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rustydomino

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  • Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux

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  • Serious question: I looked into it but there are no deb packages for Waterfox. What’s the best way to advocate the devs or a distro to make one? Don’t tell me to do it myself since I lack both the time and skill.

  • Russian Soldiers Brag Online About Entering Pokrovsk—Ukrainian Aviation Levels Them

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  • Opsec works both ways. They shouldn’t be publicizing this so that they can keep bombing Russians that are dumb enough to give away their positions.

  • proof of wormholes

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  • You’re not wrong. But my guess is that “autism predates Tylenol” is probably gonna convince more people than “large controlled study done by the Swiss”. People are generally really ignorant

  • Lord Of The Rings Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    LoTR vs Silmarillion

  • Trump to attach $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants

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  • In the abstract I agree with you. The problem is that this administration has implemented this with absolutely no plan, no consultation, no protocols for implementations and no way to transition. To do what you suggest requires years of deliberate planning and funding of sciences so that there is continuity as the nation builds its domestic STEM workforce. Which by the were ALL THINGS NSF was studying and implementing before the administration gutted them.

  • Trump to attach $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants

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  • Can’t speak to IT but this will absolutely destroy the sciences. Americans are generally not interested in STEM and a large number of the scientific workforce in universities and industry are foreigners that have obtained their PhDs in the US and are staying for postdoctoral fellowships or industry positions.

  • Looking for recommendation for semi burner phone

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  • Thanks!

  • Looking for recommendation for semi burner phone

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  • Some more clarification - I plan to spend significant time overseas in a country to remain unnamed. This phone will be my daily driver in that country with a local number. I will likely get a prepaid US number for this phone as well. But I will also be traveling back and forth. I do not expect to have any important info on this phone but I am not looking for a bottom of the barrel true throwaway burner. Looking for a decent midrange phone. My risk tolerance tops out at $500 hence thinking about the pixel 9a but there may be better suggestions cheaper and/or used.

  • Looking for recommendation for semi burner phone

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  • I can’t use US sim locked models because I will be using it internationally. So it also has to be unlockable/unlocked and support international LTE/5G bands.

    Note I said semi burner. I’m not looking for a true burner phone, just one that if lost/confiscated it would not be devastating. $499 is the top end of what I am willing to risk since I deem the risk of it happening as low but nonzero.

  • Looking for recommendation for semi burner phone

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  • Sure but I still need a recommendation for a model 😂

  • Android @lemmy.world
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    Looking for recommendation for semi burner phone

  • Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings as They Fight Mandatory Health Labels

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  • The only drawback for induction is for wok tossing. Western cooking prefers to have heat evenly distributed across a flat bottomed pan where Asian wok cooking prefers a concentrated heat source at the bottom of a round wok to have a gradient of heat. There are curved induction surfaces designed for wok cooking but they are very niche and not widely available, even in Asia.

  • What are some things for a new home owner to consider getting early on?

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  • Whatever you decide to do, do NOT skimp by buying cheap tools. Buy the best quality tools you can afford.

  • FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address

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  • To an extent I agree that we should find ways to lower barriers to tech for elderly citizens. I think that in this country the sad reality is that limited finances will be directed to other priorities like food and shelter. When disaster strikes then these vulnerabilities become clearly exposed.

  • FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address

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  • Old people have lots of difficulty with technology. Not all of it is because they are luddites. They lose mental faculties as they get old and have trouble remembering how to do things. Their eyesight gets bad so they can’t read tiny screens. I’ve always felt that there is a market for bonded employees to provide tech concierge services for old folks that have difficulty navigating things in the modern world.

  • Red meat wreaks havoc on gut and drives inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in study on mice

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  • Mice are omnivores like us. That said, just because something is bad for a mouse doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad for humans.

  • Too bad we can't have good public transportation

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  • stuck nail houses 釘子戶 may apply in limited situations but there is no such thing as land ownership in China. When you purchase real estate in China you are buying the right to use the land for a period of time (I think it’s 80 years but don’t quote me on that number, I’m going off memory here) but the state owns the land. When the party wants to build something they are going to build it.

  • Public transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳

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  • Look to public transit development in Taiwan as an example of how to do it right in a democratic nation. There are still loads of problems but the Taiwanese government can’t just take your land outright. Taipei especially has seen phenomenal growth in its metro development in the last 20 years.

  • Public transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳

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  • It helps that in China you can’t own land. All the land is owned by the government. You only have “use rights” and for a limited time (something like 80 years - I forget the exact number). So when it comes time to build infrastructure the government just tells you to gtfo.

  • TIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.

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  • I have found that: it’s easier if you stick to one (major) distro such as Debian or its derivatives, and try to stick to that distro’s package system (in this case, apt). Yes there is a learning curve. But once you learn it, you find that Linux gets easier to use. But more importantly, it gets more POWERFUL to use. I agree with your assessment that Linux is not beginner friendly but it is USER friendly in that it empowers the user. But yes you do have to put in a little work first.

  • Trump urges Americans to work harder despite spending 22% of term golfing

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  • He is the goddamn president. He doesn’t get weekends.

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    Forbidden smoothie

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    Vintage meme, apologies for the jpeg compression

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    Balrog lore

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    "Ai! Ai!" wailed Legolas...

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    Setting default apps based on file type

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    Elijah Wood is precious

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    the goggles, they do nothing

  • Star Wars Memes @lemmy.world
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    Star Wars: An Appalachian Story

  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    Crushing on Miranda Otto no matter what

  • [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world
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    2024 EV tax credit eligible vehicle list for BEVs and PHEVs

    www.usatoday.com /story/money/cars/2024/01/03/cars-qualify-ev-tax-credit-2024/72088375007/
  • [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world
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    GM stops selling Blazer EV, waiting for software fix

    www.theverge.com /2023/12/23/24013357/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-stop-sale-software-problems
  • Lord of the memes @midwest.social
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    I feel like we shouldn't let them get away with this...