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[–] anzo 1 points 3 weeks ago

Gaming on linux is not that bad today. Look at valve's success with the steamdeck. All past and present issues are because developers were aiming to a different platform, with proprietary tooling.

In meme terms, is like Fender made the guitars for people with different hands. You can't play, but it's their fault.

[–] anzo 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Dear all, please remember that engaging with trolls can get you banned (rule of thumb, half the time the offender gets for themselves)

Write what you want others to read, I don't care if there are disagreements. But go get a private chat room if you want to exchange insults with them :)

[–] anzo 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

One could also think that whoever packaged this was hurried while filling a form, and wanted to provide credit where it was due. So, maybe they were on the best of their intents... We don't know.

If I were to use this, I would check other apps from same uploader. Or better, see what permissions are being asked..

In any case, trusting blindly github contributors on teamnewpipe organization is not extremely different.

Trust and credibility are volatile and freely given. It's youtube, not my bank account ;p

[–] anzo 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Indeed. Also, I am concerned about self-hosting enthusiasts that install docker (without the advance rootless mode) and blindly run containers. Sometimes these containers are even made by third parties, independent of the app developers. Unfortunately, the supply chain there is up for grabs...

[–] anzo 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Ah, my bad "again"... should have mentioned that there's the advance configuration option that 1% of the geeks do

[–] anzo 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have a singlespeed, I live in a mostly flat city. It's awesome! Most bikes have gears and are more 'breakable' as they have all those external moving parts.

Then, there's that gear system that is built into the wheel, that's less breakable but probably less reparaible too.

So, my advice would be to get a fixie. I used it with the 'freewheel' config at first but having switched I learnt of the efficiency in translating hard pushes on the pedal (I don't stand-up pedal anymore, and most small slopes are a bit easier now!)

Fixies had a revival for these reasons. Unfortunately, at least in Germany, they're extremely underrepresented in the market.

[–] anzo 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Docker is not rootless. Is only safe as long as the container (or those web devs) doesn't use nsenter or anything similar to get root access outside of it ;)

[–] anzo 2 points 3 weeks ago

Do check seaweedfs too! Haven't tried it (yet) but their 'erasure coding' reads as super sophisticated to me ;)

I wonder how it compares to beegfs

[–] anzo 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

dial-up modem-router noises when connecting to the Internet

[–] anzo 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I only learnt this recently, but snail depictions were ubiquitous in gothic manuscripts' marginalia. Oftentimes, with social implications, very much like satire. The snail, being slow and seemingly harmless, simbolizes futility or absurdity of certain endeavors. There's many interpretations among historians and art enthusiasts.

[–] anzo 1 points 1 month ago

No thanks. I will just hear what I want, and thats enough.

Hmm, wait. Perhaps some music? ;)

[–] anzo 1 points 1 month ago

Having phones with cameras in front and back is proof of the flat earth.

 

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The results of this survey will feed into the bioinformatics core facility competency framework. Find out more: https://sites.google.com/ebi.ac.uk/bioinfocore-competencies/

 
 

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Some have argued that Yabo (aka Yabo Sports, Yabo Group) and its many constituent brands comprise "the biggest illegal betting operation targeting Greater China." You probably haven't heard of it before, but you may have come across it unknowingly in passing, hundreds of times, if you watch European football, aka soccer in US parlance. The operation enjoys multimillion-dollar partnerships with some of the world's biggest clubs, like Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

Less visible to the public are Yabo's modern day slaves, forced to staff the debt-fueled pyramid scheme underpinning its gambling empire.

[...]

"Often, as a culture and as an industry, we separate technical stories from real life," Dr. Renée Burton, head of threat intelligence at Infoblox, says. "But these are monumental human crimes that are occurring [in] human trafficking and money laundering. It's the most interesting research I've ever been involved with."

[...]

On paper, Yabo Sports shut down in 2022 amid media scrutiny. But it fact it actually passed on through other brands like Kaiyun Sports. Kaiyun's logo has featured prominently on the sleeves of Aston Villa and Crystal Palace kits, or uniforms, in recent seasons, and the front of Nottingham Forest's (all England). Kaiyun reportedly also has a partnership in place with the world's biggest club, Real Madrid.

[...]

As Burton tells it, "Essentially, they use a ton of shell companies in multiple places around the world. And then they'll come up through these white label providers in the UK, like TGP Europe, which was linked by journalists to [gambling organization] Suncity, which has been accused by the Chinese government of money laundering. So it obfuscates those [groups] which are already obfuscated. It's just this ridiculous chain of false identities."

[...]

"So it draws people [into the sites]," Burton explains, "and they're browsing around a little bit. You've got your Manchester United logo. Then it starts popping up: these lures for you to come gamble." The sites include images of scantily dressed women and live chats with purported customer service agents. If a user stays idle for a period of time, the site might offer financial incentives, like a sliding scale of up to $1,500 free for any user who deposits up to $70,000 in a week.

"It draws you in further, and eventually you're losing. Now you're in debt, and you move into servitude. It's essentially a pyramid scheme: you have to go recruit people to gamble, then you get a portion of those people's losses to go against your debt," she says.

[...]

A 2023 report from the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) Council on Anti-Illegal Betting and Related Financial Crime described how Yabo betting sites are also staffed by physically imprisoned individuals:

The walled-off complexes have apartments, offices, supermarkets and other facilities, and are guarded by armed security whose job is to keep people in, according to reports in Chinese state media and elsewhere.

[. . .]

According to victim testimony, staff must work 12 hours a day, six days a week and cannot leave without a ransom. Staff are sold between operators, with ransoms increasing on each occasion. Videos and photographs online in 2021 showed people being physically threatened, beaten with sticks, and struck with electric batons.

[Edit: Deleted tautology in the title.]

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Which member state contributed the most to EU GDP? And what does GDP actually mean?

Gross domestic product (GDP) is an indicator used to measure the size and performance of an economy. It provides information on the value of goods and services produced during a given period. Within the EU, GDP was valued at €17.0 trillion in 2023.

In 2023, slightly less than a quarter of the EU's GDP was generated by Germany (24.3%), followed by France (16.5%) and Italy (12.3%), ahead of Spain (8.6%) and the Netherlands (6.1%).

 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18360519

It's the MinisForum V3


Pros:

  • Touchscreen (currently works best on KDE Plasma)
  • AMD CPU (Ryzen 7 8840U) [8 cores, 16 threads] + GPU (Radeon 780M)
  • Power button + Fingerprint reader (built into the tablet portion thankfully)
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • 65W PD power adapter (likely to be GaN)
  • Magnesium alloy body
  • the inclusion of gyroscopes means display auto-rotation is supported
  • 1x stylus pen included
    • [4096 level pressure, up to MPP 2.6 SLA]
      • (I have no idea what any of that means, hopefully it's useful to yall)
  • Keyboard that is/has:
    • Detachable
    • Backlight LED lighting
    • Even-surface actuation pressure touchpad
    • an optional purchase (which can be deselected before checkout)

Alt text: An image of the purchase checkout options for the MinisForum V3 Tablet with the Magnetic Detachable Keyboard (both which are on sale for $999.00 and $149.00 USD respectively as of Aug 21, 2024)

Cons:

  • Made in China: "Motherboard Manufacturer: Shenzhen"
  • Supported storage: M.2 (2280) 2TB max
  • cursed Microsoft Copilot button (thankfully on the detachable keyboard rather than on the tablet itself)
  • Limited customization/configuration options in BIOS
  • Weak magnets on kickstand
  • Inaccessible user manual/BIOS(Windows users be damned)
  • Ryzen AI (locked to Windows, personally I find this as a gimmic anyways)
  • due to MinisForum disuading customers from opening up their devices I'm adding that the battery is not replaceable (void warranty at your own risk)

Features/Specifications

  • Weighs: 946g
  • Battery: 50.82Wh
  • Display: 14", 16:10 ratio, 2560*1600, 165Hz
  • 2x [type c] USB-4 at 40Gbps max
  • 1x [type c] USB VLink(DP-in)
  • 1x SD card (UHS-II)
  • Volume rocker button
  • Bluetooth: BT5.3
  • RAM (assumed both configurations are LPDDR5 with speed/frequency: 6400MHz)
  • 2x cameras:
    • [Front]: 2M, Windows Hello, Dual D-mic, Face ID, ESS
    • [Rear]: 5M, Auto focus

Extra Info

VLink TL;DR:

  • (on laptops) it's a special type of port that's primarily meant for extending ports with a USB-C hub or driving as a secondary monitor
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