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Most Israelis not bothered by reports of suffering and famine in Gaza, new poll shows


The vast majority of Israelis say they are not troubled by reports of famine and suffering in Gaza, a new poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute shows.

The survey shows that 79 percent of Jews in Israel were not troubled, or troubled at all, whereas 86 percent of “Arab” respondents were somewhat or very troubled by the reports about the war on Gaza.

The survey was conducted between 27-31 July.

in reply to IndustryStandard

No different than most Westerners in that regard
in reply to BrainInABox

people are starting to get "sick and tired" or "over" gaza and it's mindboggling that they treat it like was a some sort of fad.
in reply to eldavi

They basically see it the same way they see animal habitat destruction or Japanese Whaling. Like, it's sad that these animals are being killed, but it's not like actual people are dying.


How to get started with anonymous cryptocurrency payments?


Have never used cryptocurrency before, all I know is that Bitcoin transactions can be tracked, Monero is the most widely accepted untraceable cryptocurrency, and many exchanges enforce KYC. I do not presently have the hardware to mine for myself at an appreciable rate. What do I need to know and use in order to set up a wallet, acquire crypto, exchange, and spend it as anonymously as I practically can?
in reply to monovergent 🛠️

Some sites list places where you can use an ATM to buy cryptocurrencies using... cash, i hope.
in reply to mnemonicmonkeys

You'll have to do your homework.
If they accept cash, i'd say not. There might be cameras though.
in reply to monovergent 🛠️

If you are going to spend it on mundane and legal stuff and assuming you live in mostly free country use a trustworthy exchange even if it requires KYC and spend it normally.

Keep in mind once you buy monero even from a KYC exchange they can't track it afterwards. And this will be the safest option no real risk of getting scammed or stabbed.

If you are thinking about grey area then keep in mind that the moment something touches real world no matter whether you were using Tor, I2P or something else. It can be traced back to you. And if you are a worthwhile target LEA will spend resources to track you down.

There are ways to avoid that like using local monero and all but keep in mind those also involve different set of risks.

#NotAFinancialAdvice #NotALegalAdvice.

Do your homework and don't get scammed or stabbed.




Kiev’s plan to invade the Kursk region failed, – Neue Zürcher Zeitung


💪 💪 💪



Poland’s New President Nawrocki Challenges Zelensky on Bandera Legacy




A tool to help people remove their info from the Tea App


Hackernews.
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in reply to bubblybubbles

Fuck all the way off and then keep fucking off a bit further.



WIRED Called Our AirGradient Monitor 'Not Recommended' Over a Broken Display


Hackernews.





Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons


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Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech


cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/39942527

European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.

Last year, French privacy-focused search engine Qwant struck a joint venture with German non-profit search engine Ecosia, to develop a European search index. Called European Search Perspective (EUSP), the JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and 33% of German queries by the end of the year.

Qwant said it is using the new index to power some of its features, like AI summaries for search, and Ecosia has plans to add some AI features soon to its platform, too.

EUSP is also in talks with companies to spur the adoption of its index for enabling search within apps. Notably, it is targeting chatbots, presenting Staan as a cheaper alternative to Google and Bing.

“If you’re using ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot, they all do knowledge grounding with web search […] our index can power deep research and AI summary features. Google and Bing’s solutions are also pricey, and our index can offer power search features at a tenth of the cost,” Christian Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, told TechCrunch.

EUSP, like Proton, is pushing to develop a European tech stack that doesn’t rely on technology from the U.S. or China.

“The timing could not be more urgent. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. election has reminded European policymakers and innovators just how exposed Europe remains when it comes to core digital infrastructure. Much of Europe’s search, cloud, and AI layers are built on American Big Tech stacks, putting entire sectors – from journalism to climate tech – at the mercy of political or commercial agendas,” the companies said in a statement.

Kroll added that through this index, combined with European privacy laws, EUSP can offer a more privacy-friendly search solution as compared to its U.S. counterparts.



What are some cool things to put on a 32gb flashdrive?


Ive got some ideas to try with a flashdrive ive picked up but i want to know what others would do with such a device? I was thinking i could use it for retro gaming or something like important files.

What would you do?

I know its not alot of room but i got it for cheap.

in reply to GrumpyCat

How about a project Gutenberg "best of" CD full of free public domain ebooks?

Download page:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/11220
Link directly to download:
gutenberg.org/files/11220/PG20…

They also had a dual layer DVD download if you want something bigger. They don't seem to host it anymore, but archive.org does.

archive.org/details/pgdvd04201…



in reply to return2ozma

By all means, run MCPs that give full access to your desktop. Nothing can go wrong.


U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal


I expect the real issue here is that Cotton doesn't abide by having a non-white CEO at the helm of a good ol' American company. That said, Cadence was caught with their pants down, and should be punished accordingly.


in reply to Bidah

There are a couple of good hairstyles that benefit from a little balding, if it gets to much just go full bald. Its just superficial in the end anyways.
in reply to Bidah

Like what?
Life is good if you don't give a damn what people say and Just play with your legos.



Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share


I was kind of surprised to see this article on HackerNews, so I thought I'd ask here; how do you handle your dotfiles and do you share them publicly?

My own dotfiles started from those provided by ArcoLinux, with a bunch of changes over the years I had them. Currently installed using Ansible, because that's more sensible than Bash for this imo.

git.exu.li/exu/configs

in reply to exu

I have embarrassing code and commented lines in mine, so not sharing. (using Awesome and qtile)

If someone has a problem my dots have the solution for, then I might copy paste edited segments.

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Face recognition support


Hey everybody,

Lately I was considering Linux but I'm not sure if face recognition is supported. My laptop has an Intel realsense f200. Is there any support?

Thanks!

Edit: I want it for log in

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in reply to ByteMe

Oh, yeah. howdy works a treat. I used it on my laptop for a while, but about 50% of the times I logged in were in the dark, and it added a small delay every time I couldn't use it, so I stopped. Plus, I generally keep my cameras physically shuttered, so it was an extra PITA step; I can type my password in faster.

But it that's your jam, howdy works perfectly.


in reply to obnomus

I was done with them a long time ago. I built my PC last year and made sure it is all AMD. Linux is so much better without Nvidia. It really is a just works system for me. It's not perfect, but nothing really that I can't manage.
in reply to DonutsRMeh

Yeah true if there's a software then there will be bugs too, but don't remove the feature from one perticular os just, I hate this shit.




Niri and max-scroll-amount help


Hi, I just moved to Niri. I turned on focus-follows-mouse on and turned max-scroll-amount to 100% in the config file. When I try to move to the next window by putting my cursor to the edge of the screen when the next window is a QT app, it doesn't work. Other apps work fine though, just QT ones. Could anyone help me? I tried searching this issue up but I couldn't find any info.

EDIT: Found the fix! Just had to add 1 to left and right in the struts section.

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in reply to theselfhoster

You could try to talk with Niri developers on Matrix - matrix.to/#/#niri:matrix.org


VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer for VSCodium-based IDEs


I recently published a new extension for installing VSIX extensions from the VSCode Marketplace straight from any VSCodium based IDE that uses open-vsx.org for the extensions marketplace. Bear in mind that extensions like “ms-vscode.cpptools” won’t work anyway, since they are proprietary binaries that only work on MS VSCode. Other than that, any extension that is in the VSCode marketplace but not in open-vsx will be available for download.

You can find the extension from the extensions manager under “VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer” or download the VSX file from open-vsx.org/extension/cooligu…

This extension is still very new, so expect some bugs here and there (especially when making very generic queries like “theme” instead of being specific like “One Dark”).

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!



VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer for VSCodium-based IDEs


I recently published a new extension for installing VSIX extensions from the VSCode Marketplace straight from any VSCodium based IDE that uses open-vsx.org for the extensions marketplace. Bear in mind that extensions like “ms-vscode.cpptools” won’t work anyway, since they are proprietary binaries that only work on MS VSCode. Other than that, any extension that is in the VSCode marketplace but not in open-vsx will be available for download.

You can find the extension from the extensions manager under “VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer” or download the VSX file from open-vsx.org/extension/cooligu…

This extension is still very new, so expect some bugs here and there (especially when making very generic queries like “theme” instead of being specific like “One Dark”).

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!




James Gunn svela, tutti i rumor sul film dei Teen Titans sono infondati


Negli ultimi giorni, il web è stato letteralmente invaso da ipotesi, speculazioni e presunti leak sul progetto live-action dei Teen Titans targato DC Studios. Ma a riportare tutti con i piedi per terra è stato direttamente James Gunn, co-CEO della nuova era del DCU, che ha smentito categoricamente qualsiasi voce riguardante la trama o i personaggi coinvolti.

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I repubblicani temono che i dazi di Trump stiano incidendo negativamente sull'economia


I repubblicani a Capitol Hill sono preoccupati per l'economia dopo che l'ultimo rapporto sull'occupazione ha mostrato che negli ultimi tre mesi l'economia ha creato molti meno posti di lavoro rispetto a quanto stimato in precedenza.

Il presidente Trump e il suo team economico insistono sul fatto che l'economia sta andando forte e si prepara a una crescita significativa, ma le loro proiezioni ottimistiche incontrano lo scetticismo di alcuni esponenti del partito repubblicano, preoccupati che il regime commerciale di Trump stia creando ostacoli all'economia.

"È sicuramente indicativo di un'economia indebolita, un'economia che non si sta comportando in modo solido. Ho sempre avuto la sensazione che ci fosse un ritardo tra i dazi e l'effettiva recessione economica", ha affermato il senatore Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

Lo stesso giorno in cui è stato pubblicato il rapporto sull'occupazione, Trump ha annunciato una nuova serie di dazi, tra cui forti aumenti tariffari su Canada e Brasile.

Paul ha sostenuto che l'impatto delle tariffe è spesso ritardato perché le aziende solitamente firmano contratti per stabilire i prezzi delle importazioni con mesi di anticipo.

Una volta scaduti tali contratti, i prezzi più elevati delle materie prime importate o dei prodotti finiti si riflettono nel successivo ciclo di accordi commerciali

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5435741-trump-tariffs-economic-uncertainty/

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The how and why of GitHub to Codeberg


cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/21481987

More precisely, GitHub Pages to Codeberg + statichost.eu, not Codeberg Pages.


misschiavanza senza chiavina = trasformazione squalotica (nuova mia istanza Sharkey!!!)


Visto che ormai si sa che ho il piacere di fare tanta e spessa roba inutile, mi è venuta in mente la possibilità per un nuovo progetto semi-segreto assurdo — “distopico”, se lo chiedete ai pallosi — che per ora chiamerò con il nome in codice di D.I.T... Della serie che, se il mio Regno […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


misschiavanza senza chiavina = trasformazione squalotica (nuova mia istanza Sharkey!!!)


Visto che ormai si sa che ho il piacere di fare tanta e spessa roba inutile, mi è venuta in mente la possibilità per un nuovo progetto semi-segreto assurdo — “distopico”, se lo chiedete ai pallosi — che per ora chiamerò con il nome in codice di D.I.T... Della serie che, se il mio Regno del Terrore Octoso non si è mai adeguatamente concretizzato ai tempi dei miei primi social federati hostati su quella merdaccia di Raspino, e né tantomeno lo ha fatto allo stato recente con la Spacc BBS, con una cosa del genere non ci sarà praticamente scampo alcuno per l’umanità sfortunata abbastanza da entrarci in contatto!!! 😇😈

Senza entrare già troppo nel merito, allora, avevo chiesto al mio compare Claudio Antropico (che lui è bravo a programmare intere cose tutto da solo) di farmi una app al volo per istituire e gestire il terrore e, almeno per iniziare a vedere un po’ il tutto nella pratica teorica, gli ho detto di usare NodeBB… ma non sembra funzionare, banalmente, ci sono rogne (la parte admin della app funziona, ma il punto principale no). E allora, visto che comunque probabilmente per questa cosa sarebbe meglio una struttura social a microblog, nonché un flusso in ingresso di dati non indifferente da una rete di informazione globale perlopiù informale, quindi la Spacc BBS sarebbe comunque un ripiego imperfetto… se devo fare la fatica di sistemare io il programma, allora tanto vale che metto su ‘sto Misskey. 🔑

Ed ecco che mi sembra già di riassaporare quei tempi col Raspino… molto agrodolci, perché la speranza era reale, ma l’hardware era da buttare… e invece oggi siamo più in una situazione opposta, ops. Vabbé, in sostanza è stato un vero bordello, contemporaneamente sia peggio che meglio di come mi ricordavo… perché in questo caso potevo usare Docker, ma il Dockerfile di Misskey a quanto pare è rotto (e te pareva). Ma vabbé… ho evitato di perdermi d’animo e ho provato invece Sharkey, che è un fork… e quello si è installato, ma la federazione non pareva funzionare (e te pareva). Ovviamente a causa di ciò ho perso tempo a vuoto, ho perso mezz’ora di sonno per niente, e stamattina per disperazione ho provato un altro fork invano, IceShrimp… per poi accorgermi che il problema era lo stesso che avevo avuto con NodeBB tempo fa, e cioè che avevo mancato una (1) riga di configurazione in nginx. Mannaggia!!! 🥴
Schermata di shark.octt.eu.org/@spaccoctt, con i primi post
Comunque ecco qui, ora c’è shark.octt.eu.org — che fortunatamente non è andata giù dopo aver aggiunto soli due (2) relay, a differenza dei tempi bui di miss.octt.eu.org (rest in miss, you will NOT be pissed…) — e per ora io sarò lì a parlare probabilmente da sola… quindi, se mi gira, dopo imposto l’inoltro verso Telegram. Ma ancora non so in realtà se userò normalmente il profilo appena creato, se ne creerò uno aggiuntivo in italiano (visto che questo ormai è ufficialmente viziato dall’inglese), o aspetterò di avere i miei spiriti virtuali pronti sotto il mio controllo ad essere scatenati malamente… l’infrastruttura di base è già pronta, e non ho dovuto chiedere un singolo centesimo di tasse ai miei sudditi per realizzarla, a differenza dei regnanti del nostro paese. 💥

#fediverse #Fediverso #instance #istanza #Misskey #octospacc #Sharkey





Wednesday, August 6, 2025


“No other choice,” Syrskyi says Ukraine must mobilize to counter growing Russian forces — Food shortage is coming: experts warn Russia’s war on inflation risks Soviet-style economy collapse — Over $1 billion secured for US weapons via NATO program — Over

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An investigator examines debris at a train station damaged following a drone strike in the town of Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, on Aug. 5, 2025. (Genya Savilov / AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims. K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky is a Project 955A Borei–A–class vessel, a crucial component of the Kremlin’s nuclear triad.

Zelensky says mercenaries from Asia and Africa fighting for Russia in northeastern Ukraine. “The soldiers on this front are recording the participation of mercenaries from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and African countries in the war. We will respond,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement.

No other choice‘ — Syrskyi says Ukraine must mobilize to counter growing Russian forces. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi warned on Aug. 5 that Russia is accelerating mobilization efforts, with plans to form 10 new military divisions by the end of the year. In response, Ukraine has “no other choice” but to intensify its own mobilization.

Productive‘ phone call with Trump focused on ending war, sanctions, drone production, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has already prepared a draft agreement on drones and is ready to finalize what he called “one of the strongest agreements this could be.”

Russia considers air truce proposal to Trump without ending war, Bloomberg says. According to Bloomberg, Russian officials are exploring options ahead of a visit by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow this week.

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Over $1 billion secured for US weapons via NATO program, Zelensky says. “This is evidence that NSATU (NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine) is working, and the decisions of the NATO Summit in The Hague are being implemented,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

2 Russian oil refineries cut production after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports. Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery halved its production and the Novokuibyshevsk refinery halted it completely on Aug. 2 after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.

His economy stinks,’ — falling oil prices could force Putin to end war, Trump says. “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin will stop killing people if you get (the price of) energy down another $10 a barrel. He’s going to have no choice, because his economy stinks,” U.S. President Donald Trump said.

Kremlin confident in the face of Trump’s sanctions threats, doubts real impact, Reuters reports. Putin is reluctant to provoke Trump and recognizes that pressing ahead with the war could jeopardize a potential thaw in relations with Washington and the West, but his military objectives remain the top priority, two sources told Reuters.

Witkoff’s plane reportedly lands in Moscow ahead of key talks on avoiding Trump’s sanctions. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who had no diplomatic experience before joining the current administration, is seen as more sympathetic to Moscow than many other members of Trump’s team.

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has obtained classified internal documents on Russia’s newest strategic nuclear submarine, K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky, the agency claimed on Aug. 3.

Photo: HUR

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Humanitarian crisis in Kherson escalates but Russian river crossing remains unrealistic

After enduring a Russian occupation, a manmade flood, and drone attacks that turned its streets into a human safari, the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson could soon be made completely unlivable.

Photo: Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

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‘Last chance’ — Witkoff effort in Russia unlikely to change Trump’s course, analysts say

As U.S. President Donald Trump trades barbs with Russian officials amid growing tensions, he has announced he may send his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week.

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‘Food shortage is coming’ — experts warn Russia’s war on inflation risks Soviet-style economy collapse

Amid high inflation, Russia is preparing to cap prices on staple food items, a move analysts say signals a shift toward a command economy that could trigger shortages and public discontent.

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Human cost of Russia’s war


Railway hit in Kharkiv Oblast as Russian attacks kill 10, injure 17 in Ukraine over past day. Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia’s Bryansk Oblast and 46 Shahed-type drones from Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.

Over 330 Russian troops killed in failed attack in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine’s intelligence claims, shows footage. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, “destroying more than eight Russian companies” during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5

International response


Trump weighs sanctions on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet‘ if Putin refuses ceasefire, FT reports. If enacted, the measures would represent the first U.S. sanctions targeting Moscow since Donald Trump returned to the presidency in January.

US greenlights $104 million M777 howitzer support deal for Ukraine. The package includes technical assistance, training, and other logistical support. BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, the U.K., is the main contractor.

Three Nordic countries to fund $500 million in US weapons for Ukraine. The funding will be channeled through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), which enables fast-track purchases of U.S. arms to meet Ukraine’s most urgent defense needs.

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Two arrested in major drone funds embezzlement case involving MP, ex-governor. Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi and former Rubizhne Military Administration head Andrii Yurchenko were arrested in a corruption case involving the purchase of electronic warfare equipment and drones.

Belarusian drone in Lithuania carried explosives, officials say. A drone that entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus on July 28 was carrying explosives, Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed Aug. 5.

Russia’s oil and gas revenues fall for third consecutive month. Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, has seen its exports to Europe hit lows not seen since the 1970s, according to the Moscow Times.

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Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th August 2025


Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

in reply to BlueMonday1984

Found an AI bro making an incoherent defense of AI slop today (fitting that he previously shilled NFTs):

Needless to say, he's getting dunked on in the replies and QRTs, because people like him are fundamentally incapable of being punk.

(EDIT: Originally found this through Bluesky)

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in reply to BlueMonday1984

Making art with the help of tech billionaires is so punk rock man!
in reply to BlueMonday1984

In more low-key news, the New Yorker's given public praise to Blood in the Machine, pulling a year-old review back into the public spotlight.

Its hardly anything new (the Luddites' cultural re-assessment has been going on since 2023), but its hardly a good sign for the tech industry at large (or AI more specifically) that a major newspaper's decided to give some positive coverage to 'em.

With that out the way, here's a sidenote:

When history looks back on the Luddites' cultural re-assessment, I expect the rise of generative AI will be pointed to as a major factor.

Beyond being a blatant repeat of what the Luddites fought against (automation being used to fuck over workers and artisans), its role in enabling bosses to kill jobs and abuse labour in practically every field imaginable (including fields that were thought safe from automation) has provided highly fertile ground for developing class solidarity.




How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?




Can magnet damage hard disk?


I have a device like this and it supports heavy gpu inside my pc. Wery usefull and nicly built thing made from metal.
But the consern is it has a magnet on botom side, so it sticks to metal surfece inside the case. Wery usefull again but my hard disk is under that metal surfice. So i wonder can it corupt data or damage hdd itself..?!


Desktop app for Lemmy?


Is there an up-to-date and, most importantly, good desktop app for Lemmy? My instance is having issues with the web frontend at the moment, it'd be nice to have a backup. Ubuntu 25.04, if that matters.
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in reply to kixik

Neonmodem looks really cool and support multiple backend. TUI is cool and definitely earns its place. Excellent for my old laptop.

But on the other hands, I wish we have a proper complicated non electron liked desktop gui. My browser probably has 1000+ tabs. So able to open multiple threads are must. But building this sophisticated desktop app is hard. I am really being spoiled by open source apps. And I am always thankful to devs' hardwork.

in reply to grapemix

if someone is up to the challenge to take lemoa over, a gtk app, the original author seems to be open for that.