What are AI 'world models,' and why do they matter?
What are AI 'world models,' and why do they matter? | TechCrunch
World models are the newest talk around town. But what are they, and what do they have to do with today's AI?Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
Bitcoin Core (BTC) vs. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) - Which is the Real Bitcoin?
Bitcoin Core (BTC) vs. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) - Which is the Real Bitcoin?
Source: https://youtu.be/Hieb9b4XQ8AOdysee
Which path sounds better to you?
Monero
I have nothing against Bitcoin Cash. I just see no need for it.
The issue with Monero is that it cannot scale to world adoption levels.
It is fine as a niche coin for certain use cases and I like it as well but I have migrated to BCH as it is the future.
The stress test a year ago showed Monero tops out ~700k TX per day and node problems started around 300-500k. This is likely a fundamental flaw and will not be able to go much beyond this TX volume unless there is a complete redesign/rewrite.
BCH has good privacy with CashFusion and in a couple of years it will have 100% private tokens, we will have Monero as a token on BCH. This is much better because we get full access to all exchanges that BCH is on plus world scale and supreme privacy.
My bet is on BCH.
What GNU + Linux software could enable deep integration of backup, sync, and transfer; just as convenient and beginner-friendly (edit: and efficient) as what Apple provides?
- iCloud backup restore or peer-to-peer transfer, very early in the device setup process
- Two ways for things to be stored in iCloud, each with a corresponding list of per-app (not per-folder) toggle switches in iCloud Settings
- "Saved to iCloud" normal syncing
- Requires apps to use the right APIs and to handle conflicting changes
- Allows same data to be read and modified by multiple devices
- iCloud backup
- Available for all apps
- Separate backup per device
- Only downloaded when setting up a new device
- In app sandboxes, only excludes
tmp
(Flatpak equivalent is somewhere in /run
) and Library/Caches
(equivalent to cache
directory in Flatpak sandbox) by default- Allows apps to set
isExcludedFromBackup
attribute for specific files (useful for things that are easy to recreate via download but are expected by the user to not be automatically deleted)- Includes system configuration such as home screen layout
- Backs up a list of installed apps without backing up their executables and assets
- Synced list of previously installed apps, not separate per-device
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They hanged a man on the anniversary of Kian's death. Kian was a 10 year old who got shot by security forces.
So the IRI pinned the murder on someone else and hanged him.
Two years earlier Basijis first kidnapped a 16 year from the protests, then raped and beat her to death. They returned her body two weeks later, claiming she jumped off a building.
Those were two of the at least 551 deaths during those protests.
The US reported 19 deaths during the George Floyd protests. 19 too much. Not on the same scale as Iran. Domestically, those two are not (nah, were not, don't know what the Dons gonna do) comparable.
I have in-laws in Iran. That "crap" wasn't overblown, people got beaten and raped for protesting.
So yeah, Im not gonna cry about Iranian hits on Israeli industry or military bases, but I'm not gonna celebrate Iran either.
19 too much.
Weight until you hear how many people the US has murdered overseas. Though I know westerners don't care about foreigners.
True, lest not forget who has behind pretty much every recent conflict & escalation in the Middle East. Israeli influence in American politics is out of control:
c-span.org/clip/house-committe…
Allies don't draw you into provocative & endless wars so you can fight on their behalf. They don't use agents to black mail & control your politicians, & to influence your corporations & media. Nor do they buy them off or influence them to act against the interests of their people.
There is only one terrorist nation in the Middle East right now the US needs to worry about, and the least they could do is stop funding their genocides with tax payer money.
I don't see a source in your words.
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I have in-laws in Iran. That “crap” wasn’t overblown, people got beaten and raped for protesting.
Just some second-hand hearsay, is that what passes for a source for you?
oh yeah , just some totally uncorroborated hearsay..
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Do you want more?
middleeasteye.net/news/iran-ex…
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rudaw.net/english/middleeast/i…
Totally just second hand hearsay. do you still want more?
Iran protests: Security forces intensify deadly crackdown on Kurdistan region
Iran's clerical rulers have stepped up suppression of persistent anti-government protests in the country's Kurdish region, deploying troops and killing at least four demonstrators on Sunday, activists and rights groups said.MEE and agencies (Middle East Eye)
it’s not like Iran isn’t known for authoritarianism and human rights abuses.
Iran certainly has its problems, but they don’t hold a candle to Israel’s (or the US’s) human rights abuses.
Meanwhile Iran has as much right to develop nukes as any country: precisely zero.
Okay? Iran isn’t even developing any, while Israel has had hundreds for decades, which they developed in secret as a rogue state.
Iran certainly has its problems, but they don’t hold a candle to Israel’s (or the US’s) human rights abuses.
The only difference in their favor I can currently see is that they’re not actively bombing another country to the ground. Internally, the human rights situation is „just as fucked“ at least even if you only take into account what their government itself says.
The only reason Israel, America's attack dog in the Middle East, has started a war of aggression on Iran is because Iran dares to oppose US foreign policy in the region. Had Iran got nuclear weapons they would be able to continue doing so with impunity.
That's it. All of that human rights, authoritarianism bullshit is propaganda for you, the westerner, to get your support for this imperialist war. The Mullahs hang gays from cranes so Israel should vaporize everyone in Iran, including the gays? Women who don't want to wear headscarves are being tortured so we will bomb all their apartment buildings to rubble? An adult person with average intelligence should be able to see themselves through the logic that a war with Iran is not going to improve an Iranian's circumstances in any way. Do not support this war.
I'll try to say this delicately enough to not get banned...
The modlog (which also contains the full text of my post) cites as the reason for the removal of my post "rule 1" which according to the sidebar is "Be civil and nice."
I think they consider any criticism of the government of Iran to be "incivility" and/or "meanness".
(Hopefully I'm not misinterpreting the mods here. Mods, please feel free to step in and correct any such misrepresentation.)
Curate your shell history
Curate your shell history
You can make your shell history more useful by removing the typos and false starts.Benjamin Esham
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Is this some sort of bash/zsh joke that I'm too fish to understand?
Okay I can see how curating could work. But if you're lazy like me, I recommend this:
GitHub - PatrickF1/fzf.fish: 🔍🐟 Fzf plugin for Fish
🔍🐟 Fzf plugin for Fish. Contribute to PatrickF1/fzf.fish development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
L'avulso codice dell'arco-lancia, antesignano della baionetta tra i popoli dell'Alto Medioevo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L'avulso codice dell'arco-lancia, antesignano della baionetta tra i popoli dell'Alto Medioevo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Non è difficile comprendere perché, in termini di reperti archeologici che sono giunti fino a noi in condizioni adatte allo studio, la quantità di spade ed altri implementi metallici risulta maggiore delle armi a lunga gittata, ivi inclusi archi, gia…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Researchers create most human-like robot skin yet
Researchers create most human-like robot skin yet | Popular Science
A hydrogel-based hand was poked, prodded, burned, and slashed to help robots 'feel.'Mack DeGeurin (Popular Science)
What are AI 'world models,' and why do they matter?
What are AI 'world models,' and why do they matter? | TechCrunch
World models are the newest talk around town. But what are they, and what do they have to do with today's AI?Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
Meanwhile in Lebanon
Meanwhile in Lebanon
Instance PeerTube généraliste, une bonne alternative à YouTube et autres plateformes de streaming contrôlées par des géants du WEB. General PeerTube instance, a good alternative to YouTube and other streaming platforms controlled by WEB giants.Mes Numériques
Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
In the hours after Israel attacked Iran, food shipments and distribution in Gaza stopped and a French-Saudi summit meant to pave the way for wider recognition of a Palestinian state was postponed indefinitely.
International pressure over starvation and civilian killings in Gaza had apparently dissipated in little more than the time it took for the smoke of the first missile strikes to clear over Tehran.
Israel’s military moved fast to declare Iran its top priority, with the battle for Gaza relegated to second place. That shift was echoed in foreign ministries and newsrooms around the world.
Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel AvivEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
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Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
In the hours after Israel attacked Iran, food shipments and distribution in Gaza stopped and a French-Saudi summit meant to pave the way for wider recognition of a Palestinian state was postponed indefinitely.
International pressure over starvation and civilian killings in Gaza had apparently dissipated in little more than the time it took for the smoke of the first missile strikes to clear over Tehran.
Israel’s military moved fast to declare Iran its top priority, with the battle for Gaza relegated to second place. That shift was echoed in foreign ministries and newsrooms around the world.
Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel AvivEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
Iranian women in the streets: We want an atomic bomb!
Actual Iranian women vs. Imperialist pinkwashing.
These villains are driving us crazy! These villains spent a year and a half killing half a million people, and now they’re attacking! We want an atomic bomb!
Rania Khalek/BreakThrough News 📺
Why is Iran under constant US attack? Is it really about women’s rights and democracy? Or is it because Iran, since its revolution, has been a staunch supporter both ideologically and materially, of resistance to US imperialism across the Middle East? To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Nina Farnia, Assistant Professor of Law at Albany Law School, a longtime activist and a scholar of Critical Race Theory, with a focus on US imperialism and its impact on domestic law.
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MAD is only a detergent if everyone has Nuclear bombs.
If the US and west get to keep their bombs, despite being the US being the only country to have ever used one, then everyone should be able to have nuclear bombs.
The thing is, the US and west don't actually want to prevent nuclear weapons from being used, they specifically want to prevent them being used against them and their allies, while maintaining the threat of using them against their enemies.
I’m accidentally becoming a #FediMerch guy.
Shiny stickers
Last year, I wrote a blog post, Fediverse for Freedom – which was about the importance of a free and open Fediverse, and how and why public institutions can support it. Since then, I’ve referred to this blog post in many of my talks and in conversations, and started to use the hashtag #FediverseForFreedom.
Ahead of FOSDEM back in February, I created some stickers to share – a Fediverse logo, overlaid with the text “I Am Part Of The Rebel Alliance #FediverseForFreedom”. They were quite a hit at the time, and since then I’ve used the same image in presentations. When people have seen them, I’ve quite often been asked where they came from.
Last week, Elena Rossini – writer of the fantastic The Future is Federated blog/newsletter, talented filmmaker and photographer, and (perhaps) the Fediverse’s Number One Fan – released a great, four minute video that both explains and promotes the Fediverse and open platforms not owned by billionaires1
videos.elenarossini.com/videos…
One of the stickers shows up in several shots of the the video, and once again, I heard that people would like to be able to get some for themselves.
A simple site
I’ve been wanting to make the stickers available for a while, but the release of the video finally pushed me into getting this done!
I’d recently bought some stickers myself, from the talented Robb Knight, and he mentioned that he used Stripe Payment Links for his site. I already had a Stripe account, so thought I’d try the same thing.
So: now you can visit fediverseforfreedom.org (.com points to .org), and click on a link to to get a handful of stickers shipped in your direction! You can also easily just tell your friends, “oh yeah, I got them from Fediverse For Freedom dot org”. Nice and straightforward.A small pile of I Am Part Of The Rebel Alliance stickers
There’s a bit more information about it all on that simple site, but I thought it might be interesting to write down a bit more about how I made it.
The site is running on Codeberg Pages. Previously I’ve put these kinds of one-off, single page sites up on GitHub Pages, or on Glitch. I’m feeling increasingly less comfortable about having all of my stuff on GitHub and hosted in the US; and, unfortunately, Glitch is going away soon (more on this in a future post). So in this case I chose Codeberg Pages, although I’m aware that they are themselves a platform that is currently in maintenance mode. I’m open to suggestions for similar sites, as I’ll need to migrate some Glitch apps somewhere very soon!
Apart from that: the whole operation is very low tech. Stripe Payment Links are convenient – Stripe itself can handle a huge variety of payment types – but, on the backend… it does not do much. No order acknowledgement emails, order management tools, or anything like that. All I get is a basic dashboard with information about the orders. I whipped up some simple Python that uses the Stripe API to grab the postal addresses of orders, and then creates SVG address labels for printing. The same code also grabs the email addresses so that I can send an email thanking the customer for the order.
In terms of shipping, that’s also a manual process – no “drop-shipping” here, I’m getting the stickers from my regular supplier (StickerApp), putting them in envelopes, and posting them out myself. That also means that delivery times will vary – although I had enough in stock to cover all of the initial orders, I’ve also been in Amsterdam for the past 3 days, so the first batch will go out on Monday.
One more thing I’m experimenting with here is GoatCounter, just to get a sense of traffic and interest. I didn’t want to put a load of invasive Google Analytics onto such a basic page, and I’ve had GoatCounter recommended to me a few times now – like Mastodon, it has also benefited from NLNet funding from the European Union in the past, and I wanted to see what was possible. It seems to do just what I wanted, whilst also being unintrusive.
What’s next?
Look… I don’t intend to become some kind of merch magnate, but I do know that some people share my own desire to display our commitment to the Fediverse and related causes, and if I can help folks to do so, then I will (did you know we already made a t-shirt? Elena has asked me for more in the same vein!).
If you want to look for other ways to show your support in public, and to give back to people or projects that work on tools that you use, take a look at the Awesome Fediverse Merch list that Jeff Sikes is curating. Plenty of options for everyone.
Finally – remember to support the creators of your favourite sites, services, and open source software directly, whenever you can!
- Remember, as I heard in a keynote at the PublicSpaces conference this week: “the Internet is currently controlled by four or five fucked up right wing white men” – it’s time to rewild the internet, and take ownership of our data and choices. ↩︎
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📺 Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
A 4 minute video that aims to introduce the Fediverse to people not familiar with itElena Rossini
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Io ero il milanese | S1E10 | Rinascita | RaiPlay Sound
10. Rinascita - Io ero il milanese - "Io ho dovuto ricostruire tutto. Partire dalle macerie e rimettere su un cantiere intorno a me. Ho dovuto ricostruire, partire da zero. Demolisco quell'immagine che le persone avevano di me.RaiPlaySound
La traduzione simultanea di Google, fantascienza diventata realtà
La traduzione simultanea di Google, fantascienza diventata realtà
Google sbaraglia i concorrenti. Apple aspetta tempi migliori, ma del resto il silenzio è ancora compatibile con la privacyMassimiliano Parente (il Giornale)
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Precise airstrikes on terrorist bases.
but it somehow triggered the pakistan govt. as if it hurt something of their own, it's as if, pakistan govt is indifferent that terrorists.
Ice reportedly shifting away from immigration raids on farms and hotels
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/31701401
Edward Helmore
Sat 14 Jun 2025 13.08 EDT"The New York Times reported that an internal email was sent on Thursday by Tatum King, a senior official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), to regional department leaders at Homeland Security Investigations, directing them to stop workplace immigration enforcement actions unless related to criminal investigations.
“Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels,” King wrote in the guidance, according to the outlet. "
Ice reportedly shifting away from immigration raids on farms and hotels
Edward Helmore
Sat 14 Jun 2025 13.08 EDT
"The New York Times reported that an internal email was sent on Thursday by Tatum King, a senior official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), to regional department leaders at Homeland Security Investigations, directing them to stop workplace immigration enforcement actions unless related to criminal investigations.
“Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels,” King wrote in the guidance, according to the outlet. "
Ice reportedly shifting away from immigration raids on farms and hotels
Workplace raids will be stopped after Trump conceded that deportations are hurting agricultural and hospitality industriesEdward Helmore (The Guardian)
Todd Haynes, Mark Ruffalo – „Vergiftete Wahrheit“ (2019)
Hollywood kann so viel mehr als Eskapismus – das beweist dieses leise, wütende Justizdrama über einen der größten Umweltskandale der US-Geschichte. Mark Ruffalo spielt den Anwalt, der gegen den Chemiekonzern DuPont kämpft – und gegen die Gleichgültigkeit der Öffentlichkeit. Ein Film, der nicht beruhigt, sondern verstört. Und der noch lange nach dem Abspann weiterarbeitet… (ARD/One)
Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
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Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
Sat 14 Jun 2025 18.45 EDT"No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events have so far drawn millions of people, with some hundreds still under way in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included over 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said."
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Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/31700751
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
Sat 14 Jun 2025 18.45 EDT"No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events have so far drawn millions of people, with some hundreds still under way in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included over 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said."
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Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
Sat 14 Jun 2025 18.45 EDT
"No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events have so far drawn millions of people, with some hundreds still under way in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included over 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said."
‘No Kings’ protests across US loom over Trump’s military parade
Millions set to turn out for what’s expected to be the biggest day of protest since president’s second term beganRachel Leingang (The Guardian)
Israel: Euphoria gives way to fear after Iranian missiles rain down on Tel Aviv
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/31697796
By Lubna Masarwa
Published date: 14 June 2025 17:12 BSTStill, fires and plumes of smoke could be seen in several areas of Tel Aviv, while explosions were also reported in Jerusalem.
Images and videos verified by Middle East Eye showed apartment blocks in Tel Aviv's suburbs and the nearby city of Ramat Gan almost completely destroyed and the wreckage of several vehicles among the debris.
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[Patch Notes] 3.26.0 Hotfix 5
3.26.0 Hotfix 5
- Re-enabled progression in Kirac's Vault Pass.
- Fixed a "GetAdapterInfo" client crash that could occur when launching the game.
Patch Notes - 3.26.0 Hotfix 5 - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Patch Notes] 3.26.0 Hotfix 4
3.26.0 Hotfix 4
- Added Opt-In Party Member UI to Mercenary Encounters.
- Prevented the Fallen Reverend Mercenary from summoning far too many spectres when encountered.
- Lowered damage significantly on Greater Shock Nova and Vaal Flameblast Mercenary Skills. Greater Shock Nova reduction will only apply to enemy Mercenaries. Vaal Flameblast reduction will apply both when allied and when an enemy.
- Fixed a bug where a legacy chance to Suppress Spell Damage modifier could roll on Veiled Body Armours and a legacy increased Critical Strike Chance during Flask Effect modifier could roll on Cinderswallow Urn.
- Fixed a deserialise packet packet crash that could occur on the login screen.
- Fixed a client crash related to the Phrecian Magistrate Character Effect.
- Fixed two instance crashes.
You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes in this hotfix.
Patch Notes - 3.26.0 Hotfix 4 - Forum - Path of Exile
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How can we combine two audio recording inputs (mics) into one audio input source in Manjaro?
My partner and I are running Manjaro and very new to it. Trying to switch as much as possible over to daily use with Manjaro.
We have pipewire, not pulseaudio
We record multiple times a week on OBS, and my partner and I are in the same room. We have two mics side by side both inputs going into my PC. Linux, and therefore OBS, are recognizing the two mic inputs separately as you might expect.
OBS can set up both of these separate inputs, but the issue is we're having significant problems with echo and the noise suppression/noise gates are not sufficient.
This was not an issue on windows, where we used Voicemeeter to combine our inputs into one mic for OBS. I am looking to emulate that on Linux to see if it solves our problems.
We have tried a mic merge sink, but it creates an OUTPUT device, not an input device.
SOLUTION:
QPWGraph was the answer (or something like it, Helvum was also recommended) While it looks intimidating at first you just need to understand it's a series of outputs and inputs and you play mix and match. This allowed us to take the outputs of the mics and connect them directly to a single OBS mic source. This 100% did all that Voicemeeter was doing for us, and the results were also the same.
We do not experience echo, overlap, feedback, or any of the issues we were having by adding the two mics separately in OBS. Our issue was NOT the setup, as some people focused on here. As soon as we got the mics going into that same input, all was good and we successfully ran a recording session 100% in Manjaro.
In the end, this did everything we wanted from Voicemeeter + MORE, as I can now isolate different outputs as well. So for instance in recordings I can manage the volume of discord and the background music separately. So this was an amazing solution and the result was exactly what was needed, and ultimately was much easier than Voicemeeter.
Thank you to those here that recommended it, and the people at the Manjaro forums.
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I've just created an OBS audio capture device, then opened qpwgraph and put both mic's into it.
It should do what you want, but I am not sure that will fix the problem. Give it a shot and let us know.
I definitely recommend playing around with easyeffects a bit more as well.
[Patch Notes] 3.26.0 Hotfix 3
3.26.0 Hotfix 3
- Changed DirectX12 to be the default Renderer, which also helps players who were experiencing device errors under DirectX11. Clients on DirectX11 will automatically switch to this if supported but can change back if needed. The "(default)" text next to this will be updated in a later patch.
- Fixed an bug where vendor windows would not save the search filter after clearing the textbox.
- Fixed a client crash on the Steam login screen.
You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes in this hotfix.
Patch Notes - 3.26.0 Hotfix 3 - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Patch Notes] 3.26.0 Hotfix 2
3.26.0 Hotfix 2
- Fixed a bug where Smoulderstrike Mercenaries failed to spawn with Unique Weapons equipped correctly.
- Fixed a client crash related to the King of the Faridun Armour Set.
- Fixed the DLSS option not being available on Steam.
Patch Notes - 3.26.0 Hotfix 2 - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Patch Notes] 3.26.0 Hotfix
3.26.0 Hotfix
- Fixed disconnections affecting players when trying to login.
Patch Notes - 3.26.0 Hotfix - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Additional Boss Kill Event
Secrets of the Atlas Additional Boss Kill Event
Due to the networking issues causing Europe and some regions in Asia to be unstable and getting disconnected we will be running a SECOND pinnacle boss race event later in the league once we have addressed the problems or can be certain there won't be disruptions to this degree.
The entire prize pool will be awarded again (the same prizes too) on top of the current event, we will clarify how this will work exactly in a follow up post once we can schedule a date.
We will make sure this is run later to give everyone enough time to get practice and familiar with the content so that it can be as fair as possible and will let people know in advance the date.
To confirm, the existing event will continue and the prizes will still be valid so that the efforts of the unaffected players are not in vain.
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[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Launch - Live Updates 🔴
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[Announcement] Dawn of the Hunt Mystery Box in Path of Exile 1 and Kirac's Vault
Announcements - Dawn of the Hunt Mystery Box in Path of Exile 1 and Kirac's Vault - Forum - Path of Exile
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in reply to 3abas • • •From I've seen they certainly used that initially with mostly older, cheaper, and slower drones in the initial waves intentionally to bleed out the iron dome but have been changing their strategy as the "Iron Dome" is weakened and/or gaps are discovered.
With each wave they adjust their strategy. Interspersing more Hypersonics and layering the drones in different patterns/locations to more readily distract/avoid the iron dome.
From estimated ratios of 9 impacts out of/150 launched in the first few waves vs 9/50 in the more recent waves.
Though obviously Israel hides the damage/strikes through media blackouts on military sites so we can't know for sure how accurate these estimates are and we mainly only get reporting on impacts in Tel-Aviv or other militarized "civilian" zones.
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in reply to IttihadChe • • •Oh for sure, I'm just saying they don't even need to hit any targets and they'd still be winning long term. They are capable of much more, and Israel can't fight Iran without US.
Satanyahu is betting on forcing Trump to agree to war with Iran on his watch. Avoiding that is thankfully one of Trump's main priorities, hopefully they don't succeed in changing his calculus on it.
And they aren't able to and won't be able to maintain media blackout much longer, Iran has stated that they will keep going and will go harder, and we've already seen some seriously damaged neighborhoods. As long as Iran keeps it reasonable (and what is reasonable has changed tremendously in the last two years of genocide and western media going hard to defend and justify Israeli war crimes), I think Trump can tolerate way more destruction of Tel Aviv than netanyahu thought he would.
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •WalnutLum
in reply to Redex • • •I'm no expert, but usually when missiles "go ballistic" their engines turn off and they have limited maneuvering capability at the end of their flight.
This one looks like it had engines on all the way to the target, which is a fairly newer class of design.
Redex
in reply to WalnutLum • • •I mean I'm no expert either but you can see this characteristic burning on most ICBM videos, it's just the reentry vehicle reaching insane temperatures.
E.g.: youtu.be/3ZM3y5qpMgY
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in reply to kayky • • •pm_me_weird_thoughts
in reply to leo_boehm • • •They want genocide; they will get some retaliation from who they are attacking. FAFO
imetators
in reply to pm_me_weird_thoughts • • •Not like Iranian and Palestinian people haven't said anything similar. This issue is not black and white. There's a hundred of different shades of piss and shit. Everyone is right from their standpoint and everyone is wrong from other's standpoint.
CommanderCloon
in reply to imetators • • •kayky
in reply to leo_boehm • • •Yes they do.
If they don't want to live with the consequence of being in one of the most contested places on earth, they can always leave.
It's way easier for Israelis to relocate because of how much money they have. They just choose not to and deserve all of the consequences that go along with that.
guyoverthere123
in reply to leo_boehm • • •If Israel is allowed and being enabled to raze Palestine, then nobody should take issue with Iran defending itself.
leo_boehm
in reply to guyoverthere123 • • •War is never justified, the political leaders are on their couches watching tvs playing with the lives of their people
TacoButtPlug
in reply to leo_boehm • • •Psythik
in reply to leo_boehm • • •The majority of these citizens support the genocide.
Do they deserve to die? Of course not. But do I feel bad about them getting a little taste of karma? Of course not.
kittenzrulz123
in reply to leo_boehm • • •Goldmage263
in reply to leo_boehm • • •m532
in reply to leo_boehm • • •answersplease77
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •Imagine 20+ months of this without bomb shelters with minimum to no food and with constant shelling and moving. Israel has made bombings and terrorism become normal for people in yemen, lebanon, syria and Iraq. Israel has made the lives of millions unsafe in the middleeast.
Germany, UK you created Israel government and the US enabled its colonization and genocide since day 1. Europe should take them back or stop them.
In 2025, the humans of the world nations still compete in every scientific advancement known to mankind, and mine every precious and rare material source, and employ every advancement and investment in programming, AI, engineering and design on the planet for intimidation and colonization launching metals into each other bodies, polluting and destroying the planet climate and resources, spreading pain and murder to each other for selfish gain. Now those maniacs are threatening with nuclear missiles. People who do everything in their power and utilize everything in the possession to bring humanity and the world down.
All because they want few Zionists to rule in aparthied and colonization and not give democracy to whom they see as inferior races of other humans instead of working and lifting each other. The world nations should stop this instead of heading toward WWIII as if humans cant learn history.
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Crankenstein
in reply to answersplease77 • • •S_H_K
in reply to answersplease77 • • •That's the most telling thing furute generations will look back upon this politicians that enabled such violence just to make some extra buck or a favor? Q
Harbinger01173430
in reply to answersplease77 • • •heavyboots
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •But_my_mom_says_im_cool
in reply to heavyboots • • •It’s wild hearing Americans who went on a 20 year genocidal way because they were attacked at home, cheering on others being attacked at home. Your government fucked by country and people, do I get to blow up your family and be cheered?
Edit: never has my indigenous, brown ass received so many DMs with hate, bigotry, and rants about genocide and colonialism from white kids than this year. Without a hint of irony, American hypocrites are trying to lead a movement against war, genocide, racism and colonialism. While you profit from and continue your own atrocities Americans need to get in the back of the line, they are toxic to the movement
kayky
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •I mean, both the United States and Israel were attacked because of Israel.
Israel deserves the blame because Israel is the problem.
If they don't like it, they can always leave. That would make the world a better place.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool
in reply to kayky • • •kayky
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •Well, yeah.
Supporting Israel is great for the MIC.
(I hope I don't have to say how I'm not one of the bloodthirsty Americans you're referring to)
Dessalines
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •You seem to not be aware that Israel is another settler-colonial project, based on indigenous eviction and genocide, just like the US, Canada, Australia, etc.
I suggest watching these two vids :
- YouTube
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in reply to kayky • • •heavyboots
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •But_my_mom_says_im_cool
in reply to heavyboots • • •IttihadChe
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •I didn't go on shit and I don't support US imperialist actions.
1) We were attacked at home because of previous imperialist actions, and we would have continued said imperialism whether attacked or not, that was a convenient excuse.
2) I would understand people cheering and I would direct my anger to the people who caused the retaliation to happen, my own government.
why are you defending America destroying your country and Israel doing the same/trying to do the same to other countries though? This make no sense.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool
in reply to IttihadChe • • •I agree with all of it i just think you Americans need to get out of the way and stop trying to lead the charge, because you guys are toxic and taint the movement with your hypocrisy and extremist attitudes.
You al benefit from your country’s imperialism but you all dodge responsibility and say it wasnt you
Goldmage263
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •m532
in reply to But_my_mom_says_im_cool • • •If you side with the usa empire, you're my enemy
Calling your opponents burgerlanders won't change that
Count042
in reply to heavyboots • • •Soleos
in reply to heavyboots • • •You know, the reason we have sympathy for Palestinian civilians is because they're not responsible for the actions of Hamas on Oct 7, even if many of them were brainwashed to be happy about the massacre. Please apply the same logic to sympathizing with civilians who are not responsible for Likud's actions, a large proportion of whom have also been protesting against the party in the past year.
The current Israeli administration is ruthless and bloodthirsty and it's diminishing the should of it's people. That being said, I don't think any major power in the world, including China and Russia are sad to see Iran's nuclear program get set back.
Sandouq_Dyatha
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in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •shoo
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •Sandouq_Dyatha
in reply to shoo • • •shoo
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •Here's a fun fact, did you know that 65 other countries also have mandatory military service, including Iran? Being a class traitor by the law of the state doesn't make you not proletariat.
Abandoning massive chunks of workers based only on their place of birth or the bubble of propoganda they live in is the opposite of every reputable leftist ideology. If your empathy for the people crushed under the rubble of an apartment complex depends on the flag out front then just admit you're a frothing nationalist and stop pretending.
Sandouq_Dyatha
in reply to shoo • • •shoo
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •Total population of Israel: 9.2 million
Total IDF personnel (including reservists): 500k
Total settler population: 700k
Total Isreal police force: <30k
But sure, let's glass them all. Especially the 86% that have no active involvement with what's going on. You sound like a goddamn fool.
Edit: let me cut off the horseshit collective punishment argument before you make it: you're still cheering for your own class to be slaughtered
Sandouq_Dyatha
in reply to shoo • • •arrow74
in reply to shoo • • •I'd be fine if the apartheid government willingly dissolved and created a new system where the genocide of Palestinian people wasn't the goal. A government that didn't attack it's neighbors on a whim.
This could be bloodless, but unfortunately the state will not allow that
shoo
in reply to arrow74 • • •Nobody expects the state to relinquish power without violence, but that doesn't mean it's OK to cheer clips of massive explosions within lethal range of civilian houses.
I have yet to see anyone share hard evidence that these are targeted at military areas, let alone actually hitting them. Just a bunch of equivocation about military reserves and public opinion polls. Isreal rightfully caught shit for their pager attack being too indiscriminate but an explosion clearing half a city block isn't?
arrow74
in reply to shoo • • •I think you're forgetting differences in military capabilities.
Israel can be more selective in it's targets in Gaza, but they deliberately chose hospitals. Iran, the nation defending itself, has to send large missile barrages to try and break through the iron dome defense. Those will be less precise
shoo
in reply to arrow74 • • •I don't see how that makes a difference? Israel bombing civilians with precision doesn't make imprecise bombing of civilians more acceptable. Everyone ends up just as dead. It just makes it more palatable for people who value retribution above civilian lives.
To put it another way: if you want to hit a military target but can't do so without outsized collateral damage, you don't have ethical grounds to make the attack. You don't see people defending the USA's use of Agent Orange in Vietnam just because it was the only feasible way to clear foliage.
arrow74
in reply to shoo • • •So what Iran is just supposed to let Israel continue unprovoked attacks? Yeah that's a fucking stupid take.
Also the US was the invader during the Vietnam War so that's a bad example all around
shoo
in reply to arrow74 • • •When did I say that? All I want is for all belligerents to be held to the same standard. Show me the evidence that these missiles are falling on targets with strategic importance; show me that they're making efforts to not waste human lives. It's clear that Israel's attacks are not and they're rightly called out for it. Why is Iran above the same scrutiny?
Why is it a bad example? Does being the defender in a war make you immune to war crimes? It's indiscriminate killing of non combatants either way.
m532
in reply to shoo • • •A nazi using communist words to try to mind control us? Pathetic.
davel
in reply to shoo • • •Here’s a fun fact, most Israelis—bourgeois and proletariat—approve of what the state of Israel is doing in Gaza.
These are fascists. If there’s anything to be learned from WWII, it’s that no one is more antifascist than communists.
Palestinians don’t have a nation. They’ve been under occupation by European settler-colonists for about 80 years.
Palestinians have the right under UN law to struggle against their occupiers by any means necessary, including armed struggle, while the State of Israel, as an occupier, has no right to “self defense.”
As for Iran, it is an anti-imperialist state retaliating against an unprovoked attack by an imperialist state, which it has the right to do by UN law. Marxist-Leninists give Iran our critical support1 in the struggle against imperialist states, not to mention the struggle against genocide.
As an Occupier, Israel Has No Right to “Self-Defense”
jacobin.comshoo
in reply to davel • • •Holy fuck you don't even know what a nation is lmfao
If you knew anything about WW2, you'd know that strategic bombing of population centers was a futile effort that wasted lives. Allies and Axis both admitted it, and the Allies even stuck to day bombing to limit collateral damage.
I've been asking up and down this thread for any context on what these bombs hit, any evidence at all, and all I get is equivocation like yours.
Your "critical support" isn't very critical at all, it's pretty one dimensional. Isreal bombs a population center: bad. Iran bombs an Isreal population center: good. I've seen no depth beyond that.
davel
in reply to shoo • • •I do, actually, but since you were the one talking about nations’ flags, I assumed that you didn’t know the difference between a nation and a state. Israeli Zionists clearly do know the difference, and they want an ethnically-cleaned, “Greater Israel” nation-state. Because they’re settler-colonialists; they’re fascists.
No, they did it in order to hit their targets, which were often cities. The US also dropped two atomic bombs on city centers with no warning at all.
Obviously neither one is “good.” You’re putting words in my mouth.
It’s Time to Confront Israel’s Version of “From the River to the Sea” | The Nation
The Nationshoo
in reply to davel • • •You're just wildly incorrect on all fronts here.
A nation is not a nation state, and a population doesn't have to be a sovereign state to have a flag.
Exactly, to limit collateral damage. Germany (and the RAF's night bombing, to be fair) also targeted cities with strategic war industries, they just cared more about their pilots' safety than civilian lives.
I'm not at all, I'm pointing out the lack of criticism for clips like the one above. There's not even reserved judgment until we know what got hit and who died, just full throated support based only on the name of the city being bombed. I'm the only one here wanting evidence that these attacks are targeting anything of value and limiting non combatant deaths.
Remember when Israel was criticized for half-hearted pamphlet dropping to warn of barrages? All the scorn at Israel's reports of the use of human shields? The outrage over bombing population centers and refugee camps allegedly hiding rockets? Zionists saying Palestinians deserved bombing because they elected Hamas and had parties celebrating Oct 7 and X% of Palestines supported Y?
I'm seeing the exact same comments in reverse. Just read the comments on this post. But this time nobody bats an eye because the "right" people are dying.
arrow74
in reply to shoo • • •davel
in reply to shoo • • •shoo
in reply to davel • • •These aren't people being tried for their crimes, not even people being picked out and put in front of a firing squad. This is an explosion in a city. You have no clue who might have been in that area any more than I do.
How many residents have fired a weapon against a Palestinian? 30% if you're being generous? That's about the same as the population of children.
You're OK with those odds? Or does your form of communism always cheer at indiscriminate death so long as some of the right people get caught in it? If X% of the population drinks the apartheid propoganda kool-aid it's open season? What's your number?
m532
in reply to shoo • • •"But did you consider the liberal morals we imposed onto you???"
No. No morals, only anti-imperialism.
IttihadChe
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •MTK
in reply to heavyboots • • •Idk, I think we should have sympathy for people being kill because of war at all times.
I don't know who lived in the place that was bombed there, but unless I have reason to believe that that person is somehow responsible for the genocide, why would I hate them?
Israel is obviously filled with genocidal people, and those who support genocide are not going to get my sympathy, but there are those who are actively fighting it even. So I do feel sympathy for innocent people dying because of genocidal governments and their need to bomb every living thing around them.
Thesilverpig
in reply to MTK • • •arrow74
in reply to Thesilverpig • • •It's like feeling bad when Berlin was bombed.
Like yeah there are of course some innocents there, but the majority are involved in either the war machine or the genocide.
MTK
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •shoo
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •Comment sections have been absolutely fucked since this started. I've seen some reports that these are hitting military targets but apparently I should be cheering about rockets landing a few dozen meters from this apartment?
I remember a video of an Israeli rocket hitting just outside a shop window in Yemen/Iran at a similar distance and people were balking that it could be hitting anything of strategic importance. Suddenly pictures of collapsed apartments and hospitals are fine because it's the guys you don't like?
Apparently it's a bad take for me to think civilians shouldn't be bombed regardless of how much Zionist brainwashing they have. People talking about "they deserve it" and pointing to Isreal opinion polls showing 60% support X awful thing. Last time I checked, a rocket doesn't take a survey before it explodes. So 4/10 people in that explosion deserve to die by association?
You all make me sick, down vote away.
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shoo
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •By all means, I'll take evidence that they've been hitting military targets. My issue is with people cheering videos like this lacking any of that evidence at all.
And no, having a bunker doesn't make a civilian population fair game. It's the same thing as crowding people into internment camps while you level their neighborhood.
Sandouq_Dyatha
in reply to shoo • • •shoo
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •TacoButtPlug
in reply to Sandouq_Dyatha • • •like this
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shoo
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •Where is that evidence? I'm not denying it, I'm asking for it and nobody provides it.
Edit: from what I can tell that F35 rumor started in 2024 as a meme mocking Israel's claims of apartments hiding Hezbollah weapons. Why would you stack up $100m planes in a place extremely hard to scramble them and perform maintenance?
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in reply to shoo • • •Randomgal
in reply to shoo • • •Are you new to Lemmy? Didn't you know murdering innocents is okay as long as it's 'the bad guys'?
The amount of people here who salivate at the chance of inflicting violence at people they don't like is insane.
But it's okay because they're 'the good guys'.
Goldmage263
in reply to shoo • • •Welcome to war, where human rights are optional and at the discretion of a select few. People will cheer for death like it's a gladitorial arena, while others act to mitigate as much suffering as possible. Still others will turn away in disgust and become recluse. No answer is correct; at least until the victor writes the history.
My only (personal) recouse is to focus on my impact at a community level, and hope that I get enough power, money, or influence to eventually do more.
flango
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •COASTER1921
in reply to MTK • • •Spzi
in reply to COASTER1921 • • •MTK
in reply to COASTER1921 • • •I think they all have bomb shelters there and an early alert system
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Co…
an early warning radar system installed by the Israel Defense Forces
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in reply to MNByChoice • • •elucubra
in reply to MNByChoice • • •We don't really know how many "Joe six-pack" iranians support this confrontation. Often, even people who are against a government will support warring against a perceived enemy, which is why so many leaders, when in trouble at home, start wars. See Putin, Bush, Netanyahu, maybe Trump next, and a looong list.
k_o_t
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE 🥹🥹🥹
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