"Parking your 2 ton death machine's hood over the pavement like an arsehole."
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Are you smarter than a language model?
Link: joel.tools/smarter/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
6 Best Free and Open-Source OCR Screen Capture Tools
This article highlights OCR-powered screen-capture tools to capture information instead of images. We only feature open-source software here.LinuxToday
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its previous mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May to widespread criticism (Chris Welch/The Verge)
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Sonos considers relaunching its old app
Sonos has discussed bringing back its S2 app for Android and iOS to reduce customer frustration as the company continues working to improve its redesigned software.Chris Welch (The Verge)
Linux dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)
The dd command is a powerful utility used for low-level data copying and conversion on Linux systems. Learn more.LinuxToday
Tails 6.6 Debuts With Updates to Tor Browser and Thunderbird
Tails 6.6 security-focused Linux distro rolls out with upgraded Tor and Thunderbird versions, plus improved hardware support.LinuxToday
Amazingly, somebody made a functional 35mm film camera out of LEGO, and put it on LEGO Ideas. It needs about 2300 more votes to have a chance of being made into a real set.
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LEGO ZH1 - Working and Functional 35mm Film Camera
📸✨ Introducing ZH1: The Fully Functional 35mm Film Camera Made Entirely from LEGO! 🧱🎞️My primary goal was to create a fully functional 35mm film ...ideas.lego.com
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How to Install and Use Emacs in Linux
Emacs is one of the aged text editor with ongoing development, providing rich and powerful features that can be more extended using plugins.LinuxToday
How Uber, facing sexual assault litigation, spent millions trying to get a Nevada ballot proposal to restrict legal fees that bankroll cases against companies (Jessica Silver-Greenberg/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2024/08/12/busines…
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How Uber, facing sexual assault litigation, spent millions trying to get a Nevada ballot proposal that would restrict the legal fees that bankroll many lawsuits
By Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
GNOME 46.4 Improves Connecting to WPA2 Enterprise Networks
GNOME 46.4 is here a month after GNOME 46.3, with improvements for connecting to WPA2 enterprise networks and more.LinuxToday
TIL that Eratosthenes paid a guy to walk 800 kilometers to a tower to measure the length of it’s shadow & that’s how we found out the earth was round.
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#til #todayilearned
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This measurement is more than 2,200 years old, and its accuracy is remarkable
How did Greek librarian Eratosthenes accurately measure the circumference of Earth using a stick, a shadow, and a walk?Gareth Hutchens (ABC News)
DebConf24 closes in Busan and DebConf25 dates announced
On Saturday 3 August 2024, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. Over 339 attendees representing 48 countries from around the world came together for a combined 108 events made up of Talks, Discussions, Birds of a.Debian Project
#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 10 - Gold
AVON: He may have, or he may not. That's what we are going to find out. I need hardly remind you to stay on your guard at all times.
DAYNA: Personally, I'm more worried about the in-flight link-up.
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Companion site to the Blakes7Bot Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky accounts. Automated lines of Blakes 7 dialog. Includes a script search facility.Blakes7Bot Search
15 Best Free and Open-Source Audio Editors
To provide an insight into the quality of software available, we have compiled a list of 15 high-quality free and open-source audio editors.LinuxToday
How to Run a Linux Command Without Keeping It in History
In this guide, you will learn six different methods for running a Linux command without keeping track of its history.LinuxToday
How to Shrink Long or Multiple Commands into a Single Short Command
In Linux, multiple long commands can be easily replaced with a single short command using the alias command. Learn how.LinuxToday
TUXEDO Computers Unveils Its First 3-in-1 Convertible Linux Laptop
TUXEDO InfinityFlex 14 is a 3-in-1 Linux convertible PC designed to allow flexible operation modes while on the go or in the office.LinuxToday
Parrot OS: Security-Focused Linux Distro for Security and Privacy
ParrotOS is an open-source Debian-based Linux distribution designed for security experts, developers, and people who care about privacy.LinuxToday
Atentátom na mňa nič neskončilo, tvrdí premiér. Opozícia a médiá podľa neho vyrábajú ďalšieho Cintulu
Premiér Robert Fico sa vyjadril k aktuálnej snahe opozície zvolať mimoriadnu schôdzu parlamentu a pokúsiť sa odvolať ministra spravodlivosti Borisa Suska. Ten pomohol bývalému špeciálnemu prokurátorovi Dušanovi Kováčikovi na slobodu. l.rockosbasilisk.com/UKdFA
More HDR Preparations Merged In Time For GNOME 47
Following the recent Mutter 47 beta release that also marks the feature freze point for GNOME 47, there still are some High Dynamic Range (HDR) display preparations being merged ahead of this next stable desktop release due out in September...
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-47-Mut…
Because when he asked them who the best composer was, they'd all say "Bach bach bach!"
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TIL Philadelphia Cream Cheese is produced in New York, and always has been since it was invented by William Lawrence in 1872. He named his company Philadelphia to market off of the city's reputation for high quality dairy products.
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#til #todayilearned
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How to Install and Configure Samba in Ubuntu
In this guide, I will explain to you how to install and configure Samba in Ubuntu so you can share folders across your network.LinuxToday
How to Manage Clipboard from Command Line in Linux
This detailed guide explains how to manage the clipboard from the command line in Linux using Xclip and Xsel tools.LinuxToday
Sources: Huawei, Baidu, and other Chinese tech companies have been stockpiling Samsung HBM chips since early 2024, in anticipation of US curbs on those chips (Reuters)
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Sources: Huawei, Baidu, and other Chinese tech companies have been stockpiling Samsung HBM chips since early 2024, in anticipation of US curbs on those chips
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Storm Cloud Over Texas
Image Credit & Copyright: Laura Rowe (Used with permission)
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APOD: 2024 August 6 – Storm Cloud Over Texas
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
If you could not attend the DebConf or have missed the conference because of time zone differences, all recorded video are now available for viewing at your leisure: meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2024/DebConf24/ #debian #debconf2
If you could not attend the DebConf or have missed the conference because of time zone differences, all recorded video are now available for viewing at your leisure: https://meetings-archive.debian.micronews.debian.org
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