Sanders Demands RFK Jr. Resign as Health and Human Services Secretary
Senator Bernie Sanders says Kennedy’s policies threaten Americans’ health and future.
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New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease.ScienceDaily
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Huawei enters the GPU market with 96 GB VRAM GPU under 2000 USD, meanwhile NVIDIA sells from 10,000+ (RTX 6000 PRO)
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New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease.ScienceDaily
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Huawei's New Atlas 300i Duo 96g Deepseek Ai Gpu Server Inference Card With Fan Cooler Video Acceleration Graphic Card Made China - Buy Atlas 300i Duo 96g huaweis Gpu server Gpu hua Wei Gpu Server hua Wei Gpu new Huawei Gpu Card fan-cooled Graph…www.alibaba.com
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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools
Amid player complaints, EA says 330,000 cheaters were stopped in beta’s first two days.
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Secure boot won't let your kernel be modified though.
Their anti cheat software just makes sure that you haven't tampered with the kernel at all. It just monitors for any changes after the system has booted.
It does not modify your kernel.
TikTok suspends its live feature for the next few days in Indonesia, citing increasing violence in protests over lawmakers pay
In response to the protests, social media app TikTok said Saturday it had temporarily suspended its live feature for "a few days" in Indonesia, where it has more than 100 million users.
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As a leading global news agency, AFP offers quality multimedia content in video, text, photo and graphics in six languages and now reaches North American audiencesUS AFPNews
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60 U.K. Lawmakers Accuse Google of Breaking AI Safety Pledge
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36568596
60 U.K. Lawmakers Accuse Google of Breaking AI Safety Pledge
Letter to Sir Demis Hassabis
Parliamentarians from across the UK call on Google DeepMind to honour their AI safety commitmentsPauseAI
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Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection
Interesting experience, this has happened twice now. When house looses power I am still online now that I have moved to Fiber.
It feels a bit eerie. My network and computers, TV, media center, etc are all on UPS so they just keep going. Things just get really quite which is interrupted by just the periodic beeps of the UPS systems.
Does anyone know why my new Fiber connection does this but my old system which was bonded DSL did not? I know back in the early days of DSL I could do this, but some where along the way it stopped being power outage resistant.
Amazon blocks AI bots/crawlers from Facebook(Meta), Google, Huawei, Mistral and others, amid commerce battle
Amazon is desperately trying to stop AI companies from training models on its data. They just added six more AI-related crawlers to the blacklist from Facebook(Meta), Google, Huawei, Mistral and others. A month ago we saw that they added Claude, Perplexity and a different Google crawler.Some of those are to prevent access to Amazon at training, others to block features like deep research. The blacklist is in the publicly accessible robots.txt file. Assuming those crawlers are well-behaved, they will now stop accessing Amazon. It is notable that Amazon seems to be the only one actively fighting this - Walmart and eBay have not many any changes.
Amazon is a treasure trove of ecommerce data. I think it is too late to stop AI training - Amazon's data is already in the datasets ChatGPT and others are using. But Amazon is definitely not interested in helping anyone build the future of AI shopping. If that is indeed the future, Amazon wants to build it itself.
Source: Juozas Kaziukėnas, on LinkedIn.
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Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court
Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court - Bolts
Bolts breaks down the structure, selection procedures, and functions of each state’s highest court.Bolts
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Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog
AbstractThis paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work will inspire future efforts to match any further quantum factorisation records, should they arise.
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You do give a shit about fonts, you just don't give a shit about discussing font choices.
I assume that if the global choice was something like Papyrus, or Windings, you'd care.
Code of conduct. moderation policies
julian@community.nodebb.org does NodeBB have an out-of-the-box TOS or code of conduct or something similar, or do you want to put one together for ActivityPub.space specifically?
My experience in the past has been that it's a lot better to have a CoC in place before you need it, rather than trying to write one as a crisis is unfolding.
I think if this server is going to be linked to from the SocialCG and other W3C sub-groups, it should probably have a stated code of conduct that's compatible with the W3C's Positive Work Environment policy:
w3.org/policies/code-of-conduc…
Positive Work Environment at W3C: Code of Conduct
W3C's Code of Conduct defines expected and unacceptable behaviors and promotes high standards of professional practice. The goals of this Code are to:www.w3.org
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Yes, that is a good idea and something we should be proactive on.
Perhaps johannab@cosocial.ca and jdp23@neuromatch.social could be roped in to assist?
I'll admit I have less experience with this facet of community building!
US judge halts Republican effort to expand fast-track deportations
That expedited removal process has for nearly three decades been used to quickly return migrants apprehended at the border. But in January, the administration expanded its scope to cover non-citizens apprehended anywhere in the United States who could not show they had been in the country for two years.
The policy mirrored one the Trump administration adopted in 2019 that Democratic President Joe Biden's administration later rescinded, and immigration authorities have made "aggressive" use of the new removal power in recent months, Cobb said.
But she said that unlike the population of migrants traditionally subject to expedited removal who were detained shortly after crossing the border, the group now being targeted had long since entered the country.
"That means that they have a weighty liberty interest in remaining here and therefore must be afforded due process under the Fifth Amendment," she said. "When it exponentially expanded the population subject to expedited removal, the Government did not, however, in any way adapt its procedures to this new group of people."
US court rules many of Trump's global tariffs are illegal
A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda.
The ruling affects Trump's so-called "reciprocal" tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs slapped on China, Mexico and Canada.
In a 7-4 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Trump's argument that the tariffs were permitted under an emergency economic powers act, calling them "invalid as contrary to law".
The ruling will not take effect until 14 October, to give the administration time to ask the US Supreme Court to take up the case.
US court rules many of Trump's global tariffs are illegal
The tariffs can remain in place until mid-October to allow the Trump administration time to request the Supreme Court take up the case.Max Matza (BBC News)
Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, signs EO that directs city police not to collaborate with federal agents in immigration enforcement
Brandon Johnson will set out guidance for the city’s agencies and law enforcement, CNN reported, “in the midst of escalating threats from the federal government”.
Last week, the White House requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago be made available to assist with immigration operations, as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run “sanctuary cities”.
Johnson’s order “affirms” that Chicago police will not “collaborate with federal agents on joint law enforcement patrols, arrest operations, or other law enforcement duties including civil immigration enforcement”, CNN reported.
It also says city departments should “pursue all available legal and legislative avenues to resist coordinated efforts from the federal government”.
Chicago mayor to sign executive order directing city to resist Trump’s immigration raids
Brandon Johnson’s order directs city police not to collaborate with federal agents in immigration enforcementAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
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Anagrammi, doppi sensi, giochi di parole
I doppi sensi e i giochi di parole sono sempre stati la nostra passione ma nel tempo abbiamo scoperto un modo nuovo di approcciarsi alla scrittura per far riflettere e nascondere messaggi “subliminali” nelle frasi: gli anagrammi che, se usati bene, diventano un mezzo di satira potentissimo.
101 Anagrammi Zen
Cosa vuoi che sia un anagramma, si prendono le lettere di una parola e se ne creano altre di senso compiuto cambiando le posizioni di consonanti e vocali. Eravamo comunque convinti che dagli arci-noti “donna” “danno”, “mela” “male”, “la verità rivelata” o “teatro” “attore” non si potesse andare troppo lontano.
Alla fine però ci siamo dovuti ricredere quando abbiamo conosciuto un libro “101 anagrammi zen” da cui si è sviluppata una comunità molto attiva sui social commerciali (X, Facebook, Instagram).
Il primo incontro con 101 anagrammi zen è stato una notizia del Corriere Della Sera su Gianni Morandi e nei commenti al post in Facebook era scritto così:
101 anagrammi zen:“Gianni Morandi —> i manoni grandi”.
L’artista in questione ha davvero le mani grandi, e con quell’anagramma abbiamo capito quanto tali giochi di parole possano diventare un’arma potentissima, perché se parlando di Adamo ed Eva esce fuori il solito “mela = male”, ecco arrivare “social = il caos”! Oppure “Piero Angela = genial opera”, “Giacomo Leopardi = godiamoci parole” (ma anche “godi, porco maiale”)!
In seguito, sfogliando la pagina, abbiamo trovato satira potente verso politici e personaggi sportivi ma anche frasi a effetto l’una stereotipo dell’altra.
Ci sono persone secondo le quali un uomo e una donna non possono essere amici? Perfetto! Noi non siamo d’accordo con un simile pensiero perché siamo un uomo e una donna amici da diversi anni, ma un partecipante al network degli anagrammi ha creato un gioco molto carino che noi riportiamo così com’è, scusandoci per non citare l’autore del quale ci sfugge purtroppo il nome:
“L’amicizia tra uomo e donna?” —> “T’amo, inizia un caldo amore”.
Ma come si creano questi giochi di parole?
Fin dai primi giorni in cui abbiamo conosciuto “101 anagrammi zen” ci chiedevamo come fosse possibile ottenere la frase anagrammata come continuazione, sensata, di quella originale e nel tempo abbiamo capito il trucco: prendi l’originale, estrai una parola chiave da cui partire e sposta le lettere; sicuramente, l’autore dell’anagramma sull’amicizia, avrà estratto “amore” dalla frase “l’amicizia tra uomo e donna” e piano piano ha ricomposto gli altri termini con le lettere mancanti.
Nulla di magico quindi, è tutta questione di quali siano le idee dell’enigmista! Infatti noi potremmo continuare l’anagramma ponendo le dovute condizioni. Amore sì, ma…
L’amicizia tra uomo e donna? —>T’amo, inizia un caldo amore! —>
Iniziamo, ma cada l’untore!
Giusto perché se l’amicizia è con Valentino Talluto non si metta in testa di fare strani scherzi perché lui addosso ha l’HIV quello cattivo, non quello senziente dei nostri racconti.
Ma parliamo d’altro. Gli omofobi quando si lamentano di venir silenziati per le loro farneticazioni, mettono sempre in mezzo “il pensiero unico”.
Questo è fin troppo banale, già “eros + peni = pensiero” sarebbe sufficiente a identificare i soggetti ma ce ne sta uno ancora di più esplicito:
Eros + i peni in culo = il pensiero unico
Oppure “l’unico pensiero? —> Eros, peni in cu…” Insomma basta, ci siamo capiti.
Abbiano solo il coraggio di negarlo, adesso! Meglio che ci auto-censuriamo.
Dopodiché, essendo noi un blog a tema “stigma e HIV”, abbiamo accettato la sfida creando il personaggio virus HIV senziente che aiutasse gli umani a risolvere i problemi. E come? Con gli enigmi, naturalmente! Solo con la pratica si riescono a trovare giochi coinvolgenti anche se, alla fine, non li usiamo spesso perché non tutti amano fermarsi a riflettere quando leggono.
Costruire un anagramma positivo
Il più semplice: “genitore uno —> untore genio”, oppure “chi vuole —> culo e HIV?” Non necessita una laurea in enigmistica per arrivarci. Diverso invece è per un evento musicale su cui abbiamo trovato un messaggio pazzesco.
Il cantante Elio e il figlio di Enzo Jannacci avevano organizzato una serie di concerti estivi chiamata:
“Ci vuole orecchio in tour”.
Va bene, “in tour” è fin troppo banale. Sposta la “u” all’inizio e la “i” alla fine, senza toccare le lettere in mezzo: “untori” è sotto gli occhi di tutti.
Dopodiché scomponendo “orecchio” esce “io cerco” lasciando fuori l’h, che noi porteremo sulle parole precedenti: “io cerco untori, chi vuole”.
Ma considerando “chi vuole” come anagramma di “culo e HIV”…
“Ci vuole orecchio in tour”, vale a dire “io cerco culo, untori e HIV”. Bene, complimenti. Annuncio sporcaccione servito in un piatto d’argento.
Oppure su un giornale ci è capitato sotto gli occhi questo: “a scuola positivo”, riferito a un ragazzino che si era presentato in classe col covid e aveva fatto strage.
E noi per non farci mancare l’anagramma abbiamo usato le lettere in questo modo:
“Si, culo a posto, vai —> a scuola positivo!”
Immaginando la scena del ragazzotto col sedere per aria e chi gli dà un bello sculaccione.
Amilcare Pollini
Riportiamo dal CICAP (Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze) la storia di Amilcare Pollini. Questo personaggio, morto nel 1957, si riteneva “il duomo di Milano” (dio più uomo) insomma un sedicente nuovo Messia. Poi non importa se la parola “duomo” deriva da “Domus” cioè casa, e con eventuali incroci fra uomo e divinità poco abbia a che fare.
Il tizio, influenzato dalla moglie “filosofa esoterica”, si è inventato una teoria secondo cui “ogni parola rivela la sua funzione” e “la lotta fra Dio e il demonio si nasconde nelle parole”.
Perfetto amico, per te l’anagramma maschilista “donna” = “danno” è azzeccato ma intanto caro Amilcare fatti creare un personaggio ispirato a te.
Fonte: “Sì, il duomo di Milano sono io“, articolo che invitiamo a leggere per conoscere la curiosa storia di questo enigmatico personaggio.
Concludiamo omaggiandolo con la sua passione, “Amilcare Pollini —> il clima in parole”.
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Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S.
While Americans lament their crumbling infrastructure, China is rapidly expanding high-speed rail, subway systems, and airports across the country. Chinese tech products, from autonomous vehicles to drones to addiction-inducing algorithms, have won over global consumers and put companies such as BYD, DJI, and TikTok in pole position.China’s prowess in engineering and manufacturing is now at the center of the U.S.–China rivalry in artificial intelligence. Despite Washington’s efforts to block China from advancing in AI, the country has continued to make progress in developing chips and training state-of-the-art large language models.
Dan Wang moved to Canada at age seven from Yunnan in southwestern China. A former tech analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, his stints in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai allowed him to closely observe China’s trajectory. In his new book, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, Wang compares the country’s “engineering” state, which favors large-scale manufacturing, with America’s “lawyerly” society, which he believes hinders new construction and development.
China’s AI and manufacturing gains challenge US tech leadership - Rest of World
Dan Wang’s Breakneck explores China’s manufacturing boom and AI push, and how U.S. immigration and industrial policy weaken its position.Viola Zhou (Rest of World)
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Trump's Big Stick Might be...Kind of Puny | Can the US actually force the rest of the world to make the same energy mistake?
Trump's Big Stick Might be...Kind of Puny
Can we actually force the rest of the world to make our energy mistake?Bill McKibben (The Crucial Years)
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Android deep links to app content
Can we agree to have a standard for app deep links on Android (and maybe in other OS's)?
I haven't done my research on the topic, also I am not a mobile or Android developer. But I know there can be links that apps can open.
developer.android.com/training…
Maybe every implementation of a GUI for the ActivityPub should have a "open in app" button that will prompt for any of the compatible apps installed on your device tô open that content.
Example 1: I am in this Forum (activitypub.space) and I want to reply to this thread using my Mastodon account. I click the button "open in app" and chose moshidon@floss.social as the app. Then Moshidon shows me the original post on its UI and I can reply using my Mastodon account.
Example 2: I'm browsing Lemmy on voyagerapp@mastodon.social and find a really interesting and funny meme I want to boost on Mastodon. I click the three dots (kebab) button and choose the option "open in another app…". The OS (Android, mainly) prompts me which app I want to open with. Again, I choose Moshidon e boost it to my followers.
It would be a very nice way to integrate these apps. The scheme protocol keyword could be "activitypub".
Create Deep Links to App Content
To allow users to enter your app from links, you must add intent filters for the relevant activities in your app manifest. These intent filters allow deep linking to the content in any of your activities…Android Developers
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Oh, here I am also. Seems like there's a problem with the outbox collection in NodeBB, though.
Re: Android deep links to app content
You're right! NodeBB serves an outbox but doesn't put anything in it.
Happy to work towards rectifying it... It just didn't seem to break anything and you're honestly one of the first who even noticed 😳
Sen. Susan Collins heckled by protesters at Maine ribbon-cutting event
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was heckled and drowned out at times by demonstrators at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in her home state Tuesday, the latest in a series of confrontations between protesters and members of Congress.
"Shame! Shame! Shame!" protesters yelled at Collins as she cut the ribbon to mark the completion of the long-running Route 1 construction project in Searsport.
The demonstrators were yelling about cuts to Medicare, Israeli attacks on Gaza and Donald Trump's nominees on the Supreme Court, video of the event shows.
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Jeffrey Sachs: A New Path After Europe’s Foreign Policy Failure
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PayPal glitch sparks banking freeze across Europe with billions in transactions delayed
- European banks freeze PayPal transactions after fraud system failure sparks disruption
- Merchants face delayed payments as billions in PayPal direct debits halted
- Suspicious surge forces lenders to suspend PayPal activity across Germany and Europe
PayPal glitch triggers chaos as European banks freeze ‘billions’ in transactions
PayPal fraud system fails, with major knock-on effectsWayne Williams (TechRadar)
US appeals court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal
The American president reacted, saying that he would fight back "with the help of the United States Supreme Court"
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UN experts denounce enforced disappearances of Palestine civilians seeking aid
UN human rights experts condemned the enforced disappearances of Palestinians at aid distribution sites on Thursday, urging Israeli authorities to halt the targeting of the starving Palestinian population.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/jurist.org/n…
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UN experts denounce enforced disappearances of Palestine civilians seeking aid
UN human rights experts condemned the enforced disappearances of Palestinians at aid distribution sites on Thursday, urging Israeli authorities to halt the targeting of the starving Palestinian popula...Sabine Haddad | New York Law School, US (- JURIST - News)
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Nearly 1,000 'Workers Over Billionaires' Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day
Nearly 1,000 "Workers Over Billionaires" protests will be held across the US for Labor Day to protest the Trump administration's attacks on workers' rights and safety net programs relied on by millions.
Nearly 1,000 'Workers Over Billionaires' Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day
"This is about workers showing up and demanding what workers deserve all across the country," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Smoke rises over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2025, from fires following Russia’s massive missile and drone attack. (Maxym Marusenko / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
‘Moscow’s true answer to peace efforts’ — Russian mass attack on Kyiv kills 25, including children. At least 25 people were killed in the attack on the capital, including four children, authorities said. Three of them were aged 2, 14, and 17.
Ukraine calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian strike on Kyiv. The Ukrainian delegation in New York will reportedly brief the international community about the scale of destruction and will urge an immediate ceasefire and the protection of civilians.
Ukrainian drone сauses fire near Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea palace and winery, media reports. The fire started as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on Aug. 28 near a village close to Gelendzhik, a Russian resort town on the Black Sea coastline, according to the reports.
Military, NATO backing, sanctions — Zelensky outlines 3 key pillars for Ukraine’s security guarantees. Security guarantees for Ukraine should include provisions related to army funding, agreements with NATO members, and sanctions against Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Ukraine claims strike on key Russian facility supplying fuel to Moscow’s army.
The pumping station near the village of Naytopovichi in Bryansk Oblast, a Russian region bordering Ukraine and Belarus, was hit overnight on Aug. 29, the Ukrainian military reported.
Large fire seen after Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. Explosions were reported by local residents around 2:30 a.m. local time, amid reports of drones flying overhead. Videos posted to social media appear to show a large blaze emanating from a local oil refinery.
Ukrainian drone strikes halt operations at Russia’s Kuibyshevsk refinery, sources tell Reuters. The refinery, operated by Rosneft, saw both of its main crude distillation units — CDU-4 and CDU-5, each with a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day — taken offline in the recent strikes.
‘Supporting more terror‘ — Ukraine slams Russian flag display at Venice Film Festival. “The organizers prefer to turn a blind eye and further ruin the festival’s reputation,” read the statement issued by Ukraine’s foreign and culture ministries.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian strike on Kyiv
Russia launched a barrage of around 630 drones and missiles against Ukraine overnight on Aug. 28, killing at least 25 people in Kyiv, including four children, and injuring over 60. The attack took place amid months-long efforts by the U.S. to negotiate an end to the war.
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The elephant in the room — Russia won’t agree to Ukraine security guarantees, Europe can’t enforce them
There’s a new buzzword in capitals across Europe and North America — “security guarantees” — a set of measures that are supposed to ensure that if the war in Ukraine stops, Russia won’t simply launch another invasion in the future.
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Exclusive: Zelensky-Putin meeting ‘impossible’ unless Trump ups pressure on Russia, Ukraine says
A face-to-face meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin won’t happen unless the U.S. ups pressure on the Russian leader, a source in Ukraine’s President’s Office has told the Kyiv Independent.
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Exclusive: Maker of Ukraine’s new Flamingo cruise missile facing corruption probe
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency has been investigating the country’s star deep-strike drone company — Fire Point — over concerns it misled the government on pricing and deliveries, sources told the Kyiv Independent.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
Death toll of Aug. 28 attack on Kyiv rises to 25, 2-year old girl and mother among killed. 24-year-old Nadiya Yakymenko and her 2-year-old daughter Angelina were among the 25 people killed in the attack on the capital, the Russia Kills project reported on Aug. 29.
1 killed, 22 injured in Zaporizhzhia as Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack on Ukrainian cities. Russia launched a missile and drone attack targeting various Ukrainian regions overnight on Aug. 30, killing at least one person and injuring 22 others, officials reported.
International response
Hungarian opposition politician speaks up in support for Ukrainian commander banned by Budapest over oil pipeline attack. Marton Tompos, a representative of the Hungarian oppositional party Momentum, sent €414 in donations to Brovdi’s unit, the 414th Strike UAV Brigade “Birds of Madyar.” He called on Hungarians to do the same.
Patriot components, Starlink upkeep — US approves $329 million in military sales for Ukraine. The United States Department of State approved military sales to Ukraine worth $329.1 million on Aug. 29, for components related to the upkeep of Patriot air defense systems as well as Starlink terminals, the agency announced.
Belgium pledges nearly $120 million to Ukraine under NATO-led arms scheme.
“This funding goes on top of the 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) military aid that Belgium has already delivered,” Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Two-thirds of Americans pessimistic about Russia-Ukraine peace prospects, poll shows. Some 22% of respondents said they are very pessimistic about a possible peace deal in Ukraine, while 45% said they are somewhat pessimistic, according to a Gallup poll.
EU member states ready to deploy military instructors to Ukraine after potential truce, Kallas says. Kallas met with the ministers in Copenhagen on Aug. 29 to discuss several issues, including security guarantees for Ukraine. “I welcome that there is broad support today to expand our EU military mission mandate to provide training and advice inside Ukraine after any truce,” Kallas said.
Talks with Ukraine ‘very productive and constructive,’ US envoy Witkoff says ahead of Security Council meeting. The meeting was described by Trump administration officials as both a progress report and a reaffirmation of efforts to bring Ukraine and Russia to the table for an eventual peace deal, according to Fox News.
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Kyivstar celebrates NASDAQ bell-ringing ceremony in Kyiv
The bell ringing took place at the Nasdaq headquarters in New York City on Aug. 29, with Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak in attendance.Liliane Bivings (The Kyiv Independent)
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
President’s targeting of Fed governor Lisa Cook highlights his efforts to remove diverse voices from governmentDavid Smith (The Guardian)
The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive
The Energy Department keeps ordering expensive, polluting plants to keep running at the eleventh hour. Here’s what’s on the line through the end of Trump’s term.It sure looks like the Trump administration is not going to let any coal plants close down during its term — no matter the cost to consumers and to the climate.
Source: Canary Media.
Chart: The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive
The Energy Department keeps ordering expensive, polluting plants to keep running at the eleventh hour. Here’s what’s on the line through the end of…Canary Media
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Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas
- A new study found that more than half of the world’s straddling stocks will shift across the maritime borders between exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2050.
- Most of these shifts will be into the high seas, where fisheries management is much more challenging and stocks are more likely to be overexploited.
- Among the most serious potential consequences is a loss of fisheries resources for many tropical countries that did little to create the climate crisis, including small island developing states in the Pacific Ocean.
Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders.Morgan Erickson-Davis (Conservation news)
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Pseudo Profound AI Bullshit
Yesterday I read Pennycook etc al.'s paper on pseudo-profound bullshit, and realized that's what annoys me the most about the current AI culture. Meaningless but important sounding bullshit that's said only to make the speaker sound smart.
So then I made this little web app to randomly generate AI bullshit. Your next pitch deck awaits.
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Ett socialt nätverk utan storföretagskontroll, reklam och algoritmer. Ett socialt medium där ingen samlar in uppgifter om dig och säljer dem. Ett sådant nätverk finns och det mest kända programmet som ingår i detta nätverk är Mastodon.
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The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”
The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”
New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Samsung and Apple send cease-and-desist orders to their biggest competitor
Xiaomi gets cease-and-desist orders from Samsung and Apple over full-page ads
Apple and Samsung send cease-and-desist notices to Xiaomi over ads disparaging their flagships, as the aggressive marketing tactic sparks a legal battle between the rival smartphone giants.Chris Thomas (Android Police)
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Where can I buy this?
Edit: I realized after I commented this was the product page.. My bad. It was more of a take my money now scenario
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •You would be better off any DDR4 CPU with a bunch of ram
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •For 2000$ it "claims" to do 140 TOPS of INT8
When a Intel Core Ultra 7 265K does 33 TOPS of INT8 for 284$
Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to buy a chinese GPU at a reasonnable price but this isn't even price competitive with CPUs let alone GPUs.
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in reply to interdimensionalmeme • • •LeLachs
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Alright, lets compare it to another GPU.
According to this source
, the RTX 4070 costs about 500$ and does 466 TOPS of INT8
I dont know if TOPS is a good measurement tho (I dont have any experience with AI benchmarking)
GPUs Ranked by $ / Int8 TOPs
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •You can run llama.cpp on CPU. LLM inference doesn't need any features only GPUs typically have, that's why it's possible to make even simpler NPUs that can still run the same models. GPUs just tend to be faster. If the GPU in question is not faster than an equally priced CPU, you should use the CPU (better OS support).
Edit: I looked at a bunch real-world prices and benchmarks, and read the manual from Huawei and my new conclusion is that this is the best product on the market if you want to run a model at modest speed that doesn't fit in 32GB but does in 96GB. Running multiple in parallel seems to range from unsupported to working poorly, so you should only expect to use one.
Original rest of the comment, made with the assumption that this was slower than it is, but had better drivers:
~~The only benefit to this product over CPU is that you can slot multiple of them and they parallelise without needing to coordinate anything with the OS. It's also a very linear cost increase as long as you have the PCIe lanes for it. For a home user with enough money for one or two of these, they would be much better served spending the money on a fast CPU and 256GB system RAM.~~
~~If not AI, then what use case do you think this serves better?~~
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •M4 github.com/itsmostafa/inferenc…
It's comparable to an M4, maybe a single order of magnitude faster than a ~1000 euro 9960X, at most, not multiple. And if we're considering the option of buying used, since this is a brand new product and less available in western markets, the CPU-only option with an EPYC and more RAM will probably be a better local LLM computer for the cost of 2 of these and a basic computer.
GitHub - itsmostafa/inference-speed-tests: Local LLM inference speed tests on various devices
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This card consists of two processors with a bandwidth of 204GB/s each
Compare that with the RTX 3090 which has 936GB/s bandwidth,
It really negates the extra memory capacity that will heavily bottleneck the processors.
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in reply to herseycokguzelolacak • • •AMD has been lying about that every year since 2019.
Last time I checked it didn't. And it probably still doesn't.
People aren't buying NVIDIA if AMD would work too. The VRAM prices NVIDIA asks are outrageous.
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in reply to herseycokguzelolacak • • •Can you train on it too? I tried Pytorch on AMD once and it was awful. They promised mountains but delivered nothing. Newer activation functions were all broken.
llama.cpp is inference only, for which AMD works great too after converting to ONNX. But training was awful on AMD in the past.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •I kinda want an individual consumer-friendly, low-end/mid-end alternative that can run my games and video editing software for very small projects.. so far I'm only eyeing the Lisuan G100, which seems to fit that bill..
This seems cool though, other than AI, it could be used for distributed cloud computing or something of that sort
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