www.theguardian.com
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 66%
www.fau.eu
An international team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Greifswald, and Universiti Brunei Drussalam has discovered that Nepenthes hemsleyana – a pitcher plant found in Borneo – uses an echo reflector to attract bats. However, it is not the bats themselves that the plants are after, but their droppings. As the pitcher plants grow in soil that is low in nutrients they need additional fertiliser and the bats’ droppings provide them with vital nutrients. In return, the plants offer the bats the perfect place to sleep inside their pitchers.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
How about polar bears?
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Fortunately or not, both the UK and France have thermonuclear teeth to bite back if the totally-not-a-Tsar tries. And as far as the UK goes, it's the same thermonuclear warheads, missiles and submarines as the USA, using the same procedures and with the same capabilities.
Technology
SpaceX is reportedly building hundreds of spy satellites for the US government
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
It's not necessarily imaging as in optics. Could be OPIR, encrypted comms, space to space ASAT, or any number of other things besides just earth imaging.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Those are amazing!
Technology
Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Maybe they're talking about the fediverse or something? Idk.
www.wonkette.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13235727 > What in the name of all the Earth and its domains and the heavens above is [this asshattery](https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/15/ruth-bader-ginsburg-award-backlash/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEwNDc1MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzExODU3NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTA0NzUyMDAsImp0aSI6IjQ3OWViNTAxLThjODItNDMyYy05ZWNkLWQ0NzM4Mjk0M2Y1OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9wb3dlci8yMDI0LzAzLzE1L3J1dGgtYmFkZXItZ2luc2J1cmctYXdhcmQtYmFja2xhc2gvIn0.4dLV26vXFDpLbz6MtFwtg7wc_IKzL2kXYJXnO4mjFE4)? > > The family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very much up in arms at something called the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation over its decision to give a leadership award named after the former Supreme Court justice to *\*drumroll\* … *Elon Musk. > > . . . Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch is also getting this year’s Leadership Award, along with Martha Stewart (weird but whatever), Michael Milken (what?), and Sylvester Stallone (no, seriously, fucking *what?*). > > . . . The award is all of four years old, and has previously gone to “individual women of prominence.” Did we run out of those or something?
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
It would totally make sense for some sailor to use it that way too after a night on liberty in port, but alas no.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Force of habit from almost a decade in the Navy, it's a term of "endearment" that was intended by politicians and bureaucrats to be a "polite" term that can be universally applied regardless of rank, but is usually applied out of exasperation when actual insult isn't warranted. Apologies for the unfamiliar term.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Shipmate, I'm pointing out that the system as it already stands is pretty much exactly as shit as they say it would become should the situation change. Each attempt to merely increase wages here and there is like putting a bandage on a gangrenous wound or a tumor, instead of realizing that the tumor itself needs to be surgically removed for all these symptoms - the American prison system, for-profit childcare, normalized hunger as a punishment for poverty and so on - to be actually treated. Believe it or not, I'm on your side.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
How about
parents would have to pay for daycare, children would go without lunch, etc.
? Are parents not already forced to pay for daycare, children not already going without lunch?
Edit:formatting
News
Starbucks accused of violating Americans with Disabilities Act by charging extra for non-dairy
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Pihole might help?
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
"Without them" implied that with them (status quo) the consequences listed would not be occurring.
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13207517 > A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
www.theguardian.com
A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
Technology
Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Something something high seas something jellyfin
Greentextwanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
And which of the changes he listed would the 95% figure you mentioned care about? By your definition, short of literally turning each feature into a micro transaction, there's no such thing as user unfriendly changes - and knowing the general public, not even then.
Science Memes
Physics
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
But that's never how magic is depicted - it always takes decades of knowledge and learning or powerful enchanted artifacts forged from rare minerals and materials, and rituals which always name a price.
Modern magic can do all those things - if you have the right artifacts, likewise made of precious metals forged by lightning and etched with beams of sunfire and inlaid with gemstones from beyond the sea, fuelled by the ichor alchemically distilled from the remnants of ancient forests and carefully assembled by entire courts of white-robed magi who have each spent decades perfecting their deep knowledge of ritual and arcane lore.
With these artifacts, I can incinerate an entire room with a twitch of my finger upon a staff of fire summoning, read minds with a helm of probing, lightning people with a tiny wand of stunning, and conjure familiar from across the world to do my bidding on my black mirror for the small sacrifice of tiny particles of lightning in a distant runestone.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
You mean everything you mention isn't already happening in multiple states?
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Didn't say they weren't entitled to know about it, just the reasoning that might've gone through the government's collective heads when not disclosing or looking the other way on Boeing doing an Epstien.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
American law
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
I mean there may simply have been internal reports already, just highly classified to avoid "embarrassing" the nation and not accessible or known to the general public.
Mildly Infuriating
That gourmet luxury blend...
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 50%
And how about if I decide to go out with my cousin this fall to hunt a few animals in the most painful and excruciating way possible, prolonging their death for the thrill of the hunt?
Mildly Infuriating
That gourmet luxury blend...
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Have you tried Owncast for self-hosted FOSS fediverse streaming? You literally can't get banned on it because you host your own stream, same with self-hosting a lemmy instance. Like, other streaming instances can defederate from you, but you can never be banned off your own stream.
Mildly Infuriating
That gourmet luxury blend...
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 50%
Because of you I just had two slices of bacon and two eggs for breakfast, how does that make you feel? I've also got at least 15 chicken wings and drumsticks in my fridge and a couple racks of beef ribs, along with several wedges of hard and soft cow cheeses. How does that make you feel?
News
Hotel Keycards And Dawn Dish Soap Used In 737 Max Production As Boeing Fails 33 FAA Safety Checks
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
Submariner here. After several incidents in which submarines imploded, burned, or otherwise caused death and/or endangered thermonuclear weapons systems, our current procedures specify every single item used down to specific serial numbers, with specific authorized substitutes. If the authorized substitute cannot be found, the procedure is simply not done, and if necessary for ensuring the actual safety and conduct of the submarine's primary mission, the entire multi-million-dollar mission is cut short and the ship surfaces to either receive the requisite supplies or goes back to port. Specific serial numbers for lubricants, specific stress-tested seawater-proof pressure-resistant alloys for bolts, specific serial numbers and part numbers for fuses, specific torque wrenches, even specific serial numbers for indicator lights. Every single maintenance step of certain procedures are read out loud at least three times and re-confirmed and acknowledged by both the worker and supervisor before being conducted, including the opening and closing of maintenance panel doors.
www.cbsnews.com
The headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department is in such a state of decay that rats are eating drugs in the evidence room, the department's chief said.
wanderingmagus 6 months ago • 100%
As an active duty member of the US Navy and specifically the submarine forces, people like you make me less and less hesitant to set condition 1SQ for nuclear launch when the time comes.
dotnet.social
4 panel System32Comics comic 1: "Oh no! The virus is stealing my personal data!" 2: "Free Anti-Virus Software Help!" 3: Free Anti-Virus Software to the rescue! 4: Free Anti-Virus Software is stealing his personal data
www.theverge.com
> Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
politics
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Ah, so you are a Trump supporter, then?
Technology
HP’s 'All-In' Printer Rental Watches Everything You Print, Tells HP All About It
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
So what happens if on the off chance someone decides to use the government purchasing system for COTS purchases and convince the SCIF to use one of these HP printers, and then try printing TS//SCI or other highly classified national security documents on the printer? Asking for a friend.
Fediversewanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Welcome aboard the lemmy train!
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Highly recommend Firefox with uBlock origin, and there's an addon called bypass paywalls clean which does exactly what it says.
Technology
How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
ublacklist is a must-have extension for blocking whole lists of sites from search results.
No Stupid Questions
What does Lemmy do better than Reddit?
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Well, if the moron was gonna defederate you anyways, its not like you'd ever have wanted to be on his instance and beholden to his rules. Like I said, we've got all sorts of instances out here - you just have to find your niche. From straight Marxist instances like lemmygrad to the exact opposite over at exploding-heads, to pirates over at dbzer0. Whatever you're into, it's probably here - just maybe not at lemmy.world. Try out lemm.ee or sh.itjust.works, or ask around for whatever instances fit your style. There's even full, anti-censorship free speech absolutist instances around here if you take a look around.
No Stupid Questions
What does Lemmy do better than Reddit?
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
That only applies to specific instances, or even specific communities. Just switch to a different instance or community, or make your own. If you don't like lemmy.world, try out either exploding-heads or lemmygrad, depending which way you swing, and vice versa. Somewhere out there is the community and instance for you, and if none of them are to your taste, nothing's stopping you from making your own - that's the beauty of the fediverse.
No Stupid Questions
What does Lemmy do better than Reddit?
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Note that you can get banned from specific communities or instances, just not from Lemmy itself, as long as you are on a permissive instance or your own instance.
Casual UKwanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Nice picture!
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Shipmates I've talked to in the Navy, at least, would not obey any such unlawful orders. As an active duty submariner, in accordance with my oath and creed, neither would I.
politics
Tennessee GOP quietly overturns marriage equality by giving officials the right to refuse
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 66%
Is it "freedom to choose" when a restaurant tells black customers "we don't serve your kind"?
politics
Tennessee GOP quietly overturns marriage equality by giving officials the right to refuse
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
And if it's a one-horse town and there's no alternative clerk?
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Hey now, don't be disrespecting amphibians, frogs and geckos are cute.
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 0%
It's not about Europe. It's about the massive fuckton of TS//SCI shit shared directly with FIVE EYES and NATO, which shows the exact locations of US strategic nuclear weapons, strategic weapons protocols, intelligence gathering techniques and sources, etc that can almost immediately be sent directly to Russia and China as soon as the US walks out the door. It's about the first line of defense missile detection radars, the cryptologic keys, Global Campaign Plans, Contingency Plans, PBNZ coordinates, non-overflight coordinates, FLAGWORDS, etc.
And that's not all - you also lost all international trade, everywhere, forever. Bye-bye middle eastern oil and Chinese manufactured goods, because all your oh-so-friendly shipping lanes and freedom of the seas is now contested waters full of could-be-privateers. If the EU, by pure necessity, pivots Eastward into a pan-Eurasian bloc, that's game for the US.
News
Minneapolis mayor calls remote workers ‘losers’ who sit at home with a ‘nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop’
wanderingmagus 7 months ago • 100%
Another Hazbin Hotel fan in the wild!
www.nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11125375 > _“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."_ > > Elon Musk said he is "Jewish by association" during a conversation with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro after a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. > > Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of social media platform X, made the comments during a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The association had arranged for Musk to make a private visit to Auschwitz, where an estimated 1.1 million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust. > > "I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism. ... Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish," the billionaire tech mogul said in a video posted on YouTube by Bloomberg Technology. "I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association."
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10484686 > Pardon?
zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9227800 > Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this became public, manufacturer removed ability to unlock train by button combination. > > Also manufacturer is able to remotely brick train over internet(connected via GSM) at any time. > > Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.
finance.yahoo.com
taskandpurpose.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8926524 > >Marine veteran Ivan Snook set social media aflame on Sunday after posting that the U.S. military should stop allowing enlisted service members to become officers. > > > > “Mustangs erode the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps like merchants marrying into the aristocracy,” Snook posted on X. “Nevertheless, we are intent on lowering the standards and reducing military service to being ‘just a job’ asap.” > > What an asshole.
taskandpurpose.com
>Marine veteran Ivan Snook set social media aflame on Sunday after posting that the U.S. military should stop allowing enlisted service members to become officers. > > “Mustangs erode the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps like merchants marrying into the aristocracy,” Snook posted on X. “Nevertheless, we are intent on lowering the standards and reducing military service to being ‘just a job’ asap.” What an asshole.
What are some good alternatives? I really, really like cheese stuffed crust, but if I can get it without apparently supporting Nestlé, that'd be even better.
youtu.be
Millions of tons of sargassum wash up on beaches across North America every year. Exposure can lead to breathing problems, and it costs millions to clean it up. Now, one Mexican entrepreneur is building houses out of bricks made from the invasive species.
The bitter fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds over a line about slavery in the state’s revised African American history standards is infuriating several prominent Black conservatives.
Received a gif in private messages of a nude woman shitting from a user with slur-filled username n-word n-word f-word, home instance lemmy.world, which I can't post here because of the slurs in their username. Is there a way to delete the message, and report the sender? I already blocked the sender, but the gif is still in my inbox.
I've been hearing about a browser extension called DeArrow that replaces the thumbnails and titles with non-clickbait versions. Is that something that I can activate on Revanced?
Any tips on getting more consistent, and fitting both wrench and pick into tighter keyholes? Or is the latter just a matter of getting a more diverse set of wrenches and picks?
Reverse seared steak and salad of romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, sliced mushroom and shredded cheese, along with a drink.
SSBN. ETV. Will not respond to questions about sensitive or classified subjects. My views are my own and I do not represent anyone. Hi there! Edit: since this has been asked several times: > SSBN stands for “submersible ship, ballistic missile, nuclear powered”. That is, the same overall type of ship as the Red October. > ETV stands for “Electronics Technican, Navigation”, because N was already taken by Nuclear Electronics Technicians. I work with everything from interior communications and announcing circuits to Electronics, shipwide atmospheric monitoring, navigational inertial gyroscopes, strategic nuclear missile navigation, and tank level indicators to basic underwater submarine navigation using the voyage management system and even helming the ship itself.
Title. The issue seems only to go away when sorting by New. I do have "hide read posts" enabled, but I highly doubt that I've read all the active or top posts in all the fediverse.
Uses only 100% whole grain King Arthur whole wheat flour, water, and whole wheat sourdough starter. First rise can take 24 hours. After baking and resting, needs to be cut and used or frozen almost immediately, or it gets really hard and dense. Otherwise very nice. Question - the inside feels sticky when freshly cut even though the digital temperature probe read the right temperature for it to be done. It's not raw dough, just sticky. Am I doing something wrong? Also, how can I make it fluffier, or will that require mixing in white flour?
 /c/elgoonishshive@lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/c/elgoonishshive
Loving the app so far, but eing able to tell how many subscribers are in a community when searching without having to navigate to and view the about page would be really nice to have.