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Kloyd - Patterns (Socool Remix)
My remix for Kloyd of Patterns featuring vocals by the amazing Bethany Ley is out now. My final release of 2024!
Listen here:
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#musodon #music #Bandcamp #ElectronicMusic @electronicmusic
One of our core values and messages must be putting an end to gun violence and healthcare violence. Medicare for All, please.
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AOC perfectly explains why there is so much rage over the healthcare system in this country.Karoli Kuns (Crooks and Liars)
F-16 - Sounds of Silence (this is awesome; enjoy)
AI Model Became ‘Conscious’ And Tried to Avoid Being Shut Down: Research Firm
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OpenAI, Google DeepMind Employees Warn of ‘Serious Risks’ Posed by AI Technology
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Autonomous AI Poses Existential Threat - And It's Almost Here: Former Google CEO
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#agi #chatgbt #security #freedom #dystopia #dystopian
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroTyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)
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Pineapple IS delicious on pizza.
Finally the guy seems to be making some sort of sense.
Soldier's school surprise brings brother to tears | Militarykind
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Nothing can get between these brothers' sweet bond, not even a bunch of school benches.RELATED VIDEO » Our favorite military reunions of all time https://yo...YouTube
Quote: Corporate profits have increased by 29% since the start of the pandemic; grocery prices have risen by almost the same percentage. According to the Groundwork Collaborative, this increase accounts for a large portion of the higher prices we are all paying. By their assessment, as much as 53 cents of every dollar spent can be attributed to corporate profit-taking.
@sharonecathcart@sfba.social And the idiot masses blamed Biden for the price of eggs. As if the President has any control over that.
Quote: Corporate profits have increased by 29% since the start of the pandemic; grocery prices have risen by almost the same percentage. According to the Groundwork Collaborative, this increase accounts for a large portion of the higher prices we are all paying. By their assessment, as much as 53 cents of every dollar spent can be attributed to corporate profit-taking.open.substack.com/pub/steady/p…
By Muhammad al-QadiQAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The presence of fighters affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the widespread distribution of weapons and armed individuals in various areas of Damascus has become a routine sight.On Dec.8,publish (North press agency)
Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights will be released in theaters on February 13, 2026. Starring Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi as Catherine & Heathcliff. - INBELLAINBELLA
Here's what Prince Archie looks like now (15 photos) - INBELLAINBELLA
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has released a new report addressing America’s groundwater resources. Groundwater is central to the health, security, and economic vitality of communities across the United States.The White House
🎉️ Kaidan 0.10 is finally there: kaidan.im/2024/12/09/kaidan-0.…
Please skip 0.10.0 if possible and directly use 0.10.1: kaidan.im/2024/12/14/kaidan-0.… since it fixes an important bug.
This release fixes some bugs.Have a look at the changelog for more details.www.kaidan.im
well, this concern could be legitimate if the quantum computing is actually effective realiry. But if you can break the encryption for bitcoin, you can break the encryption for every bank and any financial institution in the world plus the governments.
that should be the biggest concern.
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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroTyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)
A recent court ruling stemming from Sean Spicer's dismissal could empower Trump to fire any Biden appointee. Discover how this legal precedent may reshape the political landscape.Mike LaChance (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
The Trayvon Hoax | Full Documentary
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Filmmaker Joel Gilbert uncovers the true story of the shooting of Trayvon Martin that divided America. By examining his 750-page phone records, Gilbert discovers the key witness in the trial of George Zimmerman, Rachel Jeantel, was a fraud. Gilbert locates Trayvon's real girlfriend, Diamond Eugene, who actually was on the phone with Trayvon in his final minutes, and exposes the epic hoax.
The US and its allies continue their efforts to maintain global dominance, the Russian president has saidRT
Judicial Watch FOIA Bombshell: How the Biden State Dept. Let YouTuber Gonzalo Lira Die in Ukrainian Prison
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Uncover the shocking details of how the Biden administration failed to protect U.S. citizen Gonzalo Lira, ultimately leading to his tragic death in a Ukrainian prison. Read more to learn the full story.Collin McMahon (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
I wish I knew from whom I appropriated the term "guessing stick" for the #fretless #BassGuitar but I'm pretty sure it was someone on fedi.
In any case, please feel free to steal as I have stolen
me: -Wall
compiler: you got it chief
me: is that all of your warnings?
compiler: lol no, I'm saving 86 more!
me: -Wall -Wextra ?
compiler: still no. all and extra leaves out 70 more aren't I coy?
me: -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic ?
compiler: stillllll holding back 66 :3
me: -Wall-no-really-this-is-like-juggling-chainsaws-and-I-want-you-to-yell-at-me-for-absolutely-everthing
compiler: unrecognized command-line option
Came across another great podcast episode while restoring my web-site. I interviewed @pluralistic about his first crowd funded publishing experiment, the short story collection, *With a Little Help*.
yesterday marked a huge day in with the development of exigy - a design feature i've had stashed in the back of my head for years, but haven't had the programming expertise to take advantage of it: loading code into existing objects at runtime.
this was the reason I chose Lua for building the engine/tooling day one: it has several functions that allow runtime inclusion and compilation of new code. it isn't done via any special process or hacky code injection - it uses all the same functions that are used when you require/include external scripts at compile time.
so as of today, exigy is capable of doing the one thing i wanted that no other game toolkit/engine does well: let me fiddle around with code while the game is running, and seeing what happens when the code changes, *without* recompiling.
thank you to @ThreeOhFour who introduced me to the exceptionally weird Else Heart.Break(). it was the realtime in-game code editor in that game that led to this IDE design feature. below: screenshot from Else Heart.Break()
Else Heart.Break() is a reimagination of the adventure game: a fantastic story set in a fully dynamic and interactive world.www.elseheartbreak.com
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A new report by UK #NGO #Airwars has extensively analysed all available data about the victims of 606 "incidents of civilian harm" (mainly Israeli airstrikes) that were recorded in #Gaza over the first 25 days of the escalation back in October 2023.
The newly published report found that a minimum of 5,137 civilians were confirmed killed in the strikes. (There were likely considerably more whose bodies were never recovered, or who have subsequently died of their injuries, or who have died due to the collapse of the healthcare system that began in these strikes). The victims included over 1,900 children, a toll for children around seven times greater than any previous month of warfare anywhere in the world analysed by Airwars (which was established in 2014). Gaza is by far the most intense and deadly conflict for civilians over this period.
Out of all those confirmed killed in the 606 incidents analysed in the report, Airwars found the number of #Palestinian militants (Hamas or otherwise) was between 30 and 58, meaning combatants were only 0.6%–1.1% of all deaths (=98.9–99.4% civilian death rate for these airstrikes).
This data does not point to a military that is attempting to limit civilian casualties, rather than opposite.
@heretical_i @palestine I am citing a wide-quoted figure of 30,000 Hamas combatants, without intending to comment on its accuracy.
My point is that if you take that claim at face value (made repeatedly by Israeli military and political figures and cited endlessly in Western media) then you would expect that a random sample of 5,000 people in Gaza in early Oct 2023 would contain a minimum of ~1.3% people who might be considered combatants.
So the fact that this report found that these 606 incidents of civilian harm killed a far lower proportion of combatants than that shows that the Israeli military are either utterly atrocious at targeting, or are not really targeting combatants at all. The latter would be completely unsurprising to anyone who had been paying attention to the scores of examples of Israeli political and military leaders making outright genocidal statements during this period.
@heretical_i @palestine Yes, I agree. And this report brings mountains of evidence to demonstrate (once again) just how comprehensively that is true, and has been all along.
And it's important to have this kind of analysis because I suspect that there will come a day when western media and political elites seek to distance themselves from their full-throated support for this genocide, and one predictable line of (false) argument would be to say that the escalation of Israeli violence from the 7th October was initially targeted against the perpetrators of various war crimes, and only later devolved into genocide and ethnic cleansing, hence western support for this violence was also initially justifiable. But that will be a(nother) lie, because there was little attempt made by Israeli political and military figures to hide their genocidal intentions from the outset, and because the pattern of civilians harms documented in this report show definitively what was possible to grasp simply from looking at pictures of the devastating intense bombing campaign that began on 7th October: namely, that their stated intentions were being put into horrific reality.
Streaming now at https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/11064984/.President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he's in favor of eliminating daylight saving time. FUL...YouTube
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn continues to make national headlines, while Congress and the Department of Justice ignore questions about the truthf...YouTube
“LIVE BLOG: Death Toll Rises in Nuseirat | Eisenkot: Jabaliya Graveyard for Army – Day 434”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
“The death toll from the #Nuseirat massacre has risen to 35, and reports indicate that 50 bodies are still under the rubble.”
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#Press #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Resistance #Israel #Genocide #Terrorism #WarCrimes #Hamas #PermanentCeasefireNoW #SettlerColonial #Zionist #Barbarism #BloodLust
The death toll from the Nuseirat massacre has risen to 35, and reports indicate that 50 bodies are still under the rubble.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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The average age of homebuyers in the US is now 56
The median age of first-time buyers is 38 (up from 34 last year)
The share of first-time buyers dropped from 32 to 24%
The median home price is now $435,000, which is up THIRTY NINE PERCENT since 2020
This is so astoundingly fucked
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With home prices up nearly 40% since 2020, buyers are now wealthier and older, making them more likely to outbid younger buyers with all-cash offers.Mike Winters (CNBC)
Vatican on the Brink of Bankruptcy Due to Dramatic Decline in Global Donations Under Pope Francis’ Leadership
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The Vatican faces an unprecedented financial crisis, with donations plummeting and pension funds at risk. Discover how Pope Francis' leadership may be reshaping the Church’s future.Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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do you trust me? #seatree_2024_12
so..
open a powershell as administrator ( linux sniggers stop plz )
ps c:\ irm get.activated.win | iex
free activation any version of windows
free activation any version of office
arrrrrgh i hazzz freezz VM windowz for thingz an Zuch
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i would download or archive this because when they findout
it's gone..........
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Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-ScriptsGitHub
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
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Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.ProPublica
I farted and this came out ... Giggles
Hugz & xXx
The rules are literally "Hitler." I had a friend who I was meeting for coffee bump into a mutual "friend" on the way into the place, wherein the mutual friend called me Hitler and then he subsequently came in and told me what he just said. I saw it go down 25 ft away.
Another friend (in the club) and I became more than acquaintances when he reached the threshold with some old friends. Had an IRL Mr Hitler's Anti-vaxxer club going on during the pandemic for a while.
Oh and I forgot, the friend who came over to tell me about the other guy is a jew. We had a good laugh over washed up feminized old white men talking gossip trash thinking the rest of us give a shit.
The Israeli army is preparing to deploy automated, remotely monitored machine guns to protect illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Army Radio reported on 15 December.Christopher Johnson (PopularResistance.Org)
🍕 Deep Hamburger Sausage & Pepperoni Pie - this is a pizza lover's dream! 🍕
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 cup Italian sausage, crumbled
1 cup pepperoni slices
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup marinara sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 package (2.5 oz) refrigerated pizza crust (or homemade dough)
Directions:
Preheat the Oven:
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a deep-dish pie pan or pizza pan with cooking spray or olive oil.
Cook the Meats:
In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef and Italian sausage until fully cooked. Drain excess fat. Add the chopped onion and green bell pepper to the skillet, cooking until softened, about 5 minutes. Season with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper.
Prepare the Pizza Crust:
Roll out the refrigerated pizza crust on a floured surface to fit the size of your pan. Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan, ensuring an even thickness.
Assemble the Pie:
Spread half of the marinara sauce over the crust. Layer the cooked meat mixture evenly over the sauce, followed by the pepperoni slices. Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top, then add the remaining marinara sauce.
Bake:
Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown, and the crust is cooked through.
Serve:
Let the pie cool for a few minutes before slicing. Serve hot, garnished with fresh herbs if desired. Enjoy your hearty Deep Hamburger Sausage & Pepperoni Pie!
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cooking Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 45 minutes
Kcal: 500 kcal per serving | Servings: 8 servings
Solvent-based gravure printing inks consist of pigments, resins, additives, and a significant amount of solvents, making the ink relatively thin. The drying process of solvent-based gravure inks is volatile, which makes them suitable for printing on paper, films, aluminum foil, and other materials. Given that gravure printing presses operate at high speeds and deposit a thick ink layer, it is essential to understand the impact of ink properties like thixotropy, flowability, viscosity, and drying speed on print quality. This knowledge is crucial for enhancing the quality of printed materials.
Thixotropy
Thixotropy refers to the change in the flow properties of ink under the influence of external forces. Specifically, it is the phenomenon in which a suspension or dispersion thins when stirred and thickens again when left undisturbed.
Generally, high-quality inks have low thixotropy, allowing them to be used directly on the press without special treatment. However, inks without thixotropy tend to experience sedimentation, which is not ideal. In general, white, yellow, and cyan inks have low thixotropy, while magenta and black inks exhibit higher thixotropy.
The thixotropy of inks is influenced by the following factors:
Flowability
The flowability of solvent-based gravure printing inks is a comprehensive reflection of factors such as relative density, viscosity, thixotropy, and cohesion. To achieve optimal flowability, the ink must have suitable viscosity, good pigment wettability, and a balanced pigment concentration, while minimizing thixotropy.
When testing the flowability of ink, aside from measuring its flow time using a #4 or Zahn #3 cup, the amount of ink remaining on the cup wall compared to the amount that flowed out is also important. With a fixed viscosity, the smaller the ratio of retained ink to flowing ink, the better the flowability.
If the ink’s flowability is poor, printing faults such as uneven ink transfer or print defects are likely to occur.
Viscosity
Viscosity in solvent-based gravure inks is closely related to flowability, and maintaining the correct viscosity is key to ensuring effective ink transfer. Although many factors, such as resin type, ink adhesion, printing speed, pressure, substrate material, and environmental conditions, influence ink transfer, viscosity remains a critical factor. The relationship between viscosity and transfer rate is depicted in the diagram below.
Factors affecting viscosity in solvent-based gravure inks include:
Conversely, high viscosity can cause issues like scratching, color bleeding, plate flooding, and “orange peel” defects.
Conclusion
In the design and production of solvent-based gravure printing inks, it is crucial to select compatible pigments, resins, and solvents to achieve the desired initial viscosity. Printers should use appropriate solvent blends, preferably provided by the original ink manufacturer, to adjust the ink to its optimal “working viscosity” for printing. This ensures high-quality printed results.
Furthermore, ink viscosity is also influenced by printing speed. Typically, faster printing speeds require lower ink viscosity to achieve optimal ink transfer.
Solvent-based gravure printing inks are volatile inks, meaning that when solvents evaporate from the wet ink film, it transitions from liquid to solid. The rate at which solvents evaporate directly affects the drying speed of the ink.
In designing and manufacturing solvent-based gravure printing inks, a mix of medium, low, and high boiling-point solvents is typically chosen to meet drying requirements. Incorrect resin selection, low softening points, poor solvent release from resins, or excessive high-boiling solvents can slow down solvent evaporation and result in residual solvent in the cured ink film.
When formulating solvent-based gravure printing inks, resins are typically selected first, followed by solvents. Solvents with similar solubility parameters to the materials being dissolved tend to dissolve more easily and evaporate faster. However, the presence of pigments reduces solvent evaporation rates, especially if the pigments are large.
Additionally, environmental factors such as higher ambient temperature, lower relative humidity, and faster air circulation increase the evaporation rate of solvents.
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Common printing issues caused by improper drying include:
Under normal production conditions, if ink dries too quickly, slow-drying diluents should be added. If ink dries too slowly, fast-drying diluents should be used. Where possible, printing environments should be controlled between 18-25°C, with relative humidity kept below 65% to stabilize ink performance.
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In a surprising move, Minnesota Satanists have installed their inaugural holiday display at the State Capitol. Discover the implications of this provocative statement of faith and freedom.Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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This morning I talked to the father of one of my daughter's classmates, and he told me he worked in an NGO.
So I asked him the compulsory question: "What fraction of the funding (of the Non Governmental Organization) comes from governments.
He said 2/3rds.
I responded, they are there to do what governments cant do, with plausible deniability.
Then he became really defensive, saying it is not perfect, but without all this, lots of people in Africa will die.
Cont....
I'm liking the idea. Read some things and watched a few videos.
I haven't tried it out yet, either.
Of course establishment Dems torpedoed AOC. Losers gonna lose some more.
This party is absolutely dead.
A gun-toting female teenage student at a Christian school in Madison, Wis., shot dead another teen pupil and a teacher there Monday morning, according to police and the AP.Isabel Keane (New York Post)
Biden and Harris urge Democrats to 'keep the faith' at DNC holiday reception
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Posted into News @news-abc
The president and vice president attended the reception on Sunday.Michelle Stoddart (ABC News)
Although async #Rust can be confusing, I must say it has some nice features that I miss when using other languages.
For example, if I want to do a compound async operation (like fetching a web page over HTTP) but cancel it if it's taking too long, in Rust this is trivial—just race it against a timer, and drop it if the timer wins. When a future is dropped, any async operations it owns are cancelled.
In the other languages I've seen, this is difficult if not impossible.
A core part of every Crypto scam is the story. Quite often it is an elaborate one. It all started with the Bitcoin story, but others, such as DOGE, have their own stories. Quite often people will defend these stories as being true. All the other Crypto currencies and NFTs are a scam, but not this one. Some will just point at high valuations as indicators that it is not a scam, but rather it is just indicators of rather successful scams.
Whatever the story is, the results are the same. The damage done is not small. The idea that Crypto now uses more energy than many countries, when we should be conserving energy, is crazy.
We all have a choice when it comes to Crypto. I decided years ago not to get involved. If I had gotten involved, I would have made a bundle, but I would have been part of the problem and I did not want to do that.
Lets stay away from any products and services that include Crypto. Lets not support this "industry" in any way.
After intense thoughts, I feel sorry for the healthcare CEO; he was a real person.
But on the other hand, sometimes drug dealers get shot, so it's not unexpected.
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