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Why does looking directly at the sun damage your eyes?

Maine resident: People knew to 'stay away' from Robert Card (www.nbcnews.com)

Robert Card is now officially a suspect....

Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts (arstechnica.com)

Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts::“Rest assured we haven’t signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to.”

Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Israel demands UN chief resign over Hamas attack comments (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Israel to refuse visas to UN officials after Guterres speech on Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)

White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases (www.reuters.com)

The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases “actively facilitating” rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden has directed the Department of Defense to brace for more and respond appropriately....

2 genders (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

Homelessness in England is up 6.8% on the previous year - with thousands in temporary housing (www.euronews.com)

Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions. (www.sciencefocus.com)

Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.::If we want space missions to be successful, we need to build Moon roads. Scientists plan to use lasers and moondust - here’s how.

Going All-In for Israel May Make Biden Complicit in Genocide (theintercept.com)

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Prices for wifi in the plane (scoot) (lemmy.ml)

I’ve just released Gatekeeper 1.6.0. It’s a single executable that turns any Linux machine into a home gateway. Now with realtime traffic graphs, LAN autoconfiguration, full cone NAT and better looks. (github.com)

Hi all home network administrators :) Haven’t posted anything here since June, when I told you about Gatekeeper 1.1.0. Back then it was a pretty bare-bones (and maybe slightly buggy) DNS + DHCP server with a web UI with a list of LAN clients. Back at 1.1.0 Gatekeeper didn’t even configure your LAN interface or set up NAT...

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Czech village priest sorry for smashing pumpkins (www.bbc.com)

With lemmy.film down, where should we host the new movies community?

Update: requested !movies :...

With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang (www.theverge.com)

With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang::With the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch, Nintendo is capping off an excellent 2023 for the console, just ahead of the rumored launch of the Switch 2.

How did living in caves not backfire on cavemen?

I have a lot of indirect experience/knowledge with caves. I don’t have to be one of the people who directly explored one to know one of the first things one learns about caves is how ill-suited for wandering around they are. Slopes can change on a dime, it’s incredibly rocky inside, and they fill with whatever falls from the...