GOG Autumn Sale now live, lots of deals and free games gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/gog-โฆ
#GOG #FreeGame #GameSale #PCGaming
GOG Autumn Sale now live, lots of deals and free games
GOG is back with their Autumn Sale, so here's your chance to get a whole bunch of DRM-free games on the cheap and also free games. So let's take a look.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
In my opinion, Earth is better with emperor penguins on it. So I truly hope we do all we can to prevent their extinction. #ClimateChange #nature
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Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup
Vast numbers of emperor penguin chicks drown as sea-ice melts and collapses underneath them.By Jonathan Amos (BBC News)
APOD: 2023 August 28 โ Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
While I was camped in a field, @gamingonlinux spotted that we're set to be getting official blessing for unofficial Roblox back on Linux.
(Lowkey looks like some internal Linux users have been pushing for this.)
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Roblox support is coming back to Wine on Linux
Good news for Roblox fans, as the game will soon start working in Wine again as the developers have been working to update it since the big breakage with the new client.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Oh, and now it's back properly!
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Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine
After the recent news that Roblox was playable in Wine again with their special Beta channels, it seems they've now enabled Roblox to run in Wine on the stable version making it really easy to get Roblox on Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I updated my WordPress plugin that warns your site's visitors if they don't have an ad-blocker installed.
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#wordpress #webdev #WebDevelopment #ads #AdBlocker #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
Detect Missing Adblocker
Warn your website's visitors if they don't have an adblocker enabled.WordPress.org
The purpose and vision for our #OGB project is to address challenges and conflicts that currently exist within grassroots organizations and assist in the management of those that arise. By creating a tool set for 'Do It Yourself' (DIY) governance. We aim to develop a 'Keep It Simple, Stupid' (#KISS) standard framework and process. This will become #OGB which can be used in future solutions, organically evolving through time.
Respawn begin unbanning various Apex Legends Linux and Steam Deck players gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/respโฆ
#ApexLegends #Linux #SteamDeck
Respawn begin unbanning various Apex Legends Linux and Steam Deck players
It's been a bit of a saga for Apex Legends players using the Proton compatibility tool to play it on Steam Deck and Linux desktop but it seems Respawn continue their ban investigation.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Study: โTruly Being Seenโ Still Ranks Among Worst Possible Experiences In Human Existence
STANFORD, CAโIn the results of a new study published in the Journal Of Woe, researchers from Stanford University revealed Tuesday that โtruly being seenโ still ranks among the worst possible experiences in human existence.The Ellen Show (The Onion)
Darwinia from Introversion Software gets a big compatibility upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/darwโฆ
Darwinia from Introversion Software gets a big compatibility upgrade
Darwinia, a classic from Introversion Software (original devs of Prison Architect) released originally in 2005 just got upgraded to keep it running nice on modern platforms.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Deimos Games shutting, making Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright free to play gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/deimโฆ
#OpenSource #FreeGames #IndieGame
Deimos Games shutting, making Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright free to play
Deimos Games announced they're shutting down but their games code is already open source, and now both Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright will be going free to play.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/roblโฆ
Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine
After the recent news that Roblox was playable in Wine again with their special Beta channels, it seems they've now enabled Roblox to run in Wine on the stable version making it really easy to get Roblox on Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Why London is miles better off with public transport." - London Transport - the fuelsavers
Geneticist Liane Russell was born #OTD in 1923.
She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age.
Science, the joy of wild places, and civic engagement as a response to fascism โ this is one of my favorite threads.
youtu.be/rZ5znvym68k?si=YIpuGxโฆ
The Canterbury Tales, or, How Technology Changes The Way We Speak: The London History Show
You can support the channel on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/jdraperlondonYou can book me for real--life tours! Find out about that here: www.jdraper.co.uk/p...YouTube
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Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks
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APOD: 2023 August 28 โ Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Even if you can't join us in person for the #NextcloudConf, you can pre-register for remote online attendance!
Our announcement of Hub 6, live keynotes, lightning โก talks, and panel session will be live-streaming!
nextcloud.com/conference-2023/
Nextcloud Conference 2023
Nextcloud Conference annually brings the global Nextcloud community together for a week of coding, design, discussion, talks & fun!Nextcloud
These are iPhone photos. You can call me the dragonfly whisperer.
#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #dragonflies #odonata #slowandsteady
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Vocal Fry: what it is, who does it, and why people hate it!
Go to https://www.piavpn.com/drgeofflindsey to get 83% off Private Internet Access with 4 months free! #PrivateInternetAccess #vpn #PIA #bestvpnAn exploratio...YouTube
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Fishing Cats : Masters of the Water | Big Cats | BBC Earth
Fishing cats are well adapted to water; with wet suit-like fur coats and webbed feet, they are masters of aquatics. This means fish are on the menu, but thes...YouTube
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Worried about which part ๐
There's a lot of bad code that gets into the kernel out of necessity (HW vendor patches to fix erroneous behaviour being the most common)
I think the second tweet lines up with the general "Programming/ computers/ teaching sand to think was a mistake" half joking vibe that's quite common amongst devs.
Thankfully a significant of that gets fixed over time instead of leading the bodges in place
bugzilla.org/blog/2023/08/26/bโฆ
Bugzilla Celebrates 25 Years With Special Announcements
posted by Dave Miller - Bugzilla Project Lead Happy 25th Birthday to Bugzilla! Today, August 26, marks the 25th anniversary of Bugzilla! The f...Bugzilla
(1/2) Python for Data Science is a new book by Arthur Turrell that focuses on core data science applications with Python ๐. The book is inspired by the R for Data Science book by Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund and follows a similar structure. The book covers topics such as:
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Data wrangling and transformation
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Data visualization
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Working with spreadsheets, databases, web scraping and APIs
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Programming topics such as functions and iteration
#python #DataScience #dataviz #data
So when is the first platform co-op virtual power plant coming out? I recall @ZaneSelvans mentioning an idea for this... Anything going across the start.coop radar @ntnsndr ?
Lord knows we don't want an "Airbnb of Power"...
utilitydive.com/news/electriciโฆ
The Airbnb of power: Why the electricity sector is ripe for platformization
With the rise of rooftop solar, electric vehiclesย and home storage, more and more consumers now own their own generation assets โย a resource potential that platform business models can tap into.Utility Dive
Or maybe we get existing incumbent utilities determining the structure of any DSO market, so that they're able to capture whatever benefits are to be had.
Or if it does get opened up as a new space for tech platforms, how do we avoid it following in the footsteps of Spotify, Amazon, cloud service providers, social networks, etc. where the intermediaries capture all of the value (or more!). Getting that regulation right would be hard even w/o adversarial policymaking.
by white racist assholes in Newbern AL. She has a GoFundMe that has already met goal, but the racist fucks that live around her need a stronger message
The Guardian did a long piece on the full (and harrowing and absurd) story of the black mayor the white residents have illegally rejected.
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aโฆ
Meanwhile you can still donate anything you feel like to Laquenna Lewis' GoFundMe:
gofundme.com/f/nonprofit-civilโฆ
He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out
For years the mayor in Newbern was appointed, not elected. When Patrick Braxton won the election, the outgoing mayor and his cronies refused to accept itGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
"No serious scholar or scientist in their right mind would want LLMs to produce their texts; and hence, also no student pursuing an academic education would want to do so." - Iris van Rooij
A short, but very good blog post by @Iris - irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2022/12โฆ
I very much agree with Professor van Rooij's argument in her blog. How can we, at the same time, teach 1) that manual plagiarism is wrong but 2) automated plagiarism is okay?
Against automated plagiarism
Iโve been asked, in various roles1, to give my opinion on the challenges posed by Large Language Models (LLMs)2, also known as โstochastic parrotsโ (Bender, Gebru, McMillan-Major,โฆIris van Rooij
Twr Mawr Lighthouse - Ynys Llanddwyn (island of the blessed), Anglesey
Taken just over an hour before sunset.
#meermittwoch #photography #Wales
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But the term โmemeโ was coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins to describe a behavior, style or idea as a unit of culture that can spread or disappear. From social movements to religion to Grumpy Cat.โฉ
Even though most folks may not be aware of it, weโre sharing a popular concept from #science, every single day, across #socialmedia.
APOD: 2023 August 27 โ Three Galaxies and a Comet
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup
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Fuck.
Not having kids was one of the only good decisions I've made.
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