Win a Framework Laptop 13 in the KDE Plasma 6 Wallpaper Competition
With the release of KDE Plasma 6 closing in, a Wallpaper Competition is live and the prize is pretty awesome - you can win a Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition!Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton
Arcen Games developers of AI War, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues have said they're no longer doing Native Linux support for their upcoming game Heart of the Machine and will instead rely on Proton.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ViatorDSP releases free Bedroom Compressor MkII plugin rekkerd.org/viatordsp-releasesโฆ
#AU #CompressorAndLimiter #Freeware #VST
ViatorDSP releases free Bedroom Compressor MkII plugin
A re-designed version of a previous compressor, Bedroom Comp MkII comes with cool analog flavor by including a VCA and Opto model with an interesting non-linear knee parameter.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
Theme Hospital open source reimplementation CorsixTH 0.67 is out now
The best way to play the classic Theme Hospital on modern systems is here, with the release of the game engine reimplementation CorsixTH version 0.67. Read on for what's new.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Connect your app to Nextcloud through the OCS API Viewer!
Nextcloud offers accessible and standardized documentation of our API.
๐Easy to read
๐Works within Nextcloud itself
๐4 languages supported
nextcloud.com/blog/integrate-nโฆ
Integrate Nextcloud into your app with the help of the OCS API Viewer - Nextcloud
At our Hub 4 release, we announced that Nextcloud was working to support OpenAPI! This would result in the ability to automatically generate standardized, high quality API documentation as well as several other cool things.Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
Rest in peace Dustin 'Crusader' Reyes, a pioneer of Linux gaming news
Some sad news to share this Monday morning. A name I imagine a lot of newer readers won't actually know, Dustin โCrusaderโ Reyes sadly passed away - someone who was a pioneer of Linux gaming news.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I remember that site and visiting it regularly, too,although I don't remember the names of the authors.
We are pleased to introduce Simon Phipps as a keynote speaker at Nextcloud Conference!
Simon is a computer scientist & open source advocate and will be giving a talk about the Fourth Sector.
Don't miss his keynote at #NextcloudConf!
nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-cโฆ
Nextcloud Conference 2023 keynote speaker: Simon Phipps - Nextcloud
We are excited to announce Simon Phipps, computer scientist and web and open source advocate, as one of our keynote speakers at Nextcloud Conference! Simon Phipps is known for his time at Sun Microsystems, where he took over leadership of Sunโs open โฆMikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
"Cartonnage Mummy Case" (~50 BCE) showing the Henu Barque.
Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and cropping edits.
nextcloud.com/blog/rethink-priโฆ
Rethink privacy with Nextcloud Talk - Nextcloud
Video calls and online chats are second nature for us at this point. Taking your work call virtually or communicating with your manager online can all be done from home and this style of working is generally accepted.Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
The Ring Nebula from Webb
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: Zi Yang Kong
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230814.htโฆ #APOD
APOD: 2023 August 14 โ The Ring Nebula from Webb
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
My father-in-law and I were drinking the same beer and almost got them mixed up. A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I mixed our beers up and created an awkward situationโฆ
So, obviously a 3D printer is the solution! I present: the beer bottle charm print.
Prints in <5 mins so you can print one in every filament you have. Tested on a handful of bottles, but I'd love to hear your feedback.
printables.com/model/552497-boโฆ
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Brave's Independent Search Engine Is Finally Good
Brave's search engine has been quite a while now but it's only recently started getting good and very recently a major feature was added to round out the set...YouTube
A new ๐งต on the #COVID19 situation:
I am getting more cautious about #COVID19 again. I believe you should, too. New data:
- COVID in US wastewater has doubled in the past five weeks and is still rising (biobot.io/data/).
- US COVID hospitalizations are up 40% in a month and still rising (covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trackโฆ).
- COVID positive rate has risen over 150% in two months. It's now matched our highest positive rate in the last winter surge, and it's still rising (covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trackโฆ)
Data on Covid-19 and Mpox Wastewater Monitoring | Biobot Analytics
Our wastewater intelligence platform monitors the SARS-CoV-2 and MPXV virus concentrations present in wastewater from across the U.S. Click here to take a look.Biobot Analytics
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Is it time for hashtags to evolve?
Well, they're about to on Mastodon due to an upcoming change in v4.2.0, advanced by @Gargron himself.
I have some thoughts.
medium.com/chris-messina/the-pโฆ
The problem with the problems with hashtags - Chris Messina - Medium
I published my thoughts on Blueskyโs proposals for how the decentralized network might tackle hashtags about a month ago. Days later, Threads launched (notably without hashtags, an omission IโฆChris Messina
Got it. That does nullify one of my critiques. Glad to hear it.
I maintain that the behavior introduced with this change should be optional and opt-in by default, and that additional capabilities for hashtags and adding metadata should be explored, as the rest of my post suggests.
I will update my post within 48 hours to clarify.
Theban Tomb 286: "Scribe of the Table" from the 20th Dynasty; 3D Virtual Tour.
Click # 12 in the tour to see the Barque of Sokar relief in the lower left.
sketchfab.com/3d-models/thebanโฆ
Another image of it: pinterest.at/pin/5718164839449โฆ
Henu Bark TT286 belongs to the โScribe of the Tableโ and dates to the 20th Dynasty
Apr 1, 2021 - The Henu Bark Sokar is very closely connected with his ship in which it is moving or being moved by volunteers. The name of this ship is Henu (hnw), a name sometimes used for the god himself was using.Jacky (Pinterest)
There are 53 #Mastodon t-shirts left in stock. It would be cool if we could sell everything in a weekend. And I'd love to see pictures of folks wearing them once they arrive! ๐ #Merchtodon
freshstore.co/collections/mastโฆ
currently having a bad hair day, but this is me wearing the merch! Has been the only shirt I wore ever since it arrived two days ago 
"Solar Boat reliefs on the walls of the Temple of Horus in Edfu. By getye1, stock.xchng."
alrahalah.com/destinations/egyโฆ
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The Nile Valley: Aswan and Nubia
From the moment the mighty river enters Egypt, it travels approximately 1,000 miles / 1,609 kilometres till it reaches its final destination, the Mediterranean. Without the Nile, there would not beโฆAl Rahalah
New ome just dropped:
The defensome of complex bacterial communities
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20โฆ
The defensome of complex bacterial communities
Bacteria have developed various defense mechanisms to avoid infection and killing in response to the fast evolution and turnover of viruses and other genetic parasites.bioRxiv
Something weird's going on with the Google Scholar index. I just went looking for Janzen (1980) and got ... a paper in Ecological Economics as the top result? And when I forced it to find the canonical paper, it only gave me citations to it?
Did @sse_evolution's move to OUP somehow break the journal's representation in Google Scholar?
#DYK? The Chilean Andes cause a rain shadow effect that results in minimal precipitation in the Atacama Desert, making it one of the driest places on Earth!
๐ท : @Space_Station
๐: Chilean Andes, South America
go.nasa.gov/3DRvLEY
#NASAEarth
Looking Down on the Andes
The South American mountain range intercepts moisture, producing a distinct transition from rainforest to desert.go.nasa.gov
3 days after being released from quarantine, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were showered with ticker tape and cheered on by an exuberant crowd in New York City #OTD in 1969.
More about the celebrations: go.nasa.gov/3Ov84Hl
#NASAhistory
"The Barque of Sokar."
lesphotosderobert.com/Egypte/Aโฆ
Bark of Sokar
abydos, ramesses temple, sety temple, the bull hall, the bark of sokarwww.lesphotosderobert.com
โThe permanence of library collections may become a thing of the past,โ said Jason Schultz, director of New York Universityโs Technology Law & Policy Clinic.
โI wish the publishers had not sued, but it demonstrates how important it is that libraries stand firm on buying, preserving and lending the treasures that are books.โ -me, Digital Librarian
nytimes.com/2023/08/13/businesโฆ
I go to absurd tech conference.
I go to tech conference.New find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez7wmAsxjE&t=0sKai Lentit does tech due diligence in the industry 2023 to learn from start...YouTube
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Developing a Social.coop cohesive budget
This is a thread to discuss the idea of developing and passing a comprehensive budget for Social.coop.In the Finance Working Group, one observation we've had is that our income as a co-op exceeds our spending significantly.Loomio
#DYK that more than 20% of the Apollo astronauts were left-handed? That's more than double the proportion of lefties in the general population! #InternationalLeftHandersDay
๐ท A reunion of former astronauts at @NASA_Johnson in August 1978
#NASAhistory
fediversereport.com/lemmy-ask-โฆ
Lemmy ask you anything
The developers of Lemmy held an extensive AMA. Here are some of the highlights and themes of the things they talked about.fediversereport.com
"how does the developer and their worldview impact software design?"
The developers are not your average lefty that we're used to. They are authoritarians. Hierarchical, subservient, in-group vs out-group, ends-justify-means, jackbooted conspiracy cult bullshit.
How will that influence the features they prioritise, how they run their community, how they manage conflict?
It doesn't take much imagination.
I have my popcorn ready.
The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
Credit: R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al., SSC, JPL, Caltech, NASA
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230813.htโฆ #APOD
APOD: 2023 August 13 โ The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
The scope of this just amazes me. The sombrero galaxy is ~94,000 light years wide. Even if you could somehow manage to be in a position to see it "up closeโ (such a relative term here!) youโd be looking across 94,000 years of history all at once. I mean, I suppose we're doing that here as well.
The mind reels.
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