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  • Iranian missile downed using Patriot system, says Qatar

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  • Clancy had the Soviets use a similar tactic in Red Storm Rising.

  • Some may find this amusing and interesting: Digg doesn't seem to be as active as the Fediverse.

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  • Yup. I think I've only visited twice since I signed up. There's no reason.

  • Red Dwarf to return in new format with "original and fresh" prequel from series co-creator

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  • YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it

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  • I had it for more than 5 years before abandoning it. I still got ads. I'd complain and YouTube would tell me it was a rare bug, or my browser, or the phase of the moon. They'd promise it'd never happen again and it still kept happening. I suspect it was a test to see what they could get away with.

    Others in the comments have similar stories.

  • YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it

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  • You occasionally still get ads, even with premium.

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    About the search for a Discord alternative, an article about Matrix versus XMPP

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  • Removed

    About the search for a Discord alternative, an article about Matrix versus XMPP

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  • GenX. I used IRC back in the early 90s, but by the mid-90s I'd moved on. Probably to ICQ. I can't recall.

    Then, in the mid-noughties my millennial work colleagues were going crazy for Mirc. I was shocked to discover it was just IRC with a pretty face but all the same issues that caused me to leave it 10 years before.

    And it's still going. Although, no longer flavour of the month.

  • Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube

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  • It's the special edition, so it's been recut and re-scored (by Franke), and better fits the series. It still has issues, but it's much better.

  • Windows Is Falling Apart, And Microsoft Is Panicking

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  • Mint works reasonably well out of the box, but there are always edge cases (weird hardware/missing drivers) that can throw a spanner into the works. Hopefully as Linux becomes more widely used, we'll see hardware manufacturers release drivers and keep them up-to-date like they do with windows and Mac.

  • Windows Is Falling Apart, And Microsoft Is Panicking

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  • Not without proper insurance.

    I've been using Linux since 93 and I love it. I'm confident enough to support my family's machines, but there's no way I'd offer more than basic advice to a stranger, let alone a group of them.

  • YouGov: One Nation now 2 points behind Labor on primary vote

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  • Link to the poll please. Sky News isn't the most reliable source.

  • What am I missing with Matrix?

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  • Ignoring the missing features, is stoat a better experience for non-techies coming from discord?

  • Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?

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  • Does that mean you're a fan of Threshold? Cracking Warp 10 is a sci-fi perform, no? 🤣

  • Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?

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  • Undiscovered Country was considered too militant by Roddenberry. IIRC Nimoy agreed, but only decades later.

    The problem for Star Trek is that utopias are hard to write (they're considered boring or to cerebral for TV) and are usually reliant on external forces for their conflict. TOS was full of episodes where 'the other' upset the utopian balance. While I love/prefer TOS, younger audiences tend to find the episodes unsatisfying, even twee.

    Since TNG, conflict has come more and more from within Star Fleet/Federation rather than the monster/planet of the week. That inevitably leads down a darker/dystopian path.

  • LineageOS 23.2 - Changelog 31 - Masterful Material, Expressive Emotions, Awesome Android

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  • When I was looking for a new phone a little over a year ago, I was hoping to get something compatible with lineageos, but the only current phones it supported were the pixels and the fairphones (the latter which wasn't available where I live). Everything else was 2+ years old. I hope that's changed.

  • South Korea has passed a major Copyright Act Amendment cracking down on manga and manhwa piracy.

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  • That would just further disenfranchise creators, most of whom don't make much (if any) money. Why would corporations fork out money for rights to stories/scripts/music when they can wait 10 years and get it for free? We have enough issues currently with corps stealing our IP to train their AIs, and then regurgitate almost exact copies to directly compete against us.

  • What’s a food you love that everyone else seems to judge you for?

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  • I live in Asia, and I'm constantly mocked for eating steamed rice with milk and sugar/sweetener.

  • Samsung Galaxy A56 5G review: Great price, but the competition is better

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  • I thought the A15 was the last one to have a 3.5mm jack.

  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Live: Colin Boyce to move Nationals spill motion and run for leader

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-01-28/federal-politics-live-albanese-ley-coaltion-morrison/106275490

  • Japan's Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election

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  • It's common where the executive (usually the prime minister) can choose to dissolve parliament and hold an election. There are usually time limits and conditions associated with that power, but the PM will generally choose a time that is most favourable. Otherwise, they can run the risk of being forced to hold an election at an inopportune time and risk losing.

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Piefed.au

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    2001:a space legacy

    spectra.video /videos/watch/7075ea8f-ba9a-4430-8b5c-bb9688058999
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Inverse mouse pointer