Is Storing Torrent Files or Magnet Links a Good Idea?
I’d like to store/seed important data (wikipedia, gutenberg, etc.), and read recently that it would be a good idea to store torrent files long-term. My questions are:...
Canada and Australia, expressing alarm at China's claims over the disputed waters of the South China Sea, signal more military cooperation (www.straitstimes.com)
Archived link...
Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Collection Releases October 8 (www.retronews.com)
Square Enix has announced the release of the Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Collection, which features the Pixel Remaster versions of Final Fantasy I, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, and Final Fantasy VI.
Song of the Day: Sue (Or In a Season of Crime) by David Bowie (youtu.be)
definitely hear the death grips and industrial influences on this one
I reported a piece for the New York Times on antisemitism. I found a major error, but the Times didn't care. (www.dropsitenews.com)
As a freelance journalist, I contributed to a New York Times article earlier this year about an anti-Zionist demonstration in Teaneck,...
Russian Railway networks facing "imminent collapse": report (www.newsweek.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25545288...
Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days (www.reuters.com)
CARACAS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election....
I reported a piece for the New York Times on antisemitism. I found a major error, but the Times didn't care. (www.dropsitenews.com)
As a freelance journalist, I contributed to a New York Times article earlier this year about an anti-Zionist demonstration in Teaneck, New Jersey, a township just outside of New York City. Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to protest an event organized by Israeli realtors marketing properties in the occupied Palestinian...
Russia Reports 'Massive' Drone Strike On Air Base, Triggering Blaze And Partial Evacuation. (www.rferl.org)
What actually happened. (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
August Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?
Alpaca Simplifies Running Advanced AI Language Models on Linux (freedomproject.pages.dev)
Notification access for sideloaded apps
This was seen on two phones, one running near Stock Android 13(Nokia G20) and another on an usual OEM customized variant of Android 14. When I sideloaded two different apps on each phone and attempted to give them Read notification access in the settings, a message came that it was restricted for my security and no way to bypass...
Google Introduces Gemini-Powered Lens in Chrome Desktop. (iblnews.org)
Google is already testing Wear OS 5.1, could be based on Android 15 (www.androidauthority.com)
Android Authority has learned of test builds of Wear OS 5.1 for the Pixel Watch 2, and they’re apparently based on Android 15.
Google Authenticator finally gets Material You redesign, search, & more (9to5google.com)
Following the last update over a year ago, Google Authenticator 7.0 is rolling out with a Material You redesign and other new features.
Anon rides a bike (sh.itjust.works)
TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture (www.tomshardware.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the world’s largest advanced computer chip manufacturers, continues finding its efforts to get its Arizona facility up and running to be more difficult than it anticipated. The chip maker’s 5nm wafer fab was supposed to go online in 2024 but has faced numerous...
Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 – Firefox Nightly News (blog.nightly.mozilla.org)
I tried this last night and I actually really like it. The default theme seems to have changed also and looks much cleaner....
A community for users of system76, the US manufacturer and developer of 100% compatible Linux computers
!system76 is a community to talk about and get support for their hardware, their POP!OS Linux distribution and the upcoming Cosmic DE
What kind of laptop charger do I need for my laptop
Dell G15 (5510)...
Eureka? Scientists’ first hints of life on other planets may not be… (www.planetary.org)
love this stuff