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China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)
Archived link...
TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it (en.wikipedia.org)
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...
Are you embracing AI? (viewber.co.uk)
There’s something of a misunderstanding in the UK property industry that agents are luddites, clinging to fax machines and Rolodexes, but quite the opposite is true. Sales and letting agents like nothing more than finding new efficiencies – whether through careful outsourcing, digital signatures or virtual tours, begging the...
Deduplication tool
I’m in the process of starting a proper backup solution however over the years I’ve had a few copy-paste home directory from different systems as a quick and dirty solution. Now I have to pay my technical debt and remove the duplicates. I’m looking for a deduplication tool....
TUXEDO on ARM is coming (www.tuxedocomputers.com)
Star Trek Is Showing More Love To Scott Bakula’s Enterprise (screenrant.com)
vivo released vivo V40 with 80W charging but no charger in the box! (www.gizmochina.com)
anti-snap stance is anti-consumer
The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops....
At 11,000 feet up, scientists find Earth broke a scary record (mashable.com)
YSK: lemmy.ml is managed by tankies, and lead lemmy developer is a tankie
Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide...
Motorola Edge (2024) coming to US with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 for $549 -9to5google (9to5google.com)
Your Experience with Linux, BSD etc
The fact that you get a full OS for free, customizable and no crappy forced in features that you don’t want is amazing....
Comparing Linux gaming distros performance (tilvids.com)
AsahiLina: ✨ We got a bunch of Steam games to run on Asahi Linux!!! ✨ (vt.social)
Update : more games!
am I depleting my embedded notebook's battery by leaving the power cord constantly plugged in?
notebook is a 10 year old macbook pro without macos I installed xubuntu 24.04 in. It comes with an embedded battery....
when you upgrade an OS, do you clean install or upgrade?
clean install: you make a backup, nuke the computer, install a fresh upgraded copy of the distro you want from a live usb, copy your data again to the computer....
Best Audio Format for Storage? (kbin.social)
What is the best format settings to store a physical music?...
Dr. Pulaski Appreciation Post (startrek.website)
I don’t know whether it’s a popular opinion or not, but I think Dr. Pulaski was a great character and I found her much more interesting than Dr. Crusher. I don’t know if it was down to the writing or the performance but Pulaski is one of the best parts of season 2 and I would have been happy to see her character continue....
Airplane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why. (mashable.com)
2024: The Year Linux Dethrones Windows on the Desktop – Are You Ready? (lemmy.ca)
NTSync coming in Kernel 6.11 for better Wine/Proton game performance and porting....
AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside (www.wired.com)
archive.is link needed
How much uplink Internet speed needed for flawless remote Jellyfin watching (2-3 people at the same time, no 4K).
The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet (arstechnica.com)
4 months durability for an $800 phone!
My old $200 Motorola G9 Power phone lasted almost 4 years with only very minor scratches. Obviously in that period I have dropped it a few times getting out of the car, where the phone sometimes work itself out of my pant pocket while I drive, and then it slips out when I get out of the car. But no problem on my previous phones,...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
In some cultures, that is an honor Samantha! (sh.itjust.works)
Searching for the "most representative" Star Trek episode
Whenever I see a conversation along the lines of “what episode should I show my friend/partner/etc. to get them hooked on Star Trek,” the suggestions are pretty predictable - your “best” episodes that are regarded to represent the franchise at its peak....
you don't need more 4GB of RAM (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
DVDs, Blu-rays, and VHS tapes: How long does physical media last? (qz.com)
My name is lars and I’m a hoarder. Too. (www.pcmag.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/13631943...
Drew Barrymore Reveals She Accidentally Left Her "Sex List" at Danny DeVito's House (www.marieclaire.com)
Does anyone know why SteamOS is based on arch rather than Debian?
Just got a steam deck and immediately checked out the desktop mode, and I was somewhat surprised to see KDE and pacman as opposed to GNOME and apt, I have nothing against the former though a strong preference for the latter, anyone know why Volvo went in this direction?
sudon't – blog by Tony Finch (dotat.at)
why does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?
I know that there are ten different alternatives. Why don’t we simply improve the basic stuff?
Emergency slide that fell off Delta plane washes up at home of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing
independent.co.uk/…/boeing-flight-safety-delta-em…
Men Use Fake Livestream Apps With AI Audiences to Hit on Women (www.404media.co)
Amarok 3.0 "Castaway" released! (blogs.kde.org)
The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.0 "Castaway"! The new 3.0 is the first stable Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5 based version of Amarok, and first stable release since 2018, when the final Qt4 based version 2.
ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it (noyb.eu)
It’s clear that companies are currently unable to make chatbots like ChatGPT comply with EU law, when processing data about individuals. If a system cannot produce accurate and transparent results, it cannot be used to generate data about individuals. The technology has to follow the legal requirements, not the other way...