Computer Scientists Figure Out How to Prove Lies

Link: quantamagazine.org/computer-sc…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies | Quanta Magazine

An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption schemes.

^{Erica Klarreich (Quanta Magazine)}

Hoe voorkom je als serieuze nieuwsorganisatie dat je voor het populistische karretje gespannen wordt dmv attention hacking?

"Journalisten zouden geen podium moeten bieden aan extreme politieke boodschappen op X als politici die niet willen toelichten. Herhaal geen uitspraak zonder tegenspraak."
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/09/journ…

Ik zou daaraan toevoegen: stop met normaliseren wat niet normaal zou moeten zijn (bijv anti-democratische, haatdragende of anti-wetenschappelijke ideeen)

Opinie | Journalisten, laat je niet langer gijzelen

Media: Nieuwsorganisaties zouden geen podium moeten geven aan extreme politieke boodschappen als politici die niet willen toelichten, zeggen Bernadette van Dijck, Hettie Lubberding en Irene Costera Meijer.

^NRC

Linux: crescita senza precedenti in Europa

Microsoft interromperà il supporto a Windows 10 dal 14 ottobre 2025, spingendo milioni di utenti europei a cercare alternative. Una di queste è Linux, che ha visto crescere la propria quota di mercato desktop dal 2,84% al 5,21% in poco più di un anno (+83%).
Un’ascesa senza precedenti: +83% per Linux in Europa
I dati condivisi da Statcounter fotografano un incremento dell’8…
pillole.graffio.org/pillole/li…

Linux: crescita senza precedenti in Europa

Microsoft interromperà il supporto a Windows 10 dal 14 ottobre 2025, spingendo milioni di utenti europei a cercare alternative. Una di queste è Linux, che...

^{pillole.graffio.org}

Chi controlla le terre rare controlla il mondo

Quando a fine anni ’80 Deng Xiaoping affermò che “il Medio Oriente ha il petrolio, la Cina le terre rare”, in pochi diedero il giusto peso alla dichiarazione dell’allora leader della Repubblica Popolare cinese.
Come invece sempre più spesso accade, il Dragone asiatico dimostrò di avere la capacità di immaginare e mettere in atto strategie di lungo termine: le terre…
pillole.graffio.org/pillole/ch…

Chi controlla le terre rare controlla il mondo

Quando a fine anni ’80 Deng Xiaoping affermò che “il Medio Oriente ha il petrolio, la Cina le terre rare”, in pochi diedero il giusto peso alla...

^{pillole.graffio.org}

On the one hand, “Cry me a river.” On the other, the rot from the top is real.

Trump loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
#politics
archive.ph/KnFyQ

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Angel Reese on Becoming 'NBA2K' Cover Stars
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/nba2k-shai-gilgeous-alexander-angel-reese-1235381472/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Meet 'NBA2K' Cover Stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Angel Reese

The MVP and the WNBA breakout talk growing up on the game and making sure they look good on the screen — down to the last eyelash.

^{Alyssa Mercante (Rolling Stone)}

First-person horror platformer Blessed Burden adds Linux and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/firs…

#BlessedBurden #IndieGame #PCGaming #Gaming #SteamDeck #Linux

First-person horror platformer Blessed Burden adds Linux and Steam Deck support

First-person platforming with a dose of horror? Sounds interesting! Blessed Burden recently added Linux and Steam Deck support.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Trump didn’t start the war on the poor – but he’s taking it to new extremes
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/10/trump-didnt-start-the-war-on-the-poor-but-hes-taking-it-to-new-extremes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Opinion @opinion-AlJazeera

Trump didn’t start the war on the poor – but he’s taking it to new extremes

His Big, Beautiful Bill is the latest attempt to finish off America’s already fragile welfare system.

^{Donald Earl Collins (Al Jazeera)}

For now, I use a #GalaxyA56 as my main phone, but I plan to buy a cheaper test device that will run #Murena #eOS.

I'm prototyping a #European #tech #ecosystem for myself, and if everything goes well, I most likely migrate to a #Fairphone as my daily driver. Of course, my computer will get the #Linux treatment. The only issue is my tablet that has a stylus and a keyboard, so it will be stuck with Google, because One UI with DeX mode is just THAT good!

Goldman Wants Newbies to Swear They’ll Stick Around
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-10/goldman-wants-new-bankers-to-swear-loyalty-citigroup-welcomes-more-people?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Bloomberg @bloomberg-bloomberg

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Some vampires and drama today.

#blog #blogger #review #MovieReview #SunsetOnTheRiverStyx #drama #film #filmastodon

Sunset On The River Styx (2021)

Movies young and old, from fright flicks to cracking comedies, from the latest blockbusters to the rarest cult treats.

^{foritismansnumber.blogspot.com}

Let us not forget: The Palestinians in Gaza are our permanent neighbors, and we are theirs.

A. B. Yehoshua

#Israel #Palestina

Kreislaufwirtschaft ❗🎯

open.spotify.com/episode/1xbjl…

Kreislaufwirtschaft: Aus Schei*e Gold machen

Mission Klima – Lösungen für die Krise · Episode

^{Kreislaufwirtschaft: Aus Schei*e Gold machen (Spotify)}

Pence Says Trump Has Right to Share Views on Powell, Fed Policy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/pence-says-trump-has-right-to-share-views-on-powell-fed-policy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-bloomberg

Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones: The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return ... (+972 Magazine, 2025-07-10)

972mag.com/drones-grenades-gaz…
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>> According to interviews with seven soldiers and officers who served in the Strip, these drones are operated manually by troops on the ground, and are frequently used to bomb Palestinian civilians — including children — in an effort to force them to leave their homes or prevent them from returning to evacuated areas.

>> Soldiers most commonly use EVO drones, produced by the Chinese company Autel, which are primarily intended for photography ... However, with a military-issued attachment known internally as an “iron ball,” a hand grenade can be affixed to the drone and dropped with the push of a button to detonate on the ground...

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones

Israeli soldiers tell +972 they deliberately target Palestinian civilians with drone strikes so others will ‘learn’ not to return.

^{Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)}

Ralph Lauren CEO: Tariffs a "Factor" But Focus is on Consumer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-07-10/ralph-lauren-ceo-consumer-core-very-resilient-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Europe’s budget is investing in digital innovation for a smarter, more efficient food system.​

AgrifoodTEF is testing robotics in agriculture, with AI solutions that increase precision, efficiency, and profitability. This supports our farmers to produce healthy, nutritious food.​

Europe invests where it matters, to make a difference for 450 million Europeans.

#ThePowerOfTogether ​

The cycle-path over the Afsluitdijk might have been "temporarily" closed since 2019 but some things are still possible. For instance, we can fire Israeli rockets from it, paid for with Dutch taxes and produced by a company heavily involved in the Israeli genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people.

nos.nl/artikel/2574464-rakette…

In the UK, the peaceful protest group Palestine Action was recently proscribed as a "terrorist" group. Palestine Action have in the past damaged property belong to Elbit Systems because that company produces weapons which have been used to kill Palestinians.

Though the majority of the Dutch population wants to see our government take action against Israel, our government continues to buy many weapons from Israeli companies, including from Elbit Systems who produced the rockets which have just been fired from the Afsluitdijk.

And of course there's still no sign of when exactly that cycle-path might re-open. That's not nearly so important as propping up a genocidal state by buying weapons from them.

Make it make sense.
#afsluitdijk #israel #IsraelTerroristState #rocket #palestineaction #palestine #dutchgovernment #defensie #gazagenocide #bds

Rakettest op de Afsluitdijk: 'Elders kun je niet zulke afstanden schieten'

Deze week heeft defensie twee dagen lang raketten afgevuurd vanaf Breezanddijk. In totaal werden zestien raketten afgevuurd, allemaal als test.

^{Jesper van Aken (NOS Nieuws)}

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On the night of 10 July (from 18:00 on 9 July), the enemy attacked #Ukraine with 415 assets:

- 397 drones
- 8 ballistic missiles iskander-m
- 6 X-101 missiles
- 4 C-300 missiles

The main direction of impact is the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv

Grok 4 Launch

[video]Link: twitter.com/xai/status/1943158…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

I have a Windows 11 laptop which I use for the car OBD software. I decided to also have Debian installed on this laptop. I used the Debian Live installer. The installer offered to shrink the Windows partition, and install Debian on the remainder.

It all worked flawlessly. No need to faff around with a separate partition manager. #FOSS installers have become so proficient. There is really no excuse for not having a free operating system.

#Debian #Windows

My dudes!

Very proud to announce that 'Spectral' is now live.

A collaboration with patient sitters who visited our studio in May and shot their own self portraits on an old 1950's camera. I then combined these images using a little css wizardry.

There are:
20 portraits
31 masks
23 gradients

These get loaded into the browser and stacked at random. Click refresh in the top right to seed a new layout of randomly stacked images (or you can hard refresh). It will work on mobile but you are missing the full experience if not on desktop.

slackwise.org.uk/

#LargeFormat #5x7 #7x5 #FilmPhotography #Film #Analog #Analogue #AnalogPhotography #AnaloguePhotography #PhotographyProjects #PhotographyProject

Since the World Is Ending, It’s Time I Admit Werewolves Are Fucking Terrifying – Guest Post by Glenn Danzig
thehardtimes.net/blog/since-th…

"Hi kids, it’s your Uncle Glenn here. I won’t sugarcoat it, but it looks like the world is finally on the precipice of destruction. I’m…
The post Since the World Is Ending, It’s Time I Admit Werewolves Are Fucking Terrifying – Guest Post by Glenn

Since the World Is Ending, It’s Time I Admit Werewolves Are Fucking Terrifying - Guest Post by Glenn Danzig

Hi kids, it’s your Uncle Glenn here. I won't sugarcoat it, but it looks like the world is finally on the precipice of destruction.

^{Ben Friedman (The Hard Times)}

LibreOffice 25.8 RC1 Released With Various File Performance Improvements

The first release candidate of the LibreOffice 25.8 open-source office suite is now available for testing. This half-year update as the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office has been working on performance improvements for various file types, dropping support for old versions of Windows, and various other enhancements...
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-…

Denver launches new middle class housing program
aol.com/news/denver-launches-m…

#HousingCrisis

"I'm an Englishman in New York"

#Landscape #Wildflowers
#Nature #Photography #Photo
#BloomScrolling #Flowers
#Florespondence #Gardening #NaturePhotography #Wildlife
#FleurisTonFil #Fotografie
#Outdoors #Pixelfed #Garden #Pfalz #Garten #Natur #Hiking

River tern #rivertern #tern #natgeoindia #natgeoyourshot #nikonphotography #nikonasia #picoftheday #photooftheday #nikonnxstudio #nxstudio #bbcearth #nikonindiaofficial #natgeowild #nature #naturephotography #nikonphotography #photography

#wildlifephotography #wildlifeindia #wildlifepics #wildlife #wildlifephotography

#birdphotography #birdphotographyindia #birdsofindia #nikonbirdphotography

253 morts à Paris, 1500 en Europe : le changement climatique a triplé le nombre de morts de la canicule de juin 2025

> Selon une analyse du Grantham Institute et de la London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, le changement climatique d’origine humaine a intensifié la récente vague de chaleur en Europe et augmenté le nombre de décès dus à la chaleur d’environ 1500 dans 12 villes européennes, sur 2300 morts au total.

bonpote.com/253-morts-a-paris-…

Bei McDonald's spricht zuerst die KI mit Bewerber:innen. Das führt nicht nur regelmäßig zu frustrierenden Missverständnissen – sondern stellte auch ein enormes Sicherheitsrisiko dar.

t3n.de/news/hacker-knacken-mcd…

Hacker knacken McDonald’s-Chatbot mit dem einfachsten Passwort der Welt | t3n

Bei McDonald’s führt ein Chatbot das erste Bewerbungsgespräch – mit drastischen Folgen für den Datenschutz. Sicherheitsforschern gelang es, auf Millionen Bewerbungen zuzugreifen, weil das Unternehmen auf ein sehr einfaches Passwort setzte.

^{Noëlle Bölling (t3n Magazin)}

"Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist."

– Sir David Attenborough

#Quotes #Nature #Economy #Capitalism