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@ aleq @lemmy.world

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  • Techno feudalism, here we come

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  • I find them quite useful, in some circumstances. I once went from very little Haskell knowledge to knowing how to use cabal, talk to a database and build a REST API with the help of an AI (I've done analogous things in Java before, but never in Haskell). This is my favourite example and for this kind of introduction I think it's very good. And maybe half of the time it's at least able to poke me in the right direction for new problems.

    Copilot-like AI which just produces auto-complete is very useful to me, often writing exactly what I want to do for some repetitive tasks. Testing in particular. Just take everything it outputs with great scepticism and it's pretty useful.

  • Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux

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  • I assure you a great many people take Linux seriously.

  • Thirsty giants: Big tech’s data centers multiply in drought-hit Spain

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  • Why is Spain such an attractive place for data centers? Seems costly due to high temperatures. But maybe those costs can be offset by the viability of solar power?

  • Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive

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  • Isn't librewolf building on the latest versions of firefox or gecko or something? So if firefox does, so does librewolf?

  • Peter Navarro says shrinking US economy is good news

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  • If the value of money goes down, prices go up.

  • Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence

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  • No shit they are. Even after all this blows over, as it inevitably will, they're still gonna be huge… but what might be a small loss percentage-wise is still quite big when you're as big as Microsoft.

    Here in the nordics they seem to have almost every company and almost every municipality as their customer, if there's a rule coming in saying public data must be in Europe or something like that — that's a lot of dollars lost. Same if just a percentage or two of companies decide they're not fans of American tech anymore.

  • Germany: Former AfD aide arrested on suspicion of espionage

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  • No no, the Russia collaborators are the actual politicians. This is just an aide.

  • HERE THEY COME

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  • Didn't know this guy before but it really doesn't matter if he was literally Hitler and decides to start using Linux. It's an operating system not a club, it really makes no difference. Maybe slightly more moderation for people on linux communities on mainstream platforms (e.g. reddit).

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    You asked, we built it: Firefox tab groups are here

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  • Been wanting this feature for years, amazing.

    late to the game

    Which other browsers have this? If I had known I probably would've switched haha.

  • Poop Drones Are Keeping Sewers Running So Humans Don't Have to

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  • 'artists' (usually rich)

    I know think you're trolling, but…

  • YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design

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  • I prefer the old one, but it's really not much of a difference. New one looks a bit cheaper, like something you'd see on piracy sites or something.

    Also just realised Jellyfin basically has the old YouTube design. Don't know if YT was first with it, but if so it was pretty influential, think it's quite common in many players.

  • China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs

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  • I'm not 100% sure about the economics of tariffs, but my interpretation is that the US are shooting themselves in the foot more than us. And if we can project an image of a stable level-headed trading partner and create good trade relations with India, China and countries in Africa and South America that might be more valuable in the long run than our US trade relations.

    Basically, if US wants to hamper their own economy, let them. Meanwhile we'll be Open For Business™ and picking up all the good stuff they left behind.

  • China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs

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  • While I do think the EU is lacking the balls to do this, there's also some strategy to consider here. It certainly would be lovely if the EU would be more defensive, but also more damaging to the EU economy (at least in the short run, probably for a long time).

    China is being painted as enemy number one, and there's long-standing beef between the countries. Trump lost or is losing the trade war, and needs to make himself not look weak. Meanwhile China wants to project strength internally. Whatever is happening between closed doors, China has everything to gain from humiliating the US at this point. Trumps incompetence is already evident, they just need to fuel the flames.

    With the EU, the situation is wildly different. EU doesn't really want to project power, they want to project exactly as much power as is necessary not to seem weak but no more. It wants to show that it's a level-headed free trade partner ready to take the lead in the free world, the fairest and most stable market in the world.

    ...that's my take on it anyway. USE! USE! USE! USE! 🇪🇺

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    US: 12 states sue Trump administration over tariffs – DW – 04/23/2025

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  • So based. Any chance that they'll win?

  • Trump's "final offer" for peace requires Ukraine to accept Russian occupation

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  • What does unofficial recognition mean? Can a country do anything unofficially?

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  • Of course not, to even entertain this idea is ridiculous.

    An EU-China summit will be held in July, both sides announced.

    Don't know why, but this feels hype.

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  • I will hack Google

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  • What's the problem exactly? There are many ways to do it, and I think saying you run apt-get update is quite fine even if you're not explicitly saying that you run it as root. And he may not have flatpaks.

  • China’s CATL claims to have overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV battery charging time

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  • TFW Chinese EV makers aren't even competing with western ones anymore, only among themselves.

  • ‘Tariff shockwave’ leads to collapse in ocean container bookings

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  • I guess MAGA people will see this as a win? Since imports are down 2x much as imports. If the value of the goods in these containers are roughly equal, that should mean smaller trade deficits?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    aleq @lemmy.world

    Why do you use the distro you use?

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
    aleq @lemmy.world

    Connecting HA Yellow to existing Wireguard network?

  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Apparently the EU has an egg market situation dashboard

    agriculture.ec.europa.eu /document/download/9bdf9842-1eb6-41a2-8845-49738b812b2b_en
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

    www.desmog.com /2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
    aleq @lemmy.world

    CalDav integration with caching?

  • datahoarder @lemmy.ml
    aleq @lemmy.world

    Best solution for a distributed filesystem?