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Dogyote ,

Did this leak happen before or after NYT published an investigation detailing how Israeli forces were raping and torturing defenseless Palestinian detainees brought in from the Gaza Strip?

Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem

I feel like we need to talk about Lemmy’s massive tankie censorship problem. A lot of popular lemmy communities are hosted on lemmy.ml. It’s been well known for a while that the admins/mods of that instance have, let’s say, rather extremist and onesided political views. In short, they’re what’s colloquially referred to...

Dogyote ,

Kiwi farms?

Dogyote ,

The gestures are awesome! The best part of my old moto was turning on my flashlight just by shaking the phone. So convenient. Turning it on with any other phone is a whole process that takes forever.

Dogyote ,

About 6 montha ago I wanted to replace my S21 battery and checked with Samsung, who redirected me to iFixit. The only genuine Samsung S21 battery they had was only sold with the screen, which cost ~$130 or something. I didn’t need the screen…

Last month I checked again and saw they had a third party replacement battery for ~$30, same capacity. I bought it and popped it in. It’s been working fine.

Was it Samsung’s requirement that the battery only be sold with the screen? At the time, I would have rather had the genuine Samsung battery and would have paid a bit extra for it, but not $100 extra.

Dogyote ,

Why are you doing this?

Dogyote ,

No one really knows how osmosis works.

Dogyote ,

We don’t know what molecular mechanism creates the pressure.

Dogyote ,

No? Water can’t carry anything across the membrane.

Dogyote ,

Water can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that’s dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.

Dogyote ,

Evolution and natural selection never stops, we’ve only changed what the selective pressures are.

Dogyote ,

Wild Cats Of North America:

Bobcat

Canada Lynx

Puma / Mountain Lion / Cougar

Ocelot

Jaguarundi

Jaguar

Margay

Dogyote ,

I’d argue a housecat and a bobcat share a similar ecological niche. Haven’t the housecats simply replaced the bobcats that were largely removed by humans?

This is probably a dumb question, but if we eliminate the hydrophobia caused by rabies, would it increase the survival rate of active rabies?

I’ve been learning some about rabies and learned about rabies causing hydrophobia. This is just a theory, I’m not saying I know anything about this topic to be knowledgeable, but if we could get someone with rabies to not fear water, could they survive?

Dogyote ,

Critical Appraisal of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies: This Failed Approach Should Be Abandoned

Well you got a better idea?

I looked, and they don’t.

OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now (arstechnica.com)

OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it’s an even worse idea now::Hello, cultural singularity—soon, every video you see online could be completely fake.

Dogyote ,

It’s like we’re going back to the pre-internet era but it’s obviously a little different. Before the internet, there were just a few major media providers on TV plus lots of local newspapers. I would say that, for the most part in the USA, the public trusted TV news sources even though their material interests weren’t aligned (regular people vs big media corporations). It felt like there wasn’t a reason not to trust them, since they always told an acceptable version of the truth and there wasn’t an easy way to find a different narrative (no internet or crazy cable news). Local newspapers were usually very trusted, since they were often locally owned and part of the community.

The internet broke all of those business models. Local newspapers died because why do you need a paper when there are news websites? Major media companies were big enough to weather the storm and could buy up struggling competitors. They consolidated and one in particular started aggressively spinning the news to fit a narrative for ratings and political gain of the ownership class. Other companies followed suit.

This, paired with the thousands of available narratives online, weakened the credibility of the major media companies. Anyone could find the other side of the story or fact check whatever was on TV.

Now what is happening? The internet is being polluted with garbage and lies. It hasn’t been good for some time now. Obviously anyone could type up bullshit, but for a minute photos were considered reliable proof (usually). Then photoshopping something became easier and easier, which made videos the new standard of reliable proof (in most cases).

But if anything can be fake now and difficult to identify as fake, then how can you fact check anything? Only those with the means will be able to produce undeniably real news with great difficulty, which I think will return power to major news companies or something equivalent.

I’m probably wrong about what the future holds, so what do you think is going to happen?

Dogyote ,

Nah it’s not really bad at all:

The use of microwave transmission of power has been the most controversial issue in considering any SPS design. At the Earth’s surface, a suggested microwave beam would have a maximum intensity at its center, of 23 mW/cm2 (less than 1/4 the solar irradiation constant), and an intensity of less than 1 mW/cm2 outside the rectenna fenceline (the receiver’s perimeter). These compare with current United States Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) workplace exposure limits for microwaves, which are 10 mW/cm2,[original research?] - the limit itself being expressed in voluntary terms and ruled unenforceable for Federal OSHA enforcement purposes.[citation needed] A beam of this intensity is therefore at its center, of a similar magnitude to current safe workplace levels, even for long term or indefinite exposure.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power?wpr…

Dogyote ,

Did something happen to you? Like was your mom, sister, granny, father, and/or brother killed?

Dogyote ,

Russia doesn’t need Ukraine on its own, they need Ukraine to get access Poland, Romania and Moldova.

But why? Poland and Romania are already in NATO. Isn’t that why they’re attacking Ukraine now and Georgia in 2008, to prevent them from joining NATO?

Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in Eagle Pass public park (www.cbsnews.com)

Texas state officials this week abruptly blocked federal U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering and patrolling a public area in the border town of Eagle Pass where they typically first encounter migrants who cross the Rio Grande illegally, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday....

Dogyote ,

Why did the federal agents back off? Don’t they have the higher authority in this situation?

Dogyote ,

duckduckgo has been working well imo

Dogyote ,

Yeah what happened to that one out of South Korea?

Dogyote ,

Tangential question: at what point, in the manufacture of applesauce, would lead even come in the vicinity of the product. I just don’t see how unless it was deliberately added.

Dogyote ,

Yeah but not enough to be recalled.

Dogyote ,

You seem confused

Dogyote ,

Okay so I don’t understand what you’re arguing or why. Seems like you’re saying there’s high levels of lead in lots of food, but we don’t know because we don’t test… so how do you know if we don’t test?

I’m saying that levels of lead found in the cinnamon applesauce probably don’t occur just by chance, cuz they were so high they were causing symptoms in children which triggered a recall. That suggests there was more lead present than what naturally occurs. So where’d it come from? The FDA is pretty sure it’s the cinnamon that came from Ecuador, so here are some possibilities:

  1. The cinnamon was grown in a lead mine or something and had extremely high lead levels. Kind of doubt that.
  2. Introduced during processing by machinery containing lead in its metal components. Possible.
  3. Deliberately added to the cinnamon to alter its color or increase its weight. Also possible.

I’m guessing it’s either #2 or #3.

Dogyote ,

Although true, that has nothing to do with high levels of lead in food products. It’s a totally separate issue.

Dogyote ,

If you think I’m acting like a conspiracy theorist, then you’re cognitively impaired or trolling. Stop eating lead laced food?

Dogyote ,

lol. Okay candybrie, I’m going to break down what could have happened, again.

  1. the cinnamon used in the applesauce was somehow grown in soil that contained a ridiculous amount of lead. No conspiracy, just human error.
  2. Equipment used in the processing of the cinnamon contained lead. That lead accidentally got into the processed cinnamon. No conspiracy, just human error.
  3. Lead was deliberately added to the cinnamon to either increase its weight or alter its color. That’s a thing that happens. Possibly one person, maybe more were involved, but it’s not what most people would consider a conspiracy. It’s just people being lazy, unscrupulous, or greedy.

Don’t take my word for it, here’s a link to a peer reviewed paper measuring lead levels in spices:

Adulteration of spices can occur at any point along the supply chain due to the intentional or inadvertent addition of lead. Lead may be added as a coloring agent, or to add weight for products sold by weight, or it can be introduced because of poor processing equipment; the presence of lead in air, dust, or soil where food is grown or processed can also contribute toward contamination. In addition, poor regulatory controls in some countries can further impact the safety of food supplies.

Dogyote ,

So ummm, you should probably see this: lemmy.world/post/9621277

Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment (www.cnn.com)

Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN....

Dogyote ,

Unfortunately it is

Dogyote , (edited )

How about we engage with the content? They didn’t make up the numbers, so why is Morocco getting more tanks than Ukraine and why do they need so many?

Dogyote ,
  1. I don’t care how they feel about the source. I think we’re all grown-ups here and are capable of seeing through any propaganda the source may have added to the facts. I’m here to discuss the factual content of the article, which is rather interesting. I haven’t been following the drama of northwestern Africa’s territorial disputes.
  2. Don’t guess, because you’re just wrong. 1st sentence. “The received tanks were immediately deployed to the southern part of the country, specifically to the disputed Western Sahara region.” Some other commentors added more relevant info, so nice of them.
  3. “has received” is indeed misleading, if you’re in high school. No one receives weapons for free, not even Ukraine or Israel. Obviously Morocco paid for them.
Dogyote ,

Thank you

Dogyote ,

First sentence says where they deployed them, dingus.

Dogyote ,

Nah I asked first and looked later. I was so overcome by the need to pop someone’s little righteous justice boner I couldn’t help but comment first.

Dogyote ,

Omg I can’t handle the blue dude’s gold teeth.

DoorDash makes tipping an afterthought to protest New York City’s wage raise (www.theverge.com)

“For most markets where DoorDash operates, customers are prompted to tip on the checkout screen, with a middle option already selected by default. If they want to, they can adjust the tip later from the status screen while awaiting their food, or even after it’s delivered. That’s changing today; while blaming New York...

Dogyote ,

-sigh- speaking from experience, it doesn’t cost you $0.65 a mile to drive. Perhaps you could make that argument if you bought and insured a new gas guzzler specifically for delivery driving, only took it to the dealership for maintenance/repairs, and only filled up with premium. If you’re doing that, then… you should probably work for someone who makes decisions for you.

Dogyote ,

lol yeah sure. I don’t know what kind of car you’re exclusively using for delivery driving, but by your logic mine was covered very quickly. So no, it definitely didn’t cost me $0.65 a mile to drive with that in mind.

Dogyote ,

I guess you missed the part where your $0.65/mile driving cost argument totally breaks down.

Dogyote ,

Can you read? I mean obviously you can but your selective comprehension is baffling. I already told you my car has been “replaced.” Actually it’s been replaced multiple times over and it’s still going. Your petty assumptions about my situation are frankly wrong, and when I compared deducting the mileage rate vs itemized deductions, the mileage rate was so much better I wondered why anyone would consider itemizing. Drive cheap, efficient cars my friend, you can really game that mileage rate.

Also do you really think the IRS has local couriers driving tiny used cars in mind when they’re creating their mileage deduction? No, they don’t.

Dogyote ,

It’s just a ship dropping out of warp a safe distance from our system. While inconvenient, it’s considered best practice to drop out well away from the system’s center to shed the particles you’ve accumulated in your warp bubble during transit. They are extremely energetic and can cause immense damage if released irresponsibly close to an inhabited planet. This is especially true when visiting a primitive world that hasn’t set up any sensible warp safety systems.

Dogyote ,

Ah I remember this. In 2016 I didn’t know what RT was but I really liked their coverage, mostly because NPR and any mainstream American media wouldn’t cover Bernie in a positive manner. Got a bit of whiplash in 2017 from that.

Dogyote ,

This is how it’s done in Korea, cameras everywhere and signs telling you where they are. The built-in gps systems in newer cars also have all the camera locations within their maps. It’ll warn you by dinging if you’re speeding ahead of a camera and give you a happy ding-ding if you pass the camera while driving under the limit. Seems to work fairly well, although it’s kind of annoying on their highways as everyone seemingly races to the next camera where they then rapidly slow down, then speed up, again and again and again.

Oh and cops don’t pull people over. I never saw it and drove many miles over several different visits.

Dogyote ,

I think your worries are misplaced. I work for an employee owned cooperative with about 60 employees. I think half of the employees are also owners. There’s still a CEO, chosen by the board of directors, who are elected by the employee-owners. Day to day operational decisions are made by whoever is in charge of the relevant department, just like a shareholder-owned corporation. Bigger decisions, like long term strategy or how to distribute profits among employees, are voted on by all of the employee owners instead of shareholders. It’s been in business for about 20 years and makes enough money to share profits with all employees regardless of their ownership status. So essentially this business operates like any other, but the profits are shared with the employee-owners and employees instead of going to shareholders or insane CEO salaries (compressed pay structure).

Dogyote ,

I really think you should stop arguing and start listening.

Ozempic Threatens Profits at Food and Beverage Makers Worldwide (www.bloomberg.com)

So far, fear has driven investors to sell consumer-exposed stocks. A basket of such companies — including Oreo cookies maker Mondelez International Inc. and Modelo beer producer Constellation Brand Inc. — is down nearly 9% since early August with losses roughly double those of the S&P 500 Index, while makers of things like...

Dogyote ,

Or are these relatively few people really having that much of an impact?

I’m imagining a world where 99% of grocery shoppers ignore the cookie aisle while the last 1% fill their carts with Oreos every visit, like Whales in pay to win mobile games.

Dogyote ,

I posted the Al Jazeera video analysis yesterday. The conclusions of both videos don’t seem entirely contradictory. I find AP’s analysis as credible as Al Jazeera’s, although it did look like Al Jazeera was correct when they showed that the missile in question was hit by an Iron Dome missile. Regardless, if that was the case, I wouldn’t fault the IDF for shooting down a missile over Gaza that was destined for Israeli territory. Also possible the missile just exploded by itself. Either way, seems so unlikely the warhead survived either incident and very unlucky the warhead fell where it did.

Dogyote ,

Guess it just malfunctioned and blew up

Turkey's Erdogan calls on Israel to stop attacks on Gaza 'amounting to genocide' (www.reuters.com)

ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region....

Dogyote ,

He was also heard mumbling, Turks know it when they see it

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