Math Memes anzo • 2 days ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19843233 > I'll just leave this here.

Politics anzo • 3 days ago • 100%

[Fig. 1](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814#F1) gives an example of a conversation where the user goes from 100% belief down to 40% after getting their questions explained by the AI. Looking at the conclusions, the impact is not so big for all the interactions. Anyway, this is a great tool. Sure, when people are doomscrolling 24/7 they’re not fact-checking. So, the intervention might not be there. Yet, I choose to remain optimistic. More recent generations might get easier access and be better than our current trend :)

Trippin' Through Time anzo • 1 week ago • 96%

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2716501

Bioinformatics anzo • 2 weeks ago • 50%

Calling everyone who works in or with a #bioinformatics core facility - we need your help! We’d like to hear your ideas on what skills core facility scientists need at different levels (I, II, III or manager). Interested in helping? Please fill in this survey by September 30th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2P_d6nX6JmhFJtcBNX3zOQB-DuAuOMiIDc7t57tZVM4POog/viewform 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/

YUROP anzo • 3 weeks ago • 97%

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/16330833

Football (Soccer fútbol fußball 足球 ) anzo • 3 weeks ago • 100%

www.darkreading.com

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2235521 > [Archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240822172856/https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/chinese-forced-labor-ring-sponsors-football-clubs-hides-behind-stealth-tech) > > 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.]

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ anzo • 4 weeks ago • 99%

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/17130998

YUROP anzo • 4 weeks ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2132293 > 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%).

LinuxHardware anzo • 4 weeks ago • 90%

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](https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-gan-everything-you-need-to-know-about-gallium-nitride-charging-tech/)) > - 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJOk9lFfsI) (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) > - CPU is un-upgradeable ([This is now a con due to Framework providing users the ability to upgrade even from Intel to AMD or vice-versa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV9QotB0w7M)) > - WIFI 6E (802.11ax) is soldered/un-upgradeable unlike Frameworks's laptops > - RAM is confirmed to be soldered/un-upgradeable > - only two configurations available as of Aug 21, 2024: [32GB max, 16GB] > > > ### 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 > - [VLink Tomshardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/virtuallink-virtual-reality-display-interface,37470.html) > - [VLink Anandtech](https://www.anandtech.com/show/13088/virtuallink-announced-standardized-connector-for-vr-headsets)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26278528 > I'm running my media server with a 36tb raid5 array with 3 disks, so I do have *some* resilience to drives failing. But currently can only afford to loose a single drive at a time, which got me thinking about backups. Normally I'd just do a backup to my NAS, but that quickly gets ridiculous for me with the size of my library, which is significantly larger than my NAS storage of only a few tb. And buying cloud storage is much too expensive for my liking with these amounts of storage. > > Do you backup only the most valuable parts of your library?

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ anzo • 1 month ago • 100%

www.euronews.com

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2037887 > Europe has one of the most diverse seed industries in the world. In Germany, the Netherlands and France alone, hundreds of small breeders are creating new varieties of cereals, vegetables and legumes. > > Relying on decades of careful selection to improve desired traits like yield, disease resistance and flavour, they adapt seeds to local environments through methods like cross-breeding. > > This legion of plant breeders help maintain Europe’s biodiversity and ensure that our food supplies stay plentiful. But their work is under growing threat from the patent industry. > > Although it’s illegal to patent plants in the EU, those created through technological means are classified as a technical innovation and so can be patented. > > This means that small-scale breeders can no longer freely plant these seeds or use them for research purposes without paying licensing fees.

Palestine anzo • 1 month ago • 100%

podcasts.apple.com

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12475922

Web Development anzo • 1 month ago • 100%

build-your-own.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27261082

Python anzo • 1 month ago • 91%

cross-posted from: https://piefed.jeena.net/post/33729

Palestine anzo • 1 month ago • 97%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18719806 > The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have sensationally passed a vote of no confidence in their senior management, after an acclaimed pianist was removed from a performance because he spoke in support of journalists who died in Gaza. > > “We believe it is the duty of senior management to lead and manage in accordance with the MSO’s Values and Behaviours, however it has become apparent that these values no longer appear to be aligned with those of the Orchestra and staff,” the letter read. > > At a concert on Sunday, Jayson Gillham dedicated a solo to journalists in Gaza — then had his following concert on Thursday cancelled. > > [Link to original fully paywalled article](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/mso-votes-to-kick-out-senior-leadership-due-to-treatment-of-propalestine-pianist/news-story/642fa043841790c8bb554e1122c9a557)

Dunder Mifflin anzo • 1 month ago • 95%

www.ribbonfarm.com

Not a meme, sorry. But it probably is an interesting read to many of you nonetheless.

Python anzo • 1 month ago • 100%

geekpython.in

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/39533101

cyph3rPunk anzo • 1 month ago • 96%

www.tomshardware.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18283290 > … "The first of two versions of the RayV Lite will focus on laser fault injection (LFI). This technique uses a brief blast of light to interfere with the charges of a processor’s transistors, which could flip them from a 0 value to a 1 value or vice versa. Using LFI, Beaumont and Trowell have been able to pull off things like bypassing the security check in an automotive chip’s firmware or bypassing the PIN verification for a cryptocurrency hardware wallet. > > The second version of the tool will be able to perform laser logic state imaging. This allows snooping on what’s happening inside a chip as it operates, potentially pulling out hints about the data and code it’s handling. Since this data could include sensitive secrets, LSI is another dangerous form of hacking that Beaumont and Trowell hope to raise awareness of." …

WebDev anzo • 2 months ago • 85%

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11983122 > I just found about the rather experimental chaarts. It enhances the standard html <table> and turns it into different charts. Complete with hover text and animations. > > It seems to be pretty accessible. And if the user agent doesn't support the fancy css it degrades gracefully to the original <table>

YUROP anzo • 2 months ago • 90%

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/1443773 > Barcelona, Venice and Amsterdam are among Europe's favourite travel destinations and benefit greatly from tourism. However, the massive influx of visitors places a considerable burden on the cities and their inhabitants. > > To counteract the negative effects of overtourism, these cities are taking decisive action. Following public protests, no new hotels may be built in Venice and cruise ships will have to use other moorings in future. Amsterdam has banned guided tours of its famous red light district in order to protect local residents. Paris is planning to ban coaches from the city centre in order to improve the quality of life. Other overcrowded cities are also trying to control the situation through various methods. > > Do you think that overtourism is a serious problem in Europe? > > Sources: National Statistics Offices, Statista, Le Monde, Forbes

Programmer Humor anzo • 2 months ago • 98%

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nu/post/5840291 > [Source](https://www.goodtechthings.com/gravediggers/)

artporn anzo • 2 months ago • 99%

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/15183897

Emacs anzo • 2 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/17240043 > This part of this blog post has always made me happy and I come back it from time to time. This is regarding the scene in Tron Legacy when one of the characters stops another from hacking. If you'd like to see the scene for context here it is. The time code is when the particular portion is. https://youtu.be/Qeh3E67brBs&t=231 > > > In addition to visual effects, I was asked to record myself using a unix terminal doing technologically feasible things. I took extra care in babysitting the elements through to final composite to ensure that the content would not be artistically altered beyond that feasibility. I take representing digital culture in film very seriously in lieu of having grown up in a world of very badly researched user interface greeble. I cringed during the part in Hackers (1995) when a screen saver with extruded "equations" is used to signify that the hacker has reached some sort of neural flow or ambiguous destination. I cringed for Swordfish and Jurassic Park as well. I cheered when Trinity in The Matrix used nmap and ssh (and so did you). Then I cringed again when I saw that inevitably, Hollywood had decided that nmap was the thing to use for all its hacker scenes (see Bourne Ultimatum, Die Hard 4, Girl with Dragon Tattoo, The Listening, 13: Game of Death, Battle Royale, Broken Saints, and on and on). In Tron, the hacker was not supposed to be snooping around on a network; he was supposed to kill a process. So we went with posix kill and also had him pipe ps into grep. I also ended up using emacs eshell to make the terminal more l33t. The team was delighted to see my emacs performance -- splitting the editor into nested panes and running different modes. I was tickled that I got emacs into a block buster movie. I actually do use emacs irl, and although I do not subscribe to alt.religion.emacs, I think that's all incredibly relevant to the world of Tron.

www.mdr.de

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/1007241 > - Ländliche Regionen im Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt im Osten Deutschlands sind nicht nur von Überalterung und Urbanisierung betroffen, sondern auch von einem Mangel an jungen Frauen. > - Laut der Soziologin Katja Salomo führt das zu einem Gefühl des Abgehängt-Seins und unter anderem zu großem Zuspruch für die AfD. > - Betroffenen Kommunen empfiehlt die Wissenschaftlerin, gegen den Trend zu investieren. > > > Die Abstiegsängste führten auch dazu, dass es Menschen schwerer falle, neue Menschen in ihre Gruppe hineinzulassen, sagt Dr. Katja Salomo vom Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin. > > "[Die Menschen] haben das Gefühl, der Kuchen ist schon klein, wie sollen wir ihn noch teilen?" > > Oft, so Salomo, sei in den betroffenen Regionen auch die AfD besonders erfolgreich. Zum einen, weil Männer im Schnitt konservativer wählten als Frauen und sie in den ländlichen Regionen in Ostdeutschland in der Überzahl seien. Wobei Salomo anmerkt: "Es sind nicht die Alten, die AfD wählen – sondern es sind die jungen Männer in den Gebieten mit hoher Überalterung." Die AfD, sagt Salomo, sei allerdings auch aus einem anderen Grund in den betroffenen Regionen besonders erfolgreich: "Die Partei sucht sich diese Regionen ganz bewusst aus." > > Da, wo die Menschen das Gefühl hätten, abgehängt zu sein – da sei die AfD besonders präsent, oft als einzige Partei.

Solarpunk technology anzo • 2 months ago • 100%

www.theguardian.com

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22143150

Science Memes anzo • 2 months ago • 99%

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11336865