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Desk read error occurred.
What’s going on here? A week or so ago this showed up and haven’t been able to turn on my laptop since. Some hardware issue?
A fresh install of Signal takes up 410MB, blowing both Firefox and Chromium out of the water (lemmy.world)
… and I can’t even continue the chat from my phone.
Not really sure whether S-expressions or Python indentation-based scoping get more hate... (programming.dev)
…from people who seem to refuse to install paredit or coloring plugins for either? ps lisp syntax ftw, it’s a feature!
UK petition of "Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state" just got thrown back to the Government
I just received this email saying that the response “did not respond directly to the request of the petition”...
pick your side (mander.xyz)
science is blue.
Trying to ditch windows
I really want to switch to Linux, up to this point there were two things keeping me on Windows, gaming and work....
Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 (jlai.lu)
Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days (www.theverge.com)
Why don't banks like root on Android? (lemmy.world)
In-app browsers still a privacy, security, and choice issue (www.theregister.com)
In-app browsers are like standalone web browsers without the interface – they rely on the native app for the interface. They can be embedded in native platform apps to load and render web content within the app, instead of outside the app in the designated default browser....
Full Stack Programmer Doing Frontend (programming.dev)
How many PostgreSQL services?
I want to migrate my Nextcloud instance from MariaDB over to PostgreSQL. I already have a PostgreSQL service running for Lemmy. And I’m pretty starved for RAM....
good luck little buddy, see you in 5 years (i.postimg.cc)
Why does distrowatch keep going down every now and then?
Hello folks,...
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.
Wwyd if you were given a pocket dimension 3m cubed?
Rules:...
Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 (lifehacker.com)
Whatever the linguistic details, one of the main roles of RSS is to supply directly to you a steady stream of updates from a website. Every new article published on that site is served up in a list that can be interpreted by an RSS reader....
What Imperative Programming Feels Like (media.mas.to)
What tool do you use to save articles to read later?
+1 bonus points for FOSS
Legendary Half-Life YouTuber plans class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft for killing The Crew (www.pcgamesn.com)
File server with on-demand sync, preserve the filesystem, and runs without external DB?
Hi, I’m looking for a FOSS file syncing/sharing solution that does all the following specific things:...
NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft (www.nasa.gov)
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to
Why Linux is Best for Most People (medium.com)
Why docker
Hi! Question in the title....
AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory (9to5mac.com)
AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory::If you’ve been hoping for a second-generation AirTag, you’ll have to keep waiting. According to a new report from Bloomberg,…
What is your least favourite acronym?
Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn’t translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing....
title (i.imgur.com)
How to scale MySQL horizontally?
What is the industry/production grade solutions or if you have already any experience please share it. Thanks
What site can I use to find if games will run on my computer?
I googled it, and the top result wanted to download/install a PuP.
Should I use Restic, Borg, or Kopia for container backups?
I’m planning to set up proper backups for my server, but I’m not sure which software to use. I’ve looked for solutions with encryption, compressed, incremental backups. These seem to be the best options:...
China announced new laws to limit microtransactions, affecting major corporations like Tencent. (gamerant.com)
These laws will ban rewards for spending money within a game for the first time, ban rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions, and ban rewards for daily log-ins.
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap (www.itpro.com)
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap::As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility
Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive. (variety.com)
Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined
Let's remember some Star Trek games
Inspired by the ongoing Resurgence giveaway, I thought it might be fun to discuss some of our favourite Trek games. Underappreciated gems are particularly welcome!
Star Trek Resurgence Giveaway (startrek.website)
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing fine and are well prepared for the winter holidays!...
U.S. Empire Humiliated at the UN: The World Stands with Palestine! (www.liberationnews.org)
Disgusted by the United States blocking a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, an emergency procedure was used at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday to force a vote. By a margin of 153-10, the countries of the world called for an end to Biden and Netanyahu’s massacre....
GitHub Desktop or Git CLI? (programming.dev)
It's been a stressful week in Engineering (startrek.website)
On this deserted island I could use some help() (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (08 Dec 2023) (pluralistic.net)
Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023)::undefined
Why don't nfo files contain a checksum for the release?
I assume there’s some historical reason for this, but currently, the way scene releases reach most people seems to consist of:...
isEven API (isevenapi.xyz)