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

  • Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism

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  • It's not like he had no way of thinking, "Geez, I don't have the experience or knowledge or insignts to start the ball rolling on such a major decision." and went on to do something useful instead.

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    NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal

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  • It has been fun watching that Old Guard tearing themselves apart -every day-.

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    NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal

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  • LOL Wishing doesn't make it so.

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    NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal

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  • Well sure ... but then, a majority of Americans actually VOTED FOR HIM. So ... what's that worth at the Bogega?

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    TIL: The United States Has 10x More Serial Killers Than Any Other Country on Earth

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  • An interesting point ... but unless you can see the serial killers per capita, it's distorted.

    When it comes to (single) homocides, the picture shifts substantially, the Americas are still at the top but Africa runs a close second. The PDF linked below (UN Drugs & Crime charts) has a very good set of PER CAPITA graphs to show the distribution worldwide. Here US homicide rates are much lower than Mexico and northern South America.

    https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/2023/Global_study_on_homicide_2023_web.pdf

  • Why is mercury a liquid?

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  • Get near-enough to the north (or south) pole and mercury turns into a solid.

    Which is a better thing than when some gets spilled on the floor because it spatters into a thousand droplets that you have to chase around the floor , can't mop up , can't vacuum up ... and can vaporize more easily and poison you.

  • TIL that super-rich people love Wyoming. In some counties, the top 1% are richer than the top 1% in New York or California. If you want to meet someone wealthy, go to Wyoming

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  • Hmmm. Maybe it turned into a tax haven ... like neighboring state South Dakota, mome of Kristi Noem.

    Or maybe it's: no state income tax. Or a maximum property tax of 2% (city + county). No capital gains, estate, or gift taxes.

    Or maybe the 77% Republicans. Or the death penalty.

  • OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us

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  • "You’re Going to Have to Trust Us"

    Is that anything like "Don't Be Evil"? (Google motto, 2004. No definition of evil followed.)

    Reagan once said "Trust But Verify". So ... where can we do that at? (and who pays?)

  • A Wired analysis shows that ICE & CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.

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  • I guess that's okay, if we really got our money's worth.

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  • Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner

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  • Here's a back-up, science paper on MOF from Nature with measured numbers. 8 liters per KG per day isn't 1000 gallons until you get to 2 tons ... but it's about 200 liters per out of 25 KG ... easily carried.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58405-9

    "The effects of temperature, relative humidity, and powder bed thickness on the adsorption-desorption process are explored for achieving optimal operational parameters. We found that Zr-MOF-808 can produce up to 8.66 LH2O kg−1MOF day−1, an extraordinary finding that outperforms any previously reported values for MOF-based systems.... "

  • We Have Such Pleasures To Show You

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  • That's a-peeling

  • US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws

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  • Same fella that just told the EU that the US is its child and always will be. Hmmm, how many parents take the advice of their young teenaged kids?

  • Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne

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  • Holding on to one's preferred human culture and values is not being 'left behind' in any sense ... they may in fact be 'left ahead'.

  • ‘Pure bullshit’: Macron slams tech giants’ claim they are defending free speech

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  • The sooner EUrope has a firm handle on its own IT ecosystem, the sooner it can tell the US to go pound sand. Macron is spot on.

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    TIL: Multiple Studies Now Confirm Neoliberalism Is Bad for the Mental Health of Human Beings

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  • Huh. Took 'em a while. A few years of Reagan proved that point long ago.

  • Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online

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  • " ... Or maybe it was released by ‘ICE-helpers’ trying to get people to stop all of the well-deserved harsh criticism." Oh wait, the NYT is the holy of holies... never mind ...

  • DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts

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  • It might get better just before the next election ...

  • Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online

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  • "Reportedly.'

    That headline may be true. Or maybe it was released by 'ICE-helpers' trying to get people to stop all of the well-deserved harsh criticism. By now that's hundreds of millions of names to go through. Maybe that will help them burn through their remaining funds faster.

  • You Can't Trust the Internet Anymore

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  • Could be that the shittier sites are using tricks to make people hang around them as long as possible?

    Also, sites that are 'strange and a bit obscure' are probably more likely to require us to take what they report with more grains of salt. They're likely to have fewer visitors who can call BS on stuff.

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    Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent

    phys.org /news/2025-09-scientists-ice-generates-electricity-bent.html
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    If We Want Bigger Wind Turbines, We’re Gonna Need Bigger Airplanes

    spectrum.ieee.org /wind-turbine-blade-transport-plane
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    If We Want Bigger Wind Turbines, We’re Gonna Need Bigger Airplanes

    spectrum.ieee.org /wind-turbine-blade-transport-plane
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    A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe | Quanta Magazine

    www.quantamagazine.org /a-single-naked-black-hole-rewrites-the-history-of-the-universe-20250912/
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    10 years since LIGO first saw a gravitational wave - from 1.3B light-years away

    www.space.com /astronomy/gravitational-wave-detector-confirms-theories-of-einstein-and-hawking-this-is-the-clearest-view-yet-of-the-nature-of-black-holes
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    10 years since LIGO first saw a gravitational wave - from 1.3B light-years away

    www.space.com /astronomy/gravitational-wave-detector-confirms-theories-of-einstein-and-hawking-this-is-the-clearest-view-yet-of-the-nature-of-black-holes
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    10 years since LIGO first saw a gravitational wave - from 1.3B light-years away

    www.space.com /astronomy/gravitational-wave-detector-confirms-theories-of-einstein-and-hawking-this-is-the-clearest-view-yet-of-the-nature-of-black-holes
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity

    www.theguardian.com /world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka
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    Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line

    www.thedrive.com /news/toyota-is-recycling-old-ev-batteries-to-help-power-mazdas-production-line
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    95% of Companies See ‘Zero Return’ on $30 Billion Generative AI Spend, MIT Report Finds

    thedailyadda.com /95-of-companies-see-zero-return-on-30-billion-generative-ai-spend-mit-report-finds/
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    Lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House

    www.houseplans.com /blog/lessons-from-bucky-fullers-dymaxion-house
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    We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

    www.technologyreview.com /2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
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    The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe

    gizmodo.com /the-u-s-just-ran-a-solar-storm-emergency-drill-the-real-deal-would-be-a-catastrophe-2000603378
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    A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash

    www.wired.com /story/memecoin-kid-backlash/
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    $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets

    www.motherjones.com /environment/2024/11/demand-critical-metals-e-waste-recycling-clean-energy-climate-vince-beiser-book-power-metal/
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    Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home

    www.iflscience.com /light-speed-spaceships-would-have-trouble-communicating-spelling-bad-news-for-interstellar-travel-71865
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    ‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months

    theprogressplaybook.com /2023/10/19/energy-independent-uruguay-runs-on-100-renewables-for-four-straight-months/
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    US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.

    therecord.media /class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy
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    Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware

    www.theverge.com /2023/11/4/23946640/discord-file-links-will-expire-after-a-day-to-fight-malware
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    Mozilla Senior Director of Content explained why Mozilla has taken an interest in the fediverse and Mastodon

    techcrunch.com /2023/11/03/why-mozilla-is-betting-on-a-decentralized-social-networking-future/