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Did you see our contacts app in Nextcloud Hub 3?

It features your organizational chart with pan, zoom & search for your team! go.nextcloud.com/r/sLk

in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻

Can you please add a setting about which way to sync? My NC server is often crashing and losing contacts, dates and stuff and therefore deletes all mobile devices contacts and things.


Where did our Moon come from? Over the years, there have been several theories, but the one most scientists agree on is a collision theory. It’s likely that a Mars-sized object smashed into the Earth, creating what we now see in the sky: go.nasa.gov/3uTkYpf
#NASA
#NASA
in reply to NASA

If the moon is made of early Earth's crust does that mean the substance of the Moon will have clues about how Earth formed? Or has Moon changed too much since then? It doesn't have tectonic dynamics at work tho.
in reply to NASA

Nice visual. It helped me understand how this theory is even possible. Early Earth, warm and soft, pliable upon impact from a Mars sized planet.


The duality of the Respect for Marriage Act. Progressives see it as a "first step to protect marriage equality" while conservatives see it as "codifying permission for religious people to discriminate against L.G.B.T. people". newyorker.com/news/daily-comme…


#OTD in 2009 our Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) launched!
WISE's all-sky survey led to mind-expanding science including:
⚫ Uncovering millions of black holes
⭐ Discovering the coolest class of stars
💡 Imaging the most luminous galaxy

More: go.nasa.gov/3URn6Za
#NASAUniverse



.@SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the @nasa @CNES SWOT spacecraft onboard is seen as preparations for launch continue at Vandenberg SFB. see more 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjAj2SK
#NASAhqphoto


In 2020 and 2021, global atmospheric concentrations of methane – a potent greenhouse gas – surged in record growth since measurements began ~40 years ago.

This video shows global methane emissions from wetlands since 1980. Wetlands are one of the largest single methane sources.
#NASAEarth



Wetlands store massive quantities of carbon in soils. But as the climate gets warmer or wetter, microbes in the wetlands start releasing more methane into the atmosphere.

On Dec. 14 at 2pm ET, @nasa scientists are discussing their findings at #AGU22. go.nasa.gov/3UYuIcp
#NASAEarth



The 30 Greatest Films Ever Made: A Video Essay. Film enthusiast Lewis Bond picks his 30 favorite films and explains, at length, why he chose each one. openculture.com/2022/12/the-30…


This fall, @nasagoddard scientists trekked through and flew over Florida marshes as part of the Blueflux project.

The team is studying the exchange of carbon and methane through mangrove ecosystems with research aircraft and scientists on the ground. 🛫 🛶go.nasa.gov/3Wjds2I
#NASAEarth



For the first time, @nasa scientists mapped global salt marsh losses and their carbon impact.

The world has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of marshes over the past 20 years, the team found. go.nasa.gov/3FvLcCT
#NASAEarth



In a new study, scientists used #Landsat imagery from @nasa/@usgs to track shoreline changes and dramatic wetlands losses in Louisiana from 1984 to 2020.

The state lost nearly 21 square miles of important and vulnerable wetland ecosystems every year. go.nasa.gov/3UVZHFN
#NASAEarth



Wow. OverclockersUK admitted to overselling on their AMD 7900 GPU stock.

So no Radeon 7900 XTX for me this year, because I chose their store and they showed it clearly in stock even during taking payment details, when it wasn't.

in reply to Wyatt

@Wyatt Clearly under prepared, and likely their system simply isn't smart enough to know when it's out of stock to stop people buying something like this

either way, it's terrible and means i won't see the GPU this year, so refund requested and won't use them again

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

smart decision. Rational mindset. I hope this hurts them, but that they learn and can recover. Unless this has happened numerous times. Then screw them, and their mum.
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I'm going for a full refund on this.

If I'm putting my payment details in, with the item in my basket and you tell me a day later it was over-sold, that's just not something I'm going to support, that's bad business.

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

are they refusing to automatically refund you? If so, they’re on record as having done this. I’d file a chargeback.
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Sloppy inventory and sloppy accounting are two of the quickest ways to destroy my faith in a business.


A 12-year survey of our sky
The WISE/NEOWISE telescope started mapping our sky after its launch #OTD in 2009. A video of its view reveals dying stars, hungry black holes and more. go.nasa.gov/3FeMsdG
#NASAExoplanets


Gene Cernan: “The pictures speak for themselves. We were pretty happy, pretty tired, and pretty dirty. Look at the faces and you can see the sense of satisfaction. And look at how dirty...look at how filthy we are! And hot. I guarantee you that underwear was soaked.” #Apollo50th
#NASAhistory
in reply to NASA

I love Gene Cernan! In all of his moon pics he looks dirty and happy, and that makes me feel happy, and dirty...


The Boring Conservatism of Elon Musk. His actions at Twitter demonstrate his commitment to conservatism's key proposition: "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." kottke.org/22/12/the-boring-co…
in reply to kottke.org

Elon’s jet is now on mastodon

mastodon.social/@elonjet



#DestinationLinux video #podcast 304! 😂❤🐧

We discuss, is using a VM or WSL real #Linux?

& the difficulty tiers of distros

& Jill has a special review for the @system76@twitter.com Launch Heavy keyboard! 🐧⌨️

+our tips, tricks & app pics!
@chzbacon@twitter.com
#podcast
youtu.be/22de5DtJXS4



Epic Games are killing off a bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/epic… #Unreal #EpicGames #Gaming
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

@gamingonlinux: I've already had it on GOG. Best classic shooter for me. I ever made my own levels back then. UT level editor is really easy to use despite of its UI bug I had to avoid.


Galactic panoramic 📸

This shot is just a portion of what will be the complete wide field covered by this Webb program, but it’s already unveiling galaxies in unprecedented detail and depth. The multi-wavelength image combines Webb & @NASAHubble data: go.nasa.gov/3W37S4D
#JamesWebb



The trailer for 65, starring Adam Driver. "After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he's actually stranded on Earth...65 million years ago." Sort of a Jurassic Park / Planet of the Apes remix? youtube.com/watch?v=bHXejJq5vr…
in reply to kottke.org

I can’t wait for this to be mashed up with Star Wars Adam Driver


Farewell, Moon. 👋 #Apollo17 lifted off the lunar surface #OTD in 1972, bringing a successful end to the Apollo program. The astronauts spent nearly 22 hrs outside their lander, drove 22 mi in their rover, & collected 243 lbs of samples during a mission that lasted 12.6 days.
#NASAMoon


The Flickr Foundation is a new nonprofit organization "dedicated to keeping the wonderful Flickr collection around for 100 years". The Flickr Commons is one of the best things on the internet and I'm glad they're building on it. flickr.org/announcing-the-flic…
in reply to kottke.org

One of those exceedingly rare cases where an organization that I support turns out to be better than I thought it to be, rather than the opposite. Good on Flickr. This is an amazing step toward long-term digital preservation.


For anyone wanting to earn their degree at home tuition-free - Early Admission deadline at my university is tomorrow! Make 2023 the year to change your life by completing your application at UoPeople in the next 24 hrs. Apply now: bit.ly/3Fn8uuJ. For more info visit: htt


Cities: Skylines - Financial Districts DLC is out now along with a free update gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/citi… #CityBuilder #Gaming #Linux


Blue Room is a meditative (but quietly disturbing) short film about nature videos being shown to people in prison to help improve their mental health. kottke.org/22/12/blue-room


A new view of an old favorite!

This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of Hubble’s most-imaged objects. It’s about 7,500 light-years away, and busy with cosmic activity – including star birth and death!

Read more: go.nasa.gov/3PsWuwv
#Hubble

in reply to NASA

iirc, it is also where the aliens came from in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End


The Carina Nebula is included in the Caldwell Catalog, published in December 1995 – 27 years ago this month!

Stargazer Sir Patrick Moore gathered a list of cosmic targets to encourage fellow amateur astronomers to experience the night sky's wonders.

go.nasa.gov/3BC4a9Q
#Hubble



Heroic Games Launcher gets another Hotfix to clean up more issues with v2.5.2 gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/hero… #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Heroic looks nice, but I've been pretty fond of Alfae. Have you taken a look at that yet? github.com/suchmememanyskill/s…


"The removal of shows from HBO Max means WB Discovery is able to save money in residuals paid to cast and crews of productions, on top of the money saved by not continuing with the shows at all." variety.com/2022/tv/news/westw…
in reply to kottke.org

fuck this shit. Actually The Nevers was one pleasantly watchable series on the hbo max crap. Cancelled. Put next to Firefly I guess.

Another very good incentive to the people to actually download stuff instead of paying for it on some corporate-shark site which may pull it anytime. Stupid, stupid.

in reply to kottke.org

I’m still mad they removed Amsterdam, a delightful Spanish language show set in Mexico City. And there’s no way to watch the shows when they’re gone.


So weird that HBO Max is removing shows (like Westworld?!) to, uh, "make room" for other things? It's a digital service – it has infinite room? vulture.com/article/hbo-max-re…
in reply to kottke.org

WBD is determined to see a net profit so it can pay the $51 b debt it incurred in the purchase.

Destroy the company in order to save it. Or at least save Zaslav

in reply to kottke.org

sadly there are not infinite $ to afford both executive bonuses and royalties to the people involved with those shows. 😀


Want some application suggestions or tips & tricks for #linux? We share these kinds of picks each week on #DestinationLinux!

You can now see all of the picks we've ever done by going to destinationlinux.org/picks

#opensource #linuxtips #tech



50 years ago today, Gene Cernan became the last person to stand on the Moon. Before his return to the #Apollo17 lunar module, he said: “We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.” #Apollo50th
#NASAhistory


"Las estrellas nos regalan muchas cosas, como la posibilidad de leer el cielo y relacionarnos con eso que no es la tierra"✨

Compartimos este hermoso texto de Karla Prudencio y María Álvarez. Con ilustraciones de Pamela Reynoso y edición de Erandi Adame.

Manifiesto sobre (y bajo) el cielo de noche ➡️ sursiendo.org/2022/12/manifies…



Steam with Linux now available in Tesla cars (Beta) gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/stea… #Steam #Linux #Tesla
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

#Tesla is basically the #Apple of the car world - great products that are unfortunately locked or semi-locked into a “walled garden”, whilst being *massively* over-priced… But this *is* pretty awesome and beats the #SNES I have in my #Toyota #Camry #Hybrid .


Valve fix the New Big Picture Mode on NVIDIA for Linux gamers gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/valv… #Gaming #Steam #Linux


Steam Deck OS 3.4 gets a Death Stranding fix, plus new Client Beta and Firmware update gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/stea… #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming


Here's how to get The Witcher 3 working on Steam Deck after the next-gen update gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/here… #SteamDeck #Gaming #TheWitcher3
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Did you manage to login with GOG account to enjoy cross-platform saves? For me login dialog flashes and I can't enter anything on Steam Deck 😔
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

rockpapershotgun.com/the-witch… sounds like the new update is a real pooch screw for everyone...


Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion on Steam Deck (SteamOS 3.4)
youtu.be/qsyAw-L4J88
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Honestly outside of some initial stuttering on my end (which turned out to be because of vsync not liking my 40hz cap) it runs scary well. Definitely gonna be a game that I play a fair bit of on deck


Ready to switch to a more open and transparent solution to protect your data? ✨

See how Nextcloud stacks up to popular closed-source services!

go.nextcloud.com/r/mlk



Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

Image Credit: Apollo 17, NASA

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221214.ht… #APOD

#APOD
in reply to (moving) APOD

...so did someone take a roll of duct tape with them to the moon just in case, or was this repair done on earth?


I didn't even know that Maru is still a thing!
youtu.be/0GKZF0a3BAo
in reply to Muse

it does, still remember Maru discovering all kinds of boxes as a young kitty like it was yesterday

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