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Did you know that "smart" when it comes to technology means "filled with ads"? :3c

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Plastic don't embrittle to breaking challenge in a few months challenge (impossible).

>:(

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The bottom guide for our hanging closet door. I just put it in a few months back and it broke even though I didn't put any extra stress on it when opening the closet.

I ordered a stainless replacement that should last a bit longer. :3

in reply to Neil E. Hodges

Hopefully so.

These days there are some amazingly durable plastics, but also some real poor material, too.





Hah! Musk was an illegal immigrant when he founded his first company, Zip2, in the US


https://www.salon.com/2024/10/26/anti-crusader-musk-illegally-overstayed-visa-when-moving-to-us/





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*chef’s kiss*

Gift link: https://wapo.st/4e0PdyI

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#ClimateChange has irreversible consequences and costs.

"Tech companies think they can reverse climate change with fancy new tools to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But new research throws cold water on the idea that cooling the planet after it has already heated beyond a key turning point can avoid serious damage. Much of the toll climate change takes — from rising seas to lost homes — can’t be undone, recent research published in the journal Nature warns."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/23/24265618/reverse-climate-change-overshoot-carbon-removal-research-nature

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it won't save us from consequences already set in motion, but those are just the tip of the iceberg compared to what is coming if we don't reverse the carbon extraction (and not by pumping CO2 into the ground to make more oil come out!!)
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@enobacon

Agreed. I think the takeaway of the study is that it's always far cheaper, and generally better, to prevent damage rather than try to clean up after the fact.

Relying on uncertain technology to reduce the effects of climate change is far less desirable than reducing the amount we produce in the first place. That said, removing carbon (particularly in ways that work with and benefit natural ecosystems) will certainly have a role to play.


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Meanwhile, in Russia

U.S. Says North Korean Troops Are in Russia to Aid Fight Against Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III called the situation “very, very serious,” though he said that what the soldiers were doing in Russia was “left to be seen.”

"For weeks, the Ukrainian and South Korean governments have fueled reports that more than 12,000 North Koreans were training to fight alongside Russian soldiers"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/us/politics/north-korea-russia-military-ukraine.html

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Further evidence that the War in Ukraine is merely a proxy war between the two Koreas...

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Worth repeating

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Lauren Weinstein is ignored



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Just a reminder for tomorrow's rally against the Doug Ford plan to get rid of bike lane.

It starts at 15:30 at Confederation Park across City Hall.

The rally last Tuesday had over 200 people there, so let's do that again or more!

#OttBike #Ottawa

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It wasn't hard, but it did take a while for me to figure out the workflow. :P I can definitely say I'm happy with the results, though.

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Repair YouTuber creates upgradable SSD storage modules for Apple Silicon MacBooks https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/26/youtuber-m1-macbook-ssd-upgradability/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@torproject I think most of those people already use hoster & platforms instead so those are to blame in lieu of them!
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@kkarhan @torproject Whether on one's own website or on a social media silo, a photographer or illustrator still needs someone to write adequate alt text for every single piece they've made.


AI Vision Explained (and How to Avoid Paying for It) — FortNine

Motorcycle AI Vision is coming. But what is it really worth?

#motorcycle #LLM #AI

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"I wonder what the problem is......"

submitted by u/Bitter-Gur-4613
https://redd.it/1gcj5ch
#fuckcars

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But that electric car goes zero to sixty in less than four seconds. Also, I am sure that driverless cars will fix this in a jiffy.
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Can we all please admit that devoting almost all of our transportation to the car was a big ass fucking mistake?






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> Got a Ninja 1000SX.
> Eventually got into regularly doing 100+ MPH on Eastern Washington Interstates.
> Downsized to a CBR650R because I realized that 100+ MPH is a bit TOO fast.
> Still ended up around 100 MPH sometimes.
> Was doing something around 80 MPH on a Western Washington State Route where the speed limit was 55 MPH, and Labor Day morning traffic was light.
> Got a speeding ticket and just paid it because I know what I did.
> Stopped going so fast.

🗑️ #motorcycle

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I have GPS proof of doing 155 in Nevada on a BMW K1200GT. When he pulled me over the only thing he wanted to see was the motorcycle endorsement on my license. After he saw it we chatted about bikes for about an hour and he wrote me for 5 over.

Right after that I got rid of that bike and now I ride dirt.

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Well for that speed ticket. Know where speed control will occur or what we know, where a traffic control installation is...
Or cling to the speed limit. Hence no need for a speedier machine.....

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https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global%20heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe

In Finland, global heating effects are damaging forests so much that they are no longer carbon sinks.

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🦝 can Mac even play games? Do they even have graphics in Mac?

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in reply to Jess🌺 :itsfree: :therian:

🦝 ok this is a semi serious question though because a friend of ours wants to play our game but can't because we can't make mac builds and WINE doesn't seem to work for them
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I know you can pre-bundle games in WINE but you might also try Whisky? https://getwhisky.app/
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im not a mac user anymore but theres this newfangled thing now https://developer.apple.com/games/game-porting-toolkit/#evaluation-environment
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@bug 🦝 this page never loaded for me but like, isn't that for game deveopers to do it? not sure how well gamemaker would work with it
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thats the target audience ya but its also just a command-line tool to straight-up run a game exe
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Curious and somewhat concerning that WINE won't work. Is there a specific error they are getting? Perhaps the model of Mac might be affecting this? (like, is it one if the Apple Silicon models? Then it could be a case of x86 emulation falling over)
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@techokami 🦝 not sure, we haven't pressed it too much, just looking for like "try this and it's easy and will work"
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Mac deprecated OpenGL and doesn't support Vulkan, Because Apple, they simply cannot stand openness. So... yeah, Mac doesn't really have graphics. >,,> Unless you use their special proprietary API.
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@frost they depreciated it in favor of Metal, their own multi-layered graphics api, which takes better advantage of the integrated GPU in Apple Silicon. OpenGL is still present and runs on top of Metal through a compatibility layer, but it’s forever locked at version 4.1 from 2010.

The reason they deprecated it is because very few developers were continuing to produce new games for OpenGL. Metal, however, has been pretty successful.


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Graphene-Based Memristors Inch Towards Practical Production https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/25/2339209/graphene-based-memristors-inch-towards-practical-production?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

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This is fantastic news for all sufferers of medical emergencies and McFlurry emergencies https://www.404media.co/it-is-now-legal-to-hack-mcflurry-machines-and-medical-devices-to-fix-them/

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Russia is behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, U.S. officials say


Federal intelligence officials and the FBI say Russia is behind the video, which has spread widely on social media, including Elon Musk’s X.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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"It’s ableist to think disabled people have to drive or else they’re lazy or immature "

submitted by u/y2kfashionistaa
https://redd.it/1gbv4a2
#fuckcars

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No endorsement, IS endorsing the child rapist.

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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/10/24/annex-businesses-tell-ford-to-back-off-bloor-bike-lanes/
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this year my Halloween costume is a bike lane 'killing' small businesses
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I absolutely love the guy who rides past at the end and shouts "bike lanes save lives" at the camera crew mid interview.


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In the 90s, we went on the Internet in an attempt to escape the real world. Nowadays we go to the real world in an attempt to escape the Internet.

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Noooooooooo. 😭

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/10/25/phil-lesh-founding-member-of-the-grateful-dead-dead-at-84/

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There have been windows for bicycle riding, but none long enough for the kind of motorcycle riding I want to do. :(

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"Amazing things being spotted in America."

submitted by u/Bitter-Gur-4613
https://redd.it/1gc0ao2
#fuckcars

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