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The U.S. Military Is Freaked: Lasers are No Secret Weapon Against Hypersonic Missiles (nationalinterest.org)

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Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030 (www.reuters.com)

Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From (www.404media.co)

My investigation reveals that the AI images we see on Facebook are an evolution of a Facebook spam economy that has existed for years, driven by social media influencers, guides, services, and businesses in places like India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, where the payouts generated by this content, which seems...

Have you noticed an increase in political fighting?

I travel a lot, and talk to a lot of different people. I’ve noticed that while people certainly do have differing opinions, it’s not as extreme as what I see online. I’m starting to feel like all this hate and division is manufactured. Has anyone else noticed, that when you actually talk to real people things are far less...

10 Examples Why cURL is an Awesome CLI Tool (martinheinz.dev)

Issues with dual booting windows and linux mint.

Hi everyone, I am wanting to gradually make the switch from windows to Linux on my daily use desktop. I figured the best way would be to dual boot them. I have a spare drive in my desktop that I cleaned for Linux so I can have it on a separate drive from windows. Here the process I went through which ended up being unsuccessful....

What Do google Tag Service and google Analytics Do?

My understanding of google analytics is that it is a ‘free’ tool which gives site operators bird’s eye information on site traffic like the old fashion visitor counters all the way down to very granular information like what buttons users click on....

I know this is PatientGamers, but can we discuss how even the current generation of consoles seems to ask for patience as they aren't that many games 4 years after their release?

Stumbled upon this video, which kind of summarizes the issue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaIP8F3K8...

Ken M talks about stargazing (lemmy.world)

California’s Two Biggest School Districts Botched AI deals. Here Are Lessons From Their Mistakes. (themarkup.org)

Elon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport, a small town in the UK, much worse (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)

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Next Heroic Games Launcher release to include initial GOG Galaxy support (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for a second time (www.cbsnews.com)

The statue commemorating Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust, was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for the second time on Sunday....

Apocalypse Sudan: 150,000 death, millions displaced. (www.sueddeutsche.de)

Thai court orders dissolution of anti-establishment election winner (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/26497180...

Posting the song that is in my head when I wake up #4: Doomsday, by Overseer (www.youtube.com)

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Which game made you realize PC was superior platform to Console (or/and viceversa)?

Private Capital vs Central Planning

Zelenskiy Endorses Bills Extending Ukraine's Martial Law, Mobilization. (www.rferl.org)

Framework looking for unpaid workers to be 'Linux Community Ambassadors' (community.frame.work)

The head of Russia's military park and a top Defense Ministry official are arrested for fraud (apnews.com)

The director of an exhibition park showcasing Russia’s military might was arrested on fraud charges along with a top Defense Ministry official, part of a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in the top echelons of the military leadership....

High schoolers' mental health shows small improvement in a US government survey (apnews.com)

There are small signs of improvement in the mental health of U.S. teenagers, a government survey released Tuesday said, but the share of students — particularly girls — feeling sad and hopeless remained high....

‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers (www.theguardian.com)

A tourist has posted “staggering” photos of himself and his wife at the same spot in the Swiss Alps almost exactly 15 years apart, in a pair of photos that highlight the speed with which global heating is melting glaciers....