The Ultimate Instant Messenger Tier List


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Signal Numberless Registration is Here!


Signal has rolled out registration without a phone number on Android in beta, Revolut breached customer data through fake law enforcement requests, X Chat has mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #71!

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0:00 Intro
0:38 Start of podcast
1:19 Signal registration without a phone number now available in Android beta
28:08 ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
36:59 Forum Updates: Petition to not require tech manufacturers to detect nudity content on devices
41:40 Site updates
50:34 Meta's Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters
1:02:00 Forum Updates: What messenger you use for people who won't use E2EE messengers?
1:12:19 How TikTok and Google ended up with information about doctors' appointments around the world
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1:30:00 Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight
1:40:31 Q&A
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Plutonium-239 - Arch Linux made unbreakable and lightning fast. Initial in-development release, announced here on Lemmy first.


19 days ago I announced my plans here on Lemmy and after four weeks and ~300 hours in total, I can finally share the first ISO of my project with this community. ~~"sometime next week" yeah that was optimistic lmao~~ I want to thank you again for the feedback on the initial announcement and I can say I tried my best to address and implement a lot of your suggestions!

For the people that haven't read the last post, this is the basic gist of it:

Unlike immutable distributions that lock you out of the native package manager and force you into sandboxes, Plutonium-239 keeps the core Arch experience intact. You still get the bleeding-edge Arch repositories and the power of the AUR but all of that with a 5-20% performance boost from a heavily optimized kernel and the peace of mind of an unbreakable safety net underneath.

For the ISO and the in-depth technical documentation, please visit my website at the link in the title!

The 0.0.1 version is a pre-release/in-development version meant for experienced people interested in this project. I tested it extensively and I'm running it for a few days now on my Thinkpad myself, however I can IN NO WAY guarantee that this is 100% viable to daily-drive just yet.

I'm very thankful for every person that considers testing this distro in a VM or on a secondary PC to contribute to the development of this project. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope my work can be of value to you!


I'm in the process of making a distro that combines the way SteamOS makes Arch Linux stable and user-friendly WITH the performance optimizations of CachyOS


As the title and the website say, I'm currently making a distro with the goal that you don't have to compromise between ease of use + safety and bleeding-edge + performance optimizations.

As I will likely be able to publish the 0.0.1 source code to the GitHub link and the ISO to the website sometime next week, I would like people to be aware of my project so I can have some feedback for further improvements when I release the first version. I have not posted this anywhere else yet, as I value the opinion of this community more than Reddit or whatever.

If you have any questions or any criticism, please voice it, I would love to hear it, good or bad, in the end I want to make a proper OS. (I'll go to bed now so expect replies to take a few hours from posting.)


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Linux Laptop - T490 or Latitude 5410


What would you recommend for a Linux laptop. Will multiboot with Windows 11.

Both with i5 10th gen. T490 with 24gb ram and 5410 with 16gb ram.

$200 USD for the dell and $260 USD for the Lenovo.

Just want to do basic office/web stuff. Only gaming would be Minecraft. looking for a quiet laptop with good thermals.

in reply to group_hug

The 5000 series from Dell is worse than the T series thinkpads. I'd say the 7000 series would be comparable.

I had a 7280 (IIRC) which was great for years, I really like the mobile Dell keyboards. I wouldn't touch a 5410 though, rather a 7410.

So out of these two, the Thinkpad seems like the better deal.

[Python, commandline] NamePlate: Rename files and directories by transforming their basename


github.com/thingsiplay/namepla…

I wrote some niche commandline Python script to rename filenames. I know there are many tools to do this already. It's in the vein of something like Perl rename command. Maybe someone is interested, I don't know.

name --append "_v2" -- *.py

name --glob --replace " (*" -- *.sfc

Manual installation only:
git clone https://github.com/thingsiplay/nameplate
cd nameplate
mv name.py name
# The path below is just a suggestion. This depends on your system.
install --verbose -t ~/.local/bin/ name

BTW, use option -n (--dry-run) to test commands without applying any changes on the filesystem. The README got some more examples.

Recommend me: lore like Game of Thrones, but only one book


I also don't like Martin's writing style. But I love the lore. I just can't do another series. What's one book that has the kind of worldbuilding that made us all love (and then hate the unfinished state of) A Song of Ice and Fire?
in reply to bowsertattoo

Okay it's 3 books but they're short and it has an ending lol

The silo series (wool, shift, dust)

Also I would check out the Mistborn series. It's more books, but many of them (like mistborn) can stand alone and be a great story. Insanely good world building, some of the most unique out there I think

Skynet Rising


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Tem alguém não-binárie defendendo pautas não-binárias???


Artigo sobre candidates não-bináries e suas pautas no ano de 2026. Menciona cissexismo, capacitismo, exilinguismo, racismo, mascunormatividade linguística e uso de LLMs

A análise e seu motivo


A plataforma VoteLGBT permite que candidates registrem suas identidades e um perfil resumido para facilitar que pessoas LGBTQIAPN+ que buscam ser representadas na política achem candidates que gostam.

Obviamente, representação política não é tão fácil: candidates precisam apelar para uma maioria perissexo, cis e hétero para serem eleites, além de precisarem lidar com uma maioria perissexo, cis e hétero não encontrando vantagem em tornar o território menos hostil a pessoas LGBTQIAPN+.

Dito isso, le @Aliel@colorid.es me fez uma pergunta quando veio aqui em casa. Algo do tipo, existe candidate não-binárie que defende a neolinguagem? E, não, eu nunca vi alguém com este comprometimento. Infelizmente, ainda é um assunto ao qual a maioria está indiferente ou é contra. Mesmo o uso de neolinguagem em materiais de campanha ou na abordagem de pessoas para dar panfletos é tabu. O livro de Urse já mostra que, enquanto a direita se preocupa em combater a neolinguagem, a esquerda não se preocupa em defendê-la.

Mas aí pensei: se existem candidates não-bináries e pautas não-binárias, será que há algume candidate que as defende explicitamente?

Os partidos analisados para achar candidaturas não-binárias no site VoteLGBT em 2026 são: UP, PSTU, PSOL, PCdoB, PT, PV, PDT, PSB, MDB e PSDB. Não só partidos de direita (especialmente menores) têm menos chances de acolherem pessoas não-binárias como eu teria que verificar cada página de candidatura do AVANTE ou seja lá o que for o que for para saber se cada pessoa ali é não-binária. O PCB seria incluso se algume candidate LGBTQIAPN+ tivesse se registrado na plataforma.

Lembro vagamente de já poder ter filtrado por pessoas autoidentificadas como não-binárias em eleições passadas, então só poder usar os filtros "trans" e "mulher", ambos os quais aparentam excluir pessoas que se disseram não-binárias desses filtros nas pesquisas, foi um empecilho a mais em coletar esta lista.

Além disso, só incluí pessoas autoidentificadas como não-binárias. Não sei quantes des candidates que escolheram "outro" o fizeram por estarem questionando suas identidades de gênero (um processo que não necessariamente inclui a não-binaridade) ou mesmo por não saberem o que significa o termo cis. Também existem travestis que não se colocam dentro da não-binaridade, então decidi não incluir a categoria travesti por si só.

Tentei dar uma lida nessas marcações diferentes de homem/mulher para ver se alguma descrição explicava melhor a situação de gênero da pessoa, mas, quase sempre, todas as informações extras que poderiam ser relevantes eram que colocaram ou só ela ou só ele como tratamento e que quase todes tinham gay, lésbica ou heterossexual como orientação. Menções honrosas vão para a Senhora Mar, que é travesti pansexual concorrendo como deputada federal pelo PSOL na Bahia e citou infância sem gênero como uma de suas pautas, e para a Bancada Transformar do PSOL no Pará, que defende a pauta de acesso de "travestis, transsexuais (sic), transmasculinos e não-binarios (sic)" ao ensino superior; o líder da chapa se coloca como transmasculino ou homem trans, dependendo da divulgação, mas não achei algum local com qualquer ume des participantes sendo descrite como não-binárie de forma explícita, então também estou excluindo tal candidatura da análise.

Análise inicial


  • 7 candidaturas foram encontradas: 3 do PSOL, 2 do PT, 1 da UP e 1 do PSB;
  • 4 candidaturas são da região Sudeste (3 SP e 1 RJ), 2 são da região Sul (RS e SC) e 1 é da região Norte (AM);
  • 4 concorrem para deputades federais e 3 para deputades estaduais;
  • Nenhuma das pessoas declarou de uma orientação específica a pessoas não-binárias (embora exista a possibilidade do cadastro não ter sido 100% livre): 3 pessoas se declararam gays, 2 pessoas se declararam pansexuais, 1 pessoa se declarou bissexual e 1 pessoa se declarou heterossexual;
  • Apenas Indianarae Siqueira exige tratamento não normativo, ainda que de forma vaga ("neutro"; parte de seu material indica a flexão e). 4 pessoas marcaram "tanto faz" no campo de "pronomes" (porque aparentemente exigir marcações para além de pronomes seria exigência demais de quem quer ter cargo na política), 1 marcou "ele/dele" e 1 marcou "ela/dela";
  • 4 das pessoas marcaram ser brancas, 2 marcaram ser pretas, 1 marcou ser indígena;
  • Ninguém marcou ser intersexo;
  • 1 pessoa marcou que possui deficiência ("TEA", sigla para Transtorno do Espectro Autista);
  • Todes possuem Instagram, 3 possuem Facebook, 2 possuem sites próprios e canais de WhatsApp próprios.

Agora eu vou entrar nos links de cada candidate e ver 1) quais são suas pautas e 2) se há pautas específicas para a população não-binária. Pessoas não-binárias acabam precisando de mais auxílios quando a saúde, educação e emprego (como pessoas de quaisquer outros grupos marginalizados) em comparação com seus pares cis, e minha intenção aqui não é tratar a população não-binária como alienígenas que só precisam de quem defenda nossa hormonização, retificação e linguagem (ou outras pautas do tipo), mas o ponto desta postagem é especificamente ver se esta representatividade não-binária está só nas fichas ou se há uma perspectiva não-binária dentro das propostas também.

As candidaturas

Lucas Penteado (Federal por SP, 1303)


Lucas Penteado só tem um Instagram como referência (o qual não tem link para mais nada), o que dificulta achar qualquer projeto ou proposta. O perfil em si não tem nenhuma menção à não-binaridade, e a maioria das postagens parece se tratar de falar a favor do Lula e contra o Flávio Bolsonaro. Também tem algumas postagens junto com pessoas que estão concorrendo para serem deputadas estaduais.

Este vídeo com Jaque Medeiros fala sobre a importância de representatividade de mulheres e menciona a falta de representatividade "do nosso povo", sem explicitar qual o povo em questão (se é uma referência genérica a viver fora da classe política ou se é sobre fazer parte de algum grupo marginalizado). Outras publicações só fazem referências genéricas a já conhecer o candidato (sendo que eu não acompanho BBB e vou pouquíssimas vezes ao teatro ou ao cinema, então não tenho contato com os valores desta pessoa).

Filipe Menino (Federal por SP, 4054)


O "link para Instagram" do Felipe Menino na verdade vai para o Threads. Dito isso, já há algumas informações sobre ele na própria página do VoteLGBT:

Sou advogado há 13 anos do Conselho Regional de Óptica e Optometria do Estado de São Paulo (associação civil), lutando pelo acesso à saúde visual na atenção primária e no combate à cegueira evitável; pesquisador e mestrando em história e crítica de arte pela UFRJ; budista e casado.


Ok, quanto a pautas, temos aí acesso à saúde visual.

No Threads, ele compartilhou sua propaganda eleitoral, onde ele defende:

  • Regulação da optometria para acesso mais fácil a exames de vista;
  • Políticas públicas de acolhimento digno na velhice para pessoas LGBTQIAPN+.

Ele também publicou outro vídeo com basicamente as mesmas propostas.

No Instagram, tem vídeos que ainda falam destes mesmos assuntos, como este que promove Talita Cadeirante, e mais uma coisa ou outra, como este vídeo visibilizando um caso de queermisia (aviso de conteúdo para violência verbal).

Dito isso, não encontrei nenhuma menção específica da não-binaridade dele nos perfis, ou mesmo menções específicas a pessoas trans ou não-binárias fora da sigla LGBTQIAPN+ em si.

Santo Legaliza (Federal por SP, 5042)


Como já deve ser óbvio para muitas pessoas, a pauta principal que Santo traz é a legalização da maconha. Seu site também menciona que o candidato também quer o fim da violência policial contra o povo periférico.

Eu não conheço o histórico dos candidatos anteriores desta lista, mas pelo menos eu sei que esta não é a primeira eleição onde Santo se declara uma pessoa não-binária. Dito isso, não há nenhuma menção à sua não-binaridade em seus perfis, e seus materiais contém o uso constante do artigo e da flexão o.

O Filipe Menino já publicou pelo menos um cartaz onde o uso de LLMs foi óbvio, mas o Santo faz uso desta tecnologia de forma mais descarada ainda: várias de suas publicações no Instagram e no YouTube possuem aquele visual genérico associado com LLMs, assim como a própria moldura para ícone que oferece em seu site para sues apoiadóries.

Álex Souza (Federal pelo AM, 5050)


A última candidata da lista de concorrentes a deputade federal é a única que não está concorrendo em São Paulo. Ela também é a única até agora com um documento inteiro onde apresenta suas propostas e que diz ser não-binária em seu perfil no Instagram. O programa tem 34 páginas, design simples mas relativamente bem feito e é para uma candidata com número fácil (5050), então imagino que haja bastante foco nesta candidatura. (É apenas minha impressão, mas não sou do Amazonas.)

O programa tem 8 eixos:
1. População LGBTQIAPN+;
2. Povos originários;
3. Juventude;
4. Para o povo;
5. Saúde e inclusão;
6. Meio ambiente;
7. Direitos humanos;
8. Cuidados essenciais.

Eu dei uma lida e, além da linguagem mascunormativa, o que me deu um gosto ruim da boca foi o uso dos termos "mãe atípica" e "pai atípico": que (em geral) não é sobre nans neurodivergentes, e sim sobre responsáveis de crianças neurodivergentes que buscam se centralizar em discussões sobre neurodivergência por conta disso, assim apagando a existência de pessoas adultas neurodivergentes (e perpetuando mais um eufemismo, "atípique", ao invés de usar termos mais diretos, assim como "especial"). O termo neurodivergente (ou mesmo neuroatípique ou neurodiversidade) não aparece em nenhum do programa em si, apenas autismo (em um contexto que dá a entender "pessoa com autismo" ao invés de pessoa autista, que é o termo que grande parte das comunidades autistas organizadas tende a preferir). Quero ressaltar que estes problemas não são exclusivos de qualquer candidate ou partido, e sim daquele "senso comum" que joga grupos marginalizados para baixo do ônibus caso certas pautas ou problematizações não sejam suficientemente populares, mas é algo que eu gostaria de pontuar como um ponto negativo em um programa que, em geral, é excelente.

(Em seu perfil do Instagram, há esta publicação que usa o termo "centros de neurodiversidade", acompanhado do quebra-cabeça, símbolo perpetuado por grupos antiautistas, especialmente Autism Speaks, que quer "exterminar o autismo". É o tipo de capacitismo que ocorre quando famílias alistas que precisam lidar com crianças autistas são centralizadas, ao invés de adultes autistas ou de organizações formadas por pessoas autistas.)

Algumas das pautas que posso citar de forma positiva são: criar um incentivo para cidades manterem transporte público à noite, criar pensão para pessoas que não podem trabalhar por ficarem o dia inteiro cuidando de outres, criar programas de ensino superior em estabelecimentos penitenciários e defender a proteção a terras indígenas demarcadas além da demarcação de terras indígenas ainda não reconhecidas. Em relação à população LGBTQIAPN+, Álex propõe a criação de uma rede de casas de acolhimento para pessoas LGBTQIAPN+ em situação de violência, abandono ou falta de moradia, preparo maior para o recebimento de pessoas LGBTQIAPN+ no SUS e criação de banheiros sem gênero em espaços públicos, como alguns destaques.

Pessoas não-binárias são mencionadas múltiplas vezes (no caso, Álex não usa o hífen), especialmente quanto à inclusão de pessoas não-binárias dentro do atendimento do SUS (inclusive nos documentos e no respeito a tratamento, embora aqui esta questão esteja sendo referida como "pronomes") e uma vez na questão de banheiros neutros. Há algumas menções a "pessoas trans e travestis" e outras menções a "pessoas trans", enquanto outras vezes a menção é aos três grupos (pessoas trans, travestis e não-binárias). Eu vou presumir que tais incoerências sejam por falta de vontade de repetir tudo, e não exclusões propositais de travestis ou de pessoas não-binárias de determinadas propostas ou da modalidade trans (não há motivo para reservar vagas de trabalho para pessoas trans sem incluir travestis, por exemplo).

Indianarae Siqueira (Estadual pelo RJ, 13169)


Indianarae Siqueira tem um parágrafo que lhe descreve no VoteLGBT, e ali também tem um link para seu Instagram, o qual contém links para financiamento coletivo e uma conta no Threads. O local com mais informações é a descrição do financiamento coletivo, mas, antes disso, quero chamar atenção para as biografias nos outros sites:

Indianarae Alves Siqueira é uma das principais lideranças do movimento de pessoas trans, travestis e não binárias no Brasil. Nascida em 18 de maio de 1971, em Paranaguá (PR), é ativista de direitos humanos, fundadora da CasaNem, do PreparaNem e presidente do grupo TransRevolução. Sua trajetória é marcada pela luta por cidadania, saúde, educação e moradia para pessoas LGBTQIAPN+ em situação de vulnerabilidade.

🏳️‍⚧️ Candidata a Deputada Estadual PT/RJ - 13169 💄 Vegana🐛 🌈 Idealizadore @casanem_ & Grupo TransRevolução ✊🏽Luta Nome Social BR com @jovannacardoso

🔥Pute 🌱🐶Vegane

🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQIAPNB+

🏳️‍🌈Idealizadore da @casanem_

do Grupo TransRevolução


Não há em nenhum momento uma indicação de pronome ou artigo, mas há indicações das flexões a e e. Também não há indicação explícita acerca de identidade de gênero e o perfil no Threads (que requer mais cliques no VoteLGBT) é o único que usa somente a flexão e.

O financiamento coletivo aponta a história de Indianarae Siqueira, a qual sem dúvida traz um currículo impressionante:

Fundou em 1995 o Grupo Filadélfia De Travestis e Liberados em Santos (SP) pra atuar na luta por prevenção e tratamento pras pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids. A organização foi pioneira no Brasil ao conquistar a obrigatoriedade do nome social nos prontuários médicos para travestis e transexuais, internação em ala separada ou feminina de hospitais e também o reconhecimento de casais lgbtqiapn+ como cônjuges, na conferência de saúde de Santos em 1996 . O que foi um escândalo sem precedentes pra época.

A sua ação performatica dos seios de fora pelo Rio de Janeiro e em alguns lugares do Brasil através da Marcha Das Vadias, fez que o nome social chegasse aos tribunais superiores, já que sua documentação de identidade não continha o gênero com o qual se identificava o que a liberava em andar sem camiseta na rua.

Em 2015 fundou o pré-vestibular PreparaNem, focado na inserção de transvestigeneres nas universidades através do ENEM. O projeto colocou mais de 5 alunas em universidades já no seu primeiro ano, o que colaborou com a criação da CasaNem (Primeira casa de acolhimento para pessoas LGBTQIAPN+, no Brasil).


Em relação a pautas e propostas para o futuro, porém, só há isto:

Sua vida é o alicerce da Transrevolução, um movimento que não pede permissão para existir, mas exige o direito ao afeto, à educação e à vida plena para todas as identidades trans, travestis e dissidentes de sexo/gênero.


Suas propostas parecem estar concentradas em suas publicações de Instagram. Esta "cola" contém o seguinte parágrafo dentro de sua descrição:

Para avançar nas pautas de trabalho digno nas ruas; acolhimento e direitos para a população LGBT; valorização dos feirantes, produtores e da economia popular; enfrentamento às violações de direitos humanos e animais e direito à cidade para todas as pessoas...


esta publicação contém uma série de propostas para auxiliar pessoas que protegem animais, oferecer saúde pública a animais e combater violências contra animais. Esta aqui traz 20 propostas para a cultura, entre elas piso salarial maior para artistas e técniques de arte contratades pelo Estado e agenda 50% gratuita para coletivos independentes em teatros e centros culturais. Há também esta postagem onde as seguintes propostas são citadas:

1️⃣ Cenário político 2026: PL da Dosimetria, escala 6x1 e retrocessos

2️⃣ Cota Trans Já: a urgência de ação afirmativa em editais de cultura e trabalho

3️⃣ Piso salarial de R$ 2.000 para toda a população renda mínima e dignidade para todos os trabalhadores e trabalhadoras

4️⃣ Transporte gratuito para toda a população de baixa renda passe livre como direito de ir e vir para trabalho, saúde, educação e cultura

5️⃣ 4 refeições diárias já política de segurança alimentar, acesso à alimentação digna como direito básico

6️⃣ Organização do território: segurança, renda e direitos da população trans/travesti negra e favelada


Não acho que Indianarae Siqueira seja o tipo de pessoa não-binária apática à causa não-binária, levando em consideração seu histórico de vida. Mas acho relevante para o propósito deste texto apontar que pessoas não-binárias não são mencionadas de forma específica em nenhum lugar, embora suas propostas sejam tão espalhadas que podem existir propostas mais específicas a este grupo que simplesmente não encontrei.

Douglas Meriz (Estadual por SC, 50505)


A publicação de apresentação de Douglas Meriz contém o seguinte como pontos principais:

Sou o Douglas Meriz, e a minha história não foi escrita em gabinetes ou na política tradicional.

Ela começou desde o início nas ruas, no trabalho diário e nas lutas de quem vive com o peso da desigualdade e do preconceito.

A força pra encarar essas batalhas vem da minha identidade e da fé que eu encontrei nas religiões de matriz africana.


(Qual identidade? Qual ou quais religiões de matriz africana? Existe um peso racial quando uma pessoa generaliza um aspecto de um continente inteiro, como em "culinária asiática", "tradições ameríndias" ou "religiões de matrizes africanas", o que inclusive faz parte das discussões sobre orientalismo. Por isso, é importante saber especificar para além disso, como em culinária coreana ou vodu haitiano. Faz sentido usar um termo mais amplo quando se trata de uma questão mais ampla, mas o contexto é de uma pessoa autodeclarada branca falando sobre a própria fé "nas religiões de matriz africana", dando a entender a ideia de totalidade, quando seria possível falar sobre ter encontrado fé em algumas ou múltiplas religiões de matriz africana, ou ter nomeado caso se tratem de apenas algumas.)

Eu defendo com orgulho os direitos da comunidade LGBTQIA+, a liberdade religiosa, o combate ao racismo e à corrupção.

Como parte da população LGBTQIA+, defendo que ninguém deveria ser obrigado a esconder quem é pra existir.

Eu também acredito na urgência de cuidar da saúde mental dos trabalhadores.

Enfrentar jornadas exaustivas e ter uma vida digna parece quase impossível, e eu sei disso porque essa também é a minha realidade.


Também há outra postagem onde elu lista uma série de "propostas" (que estão mais para pautas em muitos casos, por não serem concretas), separadas em temas:

  • Trabalhador não é máquina (como fim da escala 6x1 e defesa de salários dignos);
  • Protetor independente não pode carregar o Estado nas costas (como hospitais públicos veterinários e combate firme aos maus-tratos e ao abandono);
  • Direitos LGBTQIA+ são direitos humanos (como casas de acolhimento para pessoas em situação de violência e vulnerabilidade e programas de empregabilidade e inclusão para pessoas LGBTQIA+);
  • Respeito à fé. Combate ao racismo religioso (como preservação da memória e do patrimônio cultural dos terreiros e educação para combater o preconceito religioso);
  • Saúde mental é direito (como políticas de prevenção ao suicídio e ampliação do acesso ao atendimento psicológico).

Como em tantos outros casos da lista, não há nenhuma menção à não-binaridade ou ao fato de Douglas Meriz aparentemente não se importar com tratamento gramatical. Todos os materiais utilizam artigo e flexão o tanto para sua linguagem pessoal quanto para linguagem genérica, mesmo em casos onde seria fácil evitar marcações (seria fácil substituir dos trabalhadores por do povo trabalhador no espaço disponível na imagem, por exemplo).

Depois de ver que uma das imagens de fundo tinha um símbolo de estrela de 4 pontas mostrando que era uma imagem feita usando LLMs, não pude deixar de perceber que vários dos textos contém listas de 3 itens que são relativamente arbitrários (como nas frases de efeito "quero construir um mandato que tenha lado: o lado de quem trabalha, de quem luta e de quem muitas vezes é obrigado a resistir para ter seus direitos respeitados" e "existir com liberdade, segurança e dignidade é um direito"). Eu não acho que todo o texto das imagens linkadas foi escrito por um gerador de lero-lero, ou que todos os designs das imagens (os quais são em sua maioria bastante simples e consistentes) foram feitos com LLMs, mas acho provável que os textos tenham passado por um ChatGPT da vida em algum momento do processo de escrita.

Pessoas trans são mencionadas em especial uma vez (na suposta proposta "políticas de inclusão e proteção para pessoas trans"). Pessoas não-binárias não foram mencionadas de forma específica nenhuma vez, nem na sigla utilizada (já que não há N em LGBTQIA+).

Everaldo Oliveira (Estadual pelo RS, 80000)


Apesar de "ter um website" listado, na verdade o link no VoteLGBT aponta para a página inicial do site da UP. Para seu crédito, é possivel achar informações específicas sobre uma candidatura no site.

No VoteLGBT, a não-binaridade de Everaldo é mencionada, ainda que de forma resumida ("NB") que usa a sigla como substantivo ao invés de adjetivo:

Iniciou sua militância no movimento estudantil onde foi o primeiro NB Coordenador-Geral do DCE da UFRGS, e foi diretor da UNE.


Porém, esta questão é completamente omitida no perfil da página da UP:

Foi coordenador-geral do DCE da UFRGS, diretor da UNE e integrante da Coordenação Nacional do Movimento Correnteza.


Em seu Instagram, elu também tem "NB" ao lado de uma bandeira arco-íris.

Quanto a questões defendidas, elas são bem resumidas nas duas descrições mencionadas:

Organizou a luta da juventude contra as opressões na Universidade e lutou em defesa da educação , pelo fim da escala 6X1 e pela prisão de Bolsonaro e os golpistas.Defende uma sociedade livre da exploração, o socialismo!

Atualmente segue mobilizado na defesa da educação pública, contra as privatizações e pela organização da juventude e da classe trabalhadora.


Porém, uma publicação de Instagram dá mais detalhes: são 25 pautas, algumas das quais são propostas relativamente diretas ("passe livre nos ônibus e na Trensurb", "Delegacias da Mulher 24 horas em todo o RS", "prioridade de investimento para prevenção de desastres ambientais") enquanto outras estão mais para ideais abstratos ("combate ao racismo e à violência de Estado", "combate ao feminicídio e aos estupros", "valorização dos aposentados"). Um dos itens é "anulação da Reforma Trabalhista e da Reforma da Previdência", sendo que estas são questões federais.

É até possível que Everaldo Oliveira tenha planos concretos para todos os seus pontos, mas, infelizmente, o documento mais completo oferecido sobre o que ile faria na Assembleia Legislativa foi um carrossel de Instagram. Tentei procurar no site da UP, presumindo a possibilidade de que o programa fosse igual a todes do partido, mas não achei menções a vários dos itens citados no carrossel.

Nenhum dos itens, porém, menciona ou teria como público-alvo principal pessoas não-binárias, ou mesmo pessoas cisdissidentes ou heterodissidentes num geral. Novamente, não acho que isso por si só é necessariamente um problema, especialmente pelo quanto há de pautas relacionadas com combate à violência, acesso à moradia e valorização de estruturas públicas (SUS, escolas públicas, fim de terceirizações, etc.), mas é uma questão perceptível quando outros grupos específicos e outras opressões específicas foram mencionades.

O veredito


Há mais pessoas não-binárias que não se declaram não-binárias fora da plataforma VoteLGBT (4) do que indicam não-binaridade em seus perfis fora da plataforma (3), sendo que, no caso de Indianarae Siqueira (contade como alguém que explicita sua não-binaridade), a não-binaridade apenas pode ser inferida a partir do uso da flexão e em combinação com a ausência de especificações acerca de gênero ou expressão de gênero.

A representação não-binária também não aparece de forma centralizada ou positiva em nenhuma campanha. Váries candidates se orgulham em, por exemplo, representar uma determinada região, profissão ou pauta, e parte des candidates listades se incluem nisso (como Filipe Menino e seu foco em saúde visual); mas, se a não-binaridade aparece, é como uma linha no perfil ou uma menção em "ser LGBTQIAPN+" no material de campanha. A não-binaridade é, aparentemente, algo a ser escondido do eleitorado geral: algo que não só não ajuda na campanha, como também poderia prejudicar o quanto cada candidate é aceite.

Em relação às pautas, 4 das candidaturas mencionam questões LGBTQIAPN+, com 3 destas oferecendo pelo menos uma menção específica a pessoas trans e apenas Álex Souza mencionando pessoas não-binárias como uma categoria específica. Sem perfis mais completos, porém, é difícil saber quantas das outras 6 pessoas votariam contra a implementação obrigatória de banheiros neutros ou da reformulação da "política de linguagem simples" de forma que a abra para reconhecer a diversidade de gêneros gramaticais para tratar pessoas específicas, ou a favor da inclusão explícita de pessoas não-binárias não trans (como isogênero ou absgênero) dentro de políticas voltadas para a população trans, por exemplo.

Eu consideraria votar em Álex Souza, Indianarae Siqueira ou Everaldo Oliveira, mas não voto em tais estados. Enquanto isso, prefiro candidates com propostas concretas e que não aparentam estar usando LLMs constantemente, algo que pra mim é um sinal de que parte da reflexão da pessoa está sendo terceirizada para uma máquina treinada para gerar textos que a média da internet faria. Já temos problemas suficientes com a classe política ignorando (ou mesmo suprimindo) pautas consideradas "nichadas demais" em busca de ter um eleitorado amplo para também termos que lidar com a eleição de mensageires de carne.

E de resto, temos aliades?


O VoteLGBT não tem filtros para questões mais específicas, apenas para "principais pautas". Porém, mesmo filtrando para quem tem como prioridade "Cidadania LGBT+" (a categoria mais próxima de "contra o avanço das pautas antitrans" ou "a favor de avanços para o respeito à não-binaridade"), há muites candidates que não facilitam para que suas opiniões ou pautas sejam encontradas. Inclusive há candidates na lista que mal citam questões "LGBT+" mesmo listando tal prioridade.

O Instagram limita bastante acesso sem login, por exemplo, e a maioria des candidates usa somente o Instagram para comunicarem suas ideias. Mesmo que eu não seja contra candidates manterem contas em redes sociais onde há mais gente, não acho que o formato de rede social seja ideal para acompanhar as posições de ume candidate. Outres candidates querem inscrições em suas listas de e-mail ou canais de WhatsApp, ao invés de explicarem suas propostas publicamente, e eu não acho que este deveria ser um requerimento para entender que tipo de propostas alguém tem.

Mesmo quem tem site próprio muitas vezes não elabora muito nele. Por exemplo, Prof. Marcelo Yoshida (PT-SP) tem vários depoimentos e várias fotos, mas apenas 4 caixas pequenas para dizer "o que defendemos" que estão mais para ideais do que para propostas. Enquanto isso, Ruth Venceremos (PT-DF) oferece propostas mais concretas e Fe Miranda (PSOL-RS) tem tanto parágrafos explicando sua posição quanto propostas derivadas de cada eixo.

Aliás, não é necessário um site próprio para disponibilizar um local apropriado para propostas. Por exemplo, este material da Vilma Reis (PT-BA) é um PDF no Google Drive, ao menos não exige login e tem a capacidade de disponibilizar bastante texto. Lorran Neves (PSTU-RJ) decidiu colocar um resumo de suas propostas na descrição de sua campanha de financiamento coletivo.

Mesmo assim, é muito difícil saber o que boa parte das pessoas listadas no VoteLGBT fariam ou não fariam pela população não-binária, especialmente em pontos que podem não ser necessariamente benéficos a pessoas trans binárias ou binarizadas (por exemplo, já vi pessoas defendendo a não criação de banheiros neutros porque o que deveria ser feito é deixar pessoas trans entrarem nos banheiros que correspondem com seus gêneros, sendo que apenas duas identidades de gênero são representadas nesses banheiros, e a questão da neolinguagem mal é defendida pelas próprias comunidades não-binárias mesmo sendo necessidade para um grupo cada vez maior de pessoas). Quando o assunto é a inclusão de pessoas trans por estarem em situação de vulnerabilidade, esta é outra questão que deixa pessoas binárias defensivas, dando a entender que somos pessoas cis que decidimos ser irritantes em relação a como somos tratades e podemos parar a qualquer momento, quando muites de nós sofrem com as mesmas questões de exclusão social, vontades de transição física, violências com base em nossas aparências e disforia de gênero não aceita pela família do que mulheres e homens trans. As novas casas de acolhimento vão incluir pessoas não-binárias? E vão ter um espaço que não seja designado para homens ou para mulheres? E as cotas trans para empregos e universidades? O pessoal que defende inclusão LGBTQIAPN+ em empregos sequer parou para pensar que a maioria das vagas repassadas por aí são para "estagiários(as)"/"engenheiros(as)"/etc.?

Com as informações que consegui ver, admito que não encontrei outras menções a pessoas não-binárias. Raramente vi menções a pessoas trans, embora tenha visto uma ou outra menção a questões trans, como defesa do uso do nome social.

No final, mesmo depois de toda esta pesquisa, ainda acho que (aqui em São Paulo) vou votar na Neon Cunha, como fiz em outras eleições (desta vez ela está com o número 13913), e no Guilherme Cortez (5005), de quem recebi santinho perto de onde moro e gostei do que vi no site. De qualquer forma, peço para que todes que estejam lendo procurem ir atrás dos programas completos de sues candidates, não apenas de uma combinação de representatividade e partido ou de frases de efeito engraçadas.


Política institucional é pra gente binária


Vi vários convites para eventos onde o objetivo é fazer propaganda para candidates. Não tive vontade de ir em nenhum.

Não vejo motivos pra isso: vou perder meu tempo fazendo propaganda pra alguém que nem sabe que eu existo e que talvez nem vá defender causas importantes pra mim, em um ambiente onde argumentar contra alguém que vier me maldenominar ou cometer outra violência vai prejudicar a campanha de quem eu deveria estar ajudando? Vou ter que defender partidos enquanto fico remoendo na minha cabeça toda vez que seus programas faltaram com segmentos da população NHINCQ+?

E aí eu fiquei pensando além disso.

Não há motivo lógico para defender neolinguagem ou não-binaridade - ou mesmo cisdissidência em geral, embora defender pessoas trans binárias seja uma posição relativamente popular na esquerda atual - como parte de um programa de governo. Nossa população é uma minoria numérica e é muitas vezes colocada como piada e frescura mesmo entre pessoas "LGBT". Isso não aumenta tanto os votos que ume candidate pode ganhar quanto os votos que podem perder.

Acredito que pensar nas questões de grupos marginalizados minoritários seja uma questão de ética. Acredito que deixar de usar o/ele/o como linguagem genérica seja uma questão de ética. Mas ética não ganha votos: se ganhasse, PSTU e UP teriam bem mais presença na política, enquanto figuras conhecidas por corrupção não continuariam por aí sendo eleitas e reeleitas.

Quem ganha mais votos em territórios grandes são quase sempre figuras genéricas e familiares. Lula e Boulos tiveram que moderar o tom pra conseguir mais votos do que em eleições anteriores. Mulheres, pessoas racializadas, pessoas NHINCQ+ e pessoas de outros grupos minorizados, embora possam ganhar eleições de vez em quando, possuem a desvantagem inerente a serem considerades "fora do normal". Alguém usando neolinguagem corretamente, defendendo pessoas não-binárias e se recusando a usar linguagem capacitista para falar de sues oponentes não conseguiria ser tão popular com um povo que ou tem orgulho de seus preconceitos ou não quer examiná-los quanto alguém que deixa essas questões éticas de lado pra se mostrar "junto com o povo" (majoritariamente cis, majoritariamente perissexo, majoritariamente alista, majoritariamente sem alergias alimentares, majoritariamente despreocupado com as consequências negativas da supremacia cristã, majoritariamente desinteressado em buscar alternativas a se render a grandes empresas para espaços de socialização e assim por diante).

As próprias referências a "eleitoras e eleitores", só para depois cair em o/ele/o para descrever os dois grupos, já indica: só os blocos grandes importam. Só quem é padrão importa.

Pessoas cisdissidentes, de modo geral, acabam tendo suas próprias comunidades alternativas: há ocupações cisdissidentes para não ter que lidar com o cissexismo de outras ocupações, há grupos onde se trocam dicas de hormonização pra evitar lidar com médiques cis, há comunidades online e offline específicas a pessoas não-binárias que muitas vezes podem ser os únicos lugares onde a interação social pode não vir agregada de um grande risco de disforia social. Quando precisamos acessar algum serviço que não podemos ou conseguimos fazer sozinhes, como de depilação com laser ou de terapia, a gente tende a perguntar entre si por lugares onde vão nos desrespeitar menos.

Colocar questões trans, desde a maldenominação por conta de documentação ou aparência até a situação precária de viver na rua porque a pessoa não consegue emprego e nem a família e nem abrigos públicos aceitam a pessoa, como frescuras que acontecem "porque a pessoa decidiu ser assim", como se pra todes ou muites de nós a mutilação de nossas identidades cisdissidentes fosse simples e fácil, é não só ignorância como outra forma de marginalização.

(E a política eleitoral não tem espaço pra ensinar pessoas, porque só tem tempo e espaço pra sinalizar o quanto os valores de cada candidate são alinhados com o que algum grupo pensa.)

O CR POP TT, lugar em São Paulo onde é possível marcar consultas em diversas especialidades do SUS desde que você seja trans, travesti, não-binárie e/ou intersexo e residente da capital, é maravilhoso, mas é uma exceção: a maior parte das cidades não conta com tal serviço, mesmo tendo múltiplos postos de saúde. E não é algo do que o [prefeito atual concorrente à reeleição] Ricardo Nunes vai se gabar (não que tenha sido iniciativa dele, mas é sob a SMS do governo dele que o centro foi inaugurado), a não ser como um número a mais, porque mesmo que ele tenha o reconhecido como demanda da população, a prioridade dele é agradar a um público cis, o qual frequentemente é antitrans também.

Eu entendo que, na maioria das eleições, as opções oferecidas não são todas igualmente danosas. Meu ponto aqui não é um pedido pelo voto nulo ou uma falsa equivalência entre todos os partidos existentes.

Porém, como alguém não-binárie, como alguém que dedicou anos falando de e defendendo a diversidade de linguagem pessoal, identidades não-binárias, modalidades de gênero e orientações e como alguém que ainda é constantemente maldenominade na maior parte dos eventos que não organiza, não importa o quão supostamente inclusivos sejam, eu não me sinto bem-vinde nas falas da grande maioria da classe política, incluindo mesmo as das pessoas que juram que são as únicas opções elegíveis que vão defender meus direitos. E não consigo confiar que qualquer reconhecimento positivo de pessoas como eu não é negociável em troca de votos e fundos das "famílias tradicionais" cristãs.

A maioria das pessoas cis podem sair na rua ou se inscrever em atividades que envolvem convivência com estranhes sem correr o risco de serem bombardeadas com maldenominação. A maioria das pessoas cis podem ir atrás de relacionamentos sem ter que se preocupar com ter que revelar que ou suas identidades de gênero ou suas genitálias talvez não seja as esperadas. A maioria das pessoas cis que vivem com outras pessoas cis não precisam se preocupar em ser expulsas de casa ou ter roupas e objetos jogades fora por não condizerem com a imposição da cisgeneridade (embora questões como heterodissidência ou inconformismo de gênero também possam gerar tais consequências por também serem transgressões relacionadas a não cumprir os papéis de gênero esperados).

E partidos grandes permitem que essa maioria não seja desafiada em relação aos seus julgamentos e desejos, mesmo algumes de sues membres sejam pessoas cisdissidentes. Por isso, não dá pra se surpreender quando Boulos não faz questão de defender o uso de neolinguagem ou quando ninguém fala de questões cisdissidentes fora dizer que "linguagem neutra" não será ensinada nas escolas porque "tem que dialogar com a sensibilidade, com o conjunto da sociedade".

Mas ativistas de partidos de esquerda também deviam se tocar de que é esse o motivo de tantas pessoas cisdissidentes - especialmente não-binárias - estarem ocupadas demais com nossas próprias pautas pra somar em suas organizações majoritariamente cis e em seus eventos com falas e atitudes cissexistas. Especialmente quando o trabalho de educação que fazemos em relação às nossas pautas - algo que tendemos a fazer pra ter uma parcela do respeito garantido a pessoas dentro das normas - é visto como fútil, egoísta ou como coisas que não merecem adentrar espaços "do povo".


Double Fine Casts Erika Ishii, And The Reaction Is Sadly Predictable


Replies were bombarded with harassment and enbyphobia, trotting out the usual, "Why did you say their? Is she a group?" talking point, like a wall of Buzz Lightyear toys repeating their stock phrase. Others ask how to un-back the project, some describe the announcement as a "threat," and then come the usual buzzwords: Erika Ishii is a "toxic activist," a "woke idiot," "Antifa terrorist," and a few blatantly racist descriptors we obviously won't repeat here. Understandably, Double Fine turned off the comments.

Any scripts/toolbox around crun/runc for containers?


Once you know how it works, managing containers manually with crun is pretty easy. But if you don't want to do everything manually, the next best thing is podman.
But podman pulls already around 500 MB in dependencies on Alpine, while half of it's features don't work without Systemd and the other half duplicates system-interfaces on a local website.

Which is why, before i create my own scripts, anything that let's you with a single command
* create container from template
* add sub-uid:gid
* add respective default nftable rule
* same for deleting container
* list contianers by status

Things like that?

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Any scripts/toolbox around crun/runc for containers?


cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/71965490

Once you know how it works, managing containers manually with crun is pretty easy. But if you don't want to do everything manually, the next best thing is podman.
But podman pulls already around 500 MB in dependencies on Alpine, while half of it's features don't work without Systemd and the other half duplicates system-interfaces on a local website.

Which is why, before i create my own scripts, anything that let's you with a single command
* create container from template
* add sub-uid:gid
* add respective default nftable rule
* same for deleting container
* list contianers by status

Things like that?

tech support: qubes error when cpu pinning or updating


two questions if you have the answer to just one thats great )

I followed this guide forum.qubes-os.org/t/cpu-pinni…

now no vms work i get this error "failed to start logical volume “vm-sys-usb-volatile” already exist in volume group “qubes dom0” (vm sys usb volatile is just an example)

also gui is buggy (slow and not appearing where it should be) and clicking doesnt register (not a external mouse) and logging in/out is super long but this happened before cpu pinning and just happens after updating it works fine on fresh install before updating

in reply to lemmingsareawesome

Have you checked the hardware compatibility list, and the hardware requirements? What are your PC specs? Qubes relies heavily on virtualization and your hardware must support certain features (and those features must be turned on in the BIOS) for good performance.

So confirm that you have turned on all the recommended hardware features, which should be on BEFORE install, you may need to reinstall if they weren't turned on as I'm not sure what Qubes does at install time if those features are off.

qubes-os.org/hcl/
doc.qubes-os.org/en/r4.3/user/…

AccuWeather, National Weather Service add “Lake America” to maps


WTF is going on with my less


Today, I was doing some command-line stuff and then this happened:

ls --help|less
Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
ESC]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#ls-aESC\ESC[1m-a, --allESC[0mESC]8;;ESC\
do not ignore entries starting with .
ESC]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#ls-AESC\ESC[1m-A, --almost-allESC[0mESC]8;;ESC\
do not list implied . and ..
ESC]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#ls--authorESC\ESC[1m--authorESC[0mESC]8;;ESC\

It's rendering ls --help with control characters. When I do ls --help|less --raw-control-chars it doesn't show the control characters, and it looks all neat and pretty. Isn't this the opposite of how it's supposed to work?!

Is --raw-control-chars a toggle and some config is causing less to show control characters when I invoke it with no options? If so, where can I find this config and stop this?

This has absolutely no bearing on my work and my life in general except for the fact that I'll go absolutely batshit trying to figure this out, because that's how my brain is. So far, all of my web searches just confirm that less shouldn't be working this way, but they don't give me any way to fix it. Please help me, Lemmy!!!

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Ubuntu 26.10 stops low memory from killing your desktop session - OMG! Ubuntu


Ubuntu 26.10 changes how the system choose which processes are killed when memory runs low, making a rogue browser tab is less likely to punt you back to the login screen.

When your system runs out of memory, the kernel’s out-of-memory (OOM) killer kicks in, terminating processes to recover some.

The issue is that doesn’t always kill the right things.

By default, many apps and critical desktop services share the same priority score. When the OOM killer is choosing its victim target, it looks at their OOM scores, not “what’s using the most memory”.

Firefox and GNOME Shell, for example, share the same priority status. If memory pressure increases, the OOM killer may decide to terminate GNOME Shell to free up memory rather than the the process causing runaway memory requirements.

I regularly encounter this myself in Ubuntu VMs if I try to do too many things (with too many Firefox tabs open): rather than OOM nuking an app, it kills GNOME Shell instead – but I’d much rather a tab crash than my entire desktop session.

Ubuntu 26.10 makes changes to mitigate this.

Canonical’s Jean Baptiste Lallement says “the goal is simply to preserve the desktop session where possible” by terminating apps before core session services. To do this, it’s lowered the OOM scores for desktop processes so they’re less likely to be nixed.

Ubuntu 26.10 also stops systemd-oomd being able to kill user sessions as it doesn’t use the same OOM priority scores as the kernel, and important desktop services could still be nixed based on memory pressure requirements.

These changes will improve how Ubuntu copes when memory runs out, but Lallement calls it “a first step” that “does not make Ubuntu immune to OOM conditions”. More granular OOM policies for desktop services and apps are planned.

Ubuntu 26.10 is released on Thursday 15 October, 2026, but if you plan to test drive the beta that’s due on Thursday 24 September, these changes will be there – not that you’ll notice them, hopefully!

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[artix/open-rc/iptables] Why did I have to manually load the ip_tables module?


I was setting up iptables like I have done a billion times before, but when trying to /etc/init.d/iptables save, it said that the kernel doesn't have support for it. Wut? So I load ip_tables with modprobe, only to lose it after a reboot, so I shoved it into modules in mkinitcpio.conf, which seems to have helped.

What's going on? Are we forcibly moving on to nftables?

This entry was edited (Monday, September 21, 2026, 2:12 PM)

What is Mastodon? (2018) (short animation explaining the Mastodon social network)


Official animation published by the Mastodon development team in 2018, describing the basic principles of how Mastodon and the wider Fediverse work.

More info about Mastodon at the JoinMastodon.org website

Animation is by dopatwo
Voiceover is by Nigma
Music is by Kevin MacLeod

Video is used under Creative Commons Attribution licence

This entry was edited (Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 4:10 PM)

How an Italian Logistics Company Moved From Windows to Linux: A Real Migration Story


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Clicked "Do not ask again" on popup to kill blocking process on shutdown. How do I make it ask again?


KDE Plasma on Debian 13

I had a blocking program. I didn't mind it closing, so I wanted to do that on shutdown. But I miss the button and clicked "Do not show again" in the popup that asks if you want to kill blocking programs.

I instead want that popup to remain. How can I restore it?

is tor very slow on your end too?


Debian 13.7, tor browser 15.0.23. I don’t know if my ISP is throttling tor, because it’s never been so slow for so long, 8 hours already.

On a related note, what command do I need to see tor’s log on a terminal?

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There's always a path


Microsoft Office 365 on Linux, Mint develops their own apps, Steam Frame is here


Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:42 Sponsor: Internxt

02:26 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now

04:44 Mint will ship more of their own application

07:07 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils

09:37 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups

13:04 GNOME 51 released

14:54 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place

17:44 Flatpak working on app services

19:47 Improvements for the Linux kernel

21:52 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware

23:48 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models

26:37 A few gaming things

29:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers


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00:42 Sponsor: Internxt
02:26 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
04:44 Mint will ship more of their own applications
07:07 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
09:37 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups
13:04 GNOME 51 released
14:54 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
17:44 Flatpak working on app services
19:47 Improvements for the Linux kernel
21:52 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
23:48 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
26:37 A few gaming things
29:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

LINKS:

Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
itsfoss.com/news/bottles-micro…

Mint will ship more of their own applications
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067

Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustif…

Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak)
boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-ste…
store.steampowered.com/hardwar…

GNOME 51 released
release.gnome.org/51/
youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFq…

GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/0…

Flatpak working on app services
blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09…

Improvements for the Linux kernel
phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remov…
phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kerne…

AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-261…

OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

A few gaming things
gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lept…
gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-…


problems with qubes after updating


fresh install on framework 12 16gb ram

works good

new updates for the default qubes and install them

still works fine

shut down device

turn it on again

type in password and it takes 2 minutes to load

built in trackpad doesnt work

the log in screen is finally gone but its just the background

i had this problem before and i tried reinstalling but any time i update this happens

cant post to reddit because every place thinks im a bot because im new

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Is there a way to know the specifications of your cables?


Hi everyone!

Over the years, I’ve started having big collection of cables or dongles.

Mostly USB-C, USB-A to Micro USB, USB A to C, USB C to A, HDMI..

I was wondering how I could know their specifications as nothing is written on them. Maybe through a Linux program telling me how fast they can transfer data.

I was wondering also if there was a way to know how much power was sent to a device when these cables are used to power one. For instance, I’ve noticed that my Steam Deck battery was draining when playing games with 15TDP and being charged with an iPhone charger.

I don’t know if it’s useful, but here are my computers: Steam Deck running Steam OS, Surface Go 1 running Fedora Silverblue, MacBook Pro 2012 running PopOs.

I don’t want to buy anything to be able to measure how much data or power these cables can send😇

Thanks in advance for your help.

in reply to Dariusmiles2123

Unfortunately there’s no way to actually know what’s going on with a cable without testing it and as of eight or so years ago you can’t trust cables to conform to the spec.

You should either buy a cable tester, not use high powered supplies or throw away what you have and buy cables you know are what they say they are.

Especially for power delivery, buy a tester. It’s cheaper than a house fire.

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forgot password for qubes


i want to reinstall because it had some problems

its framework 12 (2025) with 16gb ram

the disk is encrypted and the docs say you cant restore if you forget but i dont care about the files on it

can you delete everything without the password?


yes im an idiot

[brag + followup] configured and compiled a kernel for the first time ever 🛠️


Following the Arch wiki, I built a custom kernel for the first time ever. It was easier that I thought it'd be, probably because the Arch wiki is so thorough and because I didn't make that many changes... I just enabled a few FireWire related options as per this guide in order to work on this project (or this).

Results/takeaways
- The OS ran fine with the new kernel 💃
- I learned how to manually create GRUB entries 🔧
- I learned that I don't even have to create new GRUB entries, since I can simply point to the new kernel image and initramfs from the bootloader menu 🪛
- I learned that my 5800X3D runs well (compiles the new kernel blazingly fast) with all cores set to negative 30 in the UEFI
- FireWire is dead 💀

Tiny followup on that project
That old GPU did something to the UEFI (possibly CMOS?), because even after removing all potentially incompatible hardware and reinstalling my modern GPU, I still got that same error message, saying that the system was forces to boot in CSM mode. Only by resetting the UEFI settings was I able to restore the system to a working state. I admit, I panicked.


Just a little update: effed by the archaic Geforce GT 220 somehow 😅


Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @[url=https://feddit.org/u/Thorry]Thorry[/url] , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.

Here I thought I had been insanely smart to buy a GPU from 2010 for $10 since the CPU is going to do all the encoding anyway. And because my previous card, a honking 3080, wouldn't have allowed for the other two capture cards to be installed, taking up all the real estate.

I have been trying to setup an Artix system on my own for two hours now, but GRUB won't install in CSM mode... I've tried UEFI on GPT, BIOS on MBR, BIOS on GPT... 😅 Boot partition with and without file system... 💀

I'll just buy a more modern yet slim card, I guess? Unless I wake up tomorrow and give researching the issue a chance.

Night👋🔌


Unknown parent

Oh shiet... well, I pray my 5800X3D survives a little longer. I'd hate to upgrade in this economy D: ...

I've had it since it came out, I think. I did have some random reboots, but that was with one of its newer (?) relatives, an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics. And I believe it was because it had ran out of RAM and SWAP or the like...

ALSO LOOK: wanture.com/tech/amd-ryzen-7-5…

I just happened to come across this now. How many years later and the re-release it?! xD Hilarious...

in reply to printf("%s", name);

congrats! the arch wiki is awesome, isn't it?

also... this marks the second time this week I've heard of FireWire. though you might've had a better excuse for bringing it up. the other instance was my mother, mistakenly referring to the optical cable im running at home lol

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Sponsor: Internxt
02:26 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
04:44 Mint will ship more of their own applications
07:07 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
09:37 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups
13:04 GNOME 51 released
14:54 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
17:44 Flatpak working on app services
19:47 Improvements for the Linux kernel
21:52 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
23:48 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
26:37 A few gaming things
29:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

LINKS:

Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
itsfoss.com/news/bottles-micro…

Mint will ship more of their own applications
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067

Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustif…

Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak)
boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-ste…
store.steampowered.com/hardwar…

GNOME 51 released
release.gnome.org/51/
youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFq…

GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/0…

Flatpak working on app services
blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09…

Improvements for the Linux kernel
phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remov…
phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kerne…

AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-261…

OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

A few gaming things
gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lept…
gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-…

This entry was edited (today, 5:57 PM)

[solved] How do you remove any trailing characters from a variable in bash?


Edit: Thank you all for your quick responses! No downtime at all with this project! 😁 More specifically, I followed the advice to put command line parameters in the script. By slapping a $1 anywhere I want the filename to be expanded/accepted in the script, I was able to do

./command_ffmpeg_SYNCAUD  birthday_0  

I am digitizing my dad's video and audio tapes, for which I - after painstakingly scouring the documentation of ffmpeg, as one should - finally have found the encoding options that I'm happy with. 😁

But instead of retyping the PhD dissertation that are the ffmpeg commands that I use a bazillion times, I have simply started to do command substitution with for instance

$(cat command_ffmpeg_COPYCODEC)  

or
$(cat command_ffmpeg_H264)  

and the likes. This, however, still requires me to vim the correct filenames into these concatenated commands every time I work on a new project, so I thought, "Why not just set a variable, like I use to do with visudo as in
EDITOR=/bin/vim visudo  

So, wanting to do a little ffmpeg magic to delay the audio stream of a file, I tried
FILENAME='birthday_0' $(cat command_ffmpeg_SYNCAUD)  

but bash said, "no, who do you think you are?" After doing a wc on FILENAME, I noticed that there is an invisible trailing something after the filename - possibly some whitespace char - since it thinks that I mean to use an option "-synced.mkv".

KiHVde8Vymkdsyn.jpg

How would you go about writing the now bash script (it simply wouldn't expand the variable through command substitution...) so that the trailing whatever is deleted, if that is indeed the case? I have tried slapping " ", ' ', ( ), { } in all conceivable configurations, but I'm simply to inexperienced. xD

Please advise! 🛠️

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These projects get a lot of criticism. Why, and is it deserved?


These projects get a lot of criticism.

Why, and is it deserved?

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These projects get a lot of criticism. Why, and is it deserved?


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Anyone know how i can reset a free trial?


im on mac os and using this app called pencil+ along with an addon for blender so i can get nice outlines on 3D models. The app costs more than a years wage in my country so i cant afford it. The trial has all the features unlocked and lasts 14 days but even if i delete all files it installs it somehow still knows my trial is over.

Im assuming its phoning home and reporting my mac uuid or something to let it know my trial is over. Formatting the mac lets me restart the trial but i cant format my macbook every 14 days. Anyone know a good way i can reset the trial? It has an offline activation mode if you have a license key so maybe i can prevent it from going online and have it think im still in trial mode?

Any help is deeply appreciated

Do any wayland compositors other than weston have non uniform scaling?


I was recently messing with CRTs and plasma TVs, both of which don't exactly have square pixels, are there any normalish wayland compositors that allow a different horizontal and vertical scaling factor?

FEP-c0d0: Context Locking


This is the main discussion thread for the draft FEP-c0d0: Context Locking [h2]Summary[/h2] Context locking (and its inverse, unlocking) refer to the action whereby a topic no longer accepts new replies. This proposal introduces a [code]locked[/code] property on the context object, and a new activity type, [code]Lock[/code], to signal changes to a topic's locked state across the fediverse. Unlocking is expressed with the standard ActivityStreams [url=https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core

This is the main discussion thread for the draft FEP-c0d0: Context Locking

Summary


Context locking (and its inverse, unlocking) refer to the action whereby a topic no longer accepts new replies.

This proposal introduces a locked property on the context object, and a new activity type, Lock, to signal changes to a topic's locked state across the fediverse. Unlocking is expressed with the standard ActivityStreams Undo activity, applied to the original Lock. It builds on FEP 1b12: Group federation for audience identification (the audience property) and the Announce wrapping pattern, and on FEP fe34: Origin-based security model for authorization.

This FEP is a sibling of FEP f15d: Context Relocation and Removal, which covers the Move and Remove moderation actions.


The full FEP text can be found at github.com/julianlam/feps/blob…

This entry was edited (Friday, September 18, 2026, 7:14 PM)
in reply to julian

@julian Should people be able to lock/unlock their own threads? Facebook supports this, and I've seen plenty of people ask for this on the Fediverse, too.

In my own notes I have separate "locked by moderator" and "locked by OP" properties, so that moderators and OPs can only undo their own locks, not each other's.

This Week in Plasma: Let the Polishing Begin


Switching to GNU Guix: A Beginner's Perspective


Arch Linux was my distribution of choice for more than a decade. With its rolling-release model, minimal base, and the invaluable ArchWiki, it felt like the final distribution I would ever need.

My primary Linux machine is a dedicated home server, handling services like Home Assistant, local DNS, background jobs, and developer sandboxes. For a server running 24/7, long-term stability and maintainability are critical. Over years of incremental tweaks, configuration entropy inevitably crept in. System state became scattered across /etc, /usr, systemd service units, and package manager transactions. Whenever I made changes, I had to keep diligent notes about which files were edited, when, and why.

Recent events, such as the Arch Linux AUR security incidents (which I touched upon in my previous post on Caddy) and developments around Omarchy, prompted me to re-evaluate my setup. I wanted an operating system that was declarative, reproducible, and manageable entirely in code.

GNU Guix shares the same core architectural foundation as NixOS (functional package management, declarative configuration, and atomic rollbacks), but its design choices felt much more cohesive:

  1. Language (GNU Guile Scheme vs Nix DSL): Nix uses its own bespoke domain-specific language. Guix configurations are written entirely in GNU Guile, a general-purpose Scheme (Lisp). As an Emacs user accustomed to Emacs Lisp, Scheme felt familiar and expressive. Rather than learning a specialized configuration syntax, I could leverage a real programming language with first-class functions, macros, and modules.
    1. Init System (GNU Shepherd vs systemd): NixOS builds on systemd, while Guix System uses GNU Shepherd as its service manager. In Guix, Shepherd services are also defined in Guile Scheme. Everything from package recipes to system daemons to PID 1 shares a unified language and data model.
    2. Documentation: Guix’s documentation is remarkably cohesive. Even though some community tutorials can be dated, the official GNU Guix reference manual is consistent, comprehensive, and avoids the fragmented wiki landscape of Nix.
    3. Philosophy (GNU Libre Standards vs Pragmatism): NixOS takes a pragmatic stance, offering toggles for proprietary software and unfree drivers. GNU Guix strictly adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines, shipping the Linux-libre kernel and free software exclusively by default.


in reply to dragospirvu75

Installing new packages is relatively slow. But it was also quite slow because the infrastructure at gnu.org was loaded. It is a lot faster since the project moved to codeberg.

Also, for me personally is openix a "guix shell" a lot faster than starting up a virtual machine.

in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn

Great writeup! I discovered guix a few yearssago and it's become my preferred OS. I first installed it on my desktop and then my two laptops.

The declaritive system config is a game changer. I like it so much I would never go back to a distro that doesn't support it. The rollback feature has saved my @$$ a few times.

I haven't done any yet but I want to try packaging some software for guix. I think that's it's biggest downside, some packages not being availible on any channels forcing users to install via nix, flathub, or something else. In my experience it can add a bit of friction.

Wine 11.18 Continues Building Out Its NTOSKRNL Implementation


Wine 11.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and apps on Linux, macOS, and other platforms.

With Wine 11.18 a number of patches have landed for further building out its NTOSKRNL implementation support for kernel drivers. NTOSKRNL is the main kernel executable file for the Microsoft Windows operating system as the core for the kernel and executive layers. NTOSKRNL deals with hardware abstractions, process handling, memory management, and related essentials.

With Wine 11.18 there is work on NTOSKRNL around PnP device enablement, container IDs, and implementing a variety of necessary functions. Test coverage for the Wine NTOSKRNL code is also coming in-step.

Wine 11.18 also has a variety of code correctness fixes, compatibility fixes in standard C headers, and 21 known bug fixes. The bug fixes this release range from Adobe Creative Cloud fixes to game fixes for Assassin's Creed Rogue and others.

Wine 11.18 downloads and more information at WineHQ.org.

Αποκάλυψη «βόμβα» για Πλεύρη: Ήταν στη διοίκηση σωματείου μαζί με τους δύο γιατρούς του Μαζωνάκη [έγγραφα]


in reply to rose56

Πωπω χτες έβλεπα ζαραλίκς κ απ' ότι φαίνεται, δεν είχε σχέση μόνο ο Πλεύρης. Κ Πατούλης κ Κικίλιας. Απόσπασμα από το βίντεο, εδώ

Gemeinwohlorientierte Wissens-Infrastrukturen im Fediverse


Zentralisierte Soziale Netzwerke sind ein wachsendes Problem. Wissens-Infrastrukturen wie Bibliotheken, Universitäten und öffentlich-rechtliche Medien, aber auch zivilgesellschaftliche Medien wie Offene Kanäle und die Wikipedia dienen nicht Profit, sondern dem Gemeinwohl. Sie alle sind auch Pioniere im Fediverse, dem dezentralen Sozialen Netzwerk, das eine strukturelle Lösung für Probleme der Mega-Plattformen verspricht. Wie kommen die gemeinwohlorientierten Wissens-Infrastrukturen ins Fediverse und wie kommt das Fediverse in die Gesellschaft?

Es diskutieren:

Alexander Baratsits, DisplayEurope.eu und CBA.media
Valentina Hirsch, Social Media Managerin 3sat
Rebecca Sieber, Juristin, Expertin für rechtliche Fragen im Fediverse
Ralf Stockmann, ZLB Berlin
Moderation: Volker Grassmuck, DigiGes & FediDay

Ausgestrahlt vei Alex Berlin am 4. Oktiber 2025
Merh Infos: berlinfedi.day/
This entry was edited (Friday, September 18, 2026, 1:08 PM)

NodeBB v4.16.0 — AP improvements, moderation updates, security updates, and more!


Welcome back to another minor release of NodeBB, at a blistering pace after the last release about three weeks ago! 🚀

Here's what changed since v4.15.0, and what you can expect to see in v4.16.0.

ActivityPub Functionality


As always, we spent quite a bit of time here improving NodeBB's AP support.

  • We now support sending and receiving of RFC9421 HTTP Signatures. Most of the fediverse is still on the outdated cavage-12 draft standard, so moving to the RFC is a step in the right direction
  • Split-domain webfinger handles now supported (from remote users)
  • Admins can now easily follow a hashtag globally. This means the instance itself will follow the hashtag (either via configurable relay.fedi.buzz or tags.pub), and automatically categorize content into NodeBB
  • Content Warnings from remote posts are now honoured, and hidden behind a `` tag
  • Custom emoji handling improvements — custom emoji in usernames and topic title are now rendered faithfully!
  • Local admins can "bump" topics, and this shows up as an Announce, which is like a Mastodon-style boost
  • Chat messages can now be reported and forwarded to the remote instance
  • Activity sending logic was given a major overhaul so the site is more performance (aka less likely to keel over when someone moderately popular posts something)


Moderation updates


  • Chat messages can now be flagged
  • Category privilege copying is now available via the v3 API
  • Admins can hide topic event types
  • Full name can be used in ACP user search
  • Post edit privilege can now be granted to groups
  • One-click instance-wide ability to disable notification emails


Other


[FGO] Finishing Level 120 Suzuka Gozen (Reupload)


First 120 ever done. Still working on her facecards before she's perfect, but I definitely hit my goal for bunnyfest 😀

Not sure which servant will be my next 120 goal, I'd need more copies of Nagiko for coins (NP3 and Bond 14 needed) I could do Lambdaryllis or possibly Fae Tristan depending on how those rolls go (she's rateup on two banners I'll likely roll on a lot).

mitsunee.com
► Fedi: mk.absturztau.be/@mitsunee

This entry was edited (Friday, September 18, 2026, 10:30 AM)

Emission Control in Continuous Tire Pyrolysis Plants


Continuous tire pyrolysis plants operate at sustained throughput, making emission control a core part of plant design rather than a secondary environmental measure. Unlike intermittent systems, continuous operation creates a steady stream of process gas, condensable vapor, and combustion exhaust. The treatment system therefore needs to maintain stable performance under prolonged thermal loading.

A well-designed emission control strategy combines airtight process equipment, controlled combustion, gas recovery, and downstream flue-gas treatment. The objective is not simply to remove pollutants after they form. It is to prevent uncontrolled emissions throughout the entire thermal conversion chain.

Why Continuous Operation Requires Robust Emission Management


Waste tires contain a complex mixture of natural and synthetic rubber, carbon black, steel, additives, sulfur-containing compounds, and other constituents. During pyrolysis, these materials undergo thermal decomposition and generate a mixture of non-condensable gas and condensable hydrocarbons.

In a continuous tyre pyrolysis plant, fluctuations in feedstock composition can alter gas generation, heating demand, and combustion characteristics. Poorly controlled conditions may increase incomplete combustion products, particulate emissions, or volatile organic compounds.

This makes process stability an important component of environmental performance. Consistent feeding, temperature regulation, pressure control, and gas residence time help create a predictable operating envelope.

Airtight Pyrolysis as the First Emission Barrier


Emission control begins inside the pyrolysis system.

Airtight continuous pyrolysis reactor construction prevents process gas from escaping into the working environment. Sealed feeding and discharge systems are particularly important because these interfaces can otherwise become potential leakage points.

Slightly negative pressure can also help prevent process gas from migrating outward when properly integrated with the plant's pressure-control system.

Continuous monitoring of reactor pressure, temperature, and gas flow provides operational data for identifying abnormal conditions. Mechanical integrity should also be periodically inspected because thermal cycling and prolonged operation can affect seals, joints, and rotating components.

Controlled Combustion of Non-Condensable Gas


Non-condensable gas is one of the principal energy-bearing streams generated during tire pyrolysis. Rather than releasing it directly, a continuous plant can route the gas to a controlled combustion chamber or thermal oxidization system.

The combustion process converts combustible hydrocarbons into primarily carbon dioxide and water when adequate oxygen, temperature, and residence time are maintained.

Stable combustion requires careful control of the air-to-fuel ratio. Excess air can reduce thermal efficiency, while insufficient oxygen may promote incomplete combustion and increase carbon monoxide or unburned hydrocarbon emissions.

Automatic temperature and oxygen control can therefore help maintain consistent combustion conditions as feedstock and gas composition fluctuate.

Flue-Gas Treatment and Pollutant Reduction


Combustion alone may not be sufficient to satisfy applicable emission limits. The final treatment configuration depends on local regulations, feedstock characteristics, plant scale, and the composition of the exhaust stream.

Particulate control can be achieved through appropriate filtration or dust-collection equipment. Acidic gases may require dedicated neutralization or scrubbing processes. Where sulfur-containing compounds are significant, desulfurization may be incorporated into the treatment train.

Volatile organic compounds and other combustion-related pollutants can be addressed through optimized thermal oxidation and, where required, additional treatment stages.

The treatment train should be engineered around measured or reasonably characterized gas composition rather than relying on a generic equipment configuration.

Managing Sulfur and Other Tire-Derived Compounds


Sulfur deserves particular attention in tire pyrolysis because many tires contain sulfur-based vulcanization additives.

During thermal conversion and subsequent combustion, sulfur-containing compounds can form sulfur oxides. Their concentration depends on tire composition and process conditions.

A dedicated sulfur-control strategy may therefore be required. This can involve feedstock characterization, controlled combustion, and downstream desulfurization.

Feedstock screening is also useful for identifying materials that could introduce elevated levels of chlorine, metals, or other contaminants. Reducing variability at the input stage makes downstream emission control more predictable.

Monitoring for Long-Term Compliance


A continuous plant needs more than emission-control hardware. It requires a monitoring framework capable of demonstrating stable performance over time.

Key operating parameters can include reactor temperature, combustion temperature, oxygen concentration, pressure, gas flow, and treatment-system status. Depending on local requirements, stack emissions may also need periodic or continuous measurement.

Data logging creates an operational record that can support environmental reporting, equipment diagnostics, and regulatory inspections. Alarm systems can identify deviations before they develop into major process disturbances.

Regular maintenance is equally important. Filters, scrubbers, ducts, burners, valves, and sensors gradually deteriorate or accumulate deposits during operation. Preventive maintenance helps preserve the designed treatment efficiency.

Integrating Emission Control Into Plant Design


Emission control in a continuous tire pyrolysis plant is most effective when treated as an integrated process architecture. Feedstock management, reactor sealing, thermal conversion, gas recovery, combustion, flue-gas treatment, and monitoring should operate as interconnected systems.

The central principle is to control emissions at multiple points rather than depend on a single end-of-pipe device. Airtight equipment limits fugitive releases. Controlled combustion manages process gas. Flue-gas treatment addresses residual pollutants. Continuous monitoring provides operational verification.

This layered approach improves environmental resilience and helps a tire pyrolysis facility maintain stable performance under continuous operating conditions. It also provides a more robust foundation for meeting site-specific environmental requirements as regulatory expectations become increasingly stringent.

How Philippines Apartment Projects Plan Concrete Placement


Apartment construction in the Philippines often requires concrete to travel through a constrained chain of production, delivery, pumping, and placement. The challenge becomes more pronounced as buildings rise and available ground space diminishes. Dense residential districts may provide limited room for mixer trucks, while narrow access roads, neighboring structures, overhead utilities, and active traffic can restrict equipment positioning. For apartment projects, concrete placement therefore needs to be planned around the actual geometry of the site rather than around equipment capacity alone. The selected pumping method should correspond to the building height, pour volume, access conditions, pumping distance, work sequence, and expected continuity of concrete supply.

Different construction stages can also require different concrete pumping arrangements. A foundation pour may favor one system, while upper-floor slabs or columns may demand another. Instead of assuming that one machine must serve the entire project, contractors can evaluate the concrete route at each stage and select equipment according to the prevailing constraint. This approach makes concrete placement more adaptable and helps prevent equipment access, pumping distance, or interrupted supply from becoming a hidden bottleneck.

Plan Concrete Placement Around the Apartment Site Layout

Ground-Level Access Determines Where Concrete Can Enter


The first consideration is the point where concrete can physically reach the project. Apartment sites may have narrow entrances or limited internal space because of property boundaries, temporary fencing, neighboring buildings, and other construction equipment. A mixer truck may be able to approach the site entrance but still remain too far from the actual pour.

In this situation, contractors can separate the concrete delivery point from the placement point. Concrete is discharged where the delivery vehicle can safely position itself, then transported through a pumping line to the foundation, slab, column, or wall being constructed. This simple change in site logistics can make a constrained plot much more workable.

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Building Geometry Changes as Construction Progresses


An apartment project rarely maintains the same concrete route throughout construction. During foundation work, the primary concern may be excavation depth and horizontal pipeline length. Once the structural frame rises, vertical pumping and floor-to-floor access become more important. Later, completed structures may further restrict ground-level vehicle movement.

Concrete Planning Should Follow Construction Stages


Rather than fixing the pumping arrangement at the beginning of the project, contractors can review equipment requirements according to each major pour. This staged approach allows the pumping method to evolve as the building footprint, elevation, and access conditions change.

Match Pumping Equipment to the Type of Pour

Concrete Boom Pumps Suit Large or Elevated Placement Areas


A concrete boom pump for sale can be useful when apartment construction requires concrete to reach elevated or difficult-to-access areas from a relatively fixed truck position. The articulated boom provides a controlled placing route and can reduce the need for extensive manual hose handling. This can be particularly relevant for large slabs, structural frames, and multi-floor construction where the placing point changes across a broad working area.

However, contractors still need to examine the available setup space, boom reach, obstruction clearance, and truck positioning requirements. A boom pump is not simply selected according to building height. The actual geometry between the machine and the placing area determines whether its reach is suitable.

Concrete Mixer and Pump Systems Combine Production With Placement


Smaller apartment developments may have a different requirement. When concrete demand is moderate and the project has limited space for separate machinery, a concrete mixer and pump can combine mixing and pumping in one workflow. The system can produce concrete and deliver it through a pipeline toward the required placement area, reducing the number of separate equipment interfaces on the site.

Integrated Equipment Can Simplify Intermittent Concrete Work


This arrangement can be particularly relevant when concrete is needed for foundations, columns, beams, retaining walls, or smaller slab sections at different times. Instead of maintaining separate mixing and pumping operations for relatively modest pours, contractors can coordinate production and placement through one compact system.

Portable Concrete Pumps Fit Changing Work Zones


A portable concrete pump can provide flexibility when the pumping position needs to change between construction stages or when a truck-mounted boom pump cannot occupy the required location. Its compact arrangement can allow the pump to remain at an accessible position while pipeline sections extend toward the actual work area.

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For apartment projects with narrow plots, this configuration can be valuable because the pump itself does not need to follow every change in the placing point. The pipeline can instead form the bridge between an accessible equipment position and the concrete placement zone.

Use Stationary Pumping for Repeated Vertical Delivery

Stationary Pumps Suit Structured High-Rise Pumping Routes


As an apartment building rises, repeated vertical concrete delivery can become a defining logistical issue. A stationary concrete pump for sale in the Philippines can remain at a designated ground-level position while concrete travels through a pipeline toward higher floors. This arrangement avoids repeatedly positioning a large vehicle near each placement area and can support a more systematic pumping route.

Pipeline Design Becomes Part of the Construction Plan


For stationary pumping, contractors should establish the pipeline route before major pours begin. Vertical sections, horizontal runs, bends, pipe diameter, support points, and the final placing arrangement all influence pumping conditions. A poorly planned route can create unnecessary resistance and complicate maintenance, even when the pump itself has sufficient theoretical capacity.

Continuous Supply Must Match the Pumping Rate


Apartment concrete placement also depends on synchronization between concrete arrival and pumping. If the pump is ready but concrete supply is interrupted, the pour can lose continuity. Conversely, excessive delivery without sufficient placing capacity can create congestion around the discharge area. The concrete supply rate, pump output, crew size, and placement sequence should therefore be planned as a single operational cycle.

Coordinate Concrete Placement With the Overall Work Schedule

Equipment Positioning Should Protect Other Construction Activities


Concrete placement rarely occurs in isolation. Cranes, reinforcement crews, formwork teams, material deliveries, and workers may all require access to the same area. The pumping system should occupy as little critical circulation space as practical while leaving clear routes for essential construction activities.

Different Pours May Justify Different Pumping Solutions


There is no requirement for every apartment project to use one pumping method from foundation to roof. A boom pump may handle a large structural pour, a concrete mixer pump may suit smaller concrete works, a portable pump may address changing access conditions, and a stationary pump may support repeated vertical delivery as the building rises.

The central planning principle is straightforward: concrete placement should follow the project's physical constraints. By assessing access, elevation, pour volume, pipeline geometry, equipment footprint, and supply continuity at each construction stage, Philippine apartment contractors can establish a concrete delivery system that remains workable as the building changes from excavation to structure and eventually to upper-floor construction.

The Inherited Sofa Problem — And How Fabric Solves It


Decades of family life are embedded in that frame — meals shared, naps taken, conversations held. The wood remembers what the fabric cannot.

Nobody prepares you for the emotional weight of dead people's furniture.

It shows up in a moving truck or sits waiting after the estate is settled. A large, well-built sofa in a pattern that doesn't belong in your home. You didn't pick it. You can't return it. Throwing it away makes you feel like a terrible person.

So you keep it. You rearrange your living room around a piece you never wanted. You cover it with blankets that slide off every time someone sits down.

The guilt is understandable, but it's solving the wrong problem. What you actually need is a way to make the sofa yours without erasing why it matters.

Look Past the Surface


Most people evaluate furniture based on appearance. With inherited pieces, that's a mistake.

The upholstery — the foam, fabric, batting, and cushion inserts — is what ages visibly. It sags, fades, pills, and goes stiff. But underneath all of that sits a frame that was likely built to outlast several rounds of fabric.

Furniture produced thirty or forty years ago used solid hardwood, proper joinery, and real spring systems. Mass-produced modern equivalents often substitute engineered board and staples. The older construction philosophy prioritized longevity over manufacturing speed.

Before you make any decisions, give the frame a physical test. Push the arms and press the back. Lift one corner and see how much the opposite leg stays grounded. A sturdy frame with minor wear is worth saving.

A well-built skeleton is genuinely difficult to source today at moderate price points. Keeping what you already have sidesteps that search entirely.

Understanding the Process


This work is structural, not decorative. That distinction matters when setting expectations.

The piece gets stripped completely. Every layer of fabric, every piece of batting, every cushion comes off until only bare wood remains. A technician inspects every joint and re-glues or re-secures anything loose. Springs get re-tied and webbing gets replaced where it has stretched or torn.

From there, new foam fills the cushions, fresh batting wraps the frame, and hand-fitted fabric covers the whole structure. Sofa reupholstery follows a strict sequence because each step supports the next. Rushing produces visible flaws within weeks.

The timeline reflects the labor involved. A complete project typically takes several weeks in a busy workshop. That duration is normal, not a sign of inefficiency.

You're essentially getting two outcomes at once: mechanical restoration below the surface and a visual transformation above it. Both contribute to how the piece feels when you sit down every evening.

Fabric Changes Everything


If the frame is the skeleton, the fabric is the face. It's what you and everyone else sees first.

Choosing it wisely is the single most impactful decision in this entire process. A dark, heavy tapestry replaced with soft dove-gray cotton turns a formal relic into an everyday favorite. Same frame, opposite impression.

Three areas deserve your attention before you commit to any material.

Durability under pressure. Homes with pets, children, or heavy daily use need textiles that resist abrasion. Look at double rub counts — a metric the industry uses to measure wear resistance. Numbers above 25,000 to 30,000 serve well in active households.

Color in your actual space. Swatches behave differently under store fluorescents than beside your own windows. Tape samples to the piece and check them morning and evening. Texture matters as well, since you'll feel it every time you sit down.

Scale of any pattern. A plaid or stripe that looks restrained on a small sample can dominate a full-length sofa. Ask the craftsperson how the pattern will align at seams and cushion breaks. Proper matching takes skill and will influence the estimate.

Experienced professionals offering sofa reupholstery guidance can prevent costly mistakes at this stage. They know which textiles endure and which fail under real household conditions. Listening to them early saves money and frustration later.

One financial reality worth noting: good fabric is expensive. A three-seat sofa can require fifteen to eighteen yards or more. Set a per-yard ceiling before you begin browsing, or the total will escalate beyond your plan.

Design Tweaks You Can Make Along the Way


A stripped frame offers room for adjustments that go well beyond fabric selection. Small revisions can shift the entire visual direction.

Removing a skirt and exposing the legs gives the piece an airier feel. Replacing short, blocky legs with tapered ones changes the silhouette dramatically. Swapping three separate seat cushions for a single bench cushion introduces a modern edge.

Piping, nailhead trim, and tufted buttons can all be added or removed during the rebuild. Professional sofa upholstery services handle these modifications as a routine part of the process. None require altering the frame's core structure.

Think of each change as a conversation between your taste and the furniture's history. You're not erasing the past — you're translating it into a language that fits your home. The result is a piece that feels curated rather than inherited.

What Drives the Cost


People want a simple answer to the price question. The honest answer is that it varies.

Labor is the dominant expense. A standard sofa demands twenty to forty hours of skilled handwork. Quotations from sofa upholstery services generally break down into three categories: labor hours, fabric yardage, and any structural or cushion repairs.

The investment makes strong sense when the frame is solidly built and perfectly scaled for your room. It also makes sense when the piece holds sentimental value — which inherited furniture almost always does.

The case weakens when the original construction was cheap or the frame shows serious damage. If the total approaches the cost of a high-quality new sofa, the comparison deserves honest scrutiny. Always request at least two or three quotes, since regional pricing can differ significantly.

A trustworthy professional will tell you plainly when a project is not worth pursuing. That kind of honesty is the most reliable indicator of a shop worth trusting.

Selecting the Right Workshop


The craftsperson you choose determines the outcome as much as any material decision you make.

Referrals remain the most dependable way to find quality shops. Ask friends who have had furniture reworked. Speak with local designers or visit a fabric store and ask which upholsterers customers trust most.

During your search, request photographs of completed work — especially pieces with similar shapes or styles. Confirm the shop handles frame repair and foam replacement rather than simply stretching new fabric over old padding. A detailed written estimate should list labor, materials, yardage, pickup, and delivery.

Workshops that provide fabric yardage numbers demonstrate transparency and allow you to source material independently. Shops that ask about sunlight, pets, and daily habits are thinking about how the piece will age. Both qualities signal professionalism worth prioritizing.

Expect a meaningful wait. Well-regarded workshops carry full schedules because careful work resists compression. If someone can begin immediately, it is worth asking why their calendar is empty.

What Stays and What Changes


Decades of family life are embedded in that frame — meals shared, naps taken, conversations held. The wood remembers what the fabric cannot.

You chose new colors, new textures, and new details. The object your family loved remains in active use. It belongs to your daily life now, not just your conscience.

Someday someone will inherit it again and face the same choice. They'll keep what matters and change what doesn't. That cycle is the entire point.

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Only ‘idiots’ expect North Korea to give up nuclear weapons: Kim Yo-jong


in reply to sik0fewl

Iran has something the DPRK does not, though, Hormuz. It's essentially an economic nuke, though obviously it isn't as effective at preventing attack, it seems very effective at flipping the tides without inviting an actual nuke on them in retaliation like MAD doctrine would result in.
in reply to Cowbee [he/they]

It's sort of one-time-use though. Now that it's been used, the gulf states are building pipelines to bypass the gulf and vulnerable countries are taking the opportunity to decarbonize. If the straight opened tomorrow, these countries would continue those efforts to reduce their strategic vulnerability. It won't be as strong of a deterrent the second time around.

Also, a nuke is supposed to deter aggression. It didn't do that.

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Accidental Stop-Oil Activist?


Imperialist dominance over energy reducing and renewable energy flourishing would be cool
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in reply to als

I'm still on the fence about Just Stop Oil. They "shut down" oil terminals for the span of a single Friday morning, but the blow back led to laws that are still on the book today.

Their operations seemed purposely created to create as much outrage as possible without actually effectively damaging the oil industry in any measurable way.

It doesn't help that they were funded by a fucking Getty oil heiress. So it's hard for me to determine if it was actually a false flag operation or just the good intentions of a incompetent billionaire.

in reply to TranscendentalEmpire

the blow back led to laws that are still on the book today.


Effectively, those laws were already in place. If the first time a tactic is used against powerful people, it is outlawed, it was never actually allowed. The laws getting passed at least shows people how the law is being used to benefit the rich and powerful. The previous unspoken rule gave the people in power plausible deniability. I'm not some huge fan of Just Stop Oil but the edges of the laws should always be probed by activists, imo.

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Cold-chain probe log: seventeen probe tips before the cooler seals


Cold-chain close is a probe tip log, not a hand on the door. Seventeen probe tips get a written line before the cooler seals. Miss a line and the night lead keeps the radio.

The log hangs on a clip inside the cooler vestibule. Header lists T1 through T17. Those codes match the physical probe slots on the rack, not wishful nicknames. If a slot is retired, reprint the header the same day.

Walk the tips in order


Start at T1 with a dry pen and a charged light. Read the display once. Confirm the tip is seated, the cable is undamaged, and the reading is in range. Write three short marks. Move. Do not rewrite essays at T1 while T17 waits behind a pallet.

Each line needs: tip seated (yes/no), cable intact (yes/no), reading in range (yes/no). Add one extra word for trouble — drift, fray, open — then keep walking. Full incident detail goes on the red cold-chain pad, not on this log.

Radio “probe log complete” only after T17. Then seal the cooler. Sixteen lines with a blank seventeenth is a failed log. The far rack loves hiding an open tip.

Empty slots still get a line. Write EMPTY plus the code. Erasing a row because “that product never ships tonight” is how blind corners return. Tagged-out probes get OOS plus the work-order number.

Cost of a blank probe line


Blank is not later. Blank is an unread tip. Morning then finds a drifted reading, a frayed cable, or an open connector, and the day crew debates who left the mess. The log ends that debate.

A missing T11 once delayed an outbound chilled load. A missing T4 once hid a tip left hanging in air. Both needed one honest line, not a meeting.

When the problem is real, the log still helps. You can show which tips were checked and which were not. That narrows the window instead of blaming the whole cooler.

Where this log sits with the other night boards


This cold-chain probe log is separate from the extinguisher tag board, the shrink-wrap seal card, and the pallet jack check. Same discipline, different surface: write before you claim sealed.

When quality wants a week of cooler photos as one clean PDF for review, we merge the phone shots in tip order instead of dumping a chat thread. A quick merge on pdfmergefiles.com keeps T1–T17 readable. Put the date and “T1-T17” in the filename so nobody hunts a chat scroll.

Keep the physical logs thirty days even after you photo them. Auditors like a dated paper trail more than a gallery.

Failure modes we keep killing


Yesterday’s log left on the clip. Skipping far tips in a hurry. Phone photos instead of written marks. Clipboard left on a forklift seat. Each one seals the cooler while a tip stays unread.

Fix stays dull: clipboard on the vestibule hook, today’s date stamp, T1→T17 in order, radio only after T17.

Another quiet failure is rewriting marks after the radio call. If you need a second look, walk again before you claim complete. Do not invent a cleaner page at the desk.

Teaching the next night lead


Night one: they write, you watch. Night two: they walk alone, you check the log before seal. Night three: they own the radio call. Seal authority waits until that sequence holds.

Neat identical “yes” marks copied from memory fail harder than messy honest ones. Send them back out. Have them point at each tip while reading the line aloud.

If they say seventeen is too many, recount the slots together. Fewer slots means a new header the same day. Seventeen slots means seventeen lines.

Morning handoff


Day shift reads seventeen lines before the first chilled pick. No standup required. “Drift” means start there. Clean log still gets a glance at T17.

Binder archive for thirty days. Photo if the binder is full. Merge photos when quality asks for a week. Always merge in T1 order.

Scope we refuse


No cooler Wi-Fi tablets that die in the cold. No QR scavenger hunts on wet floors. No thirty-page probe SOP at 23:50. Seventeen tips, three fields, one radio call.

Permanent slot removal means reprint the header the same day. Invented T18 gets stopped. Scope creep kills the log faster than laziness.

Last soft check


Say T1 through T17 aloud. A skipped code means skipped feet. Then seal.

Safer seals come from seventeen written tip lines, not from hoping the cooler felt cold. Fill the log, then seal.

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Oversized Tile Showdown: Ceramic and Porcelain Compared for Real-World Use


There is no universal winner here. It depends on the room, the budget, and how long you need the floor to last. If durability is the priority, or the tile is going somewhere tough, porcelain wins. It costs more upfront but rarely needs replacing.

Ceramic vs. Porcelain Large Format Tiles: Durability, Cost and Best Uses

Walk through any tile retailer today and the change is unmistakable. Compact squares that once filled every wall display are increasingly hard to find. Large format tiles have claimed that space, and the shift makes sense.

Fewer grout lines. A cleaner look. Rooms that feel bigger and more seamless. What is not to like?

But once you start comparing options, you run into a decision that trips up a lot of homeowners: ceramic or porcelain? They look similar on a shelf. They are often displayed side by side. And the price difference can be confusing, sometimes significant, sometimes barely noticeable.

First, What Is the Actual Difference?


Both ceramic and porcelain tiles are made from clay and fired in a kiln. That is where the family resemblance ends. Porcelain is made from a finer, denser clay. It is fired at higher temperatures, usually around 1,200°C or more. The result is a harder, denser, less porous tile.

Standard ceramic is made from a coarser clay, often red or brown in color underneath the glaze, and fired at lower temperatures. It is softer and more porous, though the glaze on top gives it its color and protection.

In plain terms: porcelain is the tougher cousin. Ceramic is the cheaper, lighter, easier-to-cut one. Both have their place.

Durability: Where Porcelain Pulls Ahead


Let us start with the category porcelain wins outright.

Porcelain's density makes it resistant to just about everything. Water, stains, scratches, heavy foot traffic, freeze-thaw cycles outdoors. Its water absorption rate is under 0.5%, which is why it is rated for outdoor use in cold climates. Water gets in, freezes, expands, and porcelain shrugs it off.

Ceramic absorbs more water. Not a huge amount, but enough that it is generally not recommended for outdoor use in places where winters get cold. Indoors, though? It holds up fine in most rooms.

Now, here is where large format tiles complicate the picture a bit.

Large tiles, anything bigger than roughly 15x15 inches, with some now measuring five feet or more, are more demanding than standard tiles. They flex less across their span, which means the surface underneath has to be flat. Really flat. They are also heavier and harder to handle during installation.

Ceramic's softer body is actually a small advantage here if you are a DIYer. It scores and snaps with a basic cutter. Porcelain, especially in large sizes, often needs a quality wet saw and a diamond blade. Some installers charge more for porcelain for exactly this reason.

But once installed, porcelain large format tiles are hard to beat. They handle high-traffic areas, commercial floors, and busy households without complaint. If you are tiling an entryway, a kitchen floor, or a commercial space, porcelain is usually the safer call. Ceramic large format tiles work well on walls, in light-traffic bathrooms, and in rooms where the floor does not take a beating. Just know its limits.

Cost: More Complicated Than You Would Think


Here is where people get surprised. Yes, porcelain generally costs more than ceramic per square foot. Ballpark figures:

  • Ceramic tile: $1–$8 per square foot for material
  • Porcelain tile: $3–$15+ per square foot for material

But the gap has narrowed a lot. Mass-produced porcelain from major manufacturers is often priced close to mid-range ceramic. Meanwhile, handcrafted or imported ceramic can cost more than basic porcelain. The label alone does not tell you the price anymore.

The real cost difference often shows up in installation, especially with large format tiles.

Large tiles need more prep. The subfloor has to be flat within tight tolerances, or you will get lippage, where one tile edge sits higher than its neighbor. That means more self-leveling compound, more thinset, and more labor time. Installers may also charge extra for porcelain because it is harder and slower to cut.

So a realistic budget comparison for a 200-square-foot room might look like this:

  • Ceramic large format: cheaper material, cheaper cuts, but check the durability needs of the space
  • Porcelain large format: higher material and labor cost, but often a longer lifespan and less maintenance over time

If you are only staying in a home a few years, ceramic might be all you need. If this is your forever house or a rental property, porcelain's lifespan usually justifies the extra cost.

One more thing worth mentioning: visit a ceramic tile shop in person if you can. Online photos hide a lot. Tile color, texture, and finish look different under showroom lighting than on a screen, and seeing full-size slabs side by side makes the ceramic-versus-porcelain decision much easier. Staff at a good shop can also tell you what is in stock locally, which matters more than people expect when you need three extra boxes mid-project.

Where Each One Shines


Let us make this practical. Here is where each material makes sense.

Choose porcelain large format tiles for:


  • Kitchen floors. Heavy traffic, dropped pans, spills. Porcelain takes it all.
  • Entryways and mudrooms. Dirt, grit, and wet boots are no match.
  • Outdoor patios and walkways. The low water absorption rating is essential if you get freezing winters.
  • Commercial spaces. Restaurants, retail, offices — anywhere the floor needs to survive constant use.
  • Shower floors and wet areas. Less absorption means fewer problems long-term, though slip resistance matters more here. Look for textured finishes.
  • Fireplace surrounds and countertops. Porcelain handles heat well.


Choose ceramic large format tiles for:


  • Bathroom and accent walls. Large tiles on walls look fantastic, and walls do not take abuse. Ceramic's weight advantage helps here too.
  • Kitchen backsplashes. Easier to cut around outlets and windows.
  • Light-traffic bathrooms. A guest bath or powder room floor does not need porcelain-level durability.
  • Budget-conscious renovations. If you want the large format look without the price tag, ceramic delivers it.
  • DIY projects. If you are installing it yourself, ceramic is far more forgiving to work with.


A Few Things That Apply to Both


Whichever material you pick, large format tiles come with shared realities:

Your subfloor matters more than your tile choice. A slightly uneven floor that is invisible under small tiles becomes obvious under 24x48-inch ones. Budget for leveling compound.

Grout lines will be minimal, so what is left counts. Even two grout lines across a big tile surface stand out. Take time picking a grout color that works.

Rectified edges are worth it. Rectified tiles are cut to exact dimensions after firing, allowing tighter grout joints and a cleaner overall look. Most large format tiles are rectified, but double-check.

Buy 10–15% extra. Breakage happens. Dye lots vary. Running short mid-project is a headache nobody wants.

The Bottom Line


There is no universal winner here. It depends on the room, the budget, and how long you need the floor to last. If durability is the priority, or the tile is going somewhere tough, porcelain wins. It costs more upfront but rarely needs replacing.

If cost is the priority, or the tile is going on a wall or in a low-traffic spot, ceramic does the job nicely. Modern ceramic looks great and saves real money.

And if you are still torn, do what the pros do: pick your top two or three options, get samples, and live with them for a few days. Lay them in the actual room. Look at them in morning light and evening light. Tile is a long-term decision. A little patience before you buy beats regret after installation.

The best tile is not the most expensive one or the trendiest one. It is the one that fits the space, the budget, and the way you actually live.

It's All An Act


Everyone was fixated on 9-11 this past weekend. Hardly anyone knows that only 45 days later, our benevolent overlords passed the Patriot Act. Let’s do a little digging on that, shall we?

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how to be secure for idiots?


linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows

what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt????

What f-droid file manager allows for several pdf files to be used simultaneously?


To study I need to used at least 2 pdf files at the same time in windowed mode (so I see file A to the left and file B to the right, or file A on top and file B on bottom). I cannot do that with fossify file manager.
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in reply to fishnchips678

in reply to f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4

MJ pdf opens in parallel, so you can open two pdfs or the same one twice and put it in split app view too

Edit:
:::spoiler example

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:::spoiler And maximized to hide the headers:

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Is there any way to watch or download age restricted youtube videos on debian 13.7 without a google or youtube account?


to download content I run yt-dlp, current version: stable@2026.08.19

I don't have an account with either google or youtube nor plan I to.

the content I look for doesn't exist on other platforms.

Cero filtraciones: la protección definitiva para tu inmueble


La entrada no deseada de agua es una de las principales causas de degradación en techos, fachadas y estructuras. Ignorar una pequeña humedad puede derivar en problemas estructurales graves y en una pérdida considerable del valor de la propiedad.

En sevillaimpermeabilizaciones.com encontrarás un equipo técnico especializado en diagnosticar y solucionar cualquier fallo de estanqueidad, aplicando tratamientos de alta resistencia adaptados a cada tipo de edificación:

Estanqueidad en cubiertas y terrazas: Aplicación de membranas continuas de alta durabilidad para evitar la penetración de agua de lluvia.

Eliminación de humedades interiores: Tratamientos específicos contra la condensación y el remonte capilar en muros y paredes.

Protección de estructuras subterráneas: Sellado de fosos de ascensor, garajes y cimentaciones expuestos a la presión freática del terreno.

Mantenimiento preventivo: Inspección y reparación de puntos críticos como bajantes, juntas de dilatación y claraboyas.

Si necesitas la eficacia de un equipo profesional en impermeabilizaciones sevilla, este sitio web te ofrece una vía directa para solicitar asesoramiento técnico y presupuestos a la medida de tu proyecto.

Ubuntu's Rustification Has a New Milestone! Coreutils Migration is Complete


Oboi here we go 🙄

Ubuntu has managed to do away with GNU Core Utilities in its default stack. The last three holdouts, cp, mv and rm, have moved to uutils' coreutils; the Rust reimplementation Canonical has been feeding into the distro since 2025.

They had been held back from 26.04 LTS over flaws in the uutils versions. Everything else, from ls and cat to chmod and du, made that jump in earlier releases.

This change, while big, sits hidden away in an obscure mention in Canonical's work-in-progress release notes for Ubuntu 26.10.

It's been a long road

Canonical started oxidising Ubuntu last year, and Ubuntu 25.10 became the first release to ship coreutils as the default. That release also made sudo-rs the default privilege tool, replacing a command that had been in place for decades.

26.04 was the release where the plan did slow down quite a bit, as Canonical kept cp, mv, and rm on their GNU versions due to a bunch of TOCTOU issues that were blocking the full implementation.

These were caught during an audit, when Canonical commissioned Zellic for two rounds between December 2025 and March 2026, focusing on the most security-sensitive utilities first.

Across both rounds, Zellic raised 113 issues, and 44 of them were assigned CVEs. Canonical says the vast majority have been resolved.

Getting here has had its ups and downs, and the last stretch was not clean. In July, uutils cp went back into the archive and came straight out again after it broke live image builds.

The fix was quick; as the developers marked it "Critical," the fix went upstream, and the migration landed in time for 26.10.
What changes for you?

When typing commands, nothing changes for you on the surface. uutils coreutils is designed to be a drop-in replacement for essential GNU tools, and the project treats any divergence from GNU as a bug, further pointing out that some options may still be missing or behave differently.

So if you prefer staying on the GNU version, you have the option to install the coreutils-from-gnu package that houses all the required components.

The next stage

Coreutils is one piece of a broader campaign. Earlier this year, Canonical became a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, pitching in €40,000 a year to fund memory-safe system software.

Under this, their current target is ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of the tools Ubuntu uses to keep its clock in sync. While work is still ongoing, it has already arrived for testing.

Its transition to being default is targeted for Ubuntu 27.04.

What Canonical is gradually building up towards is the completion of their oxidation vision for Ubuntu, and it's not about blindly including new components. Rather, it looks like a measured approach that's being worked out a few steps at a time.

Software Freedom Day - Montclair NJ


cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/59077808

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/59072155
Join us at this year's Software Freedom Day event at Montclair State University. We'll have talks, Q&A, food, a musical guest, and giveaways.

10-3 in the Center for Environment and Life Studies building.

More details here as well: digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/eve…

#softwareFreedomDay #NJ #NewJersey #softwareFreedom #freeSoftware


Plastic Pyrolysis to Fuel Oil: What Grade of Fuel Does It Produce?


Plastic pyrolysis is increasingly being considered as a way to recover value from waste plastics that are difficult to recycle through conventional mechanical processes. One of the main products is pyrolysis oil, which can potentially be used as an industrial fuel or further upgraded for higher-value applications. But an important question for investors and recycling companies is: What grade of fuel does plastic pyrolysis to fuel oil actually produce?

The answer depends on the feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, reactor design, and post-treatment process. In most cases, untreated plastic pyrolysis oil is considered an industrial fuel oil or intermediate fuel product, rather than a direct replacement for finished transportation fuels such as gasoline or diesel.

What Is Plastic Pyrolysis Oil?

During pyrolysis process plastic to fuel machine, waste plastics are heated in an oxygen-limited environment. Instead of burning the plastic, the process thermally decomposes long polymer chains into smaller hydrocarbon molecules.

The resulting vapors are cooled through a condensation system, producing liquid pyrolysis oil. Non-condensable gases can generally be recycled as process fuel, while solid residues and other impurities are separated from the main liquid product.

The composition of the oil is strongly influenced by the type of plastic being processed. Polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS) can produce different hydrocarbon distributions and therefore different oil properties.

What Grade of Fuel Is Produced?

For many commercial projects, raw plastic pyrolysis oil is best described as an industrial-grade fuel oil rather than a finished road fuel.

Its properties can make it suitable for certain industrial heating applications, depending on local regulations, specifications, and the characteristics of the produced oil. Potential applications may include industrial boilers, furnaces, and other thermal equipment designed to use appropriate liquid fuels.

However, raw pyrolysis oil should not automatically be classified as standard diesel. Diesel for road transportation must meet specific fuel standards covering parameters such as sulfur content, flash point, density, viscosity, distillation characteristics, and other quality requirements.

Therefore, simply producing liquid oil from waste plastic does not mean that the product is automatically equivalent to commercial diesel.

Why Feedstock Determines Oil Quality

Feedstock selection is one of the most important factors affecting plastic pyrolysis oil quality.

PE and PP are commonly considered favorable feedstocks because they consist mainly of hydrocarbon polymers. Their pyrolysis products can contain significant quantities of hydrocarbon fractions suitable for fuel applications.

PS behaves differently because its structure favors the formation of aromatic compounds. This can influence the density, composition, and other properties of the resulting oil.

PVC presents a particular challenge because it contains chlorine. Thermal processing of PVC can generate hydrogen chloride and chlorine-containing compounds, creating corrosion and contamination concerns. For this reason, PVC content should be carefully controlled, and appropriate dechlorination and gas-treatment systems may be required.

Raw Oil vs. Upgraded Fuel

There is an important difference between raw pyrolysis oil and upgraded pyrolysis oil.

Raw oil may contain a broad range of hydrocarbons and impurities. Depending on the feedstock and process, additional treatment may be necessary before the oil can meet a specific commercial fuel specification.

Upgrading may include filtration, distillation, dechlorination, desulfurization, stabilization, or other refining steps. These processes can separate different boiling fractions and improve properties such as viscosity and volatility.

The appropriate treatment depends on the intended end use. An oil intended for industrial heating does not necessarily require the same specifications as a product intended for further refining or petrochemical applications.

Is Plastic Pyrolysis Oil the Same as Diesel?

No. This distinction is important when evaluating a plastic recycling project.

Although plastic pyrolysis oil can contain hydrocarbon fractions within ranges associated with conventional petroleum fuels, its overall composition and properties can differ significantly from commercial diesel. Meeting a diesel specification requires controlled refining and quality testing rather than simply collecting the condensed oil.

For this reason, project developers should define the target product before selecting a pyrolysis system. If the goal is industrial fuel, the process can be designed around the relevant industrial fuel requirements. If the goal is a higher-value hydrocarbon feedstock, additional upgrading and purification may be necessary.

How to Determine the Fuel Grade

Before investing in a plastic pyrolysis project, the oil should be evaluated through laboratory testing. Important parameters may include density, viscosity, flash point, distillation range, sulfur, chlorine, water, ash, and other relevant characteristics.

The test results can then be compared with the specifications required by the intended market and end-use equipment.

This approach is more reliable than assigning a fuel grade based solely on the appearance or yield of the oil.

Conclusion

Plastic pyrolysis to fuel oil generally produces an industrial-grade pyrolysis oil rather than automatically producing finished diesel or gasoline. Its quality depends heavily on feedstock composition, operating conditions, condensation efficiency, and downstream purification.

For waste plastic recycling projects, the most practical strategy is to define the desired end product first and then design the pyrolysis and upgrading system around the required specifications. With appropriate treatment and quality control, plastic pyrolysis oil can move beyond basic waste-derived fuel and potentially become a more valuable hydrocarbon resource for industrial or petrochemical applications.

in reply to Beston Group

The distinction between industrial fuel oil and transportation fuels is especially useful for understanding its practical applications. It also made me think about how different processes can produce very different results, much like the varied gameplay I experience in Basket Random

Biochar Machines for Metallurgical Applications: Producing Reducing Agents and Carbon Additives


The metallurgical industry relies heavily on carbonaceous materials as reducing agents, carburizing materials, and process additives. Traditionally, these materials may include coke, coal, and other fossil-derived carbon sources. Biochar produced through controlled biomass pyrolysis offers another carbonaceous material for selected metallurgical applications, particularly where renewable carbon, controlled ash content, and specific physical properties are important.

How Pyrolysis Converts Biomass into Metallurgical Carbon

A biochar pyrolysis reactor thermally decomposes biomass under oxygen-limited conditions. Instead of allowing the feedstock to combust, controlled heating drives off volatile compounds and concentrates carbon in the remaining solid fraction.

Feedstock selection has a direct influence on the resulting biochar. Woody biomass, agricultural residues, nut shells, and other lignocellulosic materials can produce biochar with different fixed-carbon content, ash composition, porosity, and volatile-matter levels. These characteristics determine whether the material is suitable for a particular metallurgical process.

Process temperature is equally significant. Higher pyrolysis temperatures generally increase carbonization and reduce volatile matter, while also changing pore structure and mechanical characteristics. Consequently, biochar production should be designed around the specifications required by the downstream metallurgical application.

Biochar as a Renewable Reducing Agent

Many metallurgical processes require carbon to remove oxygen from metal oxides. Carbon reacts with oxygen-bearing compounds and contributes to the formation of reducing gases such as carbon monoxide.

Biochar can potentially serve as a renewable carbon source in selected reduction processes. Its relatively high reactivity can be advantageous because its porous structure provides substantial surface area for gas-solid reactions. However, its suitability depends on fixed-carbon content, ash chemistry, volatile matter, particle size, strength, and reaction conditions.

A metallurgical application therefore requires characterization rather than assuming that all biochar performs identically to conventional coke.

Carbon Additives for Process Control

Carbon additives are also used to adjust carbon concentration during metallurgical processing. Depending on the process, a carbonaceous additive may influence melt chemistry, reduction behavior, slag interactions, or final material composition.

Biochar can be processed into a specified particle size or further densified when the application requires improved handling characteristics. Pelletization or briquetting can increase bulk density and reduce the variability associated with loose biomass-derived carbon.

The final formulation should account for ash and mineral constituents. Alkali metals, silica, calcium, and other inorganic components naturally present in biomass can influence slag chemistry and furnace operation.

Reactor Design Influences Biochar Quality

The thermal uniformity of a biochar pyrolysis reactor is critical for producing consistent carbon properties. Uneven heating can result in different degrees of carbonization within the same production batch, creating variability in volatile matter and fixed-carbon content.

Industrial systems therefore require controlled feeding, temperature monitoring, residence-time management, and effective discharge cooling. Cooling is particularly important because freshly produced biochar can remain hot and may oxidize when suddenly exposed to air.

A well-integrated system can also utilize the combustible gas generated during pyrolysis as a process-energy source. This improves thermal integration and can reduce dependence on external fuel.

Matching Biochar Properties with Metallurgical Requirements

The appropriate biochar specification depends on the metallurgical process. Important parameters may include:

Fixed carbon: Determines the available carbon fraction.

Volatile matter: Influences reactivity and gas evolution.

Ash content: Affects slag chemistry and furnace balance.

Particle size: Determines feeding behavior and reaction kinetics.

Bulk density: Influences storage, transportation, and furnace charging.

Mechanical strength: Particularly important for applications involving material handling or packed beds.

Chemical composition: Helps identify potentially undesirable mineral constituents.

Laboratory testing and pilot-scale trials are therefore useful before large-scale substitution.

From Biomass Resource to Industrial Carbon Material

Biochar production can create a pathway for converting renewable biomass residues into engineered carbonaceous materials for industrial use. The opportunity is not simply to replace one carbon material with another, but to develop a feedstock-specific product with controlled chemical and physical properties.

For metallurgical applications, a biochar pyrolysis reactor provides the core conversion stage, while feedstock preparation, thermal control, gas utilization, cooling, sizing, and quality verification determine the consistency of the final material. When these parameters are aligned with furnace requirements, biomass-derived carbon can become a technically relevant reducing agent or carbon additive for selected metallurgical processes.

Linux on a Mac (it's not going back)


New year, new OS for this M1 MacBook Air!

I've been using Asahi Linux (via the flagship Fedora Asahi Remix) for a few weeks now. It's been my everyday laptop and I'm really impressed with how it's held up. Battery life is amazing, and the ARM Linux experience is fine for everyday use.

This video walks through how I installed Fedora Asahi Remix in December 2025, the process might change in the future and if it does, I might revisit it here or in a blog- watch for pinned comments I guess!

Important links:
- Asahi Linux project: asahilinux.org
- Asahi Linux docs: asahilinux.org/docs/
- Asahi Linux "supported devices" page: asahilinux.org/fedora/#device-…

Links to help support unsponsored videos like these... Patreon and Ko-Fi members get access to my Discord/Matrix server where I hang out:
- Patreon: patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
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Chapters:
0:00 What is Asahi Linux in the first place?
2:15 Installation caveats
3:27 Actually installing Asahi Linux on real hardware
7:34 About the experience
11:06 Asahi is awesome

#linux #apple #fedora

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Να αντιμετωπίσουμε το φασισμό πριν να είναι ξανά αργά


Η κεντρική ομιλία του Αντιφασιστικού Σεπτέμβρη 2026

Ομιλητές:

  • Δημήτρης Χριστόπουλος, Καθηγητής Πολιτειολογίας Παντείου
  • Θανάσης Καμπαγιάννης, δικηγόρος

Παρεμβάσεις από:

  • Κίνηση Χειραφέτησης Αναπήρων «Μηδενική Ανοχή»
  • Γιάννης Μάγγος
  • Αναστάσης Μανιουδάκης

Δείτε εδώ όλο το πρόγραμμα εκδηλώσεων του Αντιφασιστικού Σεπτέμβρη 2026

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minimum specs for a streaming box running linux?


so like ram, storage and like cpu in intel terms (basically the only one i could find and understand)

i will be using plasma bigscreen, running my jellyfin server, maybe play some steam games (decently light ones), maybe run a minecraft server, watch youtube, stream like netflix etc.

Routing you to FLOSS


best distro for a streaming box with plasma bigscreen?


okay just to start things of; I AM NOT AN ADVANCED USER, I WOULD SAY BOTTOM OF INTERMMEDIATE AT BEST!!!!

im planning on ditching my chromecast for a little mini pc with plasma bigscreen, so i'm just wondering what distro would be good for that. I'll also be hosting my jellyfin server, and maybe game too but idrk

Just a little update: effed by the archaic Geforce GT 220 somehow 😅


Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @thorry@feddit.org , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.

Here I thought I had been insanely smart to buy a GPU from 2010 for $10 since the CPU is going to do all the encoding anyway. And because my previous card, a honking 3080, wouldn't have allowed for the other two capture cards to be installed, taking up all the real estate.

I have been trying to setup an Artix system on my own for two hours now, but GRUB won't install in CSM mode... I've tried UEFI on GPT, BIOS on MBR, BIOS on GPT... 😅 Boot partition with and without file system... 💀

I'll just buy a more modern yet slim card, I guess? Unless I wake up tomorrow and give researching the issue a chance.

Night👋🔌

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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 9/12/2026, 1:59:32 PM


Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.
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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 9/12/2026, 9:57:07 AM


Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.
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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 9/11/2026, 7:43:25 PM


Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.
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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 9/10/2026, 10:27:51 PM


Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.
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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 9/9/2026, 9:24:17 PM


Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.
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Run Linux from USB and use storage only for... storage: yay or nay (and why)?


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I am just about to set up my new Linux machine, which will be used to convert analog video and audio to digital video and audio. Is there any reason why I shouldn't run the system off of a live USB stick (say, a good quality one from Sandisk), that is, without installing Linux on the hard drive and not setting up a boot partition, a system partition, and all that?

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