US | New York archdiocese seeks $300m to settle claims by clergy abuse survivors
Largest US Catholic archdiocese is raising funds, selling assets and cutting costs to compensate about 1,300 victims
Semiconductor industry enters unprecedented ‘giga cycle’, says report — scale of artificial intelligence is rewriting compute, memory, networking, and storage economics all at once
New industry analysis argues the AI era is reshaping every part of the chip market at once.
Facebook redesign focuses on friends, photos, Marketplace and more
Meta's Facebook redesign elevates Marketplace, refreshes profiles, and aims to win back Gen Z users.
Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts
Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups say
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theregister.…
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Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts
: Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups sayDan Robinson (The Register)
Trekking nella Riserva di Monte Catillo - "Orizzonti Tiburtini"
ESCURSIONE GRATUITA DI NATALE 🎁 🎄 + Cena di Gruppo - SABATO 20 DICEMBRE 2025
Una bellissima giornata nella Riserva Naturale di Monte Catillo, subito fuori il centro storico di Tivoli, a pochi passi da Roma.
Un variegato percorso naturalistico ci condurrà attraverso la macchia mediterranea e i boschi di sughera e cerro.
Lungo il sentiero potrai godere dei caratteristici affacci panoramici dell'area tiburtina: la splendida acropoli di Tivoli, la vasta campagna romana, i Monti Prenestini e Cornicolani (anche il mare se saremo fortunati).
> Ti racconteremo la storia, i miti e le leggende di questo luogo antico ed affascinante, forgiato dal fiume Aniene.
E' una facile escursione, a meno di un'ora dalla capitale, cui seguirà una cena di gruppo per festeggiare insieme la fine della stagione escursionistica!
Prenotazione (obbligatoria) aperta fino a Venerdì 19 Dicembre 2025 ore 15:00
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Escursione nella Riserva di Monte Catillo - GreenTrek.it
Un trekking per ammirare i panorami della Riserva di Monte Catillo. A pochi metri da Tivoli un piccolo scrigno di biodiversità e bellezza.GreenTrek.it
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Reeves claims 'I am a Zionist' while receiving over £200k from Israel lobby
Rachel Reeves has received over £200k from the Zionist lobby over the years - how the fuck is this a functioning democracy?
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Privacy‑centric doom scrolling apps for iOS and android
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Introducing: Devstral 2 and Mistral Vibe CLI. | Mistral AI
Introducing: Devstral 2 and Mistral Vibe CLI.
State-of-the-art, open-source agentic coding models and CLI agent.Mistral AI (mistral.ai)
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We evaluated Devstral 2 against DeepSeek V3.2 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 using human evaluations conducted by an independent annotation provider, with tasks scaffolded through Cline. Devstral 2 shows a clear advantage over DeepSeek V3.2, with a 42.8% win rate versus 28.6% loss rate. However, Claude Sonnet 4.5 remains significantly preferred, indicating a gap with closed-source models persists.
Thank you for being honest about performance
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Australia’s world-first social media ban begins as millions of children and teens lose access to accounts
Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under banJosh Taylor (The Guardian)
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Australia’s world-first social media ban begins as millions of children and teens lose access to accounts
Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under banJosh Taylor (The Guardian)
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Brewed up some tree beer
On Friday I brewed up some tree beer using Leyland Cypress boughs in the strike and sparge water as well as in the mash vessel. OG was ~1.050 and I split the boil to brew up a saison and a pale ale with galaxy and sultana (denali) hops. The saison is fermenting with a wild yeast culture I captured from my neighbor's raw honey and the pale ale has Framgarden kveik. They're both fermenting at 87°F/30.5°C
The Leyland Cypress gives the beer a pleasant evergreen/christmas tree flavor that's a bit citrusy and not too overwhelming. I've brewed with this tree a number of times and thoroughly researched it so I'm fully confident that it is not toxic. I don't measure the amount of tree I put in the beer, basically just put branches into the kettle until it's annoying to try to add another one.
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. These plants are similar looking, but different species completely.
Pine & Needles 75cl
We seek the edges of hop madness. Christmas trees, trucks of fruit and hops we throw into our brews. And it tastes great.Uiltje Brewing Company
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
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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
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We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
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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
Create and upload your own with maximum privacy?
I cannot find information anywhere. Sorry, English is my second language.
I possess a DVD and want to upload this as a torrent so others can download it.
I burn the media to my Linux PC using a media ripper. I use Handbrake to convert the media and small the file size.
I can create a torrent. But how do I insure none of my computer's personal information and identifiers are saved on that file? I dont want me to be found out if someone opens the file and somehow can see I'm the one who created it.
In other hand, how do the pirates create and upload media into torrents while protecting themself from being found out?
Edit: Corrected to Linux PC
I think you worried about metadata mostly. Can maybe infer gpu/os/software from encode pattern, but probably not problem for you.
For image metadata usually called exif data, exiftool on linux work well for me. For video, ffmpeg has ffprobe tool to extract metadata using some option. Ffmpeg also have some option to clear metadata (but not all), complicated a bit to set up right.
If not available for windows, search for alternative. Or graphical wrapper if not like commandline.
First verify you have good method to see metadata, then try what method remove what.
If really paranoid, dump windows (has lot of spyware), use tool like gnu strings to see printable string in binary file might be metadata.
For torrent:
1. See if already exist by someone (public index search, dht search engine)
- Throw out handbrake, always upload original quality. Reencode fine if from raw source material, but no dvd/bluray has raw quality. Or if really want to offer small file, upload both.
- Create torrent with dht/pex enable to allow dht search engine and other peer to find.
- Use no-log vpn or i2p to seed.
More info probably in megathread or wiki.
Edit: 5. over vpn or i2p make account on public index and upload torrent as new post. Or share torrent with friend. Or on other forum.
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Family Demands Return of Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh’s Body
Gaza Herald – A growing campaign is pressing for the return of the body of Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, the renowned Gaza orthopedic surgeon who died under Israeli occupation custody after months of enforced disappearance. His family says the occupation has withheld his body since April 2024, mirroring a broader pattern of thousands of Palestinians who vanished during the ongoing genocide, many remaining outside any official record.
Al-Bursh, head of orthopedics at Al-Shifa and one of Gaza’s most prominent surgeons, was arrested from Al-Awda Hospital and held incommunicado until former detainees revealed he suffered brutal conditions before his death. His family is pushing a public campaign, moving from digital outreach to on-the-ground actions, urging rights groups to pressure the occupation to release his body for a dignified burial.
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I love Wikipedia
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Explore Offline Wikipedia and Educational Content with Kiwix- Kiwix
Your gateway to offline Wikipedia and a vast array of educational content. Access knowledge anytime, anywhere without an internet connection.Kiwix
Joint Force will be available on Steam starting January 1st.
Joint Force is free software, as it is released under the GNU Affero General Public License.
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Israel named 'worst enemy of journalists' by Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has described the Israeli army as “the worst enemy of journalists” in its annual report published on Thursday, with nearly half of all reporter killings worldwide recorded in Gaza.
The French-based organisation said that of the 67 media professionals killed over the past year, 43 percent were killed by Israel, making the Palestinian territories the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.
According to RSF, the Israeli army is the primary perpetrator of journalist deaths, ahead of cartels and organised crime groups (24 percent) and the Russian army (four percent).
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Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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TL;DR:
Price:
"Under $100":
After [the preorder], it will go up to $99.
Battery is not rechargeable:
And what happens when the battery runs out? You just send the ring back to be recycled.
Runtime:
The integrated battery will power the device for 12–14 total hours of recording. The designers estimate that to be roughly two years of usage if you record 10 to 20 short voice notes per day.
- "Roughly two years" = lets say that's 20 months
- 12 hours = 43.200 seconds = 72 seconds/day
- "10-20 short voice notes" = 3.6-7.2 seconds per note
Features:
- Records only while pressing the button
- > The recording is converted to text and fed into a large language model (LLM) that runs locally on your device to take actions. The speech-to-text process and LLM operate in the open source Pebble app, and no data from your notes is sent to the Internet. However, there is an optional online backup service for your recordings.
- > A model small enough to run on your phone has to focus on specific functionality rather than doing everything like a big cloud-based AI
- > * Create or add to notes
> * Set reminder
> * Create alarm
> * Create timer
> * Play/pause/skip music track (via button press) - > also designed to be hacking-friendly. The audio and transcribed text is yours [...] You can route it to a different app via a webhook, and the LLM supports model context protocol (MCP), so you can add new functionality that also runs locally. The AI model will also be released as an open source project.
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- > text
- > text
- > text
Trying to figure out what is up with that formatting.
I got nothin'.
Do you mean that you're trying to reproduce it? 🤔 If so:
- hello
- > * one
> * two
> * three - > world
is
* hello
* > * one
> * two
> * three
* > world(Btw also, you can check if your client has the option to show the source of a comment 😉)
Digital House Arrest – How the EU Wants to Disempower Families
Digital House Arrest – How the EU Wants to Disempower Families
Of all people, it is center-right parties in Brussels that are supporting plans for the mass screening of private messages. The proposal cuts deep into civil liberties.Patrick Breyer
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer "appropriate compensation" to web publishers.Liv McMahon (BBC News)
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Man, this should be the shortest, easiest investigation ever.
Here, let me help. Google does not offer any compensation to the websites they're ripping off with their AI summaries.
While you are at it, consider also investigating bing and duck duck go.
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Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media.Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials’ use of Meta’s Ray-Bans, it wasn’t clear if the officials were using them to record raids because the recording lights were not on in any of the photos seen by 404 Media. In the new material from Charlotte, North Carolina, during the recent wave of immigration enforcement, the recording light is visibly illuminated.
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Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media.Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials’ use of Meta’s Ray-Bans, it wasn’t clear if the officials were using them to record raids because the recording lights were not on in any of the photos seen by 404 Media. In the new material from Charlotte, North Carolina, during the recent wave of immigration enforcement, the recording light is visibly illuminated.
That is significant because CBP says it does not allow employees to use personal recording devices. CBP told 404 Media it does not have an arrangement with Meta, indicating this official was wearing personally-sourced glasses.
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New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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How do you check if food is healthy?
Hey everyone 👋
I’m working solo on a small side project called BiteWise — it helps people understand what’s really in the food they eat 🍎
You can check it out here: bitewiser.carrd.co/
I’d love your feedback! Here’s a quick 2-minute questionnaire if you want to help shape it:
👉 tally.so/r/dWqa6z
Not selling anything yet — just testing if this solves a real problem 🙏
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U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
Thom Tillis also suggested that Canadians should not criticize the lack of a universal public healthcare system in the U.S.Alex Cosh (The Maple)
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As Federal Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point | NOAA delays could mean imprecise forecasts, endangering fishermen, ships, and coastal communities.
As federal funding lags, a critical ocean weather system nears a breaking point
NOAA delays could bring imprecise forecasts, endangering fishermen, ships, and coastal communities.Mother Jones
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The LanguageTool extension will now be paid
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Instantly check grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors with LanguageTool's AI-powered grammar checker. Enhance your writing in over 30 languages with ease.LanguageTool
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German state of Schleswig-Holstein to save €15 million each year by kicking out Microsoft for Open Source, local government says
Schleswig-Holstein [Germany's most Northern state] started its open source journey early, becoming something of a vanguard in Europe's move away from proprietary software [by ditching Microsoft and introducing Linux and LibreOffice].
Now, Dirk Schrödter, the Minister for Digital Transformation of the state, has shared some remarkable numbers (link to article in German language) that prove the financial case for implementing open source for government use cases.
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According to Schrödter's ministry, Schleswig-Holstein will save over €15 million in license costs in 2026. This is money the state previously paid Microsoft for Office 365 and related services.
The savings come from nearly completing the migration to LibreOffice. Outside the tax administration, almost 80% of workplaces in the state government are said to have made the switch.
The remaining 20% of workplaces still depend on Microsoft programs. Technical dependencies in certain specialized applications keep these systems tied to Word or Excel for now. But converting these remaining computers is the end goal.
There is also a one-time €9 million investment set in motion for 2026, which would be used to complete the migration and further develop the open source solutions for the ministry.
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Open Source statt Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein spart Millionen
Schleswig-Holstein muss durch den Wechsel von Microsoft auf Open-Source-Software deutlich weniger Lizenzkosten zahlen. Digitalisierungsminister Schrödter verkündet rund 15 Millionen Euro Ersparnis.Jonas Bickel (Kieler Nachrichten)
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UK unveils AI-driven undersea surveillance network to counter Russian submarine activity
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Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
It marks the second time in less than a week that the 79-year-old president has been caught nodding off during an official event.Erkki Forster (The Daily Beast)
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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How to leave a lot of communities at the same time?
Hi,
I am subscribed to a lot of communities.
I want to leave a lot of them.
Is there a way to easily select all the communities I want to leave?
Now I do it one by one, but this is a lot of work.
I would love to hear how to do this in bulk.
Thanks.
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Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
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Advent Calendar 9
Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs
This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.
© Keith C Marshall, 2015
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How to change screen saturation?
Ubuntu, Gnome, Wayland, nVidia, Intel integrated graphics.
I have a wide-gamut OLED screen. When regular sRGB is mapped to it, it leads to oversaturation. I can use color profiles in color managed applications to get accurate colors, but it's not system-wide and it have no effect on most of the apps.
On Windows 11, I was able to change hue/saturation both in Intel Command Center and in ASUS preinstalled bloatware. On Linux, I've spent a lot of time, built below markdown file and I still have no suitable saturation control. Did I miss something?
If you're using KDE and you have a swappedRedAndGreen.icc color profile preinstalled in your color management settings, can you enable it to check if it affects whole system or only color managed applications (like some of image viewers)? If you have SDR Color Intensity in your KDE Display settings and it works, can you check if CTM is supported by your system (xrandr --properties | grep ctm)?
Gnome Extensions
There are some saturation extensions which work nice for X11 but bad for Wayland+fractional scaling, they degrade performance in any case:
extensions.gnome.org/
github.com/zb3/gnome-saturatio…
nVidia Settings
In some systems nVidia control panel has color settings:
nvidia-settingsShould look like this: askubuntu.com/a/664299 but no such option for me. Maybe switching between Open/Proprietary nvidia drivers will enable color settings? When I switch Primary GPU from Intel to nVidia and reboot, new props appear, but no color props.
ctm doesn't appear in xrandr either. xrandr display id changes to eDP-1-1. Performance and heat issues appear. Mouse lags a little bit.xrandr and xcalib
X11 only.
# You can make white less white, but can't change black in xrandr with gamma/brightness props:
xrandr --output eDP-1 --gamma ('{0}:{0}:{0}' -f 1.9) --brightness 0.5
# This one changes black point!
xcalib -brightness 10 -alter xcalib defaults:
gamma=1.0 brightness=0.0 and contrast=100.0.To reset xcalib use one of these:
- Restart PC;
Alt+F2->xcalib -clear-> Enter;Ctrl+Alt+Deleteand wait for 60s or pressRight, Enter
xrandr BroadcastRGB
# Check Broadcast RGB available values (default: Automatic):
xrandr --props | sls 'Broadcast RGB' -Context 0,1 | select -f 1
\#> Broadcast RGB: Limited 16:235
# supported: Automatic, Full, Limited 16:235
# Change to Limited:
xrandr --output eDP-1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Limited 16:235"
# Black is now less black, white is less white, screen is softer.
# Will reset to default after reboot.libvibrant
X11 only
github.com/libvibrant/libvibra…
unix.stackexchange.com/a/73007…
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libvibrant/libvibrant.git
# sudo apt install cmake
# sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev
# sudo apt install nvidia-settings libxnvctrl-dev
cmake ..
& ./build/cli/vibrant-cli --version
# FAIL
# CTM should be supported by driver/display for libvibrant to work:
# xrandr --properties | sls ctmFor non-laptop screens there are
ddcutil and ddccontrol. They should work as if you're changing your settings using physical buttons on your display.KDE has saturation settings? zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/20… "SDR Color Intensity" option. Maybe it relies on CTM?
KDE can affect whole screen appearance with regular ICC profiles without VCGT tag?
An update on HDR and color management in KWin
In my last post about HDR and color management I explained roughly how color management works, what we’re doing to make it work on Wayland and how far along we were with that in Plasma.Xaver Hugl (Xaver’s blog)
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Sounds like you want color management, not just arbitrary saturation changes.
Install KDE Plasma, select the "built-in" color profile, and you're done, no more oversaturated colors. If you want to test how it looks, just use a live boot.
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Firefox 146 Is Out with Native Support for Fractional Scaled Displays on Wayland - 9to5Linux
Firefox 146 Is Out with Native Support for Fractional Scaled Displays on Wayland - 9to5Linux
Firefox 146 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements.Marcus Nestor (9to5Linux)
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
Il modo più semplice per provare a raccontare di questo Power In The Blood è far finta di credere che Buffy Sainte Marie sia, soltanto, una autrice e cantante. Di dimenticarci delle sue esperienze di artista multimediale e del suo impegno di pacifista e cooperatrice, a difesa e sostegno dei nativi americani, popolo al quale lei stessa appartiene... Leggi e ascolta...
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
Il modo più semplice per provare a raccontare di questo Power In The Blood è far finta di credere che Buffy Sainte Marie sia, soltanto, una autrice e cantante. Di dimenticarci delle sue esperienze di artista multimediale e del suo impegno di pacifista e cooperatrice, a difesa e sostegno dei nativi americani, popolo al quale lei stessa appartiene. Ma anche così, pur essendo questo il modo più semplice, ridurre Power In The Blood alla sua sola dimensione fisica di album, non rende tuttavia semplice raccontarlo... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/05…
Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/3zzEsn8uoHdG4SEpr…
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
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For browser option, should I chose Kagi or Swisscows?
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• Swisscows: It also prioritizes privacy and security, with the advantage of being based in Switzerland, which has strict data protection laws. It is a reliable alternative, especially if you want to avoid sharing personal information.
Tip: If SearxNG is not meeting your expectations, it is worth trying Kagi to see if it better suits your needs. Swisscows is also a great option for those seeking privacy.
Trai nghiem tu do cho khach du lich voi Smart Locker tai homestay va resort
Hiện nay, do sự phát triển của công nghệ và xã hội mà nhiều resort và homestay đang dần triển khai theo phong cách “tự phục vụ”, nơi du khách được tự do sử dụng các tiện ích mà không cần chờ nhân viên. Một trong những tiện ích ngày càng phổ biến là tủ locker thông minh đặt tại khu lễ tân, khu gym, hồ bơi hoặc phòng giữ hành lý. Du khách đến sớm trước giờ check-in có thể gửi hành lý vào locker, sau đó thoải mái đi dạo, tắm biển hoặc dùng dịch vụ. Không ai phải trông đồ, không lo thất lạc. Mã mở tủ được cung cấp tự động qua SMS hoặc QR, phù hợp cả với du khách nước ngoài.
Không dừng lại ở đó, một số resort còn dùng locker thông minh để phân phối khăn tắm, thiết bị thể thao nhỏ, áo phao hoặc bộ snorkel. Du khách quét thẻ phòng để mở tủ, hệ thống sẽ ghi nhận ai đang dùng gì. Điều này giảm tình trạng thất thoát thiết bị - vốn là vấn đề lớn tại các khu nghỉ dưỡng đông khách.
Có thể thấy, với phong cách vận hành hiện đại, tủ locker thông minh cũng giúp resort tạo ấn tượng chuyên nghiệp hơn. Trong giai đoạn cao điểm, công nghệ tự động giúp giảm áp lực cho nhân viên lễ tân, đặc biệt với những homestay ít nhân lực. Đảm bảo bảo quản đồ đạc tối ưu, chất lượng và mang tính hiện đại tuyệt đối.
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SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.SimpleTech
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Giu khong gian an toan bao mat voi Smart Locker tai cac nha sach hien dai
Có thể thấy các nhà sách lớn như Hải Nam, Nguyến Văn Cừ vào cuối tuần luôn có lượng khách ra vào rất đông, do phụ huynh dẫn con đi mua đồ học tập, người trẻ tìm sách mới, hoặc khách tham quan chỉ ghé thử, trải nghiệm đọc sách. Khi lượng khách đông cũng đồng nghĩa với việc số lượng đồ mang theo cũng rất nhiều, điển hình như balo, túi xách, áo khoác, mũ bảo hiểm… Điều này khiến khu vực giữ đồ trở thành “điểm nóng” dễ xảy ra nhầm lẫn và quá tải.
Do đó, việc chuyển sang sử dụng tủ locker thông minh đang giúp nhiều nhà sách vận hành mượt mà hơn. Khách đến chỉ cần chạm vào màn hình, nhận mã QR hoặc mã PIN tự động. Mọi thao tác diễn ra trong vài giây mà không cần nhân viên hỗ trợ. Đặc biệt trong những buổi đông khách, công nghệ này giúp giảm tắc nghẽn rõ rệt. Điểm hay còn nằm ở chỗ là hệ thống quản lý tập trung. Nhân viên có thể kiểm tra trạng thái từng ô tủ theo thời gian thực, biết tủ nào đang dùng, tủ nào chưa đóng đúng cách. Những tình huống rắc rối như mất thẻ, quên đồ hay mở nhầm tủ gần như biến mất.
Đối với các nhà sách lớn hơn có khu vui chơi hoặc khu trải nghiệm STEM, tủ locker thông minh còn được sử dụng như nơi lưu trữ thiết bị. Trẻ nhỏ có thể mượn bộ dụng cụ, mô hình hoặc đồ chơi thử, sau đó trả lại đúng tủ theo hướng dẫn. Không gian trở nên ngăn nắp hơn, nhân viên giảm gánh nặng, khách hàng cảm thấy an tâm và thoải mái. Do đó Smart Locker chính xác là lựa chọn đáng đầu tư cho việc bảo mật an toàn, hiện đại, tối ưu dành cho bạn.
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SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.SimpleTech
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Giai phap giup giam nham do va mat khoa tai ki tuc xa voi Smart Locker
Nếu kể đến một môi trường đông đúc, luân chuyển liên tục thì không đâu khác chính là kí túc xá sinh viên. Sinh viên đến và đi theo kỳ, đồ đạc cũng thay đổi theo từng năm. Bởi lẽ đó mà tủ khóa truyền thống vốn gây ra nhiều chuyện dở khóc dở cười: mất chìa, hỏng khóa, khóa kẹt, bị ai đó mở nhầm… khiến ban quản lý đau đầu. Khi đưa giải pháp tủ locker thông minh vào ký túc xá, vấn đề gần như được giải quyết tận gốc. Mỗi sinh viên đăng ký phòng sẽ được cấp mã cá nhân hoặc thẻ mở tủ. Không còn chìa cơ, không còn nguy cơ bị sao chép chìa trái phép. Sinh viên chỉ cần nhớ mã hoặc lưu trên điện thoại.
Điều đáng để nói và hay nhất ở đây là hệ thống có thể reset mã bất cứ lúc nào. Khi sinh viên chuyển phòng hoặc trả phòng, ban quản lý chỉ việc thu hồi quyền truy cập và cấp lại cho người mới. Mọi thứ diễn ra trong vài giây — một sự thay đổi lớn so với cách vận hành cũ vốn tốn nhiều thời gian. Tủ Locker thông minh còn giúp ký túc xá nâng cao mức độ an toàn. Các trường hợp nghi ngờ mất đồ đều có dữ liệu hệ thống để kiểm tra. Nhiều ký túc xá hiện đại còn sử dụng tủ locker làm nơi nhận hàng cho sinh viên shipper gửi hàng vào tủ, sinh viên nhận bằng mã OTP. Tiện lợi và phù hợp với nhịp sống bận rộn. Thể hiện tính ứng dụng hiện đại cao, an toàn, bảo mật, uy tín.
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SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.SimpleTech
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Han che that thoat nho tu locker thong minh tai sieu thi
Chắc chắn bạn đã từng đi siêu thị ít nhất một lần vào giờ cao điểm, và dĩ nhiên khi đi vào khung giờ đó thì không lạ gì với việc phải thấy cảnh khách xếp hàng gửi túi xách ở quầy giữ đồ một hàng dài. Vào thời gian cao điểm đông đúc người có nhu cầu gửi đồ như thế, nhân viên phải ghi số, phát thẻ, rồi lại quay lại kiểm tra khi khách lấy đồ. Mỗi ngày hàng trăm lượt như vậy khiến quầy giữ đồ trở thành một trong những điểm dễ gây tắc nghẽn nhất. Và đó cũng là nơi dễ xảy ra nhầm lẫn hoặc thất thoát.
Bởi lẽ đó, nhiều hệ thống bán lẻ lớn bắt đầu chuyển sang tủ locker thông minh như một giải pháp giảm tải cực hiệu quả. Không còn cảnh nhân viên ghi chép thủ công, không còn rủi ro mất thẻ giấy. Khách chỉ cần thao tác vài giây trên màn hình, hệ thống sẽ tự động phân bổ ô tủ và cấp mã mở duy nhất. Khi quay lại nhận đồ, khách chỉ cần nhập lại mã hoặc quét mã QR, tủ mở chính xác không nhầm lẫn, không chờ đợi.
Một điểm rất đáng chú ý là tủ locker thông minh còn giúp ban quản lý siêu thị theo dõi thống kê lượt gửi đồ theo ngày/giờ để điều chỉnh nhân sự. Với những siêu thị đặt gần khu dân cư, việc tối ưu giờ cao điểm rất quan trọng để giảm áp lực cho quầy dịch vụ khách hàng. Ngoài ra, camera được tích hợp trong tủ giúp tăng tính bảo mật. Những trường hợp tranh chấp hoặc nghi ngờ thất thoát được kiểm tra nhanh hơn nhiều so với tủ truyền thống. Nhờ tự động hóa, các siêu thị tiết kiệm đáng kể chi phí nhân lực mà vẫn nâng cao trải nghiệm của khách.
Bởi chính những lý do trên mà ngày càng nhiều chuỗi bán lẻ tại Việt Nam xem locker thông minh như một phần bắt buộc trong tiêu chuẩn dịch vụ. Nhằm hướng đến việc ứng dụng công nghệ hiện đại và góp phần nâng cao trải nghiệm khách hàng một cách hiệu quả.
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SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.SimpleTech
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Smart Locker tai cac co so giao duc hien dai
Tại các cơ sở giáo dục, các trường học quốc tế hiện đại, việc ứng dụng tủ cá nhân đã trở thành một phần quan trọng trong đời sống học sinh để lưu trữ đồ đạc cá nhân một cách hiệu quả. Tuy nhiên, mô hình tủ cơ truyền thống thường gặp đủ kiểu rắc rối điển hình như là học sinh dễ làm rơi chìa khóa hoặc là tủ dễ bị gỉ sét do trời nồm, ngoài ra còn có các tình trạng học sinh trêu chọc nhau bằng cách đổi chìa. Những điều nhỏ này nhưng khiến giáo viên mất khá nhiều thời gian để xử lý. Đó là lý do tủ locker thông minh xuất hiện trong các trường học như một bước tiến tự nhiên. Thay vì dùng chìa, mỗi học sinh sẽ được cấp mã PIN cá nhân hoặc thẻ từ tích hợp trong thẻ học sinh. Chỉ duy nhất các bạn đó mới mở được tủ của mình. Giáo viên có quyền quản lý theo lớp hoặc theo khối để theo dõi tình trạng sử dụng hoặc hỗ trợ trong trường hợp khẩn cấp.
Các trường quốc tế từ khi ứng dụng smart locker đã đánh giá cao khả năng “tùy chỉnh bố cục” của locker thông minh. Một tủ cao có thể chia thành 12–24 ô tùy nhu cầu. Điều này giúp những lớp đông học sinh vẫn đủ tủ riêng mà không cần chiếm quá nhiều diện tích. Ngoài ra, điều đặc biệt là các tủ thông minh còn có thể tích hợp thông báo tự động cho học sinh nếu tủ chưa đóng đúng cách hoặc quên đồ bên trong. Với học sinh tiểu học và cấp 2 - điều này thực sự hữu ích vì thói quen sắp xếp đồ cá nhân chưa ổn định.
Hệ thống còn giúp hỗ trợ ghi lại thời điểm mở tủ, người mở tủ và tình trạng tủ điều mà tủ cơ trước đây gần như không thể kiểm soát, góp phần giúp đỡ không ích cho công tác quản lý. Một môi trường học đường văn minh, an toàn và chủ động hơn được hình thành từ những chi tiết nhỏ như vậy.
Tủ Gửi Đồ Thông Minh - Smart Locker | SimpleTech
SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.SimpleTech
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RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components
- Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
- RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components
Windows 11 apps like Discord, WhatsApp, and Teams now use 1 to 4GB of RAM because they are web apps and the rising RAM prices make it worse.Abhijith M B (Windows Latest)
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Wyden Says Trump's $12 Billion Farmer Bailout Exposes Folly of 'Destructive Tariff Spree'
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/1238…
Democratic US Sen. Ron Wyden was among those who emphasized Monday that President Donald Trump's erratic tariff policies have helped create the very conditions the White House is now citing to justify its new $12 billion relief plan for American farmers.
“Instead of proposing government handouts, Donald Trump should end his destructive tariff spree so American farmers can compete and win on a level playing field," said Wyden (D-Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee. "Donald Trump’s trade war is taxing families, killing markets for our farm goods, and driving farmers into bankruptcy."
"Trump’s plan to bail out farmers won’t even get agriculture communities back to even," the senator added. "They’re still paying more for fertilizer, equipment, and seeds, while grown-in-the-USA farm goods are facing more obstacles than ever in foreign markets. Don’t forget that all of this trade destruction and taxing was to raise money for Trump’s massive handouts to billionaires and the ultra-wealthy.”
Trump formally unveiled the relief plan Monday afternoon at a White House roundtable with top officials, lawmakers, and farmers of corn, soybeans, and other crops. Reuters reported that up to $11 billion of the funds are "meant for a newly designed Farmer Bridge Assistance program for row crop farmers hurt by trade disputes and higher costs." The other $1 billion is earmarked for commodities not covered by the program.
"Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans," economist Justin Wolfers wrote in response to the plan.
Farm Action, a farmer-led agricultural watchdog group, welcomed the relief package but said it's not enough to end suffering caused by "tariffs, soaring input costs, and years of volatile markets."
"The current problems facing our agriculture system have been decades in the making due to failed policy that prioritizes commodity crops for export, which only benefits global grain traders and meatpackers," said Joe Maxwell, Farm Action’s co-founder and chief strategy officer. "Without addressing the root causes of this issue, farmers will be left to continue relying on government assistance into the future. That is why Congress must take action and fix our failed subsidy system in the next farm bill."
Rebecca Wolf, senior food policy analyst at Food & Water Watch, said that "bailouts are a denigrating Band-Aid to farmers whom decades of misguided domestic policy have left vulnerable to trade wars."
"Trump’s tariff tantrum and belittling bailouts will deepen agricultural sector consolidation, funneling money to a powerful few corporations, while running farmers further into the ground," said Wolf. "If Trump is serious about helping farmers, lowering sector consolidation and dropping food prices, he needs to look in the mirror. Chaotic tariff tantrums are no way to run farm policy. US farmers need fair prices, regional food markets, and policies that reward sustainable, humane production models—not trade wars.”
The $12 billion relief program comes after months of Trump tariffs and retaliatory actions by key nations—particularly China—that have amplified challenges facing US farmers, a key political constituency for the president.
Farmers and organizations representing them have been vocal in their criticism of Trump's tariffs and his proposed policy responses to the problems that the duties have intensified. As the Washington Post summarized:
Earlier this spring, Trump’s tariffs on China prompted the country to halt purchases of US soybeans. Then, the president offered a $20 billion bailout to Argentina, whose soybean crop sales to China have replaced those from US farmers. Later, Trump announced that the United States would buy beef from Argentina to bring down prices for US consumers, opening a new rift between Trump and cattle ranchers.The new assistance package is particularly aimed at helping soybean farmers, who have seen a precipitous drop in sales this year, leaving them with extra supply, as the price of soybeans fell.
In October, Illinois soybean producer John Bartman said in a message to the Trump administration that "we don't want a bailout, we want a market."
"Bailouts don't work. Bailouts are band-aids," Bartman added. "What Trump is doing is destroying our markets, and when those markets disappear, we're not gonna get them back."
Ryan Mulholland and Mark Haggerty of the Center for American Progress echoed that sentiment in an analysis last month, noting that "writing a check to farmers helps in the short term, but even in the most optimistic scenario, input costs are likely to remain high, demand volatile, the climate ever-changing, and corporate consolidation and investor ownership of land firmly entrenched."
"Planning for next year’s planting season will be extremely difficult, but without a comprehensive plan to make farming a more sustainable, more prosperous enterprise, planning in subsequent years likely will not be any easier," they added. "President Trump’s 'solution' is to simply pay off farmers. Farmers want trade, not aid. And they want government policy that supports farmers and the communities where they live over the long term."
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AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
Just when I thought I couldn't have a lower opinion of flock.
What does it take to become the most successful AI surveillance company in 2025? If you’re anything like Flock, the startup selling automatic license plate readers and facial recognition tech to cops, you don’t really need much AI at all — just an army of sweatshop workers in the global south.
Bombshell new reporting from 404 Media found that Flock, which has its cameras in thousands of US communities, has been outsourcing its AI to gig workers located in the Philippines.
After accessing a cache of exposed data, 404 found documents related to annotating Flock footage, a process sometimes called “AI training.” Workers were tasked with jobs include categorizing vehicles by color, make, and model, transcribing license plates, and labeling various audio clips from car wrecks.
In US towns and cities, Flock cameras maintained by local businesses and municipal agencies form centralized surveillance networks for local police. They constantly scan for car license plates, as well as pedestrians, who are categorized based on their clothing, and possibly by factors like gender and race.
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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in reply to BrikoX • • •Mandate that data centers self-power via renewable energy already! It's such a simple fucking solution that solves basically all the problems of data centers.
Relevant note: The research that came out a while back saying that a long conversation with an AI chatbot could use up to half a liter of water included the water used to cool the power plant that's powering the data center. The same paper spelled out that the actual water use of the data center itself is only 12% of that. So if we force data centers to be powered via renewable energy a long conversation with a chatbot would only use 0.06 liters of water which is basically negligible. Especially when you consider that the 0.5L was a worst-case scenario (older data centers letting all the water evaporate).
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in reply to Riskable • • •It runs into the fundamental problem with renewable energy at the moment. It lacks energy storage capabilities to run 24/7 and you can't have power interuptions in a data center. But even if that wasn't the problem, you are asking President who's whole election motto was "Drill, baby, drill" and who cancelled all green tech investment from previous administration to consider a mandate on renewable energy? Good luck.
And many of these companies are inversting in green energy in a form of nuclear power while being subsidized by taxpayers in individual states because who doesn't love socialism for the rich.