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@ otter @lemmy.ca

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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • What's slimy, has 4 legs, and is a house?

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  • Hermit crab should work? It feels more 'house' than a regular exoskeleton

  • If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?

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  • Wouldn't it also lift you up with a similar amount of force? Similar to putting a fan on a sailboat to blow at the sails, the forces would cancel out somewhat

  • If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?

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  • I'm not sure it would, unless the person's volume also changes considerably.

    Buoyant force comes from a displaced volume of fluid (the outside air in this case)

  • Why Bird Bruises are Green

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  • This is cool to learn, thank you for sharing!

    If I saw that before, I would have thought the green color was from playing in grass rather than an injury

  • Destroy a Microphone

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  • This is a valid concern with a lot of manufacturers. My gut says that Framework actually does what it says, but here is a discussion about it:

    https://community.frame.work/t/how-do-the-camera-and-microphone-switches-work/4271

    As far as I can tell each switch is a U channel with a light emitter on one side, and a detector on the other. The part you move on the bezel just breaks the light beam. This creates a electronic on/off hardware switch.

    Using an actual physical switch would tend to be a source of an intermittent connection over time. Hence the use of optical technology. Same thought process for the screen open switch being a Hall Effect sensor, which can work through a cover.

    Both of these switches are optical switches where a vane will block the light from one side to a phototransistor on the other side. The photo transistor will then cut power to the camera circuit, or switch the mic data output from the mic to a dummy output that generates silence.

    The webcam light is also hardware for once. A lot of laptops do it with software, where people complain the camera turning on without the light being on. Framework shouldn't have that problem

    The classic Technology Connections video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m0mMF7GaIR0

  • Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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  • I think the user was referring to alternate methods for age verification. There was another post here a while back about a game website (armor games maybe?), which stated that it will mark accounts as verified if they linked a credit card, or if the account was made X years ago, etc.

  • Are you scared of AI becoming sentient? How do we ensure we never make one that is?

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  • I think OP agrees with this and included it in the premise, and is discussing a future leap in technology

  • Young Madagascar Owl

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  • Those eyes! 😮

  • hell yea

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  • Looking at your comment history, I think you need to understand that:

    • this is not a formal platform and so there is no expectation to adhere to any language rules when commenting
    • there are other spelling variants for the words you're familiar with
    • prescriptivism in language is unproductive, especially when you toss an insult into a subset of your comments

    There's more to the English language than just knowing how to spell.

  • ‘Unsettling and unprecedented’: Washington DC mayor responds to Trump’s federal takeover of city police

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  • It looks like the headline has since been changed

    ‘Unsettling and unprecedented’: Washington DC mayor responds to Trump’s federal takeover of city police – live

    @Domino@quokk.au, you could update it to the new one

  • first time using linux, how screwed am I?

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  • Sounds good! There's also !linux4noobs@programming.dev and similar communities to ask questions for all the specific issues you are working on

  • first time using linux, how screwed am I?

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  • recently i just finished building a new pc. mostly for gaming since my only exposure to linux is steam os and i heard its uses arch with kde plasma so i try to emulate it as close as i can. however soon i realized how different it is and it requires more setup than i initially thought.

    It sounds like you're thinking of Arch + KDE as similar to building a PC, where if you get the same parts you can hook them up for the same experience.

    I think their team chose Arch to build their distro off of because it's very customizable and made it easy for them to add their configurations, interface layers, hardware optimizations etc. That doesn't make it the best choice for a beginner unless you want to be thrown into the deep end and spend some time to learn a bunch.

    IMO you should look into something like Bazzite or some other atomic Fedora, or OpenSuse, so that you can have a running operating system you can game on. Then you can spend some time learning about Linux with the functioning PC. There are ways to run other Linux distros inside your main one if you want to play with them and learn about them.

    Unless you have another machine to use day to day, I find it annoying to be learning with the same machine I need for other things.

  • This tape shelf

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  • There's some text on the wall on the right side, which helps with the perspective

  • A Small European Country Has a Big Explosions Problem

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  • often used between rivaling gangs.

    That part made me curious to know more. Any gang violence is scary, and bystanders get hurt here as well, but I guess I'm used to firearms instead of explosives

    the blasts, usually caused by illegal fireworks with the strength of a grenade

    For years, the blasts had been linked to organized crime and drug traffickers using hand grenades to settle scores. Law enforcement officials say that others have recently mimicked the tactic, using black-market fireworks to target people in family disputes, relationship quarrels and business rivalries.

    While similar small-scale bombings are seen in other European countries — as part of gang fighting in Sweden, for example, and by rival political groups in Germany — Dr. Liem said that the Netherlands stands out because of the high number of explosions per capita and because most are a scare tactic by regular people in petty conflicts.

    That last bit was weird too. Using the equivalent of a grenade for family disputes, relationship quarrels, business rivalries and petty conflicts?

  • Instant production ready code

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  • That's an actual problem with some of them. It chunks up the prompt and assigns weights to different parts, and doesn't understand the original intent

    Saying "No food on the plate" might have it decide "plate + food + no"

    Compared to saying "empty plate" for example

  • My God the fairphone is nice

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  • I don't do anything important through the app, but it's convenient for

    • sending an e-Transfer to a friend when splitting a bill
    • quickly locking your card if you lose it

  • My God the fairphone is nice

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  • Featured

    Organized List of Canadian Communities

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  • Thanks, it's been added to both spots!

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    [Meta] Enumerated list of rules

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  • Thank you for highlighting the rules! I think it was needed, and I've been meaning to ask about it after those recent posts a few days ago.

    Would you be able to put a summarized version of rules in the sidebar once you've decided on them, and then link back here for the full version? Sometimes the pinned posts don't federate and people may gloss over the link.

    Markdown formatting wise, this is what I usually do now to have it look nice across different apps / front ends

     
        

### Rules:

**a) Posts must be uplifting.**

- This excludes [schadenfreude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude).^[1]^

**b) Posts must not overtly deal with toxic politics.** ^[1]^

**c) Links must not be low-effort.** ^[1]^

- Links must not go to a copy of a copy of a copy.  
(Try finding the original source instead! Links do not have to be textual, so there's no need to find a content farm to post a video.)
- Posts must not be fake news.

Notes:

- [1] https://lemmy.world/post/30918729

    Which would look like this:

    Rules:

    a) Posts must be uplifting.

    b) Posts must not overtly deal with toxic politics. [1]

    c) Links must not be low-effort. [1]

    • Links must not go to a copy of a copy of a copy.(Try finding the original source instead! Links do not have to be textual, so there's no need to find a content farm to post a video.)
    • Posts must not be fake news.

    Notes:

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own

    www.bleepingcomputer.com /news/security/synology-fixed-two-critical-zero-days-exploited-at-pwn2own-within-days/
  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Manstrual cycles

  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Which period/pregnancy/reproductive health tracking app do you recommend?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    If you are running Vaultwarden, you need to update. There is a CVE

    github.com /dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases/tag/1.32.4
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    September 2024

    JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Do you use anything to archive content for yourself or others? (research, videos, articles, and anything that could be lost to time or censorship)

  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3

    www.theregister.com /2024/11/04/bitwarden_gpls_password_manager/
  • Programming @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Breaking down the McMaster Carr website and the techniques they use to make it so dang fast.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike on Eve of 2024 Election, Alleging Unfair Labor Practices

    variety.com /2024/digital/news/new-york-times-tech-workers-strike-2024-elections-1236199555/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    How does someone send a phishing email using a legitimate domain? (notification.intuit.com in this case)

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Read the contents of the "Open Source AI Definition 1.0", released by OSI yesterday

    opensource.org /ai
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Read the contents of the "Open Source AI Definition 1.0", released by OSI yesterday

    opensource.org /ai
  • New Communities @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    c/TanEggs - For animals that fit the 'tan egg' description - Looking for moderators & contributors

    lemmy.ca /c/taneggs
  • Community Promo @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    c/TanEggs - For animals that fit the 'tan egg' description - Looking for moderators & contributors

    lemmy.ca /c/taneggs
  • Tan Eggs @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca
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    About this Community

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics

    www.404media.co /inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    The Tech Coup: A New Book Shows How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance

    hai.stanford.edu /news/tech-coup-new-book-shows-how-unchecked-power-companies-destabilizing-governance
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Exploring Lemmy Codebase - Rust for lemmings

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    An update so major, we could have built the product from scratch. | GameVault

    gamevau.lt /blog/2024/10/20/
  • Videos @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    'Boxlapse' - Beautiful time lapses of different plants growing

    www.youtube.com /@Boxlapse