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  • Longing, Rusted, Seventeen, Daybreak, Furnace, Nine, Benign, Homecoming, One, Freightcar

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  • Well.....a single mitocondrion is not really a powerhouse of anything except really simple single celled organisms.

    Wikipedia:

    The number of mitochondria in a cell vary widely by organism, tissue, and cell type. A mature red blood cell has no mitochondria, whereas a liver cell can have more than 2000.

    It would be more correct to say "are the powerhouse of the cell".

  • THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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  • 5 makes no sense outside of USA20 What is phone bo? book?

    19, 20 if NZ equivalent of AOL

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  • 2001 first introduced to Fedora (1?) A friend installed on my laptop. Used it for a little; but it didn't do the things I wanted. A little while later I was back on XP.

    I tried Ubuntu 6.04; it wasn't ready. Back to XP.I tried Ubuntu 8.04; it was really close. Back to XP.I tried Ubuntu 10.04; and have had Linux ever since. I have jumped to various distros over the years, I kept coming back to Mint though. I currently have a couple of computers running Bazzite and the rest on Mint.

    I do keep Windows VM's around; XP, 7 and 10. But they barely get turned on these days.

    I haven't had Windows installed on a machine in 16 years; even in 09 it only lasted a couple of months till I got time to replace it.

  • Donald Trump says he will file lawsuit against BBC in coming hours

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  • dis-com-bob-u-lated

  • Don't let the empires divide us!

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  • As an outsider.

    The EU represents, to me, he only power in the world that has a mostly people focused existence.

    China, currently, is about the glory of China and the 'legacy' of Xi.

    USA; is all about American exceptionalism. Trump is driving significant instability; he care only for Trump.

    So work out your differences; be the adult in the room. Help your people, the rest of us need your stability.

    As a side note; Putin is like a scorned lover, the USSR was a big player on the international stage. He resents that Russia is no longer that important. It seems like his expansionist tendencies are to get back to the world power status they once enjoyed.

  • Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder | This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.

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  • Disagree.

    I read the post; Trump made the murder all about Trump! He and his wife were killed, because he didn't like Trump; if they had just loved the great and powerful Trump enough, all would be well.

    /s if it wasn't enough

  • It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds

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  • So if someone was to hypothetically label an image in a blog or a article; as something other than what it is?

    Or maybe label an image that appears twice as two similar but different things, such as a screwdriver and an awl.

    Do they have a specific labeling schema that they use; or is it any text associated with the image?

  • YOLO

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  • Necrotic puss ulcer...lovely

  • YOLO

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  • Indeed!

  • I love the european instances!

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  • Is this true?

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  • Should have a category for dangerous river animals, with the major rivers marked.

  • Have YOU ever done this?

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  • Of course I do, sometimes I need expert advice!

  • Jungle Rule

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  • Balgging, getting the kids hooked!

  • Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

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  • Maybe profit isn't the only motive...

  • Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

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  • I don’t see how both these claims can simultaneously be true.

    Sorry, my poor communications...I was referring to the social media companies, when I said they had been trying and failing for years. Not trying that hard mind you; moderation is a very expensive problem to solve, and they don't want to spend money they don't explicitly have to.

    (it's) actually about making citizens more easily identifiable online.

    Maybe. That is speculation, probably a nice little side effect. But not the primary goal.

    Independent social media sites however, don’t all have the resources to implement verification systems, so some will feel the financial burden of compliance a lot harder, and others

    This is a great point; and there is an easy way to solve this problem. Not that the govt will care that a simple solution exists. If you don't have an algorithmic feed a lot of the spread of misinformation is curtailed. If you are not allowed to host images/video etc directly than the moderation of them can be off loaded to 3rd parties.

    What’s more, knowing that the platforms they’re using have their identities will make a great many people more hesitant to speak critically about existing power structures.

    Another great point. I don't have a good answer to this one, but there are anonymous leak avenues etc for serious stuff.

  • Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

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  • In any case, this ban is literally worse than just leaving the problem be.

    I don't really agree; the ban will do two things.

    1/ it will show the social media companies that, Australia at least; has tools that they can use to reduce their power.

    2/ show kids that this is really serious; it is not just your parents saying shit you can ignore.

    Will some kids work out how to get around it; yep, 100%. Will it be a big portion; maybe, tech literacy is not as high as it could/should be.

    Holding platforms accountable to a bare minimum standard of moderation against misinformation, bullying and harassment might be a starting point.

    This would be great; but it is also too little too late. They have tried, and failed at exactly this for years.

    And hey, if socmed’s really that bad for you, then us adults could benefit from this alternative, too!

    It is that bad for you! Algorithmic social media is doing you harm.

  • Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

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  • I figure holding tech giants directly accountable for the specific harms they’ve caused

    What if; the social media giants are in another country. Your country doesn't have jurisdiction there and can do fuck all in reality.

    Maybe fine them???? Sure, which they will fight in court until the end of time; all the while the harm continues.

    I don't know if a ban will work, or what extra harms it will cause. But there are no good options to tackle this on the large scales of whole countries.

    Algorithmic social media is mind cancer; if you have a better suggestion for tackling this issue. Let us know.

    Lemmy is social media; but there is no algorithmic feed, my views are not being manipulated by some engagement maximizing machine.

  • Remember snow?

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  • It is scorching hot, when was December ever cold.

  • Exploitable deviations from the rule

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  • Na; it is not.

    Singing carols with my kids; one instantly got that at 4!!!

    The moral is being useful is the only value; taking the piss about physical differences is completely normal.

    Santa (the authority in the song) doesn't give a shit that the other reindeer "used to laugh and call him names"; until Santa found a use for him.