gedaliyah
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Is that cat a 230-year-old witch?
gedaliyah
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It's a very stable, reliable, local, cross-platform file syncing that is pretty easy to set up. Basically, it allows you to have a shared folder (or folders) on multiple devices without using Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, etc.
gedaliyah
8h ago
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Oh No! This is terrible news. This IMHO is one of the most irreplaceable projects out there. I don't know of another cross-platform local file syncing app that comes anywhere close to this. I hope that it can continue even if it's not through the Play Store.
Google seems to be torpedoing open source developments with a number of decisions lately. Maybe they see F-Droid as a threat now that EU is making them open competition? Maybe they just don't care.
gedaliyah
1d ago
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That's generous. I've been to some airports where if you stay for more than about 30 seconds, an officer will come and tell you you have to move.
gedaliyah
1d ago
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If your bank account gets low enough, spontaneity goes back up.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20985097 ***A fire alarm system wasn't installed in the building because experts did not consider it necessary.*** A new fire station in Germany that was destroyed in a fire, causing millions of euros in damage, did not have a fire alarm system. The fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed the equipment hall and almost a dozen emergency vehicles, according to local media. Initial estimates put the damage at between €20 million and €24 million. No one was injured. Local officials told the German news agency dpa that no fire alarm system was installed in the building because experts had considered it not necessary — much to the astonishment of many observers now that the station has burned down.
gedaliyah
3d ago
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If you watch the interaction, it seems like he's unaware that there are multiple recordings of Ave Maria. He says something like, "they played the one without the words. Play the real one."
gedaliyah
3d ago
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Anyone used this successfully? I couldn't get it to do much useful
gedaliyah
3d ago
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But he played it twice
gedaliyah
3d ago
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Breaking news, obvious scam is a scam.
gedaliyah
3d ago
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You forgot ave maria.
gedaliyah
3d ago
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Sometimes I feel like Firefox wants to be very visible while you're using it so that you know you're using Firefox. A great browser should disappear into the background most of the time.
I have no problem with highlighting a new feature by default, but making it impossible to remove doesn't win you any favors. I feel like there are a lot of tab management things that Firefox is very proud of and wants people to use that are just not that useful. Especially when they haven't finished implementing vertical tabs yet, which has been a requested feature for a decade.
Don't get me wrong, I love Firefox, and I think it's a great browser, but these little bad PR missteps make it really frustrating.
gedaliyah
3d ago
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Bad actors who want to rile up unrest while the votes are being counted.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an urgent plea in Brussels, though it’s unclear to what extent the officials gathered there will go along with it.
gedaliyah
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I wish the title weren't so clickbaity... the article is actually very good and written by a top researcher in the field.
The policy, first introduced during the 2020 election, is meant to prevent misinformation about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming victory before a race is called. Google is implementing the policy "out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion, given the likelihood that votes will continue to be counted after Election Day," per a spokesperson.
In the House of Mirrors, political captives were pushed to the brink of insanity and death. Some are telling their stories now that the woman who put them there, Sheikh Hasina, is gone.
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His death, which has not yet been confirmed, would be a significant moment in Israel's yearlong offensive against the militant group and could complicate efforts to release dozens of hostages held in Gaza. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader. Obsessive, disciplined and dictatorial, he was a rarely seen veteran militant who learned Hebrew over years spent in Israeli prisons and who carefully studied his enemy. In 2008, Sinwar survived an aggressive form of brain cancer after treatment at a Tel Aviv hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released him in 2011 along with about 1,000 other prisoners in exchange for Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid. Netanyahu was harshly criticized for releasing dozens of prisoners held for involvement in deadly attacks. Back in Gaza, Sinwar closely coordinated between Hamas’ political leadership and its military wing, the Qassam Brigades. He also cultivated a reputation for ruthlessness. He is widely believed to be behind the unprecedented 2016 killing of another top Hamas commander, Mahmoud Ishtewi, in an internal power struggle.
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“It’s hard because the Democratic Party doesn’t have the infrastructure here like the Republican Party does,” said Kirkpatrick, 39. “Democrats here have always felt like we had to be quiet. But if we were a little louder, people would understand this is a battleground that’s up for grabs.” Democrats have long imagined a blue wave would roll in to break through the conservative landscape in the heart of the South Plains. It hasn’t happened.
Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports. Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel's year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has made killing him a key objective, and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.
#Abstract  Twenty years after the first publication using the term microplastics, we review current understanding, refine definitions and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources including tires, textiles, cosmetics, paint and the fragmentation of larger items. They are widely distributed throughout the natural environment with evidence of harm at multiple levels of biological organization. They are pervasive in food and drink and have been detected throughout the human body, with emerging evidence of negative effects. Environmental contamination could double by 2040 and widescale harm has been predicted. Public concern is increasing and diverse measures to address microplastics pollution are being considered in international negotiations. Clear evidence on the efficacy of potential solutions is now needed to address the issue and to minimize the risks of unintended consequences. 
theconversation.com
 Microplastics have been identified in the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat – including seafood, table salt, honey, sugar, beer and tea. Sometimes the contamination occurs in the environment. Other times it’s the result of food processing, packaging and handling. More data is needed on microplastics in human foods such as land-animal products, cereals, grains, fruits, vegetables, beverages, spices, and oils and fats. As equipment has advanced, scientists have identified smaller particles. They’ve found microplastics in our lungs, livers, kidneys, blood and reproductive organs. Microplastics have crossed protective barriers into our brains and hearts. While we eliminate some microplastics through urine, faeces and our lungs, many persist in our bodies for a long time.
gedaliyah
3d ago
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Has anybody heard of any plan or idea to reduce microplastics? We've been hearing all this research over the past five years especially about all of the scary places we're finding microplastics (like our brains, and testicles, and the top of Mt. Everest). I have yet to hear about any studies into reducing microplastics.
gedaliyah
4d ago
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This is the future a quarter of Americans are fighting for.
Now if we could just get the other 3/4 out to vote...
The KNLA is the military wing of the Karen National Union. It is Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armed organization, fighting since the 1950s for autonomy and territory. Since 2021, when the country’s military seized power in a coup that toppled a democratically elected civilian administration, the KNLA has stepped up fighting for control of Kayin and Mon states in southeast Myanmar.
gedaliyah
4d ago
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In most cases, it's probably safe, but ask a lawyer. Led Zeppelin has a bunch of songs about Lord of the Rings.
gedaliyah
4d ago
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Probably the most famous example is Barbie Girl. The musical group Aqua created the song and was sued by Mattel. The toy company won the rights of the song because it was specifically using their product IP. They referenced specific features of the toy line, including the names of Barbie and Ken. Mattel was able to demonstrate that the song harmed their IP. That was the key feature IIRC. In the end, I think that it was ruled that the song was clearly a parody. So any harm that was caused, people would not assume was connected with the real-world toy.
gedaliyah
4d ago
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Honestly, the best treatment of this was in the pre-streaming world with the "next time on Arrested Development."
The running joke is that they would pretty much never happen, except once in a while when they did.
gedaliyah
4d ago
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Same
What is the company’s plan for all the data it has collected since it was founded in 2006? Anya Prince, a law professor at the University of Iowa's College of Law who focuses on genetic privacy, said those worried about their sensitive DNA information may not realize just how few federal protections exist. For instance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, does not apply to 23andMe since it is a company outside of the health care realm. “HIPAA does not protect data that’s held by direct-to-consumer companies like 23andMe,” she said. Although DNA data has no federal safeguards, some states, like California and Florida, do give consumers rights over their genetic information. “If customers are really worried, they could ask for their samples to be withdrawn from these databases under those laws,” said Prince.
If 23 and Me goes bankrupt, they will sell all of the biometric data they've collected over decades to the highest bidder. Why can't the US government step in to purchase the company and establish a public trust?
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In his daily video message on Sunday, the Ukrainian president said: “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea. It is no longer just about transferring weapons. It is actually about transferring people from North Korea to the occupying military forces.” Zelensky’s allegation comes amid an increasingly friendly relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea in June – the first visit of its kind for more than two decades – and Western observers have wondered how heavily North Korea has assisted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
www.dw.com
The Ukrainian president told the UN Security Council that Russia has turned North Korea into "accomplices" in its "criminal war." Western intelligence accuses the two countries of providing weapons to Moscow's military. Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said that Russia, as the sole aggressor in the war, needed to be forced into peace.
www.pbs.org
Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the weekend have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, flooding homes, fields and roads. Three people drowned, while some 134,000 people have been affected by flooding, according to the country’s Disaster Management Center.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20839776
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a phone call on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces is not carrying out a plan proposed by former Israeli generals to seal off aid to northern Gaza, Israeli officials said. Israel closed the main crossings into northern Gaza in the first week of October as it renewed its military offensive. No food and other supplies have been entering the area where there are currently more than 400,000 Palestinians. The Israeli defense minister told the U.S. ambassador that the IDF has opened the Zikim crossing in northwest Gaza and that the first aid trucks entered on Monday, Israeli officials said. The IDF said 30 trucks carrying flour and food from the UN World Food Program were transferred on Monday from the Port of Ashdod through the "Erez West" (Zikim) crossing to the northern Gaza Strip. It was the first delivery of aid to northern Gaza since the first week of October, an Israeli official said.
Italy sent its first boat carrying migrants to Albania on Monday, part of a plan to send migrants who are rescued in the Mediterranean by Italian ships to detention centers in the Balkan nation, where their asylum claims will be assessed. The plan, which is being heralded by the Italian government and some European Union leaders as an innovative model to manage and deter immigration to Italy, has been criticized by human rights officials and groups, who fear it would put the migrants at risk and expose them to rights violations. Francesco Kamel, a spokesman for Italy’s interior ministry, said Italian officials would not immediately disclose the number or nationality of the migrants or details of their arrival time in Albania, since the Italian naval boat carrying them may still stop to gather more. He said the boat has been picking up migrants off the southern Italian coast.