technology AssortedBiscuits • 1 week ago • 100%

People still chasing the flying car dragon

The Dredge Tank AssortedBiscuits • 3 weeks ago • 100%

Bonus points for getting sunburned after being outside for 5 minutes.

badposting AssortedBiscuits • 3 weeks ago • 93%

Wait, that's just lemmy\.ml lol

chapotraphouse AssortedBiscuits • 4 weeks ago • 99%

Credit: LargePenis

sports AssortedBiscuits • 1 month ago • 100%

For the 3 people who still care about the 2024 Summer Olympics, I've created a csv file that has the participating countries alongside the number of athletes fielded by each country, their world records, their Olympic records, and the amount of three medals won. I was going to originally create a table, but I don't think there's a way to add a table with sorting and filtering capabilities in a post. First line is the header. ::: spoiler csv file: >Country,Athletes,World Record,Olympic Record,Gold,Silver,Bronze >Afghanistan,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Albania,8,0,0,0,0,2 >Algeria,45,0,0,2,0,1 >American Samoa,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Andorra,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Angola,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Antigua and Barbuda,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Argentina,136,0,0,1,1,1 >Armenia,15,0,0,0,3,1 >Aruba,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Australia,460,1,6,18,19,16 >Austria,78,0,0,2,0,3 >Azerbaijan,48,0,0,2,2,3 >Bahamas,18,0,0,0,0,0 >Bahrain,13,0,1,2,1,1 >Bangladesh,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Barbados,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Belgium,165,0,0,3,1,6 >Belize,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Benin,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Bermuda,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Bhutan,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Bolivia,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Bosnia and Herzegovina,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Botswana,11,0,0,1,1,0 >Brazil,277,0,0,3,7,10 >British Virgin Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Brunei,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Bulgaria,46,0,0,3,1,3 >Burkina Faso,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Burundi,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Cambodia,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Cameroon,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Canada,315,0,3,9,7,11 >Cape Verde,7,0,0,0,0,1 >Cayman Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Central African Republic,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Chad,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Chile,48,0,0,1,1,0 >China,405,1,4,40,27,24 >Chinese Taipei,60,0,0,2,0,5 >Colombia,87,0,0,0,3,1 >Comoros,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Cook Islands,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Costa Rica,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Croatia,73,0,0,2,2,3 >Cuba,61,0,0,2,1,6 >Cyprus,16,0,0,0,1,0 >Czech Republic,111,0,1,3,0,2 >Democratic Republic of the Congo,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Denmark,124,0,0,2,2,5 >Djibouti,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Dominica,4,0,0,1,0,0 >Dominican Republic,58,0,1,1,0,2 >East Timor,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Ecuador,40,0,0,1,2,2 >Egypt,148,0,0,1,1,1 >El Salvador,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Equatorial Guinea,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Eritrea,12,0,0,0,0,0 >Estonia,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Eswatini,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Ethiopia,34,0,1,1,3,0 >Federated States of Micronesia,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Fiji,33,0,0,0,1,0 >Finland,56,0,0,0,0,0 >France,573,0,4,16,26,22 >Gabon,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Georgia,28,0,0,3,3,1 >Germany,428,0,2,12,13,8 >Ghana,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Great Britain,327,3,4,14,22,29 >Greece,100,0,0,1,1,6 >Grenada,6,0,1,0,0,2 >Guam,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Guatemala,16,0,1,1,0,1 >Guinea,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Guinea-Bissau,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Guyana,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Haiti,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Honduras,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Hong Kong,36,0,0,2,0,2 >Hungary,170,0,0,6,7,6 >Iceland,5,0,0,0,0,0 >India,117,0,0,0,1,5 >Individual Neutral Athletes,32,0,0,1,3,1 >Indonesia,29,0,0,2,0,1 >Iran,41,0,0,3,6,3 >Iraq,22,0,0,0,0,0 >Ireland,134,0,1,4,0,3 >Israel,88,0,0,1,5,1 >Italy,371,1,1,12,13,15 >Ivory Coast,11,0,0,0,0,1 >Jamaica,58,0,1,1,3,2 >Japan,403,0,0,20,12,13 >Jordan,12,0,0,0,1,0 >Kazakhstan,79,0,0,1,3,3 >Kenya,72,0,1,4,2,5 >Kiribati,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Kosovo,9,0,0,0,1,1 >Kuwait,9,0,0,0,0,0 >Kyrgyzstan,16,0,0,0,2,4 >Laos,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Latvia,29,0,0,0,0,0 >Lebanon,10,0,0,0,0,0 >Lesotho,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Liberia,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Libya,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Liechtenstein,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Lithuania,51,0,0,0,2,2 >Luxembourg,14,0,0,0,0,0 >Madagascar,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Malawi,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Malaysia,26,0,0,0,0,2 >Maldives,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Mali,23,0,0,0,0,0 >Malta,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Marshall Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Mauritania,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Mauritius,13,0,0,0,0,0 >Mexico,107,0,0,0,3,2 >Moldova,26,0,0,0,1,3 >Monaco,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Mongolia,32,0,0,0,1,0 >Montenegro,19,0,0,0,0,0 >Morocco,60,0,0,1,0,1 >Mozambique,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Myanmar,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Namibia,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Nauru,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Nepal,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Netherlands,258,2,4,15,7,12 >New Zealand,195,0,0,10,7,3 >Nicaragua,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Niger,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Nigeria,88,0,0,0,0,0 >North Korea,16,0,0,0,2,4 >North Macedonia,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Norway,107,0,0,4,1,3 >Oman,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Pakistan,7,0,1,1,0,0 >Palau,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Palestine,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Panama,8,0,0,0,1,0 >Papua New Guinea,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Paraguay,28,0,0,0,0,0 >Peru,26,0,0,0,0,1 >Philippines,22,0,0,2,0,2 >Poland,210,1,1,1,4,5 >Portugal,73,0,0,1,2,1 >Puerto Rico,51,0,0,0,0,2 >Qatar,14,0,0,0,0,1 >Refugee Olympic Team,37,0,0,0,0,1 >Republic of the Congo,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Romania,106,0,0,3,4,2 >Rwanda,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Saint Kitts and Nevis,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Saint Lucia,4,0,0,1,1,0 >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Samoa,24,0,0,0,0,0 >San Marino,5,0,0,0,0,0 >São Tomé and Príncipe,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Saudi Arabia,9,0,0,0,0,0 >Senegal,11,0,0,0,0,0 >Serbia,113,0,0,3,1,1 >Seychelles,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Sierra Leone,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Singapore,23,0,0,0,0,1 >Slovakia,28,0,0,0,0,1 >Slovenia,90,0,0,2,1,0 >Solomon Islands,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Somalia,1,0,0,0,0,0 >South Africa,149,0,0,1,3,2 >South Korea,141,1,5,13,9,10 >South Sudan,14,0,0,0,0,0 >Spain,383,0,0,5,4,9 >Sri Lanka,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Sudan,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Suriname,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Sweden,117,1,2,4,4,3 >Switzerland,127,0,1,1,2,5 >Syria,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Tajikistan,14,0,0,0,0,3 >Tanzania,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Thailand,51,0,0,1,3,2 >The Gambia,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Togo,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Tonga,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Trinidad and Tobago,18,0,0,0,0,0 >Tunisia,27,0,0,1,1,1 >Turkey,102,0,0,0,3,5 >Turkmenistan,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Tuvalu,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Uganda,24,0,1,1,1,0 >Ukraine,140,0,0,3,5,4 >United Arab Emirates,13,0,0,0,0,0 >United States,592,6,12,40,44,42 >Uruguay,25,0,0,0,0,0 >Uzbekistan,86,0,0,8,2,3 >Vanuatu,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Venezuela,33,0,0,0,0,0 >Vietnam,16,0,0,0,0,0 >Virgin Islands,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Yemen,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Zambia,27,0,0,0,0,1 >Zimbabwe,7,0,0,0,0,0 :::

badposting AssortedBiscuits • 1 month ago • 100%

I'll start. Venus

badposting AssortedBiscuits • 2 months ago • 95%

Curious. Very curious indeed.

I think it would be really really really really funny

doomer AssortedBiscuits • 3 months ago • 100%

[Extreme heat causing ginger syndrome in eucalypts](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-02-26/ginger-tree-syndrome/6263118)

chapotraphouse AssortedBiscuits • 3 months ago • 100%

Half of the replies: I'm a repeat O- donor, but I won't donate a single drop more until real protections are in place, including high-volume ventilation in donor rooms/vans and high quality (N95 or P100) masks are required on all patients & staff. You have failed in your responsibilities. The other half: $1 million you can have my unvaccinated pure blood

technology AssortedBiscuits • 3 months ago • 100%

I'm planning on adding a dual-booting section to [my guide on how to install Linux](https://hexbear.net/post/2720264) and I need some input from people who are dual booting Windows and Linux: * How did you allocate the partition for Linux? Did you use Disk Management from Windows or did you allocate the partition as part of the installation process? * How do you share data between the two partitions? Do you create a third partition that both OS partitions have access to? Do you use external drives/flash drives? Or do you just have no need to share data between the two drives?

technology AssortedBiscuits • 3 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2720264 > ### What's the point of this post? > > We all love to dunk on M$ for repeatedly fucking up Windows, and we all love to recommend installing the superior OS, but there hasn’t been a guide on how to actually do so. My aim is to create a guide on how to actually install Linux so that every time M$ fucks up, people can link to this guide (or any other successive guide) on top of the usual dunking. > > Note: This guide is tailored towards people who are using Windows devices. > > ### Why Linux Mint? > > * Linux Mint has a well-deserved reputation as the “newbie distro for people who came from Windows.” > * Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian, and all three distros combined have a wealth of information online owning to their popularity, meaning that there’s less obstacles in troubleshooting. > * Linux Mint owning to its Debian heritage isn’t cutting edge or bleeding edge, meaning there’s a greater focus on using what currently works. > > ### Which version of Linux Mint? > > https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php > > Linux Mint comes in three main editions: > > * Cinnamon (←pick this one) > * MATE > * Xfce > > Pick Cinnamon since this edition is more modern and closely imitates the Windows desktop environment (DE) the most. The other two use DEs that consume less resources, but don’t mimic the look of Windows as much. > > ### How to create a USB boot drive? > > There are various ways of creating a USB boot drive: > * Rufus (easy and fooproof): https://rufus.ie/en/ > * Ventoy (takes more work but you can add multiple ISO images to the boot drive): https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html > > ### Live session: > > After creating your USB boot disk with Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, you need to boot from your flash drive. The exact steps vary, but you essentially have to go to your BIOS and either change the boot order or specifically boot from your flash drive. Once there, you’ll come across a couple of screens before arriving at the Linux Mint desktop. > > There’s a desktop icon that tells you to install Linux Mint, but you don’t have to do it yet. In fact, nothing’s stopping you from just running Linux Mint like this through the flash drive (there are entire Linux distro designed to be run from a flash drive like, but Linux Mint isn’t one of those). The live session is also good to catch any hardware issues like your wifi not working. > > ### Actually installing Linux Mint: > > It’s honestly pretty straightforward. > >  > Pick the language you want, which will mostly likely be English. > >  > Pick the keyboard, which will mostly be what you’re already using. > >  > Connect online so Linux Mint will install the latest programs. You can skip connecting online, and Linux Mint will install the version of the programs that are in the iso image, but you’ll have to upgrade all those programs at once later. > >  > Check Install multimedia codecs. The codecs allow you to watch videos. > >  > Unless you have some weird logical partition set up for your drive, just choose Erase disk and install Linux Mint, and let Linux Mint handle the partitioning. If your PC has multiple drives, I would suggest physically disconnecting the drives that you don’t want the installation to touch as a precaution. Obviously, do this while the PC is off. > >  > Pick the time zone you live in. > >  > Set up your username, hostname, and password. It doesn’t have annoying password complexity restrictions on what password you want to use. Just pick any password. > >  > This is a slideshow while installation is taking place. > > Once installation is complete, Linux Mint will prompt you to reboot your PC. When you reboot your PC through that window, you will eventually get to a black screen with a prompt asking you to remove the USB boot drive and press Enter. Do so, and your PC will reboot to a fresh installation of Linux Mint.

libre AssortedBiscuits • 3 months ago • 100%

### What's the point of this post? We all love to dunk on M$ for repeatedly fucking up Windows, and we all love to recommend installing the superior OS, but there hasn’t been a guide on how to actually do so. My aim is to create a guide on how to actually install Linux so that every time M$ fucks up, people can link to this guide (or any other successive guide) on top of the usual dunking. Note: This guide is tailored towards people who are using Windows devices. ### Why Linux Mint? * Linux Mint has a well-deserved reputation as the “newbie distro for people who came from Windows.” * Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian, and all three distros combined have a wealth of information online owning to their popularity, meaning that there’s less obstacles in troubleshooting. * Linux Mint owning to its Debian heritage isn’t cutting edge or bleeding edge, meaning there’s a greater focus on using what currently works. ### Which version of Linux Mint? https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Linux Mint comes in three main editions: * Cinnamon (←pick this one) * MATE * Xfce Pick Cinnamon since this edition is more modern and closely imitates the Windows desktop environment (DE) the most. The other two use DEs that consume less resources, but don’t mimic the look of Windows as much. ### How to create a USB boot drive? There are various ways of creating a USB boot drive: * Rufus (easy and fooproof): https://rufus.ie/en/ * Ventoy (takes more work but you can add multiple ISO images to the boot drive): https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html ### Live session: After creating your USB boot disk with Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, you need to boot from your flash drive. The exact steps vary, but you essentially have to go to your BIOS and either change the boot order or specifically boot from your flash drive. Once there, you’ll come across a couple of screens before arriving at the Linux Mint desktop. There’s a desktop icon that tells you to install Linux Mint, but you don’t have to do it yet. In fact, nothing’s stopping you from just running Linux Mint like this through the flash drive (there are entire Linux distro designed to be run from a flash drive like, but Linux Mint isn’t one of those). The live session is also good to catch any hardware issues like your wifi not working. ### Actually installing Linux Mint: It’s honestly pretty straightforward.  Pick the language you want, which will mostly likely be English.  Pick the keyboard, which will mostly be what you’re already using.  Connect online so Linux Mint will install the latest programs. You can skip connecting online, and Linux Mint will install the version of the programs that are in the iso image, but you’ll have to upgrade all those programs at once later.  Check Install multimedia codecs. The codecs allow you to watch videos.  Unless you have some weird logical partition set up for your drive, just choose Erase disk and install Linux Mint, and let Linux Mint handle the partitioning. If your PC has multiple drives, I would suggest physically disconnecting the drives that you don’t want the installation to touch as a precaution. Obviously, do this while the PC is off.  Pick the time zone you live in.  Set up your username, hostname, and password. It doesn’t have annoying password complexity restrictions on what password you want to use. Just pick any password.  This is a slideshow while installation is taking place. Once installation is complete, Linux Mint will prompt you to reboot your PC. When you reboot your PC through that window, you will eventually get to a black screen with a prompt asking you to remove the USB boot drive and press Enter. Do so, and your PC will reboot to a fresh installation of Linux Mint.

technology AssortedBiscuits • 4 months ago • 100%

Say you want to go to `twitter.com/dril`. "But AssortedBiscuits, that just redirects to `x.com/dril`" Ah, but if you add an `?mx=1` at the end like `twitter.com/dril?mx=1`, the URL will then redirect to `twitter.com/dril`. From there, you can pretty much just use Twitter like normal. `twitter.com/?mx=1` will take you to the normal Twitter login page or `twitter.com/home` if you're already logged in.

earth AssortedBiscuits • 4 months ago • 100%

www.geologyin.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals

news AssortedBiscuits • 4 months ago • 100%

www.middleeasteye.net

>There they lie day after day, night after night, in a state of utter sensory deprivation, with nothing to distract from their wounds and pain. In the midst of this, Israeli medical interns can use their exposed, vulnerable flesh as a canvas for experimentation. > >According to one whistleblower, the detention centre has quickly gained a reputation for being “a paradise for interns”. > >There, they are allowed to use Palestinians as little more than lab rats and encouraged to carry out medical procedures they are not qualified to perform. > >A whistleblower told CNN: “I was asked to learn how to do things on the patients, performing minor medical procedures that are totally outside my expertise.” > >Such procedures were frequently done without anaesthesia. Unlike doctors in Gaza, Israeli doctors have ready access to painkillers. It is a choice not to use them.

badposting AssortedBiscuits • 4 months ago • 100%

beanis A phallus-shaped marital aid crafted from beans and/or bean-based products. A premium beanis comes with optional meatball attachment and ejaculatory arrangement. The first mention of beanis was found in a fanfic by Majin Syeekoh and is sometimes referred to as a bean dildo.

technology AssortedBiscuits • 5 months ago • 100%

The person behind nitter.poast.org, as seen [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/nitter/comments/1bmk7tc/a_nitter_instance_that_still_works_almost/kwfzdvi/), has been outed as some reactionary former dev of 4chan: https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2021/06/18/admin-of-poa-st-anime-graf-mays-revealed-daniel-stevens-of-ontario-canada/ (CW: racial slurs) He is also the admin of Poast, which is a reactionary instance on the Fediverse, reactionary to the point where even [MSM had articles about it.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/02/hack-of-poast-ties-to-truth-social/70279266007/) Needless to say, I'm going to use another Nitter instance ~~(nitter.esmailelbob.xyz)~~ and I would encourage others to do the same. Here's a list of Nitter instances: https://status.d420.de/ ~~in case nitter.esmailelbob.xyz turns out to suck as well.~~ Edit: Damn, it turns out esmailelbob sucks as well lol

em_poc AssortedBiscuits • 5 months ago • 100%

hoodcommunist.org

Very good article from a very good website

chapotraphouse AssortedBiscuits • 6 months ago • 100%

I' feels like i's debuccalizing. Jus' anec'o'ally i' seems like there have been less t's la'ely. I feel like mos'ly overall I have seen very few ar'icula'e' t's, and have seen less an' less of some certain syllable co'a d's.

news AssortedBiscuits • 7 months ago • 100%

> It's the latest tech company to downsize in 2024, as the industry continues to squeeze out costs following the market downturn that hit two years ago. January was the busiest month for job cuts in the industry since March, as Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and SAP all said they were eliminating positions, as did eBay, Unity and Discord. So far this year, 144 tech companies have laid off almost 35,000 workers, according to the website [Layoffs.fyi](https://layoffs.fyi/).

technology AssortedBiscuits • 7 months ago • 100%

www.nasa.gov

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1769620 > > 1. I am directing most employees to work from home tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, so everyone can be in a safe, comfortable environment on a stressful day. **Most individuals will not be able to enter the Lab during this mandatory remote work day. A Lab access list has been created and those who will have access will be notified by email shortly. If you do not receive an email instructing you to be on Lab, please plan to work remotely, regardless of your telework agreement status.** In addition, and to ensure we have everyone’s accurate contact information, I am also asking everyone to please review and update your personal email and phone number in Workday today. > > I don't think I've ever seen a company or organization that had mandatory remote work day outside of really crazy weather during the peak of Covid. Perhaps it's to protect the equipment from distraught or disgruntled employees?

news AssortedBiscuits • 7 months ago • 100%

www.nasa.gov

> 1. I am directing most employees to work from home tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, so everyone can be in a safe, comfortable environment on a stressful day. **Most individuals will not be able to enter the Lab during this mandatory remote work day. A Lab access list has been created and those who will have access will be notified by email shortly. If you do not receive an email instructing you to be on Lab, please plan to work remotely, regardless of your telework agreement status.** In addition, and to ensure we have everyone’s accurate contact information, I am also asking everyone to please review and update your personal email and phone number in Workday today. I don't think I've ever seen a company or organization that had mandatory remote work day outside of really crazy weather during the peak of Covid. Perhaps it's to protect the equipment from distraught or disgruntled employees?

news AssortedBiscuits • 8 months ago • 98%

Summary * Date and venue for summit to be determined * Zelenskiy wants China to be involved * Russian invasion enters third year next month > "We would like the Global South to be present ... it is important for us to show that the whole world is against Russia's aggression, and the whole world is for a just peace." > Ukraine said on Sunday that it was vital that Beijing was involved in talks to end the conflict.