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    5 hours ago 100%

    Isn't that exactly why you pick up your account and move servers?

    Again, they were also running a server we could join - I don't know why they thought they had the resources to handle that.

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    5 hours ago 100%

    I definitely agree on news organizations doing this (and even government departments), but the problem with Mozilla doing it is they were running a server any of us could join - if they don't have the resources to run it for themselves, they definitely shouldn't be doing it for others to join.

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    Seems really stupid on their part to not just force a name change.

    Though I guess maybe they hope you'll just rebuild everything.

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    8 hours ago 100%

    To the surprise of no one - Mozilla should have just made accounts on some server and promised support for said server

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  • technology Technology What if the panic over teens and tech is totally wrong?
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    9 hours ago 100%

    Indeed, but to riff on the article a bit - the thing that's different is that social media has demonstrative harm.

    We need to be teaching kids to use it responsibly, regulating tech companies to give it away responsibly, and not just banning it and grabbing screens out of hands.

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  • technology Technology Ford Chairman & CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-long Nap, Shocked By China's EVs - CleanTechnica
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    politics Politics Ballot Initiatives Activate Voters, Change the Landscape
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    17 hours ago 100%

    Abortion access will be on the ballot in 8 states for this election

    I'm not exactly sure how many are considered key to this election, but I hope it can help drive people to the polls and not vote for the person responsible for putting terrible judges (and proud of it) on the Supreme Court.

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    17 hours ago 100%

    Thanks for the tips!

    If it's got larger leaves, don't be afraid to cut them perpendicular to the main vein to reduce water loss.

    How exactly do you mean for this? Basically cut large tips of large leaves off?

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    19 hours ago 100%

    Not sure on the variety, but it's wildly growing here in southern NJ near Philly - I foolishly thought I could just clip it and use some rooting hormone, but it seems like it needs a little more TLC than that (such as making sure to clip only new growth?)

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  • politics Politics Georgia lieutenant governor avoids criminal charges over fake elector plot
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    21 hours ago 100%

    Shit, the president can be literally caught on the phone asking for votes and apparently get away free.

    Shits rigged.

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  • gaming Gaming Let's discuss: Nintendo DS
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    21 hours ago 100%

    I still miss the community gimmicks of the DS/3DS - Miis being shared wirelessly, pictochat, etc etc.

    We need more of that

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    21 hours ago 100%

    They did end up re-releasing it on Switch and mobile - but the removal of the dual screen combat mechanic seems like a dulling of the game (imo)

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  • politics Politics Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets
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    amd AMD Laptop makers complain about AMD neglecting them, favoring data center clients
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    1 day ago 100%

    ARMs dominance of laptops seems kind of inevitable given Apple M1 and (to a lesser extent) Snapdragon's X chips.

    Wonder at what point AMD just starts making ARM chips...

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  • usnews U.S. News Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges
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    1 day ago 100%

    Dude was using his business to facilitate it - either they get him on the sexual assault charges, or they get him for falsifying business records. He's fucked, and good riddance.

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    3 days ago 100%

    my former manager who wanted projects estimated in minutes.

    Sorry, the number buffer overflowed.

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  • usnews U.S. News Live updates: Trump was the subject of an 'apparent assassination attempt' at his Florida golf club, FBI says
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    4 days ago 100%

    Plus, imagine what happens if he's assassinated and then Harris wins the election.

    Absolute cluster fuck

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  • usnews U.S. News Live updates: Trump was the subject of an 'apparent assassination attempt' at his Florida golf club, FBI says
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    4 days ago 95%

    Sadly, the normalization of politicial violence only helps Trump to dismantle the norms and peaceful transfer of power our democracy was founded upon. 😕

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  • politics Politics Vance defends claim Haitian migrants are eating neighbors’ pets.
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    4 days ago 100%

    Wait a minute....

    First that lady that killed dogs, now this..

    Are... are Republicans eating their pets?

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  • steamdeck Steam Deck There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
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    4 days ago 100%

    Would be a great feature for online school websites...

    Though that also depends on them not using Honorlock (or Honorlock adding firefox support...)

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    4 days ago 100%

    Cheapest OLED steam deck is $549.00 (USD) while the most expensive is $649.00 (USD).

    So really either way not only all those positives, but it's also at least $50 cheaper (which you can use to buy several games on Steam...)

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  • politics Politics Immigration takes center stage in debate, but no major proposals from candidates.
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    politics Politics Trump Wants to Hire 'Free Spirit' Laura Loomer. MAGA Allies Think She's Nuts
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    5 days ago 100%

    ....Laura Loomer, who once described herself as a “proud Islamophobe” and “pro-white nationalism."

    Man, it's amazing how nazis can just run for office out in the open and get >40% of the vote.

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  • politics Politics MAGA scrambles to excuse Trump chickening out of second debate
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    6 days ago 100%

    Plus... in a digital age, publishers just seem to be the private insurance companies of the gaming world - they just extract profit from developers.

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  • technology Technology Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
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    7 days ago 100%

    but Mars L1 Lagrange point is only 2.2million km [from the sun]

    I... don't think that's true? The L1 point is fairly close (in solar system scale) to the planet.

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    7 days ago 88%

    In the future it is quite possible that an inflatable structure(s) can generate a magnetic dipole field at a level of perhaps 1 or 2 Tesla (or 10,000 to 20,000 Gauss) as an active shield against the solar wind."

    Indeed, "in the future" seems to be doing quite a lot of heavy lifting. As noted, 1-2 Tesla is a pretty powerful magnet - so you'd need a pretty big and powerful magnet.

    It also doesn't completely protect the entire planet just two critical points on the surface.

    That is certainly an important catch.

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    7 days ago 66%

    Mars gets roughly half the light of Earth, so I don't think Solar panels would be realistic (how much solar panel surface would you need to power a magnet of that size?)

    I'm also not sure a nuclear reactor is realistic - forget the nuclear waste, how do you get rid of the heat waste?

    You'd need quite a big magnet operating at a level akin to superconducting magnets in particle accelerators.

    Perhaps someone could calculate more accurate numbers and feasibility, but to me, it currently sounds very out of reach for us (not impossible, mind you).

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    7 days ago 90%

    You just put a giant magnet in space at Mars' L1 Lagrange point

    Well, that's a lot saner than nuking the poles.

    Doesn't seem like we're near technical feasibility, though - how would you power such a massive magnet in space?

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    Very nice - glad to not need the beta since it messed with some Steam Deck stuff like Gungeon video settings and the default dock volume...

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  • gaming Gaming TIL I can restore games on Steam, which I removed years ago
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    Nearly 900 games have been delisted.

    There's also Fable 3, which you can't buy anymore because it used Games for Windows, which resulted in no more CD keys.

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    Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' by Trump aides https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-5092087/trump-arlington-cemetery-altercation-video

    This is not the first time Trump has been accused of politicizing the military for his personal gain. He’s allegedly called dead soldiers “suckers and losers,” insulted the late John McCain for being a prisoner of war and recently stoked controversy for saying civilian Medal of Freedom recipients are much better than those who received the Medal of Honor — the highest military award in the country, often given posthumously.

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    Supreme Court Blocks, for Now, Another Biden Student Debt Plan http://archive.today/2024.08.28-185845/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/politics/supreme-court-biden-student-loans.html

    The move followed a decision last year that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority by trying to forgive more than $400 billion in student loans.

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    Donald Trump questioned Kamala Harris’s racial identity in a confrontational appearance at a Black journalists’ conference. http://archive.is/2024.07.31-193746/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/31/us/harris-trump-election

    Trump was questioned immediately on his rhetoric about race during a tense appearance at a Black journalists’ conference, where the audience at times gasped and scoffed at his remarks. Edit: Added long form archive link since the short link was giving me issues.

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    Helldivers 2 Midnitte 3 months ago 100%
    Review Bomb Cape Ready to Deploy (at some point) https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1801636341362393548

    Sucks that they use Shitter to communicate, but just waiting for this to be available - taking bets it's a reward for linking your (optional) PSN account!

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    Spaghettification rule

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12950430 Those researchers just needed a good stretch.

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    Get down Mr. President's dog! www.cnn.com

    Hide yo kids, hide your dog

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    Operation Swift Disassembly success https://twitter.com/helldivers2/status/1777058473311625238

    You did it, Helldivers. Operation Swift Disassembly was a success! With the bots eradicated and bugs contained, the galaxy is free once more.

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    More almonds rule

    Where the almonds at?

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