kamila 🌸: Google has recently released the source code for the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 and I found some things I found interesting: here's a quick and messy thread 🧵👇 (twitter.com)
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The Tech Industry Has a New Plan to Stop Right to Repair Laws (www.404media.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6395416...
Proton Experimental updated for Tony Hawk's, Halo Infinite, Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Ever wonder why a TNG Styled Voyager theme would look like? Well, awesome as it turns out [JTVFX] (www.youtube.com)
Seeing Voyager at warp from that angle is really nice. It’s cool seeing the front end with the nacelles raised....
Comic Con - A Community for NYCC, SDCC, and more comic conventions (lemmy.world)
With NYCC starting Oct. 12, I was disappointed to see that there weren’t any communities for comic cons. Share your comic con photos and experiences or come for details on upcoming conventions....
'The Washington Post' will cut 240 jobs through voluntary buyouts (www.npr.org)
The Washington Post plans to cut 240 jobs, or almost 10% of its workforce, through voluntary buyouts, the company announced Tuesday....
How do I come up with a good username?
The Potential Hidden Perils of Relying on Microsoft Copilot | Redmondmag.com (lemmy.world)
Article - The copilots that Microsoft has created are undeniably impressive, and I believe that they represent the sort of technological change that only comes along once in a generation....
Germany to Bring Back Coal-Fired Power Plants (www.ntd.com)
Live your best life Germany, don’t let the haters tell you otherwise
Requesting folder encryption recommendations
I’m vaguely interested in having a few different encrypted folders on my computer, with different passwords on each. I don’t have any particular strong requirements. It’s more of a velleity; mostly just to try it so that I know more about it....
Qatar in talks with Hamas, Israel to swap hostages for prisoners (www.reuters.com)
Qatari mediators have held urgent calls to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the militant group and held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israel’s prisons, a source briefed on the talks told Reuters....
Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Tulsa declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers in Oklahoma to provide gender-affirming medical care to young transgender people....
Why are wrong numbers so common in the US?
I do recognise that a lot of it is probably just playing up for the joke, but I assume it has to come from somewhere. I regularly see posts where basically Person A sends an odd image/message, then follows up with “wrong number, sorry” and Person B responds with “wait stay”....
Carnivorous plant terrarium, Denver Botanical Gardens
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06a41595-8756-49eb-b1ba-4ccfb0270dac.jpeg
Gene therapies for rare diseases are under threat. Scientists hope to save them. (www.nature.com)
"We have the technology, but we’re not going to save your kid because we can’t make any money on you’? Really?”
What would digtal storage look like in freedom units?
Once welcoming Germany talks tougher on asylum ahead of elections (www.reuters.com)
Plasma randomly warns that my SSD is going to die?
I’m using KDE Neon with the latest version of Plasma. Sometimes I get a warning that my SSD has poor health and may die soon. When I check the SMART stats the drive seems fairly healthy. Is this just a Plasma bug?
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress (www.nytimes.com)
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them....
Does physics ever get vague?
As in, are there some parts of physics that aren’t as clear-cut as they usually are? If so, what are they?
AllTrails finally has a Wear OS watch app, works offline and with downloaded maps - 9to5Google (9to5google.com)
Fediverse uptime badge
I’ve wanted a badge that shows the instance uptime and couldn’t find any, so I created one. It’s available at uptime.lemmings.world/{your-domain}.svg and gets its data from fediverse.observer....
Fishing Boat, isolated colour. [OC] (lemmy.sdf.org)
5 people were shot at Morgan State University and police have yet to locate a suspect, officials say (www.cnn.com)
Five people were shot Tuesday night at Morgan State University in Baltimore and police have yet to locate a suspect as the investigation into the shooting continues, officials said....
"Recipes" is now "Recipes and Cooking Tips"! (lemmy.world)
We have decided, in an effort to help the community grow, to open up to more topics. This means in addition to recipes, we are allowing tips for cooking. This can include best practices, utensil and appliance recommendations, tricks of the trade, and whatever else will help others with cooking inspiring meals. We are hoping by...
