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in reply to jankforlife

The DPRK can do nuclear war safely because afterwards they can just use Juche Necromancy on the whole world. So when you see the mushroom clouds just relax. You'll be waking up in Pyongyang soon.

in reply to monovergent

Could you tell me the names of those applications and point me to where I can download each one? Do you have a compiled list?


Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next week


In May, Hegseth ordered that the military cut 20% of its four-star general officers, directed an additional 10% cut from all general and flag officers across the force, and told the National Guard to shed 20% of its top positions.

In February, Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's top officer, and Gen. James Slife, the Air Force's second highest officer, without explanation. He also relieved the military's top lawyers.

Since then, Hegseth has fired other military leaders without saying why. Most recently it was a general who led a military intelligence agency whose initial assessment of U.S. damage to Iranian nuclear sites in American strikes angered President Donald Trump.



RPG: A Repository Planning Graph for Unified and Scalable Codebase Generation


TLDR: the paper introduces the use of a Repository Planning Graph to overcome the planning and consistency problems that have prevented LLMs from generating complete, complex software projects.

The graph allows reliably generating codebases 3.9x larger at 36K lines of code with far more correct pass rate at 69.7% compared to mere 33.9% before. Replacing ambiguous natural language with a structured graph allows the LLM to plan and execute long-horizon tasks reliably and at scale.



Israel’s future in Uefa could come to a head before World Cup qualifiers


Uefa could decide as early as next week whether to suspend Israel from its competitions, with the governing body facing growing pressure from inside and outside the game.

Reports on Thursday, initially in the Times, suggested a vote that would determine Israel’s participation in World Cup qualifying and that of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League could be held by Uefa’s executive committee before the international break begins on 6 October.



Proper way to setup fstab and crypttab for encrypted /boot partition?


When I moved to Coreboot, I also elected to encrypt my /boot partition, which is decrypted by the GRUB payload of Coreboot. I mostly worked on this by trial-and-error, which resulted in the workflow:

  1. GRUB unlocks /boot
  2. Keyfile in /boot opens /
  3. Partition for /boot is listed in /etc/crypttab, with another keyfile to unlock /boot again from within Linux
  4. /boot is mounted via /etc/fstab

Steps 3 and 4 always seemed inelegant to me, but after doing systemd-analyze, I realized how much those steps consume when booting (9 sec).

My questions:

  • After GRUB unlocks /boot and boots into Linux proper, is there any way to access /boot without unlocking again?
  • Are the keys discarded when initramfs hands off to the main Linux system?
  • If GRUB supports encrypted /boot, was there a 'correct' way to set it up?
  • Or am I left with mounting /boot manually for kernel updates if I want to avoid steps 3 and 4?
in reply to monovergent

After GRUB unlocks /boot and boots into Linux proper, is there any way to access /boot without unlocking again?


No. The "unlocking" of an encrypted partition is nothing more than setting up decryption. GRUB performs this for itself, loads the files it needs, and then runs the kernel. Since GRUB is not Linux, the decryption process is implemented differently, and there is no way to "hand over" the "unlocked" partition.

Are the keys discarded when initramfs hands off to the main Linux system?


As the fs in initramfs suggests, it is a separate filesystem, loaded in ram when initializing the system. This might contain key files, which can be used by the kernel to decrypt partitions during boot. After booting (pivoting root), the keyfiles are unloaded, like the rest of initramfs (afaik, though I can't directly find a source on this rn). (Simplified explanation) The actual keys are actively used by the kernel for decryption, and are not unloaded or "discarded", these are kept in memory.

If GRUB supports encrypted /boot, was there a 'correct' way to set it up?


Besides where you source your rootfs key from (in your case a file in /boot), the process you described is effectively how encrypted /boot setups work with GRUB.

Encryption is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. If you want to encrypt your drive solely so a stolen laptop doesn't leak any data, the setup you have is perfectly acceptable (though for that, encrypted /boot is not necessary). For other threat models, having your rootfs key (presumably LUKS2) inside your encrypted /boot could significantly decrease security, as GRUB (afaik) only supports LUKS1.

Or am I left with mounting /boot manually for kernel updates if I want to avoid steps 3 and 4?


Yes, although you could create a hook for your package manager to mount /boot on kernel or initramfs regeneration. Generally, this is less reliable than automounting on startup, as that ensures any change to /boot is always made to the boot partition, not accidentally to a directory om your rootfs, even outside the package manager.


If you require it, there are "more secure" ways of booting than GRUB with encrypted /boot, like UKIs with secure boot (custom keys). If you only want to ensure a stolen laptop doesn't leak data, encrypted /boot is a hassle not worth setting up (besides the learning process itself).

in reply to deadcade

Thanks for the explanation. And you're right - it's was a nice learning exercise and a "satisfying" stopgap while I figure out how to compile either Libreboot, which has a variant of GRUB patched with proper LUKS2 and Argon2 support, or TianoCore, which is rather involved and scantily documented for the old X230 hardware.


Migrant Detainees Shot in Attack at Dallas ICE Facility




Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - Atto 10, l'incontro con la Luna


Anche il capitolo 10 del manga di Sailor Moon, come inevitabilmente sospettavo, offre degli spunti di riflessione interessanti, anche se questo è...

stuff.octt.eu.org/2025/09/pret…



Tosse persistente? Sicuro che hai bisogno di una medicina?


Senza nulla togliere ai farmaci, se vogliamo diminuirne l'uso, se ne prendiamo troppi e non vogliamo aggiungerne altri, due sostanze naturali, piacevoli, buone e, anzi, irresistibili potrebbero aiutarti moltissimo. Provare per credere


in reply to petsoi

Hmmm, one of the 7 main changes appears to a desktop wallpaper
in reply to Damage

If you are going to float Wayland only GNOME and a major change to RPM, limiting your other changes is not a bad thing.
in reply to LeFantome

Eh, it's only for Workstation, where it's more than well-tested


Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals


Time for everyone to take the Trump loyalty pledge that supercedes the Constitution. Those who don't kneel will be replaced ASAP.

archive.is/i3G1r




Let It Begin — The Real Fights Are Finally Coming Into View




Adding/removing "pinned statuses" to an actor


Mastodon has a concept called "featured statuses", which is a special collection attached to a Person actor. [url=https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#featured]https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#featured[/url] It wasn't readily k

Mastodon has a concept called "featured statuses", which is a special collection attached to a Person actor.

docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/act…

It wasn't readily know how this collection is updated and federated (not without code achaeology), but claire@social.sitedethib.com recently shared some additional info :smiley:

  • The actor itself will issue an Add activity targeting the collection with the status in object.
  • This activity is sent to all followers of the actor.
  • No activity is sent if the actor has no remote followers.
  • A Remove is sent when a pinned post is unpinned.

This is what the Add looks like:

{
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Add",
    "actor": "https://example.org/users/testUser",
    "target": "https://example.org/users/testUser/collections/featured",
    "object": "https://example.org/users/testUser/statuses/115266412340579560"
}

The corresponding Remove is identical except for type, which is of course, Remove.

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If AI Was Really Used to Censor ‘Together’ in China, It Represents a Potentially Terrifying Future


But people in China certainly seem to think this is an example of AI. China Digital Times reports that it wasn’t just the same-sex image that was altered, but the distributor did also cut out some straight sex scenes from the film... As one user implies, the AI is a more sophisticated and “terrifying” form of censorship because smart viewers have figured out ways to get around obvious censorship or can tell the difference, but that’s much harder with AI. Here’s a smattering of some of the comments, sarcasm implied on the last one:

...in the future, we won’t even be able to tell if we’re watching the original film or not.

...This is nauseating because it not only interferes with the integrity of the plot, it disrespects the sexual orientation of the actors....

...Awesome! Next, let’s use one-click AI to re-release “Brokeback Mountain,” “God’s Own Country,” “Lan Yu,” and “Happy Together” as “restored” hetero romances...



Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians


Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal.

Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said.

The decision to cut off Unit 8200’s ability to use some of its technology results directly from an investigation published by the Guardian last month. It revealed how Azure was being used to store and process the trove of Palestinian communications in a mass surveillance programme.



Oklahoma Threatens Public Schools' Accreditation Unless They Set Up Turning Point USA Chapters | Common Dreams


Ryan Walters, the state’s superintendent of public instruction, released a video address on Tuesday saying that “every Oklahoma high school will have a Turning Point USA chapter.”

“For far too long we have seen radical leftists with the teachers unions dominate classrooms and push woke indoctrination on our kids,” Walters said in the video posted to social media.

The state-mandated chapters of “Club America,” Turning Point’s high school program, will ensure students “understand American greatness” while enabling them to “engage in civic dialogue and have that open discussion,” said Walters.



Sarkozy condannato a 5 anni per il caso dei fondi libici: “Dormirò in carcere, ma a testa alta”


Un terremoto politico-giudiziario scuote la Francia: Nicolas Sarkozy, ex presidente della Repubblica, è stato condannato a cinque anni di reclusione per associazione a delinquere nell’ambito del processo sui presunti finanziamenti libici alla campagna elettorale del 2007.
Si tratta di una sentenza senza precedenti nella storia della Quinta Repubblica, che pone per la prima volta un ex capo di Stato francese a rischio di una lunga detenzione.

LEGGI L'ARTICOLO: Sarkozy condannato a 5 anni per il caso dei fondi libici: “Dormirò in carcere, ma a testa alta”



A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain


Two major law firms accused the National Shooting Sports Foundation this week of violating the privacy rights of millions of gun owners by running a decades-long program that sent their information to political operatives without consent.

The allegations in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court by Keller Rohrback of Seattle and Motley Rice of Connecticut closely mirror the findings of a ProPublica investigation that detailed the secret program operated by the gun industry’s largest trade group.

The 24-page complaint asks the court for approval of class-action status and requests financial damages against the NSSF, claiming the gun industry lobbyist enriched itself by exploiting valuable gun buyer information for political gain. It features the accounts of two gun owners, Daniel Cocanour and Dale Rimkus, both of whom assert they purchased rifles, pistols and handguns from the 1990s through the mid-2010s.


in reply to chrisbit

Were they residential IP addresses? I had this a couple weeks back. But it wasn't just Brazil, constant hits from Argentina and few other countries. Tried different things but they were all unique residential addresses and hard to block, then set up challenge for the whole continent. Finally, it went down.
in reply to 0_o7

Yeah, same story - the few I looked at looked like they were from consumer ISPs. We had ~7m requests from Brazil, ~900k from Argentina, and a little less from Ecuador, Colombia and Russia.


Amazon agrees to pay $2.5bn over claims it tricked Prime customers


Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.9bn) to resolve claims brought by the US government that it tricked millions of people into enrolling as Prime members and made it difficult to cancel.

A total of $1.5bn will go to refunds for customers that were duped into signing up for the service, according to the proposed settlement announced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The deal came just a few days after trial began before a jury in Seattle. It marks a major victory for the FTC, yielding the largest ever civil penalty secured by the agency.

Amazon, which did not admit or deny the allegations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.




Best practises for URL linking in sidebar


Hi,

I moderate/curate a few communities on Piefed.world:

  • !strategy_games@piefed.world
  • !turnbasedstrategy@piefed.world
  • !space_games@piefed.world

I have a sidebar with links to other gaming focused communities.

Currently, the sidebar includes links using the following format:

Text Description - [!]community_name@instance

What would be the best way to make "Text Description" a direct link. I don't want to use the direct/absolute URL links since it would be instance specific. Is there a way to make the "[!]community_name@instance" the URL linked to the Text Description?

I am looking to make the sidebar less verbose. Best option is something that offers transparent compatibility across Lemmy/Piefed/Mbin.

Would I use something like

[Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com)

I believe the format above doesn't work well (I could be wrong I asked about this more than a year ago).

Cheers

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in reply to Agent_Karyo

I am using the 2nd example format you're showing but with the url for my wiki I'm starting on c/PoliticalCartoons and it seems to be working well enough so far.

And, the tags tag was broken. Looks like word clouds were updated! TIL

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in reply to Bonus

The second example works, it's whats in the sidebars of the communities in OP. But this format is needlessly verbose.
in reply to Agent_Karyo

The !strategy_games@piefed.world (no square brackets needed) notation should work on both lemmy and piefed. I am not sure about mbin. Last time I checked, this didn't work, but that was a while ago.

The markdown link notation [text](https://piefed.world/c/strategy_games) won't be instance-agnostic in the same way. I don't believe there is a way to link in an instance-agnostic way while changing the text of the link.

in reply to wjs018

By instance-agnostic, do you just mean it will work on other instances?
in reply to Bonus

By instance-agnostic I mean that users on other instances will be taken to the community on their own instance rather than the home instance. As an example, you, as a piefed.social user, if you clicked on !anime@ani.social, then you are taken to that community, but on piefed.social. If a user on lemmy.world clicked that link, they would be taken to that community on lemmy.world.

Without that notation, if I just made a standard markdown-formatted link:

...then users of other instances would always just be taken to the ani.social instance instead of staying on their own.

in reply to wjs018

Oh, thank you, makes total sense now. I should be using those instance-agnostic links with the ! in front of them instead then. (Hadn't even thought to check how it's behaving on other instances yet.)
in reply to Bonus

And, I just broke the link and can't seem to get it to work again...
in reply to Bonus

Was able to fix but I guess I'm not able to get the ! version to work and so yes, links are not instance-agnostic but direct folks back here to piefed. Just tried it from lemmy.world.
in reply to wjs018

So am I correct in understanding that the notation [Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com) wouldn't work? A markdown URL link that refers not to a URL, but to markdown notation for threadiverse non-absolute links.

I am looking to make link where the text is "Strategy Games" but the link is not a URL, but a non-absolute link that sends you to the community via your own instance.

I am OK with the current format (e.g. used in !strategy_games@piefed.world), but I prefer a cleaner non-absolute link that works in a transparent manner.

in reply to Agent_Karyo

So am I correct in understanding that the notation [Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com) wouldn’t work?


Correct. The markdown syntax of [text](url) doesn't work in a way that keeps people on their own instances. Also, when the part in the () is not a fully qualified url, you can get unpredictable behavior and it might behave differently for different fediverse software. Testing it now, it looks like piefed falls back on assuming it is a pointing to a post(?) but ends up just 404'ing.

It is currently not possible to customize the text of links intended to keep people on their own instances. However, I actually think that the notation you are presenting here makes a lot of sense. It might not be fully compliant with the commonmark markdown spec, but the fediverse breaks that in its own ways plenty of other places. I have done a lot of the work on the piefed markdown_to_html translation, so I might see if this could sneak into a future release. No idea if there would be buy-in from lemmy/mbin though.

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in reply to wjs018

Thank you for the clarification.

I do think it does make sense to support this style outlined in context of the Threadiverse. On top of that, a fallback absolute URL would also be great, albeit this is outside my pay grade. 😀






The Grotesque Legacy of Music as Property (33mins Video)






Basket - Protocollo Biglietto Nominativo - Un abbonamento in due per la Fortitudo.


Con la stagione 2025/2026 è entrato in vigore il famigerato Protocollo, molto contestato dalle frange più calde dei tifosi, sull'obbligo di biglietti nominativi. La motivazione, o scusa per alcuni, è di poter verificare che eventuali soggetti colpiti da Daspo o potenzialmente "problematici" vengano esclusi dal poter accedere alle partite.

Oggi scopro che la Fortitudo Bologna consente di cedere la possibilità di assistere a una partita, a ogni abbonato.
Basta recarsi sul sito della società, scaricare il modulo, riempirlo, stamparlo e poi portarlo con sé, ovviamente con un documento di identità valido.

Tutto bene? Probabilmente sì; tuttavia ci vedo la possibilità di far entrare i soggetti non ben accetti, se i controlli non sono ferrei.
Teniamo conto che gli addetti alla sicurezza non hanno (?) la possibilità di verificare sulla relativa piattaforma, se il sostituto sia soggetto a qualche limitazione all'ingresso, almeno non in tempo reale.

A oggi è l'unico caso di cui sia venuto a conoscenza. Se altre società applicano lo stesso metodo o simili, sarei grato delle segnalazioni.

#UnoBasket #Mastobasket #FediBasket #Basketball #Basket #UnoBasket



Civility Is a Fantasy


After encouraging podcast listeners of the recently deceased Charlie Kirk to become online vigilantes in search of anyone “celebrating” Mr. Kirk’s death, Vice President JD Vance said last week: “We don’t believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility. And there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination.”

Vance was doing what conservatives often do — conjuring up people so his followers have someone specific to foment against. This brand of demagoguery is incredibly dangerous, because when informally deputized vigilantes realize that few real enemies exist, they accept any substitute. They direct their manufactured ire toward innocent people, marginalized groups and, eventually, each other.

Civility is the mode of engagement that is often demanded in political discourse; it is the price of admission to important political conversation, its adherents would have us believe; no civility, no service. But civility — this idea that there is a perfect, polite way to communicate about sociopolitical differences — is a fantasy...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok8.2ekW.yooo9wXkJKQX



disperazione pomeridiana, di stampo rigirante, accidentalmente universitario.


Oggi mi sentivo un po’ vecchia, un po’ marcita, un po’ persa, per quanto assolutamente mai meno magica (anche perché stavolta non ho dimenticato pezzi a casa per uscire, quindi bene)… e perché però? Boh, perché nonostante le nuove cose ci sono comunque sempre soltanto io e me, ed i momenti veramente epici sono limitati, […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


disperazione pomeridiana, di stampo rigirante, accidentalmente universitario.


Oggi mi sentivo un po’ vecchia, un po’ marcita, un po’ persa, per quanto assolutamente mai meno magica (anche perché stavolta non ho dimenticato pezzi a casa per uscire, quindi bene)… e perché però? Boh, perché nonostante le nuove cose ci sono comunque sempre soltanto io e me, ed i momenti veramente epici sono limitati, se non nulli, al di fuori delle benedettissime distrazioni… e perché in appena due giorni di fare avanti e indietro fuori casa, per qualche motivo, due (2) unghie a caso delle mie importanti ditine si sono scassate… una particolarmente. Dovrei ritagliarle e rimettere lo smalto, ma ieri sera mi scordai, e stasera probabilmente i poteri forti troveranno un altro modo per impedirmelo… 🥴

Ma, per una buona volta, ho nel possibile (cioè, nel così piccolo da richiedermi pensiero quasi nullo e solo pochi secondi di tempo) deciso di accettare la disperazione, e… ho cambiato la cover del telefono con questa qui di qualche tempo fa, a portafoglio, che dunque fa molto zia boomer… (Ma davvero eh, di solito non si trova gente sotto i 40 anni con queste, e in genere i telefoni su cui sono applicate sono pure pieni di malware.) Ok, in effetti il collegamento logico è fragile, ma il mio cervello ha deciso così, e così è; prossima volta, a pensarci meglio, prendo l’altra mia cover vecchia, quella viola, che è tutta consumata e scolorita in vari punti, con attaccato un laccetto di fortuna marcio, e forse quella sarebbe più appropriata. Comunque, visto che le distrazioni, alle 2 di pomeriggio, nel mezzo del letterale vuoto orario, non bastavano a farmi stare a posto, oggi sono pure andata alla macchinetta a prelevare la droga, e a quel punto si che sono stata nel mio… nella disperazione, certo, ma pur sempre la mia personalissima e inconfondibile disperazione! 🥰
Schermata del PC Windows come descritta con la fotocamera frontale aperta
Quindi, oggi il mood è questo. Contemporaneamente maledetto, ma a suo modo sacro ed inviolabile. E sono a dire il vero un po’ in dubbio sul se la foto di queste così immacolate vibe scattata non solo con la webcam del PC portatile, ma scattando una schermata del desktop del portatile con la fotocamera aperta, faccia più disperazione o più vecchiaia, ma quello che davvero conta è che è reale. Con Android Studio aperto sotto non per caso, ovviamente, ma perché a queste condizioni così pesanti è davvero meglio abbandonarsi alla sofferenza autoinflitta dello sviluppo Android, piuttosto che lasciarsi tirare in pasto da quel vuoto esistenziale che si nasconde sempre, costantemente, dietro ogni angolo, dentro ogni parete… (Forse anche per questo, dopo essermi piazzata col PC in aula studio, ho in modo parzialmente inconscio fatto la speedrun per andare alla macchinetta più lontana, che quella vicina aveva una fila interminabile, per acquistare il caffè, che oggi ha vinto sulla mia tirchiaggine senza nemmeno una gran lotta? E boh…) 🦴

#mood #pensieri #vibe




Memecoins Are Coming to the Stock Market


For the first time, US residents can now invest in memecoins through traditional brokerages. Trading will only get stranger from here.

https://www.wired.com/story/memecoins-are-coming-to-the-stock-market/

Kami doesn't like this.



In Cisgiordania i coloni stanno cercando di prendersi tutto


#News



Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians


Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military's access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal.

Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military's elite spy agency, had violated the company's terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said.

The decision to cut off Unit 8200's ability to use some of its technology results directly from an investigation published by the Guardian last month. It revealed how Azure was being used to store and process the trove of Palestinian communications in a mass surveillance programme.




Iran calls restrictions on its diplomats attending UNGA session in New York a new low of US animosity


The US has prevented Iranian diplomats from going anywhere beyond the perimeters of UN headquarters and buying anything from the wholesale club stores in New York city, calling the measure a part of its unilateral sanctions regime.


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National strike in Ecuador met with heavy repression


The elimination of the diesel subsidy has sparked multiple protests across the country. President Noboa defends the decision and aims to change the country's entire legal framework.


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