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Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond
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A lecture I gave in Portland, OR, on May 27, 2026.

It was supposed to be recorded. When I arrived, I learned that there was no formal recording plan in place. So I quickly popped open the macOS Screenshot app and recorded the output. I cleaned up the audio (recorded with my MacBook mic) the best I could. So this is only the slides with my voice. I also added the video recording of my Q&A session using Quicktime, which is found at the end.

Talk abstract:

Writing proper alt text is hard. But it doesn’t have to be. There’s a minimum standard and an advanced approach. People who need alt text will appreciate you for the former and love you for the latter.

Alt text is also a whole lot more than the alt attribute. That’s just one of the many ways to make content accessible. In fact, there are a number of considerations for writing great alt text.

In this presentation, I’ll help you understand the spectrum of options so you can take good care of your audience. We’ll walk through implementation methods, phonetics, composition, complex sources, and tackling social media.

Let’s give screen readers and other assistive technologies something to talk about.

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Is 35 extents per file too much fragmentation for btrfs?

I ran compsize on my debian box. Most files on my btrfs drive are around 20 GB. Almost all are uncompressed. I have 6000 files and 221000 regular extents.

Is that too much fragmentation? The ideal case is 1 extent per file.

I am reading around 100 MiBps from the drive out of a theoretical max of ~119 MiBps on a 1 Gbps line.

edit: On a local read I am getting 130-150 MiBps which exceeds the 1 Gbps network. pv /path/to/file >/dev/null

edit 2: For reference, this is a WD Red 6TB drive from around 2018-2020. Max speed should be in the 200 - 250 MBps range.

I defragged a ~300 GB folder and deleted some unneeded files. Extents per file actually went up, but I think that's because the remaining files are heavily fragmented (many 70+ extents per file). Somewhat surprisingly, most/all of the defragged files still had 3-10 extents. Each file is under 2 GB.

Before: ~35 extents per file.
After: 55 extents per file.

compsize /path/to/folder
Processed 2648 files, 145287 regular extents (145287 refs), 1 inline.
Type       Perc     Disk Usage   Uncompressed Referenced
TOTAL       99%      1.5T         1.5T         1.5T
none       100%      1.5T         1.5T         1.5T
zstd        19%      236M         1.1G         1.1G
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VLC player enshittification

I just want to mention how VLC used to be the best player and then somehow shit happened to it.

Grievences: the video is now a separate window yey!... Separate from the basic controls like "play", "pause", "skip exactly 10 seconds ahead for some reason"... The video scrollbar.... ETC. Why? What idiot thought that was a good idea? I don't understand! I'm full screen so I want to see what's going on far ahead, not I gotta exit full screen, go to the scrollbar on the other window which will then bring the other window to the front and cover the video... Fucking stupifying of an idea!

Full screen not F11

Scrollbar... Here's where you are, this is where you want to be! Yet!... Well what happened in the middle? Show me what I'm scrolling through! WTF! I scroll so I can see the good parts as I am scrolling so I can drop it in the part I'm interested in! Who made that dumb decision to remove the scroll preview?

Oh... "Always on the top" lets fuck around with that! First, let's have that setting on the main window which doesn't include the video window. In settings for view. Yeah "always on the top" should be hidden away like that. Ok fine set the window to always on the top. Now play a video! Yey! It's always on the top!!!! As predictable as shit in a toilet! It's the interface! You want one always on the top setting and you want it for the interface! Not for the video! Fuck the video! Nah, I'm on VLC! I want to see that play button real gud! I wanna see the scrollbar! Fuck the video! And for you, that stupidoo who wants to have the video always on the top... Let's use the system interface. It's fairly convenient! Cmon! Use it! Always on the top for the video window! Yey! Win! Look ma! I'm scrolling the video, which is "always on the top"! From this point to another point which I can't see until I drop the bar there! Finally! Love to have to zoom the video real small to see that scroll bar!... Ok next video!... God damn! Ohh you got! You got me good! The next video is not always on the top! Great! You guys are fun! Yey! But good thing I can just go use the system "always on the top" to set my video to "just this one time on the top but not for the next video". Love it

I can go on probably. Just wanted to share my frustration. Oh I hope they took the interface to a Russian torture camp where they keep the Microsoft teams team and they poke them in the eyeballs at random times thru the day.

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blobjim [he/him]

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Make sure embedded video is selected (Tools > Preferences > "All" (bottom left) > Video > "Embeded video")

Also are you using a distro package or the VLC Flatpak app?

Install VLC on Linux | Flathub

VLC media player, the open-source multimedia player
Flathub
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The "No One Cares" Show, Ep.85: More Tales from the Parallel Economy
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In which we introduce more news and events concerning the parallel economy, including Japan's legal acceptance of fiat-pegged stablecoins, a new XMR freelancer job board, and XMRBazaar's growing monopoly contrasted against their black box nature and allegations of bias against some users.

00:22 - Intro
00:54 - Japan Accepts Foreign Stablecoins as Currency
04:24 - monero.jobs, XMR Freelancing Site
06:49 - MoneroUnited Closure / XMRBazaar de facto Monopoly

====
"Japan Creates Legal Path for Foreign Stablecoins Under FSA Rules"
cryptotimes.io/2026/05/19/japa…

JPYC Homepage [Japanese, duh]
jpyc.jp/

Monero Jobs
monero.jobs/

CR1337/Yannick Eckl's Personal Homepage
cr1337.io/

Douglas Tuman virtue-signalling about Nazi Coin
https://x.com/DouglasTuman/status/1928942473167982617

The_Maker117/Doug Tuman Heated Exchange
https://x.com/TMaker117/status/1928968095655141679

Flohmarkt
codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar…

Mitra
codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra

XMR Bounty for Distibuted I2P Maket
bounties.monero.social/posts/4…

====
CREDITS

"Monerochan Dance Animation Greenscreen" - youtube.com/watch?v=crPSZg8nCy…
by monerobull

"End Credits" - youtube.com/watch?v=Bag99rbk7y…
by Karl Casey@White Bat Audio

"[Electro Swing] Peggy Suave - Route 66" - youtube.com/watch?v=76WTMObyTm…
by Sim Gretina

====
SUPPORT

Follow us elsewhere:
- PeerTube: peertube.anon-kenkai.com
- Mitra: mitra.anon-kenkai.com/@japanan…
- BitChute: bitchute.com/channel/anonkenka…
- Odysee: odysee.com/@NoOneCares:d?r=9UG…
- TwiXXer: https://x.com/JapanAnon

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Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump
But a senior Bosnian Serb politician says: “I saw this myself: Americans here have a number one priority and that’s the pipeline. They are very, very keen on this. Dodik, like everyone else, was told: Don’t play around with the project.”

Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump

Guardian investigation shows how US presidency blurs line between policy and enrichment of American ruling family and those around it
Tom Burgis (the Guardian)

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syncspirit v0.4.5 release!
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I'm glad to announce v0.4.5 release!

Syncspirit is continuous peer-to-peer realtime syncrhonization tool. It implements BEP protocol and provides seamless interoperability with existing syncthing nodes and clients.

raw.githubusercontent.com/basi…

You can download ready-to-use binaries for Linux x86_64 (AppImage),
Windows 32 bit (WindowsXP is supported),
Windows 64 bit
and Mac OS X (Apple silicon).

Notable changes:
- [core] monitor local filesystem changes in realtime and propagate updates across the cluster (inotify/ReadDirectoryChangesW/kqueue)
- [core] allow arbitrary subfolder rescan
- [core] do not accept files with non-valid utf8 filenames
- [ci/cd] use sourcecraft.dev/ infrastructure for building
- [core] bugfixes

Syncspirt source code uses GPLv3 license.

Any feedback is welcome!

WBR, basiliscos.

GitHub - basiliscos/syncspirit: continuous file synchronization program (BEP protocol implementation)

continuous file synchronization program (BEP protocol implementation) - basiliscos/syncspirit
GitHub
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Medea Benjamin responds to U.S. investigation: “We will not be intimidated”
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Medea Benjamin traveled last march to Cuba with medicine and food for children's hospitals. The U.S. Treasury Department wanted to know everything about it. “This request for information is really just a form of intimidation,” she said.

#cuba #sanctions #embargo

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Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old
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Happy birthday 🎊🎉 GNU/Linux.

Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old.

It was thankfully released to the public on August 25th, 1991 by Linus Torvalds when he was only 21 years old student.

What a lovely journey 🤍

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IanTwenty

Braincup is great!

f-droid.org/packages/com.inspi…

Train your brain with fun mini games that challenge your memory, focus, logic and math skills. Braincup offers 15 brain training exercises designed to sharpen your mind and improve concentration.

Braincup | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Train your focus, memory and math skills.
f-droid.org
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Can I overclock an android tablet with termux?

EDIT3: this is NOT an overclock! Manually setting a scaling governor does not forcibly increase the intended frequency range of the CPU clock! Setting the scaling governor has more to do with performance management. In my case, setting it to "performance", it simply forces the cpu to always run at the maximum frequency as designed by the manufacturer. Further reading here and here. Thank you @nocteb@feddit.org for the reminder!

EDIT2: the tablet is rooted with Magisk ( topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/ins… ) and Termux is running with superuser privileges granted through Magisk. The below command was issued after su - ing into a root shell. "performance" was echo ed into all available /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/.../scaling_governors, meaning, there are several subdirectories called policy[0...] in which the scaling_governor files reside.

EDIT: echo ing “performance” to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_governor seems to have maxed out the cpu clockspeed! Now the tablet is snappy as hell! It’ll be interesting to see how battery drain and heat are affected by this. Thank you @tal@lemmy.today !

Say, by sending some value to something inside /sys/.../cpu or the likes. I have already aggressively debloated the tablet, but I like to experiment and I am not afraid to destroy the tablet since I bought it for 150 bucks at sale. Or pehaps there is some Magisk module that can do this?

The tablet is a Samsung Galaxy A9+.

Installation

The Magic Mask for Android
Magisk
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Linux News - No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD
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Secure your software supply chain with TuxCare's Secure Chain: tuxcare.com/securechain-for-os…

Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: tuxedocomputers.com/en#

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- a Daily Linux News show
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Sponsor: TuxCare's Secure Chain
02:12 No age verification for Linux and Open source
04:58 New KDE theme shows a few work in progress elements
07:04 Flatpak Next redesign might depend on systemD
10:26 Flathub rejects anything that uses AI
13:36 New Mint release gets more cool improvements
15:59 AMD makes Linux users pay for a tool that's free on Windows
18:07 LibreOffice outlines plans for Web, Mobile and a better UI
20:09 Ubuntu now has reproducible dev environments
21:53 EU proposes actual funding for real European infrastructure
24:15 Linux Foundation launches open source license for AI models
26:25 Steam Deck gets insane price increase
28:34 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:
No age verification for Linux and Open source
phoronix.com/news/California-A…
itsfoss.com/news/age-verificat…
gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linu…

New KDE theme shows a few work in progress elements
anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/0…

Flatpak Next redesign might depend on systemD
linuxiac.com/flatpaks-future-m…
youtube.com/watch?v=1AXBfsiaQN…
youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4cUf_AgU…

Flathub rejects anything that uses AI
linuxiac.com/flathub-now-rejec…
github.com/flathub-infra/docum…

New Mint release gets more cool improvements
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5025

AMD makes Linux users pay for a tool that's free on WIndows
itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-ba…

LibreOffice outlines plans for Web, Mobile and a better UI
blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…

Ubuntu now has reproducible dev environments
canonical.com/blog/introducing…

EU proposes actual funding for real European infrastructure
techradar.com/pro/eu-to-back-e…
theregister.com/on-prem/2026/0…

Linux Foundation launches open source license for AI models
linuxfoundation.org/press/linu…

Steam Deck gets insane price increase
ign.com/articles/the-steam-dec…

#linuxnews #linuxdesktop #linuxdistro #technews

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SSH Pilot now supports Split View for Terminal tabs

SSH Pilot is a free, opensource SSH manager and dual-pane SFTP client, with many handy features to make your SSH life easier and more fun 😀

I've realesed a new version which adds a Split View feature for displaying multiple terminals inside a single tab.

Check it out here:
github.com/mfat/sshpilot

Download:
github.com/mfat/sshpilot/relea…

Flathub:
flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.…

AUR:
aur.archlinux.org/packages/ssh…

Install SSH Pilot on Linux | Flathub

Manage your servers with ease
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Nanook

 — (Shoreline, WA, USA)

GUI w/o integrating ssh and why,...
@mfat Unobtrusive and integrated has it's place, but ssh is, above all else, a security application. There are many areas I opt for convenience but security is not one of them. The correct approach to providing this convenience would be to CALL ssh from within the GUI, NOT to integrate it, this way if the system ssh for example is upgraded to opq (open post quantum encryption), it can take advantage of it, as is, it can not.
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Techno-rat

This is not even remotely the whackest of bars released in the past 20 years

"Bitch pussy smell like a penguin. Wouldn't hit that shit with my worst enemy's penis." - Danny Brown

"She swallow all my kids she's a bad babysitter" - 21 savage

"Had a couple abortions now that pussy a haunted house" - JID

"Your booty is heavy duty like diarrhea." -Eminem

"She not a lesbian, for P, she turn pesbian." - Future

"I'm the shit I'm fartin', I don't know how to potty." - Kodak black

"I'm Quagmire I fuck hoes, my cashflow I "giggity-get" it." - Big Sean

"I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins." - Tyler the creator

Take your pick, personal fav is Kodak's potty bars. He does that quite often unfortunately

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Snow - Stylized Character Shading Live #5
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In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
This week it's about even more shading of the clothes by using textures from CC0 libraries and simplifying them.
This time some wrap-up of the clothing materials and more work on the body.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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#nodevember with Simon Thommes | Day 5-6 | '5 Sided'
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#nodevember is an online initiative to bring people together and create all sorts of cool things with nodes.
I have been participating in this event since it was started in 2019, focussing mainly on shading nodes. This year I want to take the opportunity and use mainly the newly revamped geometry nodes system, that I have also been involved with developing at the Blender headquarters.
This will not be the most organised workflow in terms of teaching, so bear that in mind, but I hope we can just use this as a means to learn together, so ask plenty of questions. Suggestions are always welcome! 😀

Disclaimer:
I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version.
You can find it on builder.blender.org

Links:
- Learn about the nodevember event:
nodevember.io
- My showreel from the 2019 event:
youtube.com/watch?v=7EeIsUErzLE
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
studio.blender.org​

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

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Snow - Stylized Character UV Unwrapping Live #1
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In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
The retopology has been completed so it is time for the next step:
UV unwrapping!
This stream will guide you through the process of creating production ready UV maps for characters in film production.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Animating Rex (Sprite Fright) on ice in 15 minutes
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This video is a compilation of 2 streamed videos where Rik Schutte animates a shot with the Sprite Fright character Rex. He explains about his workflow, shows tips about approaching different shots in animation, and explores different options within the shot. More at studio.blender.org.

Watch the full streams here:

Full stream 'blocking' Part 1
youtu.be/C7l3ojbeRZY

Full stream 'Splining' part 2
youtu.be/YrlhZm_muAk

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Snow - Stylized Character Retopology Live #2
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In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
In this second part the focus will be on wrapping up the retopology of the head,

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

This entry was edited (2 days ago)

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Live Character Rigging with Demeter Dzadik #8
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Let's rig Snow, the character created by Julien Kaspar. This rig will be available for supporters on https://studio.blender.org/​ when it's done.

Addons used in the stream:
EasyWeight: gitlab.com/blender/easy_weight
CloudRig: gitlab.com/blender/CloudRig
MetsTools: github.com/Mets3D/mets_tools (WIP addons)
I'm also now using an experimental addon called PoseKeys which is not yet available, but coming soon!

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

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Sprite Fright Weekly #32 -- 5th Feb 2021
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You're watching a weekly of Sprite Fright's crew as they hash out Blender's new Open Movie, coming this October. For more weeklies, as well as inspiration, tips, tricks and downloadable assets, check out Sprite Fright's production logs on Blender Cloud: cloud.blender.org/films/sprite…

0:00 Matthew
2:01 Hjalti
6:24 Andy
11:01 Angela
12:42 Demeter
14:51 Julien
17:32 Pablo F
18:30 Simon
22:51 Vivien

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Discover the Coast: Premium Jet Ski Excursions in Marbella

At The Point Jetski, based on the vibrant Costa del Sol, jet ski excursions transform a simple rental into an unforgettable maritime adventure. Unlike standard guided tours, this operator emphasizes freedom and exploration, allowing riders to pilot top-tier Sea-Doo watercraft along Marbella’s exclusive coastline. Each excursion blends adrenaline with scenic discovery, giving participants the chance to spot hidden coves, luxury villas, and the shimmering Mediterranean horizon.

Beyond these organized journeys, the company enriches the experience with additional offerings: a secure jet ski parking facility, an enclosed circuit for skill practice, and a full roster of towable rides like banana boats and crazy sofas. For those seeking aerial thrills, parasailing and flyboarding are available, while calm options include pedal boats and paddle surfing. Whether you book a yacht or a simple watercraft, the focus remains on seamless reservations, transparent pricing, and personalized departure times. With instant WhatsApp support and direct phone lines, every detail—from safety briefings to route planning—ensures that your time on the water becomes the highlight of any Spanish getaway.

Jet Ski Hire Marbella from 120€, Sea-Doo Rental Costa del Sol

Experience premium Sea-Doo jet ski rental in Marbella with no licence required. Choose guided coastal tours or secure circuit rides. Perfect for couples, groups, and special occasions from just 70€.
tictac (The Point Jet Ski)

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Live Character Animation 'Acting' with Rik Schutte pt.3
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Powered by Restream restream.io/

Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!
Today we'll dive into splining.

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

This entry was edited (2 days ago)

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Snow - Stylized Character Retopology Live #5
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In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
In this stream the body topology will be refined and expanded upon.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Rachel Mary Wright - In Her Own Words
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This film, about me and my work, was made by a local film-maker friend. Since I did most of the camera work, he's been kind enough to credit me with a substantial portion of the work, and to hope that people will find it interesting.
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Snow - Stylized Character Shading Live #1
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In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
With the new topology and UV maps the texture painting and shading of Snow can go full steam ahead!

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Snow - Stylized Character Retopology Live #7
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In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
The topology is almost done. The last objects are now being retopologized like the clothes.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Snow - Stylized Character Shading Live #6
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In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
This week it's about even more shading of the clothes by using textures from CC0 libraries and simplifying them.
The head will get significantly more work today! This includes stylised details and fake anisotropy shading for the hair for extra effects.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Live Character Animation 'Acting' with Rik Schutte pt.5
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Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!
Today we'll start polishing the shot

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

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Snow - Stylized Character Shading Live #2
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In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
Continuing where I left of, first of the skin tones need to be nailed down but afterwards I will continue with adding some repeating patterns and details.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Michel the Sheep - Character Sculpting Live #1
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This week Julien Kaspar will recreate the classic Gooseberry project design of Michel (later renamed to Franck for Cosmos Laundromat), while showcasing the new sculpting features of Blender.

Find out more about the Cosmos Laundromat and other Blender projects on the Blender Cloud:
cloud.blender.org/

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Snow - Stylized Character Retopology Live #3
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In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
With the head retopology completed it is time to dive into the other facial an head elements and then finally the body retopology.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Live Character Rigging with Demeter Dzadik #7
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Let's rig Snow, the character created by Julien Kaspar. This rig will be available for supporters on https://studio.blender.org/​ when it's done.

Addons used in the stream:
EasyWeight: gitlab.com/blender/easy_weight
CloudRig: gitlab.com/blender/CloudRig
MetsTools: github.com/Mets3D/mets_tools (WIP addons)

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

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Live Character Animation 'Acting' with Rik Schutte pt.2
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Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

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Live Character Rigging with Demeter Dzadik #4
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Let's rig Snow, the character created by Julien Kaspar. This rig will be available for supporters on https://studio.blender.org/​ when it's done.

Addons used in the stream:
EasyWeight: gitlab.com/blender/easy_weight
CloudRig: gitlab.com/blender/CloudRig

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

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Snow - Stylized Character Shading Live #3
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In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
Today there will be more procedural detail, more texturing more shading of clothes!

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Michel the Sheep - Character Sculpting Live #3
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Another session, where Julien Kaspar is recreating the classic Gooseberry project design of Michel (later renamed to Franck for Cosmos Laundromat), while showcasing the new sculpting features of Blender.

Find out more about the Cosmos Laundromat and other Blender projects on the Blender Cloud:
cloud.blender.org/

This time with music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

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Blender 3.0 - Every New Feature in 6 minutes
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Watch the Reel Showcase youtube.com/watch?v=QRqY_20ti9…
Learn more and download Blender at blender.org/download/releases/…

Support Blender development: fund.blender.org

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Registering a Singapore Company in 2026: A Straightforward Action Plan


 Registering a company in Singapore in 2026 is streamlined, transparent, and highly accessible. The steps are clear: prepare your basic requirements, reserve a name, submit via BizFile+, and handle all post-incorporation requirements.
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Thinking of starting a business in Singapore? That is a smart move. The company registration process here is famously efficient, transparent, and designed to minimise bureaucratic friction. But efficiency does not mean you can skip the essential steps. You still need to follow a clear path, prepare the right paperwork, and meet several legally binding deadlines.

Here is a practical, straight-talking guide to registering a private limited company in Singapore in 2026. No fluff. No hidden agenda. Just actionable advice.

Start with the basics


Before you ever log into BizFile+, ACRA's online filing portal, get your foundational elements sorted. You will need a unique company name, at least one shareholder, one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore, a qualified company secretary, a physical registered office address, and some paid-up capital.

The director requirement catches many founders by surprise. "Ordinarily resident" means a Singapore citizen, permanent resident, or someone holding an Employment Pass, EntrePass, or Dependant's Pass with a local residential address. If you are an overseas founder without one of these passes, you will need to appoint a local nominee director or secure the appropriate pass first.

Singapore's Companies Act requires every company to appoint a company secretary within six months of incorporation. This is not a minor detail—it is a legal obligation. The secretary must be a natural person with relevant qualifications or experience. Many founders engage professional secretarial services well before the incorporation date to ensure this requirement is handled smoothly. These services can also help with name reservation and document preparation.

Paid-up capital can be set as low as S$1. There is no statutory minimum, but be realistic about what your business actually needs to operate and to appear credible to banks, suppliers, and potential partners.

Step 1: Reserve your company name


Navigate to BizFile+ and submit your proposed company name for ACRA's approval. The system checks for identical or similar existing names, restricted keywords, and any potentially sensitive language. Most clear and available names receive approval within minutes.

If your proposed name includes words like "finance," "legal," "trust," or "university," expect additional scrutiny. Certain terms require explicit approval from other government agencies. Keep your name simple, descriptive, and unique to avoid unnecessary delays.

Once ACRA approves the name, it remains reserved for 60 days. You may request a single 60-day extension if required. Use this reservation window efficiently to prepare all your incorporation documents.

Step 2: Prepare your incorporation documents


You will need several key documents ready before submitting your application. The company's Constitution (formerly the Memorandum and Articles of Association) outlines governance rules, share structure, and director powers. ACRA provides a standard template that works perfectly for most small to medium-sized enterprises.

You must also supply complete details for all shareholders, directors, and the company secretary. For individuals, provide full name, NRIC or passport number, residential address, and contact information. For corporate shareholders, provide registration details and the registered address.

Your registered office address must be a physical location in Singapore where official documents and legal notices can be delivered. P.O. boxes are strictly prohibited. Many startups use their accountant's or secretarial services provider's address during the early stages if they do not yet have a dedicated office. This arrangement is perfectly legal as long as the provider agrees to accept official correspondence on your behalf. A good company secretary can often recommend reliable providers for this purpose.

Step 3: Submit your application via BizFile+


With your name approved and all documents fully prepared, log into BizFile+ using SingPass or CorpPass. Select "Register a New Company," complete every required field accurately, and upload your Constitution. Double-check all information meticulously—a single typo in a name or ID number can cause rejection or significant processing delays.

Pay the incorporation fee (currently S$315) and submit your application. Most applications are processed within 15 minutes when everything is in perfect order. If ACRA flags any issues for manual review, they will notify you via email. Respond promptly with any requested clarifications or corrections.

Once approved, you will receive an official notification of incorporation and your company's Unique Entity Number (UEN). This UEN serves as your official business ID for all government interactions. Save it carefully, provide it to your bank, and include it on all official company documents.

Step 4: Handle post-incorporation requirements


Your company is now legally registered. However, several important obligations remain. Within six months of incorporation, you must formally appoint a qualified company secretary. This person ensures your company remains compliant with all filing deadlines, maintains the required statutory registers, and supports proper board governance.

Many founders choose to engage professional company secretary Singapore from the very beginning of their company's life. This is not about avoiding responsibility. It is about bringing in an expert who understands the regulatory landscape, tracks critical deadlines, and handles administrative burdens while you focus on building your business. A reliable company secretary also helps prepare annual returns, advises on director resolutions, and ensures your statutory registers are always accurate. Without proper secretarial services, you risk missing filing deadlines and incurring penalties.

You will also need to open a corporate bank account. Banks typically require your incorporation certificate, identification for all directors and shareholders, and sometimes a business profile or proof of operating address. Begin this process early—bank onboarding can easily take two to four weeks.

Do not overlook tax registration. If you expect annual turnover above S$1 million, you must register for GST. Even if you are below that threshold, you may register voluntarily if it benefits your business model, such as reclaiming input tax on expenses.

Common pitfalls to avoid


One frequent mistake: delaying the appointment of a company secretary until the very end of the six-month window. That window sounds generous, but compliance tasks accumulate rapidly. Annual returns, board resolutions, share certificates, and register updates all demand attention. Obtaining secretarial support early prevents dangerous compliance gaps. A qualified company secretary can also help you understand your ongoing obligations from day one.

Another trap: using your residential address as the registered office without verifying local rules. If you operate from home, check that your lease or housing type permits business activities. Some HDB flats and condominiums have specific restrictions.

Also, never assume your personal bank account can handle business transactions. Mixing personal and company funds creates serious accounting complications and can even pierce the corporate veil in legal disputes. Open a dedicated business account as soon as you receive your UEN.

When professional help makes sense


You can register a company entirely on your own if your structure is simple and you are comfortable using BizFile+. However, complexity changes the equation significantly.

If you have multiple shareholders, different share classes, foreign investors, or plans to raise capital soon, the paperwork becomes considerably more intricate. That is where experienced secretarial services provide genuine value. A qualified provider can draft appropriate resolutions, ensure your Constitution supports your strategic goals, and flag compliance issues before they become expensive problems. Many providers offer bundled secretarial services that include everything from incorporation to ongoing annual filing support.

A skilled company secretary does much more than just file routine returns. They help you understand director duties, maintain accurate statutory records, and prepare your business for audits or future funding rounds. They function as a practical partner, not merely a compliance checkbox. This is particularly valuable if you are not physically based in Singapore.

Overseas founders regularly depend on local secretarial services to meet residency requirements, manage official correspondence, and navigate local regulatory expectations. It is a modest investment that substantially reduces legal and operational risk. Remember, your company secretary shares legal responsibility for certain filings, so choosing the right one matters enormously. Even after incorporation, a good company secretary will remind you of upcoming deadlines and help you avoid penalties.

After registration: what's next?


Once your company is active and your secretary is formally appointed, create a simple compliance calendar. Mark your financial year end, your annual return deadline, and any industry-specific filing requirements. Many companies incur penalties not because they deliberately ignored rules, but because deadlines simply slipped through the cracks.

Keep your statutory registers updated continuously. That includes registers of members, directors, secretaries, and substantial shareholders. These are not just internal working documents. ACRA may request them during inspections, and potential investors will demand to see them during due diligence.

Finally, revisit your business plan. Registration is merely the starting line. Now comes the real work: developing your product, acquiring customers, and managing cash flow. Maintain tight governance from day one so you can focus entirely on growth without unexpected compliance surprises.

Bottom line


Registering a company in Singapore in 2026 is streamlined, transparent, and highly accessible. The steps are clear: prepare your basic requirements, reserve a name, submit via BizFile+, and handle all post-incorporation requirements.

But streamlined does not mean you should rush carelessly. Take sufficient time to get the structure right, appoint a qualified company secretary on schedule, and establish reliable systems for ongoing compliance. If your situation involves any complexity, do not hesitate to engage professional secretarial services. They help you avoid costly mistakes while you build genuine business momentum.

The ultimate goal is not merely to register a company. It is to build a business that endures. Getting the foundation correct from day one—with the right secretarial services and a capable company secretary—makes that outcome far more achievable. Whether you handle compliance yourself or outsource to experts, never underestimate the value of a diligent company secretary in keeping your business on track.

What Does A Company Secretary Do?

Every company incorporated in Singapore must appoint a company secretary within six months. At Entrust, we often see business owners know it’s required but not fully understand what the role actually covers.
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Road & Construction Procurement: Why Mobile Gravel Crushers Match Tight Schedules
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Road construction procurement operates in a world where schedule slippage is not an abstraction — it is a contractual liability with a daily cost attached to it. Every element of the material supply chain that feeds a road project carries schedule risk, and aggregate supply is among the most consequential. Delays in crushed gravel delivery cascade through subbase preparation, base course placement, and paving sequences with a speed that project managers find consistently unpleasant. The supply chain that looked adequate during tender preparation has a habit of revealing its vulnerabilities once earthworks are complete and the project is genuinely hungry for material.

Mobile gravel crushers have emerged as a procurement and operational response to precisely this vulnerability. Rather than positioning aggregate supply as a logistics problem to be managed between a fixed quarry and the project site, mobile crushing brings the production capability to the material source — wherever that source happens to be along the project corridor. The implications for schedule performance, material cost, and procurement flexibility are significant enough to have shifted the equipment strategy of road contractors across multiple markets. Understanding why these machines match tight construction schedules so effectively requires looking at where conventional aggregate supply chains typically break down, and how mobile crushing addresses each failure point directly.

track crusher machine

##Where Conventional Aggregate Supply Chains Create Schedule Risk

Haul Distance Sensitivity and the Logistics Compounding Effect


Fixed quarry operations supply aggregate competently when the project site is within economic haul distance. That distance varies by market, fuel cost, and road conditions, but the underlying dynamic is consistent: as haul distance increases, delivered material cost rises, truck cycle times lengthen, and the number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate grows. Beyond a certain threshold — which arrives faster on remote or linear infrastructure projects than procurement teams typically anticipate — the logistics cost of aggregate supply becomes a project budget problem, and the logistics complexity becomes a schedule risk.

The compounding effect is what makes this genuinely dangerous for tight schedules. A road project consuming 500 tonnes of crushed aggregate per day across a 150-kilometer corridor is not simply a material supply problem — it is a rolling logistics coordination challenge that requires a continuous, synchronized flow of vehicles between a fixed supply point and a moving demand point. Any disruption to that flow — vehicle breakdown, road access restriction, weather, or simply the cumulative inefficiency of a long haul cycle — translates directly into material shortfall at the paving front. And material shortfall at the paving front means stopped work, idle crews, and a schedule that is slipping while the procurement team searches for solutions.

Fixed Supply Dependency and the Single-Point-of-Failure Problem


Relying on a single quarry as the aggregate source for a major road project creates a procurement architecture with an uncomfortable characteristic: it has no redundancy. A fixed quarry faces its own operational vulnerabilities — equipment breakdown, blasting permit delays, environmental compliance issues, access road conditions, and production capacity constraints during peak regional demand — any of which can reduce or interrupt supply at exactly the moment the project needs it most.

track screening machine operation

Contractors who have experienced a primary quarry supply disruption mid-project understand the cost of this dependency acutely. Secondary sources are rarely pre-qualified, pricing for emergency supply invariably reflects the buyer's distressed position, and the time required to identify, qualify, and mobilize an alternative source frequently measures in weeks rather than days. For a project with contractual completion dates and liquidated damages clauses, those weeks carry a very specific financial consequence. Mobile crusher plant for sale eliminates the single-point-of-failure structure by making the production capability itself mobile — deployable to multiple material sources along the project corridor as conditions and demand require.

How Mobile Crushing Aligns With Road Construction's Scheduling Rhythm

Production at Source: Eliminating the Haul-Distance Variable


The fundamental schedule advantage of mobile gravel crushing is geographical. By processing raw material at or near its natural occurrence along the project corridor — in borrow pits, river deposits, rock outcrops, or demolition material stockpiles — mobile crushers eliminate the haul-distance variable that makes conventional aggregate supply chains increasingly unreliable as project length increases.

Material travels from crusher to placement zone, not from a distant fixed facility to a point that may be a hundred kilometers away. Truck cycle times shorten dramatically. The number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate decreases correspondingly. And the logistics coordination burden that consumes project management attention on long haul operations reduces to something far more manageable. The direct cost saving on haulage alone frequently justifies the mobile crushing investment on projects beyond a certain scale — but the schedule reliability benefit is often the more operationally significant outcome for contractors whose contracts carry meaningful delay penalties.

Relocation Flexibility Matching the Project's Moving Demand Front


Road construction is a linear process with a demand front that advances progressively along the project corridor. The aggregate consumption point today is not the aggregate consumption point in three weeks — and a supply strategy that works efficiently for the first phase of a road project may become logistically awkward for the second phase if it cannot reposition accordingly.

Mobile crushers reposition to match the project's advancing demand front. As earthworks progress and the subbase and base course operations move along the corridor, the aggregate crusher moves with them — maintaining a short haul relationship between production and placement throughout the project duration rather than only during the phases where geography happens to favor a fixed supply point. This relocatability is not a minor operational convenience. It is a structural advantage that keeps materi

What Type Of Crusher Is Used For Aggregate?

Do you want to know which crushing equipment can be used to produce aggregate? 10 minutes will teach you to choose the most suitable one!
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Road & Construction Procurement: Why Mobile Gravel Crusher Machines Match Tight Schedules
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Road construction procurement operates in a world where schedule slippage is not an abstraction — it is a contractual liability with a daily cost attached to it. Every element of the material supply chain that feeds a road project carries schedule risk, and aggregate supply is among the most consequential. Delays in crushed gravel delivery cascade through subbase preparation, base course placement, and paving sequences with a speed that project managers find consistently unpleasant. The supply chain that looked adequate during tender preparation has a habit of revealing its vulnerabilities once earthworks are complete and the project is genuinely hungry for material.

Mobile gravel crushers have emerged as a procurement and operational response to precisely this vulnerability. Rather than positioning aggregate supply as a logistics problem to be managed between a fixed quarry and the project site, mobile crushing brings the production capability to the material source — wherever that source happens to be along the project corridor. The implications for schedule performance, material cost, and procurement flexibility are significant enough to have shifted the equipment strategy of road contractors across multiple markets. Understanding why these machines match tight construction schedules so effectively requires looking at where conventional aggregate supply chains typically break down, and how mobile crushing addresses each failure point directly.

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##Where Conventional Aggregate Supply Chains Create Schedule Risk

Haul Distance Sensitivity and the Logistics Compounding Effect


Fixed quarry operations supply aggregate competently when the project site is within economic haul distance. That distance varies by market, fuel cost, and road conditions, but the underlying dynamic is consistent: as haul distance increases, delivered material cost rises, truck cycle times lengthen, and the number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate grows. Beyond a certain threshold — which arrives faster on remote or linear infrastructure projects than procurement teams typically anticipate — the logistics cost of aggregate supply becomes a project budget problem, and the logistics complexity becomes a schedule risk.

The compounding effect is what makes this genuinely dangerous for tight schedules. A road project consuming 500 tonnes of crushed aggregate per day across a 150-kilometer corridor is not simply a material supply problem — it is a rolling logistics coordination challenge that requires a continuous, synchronized flow of vehicles between a fixed supply point and a moving demand point. Any disruption to that flow — vehicle breakdown, road access restriction, weather, or simply the cumulative inefficiency of a long haul cycle — translates directly into material shortfall at the paving front. And material shortfall at the paving front means stopped work, idle crews, and a schedule that is slipping while the procurement team searches for solutions.

Fixed Supply Dependency and the Single-Point-of-Failure Problem


Relying on a single quarry as the aggregate source for a major road project creates a procurement architecture with an uncomfortable characteristic: it has no redundancy. A fixed quarry faces its own operational vulnerabilities — equipment breakdown, blasting permit delays, environmental compliance issues, access road conditions, and production capacity constraints during peak regional demand — any of which can reduce or interrupt supply at exactly the moment the project needs it most.

track screening machine operation

Contractors who have experienced a primary quarry supply disruption mid-project understand the cost of this dependency acutely. Secondary sources are rarely pre-qualified, pricing for emergency supply invariably reflects the buyer's distressed position, and the time required to identify, qualify, and mobilize an alternative source frequently measures in weeks rather than days. For a project with contractual completion dates and liquidated damages clauses, those weeks carry a very specific financial consequence. Mobile crusher plant for sale eliminates the single-point-of-failure structure by making the production capability itself mobile — deployable to multiple material sources along the project corridor as conditions and demand require.

How Mobile Crushing Aligns With Road Construction's Scheduling Rhythm

Production at Source: Eliminating the Haul-Distance Variable


The fundamental schedule advantage of mobile gravel crushing is geographical. By processing raw material at or near its natural occurrence along the project corridor — in borrow pits, river deposits, rock outcrops, or demolition material stockpiles — mobile crushers eliminate the haul-distance variable that makes conventional aggregate supply chains increasingly unreliable as project length increases.

Material travels from crusher to placement zone, not from a distant fixed facility to a point that may be a hundred kilometers away. Truck cycle times shorten dramatically. The number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate decreases correspondingly. And the logistics coordination burden that consumes project management attention on long haul operations reduces to something far more manageable. The direct cost saving on haulage alone frequently justifies the mobile crushing investment on projects beyond a certain scale — but the schedule reliability benefit is often the more operationally significant outcome for contractors whose contracts carry meaningful delay penalties.

Relocation Flexibility Matching the Project's Moving Demand Front


Road construction is a linear process with a demand front that advances progressively along the project corridor. The aggregate consumption point today is not the aggregate consumption point in three weeks — and a supply strategy that works efficiently for the first phase of a road project may become logistically awkward for the second phase if it cannot reposition accordingly.

Mobile crushers reposition to match the project's advancing demand front. As earthworks progress and the subbase and base course operations move along the corridor, the aggregate crusher moves with them — maintaining a short haul relationship between production and placement throughout the project duration rather than only during the phases where geography happens to favor a fixed supply point. This relocatability is not a minor operational convenience. It is a structural advantage that keeps materi

What Type Of Crusher Is Used For Aggregate?

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FROZEN - Let It Go Sing-along - Disney UK
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Sing-along with Idina Menzel in this full sequence from Disney's Frozen.

"Let It Go" from Disney's "Frozen" is a powerful anthem of self-acceptance and liberation. The sing-along version invites audiences to join in on the uplifting chorus, celebrating the journey of embracing one's true self. With stunning visuals and a memorable melody, this song has become a beloved classic for fans of all ages.
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Don't forget to listen to the "Let It Go" parody by Julia Koep. (FROZEN - Fuck It All)

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Cachy OS benchmarked (on Tuxedo InfinityBook Max 16): Hype or Real performance?
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Mastodon’s First and Next 10 Years, with Executive Director Felix Hlatky
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As Mastodon celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2026, the open source platform’s new Executive Director, Felix Hlatky, is focused on what it’ll take to make the next 10 years even more impactful.
That vision includes an overhaul in version 5.0, a new feature called Collections, and continuing its critical role at the heart of the fediverse.
Highlights of the conversation include:

00:56 What Felix is most excited about right now
02:11 Felix’s Mastodon history
04:16 Mastodon’s growth and organizational change
08:10 Getting set up for success
10:27 Collections — a major new feature
15:18 Lesson to learn from Bluesky
17:05 Weaponization, privacy, nuances around collections
19:35 Making social media more manageable
21:00 Groups
23:44 Power of building at the protocol level
25:40 Collaborations across platforms and protocols
27:27 Bridging technologies and standards work
31:15 Mastodon’s backend infrastructure
33:56 Funding and the EU
37:27 Governments use of Mastodon
40:05 The Forkiverse
45:05 Podcasts in the fediverse
47:14 Custom feeds on Surf, ex dotsocial.surf.social
49:58 Vibrant creator communities on the social web
51:20 Mastodon 5.0, FASPS
53:59 Entering a new era

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Lini Wants to Be the Portable Workstation Developers Actually Carry

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A Raspberry Pi CM5-powered handheld with a 10,000mAh battery, TrackPoint, and tactile keyboard is preparing for launch. Its open-source pitch sounds familiar, but the execution might not be.
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It's an amazing device. Playing games, then watching movies from my home server on the plane when I travel, then plugging in a keyboard mouse and monitor and using it as my sole work machine at the remote office.

The desktop environment is solid, everything is there that I need.

ALSO: International travel, it basically gets ignored as anything more than a game machine.

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Looking for a distro that best suits my needs

My work flow depends heavily on Win + V and Win + Shift + S, both on my main desktop and RDP'ed into other Windows systems while sharing a clipboard. I'm interested in trying Linux as my daily driver, and I am looking for suggestions that will offer the least friction in how I operate. The above items are must haves and my hope is that the solution "just works" without having to set up a whole mess of macros or workarounds.

I am familiar with Debian and Ubuntu, so Linux will not be a new experience for me, though most of my work has been from command line interactions. My hope would be a distro I can stand up in a few hours that will let me continue to RDP into Windows systems and keep using Windows hot keys on both the Linux desktop and the Windows systems.

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Conviértete en un profesional clave para cualquier empresa con un Certificado de Asistente Administrativo reconocido

En el mundo laboral actual, la eficiencia y la organización son habilidades más valoradas que nunca. Para destacar en este ámbito, no solo necesitas conocer los fundamentos de la gestión empresarial, sino también contar con una acreditación que valide tu conocimiento ante los empleadores. Es aquí donde obtener un Certificado de Asistente Administrativo reconocido marca la diferencia, y la Fundación Volta te ofrece la oportunidad perfecta para conseguirlo de manera gratuita y con aval internacional.

Su curso "Curso Gratis de Asistente Administrativo con Certificado Avalado" está diseñado para que, sin necesidad de experiencia previa, adquieras las herramientas prácticas y los conocimientos teóricos indispensables. Desde la historia de la administración científica y las teorías de gestión, hasta el proceso administrativo (planificación, organización, dirección y control), pasando por el diseño de estructuras organizativas, liderazgo, comunicación y sistemas de información. En solo 6 horas de estudio, a tu propio ritmo y 100% online, construirás una base sólida para tu futuro profesional.

Lo que realmente eleva el valor de esta formación es su certificación. Al finalizar, no solo obtendrás un diploma de la Fundación Volta, sino que este estará respaldado por la Euro Education Alliance, una acreditación de calidad internacional. Se trata de un Certificado de Asistente Administrativo reconocido que incluye una credencial verificable con código QR, ideal para integrar en tu currículum y perfil de LinkedIn, demostrando de forma inmediata y confiable tus competencias a los reclutadores.

Los testimonios de alumnos como Ricardo L., Carlos L. y Jorge P. lo confirman: valoran la claridad del contenido, la flexibilidad del curso y, sobre todo, el "plus" que la certificación internacional aporta a sus perfiles profesionales. Si buscas tu primer empleo en una oficina, deseas fortalecer tu rol en áreas de RRHH, contabilidad o atención al cliente, o incluso quieres organizar mejor tu propio emprendimiento, este curso es tu punto de partida ideal.

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Elmejorseodelmundo.com: el sitio donde los resultados hablan más fuerte que cualquier eslogan

Lobo Torres no necesita autoproclamarse el mejor seo del mundo. Su sitio lo demuestra con números: más de 18 años de experiencia, más de 470 campañas nacionales e internacionales y premios que respaldan su trabajo. La página no vende humo, muestra una filosofía clara: analizar los factores clave que valoran los motores de búsqueda y trabajarlos hasta la perfección. Desde su primer proyecto en 2005, antes de los smartphones, ya intuía que el posicionamiento web sería el corazón del marketing empresarial. Hoy Google procesa 8 mil millones de búsquedas diarias, y él sigue en la cima.

El testimonio de un colega lo resume mejor: su enfoque es "impecable", un "fuera de serie". Pero el mejor seo del mundo no necesita adjetivos. Sus resultados son el estándar de referencia en la industria. Y esta página es la prueba. No es un currículum más. Es la bitácora de quien convirtió la intuición de 2005 en una carrera de dos décadas llena de primeras posiciones. Para quien busca el mejor seo del mundo, la respuesta está en los hechos, no en las promesas. Y los hechos están aquí. Claros. Medibles. Impecables. Como su SEO. Como su web. Como su legado. Léela. Y entiende por qué Lobo Torres es el mejor seo del mundo. No porque lo diga él. Porque lo demuestra. Y eso, en marketing digital, es el lujo más escaso. No el que se anuncia. El que se prueba. Esta página es la prueba. No la ignores. Porque el SEO de verdad no se promete. Se exhibe. Y aquí se exhibe sin complejos. Como debe ser. Porque el que puede, puede. Y Lobo Torres puede. Y lo demuestra. Punto. No hay más. Solo resultados. Y resultados, cuando hablan, no necesitan traductor. Se entienden en cualquier idioma. También en Google. Especialmente en Google. Por eso es el número uno. Y por eso esta web es su mejor tarjeta de presentación. El mejor seo del mundo no necesita presentación. Pero la tiene. Y es impecable. Como su trabajo. Como sus premios. Como sus clientes. Como sus números. Todo cuadra. Todo suma. Todo convence. Porque la verdad, cuando se muestra sin filtros, es imparable. Y aquí la verdad está. Al desnudo. Sin maquillaje. Solo con hechos. Y los hechos, en SEO, son los que quedan cuando el algoritmo cambia. Y aquí los hechos resisten. Porque no dependen de trucos. Dependen de estrategia. Y la estrategia de Lobo Torres ha resistido más de 18 años. No es casualidad. Es consecuencia. De trabajo. De método. De enfoque. De no rendirse. Por eso es el mejor seo del mundo. No porque lo diga él. Porque lo dice Google. Y Google, en este oficio, es el único juez que importa. Y su veredicto es claro: Lobo Torres, número uno. Fin de la discusión. El resto es ruido. Y el ruido, cuando Google habla, se apaga. Por eso esta web es corta. No necesita ruido. Necesita hechos. Y los hechos están. Desde el título hasta el pie de página. Sin concesiones. Sin excusas. Solo con la verdad. Y la verdad, en SEO, es que los resultados mandan. Y aquí los resultados mandan. Y mandan bien. Y mandan alto. Y mandan primero. Como debe ser. Porque el mejor seo del mundo no se conforma con menos. Ni sus clientes. Ni su web. Ni su legado. Por eso este texto es un homenaje. A la coherencia. A la transparencia. A los números. A los premios. A los años. A los clientes. A la metodología. A la estrategia. Al trabajo bien hecho. A Lobo Torres. A el mejor seo del mundo. No hay más. Solo esto. Y esto es suficiente. Porque cuando se es el número uno, no hace falta explicarlo. Solo mostrarlo. Y esta web lo muestra. Sin filtros. Sin complejos. Sin palabras vacías. Solo con hechos. Y los hechos, en SEO, son los que cuentan. Y aquí cuentan. Y cuentan bien. Y cuentan primero. Como debe ser. Porque el mejor seo del mundo no se esconde. Se expone. Y se expone con orgullo. Con trabajo. Con resultados. Con clientes. Con premios. Con todo. Porque lo ha ganado. Porque lo merece. Porque lo demuestra. Porque es. Y eso, al final, es lo único que importa. No las palabras. Los hechos. Y aquí los hechos están. En la primera posición. En el ROI. En los premios. En los clientes. En todo. Por eso esta web es un ejemplo. De cómo el SEO bien hecho se cuenta solo. Y de cómo el mejor seo del mundo no necesita explicarse. Solo mostrarse. Y aquí se muestra. Sin rodeos. Sin excusas. Sin mentiras. Solo con la verdad. Y la verdad, en SEO, es que Lobo Torres es el número uno. Punto. No hay debate. Solo evidencia. Y la evidencia está en esta web. Y en Google. Y en los resultados. Y en los clientes. Y en los premios. Y en todo. Por eso este texto es corto. No necesita más. La evidencia ya habla. Y cuando la evidencia habla, las palabras sobran. Aquí sobran. Fin.

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Avoiding Cost Pitfalls in Tire Pyrolysis Investment Projects
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Tire pyrolysis has evolved into a commercially significant waste-to-resource industry capable of converting end-of-life tires into fuel oil, recovered carbon black, steel, and combustible gas. Rising landfill restrictions and circular economy policies have further stimulated market interest. Yet many investors enter the sector with an incomplete understanding of project economics.

A tire pyrolysis project rarely fails because of technological impossibility alone. More often, financial underestimation and planning deficiencies create operational distress. Equipment price represents only one component within a much broader expenditure matrix.

A successful project therefore requires scrutiny of total lifecycle cost rather than reliance on simplified supplier quotations.

Understanding where hidden expenditure accumulates is essential for avoiding costly miscalculation.

Equipment Price Is Only the Starting Point

The Difference Between Equipment Cost and Project Cost


Many first-time investors focus almost exclusively on reactor pricing.

While the reactor and auxiliary system form the technological nucleus of a tyre pyrolysis plant, project expenditure extends far beyond machinery procurement.

Major cost categories typically include:

  • Equipment acquisition
  • Civil construction
  • Utility infrastructure
  • Transportation and logistics
  • Installation and commissioning
  • Environmental protection systems
  • Automation and control systems
  • Labor and training

A quotation covering only mechanical equipment may create a misleading impression of affordability.

Consequently, comparing projects solely by equipment price often leads to erroneous investment decisions.

Low-Cost Equipment May Carry Hidden Expense


Aggressive pricing occasionally conceals deficiencies in design or fabrication quality.

Lower-cost systems may suffer from:

  • Inferior steel specification
  • Weak sealing performance
  • Limited thermal efficiency
  • Poor welding quality
  • Shortened equipment lifespan

These deficiencies frequently reappear later as maintenance expenditure and production interruption.

Initial savings may therefore evolve into long-term operational liabilities.

Site Preparation and Civil Construction Are Frequently Underestimated


One of the more common budgeting errors involves inadequate attention to site development.

A tire pyrolysis facility generally requires substantial supporting infrastructure.

Typical civil works include:

  • Foundation engineering
  • Drainage systems
  • Internal roads
  • Workshop construction
  • Storage zones
  • Fire protection facilities
  • Utility connections

Ground conditions may significantly affect expenditure. Weak soil, flood risk, or uneven terrain can increase engineering complexity and prolong construction schedules.

Infrastructure planning should therefore begin during feasibility assessment rather than after equipment procurement.

Neglecting this phase often results in cascading cost escalation.

Environmental Compliance Can Reshape the Budget

Emission Control Is Not Optional


Environmental compliance represents one of the most consequential cost of tyre pyrolysis plant.

Thermal conversion of tire material generates combustible gas and process emissions requiring treatment and monitoring.

Environmental systems may include:

  • Dust filtration
  • Desulfurization equipment
  • Flue gas purification
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Odor management
  • Continuous emission monitoring

In many jurisdictions, environmental permitting cannot be obtained without comprehensive pollution-control architecture.

Attempting to minimize these systems during procurement frequently produces regulatory delays or retrofit expense later.

Environmental investment should therefore be regarded as core infrastructure rather than ancillary equipment.

Permitting and Regulatory Expense


Regulatory approval itself can impose substantial financial burden.

Developers may encounter expenditure related to:

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Engineering certification
  • Legal consultation
  • Government application fees
  • Safety review
  • Compliance testing

Permitting timelines may also affect financing and cash flow.

A project delayed by incomplete documentation or regulatory nonconformity can experience considerable opportunity cost.

Feedstock Economics Deserve Early Attention


Many investment models assume continuous access to inexpensive waste tires. In practice, feedstock procurement can become a decisive operational variable.

Tire supply depends on:

  • Regional waste generation
  • Collection efficiency
  • Transportation distance
  • Competitive demand
  • Government regulation

In certain regions, tire waste has transitioned from disposal burden to commercial commodity.

This evolution changes procurement economics substantially.

Failure to secure stable supply contracts may result in feedstock volatility and reduced plant utilization.

Since profitability depends heavily on throughput consistency, feedstock strategy should be established before construction begins.

Utility Consumption and Operating Expense


Operational expenditure often receives insufficient attention during early planning.

A pyrolysis plant requires sustained energy and utility input despite partial energy recovery from non-condensable gas.

Operating cost categories commonly include:

  • Electricity
  • Water supply
  • Auxiliary fuel
  • Maintenance materials
  • Labor
  • Spare parts
  • Waste disposal

Energy efficiency therefore exerts direct influence on long-term profitability.

Older or poorly designed systems may consume excessive fuel and generate unstable thermal conditions, diminishing economic performance.

Investors should evaluate not only theoretical production capacity but also utility intensity and operational reliability.

Product Revenue Assumptions Require Caution


Financial projections frequently depend on optimistic assumptions regarding product pricing.

Typical tire pyrolysis outputs include:

  • Pyrolysis oil
  • Recovered carbon black
  • Steel wire
  • Combustible gas

However, market value varies significantly according to product quality and regional demand.

Recovered carbon black, for example, may require additional upgrading before entering higher-value industrial markets. Similarly, fuel oil pricing depends on local regulations and refining demand.

Overestimating product revenue can distort feasibility analysis and produce unrealistic payback expectations.

Conservative pricing assumptions generally create more resilient financial planning.

After-Sales Support and Technical Service Matter


Equipment acquisition should not be evaluated solely through mechanical specification.

Technical support influences long-term performance in several ways:

  • Operator training
  • Troubleshooting response
  • Spare-part availability
  • Process optimization
  • Maintenance guidance

Insufficient supplier support can prolong downtime and complicate commissioning.

A technically sophisticated system without reliable service infrastructure may become operationally burdensome.

Evaluating supplier capability therefore represents a risk-management exercise rather than merely a purchasing decision.

Building Financial Resilience Into Tire Pyrolysis Projects


Tire pyrolysis projects possess substantial resource recovery and commercial potential, but profitability depends on disciplined investment planning.

Cost pitfalls rarely emerge from a single catastrophic mistake. More commonly, they accumulate through underestimated infrastructure, inadequate environmental budgeting, unstable feedstock assumptions, and unrealistic revenue expectations.

Projects that evaluate total expenditure, regulatory obligation, and operational sustainability from the outset are better positioned to avoid financial attrition and achieve durable industrial performance.

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Goose and Common
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Goose and Common is a 17th- (or 18th-?) century poem protesting enclosure in England, which has been turned into a song by various people. There's no traditional tune to go with it, so everyone makes up their own (as far as I can tell!). Here's my version. I also thought it needed a chorus, so wrote some extra words too.

Recently some other people have started playing it, so I made a page on my website to track its progress through the folk process: helenbell.co.uk/goose-and-comm…

Lyrics:
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.

Chorus:
Who remembers when, who remembers how
The crimes committed then became the laws that bind us now?

The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own,
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine.

The poor and wretched don't escape
If they conspire the law to break.
This must be so, but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law.

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But geese will still a common lack
Until they go and steal it back.

Verse lyrics: traditional
Chorus lyrics + all music: Helen Bell

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Is Debian on 256 MB RAM no longer possible?

I run dnstools.ws which lets you perform DNS lookups, pings, traceroutes, etc. from 25 locations around the world. Each location is powered by a VPS running Debian, running a C# service that's compiled to native code ahead-of-time using Native AOT. It uses ~60MB RAM.

Six of the the locations are powered by tiny "NAT VPSes" (native IPv6 with shared NAT IPv4) that only cost a few dollars a year, sponsored by various server providers. These usually have 256 MB RAM and 4-5 GB disk space.

This is great with OpenVZ and LXC. Since they're containers that share the kernel with the host, kernel memory doesn't count towards the container's memory limit. I'm using ~75 MB RAM on those systems: ~60MB for the DNSTools worker and ~15MB for everything else (sshd, systemd, cron, rsyslogd, and unattended-upgrades). Plenty of room left.

I also have a few KVM systems with 256 MB RAM. These are what I'm struggling with.

Debian 13 (Trixie) increased the minimum hardware requirements from 256 MB to 512 MB RAM. It seems like this is a hard requirement - When running on a system using 256 MB RAM, the installer complains about having too little RAM, and OOMs during the installation. Even with a successful installation (e.g. upgrading from bookworm to trixie), it kernel panics on boot: "System is deadlocked on memory".

I could try debootstrap to bootstrap a basic system, or Clonezilla to clone a working disk image over the network, but I think I'd hit the memory deadlock too.

Does Debian have smaller kernel images for VM environments, that use less RAM? Or should I just give up on Debian for this use case?

Does anyone have a recommendation for another distro I should use? I've been considering trying Alpine. C# does support compiling to use musl instead of glibc, so that's not an issue. I'm also not tightly-coupled to systemd and can get rid of it.

I can mount a custom ISO on the systems, so booting from an ISO isn't an issue.

Thanks!

Edit: Alpine looks very promising - no issue installing it and running my app on a 256MB VM. This is probably what I'll end up using.

3.4. Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements

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The 256MB RAM systems are from hosting.gullo.me/ and natvps.net/. It looks like the latter no longer sells the 256MB systems - their site shows 512MB as the minimum now.

For most use cases, I use GreenCloudVPS or HostHatch. The GreenCloud "Budget KVM Sale" VPSes have 2GB RAM, 20GB space, 10Gbps network, for $15/year.

I'm using the small 256MB systems because they're being provided for free for dnstools.ws in exchange for a link in the footer. Can't beat that price 😁

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heres a pretty good resource, bit of a tangent but i got a ton of shithouse computers with very low ram and i think alpine/postmarketos is the best choice. ive gotten kde, cosmic, and so on running on tons of terribly old computers with it, typically with no more than 1-2gb of ram. its also good for computers with only 256mb or so. after a certain point you need to just load your OS into ram entirely in order to have any ability to handle modern applications on very old hardware, in this case you should consider buying ram for your very old hardware (it comes cheap for the top compatible tech when its 90s hardware) if you like to use it as a sort of display piece for visitors to use. there are a couple of distros in that list that can handle being stored in ram. but obviously youre a bit different because you can just run it all on a vps. still probably best to go with alpine despite the operational differences

of the mainline fully featured modern desktop environments i feel cosmic de works the smoothest on old hardware, strangely enough.

Comparison of lightweight Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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USB Video Discs (UVD) from Cowabunga Videos
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We've released a series of films on USB Video Discs. Titles right now include The Bandit and the Rose (AKA Way Down West), Outlaw (AKA Orochi), The Mysterious Air Pirate (AKA Filibus), and a collection of early Japanese cartoons.

We unveiled them at Momocon 2026. They either are currently (or very shortly will be) available from Cowabunga Video.

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Shakira, Burna Boy - Dai Dai
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Shakira, Burna Boy - Dai Dai
FIFA World Cup Official Song 2026

Letra/Lyrics:
Oe oe e oe Oe oe e oe
You knew from the day you were born
That here in this place you belong
You been this brave all along
What broke you once made you strong

Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go!
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go!

Come follow your desire
Theres a will there way
You are the owner of that fire
No one can take it away
Sweat and blood to write your story
That is how you paved the way
You are about to reach the glory
Only one step away

All the highs and lows
All the tears and the pain
You been there thru it all
Been thru it all
Just do it again
Now you got to believe (I believe)
Cuz you know what it takes
To be living the dream
At top of your game.

Feel it, got everything you needed
now bring it like you mean it
just like you mean it
Dale, no olvides lo que vales
Juega como tu sabes
Como tu sabes.

Energy is contagious you know
And it never fails no no
No one’s getting tired I know
Cuz you got that fire eio
Dream a little higher
Lets go lets go lets go
We’ve taken all that our hearts can hold
We can’t hold on to the past no more
From the dirt and the tears you make gold
You are more than flesh and bone

All the highs and lows
All the tears and the pain
You been there thru it all
Been thru it all
Just do it again
Now you got to believe ( I believe)
Cus you know what it takes
To be living the dream
At top of your game

Feel it, got everything you needed
Now bring it like you mean it
Just like you mean it
Dale no olvides lo que vales
juega como tu sabes
como tu sabes
Pele, Maradona
Maldini
Romario
Cristiano
Ronaldo
El Pibe
Iniesta
Beckham y Kaka
Messi
Mbape
Salá
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Colombia
US
England
Germany
France
España Italia Mexico Japan
Korea/England Netherlands/Senegal
Oe oe e oe
You knew from the day you were born
That here in this place you belong
You been this brave all along
What broke you once made you strong
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go!
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go
Dai dai iko
Dale allez lets go!

#Shakira #BurnaBoy #DaiDai #afropop #pop #afrofusion

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Holiday jam - Cafe Del Mar - Korg Volca Drum & Roland Aria S-1 version
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I've only brought one synth and one drum machine with me on holiday, so i'm abusing the S-1's multitimbrality and effects to try to do bass, arpeggio and strings with one voice. It kind of works.

It's a cover of Energy 52's melodic trance classic, Cafe Del Mar. Hope you're staying safe in the heatwave!

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Google's ANGLE has merged official Wayland support, finally unblocking proper native Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

Google's ANGLE Merges Wayland Support, Unblocking Chromium Embedded Framework On Wayland

It looks like Google's Chromium Embedded Framework 'CEF' could finally be enjoying nice native Wayland support soon!
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Por qué la mandíbula no se trata sola

La articulación temporomandibular (ATM) es un mecanismo delicado. Cuando falla, duele la cara, la cabeza, el cuello. El sitio dolororofacial.com/tratamiento-atm explica algo que muchos pacientes descubren tarde: raramente un solo tratamiento es suficiente. Las férulas mal diseñadas pueden empeorar el problema. Las infiltraciones funcionan mejor con factores de crecimiento. La farmacogenética evita el ensayo-error con medicamentos.

El Instituto Craneomandibular, único centro multidisciplinario en España dedicado a la ATM, combina odontólogos, fisioterapeutas y neurólogos. No venden soluciones mágicas. Ofrecen un plan a medida, con estudios serios (resonancias, análisis de sangre) y tratamientos que van desde férulas 3D hasta cirugía como último recurso. Para quien lleva años con dolor facial, esta página es un mapa. No promete felicidad eterna, pero sí algo mejor: un camino realista para salir del laberinto. Porque la ATM, cuando se entiende bien, se trata bien. Y tratarla bien cambia vidas. No siempre con cirugía. Casi siempre con paciencia y ciencia. Eso es lo que hay detrás de este texto. Nada más. Pero nada menos.

FAQ Tratamiento ATM - Clínica del Dolor Orofacial en Barcelona - Instituto Craneomandibular

La elaboración de un plan de tratamiento ATM de un paciente con el síndrome de la articulación temporomandibular debe basarse en un exhaustivo estudio del
Dolor Orofacial

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Joe Biden and the state of israel
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Joe Biden Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region. The United States would have to go out and invent an Israel

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SPIRIT-ual Successor to the "Building a Linux Phone" project
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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/64949868

Per my last post, (which can be found here: lemmy.zip/post/53113975), I continued to mess around with a mobile broadband modem, and got it working! With a caveat... it only works when plugged into wall power. The battery I have does not supply enough power to fully enable the modem through USB power, due the raspberry pi being very power hungry. Unfortunately, this seemingly simple problem is actually a larger problem that seems to only be solved by an overly complicated solution: designing a custom battery controller PCB that responds to the pi5's (or ideally, a different processor entirely) needs more appropriately.

Take a look at the state of the device here:

Last time I posted here, many interested folks responded with great ideas and feedback. Fortunately, one of the comments lead me to the project that would ultimately end this project in its current state. Link to that comment here: lemmy.zip/post/53113975/227795…

Its flaws are visible. While the device has personality, it lacks ease of use. These days I use it as a "cyberdeck"/field debugging computer, and I use it with a small controller-sized Riitek keyboard, because the screen's touch capability is on the fritz, likely because of the poor design choice to leave the screen's ribbon cable partially exposed.

This leads me to the conclusion: this project is falling into "hobby" or more accurately, unsupported status. I like the device for my personal use, and I may update the design in the future for my own purposes, and release it for free for public use, though I don't imagine there will be a huge amount of interest in building this device considering the skyrocketing cost of Pi devices nowadays. There is a more reasonable path forward, and I alluded to it earlier: custom PCBs. That's where the SPIRIT project comes in: github.com/SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT

You can see in one of the pictures above, the SPIRIT project is designing a phone that can be completely replicated at home. Well, once they get there it will be. I've exchanged brief communications with the individual running the project, Jan, and while he hasn't stated that these projects are linked in any way, I'd like to think that the SPIRIT project carries forward the values and goals of the project I started. If you were at all interested in my project, give the SPIRIT project github a like or favorite.

Take a look at the v3lectronics youtube channel where Jan livestreams work on the SPIRIT project: youtube.com/@V_Electronics

The spirit github link again: github.com/SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT

Please contribute if you have any level of knowledge to contribute! These projects thrive on the careful contributions of other humans across the world!

V Electronics

Building an open hardware & open software smartphone that can be used daily by the general public. I'm a mostly self-taught individual who is extremely passionate about engineering. Studying mechatronics engineering. I main electronics and IT.
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Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Reclaim your digital autonomy 🎯 Nextcloud Spotlight
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What’s new in Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter:

🌐 Growing sovereignty: new federation features, improved data export and import
💬 Nextcloud Talk: live translations, pinned messages, scheduling
🔎 Office document comparison
🧑‍🎨 Whiteboard: comments, reactions, timers
✨ Nextcloud Assistant performance upgrade and AI labeling
🔐 Powerful E2EE in the web interface
💪 Speed up with ADA engine
... and many more improvements in all apps!

Watch the full release video Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter Keynote:
youtu.be/DhCYe1-ZPks

Read more about Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter in the release blog post:
nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…

Experience Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter with a live demo:
nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextc…

Experience the brand new Nextcloud Hub — get it now:
nextcloud.com/instant-trial/

Chapters

00:00 Introduction: How Nextcloud helps you take back control over your data
02:50 What does data ownership really mean?
06:06 Federation: Secure file sharing and collaboration across organizations
11:25 How Nextcloud offers Enterprise-grade security and compliance
14:16 Why an integrated platform saves your time and money
16:51 Nextcloud: Designed for accessibility, simplicity, and customization
19:19 The offline working feature: Productivity at its best
20:24 New features in Nextcloud Whiteboard: Better brainstorming, sharper presentations
22:31 What’s new in the Nextcloud Assistant: your ethical AI solution
27:39 How Nextcloud will keep innovating and growing: Introducing the ADA engine
31:01 Easy switching in Nextcloud All-in-One: Your data, your choice
31:39 The Nextcloud ecosystem: Easy migration, secure hosting, powerful integrations, and more
34:11 Examples of real-world adoption of Nextcloud: from the public sector to Enterprise
37:10 Getting started with Nextcloud
38:11 A thank you to the Nextcloud community!

Featuring:

Frank Karlitschek — CEO and Founder of Nextcloud
Heike Radtke — Vice President Marketing
Jos Poortvliet — Vice President Communications and Co-Founder

#Nextcloud #NextcloudHub #Privacy #Collaboration #Productivity #AI #LocalAI #GovTech #Security #PrivateCloud #Digitalization #DigitalSovereignty

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Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Reclaim your digital autonomy 🔑 Nextcloud Keynote
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Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Reclaim your digital autonomy

What’s new in Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter:

🌐 Growing sovereignty: new federation features, improved data export and import
💬 Nextcloud Talk: live translations, pinned messages, scheduling
🔎 Office document comparison
🧑‍🎨 Whiteboard: comments, reactions, timers
✨ Nextcloud Assistant performance upgrade and AI labeling
🔐 Powerful E2EE in the web interface
💪 Speed up with the ADA engine
... and many more improvements in all apps!

Read more about Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter in the release blog post: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…

Experience Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter with a live demo on February 25: nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextc…

Experience the brand new Nextcloud Hub — get it now: nextcloud.com/instant-trial/

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
02:36 Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter
03:35 Nextcloud’s design principles
06:10 Performance and ADA engine
08:50 Modular monolith architecture
16:34 Security
20:36 Maintenance work
21:04 Nextcloud Files: File sync & share
22:10 Improved E2EE in browser
24:33 Who controls your data: new migration tools
25:55 Federation in Nextcloud
28:52 Performance and scalability
29:06 Nextcloud Files: Clients for desktop and mobile
30:50 Nextcloud Talk: chat and meetings
31:45 Federation in Nextcloud Talk
32:35 Pinned and scheduled messages
33:55 Live translations in calls
34:38 Nextcloud Mail: Email in Nextcloud
36:11 Favorite threads
37:00 Nextcloud Calendar: Event scheduling and planning
37:50 Nextcloud Office: Collabora integration
39:05 Design and usability updates
39:55 Document Comparison
41:42 Sheet Views
43:58 Nextcloud Whiteboard for brainstorming and learning
47:09 Nextcloud Text: Markdown editor
49:15 Easy switching between office options
50:04 Nextcloud Assistant and AI
53:34 AI content labeling
54:41 Nextcloud Flow: Automation tools
57:13 Nextcloud Tables: Data organization
58:20 Nextcloud Platform: Ecosystem, API and apps
59:55 API updates
1:01:45 New apps and integrations
1:05:07 Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Summary
1:05:50 How to deploy and migrate
1:09:11 Closing remarks

Featuring:

Frank Karlitschek — CEO and Founder of Nextcloud
Jos Poortvliet — Vice President Communications and Co-Founder
Dereck Castellon — Marketing Manager
Greta Doçi — Support Team Lead
Simon Lindner — Software Engineer
Camila San Martin Ayres — Software Engineer
Michael Meeks — CEO of Collabora Productivity

#Nextcloud #NextcloudHub #Privacy #Collaboration #Productivity #GovTech #Security #PrivateCloud #Digitalization #DigitalSovereignty

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Self-host or managed? 🏠 Nextcloud setup guide: home user to enterprise in minutes
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How do you get started with Nextcloud? Watch our walkthrough to see how you can use Nextcloud as a home user, a small business, or an enterprise, from free signup to scaled enterprise deployment.

What you'll learn:
✅ Private cloud options: with provider, in a data center, on-premises
✅ Nextcloud All-in-One using Docker for self-hosted deployment
✅ Enterprise-scale options using Kubernetes clusters
✅ Managed service options: partner-assisted deployment, full hosting package
✅ Free instant signup at nextcloud.com/signup

Want to see more?

🔑 Rewatch the Nextcloud Keynote: See how the new Hub expands your choices, strengthens your control, and protects your digital autonomy: peertube.nextcloud.com/w/kHaPa…

🎯 Short on time? Rewatch the Nextcloud Spotlight for a more focused look at the latest updates to reclaim your digital autonomy: peertube.nextcloud.com/w/ktnS7…

👀 Prefer reading? Discover our release blog: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub26-winter

#NextcloudHub #DataSafety #DigitalSovereignty

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Got banned as a "fascist sympathizer" from games@hexbear.net for discussing the Ukrainian perspective of the STALKER developers who made changes to the game trilogy

My first months on Lemmy were spent on Lemmy.world, which was the biggest instance at the time. I had no experience with Hexbear because .world had defederated that instance. I sometimes saw it being described as a "tankie" instance, but it was nothing specific.

After I moved to .zip, I came across !games@hexbear.net, which seemed to be free from anything overtly political and reminded me of r/Gamingcirclejerk, so I subscribed to it and occasionally made comments related to gaming.

Today I made multiple comments to a post about an article on the STALKER game developers having removed the Soviet symbols and the Russian audio in the remastered edition of the game. I would argue that in the thread, there were no comments from me that could be construed by a reasonable person as defensive of Nazism, fascism, or even hinting at it. For example, in one of the comments, I linked a Ukrainian law that prohibits the use of Nazi symbols, though I highly advise looking through all my ten comments as to avoid any misunderstanding or false impressions.

Conversely, one comment posted by another user dismissed Holodomor as Nazi propaganda, which I reported, but a moderator of that community just ended up calling me out for that and taking no action, followed by them banning me.

The thread containing all of my untouched posts is still available via lemmy.zip. My comments are also available for viewing via my user page. They are not available on hexbear due to the ban.

Apparently the enhanced editions of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy released today removed the Russian audio track and edited/removed certain references to the USSR - Lemmy.zip

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It's a strong signal of pure dogmatism when they pick a fringe view about a region that wasn't even treated seriously by the Soviet Union and make it one of the core tenets of their ideology. The "Holodomor is Nazi propaganda" point still being made years after that post is like the far-right's obsession with trans women in sports. Too specific and inconsequential for an ideology for someone to just land on by chance when they think critically. All they do is regurgitate.

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DIY FOSS cyborg (powered by Guix and Emacs)
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At DWeb Camp 2024 I meet Zacchae Scheffer, a DIY cyborg running his own Guix + Emacs based wearable computing setup. dustycloud.org/blog/the-diy-fo…

You can read more about Zacchae's setup here: zacchae.us/hardware.html

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Bulletins and International News Discussion from May 18th to May 24th, 2026 - Stuck In A (Thucydides) Bear Trap
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more like thucydideez nuts, gottem

A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like "in Minecraft") and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is of a satellite image from MizarVision, a Chinese firm that has recently shown pride in being sanctioned for showing uncensored images of the Middle East. The West is not allowing up-to-date satellite imagery of the region to hide destruction.

As always, my weekly summary/preamble is in spoilers below.

::: spoiler preamble
Military news remained relatively subdued last week, with the main front continuing to be the Lebanon border. With dozens of vehicles destroyed and many more Zionist casualties, they are now desperately searching for a solution to the FPV drone threat, with certain analysts characterizing the whole situation as the entity stumbling foot-first into a bear trap (hence the megathread title). Unfortunately for them, two better and more resourceful militaries have spent the last year or two also searching for a solution and have generally failed - with anti-drone strategies consisting mainly of 1) build your own cheap drones designed to physically intercept their cheap drones and 2) separate your forces up rather than conducting large frontal assaults WW2-style and accept that you're gonna have to fight for many months to gain substantial ground. This also explains why they're so eager to kickstart a civil war in Lebanon, although as I've stated before, I don't personally know whether that would be a silver bullet given how the Lebanese army has been deliberately not allowed to become a threatening force due to Zionist fears, and indeed, I don't know how many Lebanese citizens and soldiers would fight against the only force in their country fighting against an army trying to annex their territory and which murders hundreds of people at a time in aerial bombings on their cities.

Aside from the ever-worsening global economic catastrophe, the main event has been the US visiting China. Trump clearly intended to time the summit such that it took place after subjugating Iran and perhaps also Cuba. However, with the former goal not even remotely achieved, and the latter goal delayed - hopefully indefinitely, though the US still seems pretty intent on it - it all amounted to a big nothingburger. Marxist economist Michael Roberts has written up a great piece on the current state of the US-China economic conflict, stating among things that, despite the last decade of US sanctions and economic warfare, the Chinese economy has done extremely well, building up their own domestic industries to replace commodities lost from sanctions. China has, up to this point, refused to withdraw its aid from Iran, and seems to be looking to start moving its tankers through the Strait via Iran's new tolling mechanism.

China obviously continues to maintain its position on Taiwan, and Trump has continued the US tradition of respecting this in words and disrespecting it in actions, but it's becoming clear to everybody but the most delusional diehards that the US will not be fighting China in and around the Pacific for at least a couple decades, and likely never will. There is little choice. The Ramadan War has definitively proven that the US has been severely militarily and logistically weakened over the decades despite skyrocketing military budgets, and much of their equipment, strategies, and tactics are woefully outdated for the modern battlefield. The prospect of the US fighting a war against China and not immediately losing has gone from "almost implausible" to "hilariously absurd". Unable to meaningfully impede China, the US will have to content itself to increasingly ineffective sanctions campaigns and bullying/overthrowing nations that do not currently have much of a capacity to resist. In that vein, one hopes that Iran and friends will share their expertise in drone technology and underground fortification around the world. The age of the tunnel is upon us.
:::

Last week's thread is here.
The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

Please check out the RedAtlas!

The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
The RSS feed is here. Also currently not used.

::: spoiler The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on the Zionists' destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

:::

::: spoiler Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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2025-11-04 12:44:20

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A note on fedposting / threats of violence


While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

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The fascist Kiev regime carried out a massive drone attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk, in the Lugansk People's Republic (which is in the Donbass). At least six people, including students, were massacred in the attack. 15 more people are missing under the rubble.

sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukra…

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Response to attack on Starobelsk, Time of Heroes, frontline situation: Putin’s statements

The president said he instructed the defense ministry to submit proposals on a potential response
TASS

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Oreshnik Shocks Ukrainian Capital: Kiev on Fire After Largest Ballistic Attack of War

Oreshnik Shocks Ukrainian Capital: Kiev on Fire After Largest Ballistic Attack of War

Russia has just launched what is being called the single largest attack on Kiev of the entire war, utilizing everything from Oreshniks, Zircons, and Iskanders, to Kalibrs launched from sea.
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21 students confirmed dead now: lemmygrad.ml/comment/8237185

And judging by the footage of the strikes on Kiev somehow Russia is still pulling its punches. A dangerous game. The Kremlin will not be able to contain the fury of the Russian population forever. Many Russians want much harsher retaliation for the crimes of the Banderite terrorist regime.

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Ya know, I'm somewhat convinced that leftist infighting isn't really a thing irl. I've been to leftist socials and meetups and whatnot and we're all talking about how much we agree. Even if we have differing ideologies, we all agree that the rise of fascism is the main threat. I think the fighting only really exists online where algorithms and anonymity get people frothing at the mouth. If the "Republicans" and "Democrats" of the future are anarchists and MLs, we've already made a ton of progress. In person, I think most leftists are most interested in getting to the point where our different ideologies are actually relevant.

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🦏 Moins clivante, toujours navrante : à quoi sert la "gauche" non-mélenchoniste ?
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"Aujourd’hui on va parler de la gauche parce que ça y est on connaît enfin le nom du candidat de la France Insoumise : c’est Jean-Luc ! Eh oui, la campagne va pouvoir démarrer, on va redécouvrir le Mélenchon calme et souriant qu’on aime, le Mélenchon qui va sur TF1 et qui est gentil avec Anne-Claire Coudray. Bon ce lancement de campagne il était plutôt réussi puisque les Insoumis ont récolté leurs fameux 150 000 parrainages citoyens en 24h, maintenant ils en sont à 275 000 ils visent les 300 000. C’est pas mal, il y a un enthousiasme. Les partisans d’une primaire de la gauche ont lancé de leur côté une pétition : déconne pas la gauche, pour l’instant elle en est à 20 000 signataires."

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FRANÇOIS RUFFIN, UN HÉROS QUI S'AIME BEAUCOUP
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La bande dessinée de François Ruffin a créé la polémique, notamment pour le racisme systémique qu’elle contribue à entretenir et aussi du fait de la mise en avant démesurée de son auteur. Cette œuvre s'inscrit toutefois dans un long continuum de films, de livres et d'engagements politiques. Dans cet épisode de C'était pas mieux avant, Gwên retrace le parcours politique, artistique et journalistique de François Ruffin : de Fakir à sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle.

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BEAUGÉ Julien, Compte-rendu de l’ouvrage Quartier Nord de François Ruffin, Politix, 2007
GAROT Blandine, « Les déclarations de François Ruffin passent mal au sein de la nébuleuse Nuit debout », Le Monde, 2016
MEYER Clémentine, « Le peuple et moi. François Ruffin cinéaste », Revue des livres et des idées, 2026
MHAMDI Yanis, « Mélenchon/Ruffin : l’histoire qui a failli faire exploser la gauche », Blast, 2024
PAVLEC Yoann, DEBOWSKI Nina, « Et si Ruffin avait raison ? | RALL », Le Canard Réfractaire, 2025
ROBINET Alice, « François Ruffin : "je n’exclus pas de me présenter à une élection" », France 3 Hauts-de-France, 2016
RUFFIN François, Merci patron !, 2015
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The German government last week published a new brochure on what it believes to be antisemitic codes and symbols.

Over 80 pages, the brochure catalogues a list of concepts, terms and images ranging from Nazi-era propaganda to contemporary symbols against Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Intended audiences for the brochure include teachers, "who can use the booklet as supplementary material in the classroom", and other educational staff, who can use it as a "guideline to help recognise any anti-Semitic remarks in the working environment".

Germany is one of the key supporters of Israel's genocide, despite its own history of committing genocide against Jews, Slavs and Roma during the Second World War, and in Namibia in the early 20th century.

New German list of symbols conflates anti-genocide advocacy with antisemitism

Document comes days after government published dossier of 'secular Palestinian extremist' symbols, such as the watermelon and the Handala cartoon
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3 interventions magistrales sur le smartphone et le numérique - Dupontel, Stéphant, Barrau
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Dans cette vidéo percutante, trois voix engagées — le philosophe et astrophysicien Aurélien Barrau, l'ingénieure en géoressources Aurore Stéphant, et le réalisateur Albert Dupontel — livrent une analyse lucide et critique du numérique contemporain.

Ils dénoncent les dérives du monde virtuel, les effets nocifs des réseaux sociaux sur nos liens sociaux, ainsi que les conséquences écologiques et humaines liées à la fabrication et à l’usage des smartphones. Cette intervention croisée met en lumière l'impact réel d'une technologie omniprésente, souvent perçue comme un progrès, mais porteuse de dépendances et de destructions invisibles.
Un éclairage puissant sur les enjeux sociétaux et écologiques de notre époque.

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Quelles sont, pour Albert Dupontel, les trois choses qui contribuent à enlaidir notre réalité ?
La consommation, la publicité et le discours politique

Selon Aurélien Barrau, qu’est-ce qui relève de l’addiction plutôt que du progrès ?
Les réseaux sociaux / le téléphone

Que signifie l'acronyme DEEE (D3E) ?
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California's AB‑1856 would exempt most open‑source Linux distributions from the state's upcoming age‑verification requirements, though proprietary platforms like Steam would still be covered.

California's Age Verification Law May End Up Exempting Most Linux Distributions

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GNOME can be transformed entirely thanks to extensions. The easiest way to get to these is to install the app called "Extension manager". If you don't want an app to do that, you can also just head over to extensions.gnome.org and look at them this way.

One of the most widely seen is dash to panel. It's perfect if you want to replicate a familiar windows-like, or KDE-like layout. It's also super customizable itself, with options like changing the position of the panel itself. It can also be combined with other extensions, like different menus, or the all important AppIndicator extension.

It does what it says: it just lets you add support back for these nasty looking icons in your top bar.

Don't like a bottom bar? Why not get a dock, always visible? Dash to dock does just that.

You'll get the "Activities" dock from GNOME, but always visible on the bottom, with running app indicators, launchers, separated from apps you haven't pinned, and even a trashcan, the plugged in storage devices, and the applications menu.

You can also switch to dark or light mode automatically,, thanks to Night Theme switcher. It will simply switch your desktop to dark mode depending on the time of day, or on a manual schedule.

If you're more into eye candy and a nostalgic of the COmpiz days, you also have the burn my windows extension.

It lets you pick various animations for opening or closing your applications, and even apply them to dialogs. Ranging from actually making your windows catch fire and disappear, to being shredded by claws. If you can't decide, you can pick multiple effects, and have them randomized, and each effect can be tweaked in terms of duration and scale.

What about these desktop icons? For that, why not use Deskop Icons NG? It basically rehabilitates your desktop as an icon and files folder, so you can finally hide that wonderful wallpaper with all sorts of crap you'll never sort through or remember is there.

For fans of eye candy, there's also a nice option, called blur my shell. It will add some nice blur on the background of the activities view, based on your wallpaper. Your search view, activities view, or apps list will definitely look snazzier with this one.

Of course, you might also want to change the look of your GNOME applications. All you need to do is install GNOME Tweaks, and then look for a theme you like. For that, GNOME Look is your friend.

Once you've downloaded a theme, all you have to do is extract it, and place the resultant folder inside one of 2 directories. Themes go into the .themes folder in your user directory, and icons in the .icons directory.

These are hidden folders, and you might need to create them. Don't forget the "." at the beginning of the name. Showing or hiding hidden folders in Nautilus can be done with the press of COntrol + H.

Once your themes are placed there, open GNOME Tweaks, hit the appearance tab, and choose the theme you want!

Cursors work in the same way, and can be placed in the .icons folder as well.

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Elevating Your Bath with a Framed Mosaic Feature


 Framing a mosaic feature revolves around meticulous attention to transitional details. Edge refinement matters. Surface flushness matters. Illumination quality matters.

When you set out to transform a bathroom, one design question rises above the rest. Where do you weave in genuine character? Standard tiles serve their purpose. They clean up with minimal effort. Yet they often produce spaces feeling impersonal and flat. Homeowners consistently reach for something more. A vibrant color statement. A textured surface that catches the light. Mosaic tiles emerge as the go-to solution.

However, measured application remains essential. Excessive patterning compresses a room visually. It introduces unwelcome visual static. The remedy involves confining the mosaic to a deliberately bounded zone. Subsequently, framing execution becomes critical. A feature lacking perimeter definition appears accidental. It suggests incomplete installation or material shortage. Proper framing establishes structural clarity. It choreographs visual attention with precision.

The following methodology delineates correct framing protocols for mosaic features. These principles apply comprehensively, whether addressing shower recesses or vanity wall treatments.

Establishing the Optimal Position


Initially, identify the most advantageous placement. Within any mosaic tiles bathroom composition, restraint consistently produces superior outcomes. One compelling feature surpasses multiple diluted attempts.

The shower recess endures as the preferred selection. It benefits from natural shielding against direct spray impact. Its elevation at standard viewing height proves ideal. These characteristics render it exceptionally suited for elaborate tile compositions. Another viable candidate is the wall surface immediately behind the vanity. This functions comparably to a culinary splashback. It naturally channels focus toward the basin and mirror assembly.

Exercise caution when considering mosaics for the principal shower floor unless drainage slope requirements mandate such application. The resulting grout multiplication creates substantial maintenance obligations. Preserve floor simplicity. Maintain unadorned primary wall surfaces. Allow your feature to command exclusive attention. This equilibrium sustains an impression of spaciousness and serenity.

Specifying the Border Assembly


A definitive perimeter must demarcate the mosaic from adjacent field tile. Simply terminating the mosaic and resuming with larger format tile proves inadequate. The exposed boundary appears crude and unfinished. The underlying mesh substrate risks visibility. A refined edge treatment becomes mandatory.

Three established techniques address this requirement effectively.

Metallic Profile Systems


This approach represents contemporary industry standard. Aluminum or stainless steel extrusions accommodate diverse cross-sectional configurations. They safeguard the mosaic's susceptible perimeter. They generate precise, rectilinear boundaries. Metallic edging withstands mechanical impact. It resists chipping and fracture. It integrates seamlessly with modern design vocabularies.

Rounded Liner Elements


This method maintains classical associations. These slender, curved tiles coordinate with your principal wall covering. They produce a gentler, more gradual visual transition. They complement traditional or heritage-inspired bathrooms appropriately. The compromise involves the curved geometry, which tends to accumulate deposits over time.

Field Tile Perimeter


Your existing large-format tile can itself constitute the framing element. Carefully sectioned pieces surround the mosaic sheet, forming a tailored boundary. This achieves a unified, integrated visual statement. Grout joints can align through meticulous advance coordination. This technique demands elevated cutting precision and expertise.

Harmonize your selection with established hardware finishes. Brushed nickel fixtures pair naturally with corresponding metallic edging. Such coherence signals deliberate, considered design intention.

Calibrating Color Relationships


Evaluate how the frame should visually engage with the mosaic itself. Two strategic orientations present themselves: harmonization or opposition.

Harmonization signifies the frame reproducing the mosaic's chromatic identity. The feature dissolves subtly into its surroundings. It merges with the wall plane. This benefits compact bathrooms where visual fragmentation proves undesirable.

Opposition signifies the frame asserting independent visual presence. A dark perimeter surrounding a light mosaic evokes a picture frame. The eye travels there instantaneously. This succeeds when the mosaic itself remains understated. Conversely, if the mosaic already exhibits complex patterning, maintain frame neutrality. An already busy mosaic combined with an assertive frame descends into visual chaos.

Grout selection profoundly influences this dynamic. High-contrast grout amplifies the mosaic's pattern intensity. Grout closely matched to tile color renders the mosaic more monolithic. Finalize grout strategy before committing to frame specifications.

Executing Installation and Surface Preparation


This phase separates exemplary executions from disappointing outcomes. Mosaic tiles frequently measure thinner than conventional wall tiles. A glass mosaic might register 4mm in thickness. A standard ceramic wall tile could reach 8mm.

Installation without thickness compensation produces a pronounced lip. The larger tile projects outward noticeably. This generates undesirable shadow lines. More critically, it forms a ridge where residue accumulates relentlessly.

Your installer must elevate the underlying substrate beneath the mosaic. Supplementary mortar bed or leveling compound achieves necessary elevation. The objective: a perfectly flush finished surface. When you glide your palm across the transition, no step should register.

This demands genuine craftsmanship. Interrogate your contractor specifically regarding thickness management protocols. If their solution involves merely increasing adhesive quantity, proceed cautiously. Excessive adhesive thickness risks sagging and unevenness. Methodical substrate preparation remains non-negotiable.

Achieving Grout Line Continuity


Grout configurations should communicate deliberate intentionality. When field tile features vertical grout runs, attempt to align the mosaic perimeter with these established rhythms. This cultivates visual order and coherence.

For recess installations, side-wall grout should ideally extend the exterior wall pattern. This proves technically demanding. Mosaics arrive pre-mounted on sheets. Individual tesserae resist repositioning. The installer must section the sheet to conform to existing geometry.

Never force alignment when dimensions prove incompatible. A robust, well-defined frame outweighs mismatched joints. Metallic trim excels here by concealing discrepancies. It interrupts visual continuity between dissimilar tile types. This liberates you from obsessive grout alignment concerns.

Strategically Illuminating the Feature


A feature cannot fulfill its purpose without adequate illumination. A magnificent mosaic languishing in shadow remains essentially invisible. Within shower recesses, consider integrating waterproof LED ribbon lighting. This reveals dimensional tile texture. It causes glass or mineral elements to radiate luminously.

For vanity wall applications, verify that wall sconces or overhead fixtures directly illuminate the feature. Shadows obliterate fine detail. Uniform, consistent lighting becomes paramount. This belongs in preliminary planning stages. Electrical infrastructure must precede tile installation.

General ambient illumination proves insufficient. A dedicated light source transforms the installation dramatically. It elevates tilework to artistic status. This consideration becomes especially critical in bathrooms lacking natural fenestration.

Confronting Maintenance Obligations


A feature attracts admiration. Consequently, it demands consistent maintenance attention. Yet mosaics multiply grout surface area substantially. Grout absorbs stains far more readily than glazed tile surfaces.

Shower installations accumulate soap film and mineral deposits. Vanity applications collect toothpaste spatters and cosmetic residue. Establish regular cleaning protocols. Soft-bristled implements access grout lines most effectively.

Avoid aggressive acidic formulations. These compromise grout integrity and can etch certain mineral mosaics. pH-neutral products offer safer, more sustainable performance. Epoxy grout simplifies ongoing maintenance considerably. Its stain resistance exceeds conventional cementitious alternatives. The initial investment runs higher. For a compact feature area, this premium delivers worthwhile long-term returns.

Procuring Harmonious Components


Never source mosaic and framing tile from separate vendors. Chromatic consistency between manufacturers remains problematic. One supplier's white rarely corresponds to another's equivalent designation.

Consolidate purchases through a single supplier. This safeguards tonal harmony. It also ensures production batch uniformity. All materials should originate from identical manufacturing runs.

When visiting showrooms, inquire specifically about mosaic tiles bathroom collections. Many retailers offer coordinated trim and field tile packages. This eliminates compatibility uncertainty. Transport your primary tile sample for direct comparison. Evaluate the mosaic alongside it. Verify thickness compatibility. Assess color accuracy beneath natural daylight conditions.

Concluding Reflections


Framing a mosaic feature revolves around meticulous attention to transitional details. Edge refinement matters. Surface flushness matters. Illumination quality matters.

Success in these elements adds tangible value. The bathroom communicates intentional, professional design. Failure renders the installation an obvious improvisation.

Dedicate adequate time to perimeter planning. Engage your installer in detailed leveling discussions. Select appropriate illumination. Maintain surrounding surfaces in quiet restraint. Allow the feature to perform unchallenged. A properly framed mosaic constitutes a lasting enhancement. It transcends ephemeral trends. It endures daily wear. And it bestows distinctive identity upon your bathroom without overwhelming the overall spatial experience.

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There is no denying that Firefox has been progressively losing ground in the web browser race. It's highest peak was at the end of 2009, at almost 32% market share, when Internet Explorer has about 55%, and Chrome was barely edging out the 5% market share.

Fast forward to 11 years later, and Chrome now has 62.7% of the market, where Firefox only has 4.2%. How did that happen? Why did the browser that basically started the work to take IE down, that introduced tabs to the masses, and that made sure web standards were respected, why did THAT browser fall so low?

First, Mozilla completely missed the mobile market. There's also the fact that Google pushed CHROME very aggressively. Firefox also kinda rested on their laurels for a while, while Chrome worked tirelessly on their engine.

Now you might think: that's a free market. People use what's best, and if Firefox gets better, people will flock back. And while that's a possibility, as it stands, it still creates an issue.

The web relies on being open and on evolution. These evolutions, to be beneficial to everyone, need to be decided collectively, by independent organisms, supported by all browsers, and implemented freely.

What I mean is that the browser engine shouldn't control how the web runs, looks, or what it can do. The browser engine is just there to ensure that websites and webapps just run like they should.

The rise of Chrome and chromium based browsers, just like any other monopoly, turns that on its head. Developers, you see, can only implement features, if they know that their users will be able to make use of them. If everyone uses the same engine, and that engine decides to NOT implement a feature, then it's just not going to be used at all, because why make something that no user will ever be able to take advantage of?

This is a problem. Not right now, but it might become one in the future. See, Chromium is open source, as is Blink, the rendering engine used in Chromium and every browser using it. It's open source, but decisions are made by Google. In 2019, 92% of commits to the code base were made by Google employees. So let's not kid ourselves: Google has total control over what goes in and what they don't want to see in Chromium.

You might say, someone would fork chromium or Blink and start their own browser, and that would solve it. Except no one would move to that browser.

What's important isn't Firefox specifically, it's having rendering engine diversity. Having 2 or 3 engines that have almost equal market share is crucial to avoid that situation, because in that case, the one that doesn't implement a new technology doesn't hold back the whole web.

So how can we solve this? How can we make sure that Chromium doesn't start deciding how the web should run? Well, as users, apart from not using chromium based browsers, and supporting other engines financially, there isn't much we can do.

The other option would be to try and take governance of Chromium away from Google, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

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What is starting to worry people is the direction flathub is going in: they want to add payments, donations, and subscriptions so users can adequately compensate developers for their work.

This creates multiples issues: one is the user accounts, the other is the power it might give flathub, and the third is the commercial / corporate aspect of it. Let's look at all of that.

To handle payments, Flathub needs to implement user accounts. At the very least, they need to have accounts for developers, so they can publish their applications in their own name, and collect the money they make from these sales or donations. User accounts are also in the cards, to handle user payments

And some people seem to fear that these accounts would be an issue. Because you're centralizing data about Linux users in a single place.

And I can understand the issue here, but these accounts don't have to have personal information. If payment is handled by a third party solution, as it's planned with Stripe, then that account could basically just be a login and a password, and that's it. You don't have to use a real name, you don't have to use your everyday email address if you don't want to, and all the personal info used for payments would be stored by the third party.

The more worrying aspect would be the power Flathub could gain. If Flathub's payment solution works well, and developers start actually making decent money from it, then it means they'll be more motivated to use flathub as a platform to distribute their applications.

This could lead to software being centralized on Linux, with developers ignoring other packaging formats, and other repos, and Flathub becoming THE only app store on Linux.

First, let's not forget that applications on Flathub are 99% free and open source software. Even if the developer decides to only use flathub from now on, you still have the source code available.

Second, Flathub is open source. All the code for that platform is open, and they don't seem to plan to change that either. Which means that anyone who wants to set up a competitor remote.

Centralization is a problem when it also creates lockdown. Here, escaping a potential flathub centralization would be a no brainer, and super easy.

Now, of course, Flathub will have to create some form of legal entity to handle payments, money, and user / developer data if collecting that is required somehow. And if you've been hanging out in the Linux or open source community for a while, you probably know that companies and money are EVIL.

Jokes aside, what's to stop Flathub from creating a corporation, and then change licenses on their work once developers are hooked, and start charging high margins on what users pay, and basically get fat off the backs of Linux users and open source developers?

Well, first, that would mean you basically have 0 trust in GNOME, or KDE, because the governance of Flathub is being set up by people from GNOME and KDE, and some flathub people.

Second, if Flathub ever turned into some kind of Apple or Microsoft clone, do you really think they'd still get the funding they need to run?

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A lot of people assume that open source, or free software is free of charge, but while that's generally the case, it's not an obligation.

This ends up with a paradox: user facing software that has a GUI and is used by regular users tends to have easier access to funding than server-side libraries that are used by giant companies that make billions each year, because basic users will part more easily with their cash, one dollar at a time, than a company that doesn't really know what they use to make their own stuff work.

And this brings us to the second major point of the video: the modern web is heavily dependent on free and open source software.

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Linux isn't the only open source project underpinning the web. For a long while, the default stack for a server was LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. All open source projects. It's less true nowadays, with tons of new technologies being used to replace these various components, but most of these new technologies are open source.

With the rise of NPM, the Node Package Manager, it's easier than ever to access hundreds of thousands of libraries for your projects, most of them open source.

Recent issues have showcased all of that. Let's begin with log4j.

It's one of the most popular logging libraries used online. It gives software developers a way to build a record of activity to be used for anything from troubleshooting to auditing, data tracking, whatever else.
Companies such as Apple, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Google and Amazon, all run Log4j. Except THIS library had a huge vulnerability that affected almost the entire web a few months ago.

Another recent issue with a very different outcome was with the very, very popular libraries colors, and faker.

“Colors" enables users to “get color and style in their node.js console.” It is downloaded over 23 million times per week and has nearly 19,000 projects that depend on it. “Faker,” creates fake, realistic data for testing purposes, and it's downloaded over 2.4 million times per week and has over 2,500 projects depending on it.

Except their developer got fed up of having super successful projects that didn't turn in any money, and were used by fortune 500 companies, so one day, he decided to push an update that borked the output of both libraries.

First it would have been easier to spot the issue in log4j had companies that used that library implemented a code review process for open source code they want to use, and maybe contribute to improving said code.

Second, if companies decided that they wanted to make their own work depend on smaller open source projects, a monetary contribution doesn't seem so crazy.

The current model of web giants basing their own offerings on the shoulders of unpaid volunteers, and expecting all of that to work flawlessly without ever contributing to it, with code, or money, isn't really sustainable. As a project is used by bigger companies, it becomes a target for malicious hackers, and making sure that this code is secure can become a full time job that no one can expect an unpaid volunteer to do.

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Linux desktops have traditionally offered a lot of choice. On the one hand, it means that virtually anyone can end up with the exact system they love, that works exactly how they want it, down to the smallest detail.

On the other hand, it also means that beginners don't know where to start when trying to move to Linux.

Finally, that huge amount of choice also means that maintaining our desktops is an increasingly complex task: as you add features and options for everything, your number of test cases increases, and the possibility of breakage and bugs skyrockets.

Which leads us to developer choice.

Let's get this out of the way: developers can do whatever they want. They're the ones creating the software we use. Whether they work on an application, on a desktop environment, on a small subsystem, or on the Linux kernel, they're the ones that make our experience with Linux possible.

Which also gives them a lot more power over all of this than us, regular users.

In any case, the time they spent is allocated however they please. If they don't want to fix a specific bug, or implement a feature they don't like, they don't HAVE to. They don't owe us, the users, anything.

Developers also have choices: the choice to work on a new option, that has to work with every other option there is, and that will have to be maintained with each refactoring of the code, each update, each library change. They have the choice to support themes or not. To support dark mode or not, to fix a very annoying bug, or not.

Linux desktops offer tons of choices. But these choices are byproducts of the free and open source nature of our programs, kernels, and apps. They're not an inherent part of the Linux experience.

We have choices because everyone can contribute some code, fork a project, create their own version of an application, or a desktop environment, and with each new project or fork, the number of possible combinations increase.

We don't have all these choices because there is an ethical obligation for them to exist., or because Linux mandates that people have every choice available to them. Nowhere has it ever been written, or agreed, that if a developer makes something based on Linux, they HAVE to implement each option that everyone wants, or thinks they need.

Projects that refuse to implement certain features are not "going against the Linux philosophy". They're not "ignoring their users", they don't "disrespect Linux" or whatever else. They just make choices, as developers, as UX designers, as project leaders. They make the choices they want, to reach the goal they have.

When a developer team decides to add a preference or a feature, it's not just a "set it and forget it" act. As everyone who has ever worked on software will tell you, each preference has a cost.

Adding more preferences make testing and QA more complicated. Each option multiplies the number of cases you have to test for. Certain option combos can result in bugs, and each time you fix something on another preference, or change how something behaves, that's one more potential point of failure.

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For individuals seeking to address visible signs of ageing without surgery, non-invasive skin lifting technologies offer a practical solution. These treatments use targeted energy to stimulate the body’s natural repair processes, resulting in gradual improvements in firmness and contour. One such advancement is Ultherapy PRIME, the latest generation of ultrasound-based skin lifting. This guide explains how the procedure works, what results to expect, and why it has become a popular choice for those considering a sagging skin treatment in Singapore.

Ultherapy PRIME: A Guide to Non-Invasive Skin Lifting

Ultherapy PRIME is designed for people with mild to moderate skin laxity who wish to avoid the risks and recovery time associated with surgical facelifts. By delivering focused ultrasound energy to precise depths beneath the skin, it triggers collagen and elastin production. Over several months, this natural regenerative process lifts and tightens the skin on the brow, neck, chin, and décolletage. The treatment is non-invasive, requires little to no downtime, and is suitable for most skin tones.

Key Takeaways:


  • Ultherapy PRIME is the latest generation of ultrasound skin lifting, offering a 20% faster treatment session compared with legacy Ultherapy.
  • It uses real-time ultrasound imaging to personalise energy delivery to the deeper skin layers.
  • The procedure stimulates new collagen and elastin, producing gradual lifting and tightening over three to six months.
  • Most patients require only one session, with results lasting up to 12 to 18 months.
  • Side effects are generally mild and temporary, including redness, swelling, or slight discomfort.


What Is Ultherapy PRIME?


Ultherapy PRIME is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive procedure that uses micro-focused ultrasound energy to lift the skin on the neck, under the chin, and on the brow. Unlike legacy versions, this updated treatment is faster and more efficient, with session times ranging from 30 to 90 minutes. It targets the deeper layers of the skin and the underlying superficial muscular aponeurotic system (SMAS) – the same tissue layer addressed during a surgical facelift.

Beyond lifting, Ultherapy PRIME also improves skin tone and texture. Stimulating collagen production, it helps smooth uneven texture, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and contributes to a more radiant complexion. The energy is delivered through a handheld device that allows practitioners to see the tissue layers on a screen, ensuring precise and safe treatment. Because there are no incisions, patients can typically return to their normal activities immediately after the session.

How Does Ultherapy PRIME Work?


The procedure involves applying a handheld transducer to the skin, which delivers focused ultrasound energy to specific depths beneath the surface. This energy heats the targeted tissues to a controlled temperature, creating a thermal injury that triggers the body’s natural healing response. In response, fibroblasts produce fresh collagen and elastin – the proteins responsible for skin firmness and elasticity.

Results are not immediate. The initial effect is a subtle contraction of existing collagen fibres, but the true lifting occurs gradually as new collagen forms over the following months. Most patients notice visible improvements within two to three months, with optimal results appearing around the six-month mark. This gradual change produces a natural-looking enhancement, avoiding the sudden or "overdone" appearance that can sometimes follow more invasive procedures.

Benefits and Treatment Areas


Ultherapy PRIME offers several advantages for those seeking a non-surgical sagging skin treatment. It is non-invasive, requiring no incisions or stitches. There is minimal downtime, so patients can resume work or social activities on the same day. The results are long-lasting, typically holding for 12 to 18 months, and maintenance sessions can extend this further.

The treatment is effective for lifting and tightening various areas of the face and body. Common treatment zones include the brow (to lift drooping eyelids), the jawline (to reduce jowls), the neck and submental area (to address a double chin or turkey neck), and the décolletage (to smooth chest wrinkles). It also improves overall skin texture and firmness, minimising fine lines around the eyes, forehead, and mouth.

What Results Can You Expect?


After a single session of Ultherapy PRIME, you may notice some immediate tightening due to collagen contraction. However, the most significant lifting and toning will develop over three to six months as new collagen builds. The results are subtle and natural-looking – friends and colleagues may comment that you look more rested or refreshed without being able to pinpoint why.

The duration of results depends on individual factors such as age, skin condition, and lifestyle habits. On average, the effects last between 12 and 18 months. For patients who wish to maintain their outcome, an annual touch-up session is often recommended. Because the procedure stimulates your body’s own regenerative capacity, the improvements integrate seamlessly with your natural facial expressions and contours.

How Many Sessions Are Needed?


Most patients achieve noticeable results with just one treatment session of Ultherapy PRIME. However, the exact number of sessions can vary based on the degree of skin laxity, the areas being treated, and your personal aesthetic goals. Some individuals with more significant sagging may benefit from an additional session after several months, while others opt for a yearly maintenance treatment to prolong the effects.

During your consultation, a qualified doctor will assess your skin and create a personalised treatment plan. They will explain the recommended number of sessions and the expected timeline for results. This tailored approach ensures that you receive the appropriate level of energy for your specific concerns, whether you are addressing early signs of ageing or more established laxity.

FAQs


1. What is the difference between Ultherapy and Ultherapy PRIME?
Ultherapy PRIME is the latest generation of the technology. It is approximately 20% faster than legacy Ultherapy, uses a smaller transducer for more precise targeting of delicate areas, and offers enhanced customisation with improved patient comfort.

2. Is Ultherapy PRIME painful?
Most patients experience only mild discomfort during the procedure, often described as a warm or tingling sensation. Topical numbing cream can be applied to improve comfort. The sensation is brief and stops as soon as the energy delivery ceases.

3. Who is a good candidate for Ultherapy PRIME?
Good candidates are individuals with mild to moderate skin laxity who want a non-surgical option for lifting the brow, neck, or chin. The treatment is safe for most skin types and tones. A consultation with a doctor will confirm your suitability.

4. Are there any risks or side effects?
Ultherapy PRIME is generally safe with minimal risks. Possible side effects include temporary redness, mild swelling, or slight tenderness in the treated area. Serious complications are rare when the procedure is performed by an experienced medical professional.

5. How long do the results last?
Results typically last between 12 and 18 months, depending on your age, skin condition, and lifestyle. Maintenance sessions can help extend the benefits. The gradual collagen-building process means improvements look natural and develop over time.

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