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in reply to i_have_no_enemies

Article is capped at 18 views/day so can't see numbers.

But theoretical cap of energy would be something like E_kin = (\gamma -1)mc².
Without knowing anything about the mission or engine, a 50 kg probe at a velocity of .9 c means an energy requirement of about 1,0e19 J.

Fusion of H2 to H3 yields about 340e9 J/g meaning we need about 3 million kg of fuel at 100% conversion rate, or a third if we manage He3 reaction.

Realistically heating, engine efficiency, deceleration, vibrational damping and such would probably lower efficiency to at most 40% and we end up at 8 million kg of fuel to propel a 50 kg payload (not counting the fuel mass).

Seems unfeasible.

Edit as @i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world kindly provided an alternative link.

Article only says doubly efficient, and H2 to He3 reaction.

To get to .9c we still need a couple million kg of fuel.

Even .1c needs about 40 000 kg of fuel, which is doable, but probably unfeasible.

0,05c should be in kgs range, and is probably plenty (100 km/s).

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in reply to Brainsploosh

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in reply to i_have_no_enemies

This worked, thank you.

Article only says doubly efficient, and H2 to He3 reaction.

To get to .9c we still need a couple million kg of fuel.

Even .1c needs about 40 000 kg of fuel, which is doable, but probably unfeasible.

in reply to i_have_no_enemies

I'm a little skeptical about the "10 years of absolute secrecy"... It sounds a lot like "we can't tell you how it works, just trust us bro."


Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds - Christopher Butler




Il futuro del fotovoltaico: le tendenze e le innovazioni che cambieranno il settore nei prossimi anni


Il futuro del fotovoltaico: le tendenze e le innovazioni che cambieranno il settore nei prossimi anni
Nel corso degli ultimi anni, il mercato dei pannelli fotovoltaici ha visto una crescita esponenziale, in gran parte dovuta al crescente interesse per le energie rinnovabili e alla necessità di ridurre l’impatto ambientale.
Ma cosa riserva il futuro per il settore del fotovoltaico? Quali sono le innovazioni e le tendenze che potrebbero rivoluzionare la produzione di energia solare nei prossimi anni?
"L'energia solare è la risposta al futuro, e il futuro è adesso." – Will Brown
Cos'è il fotovoltaico e come funziona il sistema di pannelli fotovoltaici?
Il fotovoltaico è una tecnologia che consente di produrre energia elettrica a partire dall’energia solare, convertendo la luce del sole in elettricità attraverso l’uso di celle fotovoltaiche. Queste celle sono generalmente realizzate in silicio e, quando esposte alla luce solare, generano corrente continua che viene poi convertita in corrente alternata tramite un inverter.
Ma qual è il futuro di questa tecnologia? Le previsioni parlano di un rapido sviluppo in vari ambiti. Tra le innovazioni più promettenti c'è il miglioramento dell'efficienza dei pannelli fotovoltaici. Se oggi un impianto fotovoltaico può arrivare a una resa del 20-25%, in futuro si prevede che nuove tecnologie consentiranno di superare questo limite.
Inoltre, le soluzioni di accumulo energetico stanno avanzando notevolmente. L'adozione di batterie più efficienti e a lunga durata renderà possibile accumulare l'energia prodotta nei momenti di maggiore produzione solare, per utilizzarla durante la notte o nei giorni nuvolosi.
Tendenze emergenti nel settore dei pannelli fotovoltaici: cos'è importante sapere?
Le tendenze emergenti nel settore del fotovoltaico sono davvero molte e riguardano sia la tecnologia che la sostenibilità. Alcuni degli sviluppi più interessanti includono i pannelli fotovoltaici bifacciali, i materiali per la costruzione di pannelli e i sistemi di integrazione solare nelle costruzioni.
Uno degli sviluppi più interessanti è la crescente diffusione dei pannelli fotovoltaici bifacciali, che sono in grado di catturare la luce solare anche dalla parte posteriore del pannello, aumentando così l'efficienza complessiva del sistema. Questi pannelli, che possono essere installati sia su tetti che su terreni aperti, stanno rivoluzionando il mercato.
Anche l’integrazione del fotovoltaico nelle costruzioni è una tendenza che si sta espandendo. I pannelli fotovoltaici vengono sempre più spesso utilizzati come parte integrante della facciata di edifici, nei tetti o addirittura nelle finestre, creando così edifici ad alta efficienza energetica.

Le tecnologie che possono cambiare il futuro del fotovoltaico
Nel futuro del fotovoltaico, l’innovazione sarà il motore principale che guiderà la crescita del settore. Le tecnologie emergenti sono molto promettenti e contribuiranno non solo a migliorare le prestazioni, ma anche a ridurre i costi e l'impatto ambientale.
Pannelli fotovoltaici bifacciali: un salto nella produzione di energia
I pannelli bifacciali sono una delle innovazioni più interessanti degli ultimi anni. Questi pannelli sono progettati per catturare la luce solare sia dalla parte anteriore che da quella posteriore, aumentando così l'efficienza e la capacità di produzione di energia.
Vantaggi principali:

• Maggiore efficienza grazie alla raccolta della luce da più angolazioni.
• Più versatilità nelle installazioni, anche in ambienti con spazio ridotto.
• Miglioramento dell'autosufficienza energetica grazie alla maggiore produzione.
Integrazione dei pannelli solari nelle costruzioni
L’integrazione dei pannelli fotovoltaici negli edifici sta prendendo piede. Non si tratta più di semplici impianti fotovoltaici installati sui tetti, ma di una vera e propria integrazione estetica e funzionale. In futuro, la costruzione di edifici fotovoltaici potrebbe diventare la norma, rendendo gli edifici non solo più sostenibili ma anche autonomi dal punto di vista energetico.
Benefici dell'integrazione:
• Edifici più sostenibili ed energeticamente indipendenti.
• Estetica più curata, con pannelli che si integrano perfettamente nell'architettura.
• Riduzione dei costi energetici grazie all’energia solare autoprodotta.
I pannelli solari trasparenti: il futuro del fotovoltaico invisibile
Un'altra grande innovazione riguarda i pannelli solari trasparenti, che potrebbero rivoluzionare il settore. Questi pannelli sono in grado di catturare la luce solare mentre fungono da finestre, permettendo alla luce naturale di entrare negli edifici senza compromettere l’efficienza energetica.
Caratteristiche principali:
• Pannelli solari che possono essere installati in finestre, facciate e tetti.
• Alta efficienza senza compromettere l’estetica degli edifici.
• Maggiore diffusione delle energie rinnovabili in ambienti urbani.

Come la sostenibilità sta guidando il futuro del fotovoltaico?
Il futuro del fotovoltaico non riguarda solo l’innovazione tecnologica, ma anche la crescente consapevolezza riguardo alla sostenibilità ambientale. Le politiche internazionali stanno incentivando l'adozione delle energie rinnovabili, e l'industria dei pannelli fotovoltaici sta rispondendo a questa sfida.
Le aziende stanno investendo in tecnologie sempre più green, cercando di ridurre l’impatto ambientale delle produzioni e migliorare l'efficienza delle tecnologie esistenti. Inoltre, il riciclo dei pannelli fotovoltaici è diventato un tema centrale. Le soluzioni per recuperare i materiali dai pannelli fotovoltaici a fine vita sono in fase di sviluppo, con l'obiettivo di ridurre al minimo i rifiuti.

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Con il continuo progresso della tecnologia e il sostegno delle politiche energetiche, l'energia solare è destinata a diventare una delle principali fonti di energia del futuro.
Non è mai troppo presto per fare il primo passo verso un mondo più verde e autonomo energeticamente. Visita LS-Solution per scoprire come possiamo aiutarti a investire oggi in soluzioni fotovoltaiche, costruendo insieme un futuro sostenibile.

*"Il futuro non è qualcosa che ci accade, è qualcosa che creiamo" – John F. Kennedy
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Marine Le Pen’s future to be decided as embezzlement verdict arrives


The future of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen – and France’s political landscape – will be decided on Monday when a court hands down its verdict on charges she and party officials embezzled money from the European parliament.

If convicted, the three-time presidential candidate of the National Rally (RN) could be barred from standing to succeed Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 presidential election.

Public prosecutors have demanded Le Pen be given a €300,000 (£250,000) fine, a prison sentence and that she be prevented from holding or seeking to hold a political position or five years.

in reply to HellsBelle

From an Aussie who's only just hearing about this now (how the hell did I miss this?), what kind of chances are there of a conviction here? How's the evidence?

If she gets convicted but remains eligible, that's a biiiig problem....

in reply to TastyWheat

The evidence is pretty overwhelming, they recovered fake planners, with all the receipts, texts, emails, and records where they openly admitted the fraud.

Now when it comes to conviction, it might go sideways because she's the head and the face of RN which is one of the biggest opposition party and has been for the last 20 or so years.

Hopefully, she's not above the law, and this case will set a precedent for decades to come, whichever side it goes.



Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal


President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.

In Trump's first remarks since Iran rejected direct negotiations with Washington last week, he told NBC News that U.S. and Iranian officials were talking, but did not elaborate.

"If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing," Trump said in a telephone interview. "It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before."

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-there-will-be-bombing-if-iran-does-not-make-nuclear-deal-2025-03-30/



Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill


Senior Tories have held private talks with big landlords about how to thwart the government’s renters’ rights bill, the Guardian has learned, with ideas including launching a legal challenge under human rights law.

Jane Scott, the shadow housing minister, recently hosted a roundtable meeting with several of the country’s largest landlords and estate agents, at which they discussed a number of ways to delay or stop the bill altogether. The ideas included challenging it in the courts and delaying it with repeated rounds of Lords amendments, according to three people in attendance.

The discussions have prompted accusations of collusion between the Tories and property industry. They also give an indication of how hard the Conservatives are likely to fight the bill in its final stages, even though the party tried to pass a similar version of the proposals when it was in government.



Red Cross federation ‘outraged’ at deaths of Red Crescent medics in Gaza


The Red Cross federation voiced outrage on Sunday after eight medical colleagues were killed while on duty in the Gaza Strip.

The world’s largest humanitarian network said in a statement: “The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IFRC] is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from PRCS [Palestine Red Crescent Society], killed on duty in Gaza.”

The IFRC said the bodies were retrieved after “seven days of silence” and of having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen. It said it was the single most deadly attack on its colleagues anywhere in the world since 2017.

Israel’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a war crime.

in reply to HellsBelle

with Hamas condemning it as a war crime.


You know it's bad when Hamas is condemning war crimes.

in reply to HellsBelle

There's no coming back from this.

The US under Biden tore up international law so that Israel could commit genocide and now Trump wants Netanyahu to do the same in the West Bank and turn Gaza into luxury condos

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in reply to alvvayson

As i understand it most of the money they are investing goes into new datacenters. So when a model gets outdone by a new one they still have those, unlike e.g. OpenAI that use other companies resources (i think microsoft and oracle mostly?). In a way companies that use those external clouds to train their own models are financing the investments needed for the big players.

AWS, GCP and Azure are all growing 30%+ yoy, are profitable and if anything supply constraint in that they can't build more capacity fast enough to meet demand. So it seems to me that to some degree they are already recouping some of those investments. I don't see a drop in demand for compute, and even if using/training ai would become less resource intensive, Jevons paradox would just lead to more demand.

Of course they also burn a lot of money as anytime a new model gets trained and beats the older ones, it kind of renders the resources spend on the previous one worthless. But to me that seems like the cost of doing business.

The current investments they can afford. What would actually lead to shedding huge amounts of marketcap is, if they'd let a rival establish themselves. Similar to how the movie studios didn't get into streaming early (mostly to not hurt their cable business) and gave Netflix enough time to establish themselves.


To comment on something you mentioned in another reply below:

I just don’t see a world where most people are coughing up more than $10 a month for AI.


I think the big money will be in the business world, where salaries for actual people are high enough that saving a person even a few hours/week or replacing a single employee saves so much money that even expensive subscriptions would easily be worth it.

On the consumer side as you say running smaller models locally will likely be the norm. But that means it would be free for both the likes of Deepseek and Google. And then it'll just come down to who has access to personal information and is better embedded, which would be likely be whoever also controls other aspects of a users life, such as Goole with Android, gmail etc. Money here will be made just as it is done with other free services.

in reply to golli

You could have made this same analysis in 2000 and it would be equally valid.

Yes, the business world is willing to pay big bucks to reduce labour costs and that business case is solid.

But we already see that success is not determined by the size of the model, but by the data and providing and processing that data in a smart way to the AI. And the companies that are successful in this area are model agnostic. They can, and will, switch to cheaper to run models that are good enough for their purposes.

So the dogma that whoever has the biggest model wins, just doesn't apply. AI is already hitting diminishing returns.

Once the investment money pumping the hype is gone, there will be a glut of capacity and a heavy price competition, which will drive down margins.



France slams US 'interference' in firms' diversity programs


Summary

France condemned U.S. interference after the U.S. embassy in Paris warned French firms against using diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, citing a Trump executive order banning such initiatives.

The U.S. letter required companies to certify DEI non-compliance or risk jeopardizing U.S. contracts.

France’s trade ministry called the move “unacceptable,” vowing to defend national values and businesses.

French law prohibits race-based hiring metrics, focusing instead on gender and socioeconomic inclusion.

in reply to MicroWave

"slams"
in reply to MicroWave

It would be illegal for companies in France to do what Trump is demanding.

What would they get for doing it anyway? More threats?


in reply to schizoidman

"Civilised" Europe. International law for thee but not for me. Anyway, hope his plane catches on fire.


Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war


Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, recently got the all-clear for a massive increase in investment after parliament voted to exempt defence spending from strict rules on debt.

The country's top general has told the BBC the cash boost is urgently needed because he believes Russian aggression won't stop at Ukraine.

"We are threatened by Russia. We are threatened by Putin. We have to do whatever is needed to deter that," Gen Carsten Breuer says. He warns that Nato should be braced for a possible attack in as little as four years.

"It's not about how much time I need, it's much more about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared," the defence chief says bluntly. "And the sooner we are prepared the better."

in reply to MonsterMonster

Dear imperial media... You talking about this Germany?

They didn't leave history in the past. They've been supporting genocide ever since.



Israeli air strikes kill nine Palestinians as Gaza prepares for Eid al-Fitr


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/27916601

By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Nader Durgham in Beirut
Published date: 30 March 2025 12:37 BST

“At around 1.30am, we were surprised by bombings that shook the entire area,” he said. “We went to social media, Telegram, Facebook and were shocked to see that the strikes hit my sister, her son, her husband and my two cousins. [The #Israelis] targeted their tent with what I believe was a drone strike, and my sister, her son and my two cousins were martyred.”"



Israeli air strikes kill nine Palestinians as Gaza prepares for Eid al-Fitr


By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Nader Durgham in Beirut
Published date: 30 March 2025 12:37 BST

“At around 1.30am, we were surprised by bombings that shook the entire area,” he said. “We went to social media, Telegram, Facebook and were shocked to see that the strikes hit my sister, her son, her husband and my two cousins. [The #Israelis] targeted their tent with what I believe was a drone strike, and my sister, her son and my two cousins were martyred.”"


in reply to Peter Link

Silence from corporate media. Imagine if Iran killed nine Christians on Christmas Day?


Aftershocks rattle Myanmar as rescuers search for survivors




Israel seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and Tulkarm


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/27915778

By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, Palestine
Published date: 30 March 2025 10:20 BST

"The Israeli army has announced plans to change the layout of the Palestinian refugee camps in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm as part of a large-scale military operation in the northern occupied West Bank that has been ongoing since late January.

The plans aim to completely wipe out the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps, transforming them into neighbourhoods within the two cities, with the goal of preventing them from serving as "incubators for terrorist organisations," the military was quoted as saying by Israeli media."



Israel seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and Tulkarm


By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, Palestine
Published date: 30 March 2025 10:20 BST

"The Israeli army has announced plans to change the layout of the Palestinian refugee camps in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm as part of a large-scale military operation in the northern occupied West Bank that has been ongoing since late January.

The plans aim to completely wipe out the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps, transforming them into neighbourhoods within the two cities, with the goal of preventing them from serving as "incubators for terrorist organisations," the military was quoted as saying by Israeli media."




Israeli settlers raid Masafer Yatta following days of increased attacks


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/27915321

By Nader Durgham and Alex MacDonald
Published date: 29 March 2025 16:36 GMT

"Locals were arrested, vehicles were damaged and the gates to animal pens were breached, allowing sheep to escape.

The attack follows another major one on Friday, during which settlers beat Palestinians with iron bars, resulting in at least two major head injuries.

Israeli forces arrested 22 Palestinians - but no settlers."



Israeli settlers raid Masafer Yatta following days of increased attacks


By Nader Durgham and Alex MacDonald
Published date: 29 March 2025 16:36 GMT

"Locals were arrested, vehicles were damaged and the gates to animal pens were breached, allowing sheep to escape.

The attack follows another major one on Friday, during which settlers beat Palestinians with iron bars, resulting in at least two major head injuries.

Israeli forces arrested 22 Palestinians - but no settlers."


in reply to Peter Link

That's village was the location for the oscar winning documentary No Other Land. Even the world's attention can't stop these evil Zionist fanatics from their pogroms

in reply to Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

Is it only pirate sites?

Because if we block worldwide pirate websites before terrorists ones that goes to show how powerful the copyright lobby is...

Makes pirated content look more important than terrorist sites.

in reply to Tetsuo

Also goes to show you what they really care about underneath all of the smoke and mirrors, that sweet sweet capital.


The US is on an egg hunt in Europe to ease prices at home


The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.

https://apnews.com/article/us-eggs-prices-import-europe-trade-1b61adf77056da7a0bbae2c50de8b6bf

in reply to yarrage

A country doesn't enforce tarriffs on other countries... unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.


China, Japan, S. Korea Renew Free-Trade Call, Vow to Build Ties


archive.is/elDUs
in reply to Denixen

Speaking as a Taiwanese, I fucking hate this situation we're stuck in.
in reply to falkerie71

What more precisely do you hate? There is a lot of things to hate about the situation 😅

The closing ties of South Korea, Japan and China, or the Trump situation?



Israel Approves Separate West Bank Road for Palestinians, Enabling Construction in Contentious E1 Area


The road will link northern and southern West Bank villages, diverting Palestinian traffic. Israel has refrained from building in the E1 area due to sharp international criticism, as it would create a separation between the two parts of the West Bank


no paywall




French cognac producers toast 3-month reprieve from Chinese tariffs


cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/59947879

"This is a significant first step towards resolving this dispute," Barrot said during his visit to China.


in reply to schizoidman

All cognac is French, just like all champagne. If it’s not made in the cognac region of France, then it’s just brandy.
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in reply to floo

then it’s just brandy.


And possibly




Trump says 'there will be bombing' if Iran does not make nuclear deal


Summary

Donald Trump warned Iran of bombings or renewed tariffs if it refuses a new nuclear deal, echoing policies from his first term.

In an NBC interview, Trump said talks are ongoing but gave no details.

In 2018, he withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement and reimposed sanctions, prompting Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limits.

Tehran has rejected his threats. Iranian officials said they responded via Oman to Trump’s recent letter. Western powers allege Iran seeks weapons capability; Iran insists its program is civilian.

in reply to hittheskids

War will allow him to declare martial law and suspend elections (the Robert's Court will allow it, just like they did with his absolute immunity.)
His handlers will want him to do this before 2026 so the house and Senate can't flip.
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Israeli army fires at French UNIFIL patrol near Rmeish in South Lebanon


A foot patrol of the French unit operating within the UNIFIL reserve force came under fire from an Israeli army position while inspecting an earth barrier recently erected by Israeli forces in the Wadi Qatmoun area, on the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Rmeish, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

Of all people I’d think it would be the French, they don’t fuck around.
in reply to FordBeeblebrox

Our current government is openly pro-israel and anti-palestinian, we're not gonna do squat.
They've been calling any criticism towars bibi and any palestinian support antisemitic for the past 2 years - and most of the billionaires-controlled media has happily done the same.
Even if soldiers are killed, it's gonna be labeled a communication incident or some shit.
in reply to FordBeeblebrox

Unfortunately I think only the foreign legion would have been likely to fire back here, and I don't think they they do much peacekeeping.
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in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

For real these UNFIL patrols are supposed to fight back against agression.

It is getting painfully obvious they only exist to surpress armed resistance against the occupiers.

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in reply to IndustryStandard

seems to me they are there to document but not prevent. If they are there to support the occupiers as you said, why would the occupiers fire on them?
in reply to kreskin

Because they are supposed to keep a demilitarized zone.
in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

Its absurd that they dont. And that the security council countries doesnt reinforce the positions fired upon and return fire with 100 times the force. Having a veto in the Un should come with a lot of responsibilities.
in reply to kreskin

I think France should retaliate in this specific situation but if their standard procedure were to take 100 eyes for an eye then the world would be burning.


Israel-Gaza war: Wounded Palestinians dying over lack of supplies, surgeon says


An American surgeon who's been working in two Gaza hospitals for the past three weeks has said that wounded Palestinian patients have died because of the lack of equipment and supplies.

Dr Mark Perlmutter says that doctors have had to work in operating rooms without soap, antibiotics or x-ray facilities, as Israel has resumed its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

A 15-year-old girl who was hit by Israeli machine gun fire while riding her bicycle was one of the many wounded children that Dr Perlmutter said he had to operate on.

Dr Perlmutter spoke to the BBC shortly after the end of his second trip to Gaza - the first one was around a year ago. Critical of Israel's conduct in the Strip, he has previously called for an arms embargo and said its attacks on Gaza constitute genocide, which Israel vehemently denies.



La Turchia ratifica gli accordi bilaterali nei Balcani, Atene è inquieta


Quello della Turchia può essere definito come espansionismo diplomatico ed economico, ma caratterizzato da una forte componente militare e religiosa che inquieta non poco i greci. Infatti Erdogan spinge per ratificare il prima possibile gli accordi bilaterali stretti con Paesi balcanici con grossa componente musulmana, cioè Albania, Kosovo e Macedonia del Nord. Nel frattempo l'arena di scontro fra Grecia e Turchia nel Mar Egeo resta sempre estremamente tesa. Il fatto che entrambi i Paesi appartengano alla NATO rende il tutto ancora più complicato e imbarazzante.

in reply to huppakee

There is plenty of people wanting Hungary to be a democratic country part of the EU.


Maybe, but here's the thing: Even if you hold a free and fair referendum (which is doubtful), what are you gonna do with the result? The onus is still on the people of Hungary to depose Orban and return to democracy, and they haven't done that. Then what point is there to holding a referendum? It's not like Orban will quietly disappear if the referendum chooses the EU over him.

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

You're right, but the referendum wouldn't be about which action the voters want the Hungarian governmentment to take it would be about which action they want the EU to take. A government shouldn't be able to sabotage the wellbeing of it's people against their will. The EU should be there for the people, not it's government.


Israel appoints director to oversee 'voluntary emigration' of Palestinians from Gaza


Defense Minister israel katz appointed Col. (res) yaakov blitstein, currently Defense Ministry deputy director-general, as the head of the Directorate for the Voluntary Emigration of Gaza Residents, the ministry announced on Sunday.

The directorate's task is to prepare for, and facilitate the safe and supervised "voluntary emigration of Gaza residents to third countries.

Defense Minister israel katz stated, "We are determined to realize the vision of US President donald trump to enable the voluntary emigration of Gaza residents who wish to relocate to various parts of the world."

in reply to GreyAlien

they call it voluntary when they are starving and massacring them. Zionists need to be removed from all power everywhere forever. Its a straight up racist political policy of murder and land theft and little else. It is not religion.

"Never again" was supposed to be a shared promise. We can at least keep it even if the zionists wont. As a start, we need to stop voting these people into power in any office. Its past time we make murder and land theft forbidden again.



‘We won’ – Trump wins another tournament as he golfs with Finland President, Stubb, others


I just played a round of Golf with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. He is a very good player, and we won the Men’s Member-Guest Golf Tournament at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County, with the Legendary Gary Player, Senator Lindsey Graham, and former Congressman and highly successful Television Host, Trey Gowdy.

“President Stubb and I look forward to strengthening the partnership between the United States and Finland, and that includes the purchase and development of a large number of badly needed Icebreakers for the U.S., delivering Peace and International Security for our Countries, and the World.

“President Stubb told me, in the most powerful of words, that the United States is STRONG, and BACK, AGAIN. I AGREE!” Trump wrote.

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in reply to GreyAlien

I’m ok if this is the only type of news we get from this administration from here on out. Let my taxes pay for golf so long as these people are not doing anything else.
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Tsunami threat cancelled after magnitude-7.1 earthquake hits Tonga


In short:
- The US Tsunami Warning Centre says the threat of a tsunami has passed following a magnitude-7.1 earthquake off the coast of Tonga.
- There is no threat to the Australian mainland, according to the Joint Tsunami Warning Centre.
- Residents of Tonga were warned to move to higher ground or away from the coasts.
in reply to MicroWave

I just watched the nova episode about the tsunami at Tonga. The timing is wild.


Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming


(The) paper, published Thursday in the journal Science, finds that global warming has notably reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places, with potentially irreversible impacts on agriculture and sea level rise. The researchers say the significant shift of water from land to the ocean is particularly worrisome for farming, and hope their work will strengthen efforts to reduce water overuse.

Earth’s soil moisture dropped by over 2,000 gigatons in roughly the last 20 years, the study says. For context, that’s more than twice Greenland’s ice loss from 2002 to 2006, the researchers noted. Meanwhile, the frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological droughts has increased, global sea levels have risen and the Earth’s pole has shifted.

The study also confirms an explanation for a slight wobble in the rotation of the Earth — it’s being driven by the changing moisture levels of the planet.

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-agriculture-soils-water-overuse-09bd84d7f5f029c4519b7eca93a061bd

in reply to BestBouclettes

Tin foil hat time: our world leaders and capitalist owners, especially those of the right leaning persuasion, are purposefully ignoring these things and banking on large numbers of the global population to die off. It's much easier to control a more diminished, weary, and desperate population.
in reply to bobs_monkey

Defoil: they're just cashing in now because they're afraid too, but with all the money and power they will probably come out on the other side mostly unscathed.


Palestinians starve as Israel continues full ban on humanitarian aid


On Wednesday, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said in its latest update that Israel’s ban on entry of aid has continued for nearly a month and that no aid entered the enclave throughout this period. All requests by humanitarian agencies to coordinate access with Israeli authorities have been denied.

Helles recalled when the blockade was imposed. The shops were empty within hours, and what was left was too expensive, she said. Even the charity distributions, which once offered a variety of meals, have dwindled, now providing only small servings of rice at the time of Iftar.

After days of eating little more than rice, Huda couldn’t sleep at night, suffering from severe stomach pain and colic. She was diagnosed with a stomach infection two weeks ago.

in reply to IndustryStandard

Unconscionable. What Hamas did was inexcusable, but Hamas doesn't treat Palestinians any better than they do Jews as a matter of public record. I get that Hamas have exploited just about any effort to help the average Palestinian ever attempted, but that should not be an argument against helping what amounts to more victims of Hamas.
in reply to wwb4itcgas

What Hamas did is very excusable.

cjpme.org/fs_236/

the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has explicitly affirmed the right of Palestinians to resist Israel’s military occupation, including through armed struggle.
in reply to IndustryStandard

What Hamas did is very excusable.


They killed and kidnapped civilians which isn’t excusable. It would have been excusable to attack the military, not civilians.

in reply to nogooduser

I don't like to get into this debate because it's pointless this late in the game, but here goes:

1-If you're going to fight apartheid, you will have to play dirty. Yeah yeah hostages bad, but Palestinian detainees (which are, to be very fucking clear, also hostages) won't be freed by vague platitudes and appeals to the rules of war. They can be freed by hostage exchanges, which need hostages on your side to exchange. Those who make humane revolution impossible make inhumane revolution inevitable.

2-The deaths on October 7th are not solely deliberately Hamas-inflicted. There's a whole host of people who died in the crossfire, either by Hamas or Israeli fire, and many who were killed by Israeli friendly fire. Look up the Hannibal directive.

3-They did attack the Israeli military. 33% of people killed during the attack were military or security forces, and if you look up the towns they attacked on October 7th (which isn't hard to do; there's a list on Wikipedia) you'll see that almost every one has an IDF base. I can't tell you how much because nobody involved cared to run that sort of analysis and Israel had unqualified people do work that was crucial to that sort of analysis (these are the same people who made later disproven mass rape allegations).

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

Understandable, yes.

Predictable, yes.

Deserved, yes.

Effective, perhaps.

Excusable? No.

Are we really debating whether it’s okay to rape / kidnap / slaughter civilians?

in reply to scarabic

Are we really debating whether it’s okay to rape / kidnap / slaughter civilians?


For the rape* and slaughter part, obviously no. I'm not denying the actual atrocities that Hamas committed during the attack; they did rape and murder civilians and heads need to roll for that.

For the kidnapping part, the question still remains: What else were they supposed to do? Under the assumption that all lives are equally valuable, I see no reason to denounce taking hostages unless there was another effective way of gaining leverage to negotiate with Israel. Otherwise the only options left for the resistance are to give up or fight fire with fire.

Edit: *Apparently the rape part is [completely made up].(electronicintifada.net/blogs/a…)

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

Palestinians heartily agree with your “what else are we supposed to do” notion and long since stopped waiting for the world’s moral courage to come to their rescue. When they did that they also said that they no longer cared what anyone thought of the morality of their actions. They don’t need them to be excusable by us and frankly they aren’t. I’m past excusing anyone involved in this conflict.

Do you really tjink the October attacks gained them any “negotiating leverage?”

in reply to scarabic

Do you really tjink the October attacks gained them any “negotiating leverage?”


Given how thousands of detainees have been freed since October 7th, I think the answer is yes. That said I'm pretty sure even they didn't expect the Israeli reprisal to be this big, so this whole thing is in a way one big miscalculation.

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

Hamas did not rape any civilians. This is recently been fully debunked. The Israeli october 7 investigator said there was no evidence of any rape happening.
in reply to IndustryStandard

Any rape at all? I thought they'd only confirmed that no mass rape happened? If I'm misremembering that's great.
in reply to IndustryStandard

Lmfao lemme just go cry for a second. More seriously what the fuck Israel? I mean we all know the answer to that question but still, what the fuck Israel?
in reply to scarabic

Read this New Yorker interview of a Hamas leader. Palestinians tried everything the “right” way. They engaged in nonviolent protest and were shot by the IDF. They went to the UN and Israel called it “diplomatic terrorism” and sanctioned the PA. They offered deep concessions to move forward on a two state solution and Netanyahu refused with no counter offer. They called for new elections and were blocked. There was really no way to left to resist Israel peacefully. The IDF was and is raping Palestinians.

“We rolled down all of the pathways to get some of our rights—not all of them. We knocked on the door of reconciliation and we weren’t allowed in. We knocked on the door of elections and we were deprived of them. We knocked on the door of a political document for the whole world—we said, ‘We want peace, but give us some of our rights’—but they didn’t let us in.” He added, “We tried every path. We didn’t find one political path to take us out of this morass and free us from occupation.”
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in reply to IndustryStandard

Armed struggle != war crimes. One does not justify the other. The October attacks were like 5% achieving military objectives, the rest mindless slaughter, to the point where one can legitimately question whether the military objectives were not completely incidental. Hamas could have bee-lined for as many IDF outposts as they could, they didn't, they shot up Hippie Kibbutzim of all places. (Which is also why Netanjahu and triply so the Kahanites don't care about the hostages: They're by and large lefties).

Same, of course, goes for the IDF and what they're currently doing. If both sides kept to not even self-defence but only military objectives there might actually be peace in sight.

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in reply to barsoap

the rest mindless slaughter


Hasbara. Hamas wanted hostages and had no incentive to commit "mindless slaughter" - they're not mindless demons. It's likely the majority of the deaths were from the Hannibal Directive, which is why Israel won't let the UN conduct an investigation.

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in reply to queermunist she/her

May be the case, we'll probably see when the dust has settled. OTOH, it's still a war crime to abduct non-combatants so my point stands. And no, reservists aren't combatants.

The hostages aren't even particularly valuable because the Israeli government couldn't give less of a fuck about hippies who do things like protecting the Palestinian olive harvest from settler interference. Nab an in-service right-wing IDF commander off the street and you have something much more valuable and it's a legitimate prisoner of war.

Or, differently put: Don't get your strategic and tactical advise from the Russians of all people.

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in reply to barsoap

The dust has very much settled and Israel is very much refusing to release the numbers.

The best illustration is probably this one. Why do you think all the holes are in the car roofs?

in reply to barsoap

it's still a war crime to abduct non-combatants


And yet Israel has kidnapped thousands of Palestinian children and holding them without access to lawyers or contact by their families.

There needs to be war crimes investigations and charges against both sides, and yet the US is sanctioning the international bodies that adjudicate this.

in reply to barsoap

Israel doesn't give a fuck about any of its people, whether they're civilians or soldiers. There'd be no difference if the kidnapped were all soldiers.

Also the thing about international law is it has to apply to everyone or it doesn't exist. Israel, by not following internatonal law, has forfeited its protections. Hamas simply followed the same rules of war that Israel does. Israel brought this on themselves.

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in reply to barsoap

No. The attacks were originally aimed at a military base; they had no idea that a music festival was going on. The death count is roughly 300 soldiers dead and 900 civilians. By Israel’s own logic, this ratio of civilian deaths is acceptable in war. (I disagree which is why it’s wrong for both sides) Hamas claimed they were taking enemy fire from these locations, and by Israeli logic it meant that these Kibbutzim were now legitimate military targets. (Again, Israel has done this to Arab towns using the same rationale). Israel doesn’t like hoisted on their own petard.
in reply to barsoap

To be fair (???) they did need the hostages so they needed to go to the kibbutz anyway, but yeah too much mindless slaughter. I will note though that by casualty numbers alone we're looking at 33% achieving military objectives rather than 5%. Same difference but yeah.
in reply to IndustryStandard

After seeing how Hamas is torturing and executing Palestinians who protest against them, while Israel is bad they may as well share responsibility for this most recent conflict.


In Gaza, Almost Every IDF Platoon Keeps a Human Shield, a Sub-army of Palestinian Slaves


Innocent Palestinians are regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives. So why is the IDF's Military Police Criminal Investigation Division opening only six investigations into the use of human shields?


no paywall

in reply to GreyAlien

It didn't go through without pushback. Soldiers and officers resisted. I resisted. But that's what happens when the senior command doesn't care and the politicians even less. That's what happens when you're quick on the trigger and operationally burned-out to the max. That's what happens when you're in an unending war that fails to bring the hostages back alive month after month. You lose moral judgment.


Thought that part was interesting.



How do I discover the Pixelfed content that is out there when so many big instances block exploration?


I realized that I haven't spent time on Pixelfed in a while, and that it would be great to find more content to add to my feed! So I logged in to my instance (social.photo) and then... hit a wall.

With Lemmy and Mastadon, it is super easy to peek at what is going on at other instances and find communities to subscribe to, but it looks like Pixelfed does not make this easy. The biggest issue I have run into is that many of the largest servers do not seem to let you explore what is on them unless you first create an account, and the main Pixelfed Server Directory at https://pixelfed.org/servers does not indicate which servers can be explored or not, so you have to click a few times (since the link takes you to the registration page) to even find this out for a given server. It also does not help that navigating to an instance does not show you the content for that instance, like it does for Lemmy or Mastadon, but for a login page that may or may not have an "Explore" tab at the top.

Am I missing something here? I just logged into Tumblr for the first time in years and my immediate next thought was, "Gee, I should be using Pixelfed instead!" But if in practice it is simply not possible to find content I am interested in without a great deal of hassle then it is not a realistic replacement. In particular, it seems like the way Pixelfed is set up requires me to register on particular instances to get a better view of what content is available (not just locally, but pulled in from other instances). This seems contrary to me to one of the biggest advantages of the Fediverse, which is that you are able and encouraged to pick an instance that best suits you rather than the one where all of the content lives; in particular I could not imagine self-hosting a Pixelfed instance without being left out of most of the content available.

And just to be clear, I am willing to put up with some degree of hassle resulting from the inherently decentralized model of the Fediverse, since I switched completely over to Lemmy from Reddit about a year and a half ago after the API fiasco (and the only reason why I do not use Mastadon more is because I was never that into Twitter-style content to begin with). But having to go out of my way to get through artificially constructed walls to even find content to subscribe is a bit much.

However, again, maybe I am missing here. If someone is willing to point me to a resource that solves this problem problem and makes this entire rant sound completely ignorant then that would be great! 😀


Edit: Fixed silly typo.

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in reply to bitcrafter

Very very unfortunately, Pixelfed doesn't have a way to just start exploring feeds without knowing exactly who to look at. This has been a very longstanding problem with the platform that the engineer has pretty much outright refused to do. Pixelfed-Glitch is attempting to add in better discovery options, but for now it's a non-starter for me. I turned off my pixelfed server because of the lack of discovery.
in reply to Scrubbles

I wonder what's the reasoning against it? Seems like a no-brainer...
in reply to technomad

So lost in anti-big tech social media that they forgot that algorithms are actually good and helpful!
in reply to ocean

Algorithms are not universally good and helpful. They should be designed to boost engagement only in that they serve to find content you wouldn't be able to see otherwise, not to boost engagement at all costs by feeding you things they think you will click on. It's an important distinction.
in reply to ocean

That's kind of a trend on the Fediverse to be honest. Mastodon has the same problem with their chronological-only feed.
in reply to Coelacanth

What I loved about twitter was the algorithim at its peak before musk bought it
in reply to bitcrafter

I use Pixelfed by subscribing to hashtags that I'm interested in and artists/photographers who I come across via hashtags or my instance feed.

I'm guessing that this is how Pixelfed is designed to be used as users and hashtags are what makes up your home feed.

I've never felt the need to browse by instance but I can see that this could be a cool feature to add if there are any which are dedicated to a particular subject or style. Of course the same functionality can be accomplished simply by users adding unique and specific hashtags to their posts e.g #celticsculptures or #seeninplymouth.

in reply to Churbleyimyam

But if a hashtag has not made its way over to my instance, then it effectively does not exist to me. Even if I do see it show up and decide I want to see more content related to it, if said content has not ever made its way over to my instance then I am still left out. The great thing about being able about able to check out what is on other instances is that I am no longer restricted to whatever the people on my instance are interested in.

This a completely different experience from Lemmy, where I was immediately able to go to a bunch of different instances, look through their communities, and go: "I want to subscribe to this one, this one, and this one!"

in reply to bitcrafter

Would you be able to subscribe to those things via your account if they hadn't made it across to your instance though? I'm no expert but perhaps this is side-effect of controls for moderating federation i.e blocking or allowing content from other instances.

I do agree that it should be easier to browse any instance though. Some Pixelfed instances browser home pages seem to allow it and some don't - I'm guessing it's an admin option somewhere.

in reply to bitcrafter

Maybe have an account on a service that allows boosts, and follow it with your Pixelfed account? When you boost a post, it should get synchronized with every instance whose accounts follow yours (least that's what I do between Mbin, Lemmy, Mastodon and Peertube). Not a great solution but helps mitigating the issue.
in reply to Churbleyimyam

Hashtags aren't discoverable though, server A still needs to subscribe to at least one user from server B before hash tags will start


in reply to jeffw

I guess she could always seek out a position of leadership at the EU, like von der Leyen or Costa.

Supposedly a safe haven for crooked politicians who failed their respective countries before their people had enough of them.

Greetings from ~~Costaland~~ Portugal.


in reply to Silicon

I probably don't know the correct term in English. It's a product for starting a fire in a wood-fired stove or campfire. A rectanglular block of wood fiber soaked in oil.
in reply to perestroika

Your English was on point, and any outdoorsie types understood you. This is just one of those things that is called different names in different regions.


Russia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat losses


in reply to Sine_Fine_Belli

It's ok, they'll just buy them from the US. That's what allies do.
in reply to Sine_Fine_Belli

the industry is not covering combat losses


Since it's not clear from the headline, that's the restoration industry. We're not even talking about the production of new tanks (which was never that impressive at any point in the full-scale war).

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‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed


The Observer spoke to three Palestinians from Gaza whose immediate family were killed while they were held by the Israeli military or in Israeli civilian prisons without charge or trial. They only learned about their losses when they were released months later.

The three men are civilians – a nurse, a civil servant and a headteacher of a primary school – who say they have never taken up arms. They had no access to a lawyer in jail and were not allowed to communicate with their families.

Legal rights groups say there are likely to be many other detainees from Gaza who have lost close family in Israeli attacks, but have not been told of their deaths.

in reply to HellsBelle

I read this earlier today, I am getting more upset by Israel each day while I have been thinking I've been at some maximum level of anger and sadness about the situation of the palastinans. Ive known Netanyahu is evil for a while now but so many Israeli are at is side I'm really starting to hate them.
in reply to huppakee

Israel is a fascist state. Normal people should hate Israel just as they should hate all fascist states.

in reply to deadkennedy

while hes giving the pavlov response to putin. putin says good dog.