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kalkulat

@ kalkulat @lemmy.world

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Background in hard sciences, computing (FOSS), electronics, music, Zen.

  • I can see nothing wrong with this.

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  • Right on. The way the way population is right now, every time a chunk of mountain or glacier falls down, or a river floods, tens of thousands die or are displaced.

    In 1960 there were 2-3 billion people on the planet. Now it's 3x as many cars, mouths to feed, homes to heat/cool.

    In Bangladesh there are over 1 million Rohingan refugees who've been there for TEN YEARS. They can't work there, have no country to move to, have to live on $6-12 a month for food.

  • Debian developer Antoine Le Gonidec resigns after option allowing corporate LLM use without disclosure wins vote

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  • Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users

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  • I'm not sure that Google could sink any lower.

  • Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools

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  • Good for the girls, they'll know which boys to stay away from!

  • Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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  • For one thing UBO, if you take the time to (turn on and) learn the advanced user mode, will let you customize interactions site-by-site, and remember your choices for years.EG I regulary use the zapper and eyedropper to get rid of stuff other than ads. It's also easy to turn on/off site-by-site.

    The man deserves a medal for the time he's put in literally saving the internet for so many millions.

  • Trump Blames Biden For Firing the U.S.’s Missile Stockpile at Iran

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  • Gotta keep those defense magnates happy. They haven't had anything since the Cold Warnukes, silos and missles to keep their blood going.

  • 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out

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  • No problem. So much enshittification on the web these days, don't need so much RAM, I might sell some.

  • I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem

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  • Many users were not the first to think that. Many of them were famous musicians. Some of them survived.

  • SpaceX Stock Plummets to Record Low Near $120 After Seven-Day Slump

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  • Hope somebody here shorted 1000 shares the day they hit $220.

  • US Adults Are Throwing Away Over $250 a Year on Unused Subscriptions, CNET Finds

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  • would be worth $3,703 today. Or perhaps $250 tomaro when the AI bubble pops. An investment in the market is obviously worth more to those high-living traders, of course (and those fee-loving brokers), so they concur.

  • Apocalypse Bunker Fails as Wealthy Residents Turn on Each Other

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  • And then there's the security question ... what's to stop their 'guards' from realizing that they could be living securely -without- the boss?

  • Many people misunderstand the purpose of code review

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  • This discussion was very useful in understanding the importance of getting feedback on code ... and documenting ASAP - because, over time, even the author's memory of the code's purposes will get dimmer.

    If the code is at all complicated? Then after a year or two, documentation (including function and variable names!) might make the difference between hours of study and days.

  • They always get me with the impulse buys

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  • Next time, instead of buying, take the idea home. Think about it first.

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    Trump Voter Says He Gets Now How Hitler Could “Brainwash” Millions - The man, who said he voted for Donald Trump three times, called the president a “liar” and a “con man.”

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  • Now that he realizes that he got fished in, what's he plan to do to make up for his multiple mistakes?

  • Society Needs Billionaires [PizzaCake]

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  • I remember a bunch of movies where torches and pitchforks helped.

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    People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers

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  • Promises, promises. I haven't heard of one that's actually in commercial operation right now.

    But, apples and oranges... it's a bullshit choice. Power plants generate power, DC's consume power.

    If you going to generate power, why look beyond solar/wind and batteries? At a much lower price, and much faster build times, they too are 'physically incapable of going into meltdown', and are already in use worldwide, no wait time.

    As far as DC's go, they depend on very new technology (enjoying a trendy fad) which -will- get far less power-hungry than they are. Or else. (The grid's not ready for them.)

    The only people in a rush seem to be the people who invested in all the snake oil promises that LLM's are real A.I. ... which they aren't.

  • I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this?

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  • My view is that most technology is a tool, like a screwdriver. You can carefully and enjoyably use it to build something useful, helpful, enjoyable. Or you can use it like a psycho.

  • For those with lower-back issues, what's been the best work-chair for you?

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  • A friend gave me this firm 'Sacro-ease' pad/cushion, it's about an inch (2.5cm) thick on the bottom and 2 inches on the top. Move the bottom up or down for best relief. Use it on my old chair all day, helps a lot.

  • What old thing surprisingly still exists?

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  • Sundials date back at least as far as Egypt and Babylon. They're still found in gardens and old cities. Can be tricky to set the time accurately! helps to have a compass.

  • ICANN is Accepting Suggestions for new TLDs (for $227k) - what would you pick?

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  • I would again recommend that anyone doing online marketing and/or tracking be legally confined to the .COM TLD. Severe penalties for corporate abuse would include removal of all internet access. Less severe penalties might include a confiscation of double of all profits made outside of .COM during a deliberate infraction.

    There would be no cost for any TLD's outside of .COM; all regulation and legal costs to be paid-for by .COM - users.

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    Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/30/euro_firms_must_ditch_us/
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    Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/16/patch_tuesday_secure_launch_bug_no_shutdown/
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    These glasses solve many central-vision problems. For $5000.

    lifehacker.com /health/esight-smart-glasses-ces-2026
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    Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems

    ethz.ch /en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/electrolysis-can-solve-one-of-our-biggest-contamination-problems.html
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    Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere

    spectrum.ieee.org /co2-battery-energy-storage
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    This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years

    www.theregister.com /2025/12/14/sphotonix_moves_5d_memory_crystal/
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    Replace your boss ... before they replace you

    replaceyourboss.ai
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    220-ton flywheel generator in Germany

    www.ipp.mpg.de /4244138/generatoren
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    Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration

    interestingengineering.com /space/americium-could-power-the-next-century-of-space-exploration
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    German court: ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules
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    Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals

    www.forbes.com /sites/maevecampbell/2025/06/20/dyeing-for-fashion-meet-the-scientists-growing-colour-without-chemicals/
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    28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower

    supercarblondie.com /electric-motor-yasa-more-powerful-tesla-mercedes/
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    China solves 'century-old problem' with new analog chip that is 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUs

    www.livescience.com /technology/computing/china-solves-century-old-problem-with-new-analog-chip-that-is-1-000-times-faster-than-high-end-nvidia-gpus
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    The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started

    cleantechnica.com /2025/10/22/the-sodium-ion-battery-revolution-has-started/
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    AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds

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    Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice

    www.theregister.com /2025/09/26/renewables_vs_smr_datacenter/
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    'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds

    interestingengineering.com /energy/world-largest-floating-wind-turbine
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    'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds

    interestingengineering.com /energy/world-largest-floating-wind-turbine
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    Helium-3 mining on Moon: A new frontier for science and geopolitics

    interestingengineering.com /science/mining-the-moon-for-helium3
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    Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors

    www.nature.com /articles/s41586-025-09450-9