MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?
Has this ever happened to you? There’s a fly in the house, buzzing around you, so you go to the cabinet to get the swatter. But as soon as you start wielding it, the little bastard disappears. You set it down, and now he’s back, taunting you....
Voyager released to Google Play!
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2613340...
A group of researchers said they have found a way to hack the hardware underpinning Tesla’s infotainment system, allowing them to get what normally would be paid upgrades — such as heated rear seats (techcrunch.com)
The researchers will present their research next week at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas....
Who watches these? (lemmy.ml)
Using Linux for work - need a good email/contacts/calendar system
(apologies in advance if this isn’t the right community for this question)...
Photoprism or Immich
I’ve seen a lot of recommends for Immich on here, so I have an idea what the answer here is going to be, but I’m looking for some comparisons between it and Photoprism I’m currently using Synology Photos, and I think my biggest issue is it’s lack of metadata management. I’ve gotten around that with MetaImage and...
You don't realize how nice it is when you don't have a headache, until you have a headache.
I just subscribed to Lifehacker a few days ago, and now I've unsubscribed. The articles are nothing but tech product-shilling, non-stop. Mostly Samsung and Apple.
Didn’t this stupid website used to help you, you know, hack life or something?
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday....
Linux "Anti"-Piracy Screen
OC please steal
Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)
How can i make myself poisonous to mosquitos?
I’m tired of mosquitos biting me. If i can’t stop them biting me, the next best thing is to stop them biting me a second time. So what’s the best (safe for me) way to make myself poisonous to mosquitos, and optionally other bugs that might bite me?
Google Chrome is no longer 'deprecating third-party cookies' (9to5google.com)
A local database with a command line interface? (sqlite?)
Hi all,...
This is not a typo: The world's fastest gaming monitor may well be this ancient IIyama CRT unit, pushed [modded] to 700 Hz at a glorious 120p resolution (www.pcgamer.com)
Why the far right is surging all over the world: The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment (www.vox.com)
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dumbass (lemmy.world)
The team that pushed yesterday's Crowdstrike update has been identified.
I think this is the craziest sovcit so far because he wants the pope to sign whatever this is. (lemmy.world)
Is everyone so depressed now partially because modern science has probably proven there is no god / afterlife?
By that I mean, it must be an inherently comforting thing to think - we inherently know this and want there to be something after death, because it feels right, or more meaningful. There’s a reason basically every civilization ever has some sort of afterlife ethos....
After a particularly annoying update today
Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers (lemmy.world)
Crosspost...
