technology Technology We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 92%

    Copyright issues aside, can we talk about how this implies accurate recall of an image from a never before achievable data compression ratio? If these models can actually recall the images they have been fed this could be a quantum leap in compression technology.

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  • casualconversation [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation You are granted one of the following super powers: which one do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Just because you are fast doesn't mean you can see all around you at all times. In any contact sport contact is eventually inevitable, because they almost always involve you running at people at some point.

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  • casualconversation [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation You are granted one of the following super powers: which one do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Most depections of telekinesis do not exert an opposing force on the user, in other words the force is exerted in an arbitrary vector from an arbitrary point in space. That means you could compress a hole in the ground under you but not levitate at all because the force doesn't act on your body. If it did act on your body lifting 5000 lb would crush your bones to dust.

    As other people have pointed out a better option is the "magic carpet ride" or more desirable "flying motocycle" angle, where you Exert force on an object and it moves you as it normally would when pushed or pulled by any other force. I personally like the "infinite parasailing/paragliding" angle as it is possible to do without immediately being noticeable as strange by the public, and it requires less mental effort since you are still using lift for upforce.

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  • casualconversation [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation You are granted one of the following super powers: which one do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Contact sports woth super speed is not a good idea unless you have very enhanced durability. The likelihood you will end up with brain damage or accidentally badly injure someone else and yourself is way too high. Track and field is clearly the way to go.

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  • casualconversation [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation You are granted one of the following super powers: which one do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    That's Telekinesis Kyle!

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  • fuck_cars Fuck Cars Higher Vehicle Hoods Increase Pedestrian Deaths
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Vehicle design prioritizing pedestrian survivability is beneficial regardless of urban design, though admittedly an optimal design will depend on median speed of the vehicle.in pedestrian areas.

    Return to retro 1940s rounded truck hoods is honestly an inevitable design shift at some point, as fashion always cycles, but the aerodynamics and fuel efficiency standards are against it.

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  • fuck_cars Fuck Cars Higher Vehicle Hoods Increase Pedestrian Deaths
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Would cattle scoop style front ends save lives? The point would need to be crumply plastic for auto collisions, but i wonder if designing for deflection would legitimately benefit pedestrian collision survivability.

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  • memes Memes Or some cheap plastic from Amazon Marketplace...
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 93%

    Accidentally nailed it.

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  • askelectronics Ask Electronics Should I buy a Fairphone? If not, what SHOULD I buy and why?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Lol, why

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Similar fables to King Arthur and Robin Hood in other cultures?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Ugh, yeah, I fought aurocorrect over it and lost in the end it looks like. Got it fixed up now.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Similar fables to King Arthur and Robin Hood in other cultures?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Alibaba in some ways.

    Nasreddin Hoca is the most popular Turkish folk hero

    Anansi the Spider is a great trickster folklore character from the Akan in Ghana. I loved these stories as a kid and had a great book on tape.

    Can't go wrong with this list:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_heroes

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  • technology Technology Amazon has been listing products with the title, 'I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy'
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 34%

    Their products will fail and they will learn. This is likely people who do not know English very well seeking to use AI to automatically name their products for them. Not a terrible application for AI, but certainly shouldn't be fully automated with no editorial oversight.

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  • videos Videos Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 50%

    Some people care more about driving adoption than being a federation absolutist my dude.

    If you haven't watched a YouTube video in the last year I'll give you $20.

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  • science science Significantly wetter or drier future conditions for one to two thirds of the world’s population
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    "By using non-parametric trends30,31 and considering an ensemble of 146 CMIP533 and CMIP634 climate model runs (Tables S1 and S2), we identify regions where wetting and drying patterns converge across the globe. Our trend-based approach aligns with the continuous nature of radiative forcing35, provides flexibility and robustness in detecting and quantifying global warming-induced changes, and effectively controls for natural variability36.

    Our innovative approach (see “Methods”) evaluates the entire time-series using no interannual averaging and combines information from the fullest range of GCM projections available to determine their agreement and the extent of precipitation impacts with no ensemble aggregation. This is important because each set of simulations provides a plausible storyline of future precipitation patterns under elevated global warming, rather than using aggregated data which can obscure important trends and patterns."

    Read the methods before commenting on them please. This study uses 146 different simulation models and takes a non-averaged median projected value to generate the final projections.

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  • videos Videos Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 69%

    Odysee is one of the biggest distributed video hosting platforms, equivalent to PeerTube. It's not sketch, but the embed isn't working for some reason. That is on the instance admin.

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  • lotrmemes Lord of the memes I wish it need not have happened in my time.
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    You said the level of effort can't be matched. It certainly can by the same man.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy ELI5 why is anarchy not "the guy with the bigger stick" making the rules?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 81%

    To build on this, it would be accurate to say that Anarchy is the principle upon which the technologies of Anarchism are built. Rather than a political system, which inherently function through obligation of participation or subjugation, the technologies of anarchism are participatory. That is to say anarchism provides methodologies of engagement between individuals and groups to achieve outcomes without obligation or subjugation which are imposed by the system, replacing those attributes of hierarchy instead with consent, participation, and consensus which are fundamentally voluntary and opt-in in nature.

    Another way to say this is that Political Systems are means by which a group forces rules upon individuals, while Anarchism is a set of methods by which individuals can perform actions as groups.

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  • gaming Gaming Twitch "isn't profitable" admits CEO, in wake of recent layoffs
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 96%

    One has to wonder if they just split off adult content into a separate platform using the same Amazon logins, and including cross-platform notifications one way from the twitch site to the adult site whether it would solve both their cash flow and advertising problem.

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  • lotrmemes Lord of the memes I wish it need not have happened in my time.
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 100%

    Or you know... Peter Jackson again.

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  • worldnews World News Argentina's Milei backtracks on dollarization
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 8 months ago 75%

    Maybe a Swiss Franc or Japanese Yen peg might suit them better, if they could buy enough volume.

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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 97%

    Hot. Do more.

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  • technology Technology A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Vaselgel is too cheap to manufacture to get the funding it needs to bring it to market, that's why they have been trying for 20 years and haven't succeeded yet. In the US the rights are owned by a non profit Parsemu Foundation formed to fund it. It looks like their private partner NEXT Life Sciences is actually set to come to market with a vaselgel product in 2026 they are calling Plan A.

    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/next-life-sciences-announces-launch-of-plan-a-birth-control-for-men-301779007.html

    Interesting marketing choice comparing it to the Plan B pill.

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  • memes Memes Which pill do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    I'm not saying I won't be buying real estate in San Francisco, Magic The Gathering cards, and shares in big tech, but a solid backbone of 1000x value bitcoin is hard to beat on multiples.

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  • memes Memes Which pill do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Actually bitcoin on a physical harddrive purchased at $50 or below stored in a safety deposit box is pretty ironclad.

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  • memes Memes Which pill do you choose?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Red pill all the way. Personal experience gains to be had. Also of course there is the prospect of crypto billionairedom.

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  • technology Technology Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Bring in the military to feed my kids some vegetables.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy solar punk centered movies
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 85%

    Maybe Atlantis? Also maybe the fremen parts of Dune, though that again is more primitivist in some respects.

    I'd say overall Solarpunk still lacks its cornerstone film.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy solar punk centered movies
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Nausicaa is more solar/windpunk than Princess Mononoke, which is more primitivist.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Why was Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan so bad for the American people?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Reagan cut taxes while increasing spending, despite talking like his goal was to reduce government excess. As a result, the national debt increase for the first time since WWII and has not stopped in that trend since then.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy solar punk centered movies
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    In some sense Waterworld qualifies.

    Also Cloud Atlas in some of the settings, though a bit more primitivist

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  • forgottenweapons Forgotten Weapons The CIA Explains to US Senate What a 'Heart Attack Gun' Is (1975)
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 96%

    You don't need a cooler, just a vial of liquid nitrogen or dry ice. If the gun was air powered rather than fired with gunpowder the heat issue would be substantially reduced. Also the dirt didn't need to be fully solid at time of impact to effectively poison the target, as all that was needed was liquid contact with the skin.

    Also everyone here seems to be pretending that flachette rounds aren't a thing and weren't proposed to replace bullets as the primary rounds for the standard issue rifle for the us military as recently as the Advanced Combat Rifle program to replace the M16. AAI's flachette rifle went all the way to final testing and consideration, and was easily accurate at 100m and beyond. This weapon shot single darts aka flachettes and would have no problem with achieving accuracy at 30m with a shorter barrel.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Nows your chance to upgrade to a hardwood board with no maintenance requirements. Eliminate strife on both ends.

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  • writingprompts Writing Prompts [WP] The supervillain defeats the superhero. Instead of killing the hero, they try to convince them to join the villain's side.
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Invincible

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  • publichealth Public Health US seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but thousands of new ones are launching
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    The answer would be to Crack down on distributors doing the last leg to retail, hitting them with major fines. Enforcement at customs is always going to be a losing battle, the only way to win is to dry up demand at the commercial level.

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  • privacy Privacy Paris Olympics Host a New Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Wasn't there an Olympics in China not so long ago?

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  • technology Technology New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    Known vectors: Essential Horoscope for Android (com.anomenforyou.essentialhoroscope) 3D Skin Editor for PE Minecraft (com.littleray.skineditorforpeminecraft) Logo Maker Pro (com.vyblystudio.dotslinkpuzzles) Auto Click Repeater (com.autoclickrepeater.free) Count Easy Calorie Calculator (com.lakhinstudio.counteasycaloriecalculator) Sound Volume Extender (com.muranogames.easyworkoutsathome) LetterLink (com.regaliusgames.llinkgame) NUMEROLOGY: PERSONAL HOROSCOPE &NUMBER PREDICTIONS (com.Ushak.NPHOROSCOPENUMBER) Step Keeper: Easy Pedometer (com.browgames.stepkeepereasymeter) Track Your Sleep (com.shvetsStudio.trackYourSleep) Sound Volume Booster (com.devapps.soundvolumebooster) Astrological Navigator: Daily Horoscope & Tarot (com.Osinko.HoroscopeTaro) Universal Calculator (com.Potap64.universalcalculator)

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  • news World News Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    4rm the indigenous!

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy A place for random posts?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    I think my instance kbin.run may have it blocked from the all feed by default.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy A place for random posts?
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 100%

    At least in KBin/Mbin instances there are magazines called "Random" by default that include an non-taghed microblog posts and threads.

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  • android Android Google Messages Custom Bubble colors only for RCS
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  • KinNectar KinNectar 9 months ago 98%

    "Meanwhile, Screen Effects’ “vibrant animations that will transform your words into dazzling visual displays” "

    Please don't.

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  • technology
    Technology KinNectar 9 months ago 92%
    This GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and makes drugs — on its own www.nature.com

    A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.

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    biohacking KinNectar 9 months ago 100%
    This GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and makes drugs — on its own www.nature.com

    A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.

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    News KinNectar 9 months ago 100%
    US judge orders names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates to be released www.bbc.com

    Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019, was known to associate with powerful figures. Now a list of 170 associates of Epstein will be made public after being sealed by the court in previous trials.

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    Environment KinNectar 9 months ago 100%
    Launching a new academic research network on conflict and the environment - CEOBS ceobs.org

    When we think of sources of pollution or industries responsible, military conflict isn't first to come to mind, but regions where such conflicts are ongoing hist some of the most accute and uncontrolled pollution events in the world. Study if these impacts are set to be the focus of the new "Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)".

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    Environment KinNectar 9 months ago 100%
    We build artificial islands for pelicans - here's why videos.trom.tf

    Not my video, but a cool review of a balkan pelican conservation project: I went to Bulgaria to join conservation project of Dalmatian pelicans. It's international effort to reduce threats and improve their habitat in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria & Greece. Project website : [https://life-pelicans.com/](https://life-pelicans.com/) Some footage of pelicans : Damyan Petkov Thumbnail picture : Maxim Yakovlev Support me on Patreon : [https://www.patreon.com/BeBraveToAct](https://www.patreon.com/BeBraveToAct) Donate via paypal : [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted\_button\_id=LVQ3AJVTA4WCW](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=LVQ3AJVTA4WCW)

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    Not The Onion KinNectar 10 months ago 97%
    Raunchy, alcohol-fueled Taco Bell party included open sex, lawsuit claims https://ktla.com/news/local-news/taco-bell-holiday-party-involved-open-sex-vomit-in-the-guac-bowl-lawsuit/

    A former Los Angeles area Taco Bell employee is suing the company and a franchise owner after she claims a Christmas party at the fast-food restaurant descended into a drunken mess that included open sex.

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    Open Course Lectures KinNectar 11 months ago 100%
    Philosophy Lectures

    I have found the European Graduate School to be the best source of free video lectures on Philosophy I have found. They of course slant towards Continental philosophy. You get in person lectures and sometimes lecture series from the contemporary greats from Slavoj Žižek, Derrida, Baudrillard, Butler, and many others. [https://youtube.com/@egsvideo?si=qqeB6s3msY6ivXsi](https://youtube.com/@egsvideo?si=qqeB6s3msY6ivXsi)

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    New Communities KinNectar 11 months ago 92%
    Science Fiction & Speculative Fiction has a new home kbin.run

    I am an avid fan of Science Fiction, and I have a feeling I am not the only one here. I just founded a new inclusive Magazine/Community for sharing and discussion of all things SciFi. Please join us for discussion of your favorite books, comics, TV shows, Movies, and more. [https://kbin.run/m/SciFi](https://kbin.run/m/SciFi) !SciFi

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    Bulk comics libraries

    Does anyone have a good source for digitized comics in bulk? I'm tired of paying the corpos for subscriptions and in a dreamworld I'd find the whole backlogs by publisher in decent resolution and format.

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    Fediverse KinNectar 11 months ago 91%
    Malware on the fediverse?

    Hey all, I'm fairly new to the Fediverse. I'm just wondering what is preventing mallard from being shared on Lemmy, K.Bin, etc. via images or other embeds? Is there some file vetting happening under the hood?

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    Is there an equivalent to PopcornTime for Music?

    A platform to stream torrents rather than download them would be nice. Also iis it possible to use PopcornTime with more than just the PopcornTime.xyz list?

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    biohacking KinNectar 11 months ago 100%
    Biohackers Netflix Show netflix.fandom.com

    I watched a few episodes of this and enjoyed some of the gimics. It left me wondering what from the show was "realistic" vs pure gimic. Also I wonder what University has the most established Biohacking community.

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    biohacking KinNectar 11 months ago 100%
    Alabama man first to undergo stem cell transplant to restore vision lost in accident https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wvtm13.com/amp/article/alabama-first-stem-cell-transplant-restore-vision-phil-durst/45538187

    Stem cells from one eye show promise in healing injuries in the other. Could this possibly be a step towards reversing age related degeneration of the eyes?

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    Fediverse KinNectar 11 months ago 100%
    A Tool For Generating Threads From RSS

    Hello all, I have been dipping in and out of the Fediverse for years now and am loving where the technology is now. For about as long, I have been interested in building my own network/community for my professional area of activity (cannabis, hemp, and Natural produccts). I have seen many other attempts with few succeeding in the way I would like. One thing I think could really help anchor a nee community would be a steady flow of relevant content in specific dedicated community/magazines so that people can use the community as a source of news and comment on it. To those ends I am wondering if anyone is aware of a tool that could take RSS feed subscriptions and generate posts from them into a fediverse platform, ideally Lemmy or K.Bin. In an ideal world this would include autosummarization, and posting of a link the the main article. To be clear I would like to run this on my own dedicated instance. Anyone know of anything like this?

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