If I’ve learned anything from watching combat footage from Ukraine, it’s that shotguns are very effective at taking down drones. Who would’ve guessed the thing used to kill birds kills drones? (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South (www.bbc.com)
A high-profile North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba has defected to the South, Seoul’s spy agency has confirmed to the BBC....
Sidebar Update: Civility
The News Community updated their civility rule, and based on recent reports here and in Politics, it seemed like a worthy addition to our rule-set....
'It was a cult': Traumatizing troubled teens (azmirror.com)
Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president (www.nbcnews.com)
Least favourite day of the week
My least favourite day has gotta be Wednesday, whether you’re working or not, it’s right slapdash in the middle and you just FEEL you’re at the end of the tunnel but not quite…...
Bella fell asleep on top of the warm dishwasher
Queer Amsterdam wants to ban Israeli flags at Pride Walk, Halsema prohibits ban (nltimes.nl)
Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema reports that there is no ban on carrying the Israeli flag during the Pride Walk organized by Queer Amsterdam on July 20. “The Pride Walk is a manifestation that falls under the right to demonstrate. However, freedom to demonstrate does not give the right to impose censorship on demonstrators. An...
Lets hit them with their own weapons (lemmy.world)
Linux 6.10 released (lore.kernel.org)
CachyOS Introduces New Repository Optimized for AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs (9to5linux.com)
A new CachyOS snapshot for July 2024 is out today with various improvements and some exciting new features, especially for AMD users, as well as the usual bug fixes and other changes to improve your experience....
Donald Trump apparently shot, 2 confirmed dead at rally - as former president rushed off stage (news.sky.com)
Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop lid (github.com)
Redfash comment thread for how little they care about losing their flag on Canvas
First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards (arstechnica.com)
Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Dollar General has 48hrs to make stores safe or face more penalties after $12m fine (www.independent.co.uk)
AT&T says hackers accessed records of calls and texts for nearly all its cellular customers (www.cbsnews.com)
the new shit (lemmynsfw.com)
Design patterns
Just a bit or a wandering mind on my part but one of the issues in the back of my mind is what happens to whatever self hosting I setup if something happens to me....
Nvidia reveals that 150 RTX A6000 GPUs power the Las Vegas Sphere (www.techspot.com)
Who could pass up this ballin' opportunity? (lemmy.world)
Galaxybrain
Lemmy (etc.): allow sorting preference for search
It’s a pain that search results on lemmy show by default ordered by some useless relevance ranking. I can’t think of a single time I didn’t want newest first. I couldn’t find a preference to request that. It would be great if there was one....
Distro for n100
I’m trying to decide on a distro for my n100 mini pc. It’ll be for watching content, browsing the web, using discord And playing music. I have Garuda running in it right now just as a tester to see how it did at emulation and honestly it ran 3DS games pretty swell lol. But it feels very bogged down overall. Anything really...