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"Dark Energy Camera Images Cometary Globule CG 4."

CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.





He attracts all the chicks, but he's a cheep date!



Stop Recommending Niche Linux Distros! #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/UPzIz9v0EIY




When I worked on the Metaverse, I talked with developers about whether generative AI would make creating games cheaper and they disagreed.

They also quoted the example of CGI in Hollywood movies. It simply raised the bar on expectations versus enabling cheaper special effects.






ROO BUBBA! SO CUTE!

youtube.com/shorts/0hMehzU9BV4…

Another cute video from the Kangaroo Sanctuary here!



NVIDIA Doesn't Suck On Linux Anymore #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/qslqtpxhPVw
in reply to Brodie Robertson

firstly happy belated birthday, and second owing to the fact that video was recorded a month ago, then in theory 555 will hit in days? On Wednesday to be specific?

Can you explain more about the Wayland/Nvidia race condition that makes some people with Nvidia on Wayland have a sucky time while others (like me) have no issues at all?



Kitteh with one brain cell.
And whose fault will this be once they get a mouth full of prickles?
CLEARLY YOURS!


As a long-time XFCE-user I can fully subscribe to the conclusion of this article: »non-GNOME GTK desktop environments need to work together to formulate an answer to the onslaught of libadwaita and the GNOME-ification of GTK. […] If they don’t, there won’t be an XFCE in a few years. What’s the point in developing XFCE if you’re at the mercy of whatever choices GNOME makes?« osnews.com/story/139512/linux-…

#GNOME #XFCE #GTK #libadwaita

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in reply to TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️

it's such a shame the way Thom wrote the article makes it look like @linuxmint is fighting against GNOME, which isn't the interpretation I got when I read the original article. They're just trying to make those apps work well on their desktop and explaining why - GNOME apps are made for the GNOME desktop (tested, supported, etc.), and therefore the Cinnamon developers want to provide functional, well-tested platform-agnostic GTK apps, which is a valid reason that I 100% support.

Linux Mint isn't trashing GNOME in any way, and they also explicitly said they're not blaming GNOME for anything.

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in reply to TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️

I'm not blaming GNOME either.

However, fact remains that libadwaita has sucked a lot of air out of the room for desktops like Xfce, and they're obviously feeling the squeeze. It's definitely not GNOME's job to cater to non-GNOME desktops, but there's no denying that the heavy focus on libadwaita is having negative side effects, and pointing that out should not be dismissed as being "anti-GNOME".

GNOME is a great desktop, and its developers are doing an amazing job, libadwaita included. That does not mean, however, that libadwaita's negative side effects on Xfce and other non-GNOME GTK-based desktops magically go away. They're experiencing real issues over there, and waving them away feels deeply unfair to the people working on Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, and others.



After several days of work, I finally pushed several commits to my website to accommodate those who rely on high contrast themes. Huge thanks to @acidiclight for helping me out by sharing a lot of feedback!

And a request to the broader community - feedback wanted and highly appreciated.

#a11y #HighContrastMode #accessibility #WebDev

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Linux Mint Wants To Revive GTK3 Applications #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/7jAygGe5XRM
in reply to Brodie Robertson

You could use GTK4 without using libadwaita and it has the added benefit of hardware acceleration
in reply to Odoben

@odoben Without a doubt but a lot of apps are being built around it leading to them looking very out of place outside of GNOME
in reply to Brodie Robertson

fair enough. Originally GTK meant Gimp ToolKit. So it is basically returning back what it was.


We got some bad news at the vet today, and I’m still trying to sort through my feelings, honestly. If the next few days bring some relief for our wee 14 year old Toy Poodle Kiwi, we might have a few more weeks or months with her — and that’s the best case scenario. We are fortunate to have such a kind and pragmatic vet, but…my heart hurts tonight. 😔

#dogs #dogsofmastodon

in reply to KimberlyN

The new meds helped a little, but not enough. Kiwi’s last day was filled with sunshine, love, peace, and her favorite foods — blueberries and peaches.

She has been a joyful presence in our lives, and we will be forever grateful she chose us.

We promise to be there for and with them, right until the very last. And we promise to make the hard decisions, to not flinch, to not fade, but to stay true to that promise until the end. Run strong and free, Miss Kiwi. 💕

#dogs #dogsofmastodon



I'm going to play some Stellaris over at cast.samsai.eu/ in about 15 minutes. See you in the chat!


A nice write up of my talk this week about communicating #science cakemagazine.org/arvo-2024-clo…
in reply to Tom Resing

@resing Every talk I do is different, so it’s neat to read how it was received and what made an impression.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

impressive. I take it you work very hard to personalize your talks. Amazing and great for you audiences!



NVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+ gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/nvid…

#NVIDIA #Linux



GE-Proton 9-5 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Apex Legends, The Witcher 2 gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/ge-p…

#Linux #SteamDeck

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition wasn't working with 9-2 or 9-4 for me, but works flawlessly on 9-5 as well.


How is Rogue Voltage not blowing up? This demands your attention.

gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/rogu…

#SteamDeck #Linux



I've never posted an image like this before, the colours are mental! My husband lit the Longstone with a torch as the sky erupted in pinks and greens. This is in the darkest part of the Island which is campaigning for Dark Skies Status, so there was no light pollution.
The colours were visible to the naked eye.
#theLongstone #StandingStone #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #IsleofWight #AvailableLight #LandscapePhotography


My book chapter about agency, biological organization, and their importance for the study of organismic development (ontogenesis) is now officially out!

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1…

Free preprint version here:
osf.io/preprints/x3uny




@Friendica Support
ich habe hier ein komische Anzeige mit dem Theme Frio.
Die Beiträge sind leer und erstrecken sich über die ganze Breite.
Wenn ich das Theme auf schwarz oder dunkel umstelle, ist es ein wenig besser, aber immer noch fehlerhaft. Rechts wird hier dann etwas zusätzlich angezeigt.
Im Theme Vier ist der Fehler nicht vorhanden.
in reply to Hiker

@Hiker
ich hatte den Fehler schon mal vor ein paar Monaten. Hat dann aber wieder funktioniert. Ich denke, dass es an irgendeinem Beitrag liegt, der dann die Ansicht kaputt macht.
Das habe ich aktuelle unter Neu - Aktivität. Unter Neu - Empfangen taucht der Fehler nicht auf. Vermutlich, weil dort der Beitrag nicht enthalten ist.
in reply to Thomas

Oh, das könnte durchaus sein, dass da was drin ist, was nicht ausgefiltert wurde. Wäre für die Fehlersuche natürlich äusserst hilfreich, wenn du diesen Beitrag finden könntest...




Today we have @Conan_Kudo back on the podcast, the plan was to talk about Change proposals but that happened 2 hours in so have a listen to see how we got so side tracked #Linux #Fedora #openSource #foss

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Yhz9lP1OF4…

Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

in reply to Brodie Robertson

It’s a good thing that I’m not the only one who has issues with usb-hub and AMD. On my Asus Tuf A16 (Amd edition) laptop if I connect the hub before I get to fedora disk encryption prompt, the system will not boot. I have to unplug the hub every single time when I’m powering the laptop on and plugit back in once I get to sddm.


About an hour ago, the sky turned blood red over Bavaria, Germany. It's the first time I've ever seen an #Aurora in my life. It was so bright to be easily visible with the naked eye. An absolutely jawdropping experience. 🖖😳✨
#polarlights #northernlights #solarstorm #Polarlichter
cc @tagesschau @DLR @dlr_next @stim3on


Proton Experimental brings controller support for more launchers on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/prot…

#Linux #SteamDeck



I continue to be fascinated by the fact that when Jack Dorsey looks back at his time at Twitter, his only regret is that it was technically possible for him to ban the Nazis so people nagged him to do so.

So now his ideal social network is one where the moderators can’t ban Nazis.

engadget.com/jack-dorsey-claim…



So many gaming sites writing about how “Bungie” released Marathon on Steam or it’s “now free”.

Frustrating to see people not doing basic checks. It was the Aleph One team, not Bungie, and it’s been free for years. It’s just now on Steam.

gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/bung…





Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management solution that now integrates with Nextcloud.

Organize and navigate your paperwork with a variety of complimentary features like OCR. 🗃️

#Paperlessngx #Nextcloud

apps.nextcloud.com/apps/integr…



Bungie's classic free FPS 'Marathon' is now on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/bung…

#Bungie #FPS #Marathon

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