ArchivedWe have all been sucked in by those videos circulating online of “My $200 Shein Haul” or “Everything I bought for less than $5 from TEMU Review”, but who actually are the two new giants on the ultra fast fashion scene?
In a world where it seemed the general consensus had shifted towards more environmental and ethical consumption, how have these two brands established a global network reaching 150 countries worldwide, and what is at stake if they continue to grow unchecked?
...
How Are They So Cheap?
- Labour: The general rule is if you are paying an unbelievably low price for a product, the person making it has been paid an unfair wage for their labour. Often this means involvement of forced, child or penal labour and workers are subjected to awful conditions and chemicals. US lawmakers have previously warned of an ‘extremely high risk’ that Temu and Shein were using forced labour – for Shein this would look like as part of their supply chain manufacturing and Temu for offering products on their e-commerce site.
- Materials: Another huge sacrifice Shein and Temu make in a bid to keep prices extremely low yet profits up is with the quality, in particular the materials they use. The low-quality materials used and assemblage of items with little attention to longevity means the products often deteriorate and/or break quickly. But this is good news for Shein and Temu! Throwaway culture is how these platforms thrive, as they rely on our constant need to consume.
- Mode of production: Both Shein and Temy rely on high levels of consumption, to drive high levels of production, with a streamlined mode of production. This requirement for overconsumption is evident in marketing efforts on both brands’ platforms. Users are constantly bombarded with micro-advertisements on social media outlets such as Tiktok and Instagram, and even on their individual apps, there are offers, games and gambling opportunities to keep users addicted to buying.
What Are the real costs?
- Carbon Emissions: It is no secret that the fast fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions, responsible for approximately 10% of all global emissions every year. Global supply chains, manufacturing of textiles, assembling of garments and transportation all add up towards a brands carbon footprint. Shein and Temu, more than ever, prioritize and even encourage throwaway culture (buy, throwing away, buying again) for profit.
- Toxic Chemicals and Pollution: Dying and treating textiles in the fashion industry is a huge contributor to water pollution globally, especially when regulation is poor/poorly enforced by authorities. This affects the quality of water for people locally and also for aquatic life. Furthermore, a recent investigation carried out by authorities in South Korea found carcinogenic substances (promoting the development of cancer) hundreds of times over the legal limit in Shein clothing. Similarly, a European investigation into toys, baby products, electronics and cosmetics sold on Temu that breach European regulation, with one toy tested containing phthalates 240 times above the legal limit. (Phthalates can affect the function of organs and long-term can affect pregnancy, child growth and development and affect reproductive systems in both children and adolescents).
- Excessive Demand for Raw Materials and Textile Waste: The world consumes approximately 80 billion new clothing items every year – that is a lot of new clothes! Brands like Shein and Temu rely on this constant consumption to continue to make a profit, however there is only so much resource on Earth, and everything has to go somewhere. Estimates predict Shein alone produces nearly 200,000 new items each day. One of the ways countries have dealt with ultra fast fashion consumption is by shipping textiles overseas. Ghana receives 150,000 tonnes of used clothes dumped every year, with approximately half of these unusable. The clothing is commonly dumped and burnt, polluting local ecosystems with dangerous industrial chemicals, and damaging freshwater sources for local people. This exportation of textile waste is a new wave of ‘clothing colonization’, in which exponential consumption in the ‘Global North’ flows to the ‘Global South’.
...
How Shein and Temu Are Making the Whole Fashion Industry Less Sustainable | Eco-Stylist
Shein and Temu are ultra fast fashion giants that have taken the fashion industry to new lows. But what ARE the costs of their unbelievably low prices? And what can we do about it?amyapplin@gmail.com (Eco-Stylist)
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Firefox runs slower on Arch than on Windows?
I recently got a new Dell Inspiron 660s and it had Windows on it, I played around with Windows and eventually got around to putting Arch on it.
Now I've installed Arch on multiple systems but I'm no expert at Arch, I mainly like it because it's bleeding edge.
I opened Firefox on it and started to pull up Tetr.io and Friday Night Funkin - browser games, and it was noticably slower on Arch than it was on Windows.
According to Fastfetch, I have a "Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series" (???) and a "Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller" (my iGPU i think)
What can I do to fix this? Please tell me if I need to provide more info.
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firef…
Firefox is a bit annoying on wayland, you often have to force enable hw accel.
If you cant figure it out send me a DM, ill be glad to help you through signal/matrix/discord
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