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Is it possible to boot a disk image in DOSbox from the host OS terminal, or by double-clicking the disk image?
I'd like to just casually boot straight into a game sometimes, or at least a mounted floppy. I don't want to type commands is DOSbox for casual situations like this.
I'm focussing on games that can run straight from the floppy drive. Thanks!
Edit: I tried variations of this command in the macOS terminal:
/Applications/DOSBox\ Staging.app/Contents/MacOS/dosbox -c "imgmount a '/Users/io/Downloads/Prince.img' -t floppy" -c "a:" -c "dir /p"
The idea is that it would open DOSbox in the A: location, run dir /p. I should see prince.exe listed. Unfortunately what actually happens is I'm given a listing of Z: instead. When I try to switch to A:, I'm told that it needs to be mounted first. But I thought my terminal command takes care of that.
GPU Absurdity: AMD RX 9070 XT Waifu vs. Red Devil Ultimate Showdown
GPU Absurdity: AMD RX 9070 XT Waifu vs. Red Devil Ultimate Showdown
Sponsor: Antec Flux Pro case on Amazon https://geni.us/CaPvThis is the ultimate showdown: The AMD RX 9070 XT as found in the Yeston RX 9070 XT Sakura Sugar A...YouTube
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'Anti-government militia' says it’s targeting Oklahoma weather radars
Chet Holmgren agrees to maximum extension with OKC Thunder
An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.Christian Hans (News 9)
An Eastside hub for photographers welcomes experts and newbies, too
An Eastside hub for photographers welcomes experts and newbies, too
World-class exhibitions, workshops and a rentable darkroom bring together experts, newbies and enthusiasts on Indy’s east side.Cary Benbow (Mirror Indy)
Taurozzi had pet insurance, but it didn't cover Coal's full medical bills. He said Coal's medical care cost more than $30,000.He raised more than $15,000 through a Go Fund Me campaign, which helped extend Coal's life and gave him the best medical care available.
I was devastated when I decided I couldn’t afford $900 in vet bills for my cats, but this is insane.
How come I've got my NVIDIA GPU to work for every game except Hogwarts Legacy? (More details in post body)
So, I have this new laptop I got which has an NVIDIA RTX 4090M GPU, and also an integrated Intel GPU. Obviously, I only want to use the Intel GPU for less intensive apps, and to use the NVIDIA GPU for games or other intensive applications, such as AI.
Through trial, error, and lucky searches on the internet, I figured out some things that do and don't work.
- Plugging in the laptop makes the NVIDIA GPU run much faster
- The default Fedora NVIDIA drivers work fine, I don't need to install any alternatives
- To make a normal app use the GPU, all I have to do is right click the icon and click 'Launch with discrete GPU' (on GNOME), or to make it open with discrete GPU by default (and launching with the integrated GPU would be an option in the context menu), I have to copy the desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications, and edit the .desktop file so it contains the line PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true
- For Steam apps, the previous method doesn't work (for some reason - maybe it uses a custom launch process?), but after trying many different ways, I was able to get most Steam apps to use the correct GPU (GPU 0) by adding the custom launch option PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 %command%
- For some reason, this doesn't work for Hogwarts Legacy. It, of all games, really wants to use the Intel graphics - even with the custom launch command, PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true, and in game setting the preferred GPU to my NVIDIA one - yes, it is listed and recognised in game - I can tell both from the Resources app and the abysmal performance that my NVIDIA GPU is not being used and my Intel GPU is
- Other apps like Portal RTX, The Witcher 3, ComfyUI (running through Krita AI Diffusion), Blender, and Civilisation 6 are running great with the NVIDIA GPU
- I do not have prime-run installed and do not need it
My laptop model is MEDION Beast X40.
I'm honestly at my wits end.
Any suggestions?
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Always check ProtonDB when in doubt. Add your comments as well to let other users know it worked as they may be in a similar situation.
Reporting team cut after Indiana lawmakers zero out public media funding
Reporting team cut after Indiana lawmakers zero out public media funding
Hoosiers will see and hear changes in the ongoing coverage of state news after a team of local journalists was cut due to eliminated funding in the state budget.Aprile Rickert - Louisville Public Media (WFYI)
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Laggy performance on fedora linux
Hello all. I've recently installed Fedora 42 on my laptop, it's a microsoft surface laptop studio so it's running with the custom surface kernel. The feature matrix on their github page says that everything should be supported for my laptop and that's pretty much been my experience so far but I've been having issues when testing out games.
The laptop has a 3050TI and is more than capable of running most of the games that I usually play on windows, and I've almost gotten it working on Fedora. They'll launch and run just fine, everything even looks pretty decent graphically, but it just has really bad stuttery input lag, even in more lightweight games that I've tested such as balatro and stardew valley.
I'm not sure what would be causing this, as far as I'm aware I'm running the right gpu driver, I've double checked that they're using the dedicated gpu rather than the integrated one with nvidia-smi, but honestly that's about the extent of my knowledge. Does anyone have any thoughts / suggestions? It would be much appreciated.
GitHub - linux-surface/linux-surface: Linux Kernel for Surface Devices
Linux Kernel for Surface Devices. Contribute to linux-surface/linux-surface development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
This kind of problem is going to require some deep debugging of the surface kernel drivers. This isn't going to be a simple or quick fix. Somebody is going to need to do some extensive debugging and analysis to chase down an issue like this. A solution to this problem could take a few hours, or it could take a few months of meticulous trial and error to narrow down the problem space and gather enough data to enable somebody to zero in on the problem.
If you want to dive into tracking down the problem yourself, I suggest starting with the kernel's own docs on the driver architecture and debugging tools, etc.
At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto
At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto
: Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automationThomas Claburn (The Register)
An Emulated Stroll Down Macintosh Memory Lane
An Emulated Stroll Down Macintosh Memory Lane
If you’re into Macs, you’ll always remember your first. Maybe it was the revolutionary classic of 1984 fame, perhaps it was the adorable G3 iMac in 1998, or even a shiny OS X machine in…Hackaday
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Minecraft Creator Says That If Buying a Game Is Not a Purchase, Then Pirating It Is Not Theft
Minecraft Creator Says That If Buying a Game Is Not a Purchase, Then Pirating It Is Not Theft
Minecraft creator Markus Persson commented on the Stop Killing Games initiative: 'if buying a game is not a purchase, pirating is not theft'.Wccftech
It's astounding how accurate this is. I spent 2016 - 2024 playing this game with a friend that I eventually cut off.
He'd parrot something insane that he didn't fact check.
I'd point out the flaws.
He'd come back with his google search results.
I'd actually read them and point out half of them disagreed with him and the other half were verifiably trash.
He'd run away from the conversation and refuse to respond to anything political I say until he forgets; cuz he never learns.
Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver
Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver
Linux block maintainer Jens Axboe queued up a patch this week to drop the pktcdvd driver from the mainline kernel, which is expected to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cyclewww.phoronix.com
Also, way back when it was a requirement to burn CD's and DVD's in order to install operating systems like linux, I don't ever recall using a CD-RW disc. I guess I thought of them a bit like potions in skyrim where by the end of the game I end up with hundreds of them and then never using them when I really needed to.
Blender 5.0 Set to Bring HDR Support for Linux Wayland Users
Blender 5.0 Set to Bring HDR Support for Linux Wayland Users
The upcoming Blender release is shaping up well.Gourav Patnaik (It's FOSS News)
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Egypt’s Megastructure: The Biggest Museum Ever Built - Full Documentary
Egypt’s Megastructure: The Biggest Museum Ever Built - Full Documentary
🚧 20 years. 1 billion dollars. 5000 workers a day. Welcome to the most ambitious construction Egypt has seen since the pyramids. 🏗️🇪🇬A stone’s throw from...YouTube
Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one
Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one
Real estate investors are buying a larger share of U.S. homes as high prices and borrowing costs deter traditional buyers.The Seattle Times
JFC, a new low for The Walrus.
I donate monthly, but will pause my donations for the rest of the year and I sent them an email explaining why. I hope this partnership costs them dearly, though of I course I hope they survive it and learn the right thing from this.
They're only doing it cause almost no one wants to pay for the news.
Then again, so many of them make it painful; I bought a sub to the Guardian a few years back and my reward for that was to get even more popups telling me to subscribe to additional features.
Naturally, to cancel it, you have to call someone in the UK during their business hours.
That's why all these megarich assholes own newspapers and media companies; it's a cheap way to establish narrative control and kill off independent media.
How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes
How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes | CCPA
Canada is in the middle of a housing crisis that is disproportionately affecting the most economically precarious renters.Diamond Yao (CCPA)
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Poilievre worried there won’t be enough government left for him to cut
Poilievre worried there won't be enough government left for him to cut - The Beaverton
“Save some for me Mark!” Luke and the Panel (Nile Séguin and Clare Blackwood) break down Mark Carney enacting spending cuts that even Harper wouldn’t dream of, and then dive into the biggest sports stories going on in the world: The Blue Jays are soa…Luke Gordon Field (The Beaverton)
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Federated Social Media with Topic-Based Following and Blocking?
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Could someone help me setup local file sharing?
Hello, I've been working towards fully migrating to linux, but this is one issue I'm having a hard time with. I have a couple of folders on a storage drive that I share on my local network to stream movies and TV, but I can't figure out how to do it in my Linux install. I'm running Linux Mint 22, have installed Samba, and have tried a few different walkthroughs with no success. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this set up?
Thanks for your time!
path = /home/user/Public
but I had to change it to
path = /home/user/Public/
You're path in your reply looks like it's missing that / at the end. After you update, don't forget to restart the service.
Manitoba again declares provincewide state of emergency due to wildfires
Manitoba has declared another provincewide state of emergency as wildfires continue to threaten communities.Garden Hill Anisininew Nation is being evacuated Thursday after a wildfire entered the First Nation, leadership said Thursday morning. Snow Lake, about 590 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, issued a mandatory evacuation order on Wednesday, with people ordered out by noon Thursday.
More than 4,000 people are expected to leave Garden Hill alone, the premier said. Snow Lake has a population of more than 1,000 people.
The Canadian Armed Forces has been assisting with the evacuation from that community. Hercules and commercial flights are slated to help bring residents out on Thursday, Kinew said.
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I’m waiting for the news that most of the fires are out… due to extreme flooding.
Climate change hasn’t been kind to Manitoba.
Spain, Ireland and China to join more than 20 states to declare ‘concrete measures’ against Israel
More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye.The “emergency summit” is due to be held on 15-16 July, co-hosted by the governments of Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs of The Hague Group, to coordinate diplomatic and legal action to counter what they describe as “a climate of impunity” enabled by Israel and its powerful allies.
The founding members of the group included Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa.
States due to take part in the summit include Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Lebanon, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Portugal, Spain, Qatar, Turkey, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, and Palestine.
US warns ICC member states to drop proceedings against Israel
The warning was direct, blunt and left no room for doubt. "We expect all ICC actions against the United States and our ally Israel – that is, all investigations and all arrest warrants – to be terminated," said Reed Rubinstein, legal adviser at the US State Department, before delegates of the 125 member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, July 8, at a meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York from July 7 to 9.If the ICC arrest warrants for crimes against humanity and war crimes issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant on November 21, 2024, as well as ongoing investigations into crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and the settlement of Palestinian territory, are not dropped, "all options remain on the table," he declared.
US warns ICC member states to drop proceedings against Israel
Washington has threatened the International Criminal Court with further reprisals if it maintains arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant.Stéphanie Maupas (Le Monde)
Star Wars The Acolyte DELETED SCENE is Brutal!
Star Wars The Acolyte DELETED SCENE is Brutal!
Star Wars The Acolyte Season 2 was cancelled but Lucasfilm reveals a deleted scene of Sith Qimir against the Jedi. We look at how it connects to the brutalit...YouTube
WestJet apologizes to Elder after agent denies access to his flight despite valid identification
WestJet apologizes to Elder after agent denies access to his flight despite valid identification
A First Nations Elder says he wasn’t allowed to board a domestic flight home fromSav Jonsa (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
Vancouver council lowers speed limit to 30km/h on local streets to reduce collisions
Vancouver council lowers speed limit to 30km/h on local streets to reduce collisions
Vancouver's city council has voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit on local streets to 30 kilometres per hour, down from the provincially mandated 50 kilometres per hour.Canada's National Observer
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Trump Taps Hooters-Obsessed MAGA Diehard to Be an Ambassador
Nick Adams Tapped by Trump as Ambassador to Malaysia
Donald Trump has tapped Nick Adams, a MAGA diehard known for his obsessions with Hooters, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
I think a lot of peope understandably misunderstand this post because it doesn't really explain the situation. After reading OP's comments I gather that OP put a new server online (not on AWS) and was immediately port scanned by a host that is on AWS. Since OP did not consent to being port scanned, they filled out an abuse complaint with AWS, the hoster the scan came from, out of principle, knowing that it probably won't do much. Which is totally fine if that is how you want to spend your time.
I think what most commenters thought is that OP was hosting with AWS and complained to them that someone else scanned their server. This does not seem to be the case.
Absolutely not — the issue here is OP knowingly submitting false abuse reports.
Port scans of public hosts are not considered abuse per the CFAA or Amazon’s AUP without other accompanying signs of malicious intent.
Amazon may take action against egregious mass-scanning offenders per the “…to violate the security, integrity, or availability of any user, network…” verbiage of the AUP, especially if they’re fingerprinting services or engaging in more sophisticated recon, but OP’s complaints are nowhere near meeting that threshold.
Need Advice - Linux gaming - Mint
Hi. I've been using Linux for decades on my work machines, but most of my knowledge is pretty rusty. However for gaming I've always used a Windows machine. I'm thinking of getting rid of microsoft entirely, since I've been hearing such good things about steam & proton lately.
I was going to just install Mint on my gaming computer, but since there are a ton of experts here, I figured I should check in to see if there is any reason not to use Mint for this? And if there is any other considerations or setup I should be aware of to keep my games running well?
Mint is fine, as the others have said, and there isn't going to be a WILD performance difference between any distros (+/- 5%, you can check Phoronix for benchmarks), so just pick whatever feels okay for you.
To expand on the general difference between distros: if you want something that is running the most up-to-date kernel versions and Mesa drivers, you'll want something that does rolling releases like Fedora, CachyOS (Arch-based), or Tumbleweed.
If you want something that is more generally stable and unchanged over time, and doesn't upgrade the kernel or drivers, stick with Mint LTSbor Ubuntu LTS.
US warns ICC member states to drop proceedings against Israel
US warns ICC member states to drop proceedings against Israel
Washington has threatened the International Criminal Court with further reprisals if it maintains arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant.Stéphanie Maupas (Le Monde)
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Social media can support or undermine democracy — it comes down to how it’s designed
It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources with conspiracy blogs — interspersed with photos of a family picnic — with no distinction between these very different types of information. It is a design choice to use algorithms that find the most emotional or outrageous content to show users, hoping it keeps them online. And it is a design choice to send bright red notifications, keeping people in a state of expectation for the next photo or juicy piece of gossip.Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.
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This looks super cool, I'll have to make time to come back and read this!!!
For others interested in this topic, this is something that Erin kissanne on Mastodon is very passionate about and her articles are always kick ass
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No, it cannot.
They are confronting what is obvious, effective tools to undermine democracy with some weird experiment that is at best a niche effort to do online social engineering much more than it is social media.
Social media is a destructive force. By nature. Yes, Fedi as well.
You learn to manage in society, maybe. Like you do addiction and cancer and crime. The techno-optimism stuff is borderline delusional at this point.
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But one Toronto MP, who asked not to be identified to speak freely, said the mayor didn’t act because of her electoral considerations.The next municipal election is scheduled for fall 2026, and a recent poll found that 53 per cent of residents disapproved of Chow’s performance.
Chow was elected mayor in a 2023 byelection, winning just over 37 per cent of the vote. She dominated the central wards and won most of Scarborough, but lost in suburban Etobicoke and North York.
The areas that blocked sixplexes (Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, with the exception of Ward 23) are also the areas most resistant to density, and where council opposition was strongest.
The MP said Chow’s decision on sixplexes is an effort to “hold on to every vote” she won in the suburbs north of Bloor Street while reassuring her downtown base.
I hate that too often politicians base their decisions on what could happen in futire elections.
I mean almost none of them prioritize their civic duty and what's best for their constituents anymore. It's all "But what about my re-election!" bs now.
I hate that too often politicians base their decisions on what could happen in futire elections.
Yes. This is the shittiest way of rEpReSeNtInG tHeIr CoNsTiTuEnTs while ignoring the needs of a growing majority of the population.
I hate that too often politicians base their decisions on what could happen in futire elections.
I struggle with this point. Isn't respecting their constituents' democratic wishes their civic duty? Isn't this exactly what you'd want from a mayor or city councillor you voted for? If she steamrolls her voters, they'll elect a John Mandatory who promises to listen to them and they'll reverse the zoning changes. On one hand what constituents want could be counterproductive, on the other, going against their democratic wishes is also counterproductive. The only case where I can see steamrolling them is if you can make a change so quickly, so that they see the material benefits from it and change their mind as a result. Otherwise I think you have to get the democratic buy-in from people for the changes you make. E.g. work with councillors to propose solutions to what people resistant to density are afraid of, or give them something in exchange, in order to get enough buy-in so that that changes and likely you survive the next election. Meanwhile rezone parts of TO that aren't as opposed to density.
But make no mistake, very few people want construction projects going on around them for years, without anything to soothe the pain. If you tell them you'll freeze their property tax for 10 years because the new development would pay more, then they may be okay with listening to construction noise for a few years.
I don't mind construction noise too much but if I had the choice to have it or not have it, and didn't see a good reason to have it, I'd vote for peace and quiet. Now I do see there's a good reason so I would've voted pro-density if I was in TO (am just across the border in Peel), but the west end of TO around me is full of "Fight the Height" and "Stop the Lot Split" signs.
make no mistake, very few people want construction projects going on around them for years, without anything to soothe the pain. If you tell them you’ll freeze their property tax for 10 years because the new development would pay more, then they may be okay with listening to construction noise for a few years.
Canada has a very high immigration rate combined with strict zoning rules.
The result? The country is facing the worse housing crisis in the Western world. Rents have increased at double digits. Visible homelessness has skyrocketed. People are ending up on the streets. Landlords are abusing vulnerable women.
Olivia Chow claims to be a progressive fighting for ordinary people.
That turned out to be a lie. If you live in a country with a major housing crisis and oppose making housing more affordable, you aren't a progressive.
Immigration caps are contributing to lower asking rents in Canada, CMHC says
The article has a loooooong list of rent decreases in major metros across the country. Generally, we're seeing decreases that seem to erase the increase from the same period in 2024.
Over the past year, the average asking monthly rent fell between 2 per cent and 8 per cent in condos and rental-only apartments – also known as purpose-built rentals – said the report released Tuesday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC).The drop was due to a surge in new condos and apartment buildings hitting the market along with limits on temporary foreign residents such as students and new permanent residents.
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“It is quite evident on the demand side that there have been signs of weakening,” said Tania Bourassa-Ochoa, CMHC’s deputy chief economist, adding that there were stronger rental declines in regions with slower population growth.
Immigration caps are contributing to lower asking rents in Canada, CMHC says
Limits on foreign students and new permanent residents influencing rental demand in some major cities, report findsRachelle Younglai (The Globe and Mail)
Immigration is a policy. Noting the effect of the policy is not racist.
The feds/provinces failed to factor population changes into policy, meaning we don't have enough housing, medical professionals, teachers, classrooms, etc.
The ideal scenario is that we build enough houses (possibly using the immigration system to invite more construction workers to become citizens of our country), train enough healthcare professionals (possibly by inviting existing professionals in, or training during foreign students who stay), and ensure workers that we invite into the country receive the same benefits Canadians do.
Liberals stopped building houses, as they had for decades. That is what happened. Billy fell off his bicycle. Sarah bought an ice cream cone. Planes flew overhead, and Liberals stopped building residential units.
Conservatives also built no housing, but they didn't "stop"- just kept serving the rich.
Immigration increases economic activity far beyond its costs.
So racists have to lie about its economic effect, because using racism is very exposing.
Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperiment Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https:/...AbnormalBeingsTube
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Hey Lock | Dick Oatts & Tim Lin
Hey Lock | Dick Oatts & Tim Lin
Hey Friends,I’m excited to share a preview video of the tune “Hey Lock” from my upcoming album “Heartfelt” coming out end of July. The album features saxopho...YouTube
Robert Anchipolovsky Quintet S' Wonderful
Robert Anchipolovsky Quintet S' Wonderful
S' Wonderful by George Gershwin Robert Anchipolovsky tenor sax Meir Ben Michael guitar Leonid Detzelman pianoValery Rovinski bass Roy Kimelman drumsYouTube
[theoretical] What would the real impacts of FOSS software becoming more prevalent in all segments of society?
Thumbing through the feed, the news on how this or that organization letting go of commercial options for day to day operations are mounting.
This led me to wonder what would be the impact if FOSS, be it on the OS front, productivity front or whatever, was to become truly a relevant option.
I'm painfully aware of the difficulties I've faced trying to take a few online courses to be faced with borderline desdain for not using Windows/Office/Etc and opting for FOSS solutions.
Paying/supporting a FOSS solution does not offend me. I'm happier when giving money directly to a developer or project than to an opaque company. But I'm just one.
But what could happen if the ones became millions, actively contributing with a few coins per year to projects we use daily?
What could/would happen in the short term (under a year), medium-long (one to three years) and the long term (over ten years)?
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From enduser perspective the most visible change would be that all software wouldn't be hostile to users because with propreitary you have to be very picky to get that.
In the long term we would see that companies could not build walled gardens to block off competition. Contrast Windows & MacOS vs Linux with its different distros, DEs, toolkits etc.
The least difference would be for enterprise because support is expensive either way.
Mr. Robertson, tell Toronto a deal is a deal
The housing crisis is screwing generations of Canadians. Toronto City council is enabling it.
The feds need to call out Toronto's bad faith negotiations and withdraw the promised funds.
(The feds also need to change tax laws to definancialize housing, enforce money laundering laws, build affordable housing, etc - but I digress)
In 2023, Toronto city council voted in support of an agreement signed with Ottawa, pledging a variety of policy changes that included allowing buildings with six housing units on a single lot anywhere in the city. Federal money allocated from the Housing Accelerator Fund started to flow in return and then, during a debate last month, a lot of councillors got cold feet.Instead of voting to allow the sixplexes they had pledged to permit everywhere, council watered down the proposal. In fact, they took a fire hose to it. These buildings will be allowed in only nine wards, which together make up less than one-quarter of the city’s area. Councillors for the other 16 wards can opt in later, as if they are mayors of their own area.
Mr. Robertson, tell Toronto a deal is a deal
Since Toronto reneged on its sixplex agreement, Ottawa should follow through with pulling federal housing fundsThe Editorial Board (The Globe and Mail)
🔒 Setting Up Headscale & Tailscale on NixOS: A Zero-Trust Networking Guide for ❄️ NixOS - YouTube
Cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/33674513
Any general suggestions when getting started with headscale?
Looks like they introduce the use Traefik with NixOS here:
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How to Setup a NixOS Server from Scratch (Traefik, Postgres, MySQL, Containers)
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🔒 Setting Up Headscale & Tailscale on NixOS: A Zero-Trust Networking Guide for ❄️ NixOS - YouTube
🔒 Setting Up Headscale & Tailscale on NixOS: A Zero-Trust Networking Guide for ❄️ NixOS
This comprehensive tutorial demonstrates how to implement headscale (self-hosted tailscale control server) and tailscale clients using NixOS configuration. L...YouTube
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Yup, and I set up a Jellyfin server.
I started it before all the Trump stuff and was using it for stuff that couldn’t be found on streaming services, but since Trump decided to threaten Canada those are all cancelled and it’s a full-on pirate’s life for me.
Only sort of facetiously, it's all filmed up here anyway.
Yes, the tech and media giants are harder to avoid. Ali Express has left a lot to be desired as an Amazon replacement, although I haven't quite given up. For streaming, CBC Gem is publicly funded. The boycott is mainly targeted at physical products.
Speak for yourself and being mainly physically targeted, I came to Lemmy to get off of Reddit, I miss the local community as many people do not have the interest in figuring out Lemmy. I have cancelled all of my streaming services from the US, if there is something I want to see that is strickly on a streaming service I put on my pirates hat and sail the high C’s, other wise I watch it on the Canadian Channels app (with my pihole on so that I do not see ads so that it becomes less valuable for the Canadian channel to continue paying for it) I subscribed to CBC Gem+ or whatever it is called and watch Canadian content on there. I us Unwatched to watch YouTube so that I am not paying Google, I feel for the non US videos I watch but they are still getting money from Google but Google is not getting it from me.
One of the first buy Canadian things I did was move my blog hosting from a US provider to hosthero.ca and changed it from .com to .ca then I looked at my iCloud stuff and started finding other options. Sure they are not all together anymore and do not easily communicate together it is however far less expensive than what I was doing before. I was using Apple’s hide my email feature I had 60 some email address (I think). After going through all those addresses and finding out what was dead or not I moved something like 45 addresses to my hosthero email server, and I started moving more things that did not already have their separate email address to my address. I would later find out that my ISP changed to an exchange server, I have no idea if they have to pay Microsoft for that or what but I have been transitioning all of the emails I get from there to there own email address. This is not a short process and I am up to 120 some email addresses, all of the pseudo-random email addresses are forwarded to 1 of 5 email accounts that I check. I can have unlimited free trials for things if I so choose (have not done that with this yet, I had done this a couple of times for things in my iCloud days). I do not trust myself with hosting my own password manager so bitwarden is not really an option for me so I went with 1password, for my cloud storage I just downloaded everything to one of my pi’s but I was having all kinds of difficulties with hosting my own VPN and NextCloud crashed on me a couple of times so I decided to go with sync.com. If there was any real competition for youtube I would not be sneaking in via other apps I would be using the real alternative platform.
Only for free. Pirating that shit for over two decades now. Fuck em.
Everything else is a no go. Even food. If it's not from somewhere other than murica we don't need it. Period.
Truckers Freedom Convoy leader says he is seeking political asylum in the United States
Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump alliesPressProgress
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Switch 2 owner banned for playing second-hand Switch 1 games
Nintendo Switch 2 owner banned for playing second-hand Switch 1 games
More concerns have been raised about Nintendo's willingness to ban Switch 2 owners on suspicion of using pirated games, even if they're not.GameCentral (Metro)
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...the way Switch carts are made there is no difference at all between a cart used on a console and the same cart resold for a different console.
IIRC every cartridge has its own cryptographic key and can be uniquely identified. When it became possible to dump game cards and load them on a flash card, there were reports, that it is possible, that this might lead to a detection - as the flashcards need to replicate this key. Now, Nintendo might have no way to tell if you lend the game to someone, of the other switch that uses it bought the game from you, etc. BUT if it is pirated, it's possible to detect, when the original and the copy are played at the same time, as the cartridge cannot be physically in two switches simultaneously. There were never any reports, that someone really got banned because of this, though...
Danielle Smith says Canada is punching Alberta in the face
Bell: A fiery Danielle Smith on fighting when Alberta is punched in the face
Danielle Smith on fighting Carney's Liberal Ottawa and how she will not back down as Alberta waits for the real Carney to show himselfRick Bell (Calgary Herald)
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Ha!
If that's what record setting oil production and a massively over budget pipeline on the federal dime feels like... Smith is a pansy knocked over by a gentle pat.
"Punched in the face", sure 🤣
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an ICE field office in Washington state.Mikael Thalen (Straight Arrow News)
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Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperiment Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https:/...AbnormalBeingsTube
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I guess the engagement bait "please contradict the headline"-title is working well, I always want to keep editorialising to a minimum when sharing videos like this, but this was one of those "what they meant could have been made a little bit clearer, and they knew it"-things.
Really the stuff he is talking about concerning that - mainly initial cost vs long term savings and lack of existing infrastructure/expertise - are just realities that are important to address in the political process. He could have gone into more detail considering Munich's attempt at Linux (LiMux) - where to my knowledge the reason it failed was a combination of lobbying by Microsoft, Conservatives (CSU) winning the local elections, and costs (as well as employee complaints) from having processes be more complicated, the latter mostly thanks to Microsoft's outright obstructionism concerning document format standards, as well as expertise being relatively costly (whereas finding MS-certified anyones in the office space was relatively easy). Those are considerations to have, but I think more and more, the advantages of Linux and Open Source clearly outweigh that stuff in the face of rising costs and enshittification, and he does talk about all the good stuff pretty well in the video.
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indeed, the anti-limux stuff was a sort of microsoft marketing campain in disguise.
microsoft lobbied munich to abandon linux after they adopted it while abandoning windows, and also put in great effort to paint the narrative that it was due to linux being bad. they successfully pointed to things that didn't work with linux, masking that the reason these things didn't work were not due to linux but due to not updating or other administrative problems not related to the operating system.
Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.
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Canadian media giant Rogers named as victim of Chinese telecom hackers
Canadian media giant Rogers named as victim of Chinese telecom hackers
Rogers is Canada’s top wireless provider and is among that nation’s core telecom firms mandated to comply with Canadian lawful access rules, which require them to share user data with investigators.David DiMolfetta (Nextgov/FCW)
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Rogers is the country’s top wireless provider
Easy when there's only 2 service provideers in most of Canada
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I say Rogers and Bell should merge. Then merge with Telus, then videotron.
Then get nationalized as a fully public entity.
NixOS Web Services with Cloudflared: A Complete Guide - YouTube
GitHub - cloudflare/cloudflared: Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)
Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel). Contribute to cloudflare/cloudflared development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Yeah, the centralization of public Internet infrastructure around Cloud flare has been concerning, not only as a single point of failure but also in terms of consolidation of trust.
As a prior student workout a public IP deep behind several NATs, with little funds for self hosting hobbies, these kinds of tunnel services were a handy gateway in getting started.
Although, I hope ISP adoption of IPv6 or cheaper bandwidth quotas for VPS providers help compete on this front for self hosting networking.
Which hardware for stable sleep?
I'm contemplating to replace 1-2 aging desktops in our home by "gaming" laptops.
What really bugs me with the Linux laptops I currently have is that sleep is unstable or inefficient. On one device it sometimes just won't wake up. On both the battery is drained fully within few days. I have a MacBook at work and know I'll probably not hit the same level of stability and efficiency in sleep, but I'm wondering whether hardware choice can play a role in improving the experience, especially seeing how I might make this my primary device moving forward.
I often grab the Linux laptop and end up going for the work MacBook or my ipad because the battery is dead and I only wanted to check something real quick - it's okay with an old leftover device but it sort of irritates me.
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You don't need a framework laptop to get unsupported "as-is" hibernate .
Hibernation on Linux Explained
What Is Hibernate on Linux Hibernate is a powersaving state where the contents of the systems memory RAM are written to a designated storage space usuallknowledgebase.frame.work
That is not what that says at all...
You mentioned a problem, you've been given the solution, yet you're still here to rail against it...
FYI: my favorite manufacturers I'm eyeing are Tuxedo, Schenker and Asus.
Thanks for your input! What's the issue with Asus? Their Rog series has some really nice hardware it seems and might be something I can actually walk into a store and try in person.
What about Lenovo? As an owner of two ThinkPads and with friends happy about their Legion devices that's the one other manufacturer I have on my radar regarding "might be available in a store in my country".
The main issue is that a lot of these bigger manufacturers have 3 tiers of hardware they kick out:
1) consumer-grade/junk
2) professional/developer/niche
3) enterprise hardened
If you find a model of something you're looking to buy for sale at big box stores, it's going to be total junk: windows-centric hardware with low reliability, but really cheap to produce. Stay away from those, as their Linux compatibility is going to be horrendous UNLESS you've heard otherwise specifically about a particular model.
Lenovo has done something interesting in the last few years and blurred the lines between #1 and #2, so now it's a crapshoot. ASUS ruined their #2 tier stuff years ago by including gimmicky stuff like touch bars, and secondary displays without ANY support except for Windows.
For Linux compatibility, you need to make sure your components either already have driver support, or is made by a company who directly releases or contributes Linux drivers. AMD and Intel are top of that list, with Nvidia kinda/sorta doing the bare minimum for consumer-grade components, but full support for enterprise-grade stuff.
If you're not sure all the components in the machine you're buying already have Linux support, it's going to be a crapshoot. ASUS specifically makes crappy moves by including things that notoriously DON'T have native Linux support like: Broadcom chipsets, or random audio codecs and speakers that are essentially windows-only.
You can look around and see people's experiences with specific models of ROG, but even those are kind of iffy because of the above. Depending on what you want to use it for, you may be able to work with certain things not working, but if you're talking laptops and Linux, I'd steer clear of anything with Nvidia in it for the battery life alone.
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All this effort instead of constructing traffic calming road features. Oh wait, that doesn’t generate revenue…
Speed cameras actually generate very little revenue compared to the financial cost of car crashes: Ambulances, drugs, police, surgeons. If speeding fines were to truly reflect the social cost of car crashes, they would be significantly higher.
Also, the people who oppose speed cameras will absolutely FREAK OUT if you propose to reduce lanes. Look at what just happened to Toronto bike lanes.
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Gunnerkrigg Court - Chapter 99: Page 34
Chapter 99: Page 34Who knows who what
Gunnerkrigg Court - By Tom Siddell
Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell. It is updated online three days a week.www.gunnerkrigg.com
Gunnerkrigg Court - Chapter 99: Page 33
Chapter 99: Page 33Thanks for nothing.
Gunnerkrigg Court - Page 3124 - By Tom Siddell
Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell. It is updated online three days a week.www.gunnerkrigg.com
Gunnerkrigg Court - Chapter 99: Page 32
Chapter 99: Page 32Thanks, I guess?
Gunnerkrigg Court - Page 3123 - By Tom Siddell
Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell. It is updated online three days a week.www.gunnerkrigg.com
systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success
systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success
Eleven init systems enter, one init system leaves.Tyblog
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I have 0 love for Amazon, but...it's better than going to Walmart
And my GOG account has 150 free games in it from them sooooooo 😅
[Question] Is it possible or has it been done, can a Honeypot be created with bash aliases that would use a very common command someone would run if they were in your system but it aliases to some
Sort of command that would pull a download that is self executed to the host machine?
That's worded a bit fucky, if I need to elaborate, please chime in.
Something like this?
alias ls="who am i >> /var/log/intruder.log && logout"
alias l="/usr/bin/ls"
Partially for sure. Other part of this would be somehow executing a command on the attackers machine that originated as their own input, but they wouldn't be privy to that due to the alias.
I've seen some videos where people will willingly let scammers into their machine, and Honeypot them with a file that they execute, typically named like credit card info or bank info or something. But they knowingly click that and open it, I don't know what needs to be done on the "make this code execute on the attackers machine" part.
If someone is ssh'd into your machine, are there any escalated privileges you'd already have back to their machine because they've willingly come to yours?
I've þought about how to do ðis myself. Ðe best idea I've had is to build a virus, or simply someþing destructive, or a program ðat downloads CP and emails it to the FBI; and use Justine's APE to build an executable and call it "bitcoin_wallet.exe". Entice ðe hacker to download a malicious program and execute it on ðeir computer.
Ðen I lose interest and spend the time instead doing someþing to furðer tighten security on my VMs.
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.By Michelle Fleury (BBC News)
Court Rules FAA’s Medication Denial ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’
Court Rules FAA’s Medication Denial ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’
The FAA’s decision to deny a special medical clearance for an airline pilot taking antidepressant medication was “arbitrary and capricious."Zach Vasile (FLYING Magazine)
Miracle-WM 0.6 Brings Many Improvements For This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor
Miracle-WM 0.6 Brings Many Improvements For This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor
Miracle-WM 0.6 is out today as a mega release for this Mir-based Wayland compositor by Canonical/Ubuntu developer Matthew Kosarekwww.phoronix.com
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The big Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta
The big Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta
The Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta bringing some huge new features to the popular space sim.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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In Silence Waits is an upcoming modern take on classic graphical adventures
In Silence Waits is an upcoming modern take on classic graphical adventures
Older readers might be interested in this one. Silent Shoals Software announced In Silence Waits, a modern take on classic graphical adventures.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Operation Octo is an upcoming frantic aquatic Tower Defense with big boss fights
Operation Octo is an upcoming frantic aquatic Tower Defense with big boss fights
Need a fresh Tower Defense game to try out? Here's another tip for you! Operation Octo arrives in September with a chance to try it early.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game
Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game
With a demo live on Steam, Vehicle No. 4 could be one to watch if you love your horde survival games with you building your own vehicle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization
MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization
Coming to Early Access later in July, MR FARMBOY blends elements of Stardew Valley with automation and optimisation.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 25.2 Drops Legacy DRI2 Code With A Bonfire To Pre-DMABUF Winsys Support
Mesa 25.2 Drops Legacy DRI2 Code With A Bonfire To Pre-DMABUF Winsys Support
A big merge today to Mesa Git ahead of next week's Mesa 25.2 code branching is removing the pre-DMA-BUF winsys support and as part of that clearing out all of the old DRI2 driver support.www.phoronix.com
Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org
Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org
Wayback began recently as an experimental X11 compatibility layer for non-Wayland desktop environments to leverage Wayland componentswww.phoronix.com
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As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
Opinion - Zeynep Tufekci
July 9, 2025[as usual, independent thinking from #ZeynepTufekci ]
"What Kelly didn’t mention, but which has since become well known, is that the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.
To a Washington bean counter, his loss might have looked like one tiny but welcome subtraction in a giant spreadsheet, but not in a region so prone to these perilous events that it’s known as Flash Flood Alley. Hundreds of kids at summer camps slept in cabins along the river. The plan was for folks at the upstream camps to send word to the downstream camps if floodwaters got scary. But if even the highest official in the county wasn’t on high alert, how were the camp counselors supposed to understand the danger — or, in an area without reliable cellphone coverage, to act on it?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/texas-floods-nws.html
Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - Antiwar.com (2025-07-08)
Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - Antiwar.com (2025-07-08)news.antiwar.com/2025/07/08/is…
———>> Three priests based in the village of Taybeh issued a statement calling for help in the face of growing settler violence
>> In a joint statement, priests from the three churches in #Taybeh — the Latin Church, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Catholic — condemned the attack and asked for action in the face of growing settler violence against the village, which comes amid a spike in settler attacks across the West Bank…
Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - News From Antiwar.com
A group of Jewish settlers set a fire near an ancient Christian church in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nabd El-Haya, a radio station based in the town, has reported.News From Antiwar.com
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McDonalds gets millions of applications? wtf?
ETA: Yeah, I guess they do.
eu.usatoday.com/story/money/20…
McDonald's plans to hire 375,000 workers this summer
McDonald's announced plans for a hiring surge alongside U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer.Melina Khan (USA TODAY)
Mark Carney's latest LinkedIn post is celebrating the right wing premiers of Alberta and Ontario
The premiers are right on: Canada has what the world needs, and we need to get back into the business of exporting it to new markets.
The premiers are right on: Canada has what the world needs, and we need to get back into the business of exporting it to new markets. We’re building one united Canadian economy, and there’s more to come. | 204 comments on LinkedInMark Carney (www.linkedin.com)
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This is exactly how FPTP inevitably results in a 2-party system.
Obviously the LPC only views electoral reform as a cheap trick to garner votes.
Maybe the NDP can come back with such a promise?
Unless the LPC noticeably improves peoples lives in the next 12 months we're probably going to see another election. Who knows what'll happen then.
When the Reform Party took over the Cons, the Cons moved to the Liberal Party and the Liberals moved to the NDP. Historical voters of each moved accordingly
As for the oil plan, it makes no sense; The UCP closed the refineries the ANDP opened to ensure oil has to be traded to the US and bought back by us. A pipeline to Ontario to then sell it to the US and buy it back doesn’t make any sense
I don't think energy security is a partisan issue, it's good for Canada as long as it is done respecting all the communities and peoples rights along the way. It can be a big win for indigenous communities if done properly.
Let's see how it unfolds ..
Trump unloads on Putin after promising more military aid to Ukraine
Trump unloads on Putin after promising more military aid to Ukraine
President Donald Trump expressed mounting frustration Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, promising during a lively Cabinet meeting to boost U.S. military aid to Ukraine.Katherine Doyle (NBC News)
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This program helps seniors find jobs. Trump’s cuts would end it.
This program helps seniors find jobs. Trump’s cuts would end it.
The Senior Community Service Employment Program through Goodwill helps Indianapolis seniors get jobs and learn new skills.Claire Rafford (Mirror Indy)
How To Train A New Voice For Piper With Only A Single Phrase | Hackaday
How To Train A New Voice For Piper With Only A Single Phrase
[Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recently utilizes Piper TTS (text-to-speech) voices for various undisclosed purposes. Not satisfied with the robotic-soun…Hackaday
A Carney disaster scenario shower thought
I did support Carney and I hope he does good things, and I don't think the following scenario would occur but I realize this belief is entirely based on my judgement of Carney's character which could be wrong.
I was thinking about the proposed gas pipeline to the east coast. If Carney hopes to be re-elected, he can't ram a pipeline through Quebec using emergency powers if such exist. Or he'd lose his seats in QC. Instead he's gotta give significant concessions to QC, like ownership, high royalties, etc. Stuff that he and Blanchet can sell to the Quebecers. I think this is certainly possible for a gas pipeline.
But then the following disaster scenario occurred to me. He likely has significant Brookfield investments in that blind trust. He likely has a seat open on that board whenever he quits public service. What if he uses emergency powers to ram a whole bunch of infrastructure, through P3s, where the private partner retains ownership, and the partner is Brookfield. Do as many of those as possible, get kicked out of office and sit on Brookfield's board, that much richer, while we get saddled with an even angrier and vindicated CPC fascism.
Thoughts?
Edit: Thanks for wading into my election PTSD nightmare!
Where did you dig up this ancient post from.. 😄
But yeah things aren't going spectacularly. A Kier Starmer scenario looks more likely at the moment.
lol yeah sorry was looking through someone else's comment history (someone who seems quite hostile to criticism of dear leader) and found your post also getting a big pile-on from Canada's Insufferable Liberal Hordes
and yeah it ain't great
I think there is no proper social media platform to express oneself.
I wanted to publish constructive criticism towards Reddit on Reddit but unfortunately that's basically impossible since they'll do everything to censor/silence that for their own gains to not hurt their reputation (you might also get censored for mentioning Reddit alternatives like Lemmy).
So I have to do it here.
I'm addressing censorship because that's basically the biggest issue.
I'm not always against all censorship as it can be beneficial in some circumstances to provide constructive discussion to not end up like X where everyone is shouting hateful opinions without getting heard anyways. (But very generally I'm still strongly against censorship).
My main problem is about wrongful censorship. Reddit is basically unusable for me since I had the experience multiple times that I get banned from a subreddit for actually no reason just because a moderator feels like it. And when I then ever accidentally post on the same subreddit with a different account (which is hard when there are multiple to keep track of) your whole access to Reddit gets banned for about 12 months by advanced fingerprinting (so even if you create a new account it gets automatically banned, so you basically cannot post anything on Reddit for a year).
While Lemmy is somewhat better in this regard I think it's mainly only because it's so small, is only known by a very small enthusiastic group and therefore needs less moderation. But I realized that even here once a post is slightly controversial it will get removed sooner or later. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if this gets removed too. I know that the fediverse theoretically provides protection against censorship by being able to host your own instance but practically that's very unrealistic to see properely moderated instances being used by enough people.
I think it's a shame that if you're looking into providing high quality topics and discussions that are valued by many people and you just want to learn by broadening your intellectual horizons, you can get banned every second because some moderator had a bad day.
And I'm not just talking about posting something maybe somewhat controversial that a moderator might not like. I literally had many situations where I posted completely normal posts that completely aligned with the subreddits rules. I could literally post a normal cat picture on a cat picture subreddit and get banned seconds later without being able to talk to the moderators. In some instances the cat picture post (I'm using that as a metaphor) didn't even get published and I got banned anyways. Often it's enough to have a single wrong word that is filtered by Reddit so your whole post won't publish.
I think the core concept of platforms like Reddit and Lemmy can be very valuable but it's executed very badly. There should be multiple independent steps of verifying if someone should get banned and in what way. And probably integrate a good test for joining the community so that it's more likely for people to be rational from the start (that way you don't even have to look at so many potential flags).
Maybe AI could be better for this by having less human emotion based judgement?
But I'm conflicted because on one hand these platforms can have such a great potential and value but on the other hand it's maybe better to not use it anyways since it can be quite unhealthy to spend much time on there.
Anyways I think it's sad we can't freely express ourselves on social media and can't have proper discussions. This really feels like being in a 3rd world country with dictatorship and this shouldn't be the case in 2025. Especially nowadays where it's extremely important to have open and trusted discussion about topics.
There should be a platform with good/useful censorship and a platform truly without censorship that isn't owned by a Nazi billionaire. Or even better: have an all-in-one solution that has spaces without and with censorship to varying degrees (preferably a degree that can be decided by the users and not by the corporation).
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you might've been banned for different reasons except censorship. might it be that you just didn't "read the room" or didn't keep discussions constructive?
I think it's really just the fact that there are moderators who ban people based on their mood. It has nothing to do with the actual content as I've seen many posts that seem actually questionable but haven't been banned. Of course you only see the people who didn't get banned and can post and you can't see the people who are banned because well, they cannot post.
If I'd show you the times I got banned you will see that it is basically randomly and those moderators invent things that are far detached from reality.
There should be multiple independent steps of verifying if someone should get banned and in what way. And probably integrate a good test for joining the community so that it's more likely for people to be rational from the start (that way you don't even have to look at so many potential flags).
How much would you pay to join a community with that level of protection for user rights? Like the old subscription based forums, some of which are still floating around the internet?
Because "multiple independent steps of verifying" is, frankly, going to be a lot of frustrating, thankless, and redundant work for moderators. I mean, we know how to safeguard people's rights through legalistic processes. Courts do it all the time. It's called due process. And due process is frequently a slow, complicated, and expensive pain in the ass for everyone involved. And I think very few people would want to do that work for free.
(Conveniently, this would also serve as a good test for joining such a community - people are more likely to follow the rules and act like decent human beings if a subscription they paid for is riding on it, and it would price out AI and spambots in the process.)
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in reply to FarraigePlaisteaċ • • •I'm not home right now, but I once wrote a batch script to help do exactly that as a context menu option for Windows systems, to boot an IMA/IMG image directly into DOSBox.
Once I get home, I'll see if I can locate those old scripts and try to share. Granted the difference between Windows and Mac, but the basic command lines for DOSBox should effective work the same.
No promises, but if I find those script files (holy crap I have way too many files!), I'll see about sharing them later, translation to the Mac environment will be up to you though.
I think my approach was to copy the default dosbox.conf file to a temporary file, then append the temporary file with what image to boot from under [AUTOEXEC], and just consider the temp dosbox.conf as exactly that, temporary, to be rewritten every time I used my custom DOSBox Boot Floppy context menu thing.
I dunno, I'll see later, when/if I get a good chance soon.