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ilmagico

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  • ‘Nobody thought it was possible’: Quantum teleportation is here | BBC Science Focus Magazine

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  • I'm pretty sure it's impossible to transmit bits "instantly" i.e. faster than light under the current quantum theory or relativity theory, you can't transmit information faster than the speed of light. If somebody found a way to do that, we'd be rewriting the laws of physics, and that would be a big deal for sure.

  • ‘Nobody thought it was possible’: Quantum teleportation is here | BBC Science Focus Magazine

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  • The second one, of course:

    the new research proposes that the breakthrough could make these communications super secure and nearly instantaneous – limited only by the speed of light.

    (enphasis mine)

    So, yeah, we didn't break any laws of physics.

  • Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

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  • Canadian Man Dies of Aneurysm After Giving Up on Hospital Wait

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  • after doctors made sure he wasn't in a life-threatening condition, he was moved to the waiting room, where he sat for six hours before deciding to pack up and go home.

    I don't know why they're trying to spin it as a difference from the US system.

    I had the same exact experience in the US. multiple times. You go to the ER, for whatever reason, they look at you and, unless you're literally bleeding to death you're gonna be told to wait many many hours.

    So, I guess Canada is the same on this, but at least they won't send you a huge bill to pay.

  • 'It Had to Be Done': Luigi Mangione Manifesto Revealed

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  • Please stop posting this unless we have proof that he wrote it himself, a picture of it, or at the very least some kind of new information that the previous 10 posts on the subject didn't have.

    All these articles eventually trace back to the same one guy that claims to "have the manifesto" source "trust me bro"

  • Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds

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  • They are considering it making it open source, among other options to keep the robots alive

  • AI Company That Made Robots For Kids Goes Under, Robots Die - Aftermath

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  • Why not just open-source Moxie?” We hear you. We are not dismissing the idea, but this would be a complex undertaking, tied up in legal, technical, and contractual knots. With limited resources, transitioning to open-source is no simple step. However, given your passionate input, we are exploring every avenue—from potential acquisitions and philanthropic support to community-driven models—that could allow Moxie’s mission to live on.

    Edit: source: linkedin

  • AI Company That Made Robots For Kids Goes Under, Robots Die - Aftermath

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  • This is sad. Never cared for an AI robot for kids myself, but it seemed to work well...

  • Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds

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  • The group was private and they created fake profiles ... did I miss something?

  • Are Overemployed ‘Ghost Engineers’ Making Six Figures to Do Nothing?

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  • Exactly this: highly paid engineers are usually PHDs or otherwise researchers focusing on difficult problems. Their output can't be measures in lines of code commits on github. Nevermind time spent mentoring younger engineers, reviewing pull requests, advising management, etc. Ask me how I know.

    That said ... at my previous job for a while near the end they were paying me to do very little indeed. I was not happy. Eventually the company ran into trouble, laid a bunch of people off (including me) and now I'm a lot busier at my new job... also happier.

  • Abortion foes strategize to get Trump to ban some abortions while keeping his pledge

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  • He definitely said that. He said a lot of other things too, often contradicting. He says and does whatever helps him stay (or get back) in power, his words cannot be trusted.

    That said, I hope you're right.

  • Manjaro is experimenting with **opt-out telemetry | Hacker News (More like op-out spying)

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  • I had a forum account from long ago that I barely use and even I was able to vote ... so if you had an account there, give it a try and vote!

  • Podman or rootless docker?

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  • Was this with podman or rootless docker?

    I also would like to switch to rootless, I have some experience with podman and, while I generally like it, it's not 100% compatible with (rootful) docker, and can have performance issues if you're not careful, especiallt with certain file systems like btrfs. I wonder if rootless docker is now better than podman, or preferred for some other reason.

  • How computer games encourage kids to spend cash | Gaming companies use behavioural psychology to manipulate users into spending

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  • It's the video games makers really, not video games as a whole. There are ways to make video games without getting kids to spend their parents' money.

  • Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Released

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  • I think the big deal is if they support wayland, which I think was supposed to come in 4.20

  • REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets

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  • I could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the "API", so it would be no difference for them.

  • Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source

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  • I was finally able to find some technical detail on passkeys on FIDO website, and yeah, it actually looks like it's a real improvement over passwords: it's simple, uses proven technology (public/private keys), and should be much more secure than passwords.

    Also, nothing in the "specs" says I need to entrust my private key with the OS or a third party, which is good.

    That said, it seems some OS support is required nonetheless, to show the pin / biometrics prompt (or is it?), and on android at least, I'd need to buy a new device with Android 14 to use a non-Google passkey provider...

  • Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source

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  • I use KeePassXC on desktop and Keepass2Android on, well, android, and sync via nextcloud. They all seem to handle syncing correctly, merging changes made on one side, or showing a notification about a conflict, and KeePassXC can definitely merge the two "conflicted copies" together reliably with a couple of clicks (yes, a no-click solution would be better, I know, but it's not "manual"). Keepass2Android integrates directly with nextcloud and seems to handle it fine.

    The situation can definitely be improved but it's not so bad for me. Also, two different people should probably use two different database files and not share passwords ;)

    Not sure how syncthing handles conflicts, it's been many years since I tried it.

  • Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source

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  • I use KeePassXC's browser integration daily and it works pretty well with Firefox (linux), well enough that I'm not complaining, but I cannot compare it with Bitwarden cause I never used it. On Android I use Keepass2Android and works well with autofill, but again, I can't really compare it.

    Something tells me Bitwarden works better, just by virtue of being a commercially supported product, but I have no complaints with KeePassXC & Keepass2Android (KeePassDX works well on android too). Original KeePass desktop client was never great though.