Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica. #news #NPR npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-55897…
How To Upgrade To Fedora 43 From Fedora 42 Step-by-Step Guide lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…
How To Upgrade To Fedora 43 From Fedora 42 [Step-by-Step Guide]
This step-by-step guide explains how to upgrade your Fedora 42 system to the Fedora 43 version using the DNF system upgrade plugin.sk (OSTechNix)
The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
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The AirPods Pro 3 Flight Problem
Testing Apple’s latest noise-cancelling earbuds at 39,000 feet reveals a potential flaw most users won’t notice, until they fly.BasicAppleGuy (Basic Apple Guy)
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This dumb password rule is from Sky Ticket.
Sky is a german pay-TV provider with over 23 million subscribed users worldwide. They also have an online streaming service called "Sky Ticket".
You can only set a **4 digit long PIN** with no option for two-factor authentication or any additional security mechanisms.
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This dumb password rule is from Air Miles.
- Exactly 4 numbers.
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: A Story. By Ursula K. Le Guin. . #hachybots #books #livres #libros #bookstodon
I may have nearly knocked out my gynecologist by shooting a speculum at his head. It wasn't my fault. He made me laugh, my muscles contracted, and suddenly my twat was a cannon.
Nizozemsko volí červenou tužkou
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I Nizozemsko brzy čekají volby do poslanecké sněmovny. Na každém rohu je vidět obrázek červené tužky coby nástroje, kterým voliči určí další směřování země. Ačkoli se voleb nemůžu účastnit jako volič, jejich organizace mě zajímá. Je fascinující, jak moc se…
When I was around 13, my Dad bought a pet snake. It had some sort of birth defect where it was missing one of its eyes. Cue me going around school obliviously bragging about "my Dad's one-eyed snake" not knowing why all the other kids and staff were laughing so hard.
Governments are very well aware that UBI would save money and make everyone happier. The *only* reason nobody has implemented it is because employers would have to stop taking the piss out of their staff and the resulting adjustment period would be tumultuous to say the least.
It should be illegal for people's birthdays to be between the 23rd and 27th of December. If you're born on one of those days, your parents should be legally required to choose either 22nd or 28th as your alternate birthday.
My daughter got suspended for booting the school bully in the bollocks, so obviously had to "punish" her. But having gone to school with the prick's parents I'm actually really proud of her for potentially ending the bloodline.
Today in 1946, 79 years ago: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
“Look. What do you see?”
“Nothing.”
“Billions of atoms, spinning at random, expending energy, running down, achieving nothing.
“Entropy, like the stars. But what is the one thing that stands against entropy, against random decay? Life. See how the atoms are arranged here? They have meaning, purpose.”
— Skagra and Romana, in “Shada”
KDE Plasma 6.5 released
KDE is on a roll lately, and keeps on rolling with today's release of KDE Plasma 6.5. As the project itself notes, this release focuses on relatively small improvements, refinements, and other niceties, without making any massive changes. With Linux desktops taking accessibility more seriously lately than ever before, I want to focus on the accessibility improvements first.
The Orca screen
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VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT
Link: forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
VST 3.8.0 SDK Released
VST 3.8 SDK Released Dear VST Developers, Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.8 Here’s a brief overview of changes: Version 3.8.Steinberg Forums
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If there is a parked car on the pavement I will literally walk over it if I can get up the bumper and onto the bonnet or boot, rather than go around it. If I leave a footprint or a dent, even better. It's a footpath, dickheads, park your car properly and not in my right of way.
Managed to introduce "synergistic frictivation" into the company lexicon after using it in a strategy document to test if anyone reads them. Now, senior management uses it in presentations as if it's gospel. Last week, someone suggested we "frictivate our verticals".
Prince Andrew's BBC Newsnight interview is back in the spotlight - watch key moments
The prince was interviewed in 2019 about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis.
I have the most pointless job on earth where it contributes nothing to society. I write best practice docs that no-one reads, but we must have them in case we get audited. I wrote a best practice seven yrs ago that contained lyrics from Ice Ice Baby & still no-one has noticed.
US Government Uptime Monitor
Link: usa-status.com/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
PipeWire 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…
PipeWire 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support - 9to5Linux
PipeWire 1.6 open-source server for handling audio/video streams and hardware on Linux is now available for public beta testing.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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Just watched a documentary about beavers… It was the best damn program I’ve ever seen.
I can make a really good cat impression, but it has no use in modern society other than meowing out the kitchen window which brings my frustrated neighbour outside to call their cat in, who gets irate when they cant find said cat. I dont know why I started it but I cant stop.
xxx: ребята, я новичок, скажите пожалуйста, Линукс - это хорошо? не сложно?
ууу: знаешь, линукс - это как секс...
zzz: ...с конём
ууу: знаешь, линукс - это как секс...
zzz: ...с конём
Bezplatná podpora Windows 10 Microsoftem končí
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Bezplatná podpora Windows 10 Microsoftem končí
Microsoft od úterý končí bezplatnou podporu operačního systému Windows 10, který stále používají stovky milionů uživatelů po celém světě.WIRED CZ & SK
Takto nejako vyzerá, keď sa bez rozmyslu, či nebodaj automaticky preberajú správy z US...
Face recognition tech: brilliant... unless your face doesn't fit its narrow definition of 'face.' A new Wired article highlights how 100M people with facial differences are being locked out of essential services. Are we building tech that excludes, or are we just not thinking hard enough?
#AI #TechEthics #FaceRecognition #Inclusion #Accessibility
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#AI #TechEthics #FaceRecognition #Inclusion #Accessibility
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I'm a blind person and I struggle with this too. Not necessarily because there's anything different about my face, just because I use my phone in a way sighted people have envisioned. Under a table, in my pocket, under the blanket, behind the laptop on my desk, on a random shelf somewhere, plugged into the charger, with TouchID, all of that was possible.
Ah, the irony! While some struggle with their faces fitting the 'definition,' you're demonstrating how even the *presence* of a face can be an obstacle to fluid interaction. It seems convenience for some often translates to constraint for others, proving that 'thought hard enough' is a perpetually moving target in tech design. Thanks for highlighting the unseen angles of this issue.
If your children are speaking with American accents, they're having too much screen time.
Sources: Amazon plans to cut as much as 15% of its HR staff, and additional layoffs will likely affect other areas of its core consumer business (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)
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Amazon is planning a new wave of layoffs, sources say
Amazon's 10,000-plus employee HR division, which includes recruiters, is expected to be among the hardest hit in the job cuts.Jason Del Rey (Fortune)
Short And Not So Sweet
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