New AI System Uses Wi-Fi to See and Track People Through Walls - The Researchers
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Angry with their governments, the world's young are filling the streets as 'Gen Z' protesters
A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments.
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US | Titan sub imploded due to engineering flaws — NTSB report
The US National Transportation Safety Board found that Titan operator OceanGate did not adequately test the submersible and was unaware that it was damaged.
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Trump hosts White House ballroom fundraiser as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go unpaid during government shutdown
‘For 150 years-plus they’ve wanted to have a ballroom and it never happened because they’ve never had a real estate person,’ Trump said Wednesday night
French Socialist party to fight for wealth tax as it seeks to capitalise on crisis
Party has promised to stand back as weakened prime minister prepares for crucial no-confidence vote
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[Foreignpolicy] Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal
Putin's War Is Breeding Russia's Next Opposition, But It Will Not Be Liberal
Army corruption and mass death are breeding new dissent—deep inside Vladimir Putin’s loyal core.Alexey Kovalev (Foreign Policy)
Something to think about for people in the West who hope for a magical "Deus Ex Machina" type change in russian society.
Lets not forget that Gorbachev, widely perceived in the west as some sort of liberal reformer did not want to end russian occupation of independent countires that were part of the USSR and he supported the annexation of Crimea. Not to mention that the impetus for the end of USSR/Warsaw pact came from countries such as Poland, the Baltic nations and Ukraine, not from russia.
And what of current russians liberals? Reading Vladimir Kara-Murza's latest article in Washington Post would make you think that the issue is putin and not russian society:
Putin’s anxiety is understandable. The Kremlin knows that public opposition to the Ukraine war is much greater than what its propaganda would admit.
And yet Kara-Murza, the darling of the west, also said the following (in an address for the French senate no less):
There is another reason why the Russian Defense Ministry recruits so many members of ethnic minorities [to fight in the war against Ukraine]: as it turns out, because it is psychologically really difficult for [ethnic] Russians to kill Ukrainians. Because we are one people. We are very close peoples, as everybody knows. We have nearly the same language, the same religion, and centuries of history in common. But if it’s someone from another culture, allegedly it’s easier [for them to kill Ukrainians]. I hadn’t really thought about it before. I thought the reasons were primarily economic. But after what [a colleague who spoke about the Buryats] said, I started thinking about it too.
And this is a Western educated russian "liberal". Can you imagine what goes through the head of the vast majority of russians?
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Buryats Find It Easier to Kill Ukrainians
Julia Khazagaeva takes issue with Vladimir Kara-Murza's claim that Russia's ethnic minorities find it easier to kill Ukrainians than ethnic Russians do.The Russian Reader
Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors
Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza
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NYC mayoral candidates set to face off in 1st debate of general election. Here's what to watch for.
NYC mayoral candidates set to face off in 1st debate of general election. Here's what to watch for.
NYC mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off Thursday in their first debate of the general election.Renee Anderson (CBS New York)
Hi everyone, I spent the last 3 hours troubleshooting why my monitor kept blacking out only to discover I'd plugged the HDMI cable into the motherboard instead of the GPU
I discovered this when I finally got desperate enough to try reseating the GPU, went to unplug the HDMI cable from it, and realized that the HDMI cable was in fact not plugged into the GPU
Anyway, I'm loving my new prebuilt PC
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Johnson & Johnson baby powder: Thousands sue company alleging it hid talcum powder cancer risks
Johnson & Johnson baby powder: Thousands sue company alleging it hid talcum powder cancer risks
The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, seen by the BBC.Chloe Hayward (BBC News)
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J&J really pride themselves on being a family friendly company, which makes it extra damaging that they knowingly gave mothers and babies cancer for 50+ years.
As far back as the 50s their scientists showed that asbestos was present in their talc. Back when the story broken I read that some of their internal research even associated talc itself with cancer. In the 70s they lied to regulators, saying they hadn't found any asbestos recently, they had of course. Even after most other companies stopped using actual talc in baby powder, J&J refused to change and insisted it was safe.
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Jeffrey Epstein - Peter Thiel connection
Jeffrey Epstein - Peter Thiel connection
Follow the money behind Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel connection with this relationship mapThe Democracy Labs
AI is the flying car of the mind: Irresistible, impractical
AI is the flying car of the mind: An irresistible idea nobody knows how to land or manage
Column: And which will crash, repeatedly, until users learn how to handle it safelyMark Pesce (The Register)
The third Reich was not in the name of God. The Church had to subjugate under the Nazis. Same with Stalin and the communists. They hated religion and I am pretty sure they committed quite a few atrocities in the USSR, Mao in China, Pol Pot in Cambodia ...
God is a convenient reason for atrocities but far from the only/most prevalent one.
Middle East and the spread of Islam.
Zimbabwe and Ghurukundi (I made a typo here somewhere).
Shaka and Mfecane.
Rwanda and Tutsi.
Just adding a few because you clearly need more thorough education if you can't name one in Africa by Africans.
The problem through the whole history, even between different christian Religions- the war of 30 years between catholic and protestants, 80 years between irish and british people.......
After the industrial revolution it has become worse, because the religion of money has also been added.
Google email shows it ruled Israel’s ads claiming ‘There is food in Gaza’ aren’t misleading
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Trashy Love
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/25018930
**What happens when love itself becomes a form of waste management? **This is a portrait of the failure of distinction between what is wasted and what is “recyclable,” between love as pure gift and love as transaction.
Two armless mannequins kissing in a trashcan, this is not simply “trash art,” no, it is the purest materialization of the contemporary impasse of love under late capitalism.
Let’s begin with the obvious obscenity (yes ive been reading too much zizek): the kiss in the trashcan. It is not just that love here is “trash,” something thrown away — it is that love, when it is genuine, when it gives without expecting return, is structurally trash.
It cannot be recycled, cannot be reinserted into the symbolic economy of exchange. When you love, you lose an arm, because you give without measure. The armless mannequins embody this impossibility of holding, of possessing the Other. Their kiss, confined in a trashcan, is the remainder of a gesture that no longer belongs to the order of usefulness.
Like all true love, it is obscene in its uselessness.
But then — beside it — the recycling bin.
With trash and mannequin legs. The legs are crucial — they are the organs of movement. They are what allows the subject to go somewhere AND to return, to complete an exchange. To “give your legs,” in this sense, is to give only a part of yourself and to expect it to 're-enter circulation'. To give you productive value.The recycling bin is thus the perfect allegory for consumerist love, where love and consumerist products are one and the same, where even intimacy is a system of return: you give in order to receive, you recycle your emotions, hoping they will come back in a purified form just as we expect from our products.
So love has been contaminated by waste — desire itself has become polluted.
Here “authentic giving” and “productive exchange” have disintegratedd. Even our attempts to “recycle love,” to make it sustainable, are revealed as obscene. The leg, detached from the mannequin’s body, is no longer a symbol of movement but a fetishized fragment, a commodity of desire without wholeness.
Thus, the entire scene performs the commodification of the gift. The trashcan kiss — pure, useless love — sits beside its own mirror: a recycling bin that pretends to restore value but only produces dismembered remains.
So in late capitalism, even our trash is asked to be productive, to “come back” as something new. Yet love, real love, cannot be recycled. It must remain a remainder, a waste — the excess that escapes every system.
It is also crucial that they are mannequins because mannequins embody the paradox of the human under capitalism — they are perfect imitations of people, yet utterly empty, subjects reduced to pure form without interiority. Their presence exposes love and desire as already commodified gestures, rehearsed poses of intimacy with no flesh, no vulnerability. When these hollow consumer objects attempt to love — armless, plastic, discarded — the act becomes tragic: even the symbols of consumption try to transcend their function, to feel something real. But precisely because they are mannequins, their kiss is doomed to remain a simulation — a love scene without life, revealing how the machinery of consumer desire has replaced the human capacity to feel with the glossy shell of it.
To love is not to circulate but to cease circulation — to accept loss without return, to dwell in the trashcan. It is there, among the discarded mannequins, that the only authentic intimacy survives.
Can anyone recommend a good HDD/SSD cloner?
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American B-52 bombers in the air near Venezuela
American B-52 bombers in the air near Venezuela
Multiple U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers were observed flying north of Los Roques, Venezuela, on Wednesday afternoon, as tensions between Washington and Caracas continued to build.Lisa West (UK Defence Journal)
Arab states deepened military ties with Israel while denouncing Gaza war, leak reveals
Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels.
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Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela
Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela
The CIA's operations are usually shrouded in secrecy, but Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the spy agency to take unspecified action in Venezuela.Dan De Luce (NBC News)
Crowds chant outlawed anti-Putin songs in rare St Petersburg protest
Crowds chant outlawed anti-Putin songs in rare St Petersburg protest
The crowd joined street musicians to sing “Cooperative Swan Lake,” which was outlawed in May 2025 when a St. Petersburg court labeled it “extremist.”Alex Nichol (LBC)
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In one viral social media video the crowd and street musicians can be seen dancing and singing the banned song “Cooperative Swan Lake.” The song, was originally written by exiled 40-year-old pro-Ukraine rapper Noize MC, a.k.a Ivan Alexeyev.
One thing that russia has over other countries is that you have that seal of approval. If artist is banned as a foreign agent by an arbitrary agency, - not as extremist, that is still done by guys in FSB for real cases, - you can tell they are at least potentially based. That is done to only lib, progressive, antiwar and lefty persons uncompatible with the regime, for some irl protests or content they posted, so you can be 90% sure they are sticking to the truth. There are some problematic or rather idiotic actors, but for artists - almost everyone repressed by that regime deserves praise for not confroming.
Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Peter de Kruijff (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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AFAIK (I'm not a botanist) it's true of many larger trees that they use more oxygen than they produce and emit more CO2 than they consume. It's the biosphere that the large trees support that does a lot of the carbon sinking - mosses, ferns, vines, etc.
As a rule of thumb, the greater the ratio of woody mass to leafy mass the more the ratio tilts away from being a carbon sink, as the whole lifeform has to undergo aerobic respiration but only the leaves participate in photosynthesis.
Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein
A woman who claims she was abused by Epstein alleges the banks were used to send payments for sex-trafficking victims.Al Jazeera
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Massive Piracy Empire Crumbles: 12 Stream-Ripping Sites Shut Down in Vietnam
Massive Piracy Empire Crumbles: 12 Stream-Ripping Sites Shut Down in Vietnam After 620M Annual Visits - Submersible Music
Vietnam's piracy empire collapses as authorities dismantle 12 stream-ripping sites with over 620 million annual visits. The digital underworld trembles as creators reclaim what's rightfully theirs.Editorial Team (Submersible Music)
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Thanks to all the fuckers paying their subscriptions so corporations have more resources to go after free media.
Morons.
Pentagon reporters have now turned in their badges – but plan to keep reporting
Pentagon reporters have now turned in their badges – but plan to keep reporting
Reporters who declined to sign new set of Pentagon rules had to clear out of world’s largest military headquartersJeremy Barr (The Guardian)
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Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap – Flow Battery Research Collective
Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap – Flow Battery Research Collective
Development kit stable with Zn-I chemistry and certified by OSHWA, presentations and articles on FBRC, large-format cell R&D, all-iron electrolyte explorationFlow Battery Research Collective
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy | UN News
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy
Russian drones hit a “clearly marked” UN convoy on Tuesday which was bringing desperately needed aid to a war-torn frontline town in southern Ukraine.UN News
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Cosa succede quando non riesco a scrivere?
Molte delle sere in cui non muoio, mi trovo in una condizione molto precisa, che però a pensarci non mi sono mai presa il tempo di raccontare per bene: ***devo scrivere***...
pokemonica godurianza ancora prima dell’uscita del domani! (impressioni a caldo Leggende Pokémon: Z-A al day -1)
Oggi pomeriggio, davvero a casissimo, perché l’idea mi è salita veramente in un lampo senza preciso motivo, ho deciso di sfruttare i miei privilegi da navigatrice consumata dei sette mari digitali, come in realtà non facevo da un po’… Quindi, sono uscita dalle mie pareti per installare e provare il nuovo giochino Leggende Pokémon: Z-A, […]
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pokemonica godurianza ancora prima dell’uscita del domani! (impressioni a caldo Leggende Pokémon: Z-A al day -1)
Oggi pomeriggio, davvero a casissimo, perché l’idea mi è salita veramente in un lampo senza preciso motivo, ho deciso di sfruttare i miei privilegi da navigatrice consumata dei sette mari digitali, come in realtà non facevo da un po’… Quindi, sono uscita dalle mie pareti per installare e provare il nuovo giochino Leggende Pokémon: Z-A, che ufficialmente esce domani, ma io appunto sono speciale e magica, e quindi ci gioco in anticipo… nonché una blogger, quindi una giornalista semplicemente non riconosciuta, e quindi ecco qui le mie impressioni a caldo! 👌Confesso che il gioco precedente, Leggende Arceus, non l’ho nemmeno mai provato… quindi non so precisamente, a livello di meccaniche, cosa è una novità del nuovo titolo, e cosa invece è una novità della saga, quindi già vista con il precedente, però… questo coso è fighissimo, veramente. Dato ciò, e il fatto che di questo gioco non mi sono spoilerata letteralmente niente — perché, a dire il vero, ho scoperto appena l’altro giorno che sta per uscire… e sul momento non mi sono nemmeno posta alcuna curiosità, perché è da un decennio che Pokémon mi delude, e quindi è da un lustro che lo snobbo — è stata tutta una grossa sospesa… e praticamente solo in positivo, per il momento. 🤯
La storia si svolge (o almeno inizia, poi chissà), a Luminopoli… che per me è una cosa assurda, perché la regione di Kalos fu la regione della fine della mia infanzia, ai tempi, e… non starò qui a spiegare tutto di ciò, per ora. È una Luminopoli che però non riconosco per niente, se non per sommi capi, perché è stata modificata un sacco per adattarla alla struttura di Leggende… però caspita se è goduriosa, perché ora sembra effettivamente una vera città, grande quanto una vera città del suo calibro, interamente navigabile in ogni sua parte… inclusi i fottuti tetti! E ci sono vari elementi con cui interagire, e oggetti da raccogliere… Per dirla in breve, me di 9 anni esploderebbe a vedere a confronto la Luminopoli di X/Y e questa nuova!!! 🔥
Ciò che sul momento mi ha completamente spiazzata — ma che, a pensarci bene, potrei di gran lunga preferire rispetto al classico RPG a turni, che fa fin troppo anni ’90 ma non in senso buono — è la meccanica delle lotte; che inizialmente è stata introdotta da Leggende Arceus ma, per l’appunto, non so se ci sia del nuovo in Leggende Z-A, e quanto. Sia gli scontri con gli allenatori, che gli incontri coi Pokémon selvatici (che, a quanto pare, qui attaccano anche gli umani, non solo i loro Pokémon… spaventoso), sono completamente dinamici, e avvengono lì, nell’ambiente, in tempo reale… e i magari hanno la classica cutscene di inizio e fine (ma dipende in realtà dal tipo di lotta), mentre con i secondi è tutto sempre così fluido che sembra davvero di stare lì in mezzo alle bestie. Servirà comunque tempo per abituarsi a questa roba, per me che ho problemi di skill, ma prende così tanto… 🥰
La città è tecnicamente tutta sbloccata quasi da subito, anche se nella pratica il gioco va avanti a missioni, e il sistema non permette di muoversi liberamente al 100%… non lascia andare troppo fuori dal tracciato stabilito in un dato momento per raggiungere l’obiettivo stabilito. Dà un po’ fastidio che, nonostante ci sia una buona mappa che già da sola dovrebbe permettere a chiunque di capire dove andare senza problemi, se si prova a muoversi troppo fuori dal tracciato non si incontrano solo muri invisibili, ma c’è pure il tizio che, da lontano o attraverso il telefono, richiama per ricordare dove si deve andare… uffa. E, nonostante la natura dinamica e diretta del cuore del gameplay, ci sono a mio parere troppe cutscene da o verso nero anche per semplici dialoghi, e questa cosa per me rompe l’immersione. Meno male che non è open-world, però. 👍
Nonostante i difettucci, il gioco non è “lento” e palloso come invece i classici Pokémon sono stati per me ultimamente, e anzi, ho veramente voglia di continuare a giocarci… caspita! Non mi aspettavo che sarebbe stato particolarmente divertente, e invece in circa 3 ore mi ha fatto addirittura letteralmente luccicare gli occhi. Tra l’altro, all’inizio era partito male anche dal lato software, perché mi sembrava tirasse laggate (giocando ovviamente su Switch 1, in dock), e invece devo dire che poi mi è parso stabile, tranquillo… ovviamente non gira a 60 FPS, ma ormai da Nintendo questo non si può mai più sperare. Non ho visto neanche bug, credo, c’è giusto qualche animazione che mi è sembrata legnosa, ma la goduria non viene intaccata. 🙌
Visto che non c’erano potenziali fonti di disturbo in casa, ho anche fatto una diretta streaming, per le prime 2 ore di gameplay, giusto per non marcire troppo nel giocare… su PeerTube, visto che ho paura che su YouTube Nintendo possa fare la sua classica mossa, dato che ho giocato con un giorno di anticipo; però tutto OK, trasmissione perfetta, grazie ai Devol. Per chi ha visto un pochino, grazie… mentre, per la maggior parte che non ha visto, pazienza! Però, il VOD (diviso in 2 video perché il coso ha deciso così) rimane disponibile, per chi vuole visionare le mie figuracce… peertube.uno/w/tXhxfxmFJ9mJfHB… e peertube.uno/w/sYXTLBSZnZKypcg…. (Forse li caricherò anche su YouTube, dopo l’uscita ufficiale del gioco, boh.) 🧨
Il gioco ha anche una funzione di fotocamera, simile ad Animal Crossing per Switch… ci si può mettere in posa e fare le foto stile turisti, che in effetti è il motivo per cui nella storia si finisce qui a Luminopoli, bello.
#impressioni #Pokémon #Pokemon
Testing two completely different ways of bike commuting - shifter
I would like to read what is the approach of people in this community
I take an hybrid approach: I bring a change, but I keep a pace that make me sweat lightly, so I don't need to take a shower at work. For the same reason I put my stuff in a pannier on the bike rack
Testing two completely different ways of bike commuting
Over the years, the way I've approached bike commuting has evolved so much that I now think there are two totally different approaches. This video offers advice on both of them so you can find the ...Canadian Civil
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Hamas says that IOF’s indiscriminate destruction of Gaza is behind delay in locating captives’ bodies
“As a result of the genocidal war committed by Israel, many hostages were killed with their Palestinian resistance guards, and communications were lost with some of the units responsible for the bodies,” the source told MEE.“The Israeli public should hold Netanyahu, his cabinet, and the Israeli army responsible for the killing of these hostages and the loss of their bodies under the rubble, as more than 10,000 civilian Palestinians [are believed to be under the rubble].”
The source added [that] Hamas’s Qassam Brigades “frequently warned” that the Israeli army’s actions would lead to the deaths of captives, but “Israel did not scale back its attacks”.
“The Qassam units in charge of guarding Israelis, alive and dead, were targeted. The main difficulty [in finding the bodies] is losing contact with the guards, because the Israelis killed them.”
The source said that Hamas was committed to fulfilling its obligation under the agreement to return the remains of all of the captives, and said it was working hard to do so.
He noted that the wording of the agreement required Hamas to return the bodies “as soon as possible” and said Hamas was willing to cooperate with international entities, as agreed in the deal.
“Nothing was hidden,” he said. “[Hamas has] fulfilled its commitment with handing over the living hostages, despite all the bad faith from Israel by changing the list of the Palestinian prisoners to be released, not allowing the top names in the list to be released, and changing the list at the last minute."
“Despite that it (Hamas) fulfilled its commitments and released all alive hostages on time, as well as four dead hostages.”
The source added that Israel’s destruction of Gaza has “really changed the geography of the area”, making it “extremely difficult” to identify locations.
He condemned Israel’s decision to keep the Rafah crossing closed as a “serious infringement of the agreement” that would further hinder rescue and aid efforts.
“We call on the mediators to intervene immediately to resolve this matter,” he said.
Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies
A senior Hamas source has told Middle East Eye that Israel bears responsibility for delays in locating and returning the bodies of captives still missing in Gaza.David Hearst (Middle East Eye)
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The telegram link is censored in France because our universal value is freedom of expression, but Hamas is saying that it gave every body at its disposition, so it respected the initial agreement :
As well as the final one :
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1978210555061301697
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https://x.com/AJABreaking/status/1978678807445078181
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Server migration has been completed
Hi all,
First off, I want to apologize for all the server instability. We long ago outgrew our instance size, but I was unable to afford a larger node on our provider, Vultr. We were maxing out every part of the server whenever any even slightly significant number of users were on the fediverse.
I've finally found the time to migrate us to a new provider, which allows us to step up to a much more powerful configuration. That migration has now been completed. I actually intended to post about the downtime on this community this morning before beginning, but when I went to do so, the server was already down and struggling to come back up. So I went ahead with the migration.
Server before 4cpu/16GB/400GB NVMe
Server after 8cpu/64GB/1Tb NVMe
Please update this thread if you are seeing any issues around any part of the site. This means duplicate threads, things that aren't federating, inability to load profiles, etc.
There is still database tuning that needs to occur, so you should expect some downtime here and there, but otherwise the instance should be much more stable from now on.
During this process I also improved several other aspects of operating the server, so any 'actual' downtime should be accompanied by proper maintenance pages (that hopefully don't get wiped by ansible anymore), so that will also be a good indicator of legitimate maintenance.
Once again, I really apologize for all of the downtime. It's very frustrating to use a server that operates like this, I understand.
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programming.dev (@programming_dev@mastodon.social)
The server is back up and seems to be functioning properly. We have migrated to a new VPS provider and are running on a much larger VDS now. The site should be more stable, run faster, and be more responsive.programming.dev (Mastodon)
BYD: Chinese EV giant sees UK sales soar by 880%
BYD: Chinese EV giant sees UK sales soar by 880%
The Shenzhen-based electric car maker says the UK is now its biggest market outside China.Osmond Chia (BBC News)
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Which Linux distro would you say that fits me best? Do you think the LLM got it right?
distrochooser.de/en/d5ed36c131…
- You want something that just works out of the box.
- Your focus is everyday tasks with some programming.
- You prefer cutting-edge software, but the system itself can be stable.
- You want a graphical installer and easy GUI management.
- You like Cinnamon for a Windows-like UI.
- You’re okay with either pre-installed software or minimal install.
- You don’t mind if the distro itself has a smaller community as long as the parent distro is well-supported.
Distrochooser
The Distrochooser helps you to find the suitable Linux distribution based on your needs!distrochooser.de
Where is the "LLM"? Are you talking about the linked questionnaire? Zero mention of LLM.
github.com/distrochooser/distr…
SMH these grifters will call any super basic program "AI".
GitHub - distrochooser/distrochooser: An orientation guide for Linux newbies
An orientation guide for Linux newbies. Contribute to distrochooser/distrochooser development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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TIL about this Fediverse software database
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Kbin the software has died - technically there is still one small instance in Poland that uses it, but all others have ceased, and the software is no longer being maintained under that name - yet the project lives on in its fork Mbin.
Instances that include the kbin word - e.g. kbin.earth - only retain that now as a legacy.
Sadly I don't think anyone has heard from Ernst, the original developer and admin of kbin.social.
App support finally came to Mbin though, see "Interstellar".
A spiritual successor to Kbin's design philosophy that is very much worth checking out is "PieFed", which I am writing to you now using it 😀. Most apps that work with Lemmy also now work with it (except Thunder support still coming "soon~(TM)~" but available only in the beta version for now, not the Play Store one). PieFed is written in Python rather than the obscure Rust language so its pace of development has been extremely rapid in comparison to Lemmy and it now has a feature set well beyond that of either Lemmy or Mbin. If you want to access both the Threadiverse/Lemmy/Mbin communities/magazines as well as Fediverse/Mastodon-style content, Mbin is still your best bet as it was designed for exactly that, but for Threadiverse stuff it offers numerous advantages. Anyway it is so nice to have choices to pick from!😀
Features - PieFed
Nice things about PieFed: There are two other options for reddit-style federated forums, Lemmy and Kbin (recently forked to Mbin, which shows some promise). Having used them both extensively I came away unsatisfied, for a variety of reasons.PieFed
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I'm a bit worried about Ernest though. Didn't he have a bunch of health issues?
What's a good Google Drive replacement for syncing my Keepass database?
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Others have said it, but SyncThing all the way. Open source, been around for a decade, battle tested, no cloud, full control over everything.
I didn't see this mentioned, but you can also tell KeePass to auto reload the database if the file gets updated elsewhere. Makes it so you can run the same KeePass database on multiple devices with live/realtime updates. I've used this setup instead of vaultwarden/passbolt on several IT teams to keep the important stuff separate from the normal systems. It's not on by default usually, but right in the Basic Settings page under File Management.
I have KeePass+SyncThing on 3 laptops, 2 androids, and a home server. If I add a password to one of my androids while I'm out and about (and I have cell data), next time I sit down at my desk it's already available. Vice versa works, too. If my home server dies, the other devices don't care and keep syncing amongst themselves. I think I've had some version of this setup going since SyncThing released, I can't imagine using anything else.
Do note that since there is no cloud or infrastructure behind it, sync conflicts do happen when a device in the network goes offline for a while. It'll never get rid of files if there's an error syncing, but instead create a second copy with a timestamped filename. If this happens to your password db file, KeePass can then merge the two copies together and sort things out mostly automatically. Over the many years I've been using this, it doesn't happen as often when you're the only person using any of the devices that sync. It can happen a lot when you share the setup with someone else, though.
Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left | Scott Bessent suggests that Treasury is 'compiling lists' of nonprofit advocacy groups
Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of launching a War on Terror-style campaign against progressive…Josh Kovensky (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries
MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries
MIT researchers developed a way to make cells detach from surfaces on demand, using electrochemically generated bubbles.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free
Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free
Thanks to Extended Security Updates, you don't have to make the switch to Windows 11 just yet.Katie Teague (Engadget)
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Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.massgrave.dev
The Enemies Project helps "enemies" discover the human being in each other - Support their Kickstarter
The Enemies Project helps "enemies" discover the human being in each other.In each episode, the Enemies Project documentary pairs two people with fiercely opposing worldviews. Intense conflict, yes. But the Enemies Project is neither gotcha TV nor political debate. The purpose is for "enemies" to find the humanity in the other — because in a warring world, understanding is rebellion.
Episodes are hosted by renowned Peacemaker Larry Rosen.
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They're running a Kickstarter Campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/larry…
Episodes Released So Far:
- Transgender — A transgender woman and a MAGA mom move from outright hostility to deep tenderness
- Abortion — A pro-choice woman and a pro-life man confront the fact that their enemy is deeply, beautifully human.
- A Palestinian and a Jew — A Palestinian American and a Hasidic Jew sit together in the aftermath of October 7, confronting grief, pain, and shared suffering
- Two Jews — A Zionist and an anti-Zionist Jew wrestle with betrayal, loyalty, and the pull of reconciliation within their own community
- Do Kids Need a Dad? A Lesbian and a Fatherhood Purist — A lesbian mom and a man who believes gay people should not have children find respect and warmth
- Dictatorship Under Trump: A Proud Boy and a Progressive — Each fears dictatorship in America, but from opposite sides of the political spectrum
- Dictatorship Under Biden: A Proud Boy and a Progressive — The mirror-image conversation, revealing how fear of tyranny shapes both left and right
Coming Episodes — What You're Enabling:
- Guns — Two Traumatized Women Divided by Ideology
- Immigration — A White MAGA Teen and a Mexican American Dad
- Police Use of Force — A Cop and an Abolitionist
- Falling from Christianity — A Gay Man and a Preacher
- Falling from Islam — A Tech CEO and a Muslim Mama
- Race in the U.S. [participants being interviewed now]
Other Episodes in the works: Russia/Ukraine, India/Pakistan, Falling from Mormonism.
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The Enemies Project helps "enemies" discover the human being in each other. In each episode, the Enemies Project documentary pairs two people with fiercely opposing worldviews. Intense conflict, yes.YouTube
🇰🇵 DPRK animated series, produced by SEK Studio
Squirrel and Hedgehog is one of the DPRK’s longest-running animated shows. Airing from 1977 all the way until 2012, it’s extremely well known within the country
For anyone who wants to watch Squirrel and Hedgehog, I’ve found a link, and it even has English subtitles!
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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
GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back
GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back
The makers of GrapheneOS have confirmed they are partnering with a major Android OEM to bring the OS to Snapdragon-powered flagships.Adamya Sharma (Android Authority)
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in reply to Lunatique • • •I'd be interested to know how well this works if there aren't 3 (!) hotspots in 1 (!) room. If that is a hard requirement for it to work accurately, I don't see many applications for this technology. At least not in its current version.
AlpacaChariot
in reply to rbn • • •I agree although presumably when you add more devices and types of signal you can build a much richer picture without 3 access points.
For example, in my living room I have a cordless landline, Bluetooth soundbar speaker, WiFi access point, a fixed media box that uses WiFi. Presumably you could build a picture from the interference patterns of these different types of device, which are all on similar frequencies (2.4GHz ish).
WalnutLum
in reply to AlpacaChariot • • •Research from a few years ago was able to measure gait (so a person's height and build etc) from the wifi shadow of a single router.
I assume 3 is to get the super accurate placement.
ms.lane
in reply to rbn • • •Three compromised wifi devices.
Three APs in Lab conditions is the start.
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in reply to Lunatique • • •Here’s the original publication for those wanting more implementation details.
The original publication
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in reply to ScoffingLizard • • •The ban needs to be enforced of course and these evil governments and corporations that do this type of stuff need to be replaced and displaced.
Bringing children into the world has nothing to with this because that is a desire or circumstance that supersedes this technology or any illicit action that a government can do.
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in reply to ScoffingLizard • • •this is already what's happening and why things like a genocide are sad yet "not important enough" to voters.
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