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To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch beyond the surface of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive, local star-forming region.
Thumbing through the feed, the news on how this or that organization letting go of commercial options for day to day operations are mounting.
This led me to wonder what would be the impact if FOSS, be it on the OS front, productivity front or whatever, was to become truly a relevant option.
I'm painfully aware of the difficulties I've faced trying to take a few online courses to be faced with borderline desdain for not using Windows/Office/Etc and opting for FOSS solutions.
Paying/supporting a FOSS solution does not offend me. I'm happier when giving money directly to a developer or project than to an opaque company. But I'm just one.
But what could happen if the ones became millions, actively contributing with a few coins per year to projects we use daily?
What could/would happen in the short term (under a year), medium-long (one to three years) and the long term (over ten years)?
Realistically, probably not much for people outside of the tech industry. People will use the best tool for the job, and whether it's foss or not won't matter.
From enduser perspective the most visible change would be that all software wouldn't be hostile to users because with propreitary you have to be very picky to get that.
In the long term we would see that companies could not build walled gardens to block off competition. Contrast Windows & MacOS vs Linux with its different distros, DEs, toolkits etc.
The least difference would be for enterprise because support is expensive either way.
The scalability problem with FOSS is monetary and motivation.
The successful products need longterm financial security in order to plan and support their peoduct(s) - so, do we start seeing more subscriptions as corp. sponsorship fades away?
And, just like XKCD 2347, FOSS needs to step up and support the components they rely on
That's going to need some more maturity from the developers too: it's a great feeling doing something new and interesting, but - like having a pet - you can't just abandon something when you're bored of it, or too busy, without rehoming your project(s)...
That's where I see the industry needs to improve before they're really ready for the big time.
One huge impact mass FOSS adoption would have is that there would be a lot less software and hardware churn. Commercial nature of proprietary technology is the main driver for constant upgrade cycles we see. Companies need to constantly sell products to stay in business, and this means you have to deprecate old software and hardware in order to sell new versions of the product.
Windows 11 roll out is a perfect example. Vast majority of Windows 10 users are perfectly happy with the way their computer works currently, they're not demanding any new features, they just want their computer to continue to work the way it does currently. However, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 and now they're forced to buy a new computer to keep doing what they've been doing.
This problem goes away entirely with open source because there is no commercial incentive at play. If a piece of software works, and there is a community of users using it, then it can keep working the way it does indefinitely. Furthermore, in cases where a software project goes in a directions some users don't like, such as the case with Gnome, then software can be forked by users who want to go in a different direction or preserve original functionality. This is how Cinnamon and Mate projects came about.
Another aspect of the open source dynamic is that there's an incentive to optimize software. So, you can get continuous performance improvements without having to constantly upgrade your hardware. For most commercial software, there's little incentive to do that since that costs company money. It's easier to just expect users to upgrade their hardware if they want better performance.
I would argue that non technical software users would be far better off if they had the option to fund open source software instead of buying commercial versions. Even having to pay equal amounts, the availability of the source puts more power in the hands of the users. For example, building on the example of Gnome, users of an existing software project could also pull funds together to pay developers to add features to the software or change functionality in a particular way.
This is precisely what makes licenses like GPL so valuable in my opinion. It's a license that ensure the source stays open, and in this way inherently gives more power to the users.
in retrospect school really did suck and all those adults who were warning me about how much i'd miss it once i started working for a living were full of horseshit
The administration hopes an historic injection of taxpayer cash can fix hiring challenges for an agency facing intense political and legal scrutiny, Alex Woodward reports
@Max_Imum Sorry, cupcake. I'm mainly here to troll the ALTIFAg sewer. NAS isn't really good for anything else. Besides, that's what friends in real life are for, Gomer. You should try some.
@Max_Imum I think there's more than enough memers here already. Some are clever. Most are noise. Meanwhile, there's almost nobody here shining a light on the ALTIFAg sewer, hence, my passion.
@Max_Imum Why in the world would I delude myself into thinking I could change the hearts and minds of the ALTIFAg sewer?? That's NUTS. Maybe you need to re-read the bio.
@Max_Imum Oh please. The tone of this sewer is set from the very tippy top. There's no avoiding it, and it's the precise reason Adam and John divorced NAS. The brand here is pure fecal. Are there some good peanuts and corn husks in the shit? Sure, but they exist in a turd of it's own making.
@Max_Imum out of curiosity, how many times have you engaged with the ALTIFAgs on this site to implore them to change? Something tells me it’s exactly zero.
@Max_Imum You poor thing. Not bothered by the sewer, just the one guy relentlessly pointing out the fecal. You're exposed, pal. Until you're so moved to correct the ALTIFAgs that own and populate this toilet, your pleas for me to moderate my tone have ZERO currency.
@Max_Imum Whine harder, sewer boy. You follow zero accounts so you're not really one to talk about making this a better place. You reject the premise just as much as I do, apparently, but in your own special way. Plus, I've never trolled you at all. I've never had a negative thing to say about you except when you come at me. Perhaps you should give that one a think, Corky.
Steeliness has replaced grief in Charlene Maddox Chimilio. The 43-year-old Philly native has come to terms with the fact that the best place for her family might be outside the city she loves so much.
In its active and multifaceted foreign policy, the Indian leadership always pays special attention to developing relations with the Global South, namely
Since the 1800s, two of Detroit’s favorite drinks have been Vernors and the Boston Cooler; the former a made-in-the-Motor City ginger ale, and the latter a float made by adding two scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Trying to build plasma6-plasma from ports and I am not familiar with this #freebsd error
cd /usr/ports/x11/plasma6-plasma/ && make install clean
===> plasma6-plasma-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/lib/libexec/plasma-apply-aurorae - not found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/cmake - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on executable: ninja - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on package: gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on executable: msgfmt - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/share/ECM/cmake/ECMConfig.cmake - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on package: xorgproto>=0 - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/x11.pc - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/lib/qt6/bin/lupdate - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libintl.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libintl.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libGL.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libGL.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libOpenGL.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libOpenGL.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6ColorScheme.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6ColorScheme.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6ConfigCore.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6ConfigCore.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6CoreAddons.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6CoreAddons.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libkdecorations3.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libkdecorations3.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6I18n.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6I18n.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6KCMUtils.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6KCMUtils.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6NewStuffCore.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6NewStuffCore.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6Package.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6Package.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6Svg.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6Svg.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6WindowSystem.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6WindowSystem.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libQt6Core.so - found (/usr/local/lib/qt6/libQt6Core.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libQt6Qml.so - found (/usr/local/lib/qt6/libQt6Qml.so) ===> Configuring for plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 ===> Performing out-of-source build /bin/mkdir -p /usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/work/.build CMake Error: The source directory "/usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/work/aurorae-6.4.2" does not exist. Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. *** Error code 1
Stop. make[2]: stopped in /usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae *** Error code 1
Stop. make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/plasma6-plasma *** Error code 1
Stop. make: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/plasma6-plasma
cd /usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/ && make install clean
===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/cmake - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on executable: ninja - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on package: gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on executable: msgfmt - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/share/ECM/cmake/ECMConfig.cmake - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on package: xorgproto>=0 - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/x11.pc - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on file: /usr/local/lib/qt6/bin/lupdate - found ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libintl.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libintl.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libGL.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libGL.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libOpenGL.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libOpenGL.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6ColorScheme.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6ColorScheme.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6ConfigCore.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6ConfigCore.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6CoreAddons.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6CoreAddons.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libkdecorations3.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libkdecorations3.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6I18n.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6I18n.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6KCMUtils.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6KCMUtils.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6NewStuffCore.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6NewStuffCore.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6Package.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6Package.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6Svg.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6Svg.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libKF6WindowSystem.so - found (/usr/local/lib/libKF6WindowSystem.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libQt6Core.so - found (/usr/local/lib/qt6/libQt6Core.so) ===> plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 depends on shared library: libQt6Qml.so - found (/usr/local/lib/qt6/libQt6Qml.so) ===> Configuring for plasma6-aurorae-6.4.2 ===> Performing out-of-source build /bin/mkdir -p /usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/work/.build CMake Error: The source directory "/usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/work/aurorae-6.4.2" does not exist. Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. *** Error code 1
Stop. make: stopped in /usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae
CMake Error: The source directory "/usr/ports/x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae/work/aurorae-6.4.2" does not exist.<br>Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.<br>
I've always built all ports in regular hardware for years, this Plasma issue is the first problem I've had like this. I've compiled a working Plasma desktop from ports before without ever using Poudriere
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Starting to look more seriously into the STM32H750/753.
The 753 is the part I really want to use, the 750 is the same die fused down to disable all but the first 128 kB of flash. But I picked up several of them during the chip shorage and I feel like I should put them to use.
They're mostly comparable to the H735 I use now. Key differences: * CPU Fmax down from 550 to 480 MHz * RAM nearly doubled from 564 to 1024 kB * Flash increased from 1 MB to 2 MB in the 753, but reduced to 128 kB in the 750 * 40 more GPIOs (128 -> 168) * Package enlarged from 201 ball 0.65mm (10x10 mm) to 265 ball 0.8mm (14x14 mm).
That last bit is what has me the most interested. The 0.65mm H735 package is usable on OSHPark 4L, barely, but you lose a lot of IO and the parallel memory controller etc. aren't practical to use.
While the H75x is available in the same footprint, you can also get it in the 0.8mm package which should be much more friendly to the large via sizes offered on OSHPark. So it could be a winner for prototypes where I care more about ease of access to IO and MCU-FPGA interfacing than about absolute max CPU performance.
The limited flash on the H750 should mostly be a non issue. My typical firmwares so far are barely over 128 kB all told, and I have a ton of executable RAM to work with.
So I can put a minimal bootloader and BSP (and maybe firmware update SFTP server) in the internal flash, bring up the FPGA, then copy my application image from spare space on the FPGA config flash to SRAM and jump to it.
The only other issue is that I normally run microkvs in the last few flash sectors. So in a single-sector flash part, I can't do that. Instead, I'd need to add a memory mapped interface to the FPGA-attached flash and store my config there. (I could also attach an extra QSPI flash to the MCU but that adds BOM cost, it's more pins to route, and most importantly involves dealing with the cursed OCTOSPI peripheral).
It'd take a bit of coding to get all of this done, but I think it's worth the effort. I may still go with the 753 for new designs long term but since I have 750s on the shelf, might as well use them up for one-off / low volume projects.
The larger BGA ball pitch alone is enough of a reason.
Wow! Please continue to create a future that will hopefully help me forget the bygone era (I hope) of updating device firmware via XMODEM/CRC (I suppose I should at least be thankful that creator chose an XMODEM variant with a CRC!) or TFTP.
Though I wonder, (looking locally at some aarch64 ssh daemons):
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 476488 May 31 22:04 /opt/local/sbin/sshd* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 764272 May 4 05:39 /usr/sbin/sshd*
I guess SFTP support might eat up a lot of that constrained flash space?
I've always wondered if one could do an 8L expander for those parts. I know some folks are all about making things small but you can get a 440 pin ZIF socket.
I've been using the H757 dual core in the .8mm 256 BGA. I'm pretty happy with it.
It takes a bit to get used to debugging, you flash it using the M7 which does memory for both cores, but if you want to debug the M4 you have to connect without downloading anything.
The biggest pain so far is M4 can't read some sysmem stuff - like ADC calibration values. I use a shared memory struct to pass data between cores.
I use the M4 to handle ADC, UART, etc, and M7 to draw the MIPI display.
les prometteurs immobilier sont rendu de vraie escroc professionnel ave c leur éviction, leur pseudo rénovation sans parler qui corrompe les élu municipal
Trump STOLE their lives to pad his wallet. MAGA cultists will NEVER comprehend this selfish equation because he is their God. And the Main Stream Media, which the MAGA cult watches, will stay hushed about these Trump murders-by-money-greed-cruelty. And more will keep dying due to his greed.
europesays.com/2233720/ New study – Desired age in Switzerland is 93 | A new representative study shows that the Swiss want to grow old – very old. And they would also contribute to the costs. #switzerland
"With 2.3 billion euros in agreements signed, we aim to unlock up to 10 billion euros in investments to rebuild homes, reopen hospitals, revive businesses, and secure energy," Ursula von der Leyen said.
Par contre violer des Palestiniens emprisonnés: pas de problèmes, et le peuple te défend.
#Israël. Un tribunal israélien prolonge la détention de sept soldats pour abus sexuels sur d'autres militaires.
Selon certaines informations, les chefs d'accusation incluent la sodomie, qui aurait visé des soldats subalternes pendant plus de six mois.
La police militaire enquête sur des signalements d'abus physiques, psychologiques et sexuels au sein de l'unité de défense antimissile Arrow ; le chef de l'armée de l'air supervise personnellement l'enquête.
Sept soldats d'active servant au sein de l'unité de défense antimissile Arrow de l'armée de l'air israélienne ont été arrêtés mardi par les enquêteurs de la police militaire, soupçonnés d'abus physiques, psychologiques et sexuels sur des membres de leur unité, a appris Ynet mercredi.
Les actes présumés, qualifiés de « bizutage », se sont déroulés sur plusieurs semaines et ont visé un groupe d'une dizaine de nouvelles recrues, incluant des actes de sodomie.
Sept soldats conscrits servant dans l'unité #136 (système de défense #Arrow) du réseau de défense aérienne ont été arrêtés par les enquêteurs de la police militaire, soupçonnés d'abus physiques, psychologiques et sexuels sur leurs camarades.
Selon les soupçons, les actes auraient été commis lors de rituels de bizutage s'étendant sur plusieurs semaines et auraient inclus des actes de sodomie.
Compte tenu de la gravité de l'affaire, le commandant de l'armée de l'air, le général de division Tomer Bar, est personnellement impliqué dans la gestion des incidents. Les soldats comparaîtront devant un tribunal militaire suite à la demande du parquet militaire de prolonger leur détention.
On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. “At this point, the […]
2 chats arrivent à sauter sur mon balcon avant au 2e étage pour me rendre visite. Même si c'est en 3 coups, le dernier saut est je dirais environ 8 fois leur taille. Ils sautent sur le balcon du premier étage, ensuite sur le petit toit sur la porte d'entré du bloc et ensuite sur mon balcon. Le dernier saut est le plus haut.
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Notre petit refuge pour animaux à Québec, c’est : 🐹 des sauvetages, 💩 du ménage quotidien, ❤ de l’amour à revendre …et un mari (le Shoshin) qui s’occupe, plutôt que de parler tout seul au toaster.
Soutenir notre refuge, c’est soutenir :
Les animaux abandonnés.
Un projet de cœur.
La santé mentale d’un humain tout ce qu’il y a de plus vrai.
Un grand merci de la part de Nancy, Shoshin, et toute la clique poilue 🐾
Aidez-nous et aidez notre refuge animal Toute aide financière de votre part sera dirigée vers notre petit refuge pour animaux à Québec. Le refuge procure une occupation à mon mari (le Shoshin)...
D'où parle Francesca #Albanese ? De l'Université de Pise, dont elle est diplômée, de la School of Oriental and African Studies de Londres, dont elle est diplômée, de l'Université de Georgetown, où elle est chercheuse, de l'Université Érasme de Rotterdam, où elle est chercheuse, du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux Droits de l'Homme, pour lequel elle a travaillé pendant une décennie comme experte. Et tout ça, avant bien sûr d'être nommée en 2022 rapporteure spéciale des Nations unies sur les territoires palestiniens. Mais évidemment tout ça ne compte pas, parce que #Fourest et #Franc-Tireur ont juste copié-collé les éléments de langage conçus par #UNWatch, une soi-disant "ONG" qui s'est auto-confiée comme mission de "surveiller les actions de l' #ONU à l'aune de sa propre charte", en réalité un lobby pro- #Israël qui s'est fait une spécialité de répandre toutes sortes de rumeurs et mensonges sur les rapporteurs spéciaux successifs des Nations unis sur les territoires palestiniens (ainsi, avant Albanese, ils ont fait exactement les mêmes attaques contre Richard #Falk, Makarim #Wibisono et Michael #Lynk), ainsi que de systématiquement remettre en cause la légitimité du Conseil des Droits de l'Homme des Nations unies.
It cracks me up, all these self-righteous millennials and Gen Z kids trying to lecture me about eco-morals… me! I walk everywhere, don’t even have a computer at home, and only use a shared community internet connection once a week. And them? With their giga-consumption that could melt an iceberg in 3 clicks, their phones they replace every time a new one drops (“Oh my God, the camera has 2 more pixels!”), their so-called cyclist or e-scooter virtue… as if batteries just magically appeared without ripping half the planet apart. Their “virtue”? I’ve had it up to here. They think they’re saving the world with their speeches, but by constantly preaching and acting like eco-Ayatollahs, they’re doing the exact opposite: pissing people off so much they vote for the worst out of sheer spite.
Ça me fait marrer, tous ces p’tits milléniaux et Z bien-pensants qui veulent m’expliquer la morale écologique… à moi ! Moi qui marche à pied, qui n’ai même pas d’ordi à la maison, qui me branche une fois par semaine sur une connexion internet communautaire. Et eux ? Avec leur consommation de giga qui ferait fondre un iceberg en 3 clics, leur téléphone qu’ils changent dès qu’un nouveau sort (“oh mon Dieu, la caméra a 2 pixels de plus !”), leur soi-disant vertu de cycliste ou de trottinette électrique… comme si une batterie tombait du ciel sans arracher la moitié de la planète. Leur vertu ? J’en ai ma claque. Ils croient sauver le monde avec leurs discours, mais à force de faire la morale et de jouer les ayatollahs de l’écologie, ils font exactement l’inverse : ils dégoûtent les gens et les poussent à voter pour le pire… juste par esprit de contradiction.
Western experts are trying to analyze the tactics of the Russian army once again. Close attention in NATO countries is drawn to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces are acting according to the strategy of “small steps”, while they are demonstrating…
The image shows a smartphone screen displaying a news app. The top section of the screen shows the time as 08:20, with a battery level of 94%, and various icons indicating airplane mode, Wi-Fi, and cellular signal strength. The navigation bar at the top includes tabs for "World," "Business," "Technology," "Entertainment," and "Sports," with "Technology" highlighted in blue.
Below the navigation bar, there is a section titled "Full Coverage of this story," featuring an image of a white Apple AirPod with a black mesh speaker grille against a black background. The headline reads "Time To Upgrade: Apple AirPods At Lowest Price Ever," attributed to "The Weather Channel," and dated 17 hours ago.
Further down, there is another news article from Axios titled "Summer savings: How Prime Day 2025 and competing sales are actually going," dated 3 hours ago. The bottom of the screen shows a navigation bar with options for "Home," "Following," and "Newsstand," with "Home" highlighted in blue.
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"‼️ Why is the top #Google result for Francesca #Albanese a sponsored smear from the Israeli government? Is Google now partnering with states to discredit #UN officials like @FranceskAlbs through paid ads? Doesn’t this violate their ad policy?"
It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334). Focusing Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on a single “toe bean” within this active star-forming […]
This lady glazes it but I don't know much about her other than she dumped Nintendo, which does give her some reliability points in terms of good taste.
I didn’t think a movie called K-Pop Demon Hunters would hit this hard… but here we are. From its fun animation, well-crafted characters, to music that’s topp...
@shortstories With the Super Nintendo they designed the ultimate controller, which was modified slightly by Sony and everyone thereafter. I still prefer a d-pad over a joystick for fighting and driving games. But the trigger buttons and 4-button layout for the face were Chef's Kiss good.
@shortstories I respectfully disagree with not recognizing the SNES as incredible hardware with incredible upgrades to chips and software to achieve some amazing results from real creativity. Nintendo cared about their customers and spent a TON of money and effort to show everyone how much had improved and that the SNES wasn't just a money-grab with zero effort put in. It wasn't just a sticker swap.
Update. Another good example of reusing older #data for a new purpose. Aerial mapping photos of Antarctica taken by the Navy in the 1960s, and then lost, help reconstruct the collapse of glaciers.
Historical images show that Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf has disintegrated due to rising basal melt since the 1960s, causing varied glacier responses and highlighting the need for long-term observations to improve predictions of Antarctic ice loss.
@baskin χαχαχχαχαχχ Ναι ρε αλλά χωρίς την συντρόφισσα Εριέττα που θα είχαν δει πισίνα οι πλεμπες. Άσε που κάνουν και καμία βουτιά όταν πάει ταξίδια αυτή.
Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/secondthoughtIt's very c...
I'm witnessing professionals spending hours to engineer prompts for Copilot to do basic things like find a line in a file that has a string in it, or figure out who committed most frequently to a sub-path in a repository, or generate boiler plate code for classes.. None of these things require #AI. `grep`, `git log..`, and editor snippets have existed for a long time. They are quick. They are EXACT. They are FREE. They do not boil the oceans. They do not displace the workforce. They are more efficient and productive.
Learn the tools of your trade. If all you're doing is using AI, that means AI can and will replace you.
This reminds me of the old "redudant uses of `cat`" meme from way back when the internet was less of a mess. I don't know the catchy thing to call them, "Stupid uses of AI", "Unnecessary Prompts", "1.21 gigawatts to nowhere" ?
this is the EXACT reason I don't use AI, personally I'm not even opposed to the technology, the simple fact is that it's fucking bad at what it does
I unironically save time by simply writing the scripts and code to do this myself, even putting the ideological problems aside, why would anyone worth their salt in the tech industry use a system that slows them down? the answer is they won't
Universities have existed for more than a thousand years — and for almost all of that time, they weren’t centers of research. What changed in 19th century Germany?
@Richard I agree, a real man would use communication lmao how is she supposed to guess how you feel when she’s hardwired to protect and nurture her offspring ffs
— totally agree with this. He’s gotta speak up and be honest.
At the same time, it’s totally uncool that she’s not checking in with how he’s doing. When does just focusing on your lane become self-centeredness and taking your spouse for granted?
Whenever there’s an issue, resolution is most likely when each side takes as much responsibility as possible for fixing it.
Palestinian testimonies of deliberate Israeli killings at U.S.-run ‘aid’ sites were ignored until the perpetrators admitted to it #Palestinemondoweiss.net/2025/07/palesti…
Palestinians have delivered testimony after testimony about the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run “death traps” masquerading as aid sites. But no one listened until Haaretz published direct testimony from the perpetrators.
A new series of studies finds that "national narcissism" - an exaggerated, defensive patriotism - tends to go hand-in-hand with "difficulty understanding personal and social emotions" and being antagonistic, less empathic, and inclined to see others as threats: psypost.org/national-narcissis…
A new study suggests that people who see their nation as uniquely important often struggle with recognizing emotions and experience more anger and contempt—factors that may help explain why they’re more likely to dehumanize both outsiders and fellow …
Microsoft plans to donate $4 billion worth of cash, technology and training to enhance artificial intelligence education, a substantial bequest as the Redmond software giant aims to make billions more off a technology it expects to be on par with the introduction of electricity.
Microsoft President Brad Smith announced the commitment Wednesday during an event held at the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle.
The $4 billion effort over the next five years will flow through a new organization within the company called Microsoft Elevate, which the company describes as a successor and expansion of the longtime Microsoft Philanthropies team. Elevate will have about 300 employees, with the goal of helping more than 20 million people earn AI credentials.
@GossiTheDog If by that they mean that rich ghouls will spread harmful disinformation around it and use it in dangerously stupid PR stunts, then yeah I guess they're not entirely wrong.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_t…
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in reply to qyron • • •From enduser perspective the most visible change would be that all software wouldn't be hostile to users because with propreitary you have to be very picky to get that.
In the long term we would see that companies could not build walled gardens to block off competition. Contrast Windows & MacOS vs Linux with its different distros, DEs, toolkits etc.
The least difference would be for enterprise because support is expensive either way.
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in reply to qyron • • •The scalability problem with FOSS is monetary and motivation.
The successful products need longterm financial security in order to plan and support their peoduct(s) - so, do we start seeing more subscriptions as corp. sponsorship fades away?
And, just like XKCD 2347, FOSS needs to step up and support the components they rely on
That's going to need some more maturity from the developers too: it's a great feeling doing something new and interesting, but - like having a pet - you can't just abandon something when you're bored of it, or too busy, without rehoming your project(s)...
That's where I see the industry needs to improve before they're really ready for the big time.
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in reply to qyron • • •One huge impact mass FOSS adoption would have is that there would be a lot less software and hardware churn. Commercial nature of proprietary technology is the main driver for constant upgrade cycles we see. Companies need to constantly sell products to stay in business, and this means you have to deprecate old software and hardware in order to sell new versions of the product.
Windows 11 roll out is a perfect example. Vast majority of Windows 10 users are perfectly happy with the way their computer works currently, they're not demanding any new features, they just want their computer to continue to work the way it does currently. However, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 and now they're forced to buy a new computer to keep doing what they've been doing.
This problem goes away entirely with open source because there is no commercial incentive at play. If a piece of software works, and there is a community of users using it, then it can keep working the way it does indefinitely. Furthermore, in cases where a software project goes in a directions some users don't like, such as the case with Gnome, then software can be forked by users who want to go in a different direction or preserve original functionality. This is how Cinnamon and Mate projects came about.
Another aspect of the open source dynamic is that there's an incentive to optimize software. So, you can get continuous performance improvements without having to constantly upgrade your hardware. For most commercial software, there's little incentive to do that since that costs company money. It's easier to just expect users to upgrade their hardware if they want better performance.
I would argue that non technical software users would be far better off if they had the option to fund open source software instead of buying commercial versions. Even having to pay equal amounts, the availability of the source puts more power in the hands of the users. For example, building on the example of Gnome, users of an existing software project could also pull funds together to pay developers to add features to the software or change functionality in a particular way.
This is precisely what makes licenses like GPL so valuable in my opinion. It's a license that ensure the source stays open, and in this way inherently gives more power to the users.