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I'm still pissed that I can't add or remove music from my iPod Touch. It's 17 years old, sure, but it works fine. I didn't imagine, when Apple said they were discontinuing support for iPods, that they'd actually *remove functionality.*
Though I also don't know why I'm surprised.
Do you know of any way to get music from your Mac onto an MP3 player? I don't want to use my phone or subscriptions for music, I just want to be able to add a few songs now & again.
Admittedly it's been a few years but back in the day when I had an iPod and an iPod Video I could plug it into my Mac and it mounted as an HFS+ filesystem and I could add and remove files. Install Fuse and the HFS+ filesystem for Fuse on your system and see if you can't mount your iPod that way.
Trump just posted a letter to Truth Social saying he’s imposing a 35% tariff on goods coming from Canada and if Canada retaliates the number will go up. Starting August 1, of course, leaving plenty of time for tacos.
Dear #Canada, Do what you need to do. Real #Americans have your back. Seriously. Don't worry about us. Please destroy Adolf Shitler any way you can. Signed, #America ---
Trump just posted a letter to Truth Social saying he’s imposing a 35% tariff on goods coming from Canada and if Canada retaliates the number will go up. Starting August 1, of course, leaving plenty of time for tacos.
@🏴☠️🌻TurboKitty🌻🏴☠️🇵🇸 Just think, if the Germans had been a tad more efficient, the people in Gaza wouldn't be in the process of being genocided today and there would peace in the middle east.
Just ended a 10 year friendship because they don't want to get angry about "the news" and "both sides" have screwed things up. Also has become antivax and says she would not vaccinate her children now if she had a choice. And finally, is very very resentful of Covid and the pandemic shutting down her life.
The best part: Her SIL is going through the process of acquiring her citizenship after being here undocumented most of her life. She sees no issues with the ICE raids at immigration court and that protestors are violent. WTF.
To be clear I did not state to her that our friendship is over. We just parted ways (neighbor) on what feels like an impossible to overcome standoff. I cannot see how we can still be friends when she doesn't appear to care about the rest of the world.
I’m still not “over” my lost 20 year friendship as best friends due to him becoming sucked in all the conspiracy theories, anti-vax and he just could not go along with my request to not discuss politics or health/medical issues. We texted each other for a good 8 years almost daily. Doubt I’ll ever really understand how he went that way.
I got a tetanus booster and my employer asked me why. I said tetanus was a horrible way to die, and told him about a local kid that had recently had to be put into a coma and chilled in a dark soundproof place until it had run its course. (He survived) Any sensation could trigger bone breaking spasms. Employer, with newborn, questioned whether it was worth the risk.
oh it’s so hard. But there comes a point where you just have to walk away. Friend of over 50 years during the Covid/Trump times and I parted ways. He was like a brother and once he went full anti vax anti mask Trump was all he talked about. It was like if he couldn’t convert me he’d fight me.
Not talking to what was a good friend bc ahe said “those pple are illegals and they are criminals. They need to go back to their country or incarcerated.” I said “yea, that’s what hitler said. Where is your compassion?” She said - “they shouldnt have come here”!!! What the FFFFFFF!!! She is hispanic!!! And her roots are from mexico!!! 😡
When a cancer forms in our life we don't sit around and let it fester and metastasize. No. We nuke the shit out of it with radiation, or we poison it with chemicals, or we cut the son'bitch out because if we don't, we know damn well that cancer will kill us.
Just ended a 10 year friendship because they don't want to get angry about "the news" and "both sides" have screwed things up. Also has become antivax and says she would not vaccinate her children now if she had a choice. And finally, is very very resentful of Covid and the pandemic shutting down her life.
Power disruptions in Singapore, though uncommon, can disrupt business operations, leading to data loss, equipment damage, and downtime. An uninterruptible power supply system is vital for ensuring continuity, but many businesses select systems that fail to meet their needs, resulting in inefficiencies. This article examines common errors in choosing uninterruptible power supplies and provides practical guidance, incorporating structured cabling for a robust infrastructure.
1. Evaluating Power Capacity Needs
Selecting an uninterruptible power supply in Singapore with incorrect capacity is a frequent mistake. Some businesses opt for smaller units, assuming they suffice, only to face insufficient backup power during outages, risking system failures. Others invest in oversized systems, leading to unnecessary costs for unused capacity, impacting budgets without proportional benefits.
Businesses should calculate the power consumption of critical devices, such as servers, computers, and CCTV systems, to ensure the Singapore uninterruptible power supply provides adequate runtime. Consulting an uninterruptible power supply company in Singapore offers expert assessments, aligning the system with specific operational requirements. This ensures cost-effectiveness and reliability.
For example, a retail chain using IT structured cabling for point-of-sale systems and CCTV cameras can collaborate with professionals to determine precise power loads, avoiding capacity mismatches. This approach supports seamless operations and cost-efficiency, essential for Singapore’s competitive business landscape.
2. Focusing on Battery Maintenance
The performance of uninterruptible power supplies relies on battery reliability, yet many businesses neglect battery lifespan and maintenance. Batteries degrade over time, and without regular upkeep, they may fail during outages, leading to data loss or equipment damage. This oversight often becomes apparent during critical moments, disrupting operations.
Businesses should choose an uninterruptible power supply system with durable batteries suited to their power needs. Regular testing and maintenance schedules are crucial to ensure batteries remain functional. Partnering with an affordable uninterruptible power supply in Singapore by Comnet Systems that provides maintenance services helps avoid failures and maintain continuity.
For instance, a logistics firm integrating a structured cabling system for warehouse operations can schedule routine UPS battery checks to ensure reliability during outages. This proactive approach protects critical systems, such as inventory management, and aligns with Singapore’s emphasis on operational efficiency.
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Uninterruptible power supplies protect against power surges and voltage fluctuations that can damage equipment like access control systems in Singapore setups, in addition to providing backup power. Many businesses fail to verify if their UPS includes surge protection, leaving systems vulnerable to electrical damage. This can reduce equipment lifespan and disrupt operations.
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For example, a corporate office using structured cabling for network connectivity and security systems can benefit from a UPS with AVR, ensuring uninterrupted performance of CCTV cameras and access controls. This integrated approach minimizes risks and supports continuity in Singapore’s dynamic market.
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Businesses should prioritize reputable brands with strong warranties and positive customer feedback over price alone. Working with a trusted uninterruptible power supply company in Singapore ensures access to reliable, cost-effective solutions tailored to specific needs. This balances affordability with performance, reducing the risk of failures.
For instance, a small business implementing IT cabling for network expansion can avoid low-quality UPS units by consulting experts who recommend durable systems. This ensures compatibility with structured cabling systems and supports long-term efficiency, vital for Singapore’s competitive market.
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" A significant figure in the American quilting world, Erna O'Shea (1936-2024) was renowned as both a quilt artist and a dedicated fabric collector. Based in Marble Hill, Manhattan, New York, her work, which garnered attention from individuals like YoonSuk Park in 2016, leaves a lasting legacy."
"BREAKING: At least 16 Palestinians, most of them children and their mothers, were killed in an Israeli airstrike as they waited for nutritional aid in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza."
"Horrific scenes as more than ten children lost their legs after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential block in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, killing and injuring many, most of them children."
"In a heart-wrenching scene, more than ten children lost their limbs following an Israeli airstrike on a residential area in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City."
Translation: And when the girl who was buried alive is asked for what sin she was killed… What then of the children of Gaza who are killed morning and evening under the rubble of homes amidst the screams of grieving mothers?!
Translation: Martyrs and injured in the occupation aircraft's targeting of Halima Al-Sadiya School, which shelters displaced people in Jabalia Al-Nazla, northern Gaza
Oregon's Housing Crisis is the fault of "Investors" driving up prices, not a shortage of housing:
From the OR Capital Chronicle:
There is no large crisis in the raw amount or supply of housing. The crisis lies in its price.
In this current decade, Oregon’s population increased only slightly, from about 4.2 million at the decade’s start, to about 4.3 million now, and there’s been no mass destruction of housing. . . .
Legislative Republicans this April complained that in the last three years only about 43,000 building permits for residences had been issued in the state, well below the governor’s plan for 108,000. But the state’s number of households rose by about the same amount during that time. The new construction that happened should, in theory, have been enough to keep up with it.
In 2023 (the most recent year available), Oregon had about 1.75 million “households” with the average household comprising 2.4 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
That same year, the Census counted in the state 1.88 million “housing units” — over 100,000 more housing units than the number of households — including “a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.” It doesn’t include some other residential places, such as trailer and mobile home parks.
The upshot is that Oregon, like most states, has more residential units than households.
And there is no crisis for people of sufficient means. Anyone who can afford to plunk down a half-million or so (which includes many existing homeowners, in or out of state) will not have much trouble finding a house. People below that level, a large part of the population, may find that a house (or in some places apartment rentals, too) are simply out of reach.
The problem with Oregon’s housing crisis is affordability. The median house value in Oregon (which reflects purchase prices) as of May was $540,300, according to online real estate market platform Zillow. One home-buying calculator estimates that if a purchaser puts down 18% for the home — the median downpayment of home buyers in the U.S., according to the National Association of Realtors — they would need to have more than $97,000 saved, and earn more than $120,000 per year to afford their mortgage payments. That means fewer than a fifth of Oregon households could afford a median-priced house based on income. (Sales by owners of currently owned houses could expand that number.)
Despite the limited pool of buyers, prices have climbed and stayed high.
Why?
Oregon’s notably strict laws on land use are often mentioned as a cause of the problem. They may contribute to it, but many other states — such as next-door Idaho — have far fewer building restrictions but still have house pricing problems as bad, or worse, as Oregon’s.
High priced homes can be more profitable for builders and developers, so they build more of them.
But the key explanation for why so many more houses are purchased, compared to the number of local residents who can buy, seems to be that relatively wealthy investors — individuals and especially businesses — are buying large numbers of houses and apartments in Oregon, and around the country.
Many national studies have found as much.
Redfin News, which tracks home sales nationally, said last August that investor home buying has been rising steadily in recent years — about 3% annually — and bought one of every six U.S. homes that sold — purchasing $43 billion worth of properties — and one of every four low-priced homes that sold.
Redfin found that during the 2nd quarter of 2024 in Portland, 13% of homes sold (valued at $511,419,529) were bought by investors, an amount rising in recent years. Many homes are then flipped and resold for still higher prices. All of that activity places upward pressure on sales prices of other homes as well.
A variety of buyers have been among the mass purchasers. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has for several years focused on the role of hedge funds in home buys, and with U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat from Washington, introduced in 2023 the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act.
Merkley called hedgefunds, “a contributing factor that has made it more difficult for middle-class Americans to become homeowners and is contributing to America’s twin crises of housing unaffordability and wealth inequality.”
Others have disagreed about how large a role the finance organizations have played. But someone can afford to buy all those houses — in many cases well beyond the asking price — and less-wealthy wage earners cannot compete.
That would be a real and pertinent, albeit sensitive, topic for the new state agency to address. Until someone does, the housing shortage for most Oregonians will go on.
Portland spent $724 million in 2024 on houseless services.
There are about 12,000 houseless people in the Portland Metro area. Round that up to 15,000, and that's over $48,000 per person.
But instead of everyone having a place to live with that ~$50,000 per person, houseless people are being churned through punitive shelters and sweeps and jails and fines, because developers and plutocrats and 'investors' are making money by inflating housing prices and punishing the poor. (Portland has a history of arresting people for the 'crime' of living outside.)
Expensive for whom, is always a question. The politicians and bureaucrats making these decisions are not playing with their own money.
The cruelty is one point; the payoff of getting to feel superior to those who suffer; of getting to exercise power over someone rather than being the victim of someone else's power.
But there are also economic benefits--for the police and their so-called union (budgets keep getting bigger!), for the corporations paid (with public money) to run so-called shelters, or any of the many jail-adjacent 'services' (like those cards people get after any cash they have is confiscated, the companies that charge extra for phone calls, etc.), for the plutocrats who don't want any challenges to their power to keep extracting wealth.
And the social wage of feeling superior helps with that, too, so the shelter worker doesn't make common cause with the shelter occupant against the plutocrat benefiting from the miseries of both.
They are, however, playing with their own quality of life when they cultivate social malaise that poisons their community, affecting the disposition and abilities of everyone who is, say, around them in traffic, or working in the services they depend on, or researching the innovations they'll need in all areas of life-- the ripple effects reach everywhere, especially the shit that's wrecking our climate and so on.
Their short term monetary gains are paltry, compared to how they are shooting themselves in the foot at the end of the day.
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 million.
Then, there is the story in #StreetRoots this week how the state has cut funds keeping people in housing and shifted it to building temporary shelters...
Come on people, you've just MADE more homeless people.
Just like we had this gross creep in vehicle sizes in the last 25 years, the rate of building these large to Mcmansion sized houses in lieu of ANY affordable housing also plays a role. If you grew up before the 90s/00s you likely saw normal size houses or grew up in one! My current modest suburban home and lot would have = 'd 3-4 houses pre 80s. And the cost of those homes was proportional to their size and lot size.
the only way local governments are going to be able to afford to keep operating is to raise property taxes like 200-300% (or possibly more depending on the situation) from where they are today, so at this point it doesn't really matter who we blame. The fact is, prices *must* come down sharply or nobody will even be able to afford their property taxes and insurance premiums even if they can afford the house.
Once we do that and the materials costs plummet as well things will start to come back into balance and we can have a sane economy again
And the best part is that when this happens, all those hedge funds are going to have their investments wiped out. They'll have no choice but to sell at a massive loss because they're gonna get margin called elsewhere and they'll need the liquidity ASAP. So this will just delete money from the economy at a rapid pace and help reverse a bunch of this inflation.
Anyone that owns more than one home-including portions of homes through investment vehicles-is a contributor to the housing crisis.
We're still addicted to a medieval notion that some people are meant to be landlords and some are meant to be tenants. People should look up what those words actually mean.
I don't care whose fault it is. Use eminent domain to claim unused residences for public housing projects. The investors will flee the state in droves; good. Rent control, welfare, and public housing. That's all we have to talk about.
Alternatively we can talk about murdering people who make life hard just because you don't have a permanent residence, though I'll need a drool bib if that's the topic of conversation.
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Recent photos sent from the Galileo space probe orbiting Jupiter’s moon, Europa, suggest that it meets the conditions necessary to support a primitive life form.
#AI is a tool used by #police to launder accountability.
“According to the EFF, Draft One "seems deliberately designed to avoid audits that could provide any accountability to the public." In one video from a roundtable discussion the EFF reviewed, an Axon senior principal product manager for generative AI touted Draft One's disappearing drafts as a feature, explaining, "we don’t store the original draft and that’s by design and that’s really because the last thing we want to do is create more disclosure headaches for our customers and our attorney’s offices."
The EFF interpreted this to mean that "the last thing" that Axon wants "is for cops to have to provide that data to anyone (say, a judge, defense attorney or civil liberties non-profit)."”
i eliminated a family of the bastards recently using cheese and crunchy peanut butter, 4 cheap plastic mice traps in total and it took a month or so to get them all.
I saw Triumph in Laredo, TX back in 1981. Small venue and a great show. Rik Emmett is a very underrated talent. Triumph were always "the other power trio" from Canada in those days.
700% of zero is? 😎 Besides, the claim of a 700% increase in assaults on #ICE agents are incidents like👇 and no charges filed.
"A grandmother planning to document ICE arrests at the #SanDiego courthouse instead became the story Tuesday after video of her own arrest began circulating.
An ICE agent accused the woman of pushing her. After she spent hours in custody, she denied that to NBC 7 on Wednesday."
@Faelyn Documenting ICE snatching people at immigration hearings.
Ps. I'm 72. Disarm one of those thugs and Id have him on the ground in 4 seconds. Size irrelevant. Theyre punks without their weapons. Also note they got a Woman ICE thug to bump the Victim (perhaps to avoid sex harrassment grope claims albeit the ICE woman is probably a lonely butch dyke) then claimed she assaulted the assaulter. Old cop trick.
this just means these welds are weaker than they should be. i never get under a car supported by a hydraulic jack but still it does not inspire confidence
all i can say is if you ever buy something for heavy lifting from harbor freight, inspect the welds. i have their shop crane as well and and it's been decent.
The latest Paper Apps™ game is on Kickstarter. Inspired by the DOS games of my youth, it's a procedurally-generated notebook game where each copy is unique. Enjoy some pseudo-3D dungeon-crawling that fits right in your pocket!
@Hoss I really liked the bit where he pulled on Eddy's wallet chain as a crank for Eddy's helicopter hair and Double-D told him to show how he did that sometime.
@Hoss I've been rewatching it lately. It has aged extremely well almost in a Calvin & Hobbes kind of way, and it really captures the essence of mid-to-late 20th Century Americana. Antonucci was a genius with a great writing team, and knew when and how to favor funny visuals and surreal slapstick over ivory tower jokes (and vice versa).
hot take, aside hardware support linux desktop was much more interesting and fun 20 years ago. many cute projects doing graphical effects etc. back then.
now desktop linus is lile mac vs windows. two sides of the same boring coin constantly reinvented to be incompatible with the other side.
“When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.” metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early…
Groundbreaking discovery at 'underwater Stonehenge' in Lake Michigan rewrites human history
The 9,000-year-old site lies 40 feet below the surface of Grand Traverse Bay and features large stones arranged in a line culminating in a hexagon, near a boulder bearing an animal carving of a mastodon, an Ice Age species that went extinct more than 11,000 years ago.
A mysterious, Stonehenge-like structure beneath Lake Michigan has revealed new clues that could reshape our understanding of early human history in North America.
Today, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the Constitutional Money Act into law. The new law officially recognizes gold and silver as legal tender, exempts both from state capital gains taxation, and bars state enforcement of any federal confiscatio…
wrote up to the first combat encounter of the story for god's disdain 2, pretty cool. the other day for game dev stuff i also made some little 3d plates and bowls, nothing too crazy but i'm very slowly getting a hang of the voxel stuff.
@Mr_NutterButter yeah so the horror game test demo thing is going to be voxel based. whether i use simple polygons or not for the REAL horror game depends on if the engine i'm using for it has implemented that feature by the time i get around to it.
god's disdain 2 is probably going to go back to 2d. it's going to be a tactics rpg and i would feel waaaay more comfortable making something like that in rpg maker. a horror game is heaps more simple as far as all of the mechanics go. i also just like the idea of nice looking 2D for tactics games instead of it being a lower quality 3d, if that makes sense. the lower quality 3d for a horror game works really well because it plays into the "less is more" aspect of horror. with a tactics rpg, i'd want to go either 2d or at the very minimum like ps2/gamecube graphics, and i don't possess the capability to do the latter on my own.
@xianc78 @Mr_NutterButter yeah easyrpg is basically rm2003 with enhancements. I like the visual style a lot but I'm not sure if it would work well for a tactics game. I'll have to look into it when the time comes. Who knows, maybe something else is out there that's better. I know there is a specific "tactics rpg maker" too. That project is ~5 years away though so yeah, who knows.
The new version of Mastodon server has an optional admin feature where referrers can be sent when people click links. Enable it for large servers.
Here’s it in action - when people on my Mastodon server click links to my blog, I can see they’re from Mastodon. Other publishers can too. It will drive the importance of Mastodon as a platform. Almost all my traffic is under “direct”, which I strongly suspect is Mastodon servers without the feature enabled.
lt sure this helps much, Traffic would still be distributed on many Sites which not make a Dent in the top referier (it’s Not totaled by site software)
Is there anything added to the referrer that lets you aggregate them, or do you have to know that these domains are Mastodon instances? It would be nice if there were a simple regex that you could teach analytics tools to search for to find. For example, putting ?fediverse=mastodon (or ?fediverse=gotosocial, or whatever) on the end of the referrer URLs (not sure if browsers strip GET parameters from referrers these days).
I enabled it, it’ll make nearly zero difference but Im frequently looking at aggregate logs for some clients that post to mastodon and it’s frustrating not being able to tell them their masto posts get traffic.
With this change I’ll be able to run a report to cross reference hosts with known instances.
We got all the way to 10 and 11 years old for our 2 kids. Even then their phones can only text, make phone calls and have apps we install. There's no browser, social media, or video platforms on them. They only got them since they're at camps away from the house now.
Since we waited so long they have zero interest in any social media or need to fit in with their peers who've had phones for the last 3 years.
Thanks! Good to know at least someone has done it for 0-10
For strictly the ability to communicate with parents when away from home, I suspect a handheld HAM radio or Meshtastic messenger is a possible option. Or just wifi messaging via a tablet that can only do that.
I don't have (or want) a smartphone or to have my family dependent on Google, Apple, or cellular carrier ecosystems, so alternative distance communication for kids away from home will be a need.
Yeah we were VERY anti phones for them when all their friends got them, but we ended up going with Pinwheel phones to be able to monitor calls and text and need to approve not only apps, but also contacts and schedule modes.
I wish android had an "invisible notifications" option so all the fucking apps that won't work without notifications enabled can still work but you don't have to see them and especially so I don't have to see the "you just pasted something from your clipboard" notification after I paste something from my clipboard
is the MC in the big Yuri show
is one of the girl in Bad Girl
is Nene in Hanako-kun
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