A.I. groks 66%-76% faster with data augmentation strategies. (arxiv.org)
China leads world in renewable energy (socialistchina.org)
Remarks by Ambassador Fu Cong at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Addressing the Historical Injustice and Enhancing Africa’s Effective Representation in the Security Council (un.china-mission.gov.cn)
Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, 'The Defiant Ones' (www.cnbc.com)
Taiwan defence spend to outpace GDP growth as China threat rises (www.reuters.com)
Floridians balk at DeSantis administration plan to build golf courses at state parks (apnews.com)
The golf course is not a threatened species in the Sunshine State — but the Florida scrub-jay is....
Andries Brouwer on the OOM killer (quuxplusone.github.io)
Via Andy Miller (2007), an amusing metaphor for Linux memory overcommit. Originally posted by Andries Brouwer to the linux-kernel mailing list, 2004-09-24, in the thread titled “oom_pardon, aka don’t kill my xlock”:...
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Coming to PC: A Retro Racing Revival | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
Genki has officially announced Tokyo Xtreme Racer, marking its first new console racing game in 18 years. The title is set for release on PC via https://store.steampowered.com/app/2634950/Tokyo_Xtreme_Racer/ in 2025, supporting English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese....
No Palestinian Americans Will Speak at Convention, DNC Decides (theintercept.com)
Democratic National Convention officials rejected a request to allow Palestinian Americans to speak from the conference’s main stage. In protest of that decision, a group of “Uncommitted” delegates critical of the party’s stance on the war, staged a sit-in in front of the United Center Wednesday evening as party leaders...
Pirate IPTV Raid: 150+ Encoders, STBs, and Servers Seized, Operators Arrested. (torrentfreak.com)
The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It (www.wired.com)
Dota 2 - Introducing The Ringmaster (and TI 2024 compendium) (www.dota2.com)
US man who faked death to avoid $100,000 in child support gets six years in prison (www.theguardian.com)
After registering as deceased person, Jesse Kipf of Kentucky then hacked death registry systems and sold access to them...
Anti-immigrant activists draft bill requiring US citizenship proof to vote (www.theguardian.com)
A coalition of anti-immigrant and election-denying activists called Only Citizens Vote Coalition has joined forces with the powerful rightwing American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) to draft a model bill requiring citizenship for voting in “all public elections”....
Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service. Nobody wants this. (mashable.com)
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Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11 (www.forbes.com)
I recently spent some time with the Framework 13 laptop, evaluating it with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and the AMD Ryzen 7 7480U. It felt like the perfect opportunity to test how a handful of games ran on Windows 11 and Fedora 40. I was genuinely surprised by the results!...
The Woodstock of politics: Democrats strike all the right chords — and scare Donald Trump — with DNC (www.salon.com)
‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools (apnews.com)
Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical punishment in private schools while reiterating a prohibition on the practice in public schools implemented 30 years ago....
A white supremacist warned me to comply with his demands or else. Now, he's in federal custody. (www.newschannel5.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/a-white-supremacist-warned-me-t…
Thousands march on DNC without incident — or a permit: 'We just want a peaceful protest.' (chicago.suntimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/dnc-protests-union-park-united-…
‘Star Trek: Khan – Ceti Alpha V’ Audio Drama Podcast Is Currently Casting (trekmovie.com)
The U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide (theintercept.com)
Breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade.
US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she’d died (www.theguardian.com)
Jessie Peterson’s family spent a year searching for her after they were told that she had checked herself out of a California hospital against medical advice – before they learned that she had been dead all along....
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes (www.theguardian.com)
What the fuck is an SBAT and why does everyone suddenly care (mjg59.dreamwidth.org)
Follow up to: “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update...