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anti-snap stance is anti-consumer

The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops....

Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia (apnews.com)

CPython Garbage Collection: The Internal Mechanics and Algorithms (blog.codingconfessions.com)

Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History (www.wired.com)

Excerpt from ‘Dark Wire.’ It’s a good read.

Thanks, I hate it (lemmy.today)

It's cadmium-enriched! (lemmy.world)

This is from genius comedian and artist Cris Shapan. Unfortunately, the only way to see his work in any large amount is on Facebook. For those of us who still have legitimate reasons to be there, though, it makes it a little bit more fun....

Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!

Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!

Apple refused to pay bounty to Kaspersky for uncovering vulnerability in 'Operation Triangulation' - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)

Kaspersky uncovered iOS vulnerabilities in ‘Operation Triangulation’, reported to Apple, but was refused bounty payment...

King Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activists (inews.co.uk)

Bugfix time! Looking at the Steam game bugs... (www.youtube.com)

Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries (www.theguardian.com)

Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe...

Rick Beato on AI in music (www.youtube.com)

For those who know Rick Beato, you may already have opinions one way or another. Generally I welcome his channel to YouTube....

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra review: Design, build quality, handling (m.gsmarena.com)

Ubisoft Excited To Let You Know Prince Of Persia Remake Is Still Years Away (kotaku.com)

During today’s Ubisoft Summer Game Fest showcase, the publisher took a moment to acknowledge that, yes, its long-in-development and oft-delayed Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is still being made. But if you wanted to play it soon…bad news. It won’t be out until sometime in 2026....

Nvidia will increase shader counts but not ROPS on RTX 50-series GPUs — except on the lowest tier GB207, according to leak (www.tomshardware.com)

EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms (www.theguardian.com)

The EU has notified Beijing that it intends to impose tariffs of up to 38% on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, triggering duties of more than €2bn (£1.7bn) a year and a potential trade war with China....

Police Disperse Foie Gras Protest at Cache Restaurant in Arkansas (youtu.be)

A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible (grist.org)

8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia, sources say (www.nbcnews.com)

Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday....

Federal Appeals Court Hears Lawsuit Accusing Top U.S. Officials of Complicity in Genocide (www.democracynow.org)

22 qr-codes can store the same amount of data as the Commodore 64's RAM.

Hundreds of thousands of people are now clicking a Banana on Steam [people leave it on, idle, for Steam's gift] (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Global Steel Wire Market Size, Share and Growth Report 2031 (lemmyonline.com)

Global steel wire market size was valued at USD 106.49 billion in 2022, which is expected to grow to USD 133.85 billion in 2030 with a CAGR of 2.9% during the forecast period between 2023 and 2030. Asia-Pacific dominates this market due to the strong demand from huge construction and automotive sectors in countries such as China...