Freedom Flotilla departs Tunisia for Gaza after attacks, weather delays
An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza left Tunisia on Saturday, after a stopover in the North African country marked by weather delays and suspected drone attacks.
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Set any application as Plasma background
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Set any application as Plasma backgroundMissing your favorite xscreensaver hack? Have an old Windows screensaver that works under Wine? Want to have htop as your wallpaper? Or maybe you'd like to write your own screensaver in Godot? This addon lets you use any application as a Plasma wallpaper or screensaver.
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That's a lot of effort just to Rickroll us!
Seriously, nice work. I'm always hesitant to use something like this because it's another thing that can go wrong. But the idea is really cool.
California bans masks meant to hide law enforcement officers' identities
SACRAMENTO, Calif — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning law enforcement from wearing masks on duty except for things like riot gear, medical masks and undercover work.
Saying it's the first bill of its type in the country, Newsom — a Democrat and frequent critic of President Trump — said it was a sign of growing authoritarianism to have detentions in by masked men "hidden from accountability, any transparency, any oversight. That's Trump's America."
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Before his death: Charlie Kirk rejects Netanyahu offer, faces pro-'Israel' backlash
cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/34808375
In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned about pressure from pro-"Israel" figures, according to a longtime friend who spoke to The Grayzone.While no evidence links "Israel" to the assassination, speculation continues to spread rapidly.
Before his death: Charlie Kirk rejects Netanyahu offer, faces pro-'Israel' backlash
In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned a...YouTube
Kirk was devoted Zionist, full stop.
However, a large portion of his audience was Gen Z, and their negative views on Israel are more in line with their generation as a whole, then with the standard Republican platform.
So occasionally he had to give them a bone to make it look like he's wasn't who he actually was.
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Exactly, and I'm assuming you disliked Charlie Kirk .
So if his token gestures were enough to make you question his devotion to Israel, how do you think they were interpreted and received by his Gen Z audience, those already predisposed to liking him?
Conspiracy theorists on X are saying Israel is behind it and that Tyler Robinson is a patsy/fall guy.
Motive is that Kirk had criticized Israel in recent months. There is a clip too where he expresses frustration at being called anti-Semitic just for having some daylight between his view and Israel’s current actions.
Political violence in US mirrors 1960s turmoil, historian warns after Charlie Kirk shooting
Political violence in US mirrors 1960s turmoil, historian warns after Charlie Kirk shooting
Mark Updegrove said a distinction is social media amplifying extreme views.Doc Louallen (ABC News)
US House Passes Defense Policy Bill, Including Provisions for Israel Military Aid
US House Passes Defense Policy Bill, Including Provisions for Israel Military Aid
US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to members of the media at the Capitol building, April 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ken …Algemeiner.com
Do we have a good solution for public survaillence cams and Facial Recognition yet?
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Basically laser-clean the sensor out of existence
5 to 50 watts
And blinding everyone around you too!
ai weiwei: surveillance camera blocker
ai weiwei proposes 'surveillance camera blocker' to extend the reach of cans of spraypaint, making it easier to block out security devices.andy butler I designboom (Designboom)
Or just use a red laser, they're even cheaper, if less discrete.
You can 3d print a geared lens barrel for small M12 lens quite easily.
Just map the values to real gear position and bingo's your uncle !
Here is an article about using a pulse laser to blind a camera sensor
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Laser-induced damages to charge coupled devices with combined nanosecond/picosecond short-pulse lasers
The research on laser induced breakdown mechanism of charge coupled devices (CCDs) brings new insights into photoelectric countermeasures. So far combined la...He Cao (Frontiers)
Whole home audio and AES67 in Pipewire
Is anyone using Pipewire's AES67 support? I'm looking to implement some form of whole home audio for an MPD or some other music server. I've played with a combined airplay sink and a couple Sonos speakers, but it's problematic and cuts out intermittently for a split second.
I'm only really able to use wifi at this point though, and don't want to run cables until I buy a house in the next few months. Though I will run some wired tests over coming months before that, and develop a plan. I've also looked into Snapcast, which is probably preferable to a combined Airplay sink.
And that's because I'm wary of planning to use an open source implementation to a very proprietary protocol long term. When I bought some Genelec speakers for my desk earlier this year, I stumbled across their networked speakers that support POE and AES67. I see Pipewire has AES67 support in the RTP sink, but there's not much out there about people trying to use this.
Has anyone around here gotten a chance to play around with it? How does it work? Any pain points?
How trusted is TorGuard?
I left them years ago, but their VPN software has (had?) a critical bug - the killswitch treats "connecting" the same as "connected".
Meaning that if the connection drops for any reason and is not immediately reestablished, you not only lose all protection, but you have a false sense of security.
Wife of Ex-Nepali PM Burned Alive, Gen Z Revolt Engulfs Country: Live Updates
Wife of Ex-Nepali PM Burned Alive, Gen Z Revolt Engulfs Country
Nepal has plunged into disorder and a political crisis amid deadly unrest. Newsweek's live blog is closed.Hannah Parry (Newsweek)
Following U.S. request, Japan won’t recognize Palestinian state
Japan is finalizing plans not to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state for the time being, following the lead of the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, government sources said.The move is believed to stem from concerns that such recognition could negatively affect the situation in the Middle East, as well as Japan’s relationship with the United States, the sources said.
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Reminder: kowtowing to fascists does not make life better. They are nothing but tiny dick bullies and insecure cowards, do not let their loud diarrhea mouths detract from that fact.
Consider them like terrorists, don't negotiate.
Right-wing Korean youth group holds memorial event for Charlie Kirk - The Korea Times
Right-wing South Korean youth group holds memorial event for Charlie Kirk
Local responses over a memorial event held in Seoul for U.S. right-wing figure Charlie Kirk have been mixed. Some welcomed the memorial as an expre...Park Ung (The Korea Times)
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Thousands rally across Slovakia against economic and pro-Russian policies
Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday in a nationwide mass protest against the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.The rallies took place in 16 major cities and towns, including the capital of Bratislava.
They latest wave of protests has been fueled by a trip by Fico to China where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time since the Russian all-out invasion of Ukraine. A package of austerity measures recently approved by the government further angered the protesters.
Thousands rally across Slovakia against economic and pro-Russian policies
Thousands of Slovaks rallied on Tuesday in 16 cities, including in the capital Bratislava, to protest the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.FRANCE 24
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Trump gets royal welcome in UK as he makes historic second state visit
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/48861990
King Charles III will host Trump at Windsor Castle for a lavish banquet and carriage ride on Wednesday, before Trump meets Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his country residence on Thursday.In a sign of the pomp and pageantry to come, a guard of honour greeted the Trumps as they stepped off Air Force One at Stansted Airport near London.
The British government has been unapologetic about its efforts to get on the right side of Trump, whose mother was Scottish and who owns a number of golf courses in the UK.
But the British public will be kept far away from Trump, with the visit taking place entirely behind closed doors and heavy security.
Trump gets royal welcome at Windsor Castle at start of his two-day UK visit
President Donald Trump was greeted by royalty and an honour guard of some 120 horses and 1,300 troops as he arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday in a display designed to impress the grandeur-loving president.FRANCE 24
Number of US nationals applying for international protection in Ireland has more than tripled so far this year
Number of US nationals applying for international protection in Ireland has more than tripled so far this year
While there has been an increase in Americans applying for international protection in Ireland, there has been an overall decrease in applications made in Ireland.IrishCentral.com
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[Solved] [OpenSUSE Tumbleweed] Can't install Nvidia drivers
Yesterday, I did a fresh install of OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my NVidia-powered machine (GeForce GTX 1060 6gb). When installing, I enabled Secure Boot.
By default, the distribution comes with nouveau drivers, and the process of installing official NVidia drivers is outlined here:
en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_dri…
I successfully added openSUSE-repos-Tumbleweed-NVIDIA as per the guide; first oddity is that by default it shipped with openSUSE-repos-MicroOS-NVIDIA, which got uninstalled as a conflicting package, despite this being Tumbleweed. (I later tried to rollback and do these steps with openSUSE-repos-MicroOS-NVIDIA installed instead, to no avail)
Next, as per the guide, I tried to do zypper install-new-recommends. After installation, I rebooted the machine. Upon login, resolution was forced to low.
inxi -G has shown N/A in the driver field.
I've rolled back via snapper rollback, confirmed that nouveau drivers are back in place (resolution was back to normal, inxi -G has shown nouveau), and tried to install nvidia-video-G6 using YaST. It has automatically installed all dependencies as well.
Upon login, I faced the same issue - resolution degradation and N/A in the driver field.
Troubleshooting for this issue has shown that secure boot may not allow these drivers to be launched without importing the respective key, as listed in the same Nvidia drivers article. However, the file that needs to be imported is not at the suggested location (/usr/share/nvidia-pubkeys/); in fact, /usr/share only had nvidia folder, which didn't seem to contain any keys.
As a workaround, I attempted to disable secure boot by entering:mokutil --disable-validation. A menu appeared on reboot, through which I disabled secure boot. Further launches had "launching in insecure mode" notice.mokutil --sb-state output is SecureBoot disabled.
Then, I tried to install the driver again, as described above. Still no luck, and same issue.
So, what else could be the issue and what do I do about it next? Thank you in advance for any replies!
Solution that worked: instead of going for install-new-recommends, install the following package:
nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-meta
It should be available by default, but if not, add the respective repository by using this command:
zypper addrepo https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed/
Thanks to Björn Tantau! The comment with the solution: swg-empire.de/comment/7201260
Update
Bug solved, fix should roll out in a few days:
bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug…
I tried my 1060 with Debian, Ubuntu and Mint. Didn’t get it to run (stable) with the Nvidia drivers. And it will only get worse from here (especially with wayland) because the driver version for these cards is no longer maintained.
If found an article* about arch and Nvidia with a few things I haven’t tried. I’ll give it another try. But I have no hopes on getting it to run stable.
NVIDIA + Wayland on Arch: A Comprehensive Setup Guide
Unlock the secrets to a flawless NVIDIA and Wayland setup on Arch. Follow our step-by-step guide for a hassle-free desktop experience.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Graphite (programmatic 2D art/design suite built in Rust) September update - project's largest release to date
There has been another major update for Graphite.rs
For those who are not yet familiar with Graphite:
Graphite is a free, open-source editor for vector and raster graphics, currently available in alpha version. Get creative with a fully non-destructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.
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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
Is it "safe" to use an own domain for Mails?
Hey there,
i have a domain (.de-domain, registered with netcup) that i would like to use for my email-provider, but i am hesitant.
Why i am hesitant: I don't want that people might be able to find out my name/adress that is registered with my domain. If some service does not need my personal data, i simply don't want them to be able to access them. It's as simple as that.
I read that a whois-check could reveal my data, but the situation seems more complicated. At least, i couldn't reveal my personal data with a whois-check.
Why i would like to use my own domain: I want to be more independent from my mail-provider.
I am not that tech-savvy, so sorry if this is a silly question. I tried searching, but didn't found anything, probably because keywords like domain bring up lots of different topics.
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Android Launchers with Internet Connection..?
Been on the hunt for a new launcher but am not installing software which I fail to see having to use the net to operate...just like keyboards...another one that has me scratch my head
They shouldn't.
Most include features such as a (subpar) news feed and weather.
These things are nice, but there's no need for a launcher to have them. They can, and should be done by other, dedicated apps. Someone mentioned widgets, but the launcher doesn't talk to the widget's app via Internet... it talks to it via IPC (inter-process communication). Ergo, no Internet permission needed.
Same with keyboards. They give you access to stuff like "ID this song", "get user-created themes" or "better swiping and handwriting recognition", all the while doing god-knows-what with your data.
It's basically a ruse. Give the users something thst needs the Internet permission, even if optional, so you can sensibly request it. Wheb you do, you get the unlimited, impossible-to-control permission (revokable only via ADB), allowing any and all Internet traffic.
As they say, "with power comes responsibility". This is a lot of power. And most apps in the Play Store don't give much confidence in their devs' data responsibility.
You can try looking at Settings to disable Internet access, but YMMV depending on the exact flavour of Android.
Hi, I want to install Linux along side Win 10.
Update: Setting the dual boot was getting messy, so I clean installed Mint. I'll try Windows VM later hoping it wont be too difficoult.
Japan refuses to raise tariffs on China and India over Russian oil trade
Tokyo considers the Russian export project Sakhalin-2, located north of Japan, as a key source of LNG supply to the country. These supplies are not subject to Western sanctions.
Japan refuses to raise tariffs on China and India over Russian oil trade
Japan's Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato did not support the US call to impose higher tariffs on imports from China and India over purchases of Russian oil, Bloomberg reports.RBC-Ukraine
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Trump backs off as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages Korea
Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea
Analysis: Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to themIain Thomson (The Register)
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Honest question: why were highly skilled Korean engineers working "illegally" in USA to begin with? Why didn't they go through the process to get a worker's visa or whatever?
Another honest question: why do we have a scumbag for president? Who the hell voted for him anyway?
why were highly skilled Korean engineers working "illegally" in USA to begin with?
Most of them say they had valid visas or work authorization.
The U.S. has a visa waiver program where people can come into the U.S. without a visa, and have certain rights similar to visa holders. Many of the South Korean workers have taken the position that the visas they had that allowed them to work for 6 months, or the visa waivers they had entitled them to do temporary work for less than 90 days, and that they were within those time windows.
The lawsuits being filed also allege that immigration officials acknowledged that many of the workers did have legal rights to work, but that they were deported anyway.
So no, I don't think it's been shown that the workers did anything illegal. It really sounds like ICE fucked up by following a random tip a little too credulously.
This. All articles I've read that have interviews with the deported people concur that they had work visas or visa waivers. They weren't in the US illegally because businesses that send employees overseas aren't that stupid. ICE targeting them is just the dumbest thing they could do, and treating them as ICE did is currently being investigated in South Korea for human rights violations. Seriously you should read their accounts of their captivity, it's horrific.
I really hope Hyandai and LG tell the US to get stuffed.
You have accidentally blamed the victims. It is common around the world for people to work abroad, and we almost always do what our bosses tell us. Our bosses, of course, understand the laws of the places where we'll be working, and they tell us what papers to fill out for immigration and visa purposes. Every multinational company has several people in HR who are experts on this topic.
So the real question to ask is, "Did their employers try to circumvent the law?" ... I think probably the answer is no, but if you think the answer is yes, then you should immediately ask, "Why didn't ICE arrest the employers, then?"
Also, immigration violations are almost never illegal. They're not crimes; they are civil infractions. Like parking tickets.
US struck another 'Venezuelan drug vessel', killing three: Trump
US struck another 'Venezuelan drug vessel', killing three: Trump
The US president says the strike took place in international waters.TRT World
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Fediverse Report – #134
Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news
- Mastodon shows their quote post implementation, coming next week
- A New Social's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature
At UN, western powers push phantom 'Palestine' recognition to safeguard Israel
Rather than act to end Israel's genocide in Gaza, western leaders rally behind a French-Saudi scheme for fictive statehood that entrenches Israeli supremacy and props up the PA
Polls say that the entire world thinks zionists are shitrags right? and their payments to the UN must not be working anymore. I know these things take time, but I do want to see Netenyahoo, Smotrich and ben gvir pay for their war crimes in the usual manner we deal with genociding war criminals-- after a fair trial of course. And, all the Israelis who supported this regime should each stand trial after. The whole stolen country is full of genocidal criminals. murderers, and land thieves.
By your comment I assume you're a zionist. Might be time for you and yours to start pretending you never supported any of this.
British soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday massacre
British soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday massacre
For the first time, a British soldier has gone on trial for murder over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre.Al Jazeera
How is this possible? 🙂
Subscriber counts don't look right
There seems to be more local subscribers than total subscribers. Not sure if it is a bug. Codeberg.org
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI raceChang Che (The Guardian)
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The leads buried pretty deep:
It was in summer 2020, in the early months of Covid, Zhu says, that he made the decision to leave the US. He cited his disaffection with the direction of the AI community and the hothouse of American politics – both its leftwing brand of campus progressivism and the Trump-era national security crusades. There was also a personal factor. His younger daughter, Zhu Yi, is a figure skater who was recruited in 2018 to compete for China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
In general he seems more angry at the direction silicon valley ai is going rather then how US politics are going. He thinks larger more traditional explainable statistical models are the way forward as opposed to the black box neural networks and transformers that power llms and most other models in this recent wave.
China is giving him hundreds of millions in grants to pursue those theories, whereas silicon valley vcs probably won't give him a dime unless it's got an llm in it and US research grants are drying up in general but especially to Chinese professors.
Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to decide on boycott if Israel participates
Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to say it will boycott event if Israel participates
Head of state broadcaster says it is ‘impossible to look the other way’ over Israel’s actions in GazaSam Jones (The Guardian)
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I think the countries that refuse to compete in the genocide song festival should just get together and organise their own genocide-free song festival.
Disgusting that so many countries haven't protested yet, and even more disgusted at Germany for insisting that Israel should be part of it, but good on the slowly increasing number of countries that are finally taking a stand.
This study critically reviews the existing models and concludes that focused deep heat and gas from below the permafrost may be the key factor allowing the formation of GECs, while atmospheric heating indirectly triggers their formation by accelerating cryogenic process rates and the formation of new lakes and rivers. GECs appear to be associated with faulting in the area and form where sub-lake or sub-river talik structures meet local thinning of the permafrost.
Tensions flare as Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed shoal in South China Sea
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in reply to Spectre • • •Some Christians believe the return of the Jewish people to their land is viewed by some as a sign of the end times, leading to the second coming of Jesus. And yes they want the rapture to happen. There is speculation that is why they so strongly want to defend anything Israel does.
Lindsay Ellis just did a great video on it -
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