Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
Trump official plots “impossible” deal moving Taiwan’s chip supply chain into US.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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How McKinsey and Climate Change Wrecked Insurance
A secret report shows that Florida underwriters were banking massive profits while stiffing customers. Welcome to insurance in the era of climate collapse.
Archived copies of the article:
* archive.today
* ghostarchive.org
Mystery fleet of US Air Force tankers crossing Atlantic stirs war fear
Mystery fleet of US Air Force tankers crossing Atlantic stirs echoes of Iran strike ahead of secret military meeting
As President Trump prepares to meet generals and admirals at a shadowy meeting tomorrow, verified X accounts are reporting deployment of US air tankers to Europe, citing flight tracking data.Elina Shirazi (Daily Mail)
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Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review
Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News
Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an investigation and remedies.Inside Climate News
Octopuses Invade the English Coast, ‘Eating Anything in Their Path’ | The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer.
According to Steve Simpson, a professor of marine biology at the University of Bristol, “climate change is a likely driver” of the population boom. “We are right on the northern limit of the octopus species range, but our waters are getting warmer, so our little island of Great Britain is becoming increasingly favorable for octopus populations,” he said.
Plural of Octopus: Octopi vs. Octopuses vs. Octopodes
Which is correct? We'll get into it.Editors of Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster)
Fry's Electronics Linux PC from 2005 - GQ3131 with Linspire
i used to have one of these and it was the first time i went with linux fulltime.
i was an employee of fry's electronics so i got a discount with it as well. lol
EDIT: mine didn't come with speakers, but that keyboard made me feel nostalgic. and speaking of penny pinching: fry's never updated their sales/inventory system past msdos 6.22
Public and Planet to 'Pay the Price' as Trump Props Up Coal With $625 Million Bailout
Trump's Department of Energy announced it is investing $625 million in the coal industry, sparking backlash from climate advocates.
Public and Planet to 'Pay the Price' as Trump Props Up Coal With $625 Million Bailout
One campaigner called it "nothing more than a wealth transfer from the American people to Trump's billionaire friends sitting atop a failing industry."jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
Ex-Republican South Carolina House member admits to distributing hundreds of child sex abuse videos
Former Republican South Carolina Rep. RJ May has admitted in court to sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused across the country via social media
Imgur is now geoblocking the UK
This includes the ability to see images embedded into other sites.
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I have no idea, but it was one of a few forums that reported it first before news sites even were aware of it. I posted follow-up here lemmy.zip/post/49951704
Imgur blocks UK users after regulator threatens fine over child data use
Imgur is one of the world's largest image-sharing communities, originally created in 2009 by Alan Schaaf as a gift to Reddit users. The service grew into a massive platform, boasting over 60 billion memes, GIFs, and images viewed by its 150 million monthly users. Now, it has pulled out of the UK following a warning of potential fines from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Users in the region trying to access the site are met with the error message: Content not available in your region.
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Despite bomb threats, war fears, and disinformation, Moldovans still show up to reject Russia
In a country haunted by Soviet memory and threatened by Russian influence, ordinary voters chose the path toward Europe.
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Despite bomb threats, war fears, and disinformation, Moldovans still show up to reject Russia
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — Moldova's ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has secured just over 50% of the vote, or 55 out of 101 parliament seats, keeping the country on a European path.Paula Erizanu (The Kyiv Independent)
China sentences former agricultural minister to death
China sentences former agricultural minister to death
China's former minister for agriculture has been sentenced to death on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said.RTÉ News (RTÉ)
Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner purchase kernel-level root access to your computer via purchase of Electronics Arts and their kernel anti-cheat
The updated rootkit will be uploaded and installed to your computer kernel automatically upon closure of the deal.
::: spoiler I posted this to /c/news where it was promptly removed of course
For good reasons of course
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It's not hard to see why the post was deleted on the other comm, the mods there take editorializing very seriously, you especially crossed that line with the FUD headline and post.
The updated rootkit will be uploaded and installed to your computer kernel automatically upon closure of the deal.
This isn't in defense of EA, and I'm aware of their anti-cheats and many like it having kernel-level access, but how do you know this? Where is this coming from? How will it be magically installed once the deal is closed? When will it be installed? Who's to say it hasn't been "installed" already, years long before any of this deal thing came up? Would you have come up with that conclusion if Saudi Arabia's PIF wasn't part of the deal/mentioned in the article? Does this apply to every single EA game from their catalogue (IIRC some games aren't locked-in to the Origin client)?
If these questions are difficult to answer, then there's your problem.
How will it be installed once the deal closes?
Assuming default settings, the EA App runs a background service with elevated privileges (often as TrustedInstaller on Windows), and automatic updates are enabled by default. That means:
- No user action is required for software updates, including those that install kernel-mode drivers.
- Kernel-level components can be silently updated or extended through routine game patches or EA App updates.
- Any newly introduced or modified driver (e.g., an anti-cheat update) would be signed by EA, but users are not alerted to the depth of the update unless they manually inspect it, which is virtually impossible given the encrypted/proprietary nature of the codebase.
So, once the acquisition closes, any architectural changes to anti-cheat or telemetry mechanisms can be deployed silently as part of routine patching cycles. This does not require a new game release or user intervention.
Has it already been installed?
This is a fair assumption under standard security threat modeling practices.
- EA has already shipped kernel-level drivers (e.g., EAAntiCheat.sys) since 2023, and these are typically installed alongside online multiplayer titles such as EA Sports FC and Battlefield 2042.
- These drivers run with the highest system-level privileges, and the EA App has full access to update them.
- The compiled binaries are not open-source, not auditable, and may include encrypted segments or obfuscated logic, meaning users and third parties have no reliable way to verify what the software is actually doing.
Security best practices assume that any installed kernel-level driver is capable of full system access, including:
- Reading any file or memory region
- Installing persistence mechanisms
- Monitoring user input
- Communicating externally, including via encrypted channels
So yes, if you’ve installed a modern EA game, the capability is already there. The only real change under a new ownership model is intent.
Could this be a concern if the acquirer wasn’t Saudi Arabia’s PIF?
The kernel-level threat model doesn’t change based on ownership, the capabilities remain the same. But the motivations and likely use cases absolutely do.
It is a factual and well-documented reality that Saudi Arabia is:
- An authoritarian regime with little tolerance for dissent
- Known for surveillance and digital repression (including use of spyware such as Pegasus)
- Responsible for state violence, including the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
- Building a significant intelligence and cyber operations apparatus under the guise of technological investment
In that context, PIF’s ownership of a widely installed, privileged software platform, with millions of endpoints and baked-in telemetry infrastructure, is not just theoretical risk, it’s an active national security concern.
It’s reasonable to assume that whatever institutional restraint EA may have had about using anti-cheat for more than gameplay integrity may now be loosened, or removed entirely.
Does this apply to all EA games? Is it properly disclosed?
EA claims that kernel-level anti-cheat is used "selectively", primarily in high-profile online multiplayer titles. However:
- There is no centralized or transparent disclosure list showing which games install kernel drivers.
- The EA App and installers do not consistently warn users at install time that a kernel-level driver will be added to their system.
- Detection is only possible after installation, by manually inspecting the installed drivers or using tools like Autoruns, Process Hacker, or Sigcheck.
So while it’s technically true that not all EA games use kernel anti-cheat, the lack of disclosure and difficulty in verifying makes it functionally impossible for the average user to know which games are safe, especially given the bundled update system that can install new software silently at any time.
Games purchased outside the EA App (e.g., on Steam or Epic) often still require the EA launcher to run, meaning kernel drivers can still be deployed through those channels.
It's AI, the tell tale sign is the use of bullet points.
That doesn't give /u/dev_null any credibility but they like to be a good little boy that yaps at clouds, cars and AI.
In this case user /u/Samsuma was unsatisfied with my regular meandering writing style so I reformatted my points into a more semantically coherent package to undermine any possible pedants to come in and complain about misplaced commas and semi-colons and start legislating what the meaning of "is" is.
I'm quite confident the logic here in unassailable, and that's why /u/dev_null didn't have anything to say but complain about the formatting while being unable to address the substance of my comment.
And nobody can "tell" AI text. You can make it adopt any writing style, the only thing people like /u/dev_null have to go on is em dashes, bullet points and "purple" turn of phrases, which, if I'd really care to get these synthophobes off the scent, I would have, but I was more concerned about giving /u/Samsuma the tightest response I could without spending too long on it.
Because of people /u/dev_null just prowling the internet, I do recommend any AI user simply not disclose AI use, gaslight synthophobes into thinking AI text is not AI, inserting em dashes and bullet points into non-AI text and generally being hostile to people like that because they're really insufferable.
The reason I'm telling you all this is so that /u/dev_null knows they can duck off and the more they try to bully me the more undetectable I'm going to make it, there's really not going to be any winner for anyone trying to antagonize me.
Personally, I would've preferred you responded with xenophobic slurs targeted at Arabs like me than with whatever LLM answer this is supposed to be, but you do you I guess. I would've almost taken you seriously... almost.
So here, let me throw a random ass quote at you:
And so, indeed, is the Orientalist attitude in general [referring to a quote by shitlib Isaiah Berlin]. It shares with magic and with mythology the self-containing, self-reinforcing character of a closed system, in which objects are what they are because they are what they are, for once, for all time, for ontological reasons that no empirical material can either dislodge or alter. The European encounter with the Orient, and specifically with Islam, strengthened this system of representing the Orient and, as has been suggested by Henri Pirenne, turned Islam into the very epitome of an outsider against which the whole of European civilization from the Middle Ages on was founded. The decline of the Roman Empire as a result of the barbarian invasions had the paradoxical effect of incorporating barbarian ways into Roman and Mediterranean culture, Romania; whereas, Pirenne argues, the consequence of the Islamic invasions beginning in the seventh century was to move the center of European culture away from the Mediterranean, which was then an Arab province, and towards the North.
- Edward W. Said, Orientalism (1978)
Giving up things that hurt you shouldn't be hard, when there are far better alternatives to Windows and EA.
df showing a full (99%) ssd, but du only showing a fraction of that? UPDATED
I noticed the root drive of my home server (Debian) is at 99% capacity, which was odd to be because I don't store anything on the root ssd. sudo df -h confirms that 99% of my 256gb drive is full. But sudo du -sh * all added up, only comes to about 30gb.
This is a pc that only runs docker containers and one virtual machine for home assistant. And yes I have restarted, Any ideas as to how to find the missing 200+ gigabytes?
EDIT: sudo ncdu allowed me to find a 72gb [long string of characterless]-json.log file in /var/lib/docker/containers and many 1gb+ files in /var/lib/docker/overlay2. I'm not sure what to do with this information (or what's safe to delete) but I'm getting somewhere.
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Where are you running du -sh *? (I.e. what directory, are you definitely scanning the whole file system?) I'm sure it's obvious, but can never hurt to check!
What does du -sh / show? (Generally, the * glob pattern in the shell will not match hidden dot-files, so is it possible they are being excluded?)
EDIT sudo ncdu allowed me to find a 72gb [long string of characterless]-json.log file in /var/lib/docker/containers and many 1gb+ files in /var/lib/docker/overlay2. I'm not sure what to do with this information (or what's safe to delete) but I'm getting somewhere.
~~sudo du -sh / shows a list of three du: cannot access '/run/user/1000/gvfs' Permission denied and du: cannot access No such file or directory and a few cannot read directory invalid argument and at the end it shows 5.4T / which I assume is my root drive combined with what's in mnt.~~
Linus Torvalds Removes The Bcachefs Code From The Linux Kernel
Linus Torvalds Removes The Bcachefs Code From The Linux Kernel
With Linux 6.17 was the decision by Linus Torvalds to mark Bcachefs as 'externally maintained' and not accept any new Bcachefs code into the mainline kernel but keeping the existing code within the treewww.phoronix.com
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Proposition 50: Authorizes Temporary Changes to Congressional District Maps in Response to Texas’ Partisan Redistricting. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. [NOV 05 2025 | California]
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Proposition 50
Authorizes Temporary Changes to Congressional District Maps in Response to Texas’ Partisan Redistricting. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.ANALYSIS OF MEASURE
BACKGROUND
U.S. Congress
U.S. Congress. The U.S. Congress is the part of the federal government that makes laws. Congress has two parts: the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives (House). Each of the 50 states is represented by 2 senators, with 100 senators in total. The House has 435 members. The number of representatives in the House for each state depends on how many people live in that state. Each member in the House represents an area of the state called a congressional district. California currently has 52 congressional districts. Voters who live in each congressional district elect one member of the House every two years to represent them. The next election for all 435 representatives will be in 2026.U.S. Census Counts States’ Populations Every Ten Years. The number of people living in an area goes up and down over time. Every ten years, the U.S. Census counts the number of people who live in the U.S. The last census was in 2020, and the next census is in 2030. This count is used to determine how many people live in each state and how many representatives in the House each state gets for the next ten years.
Congressional Redistricting
Each State Draws Congressional District Maps Following the U.S. Census. Every ten years, after the U.S. Census is completed, states draw new congressional district maps to reflect their number of House representatives and where people live. This process is called “redistricting.” Each state decides what process to use to draw its new district maps. When drawing new maps, each state must follow federal laws. For example, each congressional district in the state must represent about the same number of people.
States Typically Do Not Redistrict Sooner Than Every Ten Years. States typically only draw congressional district maps every ten years, unless a court orders changes to comply with the law. In August 2025, however, the Texas Legislature passed a bill to adopt new maps for the 2026 elections without a court order. Several other states also are considering changes to their maps before the 2026 elections.
Congressional Redistricting in California. State legislatures draw congressional district maps in most states, but some states use commissions to do this job. Before 2010, the California Legislature drew the state’s congressional district maps. In 2010, California voters gave this job to an independent commission known as the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission). The Commission includes 14 members: 5 Democratic members, 5 Republican members, and 4 members who are not registered with either of those political parties. When the Commission draws new congressional district maps, it must follow federal and state laws. For example, state law requires, among other things, the Commission to avoid splitting up neighborhoods or local communities of interest to the extent possible. State law also prohibits the Commission from considering political parties, current office holders, or people running for office when it draws the maps.
Current California Congressional Districts. The Commission drew the current maps for California’s 52 congressional districts. These maps were based on the 2020 U.S. Census and have been used since the 2022 congressional elections.
PROPOSAL
California’s Congressional District MapsUse Legislatively Drawn Congressional District Maps Until After the Next Census. Proposition 50 replaces California’s current congressional district maps with new, legislatively drawn maps. (The total number of districts would not change.) Proposition 50’s maps must follow federal law, but they are not required to follow the state requirements placed on the Commission. The state would use Proposition 50’s maps for congressional elections starting in 2026. The state would use these maps until the Commission draws new district maps, following the 2030 U.S. Census.
National Congressional Redistricting
Call for Change in Federal Law. Proposition 50 asks the U.S. Congress to change federal law and propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require redistricting be done by “fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide.” Proposition 50 expresses voter support for this idea, but does not change federal law or require any particular action of Congress or the California Legislature.
FISCAL EFFECTS
Minor One-Time Costs to County and State Elections Officials. Counties run elections, and the state oversees them. Because most congressional districts in California would change at least some under the new maps, county and state elections officials would need to update election materials. This would result in one-time costs to counties of up to a few million dollars statewide and one-time costs to the state of roughly $200,000. The state amount is much less than one-tenth of 1 percent (0.1 percent) of the state’s roughly $220 billion General Fund budget. (The General Fund is the account the state uses to pay for most public services, including education, health care, and prisons.)
CURRENT AND PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS
This section shows maps of the current and proposed congressional districts (1) statewide, as shown in Figures 1 and 2; (2) in the northern part of the state, as shown in Figures 3 and 4; and (3) in the southern part of the state, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. A description of the census blocks represented by each district in the proposed maps can be found at the following website: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fac…
Figure 1 - Current Congressional Districts
Notice of Correction. Figure 2 in the analysis of Proposition 50 contained a typographical error. District 27, which is to the right of District 26, was incorrectly labeled as District 22. This typographical error has been corrected.
Figure 2 - Proposed Congressional Districts
Figure 3 - Current Northern Congressional Districts
Figure 4 - Proposed Northern Congressional Districts
Figure 5 - Current Southern Congressional Districts
Figure 6 - Proposed Southern Congressional Districts
YES/NO STATEMENT
A YES vote on this measure means: The state would use new, legislatively drawn congressional district maps starting in 2026. California’s new maps would be used until the California Citizens Redistricting Commission draws new maps following the 2030 U.S. Census.
A NO vote on this measure means: Current congressional district maps drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission) would continue to be used in California until the Commission draws new maps following the 2030 U.S. Census.
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S ESTIMATE OF NET STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL IMPACT
- One-time costs to counties of up to a few million dollars statewide. County costs would be to update election materials to reflect new congressional district maps.
BALLOT LABEL
Fiscal Impact: One-time costs to counties of up to a few million dollars statewide to update election materials to reflect new congressional district maps.^[[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250918004136/https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=50&year=2025]
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- Fixed hyperlink for [1]
Proposition 50 | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State
Official Voter Information Guide, November 4, 2025, California Statewide Special Election.voterguide.sos.ca.gov
Insights from the 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey | FreeBSD Foundation
Insights from the 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey | FreeBSD Foundation
The survey also underscored the importance of growing the next generation of contributors. While experienced developers continue to share deep expertise that keeps FreeBSD strong, it’s equally important to welcome fresh perspectives.FreeBSD Foundation
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California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53
California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 | TechCrunch
SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies.Rebecca Bellan (TechCrunch)
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This is fluff. SB 243 is the real deal, which he already vetoed once.
The governor is also weighing another bill – SB 243 – that passed both the State Assembly and Senate with bipartisan support this month. The bill would regulate AI companion chatbots, requiring operators to implement safety protocols, and hold them legally accountable if their bots fail to meet those standards.
F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project
F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project
F-Droid sees Google’s plans as a threat to FOSS apps.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
[Feed] BSD-related users and communities
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How the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Legitimized Stephen Miller
Miller’s role, The Guardian notes, helps account for the shaky legal justification the administration has provided for the attacks: The Trump administration claims the president was using his authority under Article II of the Constitution, based on the notion that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is a foreign terrorist organization. This recalls Miller’s repeated assertions that TdA is “running Venezuela” in his argument for deporting Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
The revelation about Miller’s role also recalls reports that he mused about bombing unarmed immigrants in boats as an adviser in the first Trump administration.
Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official who resigned in Trump’s first term and became a vocal critic of the president, recounted an exchange between Miller and the then-commandant of the Coast Guard—which Miller vehemently denies—in his book Blowback.
How the Supreme Court Gave Cover to Stephen Miller’s Racist Agenda
The high court basically provided conservatives the template for the war on DEI.Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
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OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system | TechCrunch
OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system | TechCrunch
This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon toward conversational agents with curated recommendati…Rebecca Bellan (TechCrunch)
Are you using a time machibe to access Amazon in the past? Because for me the experience looks more like this:
- I type in "amazon.com" in my browser
- I use the search bar and get a bunch of sponsored results that are not what I was searching for at all and all use the same garbage photoshopped photos
- I scroll through pages upon pages of irrelevant dropshipped garbage offered by companies like JHUVOY, BRILGOVA and other random letters.
- I finally find something that looks like it's not a cheap knockoff
- I add it to my shopping cart and click through offers for Amazon prime and offers for dropshipped garbage that I might want to add to my cart.
- I proceed to payment
Sigh, I really miss the old internet, I truly do...
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Media and Medics Boat to Gaza to Launch Oct 1
NOTE 🚨: this is in addition to the current Global Sumud Flotilla coalition making its way to Gaza
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) will launch a dedicated boat carrying international journalists and medical professionals to Gaza on October 1, 2025
The boat is scheduled to sail by October 1 and plans to join the other FFC and Thousand Madleens to Gaza boats on their journey.
For nearly two years, Israel has denied foreign journalists entry into Gaza, creating one of the most severe press blackouts in recent history… At the same time, Gaza’s health system has been systematically dismantled under Israel’s siege and bombardment.
In response, the FFC is assembling a boat of journalists and healthcare professionals to:
- Provide the international press an opportunity to report directly from Gaza
- Deliver urgently needed medical expertise and solidarity alongside Gaza’s decimated health workforce.
The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency
Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential power and shrink federal bureaucracy. Now he is moving closer to making that vision a reality, threatening to erode checks and balances.
Buon Compleanno LibreOffice
LibreOffice compie 15 anni
LibreOffice celebra il suo quindicesimo anniversario come simbolo di libertà digitale, collaborazione globale e progresso tecnologico.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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Buon Compleanno LibreOffice
LibreOffice compie 15 anni
LibreOffice celebra il suo quindicesimo anniversario come simbolo di libertà digitale, collaborazione globale e progresso tecnologico.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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Thoughts on stremio? And more generally, when should I worry about trackers?
Hi,
I've seen stremio pop up a few times in my feed recently and decided to give a look. It's seems like I could use it with torrentio, but my concern is that the apps comes with a few trackers, amongst which 3 facebook trackers (share, login & analytics).
I don't know much about trackers, how they work, and what I should worry about, so I mostly try to avoid them, but could someone here tell me if I should worry about these facebook trackers (I don't use fb, but since it's pretty much the Devil itself...), and maybe suggest resources on how to get informed on trackers, what they do, and when to worry about it?
Thank you for your help.
Cheers,
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Upgrading video quality for non-English content?
I find myself downloading a lot of movies that are dubbed in latino Spanish. I've checked fmhy torrents, but unfortunately, there just isn't a lot of latino Spanish content available on torrents.
(Yes, there is a lot of Spanish Spanish content... but... meehhh...)
However, I have had better luck with fmhy streaming. It's not the best quality, 720p or 1080p if I'm lucky. But it's better than nothing.
I was recently wondering, how does dubbing actually work? Is there a video difference between English and Spanish movies? Or is there just literally an audio track being swapped out?
Could I take an audio track from a 720p stream and add it to a 4K torrented movie file and expect the audio and video to line up?
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For content from streaming platforms like Netflix, the audio and video lines up most of the time. The dub might be a bit longer at the end, but that doesn't matter; it's only the credits.
For Blu-ray and DVDs, it's a bigger problem. The audio and video lines don't usually line up: different production company logos of different lengths and maybe minor regional differences. You could probably adjust the audio delay in the video player to get a decent experience.
mpv is good video player where it is easily possible to play the video from one file and the audio from another.
You already had some good advices but something I haven't seen mentioned. If you use Kodi (and probably a couple others media player), you could use some sub plugin like open subtitle (forgot other names) to fetch subtitles on the fly when you will play video. It can be hit or miss at first, but subtitles name are like release name (title, quality, release group). So if you often encounter a release group that do your sub language. Try to download video from same release group, so you will have better chance that audio/sub sync properly.
This apart, +1 for private tracker as already mentioned, you may need some searching to find one but worth it.
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But as photos and social media posts surfaced showing Sanford in a camouflage Trump 2020 shirt that read “Make Liberals Cry Again,” and a Trump-Pence sign still visible on his front lawn just months ago, the political implications became harder to ignore.
So far, Republican leaders have said nothing.
GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as ‘Ultra MAGA’ Trump Supporter
As the nation reels from another devastating mass shooting—this time at a Mormon church in suburban Michigan—Republican leaders have remained notably silent following revelations that the gunman was a devoted Trump supporter who once proudly wore the…Staff Writer (The Daily Boulder)
Hungary bans 12 Ukrainian media outlets
Hungary blocked 12 Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said on Sept. 29.
Several Hungarian media outlets were among those temporarily restricted in Ukraine by an order by the State Special Communications Service on Sept. 8
According to Gulyas, Ukraine blocked the Hungarian outlets Origo and Demokrata because they "dared to write critically about the policy of sanctions against Russia, Ukraine's armed support, and portray the EU and NATO as fragmented and ineffective organizations."
Gulyas described the ban on Hungarian outlets in Ukraine as "a completely unjustified attack."
The list of 12 banned Ukrainian media outlets in Hungary includes several popular sources such as Ukrainska Pravda, European Pravda, NV, hromadske and TSN.
"With Ukraine's accession, the EU would only become more fragmented," Gulyas wrote on Facebok.
The news marks the most recent point of tension amid strained relations between Kyiv and Budapest.
Hungary is broadly seen as the most Kremlin-friendly government in the EU and NATO. The country has consistently obstructed aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia throughout the full-scale war.
Ukraine applied for EU membership shortly after Russia launched its war in 2022 and was granted candidate status within months.
As an EU member, Hungary has veto power over further progress.
Last week, reconnaissance drones likely belonging to Hungary had violated Ukraine's airspace along the border, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Budapest rejected the allegations.
Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces recorded drone incursions over border areas and that preliminary assessments suggest the unmanned aircraft were "conducting reconnaissance on the industrial potential of Ukraine's border areas."The Kyiv Independent news desk (The Kyiv Independent)
Quarta Repubblica, documenti inediti sul caso Garlasco: anticipazioni e ospiti del 29 settembre 2025
Nicola Porro torna questa sera, lunedì 29 settembre 2025, con un nuovo appuntamento di Quarta Repubblica, il talk show di approfondimento politico ed economico in onda in prima serata su Rete 4.
Dopo i quotidiani 10 Minuti nel preserale, il giornalista guiderà il dibattito su alcuni dei temi più caldi dell’attualità italiana, tra politica, giustizia e cronaca.
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Quarta Repubblica 29 settembre 2025: anticipazioni e ospiti
Stasera, 29 settembre 2025, torna Quarta Repubblica con Nicola Porro. Ospiti e anticipazioni: nuovi documenti sul caso Garlasco.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
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More than 100,000 federal workers to quit on Tuesday in largest ever mass resignation
Workers preparing to leave the government have described how months of “fear and intimidation” left them feeling like they had no choice but to depart.
“Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they’re scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave,” a longtime employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) told the Guardian. “That’s why I left.”
Trump news at a glance: more than 100,000 federal workers to quit on Tuesday in largest ever mass resignation
Latest departures in Trump administration’s deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline – key US politics stories from Sunday 28 SeptemberGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Giulia Salemi inviata di Pechino Express 2026 insieme a Lillo e Guido Meda
Cambio di squadra per la nuova edizione di Pechino Express 2026, il celebre reality di Sky Original condotto da Costantino Della Gherardesca: a sorpresa, l’influencer e conduttrice Giulia Salemi torna nello show che l’aveva vista concorrente nel 2015, ma questa volta nel ruolo di inviata. Sarà affiancata dal comico Lillo e dal giornalista sportivo Guido Meda.
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Giulia Salemi inviata di Pechino Express 2026 con Lillo e Meda
Giulia Salemi torna a Pechino Express 2026 come inviata insieme a Lillo e Guido Meda. Scopri tutte le novità, le tappe e le anticipazioni.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
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in reply to silence7 • • •That's called a "market failure." Fixing that kind of problem is what government is for, at least when it hasn't been fucking sabotaged and dismantled by those same grifters!
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(which is normal and desirable in capitalist free market systems)
Definition of profiteering
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