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NVIDIA exploring ways to support an upstream kernel mode GPU driver gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/nvidโ€ฆ

#NVIDIA #Linux

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

I just wish they'd not abandon the older cards and at least make them functional on linux with open source drivers. My GTX 1080 weeps.


Engineers without Borders Germany serves communities around the world with Nextcloud!๐ŸŒ

With over 900 volunteers, their staff can manage projects while volunteers can securely share and collaborate on files.

Read their story!

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NWA 4723 Meteorite Thin Section Microphoto.

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2hddHCT

#meteorite



Kainsaz Meteorite Thin Section Microphotos.

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/QfsCUi

#meteorite



NWA 8345 Meteorite Thin Section Individual Microphoto.

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2emMutX

#meteorite



NWA 3081 Meteorite Thin Section - XPL HDR (Pathscan Enabler)

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2hUdERn

#meteorite

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I have always dreamed of having something like this!

An enclosed electric bike!


pod bike

@Rod Mesa

in reply to Muse

I like the road visibility of this e-bike. Sure the height gives it some drag--and makes it look adorably dorky, but I appreciate sharing the road with bikes I can see in order to drive safely around them. I'm sure smart bicyclists appreciate being seen!



Be informed!

youtu.be/_haQLmfoWxI?si=rsqaBbโ€ฆ

in reply to Muse

I guessed the operation of the arms, at least. But the "bilge pump" operation was nice to get verified, because I have been occasionally worried about what sort of water gets circulated in there ๐Ÿ˜



Asahi Linux Working Vulkan Drivers In Just 1 Month #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/Kabtazz85ew



โญ Guy Who Sucks at Being a Person Sees Huge Potential in AI theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-โ€ฆ

The Onion never misses.

๐Ÿ“Œ rknight.me/links/guy-who-sucksโ€ฆ



I passed this unreal tree today on my way to meet my daughter for lunch. At lunch, my daughter told me she wanted to walk me home on a particular path to show me a really cool tree that I might want to photograph. It was the same one, of course.
#CotinusCoggygria #CoolTree


SteamOS 3.6.5 Preview for Steam Deck out, plus two Steam Beta Client updates gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/steaโ€ฆ

#SteamOS #Steam #Linux

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

glad they fixed the not responding left joystick. I thought the thing broke, but thankfully it was just software.


Wine 9.11 released continuing the ARM improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/wineโ€ฆ

#Linux #OpenSource



Mysterious new Shovel Knight title teased, plus Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/mystโ€ฆ

#Linux #PCGaming #ShovelKnight




DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years, Live Science reports:
livescience.com/archaeology/neโ€ฆ

#DNA #Anthropology #Prehistoric #Neanderthals



I guess this is what moss looks like after the sporophytes have blown their tops and dispersed their spores? Thanks to the hashtag #mosstodon I've paid a lot closer attention to moss this year so this is all new to me.


i have gained a new enemy today as i learn that biorender is $100 a month for the privilege of exporting to SVG, making color gradients, and using times new roman.
in reply to Luke Pembleton

@lwpembleton we looked into an institutional license at my uni, but they refused to discount anything, so it would have been full price for thousands of people.


One of the most fascinating facts about online advertising is how every product or business you interact with from your TV to your grocery store literally sells your data to advertisers EXCEPT the companies everyone thinks sells your data, social media apps and Google.

The answer to why your Smart TV was so cheap is that part of the price is your viewing habits being used and sold for targeted advertising.

notus.org/2024-election/streamโ€ฆ

in reply to Dare Obasanjo

This is why I went the projector route instead of buying a TV.


The bump system in Ys 1 is just an inferior combat system to what's used in the later games but the music original PC-88 music is amazing and maybe it's just me but the Chronicles music is even better youtube.com/watch?v=HplgXxaKu5
in reply to Brodie Robertson

the vid isn't available ๐Ÿ˜” but you just dug up a horrific memory, gameplay wise the first 2 games caused me so much trauma


I've been obsessively watching through the in person #BloodOnTheClocktower games on the #NoRollsBarred channel, it's so much fun.

youtube.com/watch?v=pSxsdMGy4Xโ€ฆ



Die Hollรคndermรผhle im Freilichtmuseum Molfsee.

Einwegkamera mit SchwarzweiรŸfilm.

#BelieveInFilm #SchleswigHolstein





AMD is the only x86 CPU vendor I will remotely bother with at this point, but folks shouldn't use x86 anyway if they can avoid it: theverge.com/2024/6/14/2417875โ€ฆ
in reply to Ariadne Conill ๐Ÿฐ

and for the love of all things, apply CPU microcode updates on your machines, *especially* with x86, where basically *zero* x86 cores have been taped out in the past 20 years that did not immediately need bugfixing in microcode




Startup Creates LEGO-Like Bricks That Can Affordably Remove Carbon Dioxide From the Air


"By nature, plants and trees are our best allies against carbon emissions. On top of โ€œbreathing outโ€ oxygen, they capture CO2 during photosynthesis, keeping the world in balance. However, when they decay, the carbon they stored is released back into the atmosphere. Now, a startup called Graphyte has found an affordable and nearly permanent way to stop this processโ€”sparing the world from tons of emissions through carbon casting."



Microsoft Recall Is A Disaster #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/ctudlkw_oQ4


This YouTube Change Broke 3rd Party Clients #YouTUbe youtu.be/n_hSdCMRE10


This is her "you've been at the arcade all day long and my lap time has been too damn low!" face.

#cats #catsofmastodon #caturday



A few weeks ago this girl complained at length about the lack of tasty food in her life. In an act of desperation I poured a tablespoon of water over her wet food and told her it was gravy. It's now her favorite meal. If she finishes her gravy before the food is gone she waits for more to be added before finishing her meal. #Caturday #OldCatsNewTricks


in reply to Jen Sorensen

A good portion of their AI funding has been going to HI.

... to gig workers in foreign countries earning starvation wages.

... just another kind of theft, exploitation, and externalizing of costs and responsibilities.



I was grossed out when Apple got to image generation in their WWDC keynote, and I was grossed out when I read that Applebot scraped "the open web" to train their AI model, with publishers only being able to opt out after the fact. Disappointing to say the least.

macstories.net/linked/apple-deโ€ฆ

in reply to Federico Viticci

Wanna know the best part?

According to our web developer's findings, the folks at Perplexity AI seem to be lying about the user-agent they're sending when scraping webpages.

They claim it should appear as 'PerplexityBot', but in reality, they mask it as Google Chrome running on a headless Windows 10 instance.

Details: rknight.me/blog/perplexity-ai-โ€ฆ

in reply to Federico Viticci

It's possible that there's different user agents based on if it's a request for training or a request for a user's query. To my knowledge of the topic, these models don't train live; it will not remember the page you asked to summarize, so likely these companies identify the requests differently.
This entry was edited (1 year ago)
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Thatโ€™s how Google works. You can block bard bot from LLM training, but you have block googlebot to be excluded from generative search results โ€” effectively deleting you from search entirely. This is extremely problematic for a company that owns 85% or search. Give us your content, or donโ€™t exist.
This entry was edited (1 year ago)
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron That seems plausible but it's not documented at all and, worryingly, also not clear if user requests are then used to further train the model after use.


Been after a petrol strimmer for a while, but didnโ€™t want to pay a stupid amount for one.

Found a non-running one for free locally. Wasnโ€™t running because of perished fuel lines. ยฃ6 in parts and the thing is now running great. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Kev Quirk

ok, I'll say it again in simplified English (should I drop all the U's from words and replace S with Z too? ๐Ÿ˜‚)

I wanted a petrol strimmer (image below as you Americans probably call it something different, like a "spinny freedom grass chopper" or something). I got one for free as the previous owner thought the engine was fucked, but it wasn't. It just needed a service and some new fuel lines, which cost me around $8 for the parts.

That help? ๐Ÿ˜‚

in reply to Kev Quirk

It always makes me giggle to say, but in the American South we call that a weed whacker.


Happy #Caturday from this jerk who screamed at the bedroom door to be let in, was let in, sat by the bed and screamed some more until I opened the curtains, then sat here, not even looking outside.

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #cat #funnyanimals

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