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Introducing Proton Sheets


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in reply to gtr

Real-time collaboration is fairly useful, you can have a videocall or meeting while discussing changes to a document and making them together
in reply to Damage

Fair point. We usually do that with screen sharing. But then only one person can edit.



The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders [15:02]





Quantum Rayleigh-Taylor Instability


The Rayleigh-Taylor instability–typically marked by mushroom-shaped plumes–occurs when a dense fluid accelerates into a less dense one. But researchers have now demonstrated the effect at quantum scales, too.

For their experiment, the group used a Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium atoms and made the interface between them by exciting half of the atoms into a spin-up state and half into a spin-down one. With the interface is place, they reversed the magnetic field gradient, inducing a force on the atoms equivalent to the buoyant force seen in conventional Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities. As shown above, the interface first warped, then developed Rayleigh-Taylor mushrooms and eventually became turbulent. (Image and research credit: Y. Geng et al.; via Physics World)

#fluidDynamics #instability #physics #quantumMechanics #RayleighTaylorInstability #science #turbulence



RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung





Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era




Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era




Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era


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Enjoy ProtonMail's premium custom scheduling & custom snoozing for free


Using this userscript I made : git.kaki87.net/KaKi87/userscripts/protonmailWithoutAnnoyances

ProtonMail allows scheduling and snoozing messages for free at preset times, e.g. tomorrow, next Monday, this weekend, etc., and always at 8, but makes people pay to choose a customized date and time.

I had a hunch that this restriction might only be implemented client-side, so I tried modifying the value in DevTools for the first time, and I couldn't believe it : that worked !

So, in order to automate this, I created a userscript that replaces the button press handler for the "custom" option, then lets you input whatever value you need, e.g. (next) Wednesday, (in) 30 minutes, (today at) 8 PM, Thursday at 7 (AM), etc.

Then, it lets the app believe that we're gonna schedule using the tomorrow preset, until it intercepts the request and swaps the time value with the user's choice.

Enjoy !


OC by @KaKi87@jlai.lu

in reply to cm0002

And that’s why you validate serverside, not clientside, kids

But also, sweet little utility!



OASIS approves Open Document Format (ODF) v1.4 Standard, marking 20 years of interoperable document innovation


Members of OASIS Open, the global open source and standards organization, have approved the Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications V1.4 as an OASIS Standard, the organization’s highest level of ratification. ODF V1.4 improves developer documentation, adds new features, and maintains full backward compatibility.

The release of ODF V1.4 coincides with the 20th anniversary of ODF as an OASIS Standard. Over two decades, ODF has served as a vendor-neutral, royalty-free format for office documents, ensuring that files remain readable, editable, and interoperable across platforms. Governments and international organizations, including NATO, the European Commission, and countries across multiple continents, have adopted ODF for document exchange.

“ODF V1.4 is the effort to evolve the ODF format to its newer challenges, adding relevant clarification and additions to the existing ODF V1.3,” said Patrick Durusau, OpenDocument TC co-chair. “We are pushing hard to meet expectations of the Office software industry.”

OpenDocument V1.4 contains enhancements in accessibility, professional document formatting, and advanced functionality across text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Improvements include better support for assistive technologies, enhanced visual design capabilities, and expanded features for data analysis and technical documentation. These updates strengthen OpenDocument’s role as a comprehensive solution for modern workplace productivity and inclusive document creation.

“ODF provides a vendor-neutral foundation for office productivity and collaboration worldwide. With V1.4, the standard continues to evolve, supporting cloud collaboration, richer multimedia, and standardized security,” said Svante Schubert, OpenDocument TC co-chair. “The format will remain reliable across platforms for years to come. Looking ahead, ODF is moving beyond document exchange toward standardized, semantic change-based collaboration — enabling precise, meaningful sharing of interoperable changes across platforms.”



Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs


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If you’re near Rochester, New York, the price for a carton of Target’s Good & Gather eggs is listed as $1.99 on its website. If you’re in Manhattan’s upscale Tribeca neighborhood, that price changes to $2.29. It’s unclear why the prices differ, but a new notice on Target’s website offers a potential hint: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

A recently enacted New York State law requires businesses that algorithmically set prices using customers’ personal data to disclose that. According to the law, personal data includes any data that can be “linked or reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a specific consumer or device.” The law doesn’t require businesses to explicitly state what information about a person or device is being used or how each piece of information affects the final price a customer sees. The law includes a carve-out for the use of location data strictly to calculate cab or rideshare fares based on mileage and trip duration but not for other purposes.

The law also requires that the disclosure is “clear and conspicuous.” Target’s disclosure is not the easiest to find–a customer would have to know to click the “i” icon next to the price of an item, then scroll to the bottom of the pop-up. In the past, the courts have held that it’s not always reasonable to assume that a customer will click on “more information” links when it’s not required.

https://www.wired.com/story/algorithmic-pricing-eggs-ny-law/


in reply to KyuubiNoKitsune

Can we put these people under a giant glass dome and seal them off from the rest of humanity?


Balcony Solar is coming to the USA, sort of


Utah passed a law allowing balcony solar, which is already extremely popular in Germany. Over 30 states are working on bills to do the same, and once there are 5 states, the market is expected to entice competition. The technology of plug in solar has already proven to be perfectly safe at wattages as low as 800 watts per household, and the 1200 watt limit in Utah appears to be just as safe and diminimus.


If Cars Are Too Expensive, Just Pump More Gas. What?


The net benefit is put at just $24 billion or, using households as a proxy for families, a princely $181 per household spread over five years. The $925 figure, meanwhile, equates to less than 2% of today’s average vehicle price. Even assuming it were actually realized, at $3 per gallon it would be eaten up by extra gasoline costs within three years.

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In the real world, relaxing mileage standards, along with the earlier removal of penalties for missing them, will spur Detroit to sell more of the higher margin, lower fuel-economy, trucks and SUVs at the core of its business model, as opposed to shifting production toward smaller, cheaper models.


The fuel economy standard being repealed is one that's incredibly beneficial to consumers — it both encourages the production of less expensive vehicles, and saves on fuel costs.



FBI arrests suspect in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case: MS NOW




Admiral saw alleged drug boat strike survivors as legitimate targets, defense official says


Adm. Frank M. Bradley saw the two survivors of the first strike on an alleged drug boat as legitimate military targets based on the rules for the operation, a defense official said.


Millions of Republicans on Obamacare want enhanced subsidies extended. Most Hill Republicans don’t


GOP lawmakers are deeply divided over whether to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, but millions of Republicans enrolled in Obamacare plans have a clear message for them — don’t let the beefed-up subsidies lapse.

Some 72% of Republican enrollees — and the same share of MAGA supporters with Obamacare coverage — favor extending the more generous assistance, which is set to lapse at year’s end, according to a new poll from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. The same is true of 95% of Democratic enrollees and 84% of independents.

The Senate is expected to vote as early as next week on the fate of ACA, as part of a deal Democrats cut to reopen the government. But Republicans haven’t been able to agree on their own plan to put on the floor, and the White House recently withdrew a proposal to extend the subsidies amid GOP opposition.




GNU/Linux.ch Artikel: Das Fediverse stirbt langsam


[quote]Wir können in den letzten Monaten einen deutlichen Rückgang der aktiven Nutzenden feststellen. Doch was genau sind die Gründe dafür und was können wir dagegen tun?[/quote] Interessanter Artikel. Bin nicht sicher was ich davon halten soll. [url=http
Wir können in den letzten Monaten einen deutlichen Rückgang der aktiven Nutzenden feststellen. Doch was genau sind die Gründe dafür und was können wir dagegen tun?


Interessanter Artikel. Bin nicht sicher was ich davon halten soll. Hier ist die Statistik auf die der Artikel sich bezieht. Meine Instanz sieht auch einen massiven Ausschlag an neuen Nutzern letzten Februar/März aber auch hier im Threadiverse war es eigentlich immer schwer neue Nutzer zu halten. Wenn es denn tatsächlich auch echte neue Nutzer waren. Wir haben immer wieder diese Ereignisse mit einem Zustrom von Leuten. Aber ansonsten gehen die Statistiken für Lemmy eigentlich regelmäßig nach unten.

Und ich denke ich beobachte auch einen gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Also vielen Leuten ist das was mir wichtig ist zunehmend unwichtiger?! Oder wir haben resigniert? Aber eigentlich wäre doch im Moment ein guter Zeitpunkt um von den Plattformen die schon lange zunehmend kommerzieller und manipulativer werden zu Alternativen zu wechseln, die von Menschen für Menschen geschaffen werden?





Hegseth et co looking to pass the buck for the murder-spree on Venezuelan civilians


[url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hegseth-admiral-war-crimes-boat-strikes-b2876615.html]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hegseth-admiral-war-crimes-boat-strikes-b2876615.html[/url]
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…


Qualcuno riesce a spiegarmi come mai Trump sorride sotto il mio annunncio?


Questo è il posto originale: feddit.it/post/24389153
Questo è come si vede in mastodon: masto.bg/deck/@mapto@feddit.it…


Cercasi docente universitario a contratto: corso "Comunicazione digitale e social"


È nella Statale di Milano, settore informatica. Il bando scade tra una settimana, il corso si terra nel prossimo semestre.

Questo è il corso: unimi.it/it/corsi/insegnamenti…
e questo il bando: unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-…


in reply to mapto

Certe volte alcune pagine web, soprattutto quelle dinamiche, hanno i tag open graph (quelli che consentono di prestrutturare l'anteprima della pagina) che non sempre acchiappa l'immagine di anteprima, ma magari cattura un'immagine diversa, usata magari come anteprima di un link.
Su Lemmy però questo problema si presenta più frequentemente del solito e spesso non sono riuscito a trovare nelle pagine citate l'immagine sbagliata usata da Lemmy.
Quindi la risposta alla tua domanda è:

No, non riesco a spiegartelo... 😭




in reply to swelter_spark

The developer's website has a detailed FAQ section on that. In short, though Valve doesn't seem to have explained or told the developer what needs to be removed or censored, the developer thinks it's to do with an early pre-release scene where a man brought his teen daughter to the horse farm, where she sat on the shoulders of a naked woman representing one of the farmer's horses, who in the game are used and abused like their real-world equivalents. Though the developer has subsequently replaced the girl with a 20 year old and pixelated the nudity, Valve and Epic still didn't find the game acceptable.



Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets


Swiss company Proton is further expanding its productivity suite. In addition to an email service, calendar, VPN, password manager, and drive, Proton Sheets is now available. It is an alternative to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, an increasingly important advantage as countries take sovereignty more seriously.
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in reply to cassandrafatigue

My go-to online suite, but their spreadsheets, documents, and presentations have some big limitations as they use embedded OnlyOffice.



Chinese startup debuts humanoid robot capable of realistic combat moves - Global Times


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Cercasi docente universitario a contratto: corso "Comunicazione digitale e social"


È nella Statale di Milano, settore informatica. Il bando scade tra una settimana, il corso si terra nel prossimo semestre.

Questo è il corso: unimi.it/it/corsi/insegnamenti…
e questo il bando: unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-…

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Senado Federal - Programa e-Cidadania - Consulta Pública


cross-posted from: lemmy.eco.br/post/18801702

ANISTIA É O CARALHO!

Consulta pública
PL 2987/2024

Concede anistia a todos que, em razão das manifestações ocorridas em Brasília, na Praça dos Três Poderes, no dia 8 de janeiro de 2023, tenham sido ou venham a ser acusados ou condenados pelos crimes definidos nos arts. 359-L e 359-M do Decreto-Lei nº 2.848, de 7 de dezembro de 1940 – Código Penal.



Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 7th December 2025 - awful.systems


Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(December's finally arrived, and the run-up to Christmas has begun. Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)


Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 30th November 2025 - awful.systems


Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)



in reply to favoredponcho

It's a small form factor PC, pre-installed with Linux and steam. Period.

Can you build something more powerful cheaper? Probably

Can you build something more powerful with the same form factor for cheaper? Maybe, probably not... We don't know.

All of those are beside the point.

They sell millions of desktop PCs pre-installed with windows, they often make terrible hardware choices, and don't even have a small form factor, if they do they have the computing power of a laptop. All of this at an unreasonable prices. At the very least the steam machine will be better value than those. Anyone who would consider one of those PCs, might consider a steam machine instead.










How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs


In democracies, major policy decisions typically require some form of majority or consensus, so elites must secure mass support to govern. Historically, elites could shape support only through limited instruments like schooling and mass media; advances in AI-driven persuasion sharply reduce the cost and increase the precision of shaping public opinion, making the distribution of preferences itself an object of deliberate design. We develop a dynamic model in which elites choose how much to reshape the distribution of policy preferences, subject to persuasion costs and a majority rule constraint. With a single elite, any optimal intervention tends to push society toward more polarized opinion profiles - a polarization pull'' - and improvements in persuasion technology accelerate this drift. When two opposed elites alternate in power, the same technology also creates incentives to park society insemi-lock'' regions where opinions are more cohesive and harder for a rival to overturn, so advances in persuasion can either heighten or dampen polarization depending on the environment. Taken together, cheaper persuasion technologies recast polarization as a strategic instrument of governance rather than a purely emergent social byproduct, with important implications for democratic stability as AI capabilities advance.


Japanese novels?


Struggling to find a particular book. I was going to buy it on Rakuten Kobo, but they literally won't sell it if you're not in Japan.
in reply to Engywook

Pretty sure the store requires that you provide a Japanese phone number. That's where it was complaining for me.
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Russia bans Roblox over child safety fears