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2024 France election live updates: Prime Minister Attal plans to resign as projections show leftists lead (apnews.com)

TIL that Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric or oratory. (en.wikipedia.org)

Dev boots a PC from Google Drive cloud storage — a storage-less laptop becomes a truly cloud-native computer (www.tomshardware.com)

Ersei, the developer behind this so-called Cloud Native Computer, says the project was primarily a “silly” pursuit. There is also a problem with booting from Google Drive currently being very slow. However, the dev also boasts that “the possibilities are endless” and would welcome any companies or individuals who wish to...

calmemaybe (i.imgur.com)

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Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil (apnews.com)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday....

A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return (apnews.com)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January....

Argentine President Milei heads to CPAC in Brazil, snubbing Lula and escalating a political feud (apnews.com)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Given the choice between a far-right convention to bash his enemies and a presidential summit to discuss regional trade policy, Argentine President Javier Milei preferred the stadium packed with cheering fans....

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (apnews.com)

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....

Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections (apnews.com)

PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000....

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (apnews.com)

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth....

If you aren't familiar with the Cold War in Africa you haven't lived (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Kate text editor and OrgMode (akselmo.dev)

IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive (www.haaretz.com)

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French elections: Left projected to win most seats, ahead of Macron's coalition and far right (www.lemonde.fr)

French election: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)

The developer of new Steam roguelike Dice and Fold is “amazed by the reception” after launch, and launches its extreme mode update early. (www.pcgamesn.com)

French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)

Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan and Tajikistan for SCO summit (www.helsinkitimes.fi)

I’m curious how the Russian Federation feels regarding the People’s Republic of China attempting to curry favor in Central Asia

Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)

Human Rights NGOs urge Austria to investigate sexual crimes by Russia military in Ukraine (www.jurist.org)

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Qt Performance and Tools Update, Part 1 (www.qt.io)

Performance optimisation matters when you are trying to get your application working in a resource-constrained environment. This is typically the case in embedded but also in some desktop scenarious you may run short on resources so it’s not a matter without significance on desktop either....