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@ Preflight_Tomato @lemm.ee

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  • framework 13 AMD... yay or nay?

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  • I’ve been stuck deciding between getting the 2.8k screen and upgrading to the larger 16 laptop. I stopped using my desktop last year entirely and so now I’m trying to figure out whether I should go with the larger laptop since it’s the only thing I use now.

  • How do you think independently?

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  • I’m always wondering is how I became an independent thinker. I have a hard time understanding how so many people are so gullible

    You may not think this way, but I'll comment just in case: Don't fall into the trap of thinking you are too smart to fall for a lie. The smartest people in the world have blind spots, and only the blind think they have none.

  • How do you think independently?

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  • Note that established, accepted scientific theories often fall into the “fact” category.

    For example the Theory of Gravity.

  • Trump launches meme coin, apparently makes more than $25 billion overnight

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  • Bitcoin is the most secure banking method.

    Though blockchain tech produces new problems that ultimately make it useless outside of a store of value.

  • Is there an equivalent of solar panels for radio waves?

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  • Yes, these devices exist. But, IR is significantly, even several orders of magnitude, less powerful from the sun than visible and UV light. The only applications derive from receiving power from human sources that are bright enough, some examples are here in the other comments.

    Even then, I have doubts that human IR emitters produce enough power for anything but the most highly efficiently engineered device, outside of a microwave.

  • I don't know what to do with this information

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  • To add to this, here's what I would do personally:

    For disinfecting devices, it's a process:

    1. Isolate the device, remove network cards if possible.
    2. Try to find out what kind of malware it is? Is it isolated to the OS? If it's infecting device firmware I'd just replace the whole device, otherwise move to next step.
    3. Copy essential data onto a removeable drive (USB)
    4. Wipe the drive and re-install the OS fresh.
    5. Full content malware scan of all files on the USB.
    6. Copy files back onto fresh OS.

    Some additional things to do:

    1. Change relevant credentials.
    2. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) wherever offered.
    3. If you're in the US and believe that financial info was compromised (SSN, bank passwords, etc.), freeze your credit and file 1 year fraud alerts with all major consumer reporting companies (Equifax, Transunion, Experian, etc.). This is free and quick as required by law.

  • Longevity-obsessed tech millionaire discontinues de-aging drug out of concerns that it aged him

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  • Watched the documentary with a friend; we were trying to guess his age. We agreed on "decent looking for 55". He's 47 lol.

  • AliasVault | Open-Source Password & Alias Manager

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  • +1 on wildcard addresses. Any 10 min mail site is also great for anything unimportant.

  • What hidden "secrets" have you learned from your home automation?

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  • Check out Technology Connections on YouTube. Specifically this playlist on heat pumps.

    The only thing more efficient would be mechanized Solar shades and passive techniques.

  • TIL about vaults, the largest structures in our cells. No one knows what they're for.

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  • My wild speculation:

    Viral snares/traps? Semi-permeable membrane + RNA; the virus gets in and binds to the RNA inside, then the viral package is "spent" on fake RNA that can't replicate. The MVP shell could keep regular cellular machinery away from the trap RNA. There are thousands of these vaults within the cell, as to create a bunch of "pits" that a virus could fall into, thus effectively slowing viral spread, even a little?

    edit: from a link in the article:

    vault protein somehow helps epithelial cells internalize P. aeruginosa, which in turn speeds the clearance of an infection. Compared to normal mice, for example, MVP-less mice were 3 times as likely to die when their lungs were infected with the bacterium

    This was mentioned as a hypothesis that was determined to be fruitless. Was this ever explored further? Different viruses, organ systems, etc.? Since it's in a lot of different organisms, maybe some common virus that affects many different species is affected by this.

    This is very interesting.

  • TIL about vaults, the largest structures in our cells. No one knows what they're for.

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  • Depends how fast you do it.

  • 2025 trailer be wild

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  • It's important in the sense that if it's "just gang shit" then people think it's less random, and so they have some agency to avoid it, which makes it less scary. They're also not in social groups even close to gangs, so it's not something that would ever happen to them.

  • But of course we don't want to poison our child.

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  • IIRC it doesn't do anything prevent tooth decay, it just doesn't cause it, unlike sugar and many other sugar substitutes.

  • Is it worth investing if I can only contribute $50 a month?

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  • 7-8% is the standard value used after taking inflation into account. It's really 10%, but inflation eats 3% yearly, on average. Using the metric this way also conveniently means that the value you calculate for the end of compounding (in 35 years) is interpretable in todays dollars.

    So 7% interest on 50$ monthly for 35 years means total principal of 21k$ and total of 83k$ (todays value).

    See https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator

  • Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web

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  • Infinitime 1.15.0 – Ribesrubrum

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  • Yay! Been waiting patiently.

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  • I think the best course of action is to find an cut the antenna or it's trace on the board (and verify). Sounds a lot easier than it is though.

    edit: or also pull the modem fuse, if it has one

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  • Also, horse is bigger/more visible to cars, and maybe could be in the street. So you may not have to wait on traffic crossings as much depending on the area.

    I still choose e-bike because poo, but what a looney idea, I love it.

  • They used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolution

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  • Amazing to see Hot Wheels change from gas to hybrid to EV over the years.

  • Democrats are trying to work out what went wrong. On the left a consensus is forming

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  • Nice, glad to help! And cool that you did Linguistics in school!