Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 14th
Whatcha been playing?...
US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region (www.theguardian.com)
Chin up, small Kings! (lemmy.world)
How Wayland handles security considerations vs MacOS Quartz or Windows DWM?
As I understand it, X11 has many inherent security concerns, including programs being able to read the contents of other windows and intercept keystrokes. Wayland addresses these concerns but at the moment breaks certain functions like screen readers, cursor warping, and the ability of a program to resize its own window....
Brazilian Instagram influencer jailed for trafficking and slavery (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has right to strike military targets within Russian territory, Stoltenberg says (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine has the right under international law to attack military targets located in Russian territory, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during an interview on the United News telethon July 14....
Seems reasonable (lemmy.world)
Indian Man Consumes 39 Coins, 37 Magnets In Belief Of Zinc's Bodybuilding Benefits (knovhov.com)
Intravenous free on Steam until 16th July [day after this post] (store.steampowered.com)
Steam News :: Fighting Games Fest is on now! (steamcommunity.com)
Discussion of CVE-2017-5226
CVE-2017-5226 is a issue with bubblewrap that allows a program running in a sandbox to excape and get the same privileges as a the parent process. I recently discovered this by mistake and it is fairly concerning to me. I believe it applies to Flatpak as Flatpak uses bubblewrap under the hood....
What made you laugh most recently?
Not like just a smile or a puff of air out your nose, but a full on laugh?
Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson
Welcome to Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson!...
Koi in a pond [OC] (lemmy.world)
Is everyone here leftist?
What does it mean?? (lemmy.world)
‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...
I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed And Alone In The Mountains How Did I Get Here? (www.youtube.com)
Hellooooo!
China, Russia announce joint naval exercises (www.voanews.com)
China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.
Why is the US not considered a third world country?
IMO, The US has crumbling infrastructure, corrupt government, dangerous cities, and a lot of homelessness, among so many other problems. Hell, millions of people in the US don’t even have power right now....
Drone Hunt (sh.itjust.works)
Context: sh.itjust.works/post/22274596
My friend's cat used to do this to me all the time (lemmy.world)
Ray Lynch - Celestial Soda Pop [ New Age/Alt Pop/Instrumental | United States | 1984 ] (youtu.be)
A bubbly Monday to the lot of you.