A Bear on Mars? - NASA
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this bit of ursine pareidolia on Dec. 12, 2022. While it resembles a bear we might see on Earth, this isNASA
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Employer: University of Hawaii - System
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Location: University of Hawaii - System, Honolulu, HI
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This is ALARMING. Those cute little food delivery robots ALL OVER Los Angeles? They are actually **sending surveillance feeds to LAPD**
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Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Hmm, I wonder if I link my Steam curator page will it get buried like on twitter? Only one way to find out I guess!
Follow my page, the games I recommend will show up on the Steam front page for you. Leaning more towards indie, and I don't promote games with predatory monetization.
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Steam Curator: Casey Explosion
Focusing primarily on indie and mid-tier games, I present a list of games I find exceptional, underappreciated, or have something interesting and unique about them.store.steampowered.com
Release 3.0 (02 October 2023) Ā· openhpc/ohpc
Important Highlights/Notices for 3.x series the 3.x series targets support for three new major OS distro versions: EL 9, openSUSE Leap 15.5 and openEuler 22.03. As the OpenHPC 3.x series targets ...GitHub
6 Things to Know About NASAās Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission
The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system.Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
This weekās news about the "Looney Tunes flaw" highlighted a condition which can allow a local user to access root privileges from the command line. Part of the RL Security team's task is to have mitigation strategies ready for such cases - reporting vulnerabilities and suggesting fixes upstream, and also writing our own extra packages.
This week, the Security SIG has published our extra packages and formalized a wiki: rockylinux.org/news/security-sā¦ #looneytunables #securityupdate #glibc
Special Interest Group Announcement - Security | Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux is an open enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux.rockylinux.org
STEM Learning Resources to Prepare for Upcoming Eclipses
Get ready to make the most of these rare events with this curated list of NASA STEM learning resources and related content.NASA STEM Team (NASA)
Shocking story about mRNA pioneer/Nobel winner Katalin KarikĆ³, whose early advisor at Temple tried to have her deported & derailed her career because she dared to look for a better-paying job.
Later, UPenn demoted her, then forced her out, because her research wasn't bringing in enough funding. #NobelPrize #science [HT Paul Novosad]
Retro shooter DUSK is getting a full free HD revamp gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/retrā¦
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Retro shooter DUSK is getting a full free HD revamp
Coming around the 5 year anniversary, DUSK HD is going to be a big full visual remaster of the very popular shooter so here's what they've said about it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
2018: The SuperMicro BMC-embedded-rootkit story: bloomberg.com/news/features/20ā¦
... and everyone's vigorous denial: 9to5mac.com/2018/10/04/apple-sā¦
2021: Same story re-upped, same story vigorously denied: 9to5mac.com/2021/02/12/super-mā¦
Today: Oops. arstechnica.com/security/2023/ā¦
Super Micro spy chip story back; NSA still 'befuddled' by claims - 9to5Mac
Bloomberg is resurrecting the Super Micro spy chip story it first ran in 2018. The original story was met with blanket and unambiguous denialsBen Lovejoy (9to5Mac)
Swords of Freeport is a text-mode social RPG like retro MUDs and BBS door games gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/sworā¦
Swords of Freeport is a text-mode social RPG like retro MUDs and BBS door games
Now this is certainly retro that slightly older readers might be interested in. Swords of Freeport is a new text-mode social RPG heavily inspired by the style of Bulletin Board System door games from back in the '90s.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Merging The Linux Accent Color Portal Was An Experience
A little while back the accent color portal was merged into XDG portals but why did we even need an accent color portal on Linux in the first place, and why ...YouTube
āGobsmackingly bananasā: scientists stunned by planetās record September heat
The carbon emissions driving the climate crisis and rapid arrival of an El NiƱo event are to blame, researchers sayDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Dwarf Fortress fixes crashing on Linux, gets an Adventure Mode Roadmap gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/dwarā¦
Dwarf Fortress fixes crashing on Linux, gets an Adventure Mode Roadmap
Good news for Dwarf Fortress players on Steam, as a fresh update went out recently that should stop some crashing issues on Linux and there's a roadmap for the Adventure Mode to go through.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Gargantuan Straw Creatures Rise from the Fields of Japan's Annual Rice Harvest ā Colossal
Every year around the rice harvest, art students repurpose leftover straw into mammoth characters for the Wara Art Festival.Christopher Jobson (Colossal)
Highlight from newly released #Graveyard album.
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Rampant Fields
Provided to YouTube by Nuclear BlastRampant Fields Ā· Graveyard Ā· Joakim Nilsson Ā· Truls Mƶrck Ā· Jonatan La Rocca Ramm Ā· Oskar Bergenheim Ā· Joakim Nilsson Ā· T...YouTube
More inspiring stuff from a 2021 interview with Katalin KarikĆ³
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" I didnāt even get an R01 grant in my career and, for nearly 40 years, I received virtually no awards; yet, I was glad to just to keep doing experiments."
"So, I think, passion, single-minded focus, and a sense of mission are the key ingredients for fulfillment in a research career."
" I try ... to emphasize the importance of ... focusing on your own research rather than rewards and recognition."
Built to Last ā¢ Austin, Texas, USA
Rolleiflex 2.8 D ā¢ Kodak Tri-X 400 ā¢ 2023
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Film #Camera #120film #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Photography #ATX #TX #Austin #Texas #Outdoors #Monochrome #Built #to #Last #Sign #Art #EastAustin #September_23_2023
Valve fix up more SteamVR 2.0 Beta issues gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/valvā¦
Valve fix up more SteamVR 2.0 Beta issues
After once again making it safe to take off your headset, Valve put up another SteamVR 2.0 Beta update focused on fixing up more problems and hopefully making it work better.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cool! I didn't know that you owned a Valve Index.
It would be nice to see you do a write-up on the current state of VR gaming on Linux. Perhaps, you could also compare it against the Meta Quest and HTC Vive.
We may see a Steam Deck refresh with WiFi 6E gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/we-mā¦
We may see a Steam Deck refresh with WiFi 6E
While we know that Valve have said repeatedly not to expect a faster Steam Deck 2 any time soon, it appears they may still be doing some kind of refreshed Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Honestly, of all the drop-in upgrades I can imagine on this hardware that is the least of my worries.
I mean, come on, even Nintendo knew to improve on the launch screen. How is the Switch OLED still the best looking display on a handheld?
APOD: 2023 October 5 - Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Abdullah Alharbi
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APOD: 2023 October 4 ā IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
So many wonderful ā”Lightning Talks from this yearās Nextcloud Conference ā now available to view to your heartās content!
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š©š½āš» why contributing to open source is amazing,
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šµļø many lessons learned, and much more!
#NextcloudConf #LightningTalk #opensourceCommunity
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ā” Lightning Talks | Nextcloud Conference 2023
Lightning Talks featured at Nextcloud Conference 2023 September 16-17, 2023 Berlin, Germany @ MotionLab.Berlin! https://nextcloud.com/conference-2023/YouTube
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Explore how Nextcloud Hub 6 can help you redefine your organizationās collaboration, offering trustworthy local AI for smart productivity and robust security.
With the new Nextcloud Assistant, you can be assured that all data is strictly handled on your server, and is not leaking or being used by another company to train their AI platforms.
Secure and Smart Productivity with the Nextcloud Assistant | Nextcloud Hub 6
#NextcloudAssistant #NextcloudHub #localAIAssistantExplore how Nextcloud Hub can help you redefine your organization's collaboration, offering trustworthy AI...YouTube
Pretty cool flag, actually.
via r/AccidentalAlly
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Winners of the 2032 International Pet Photographer of the Year
Check out the incredible winners of the 2023 International Pet Photographer of the Year awards and how they capture the soul of our favorite animals.Jessica Stewart (My Modern Met)
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Slovenia's Beautiful Beehives Turn Apiaries Into Art
Dating back to the 18th century, AŽ hive panels depict stories of marriage, damnation, and daily life.Rebecca L. Rhoades (Atlas Obscura)
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I've heard some of the Sonic games go off the rails, and clearly this is one of the weird ones. š
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