Israel-Hamas war among deadliest conflicts for journalists https://t.co/Qn92ndoCs5
@sqncs @rzeta0 @hacks4pancakes @rodhilton hah, "let me be the greedy villain, because otherwise someone else might do it"
You can argue what element turns a run-of-the-mill sandwich into a rich and refreshing banh mi, but for some, it’s the pickles — and Japan has those in spades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/10/06/food-drink/banh-mi-sandwich-beni-shga-pickled-ginger/ #life #fooddrink
Russian art launderette at the Venice Biennial
https://www.svoboda.org/a/maska-ya-tebya-znayu-ekaterina-margolis-ob-operatsiyah-prikrytiya/32903665.html
Shipping LNG amounts to 66% of related emissions which so far were not accounted for
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/robert-howarth-cornell-lng-liquid-natural-gas-exports-dirtier-coal-carbon-emissions-study/
China targeted and might have held for months access to the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.
This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...
Presenting perfctl, an elaborate virus for Linux systems https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/persistent-stealthy-linux-malware-has-infected-thousands-since-2021/
@nazokiyoubinbou @jalefkowit there are several attempts, such as PaleMoon, LibreWolf (FF fork), Fallon, Midori,... (https://alternativeto.net/software/firefox/?license=opensource). The problem, however, is that keeping up with the evolving web is challenging and this leads to the need to make money for the development of a product users are not willing to pay for.
@mjibrower @jalefkowit any alternatives? If not, I guess I'm stuck with Firefox and Thunderbird. I'm using K-9 on android, but that's also Thunderbird now.
Fear of missing out has rocketed the value of artificial intelligence companies, despite few signs as to when the technology will turn a profit, raising talk of AI overenthusiasm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/04/tech/ai-revolution-or-bubble/ #business #tech #ai #investments #openai #google #microsoft
Weird that this post now shows up as something else. Anyway, https://freetubeapp.io and FlexTube for android are a thing
@subfm found it, sorry:
https://on.soundcloud.com/pEQ1Z
@subfm do you upload the data also on any other platforms? I'd be interested in one that doesn't stop the playback on mobile when the video hides due to timeout.
The entire BBC sound effects library is now accessible. https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search
@kristinHenry just a note that as a non native speaker I did think that "girls" is the official transcription of "gals"
Just listened to the BBC Radio 4 Inside Science podcast about satellite junk, featuring @sundogplanets making some great points.
Link here, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021jqc
it may be geo-blocked, but there's a download option on the page, and it's also available on the usual podcast platforms.
Studying how people interact, in the past (#CulturalAnalytics) and today (#EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at @IslabUnimi, University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform with @pravosadiezv. I use dedicated accounts for different languages.
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