@nafonsopt It doesn't work for me so now the rest of the world need to stop using it because I am the most important person in the fucking universe...
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Zaphod Beebelbox
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Zaphod Beebelbox
@ZaphodBeebelbox
Life, the universe and everything...No really, I mean everything.
Katılım Kasım 2016
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For anybody saying "Just use Linux", you need to realise that Linux is worse than Windows.
Windows has all the bloat, and while you can have Linux without any of that you still don't have tools like Remedybg, RAD Debugger and Super Luminal. Once you have such tools, then Linux is a suitable app development environment.
But _it is still trash_ because of the whole Linux model of you needing to compile everything. The fact that you cannot run an app built using a newer version of glibc is an insane decision.
I shouldn't have to upgrade my whole machine in order to run something built on a newer version.
I shouldn't be worried that an upgrade will break my machine.
I shouldn't be forced to compile things from scratch to work on my machine.
I shouldn't be forced to install N packages, I just want self contained binaries I can just download and run.
I shouldn't be forced to develop with an old distro to have "max glibc compatibility".
I shouldn't have to worry about X11 / Wayland / Window Managers.
I shouldn't have to worry about asking the user to select a folder, display a dialog or show notifications.
Linux is such a huge waste of potential, if they got their shit together they would completely obliterate Windows. I first got into Linux in 2000, and even back then there was this "it will take over Windows any time now!". It's been _26 years_!
The same way I'd pay quite a lot for Windows without any bloat, I'd be willing to pay for a distro that gives me all this.
Nuno Afonso@nafonsopt
Anybody who thinks that it is ok for telemetry to use 100% of your CPU should be fired immediately.
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The real sticker here is "no matter why you need to verify". The answer is we should not need to verify for much of anything, and if we do, that verification should be isolated to the organization needing it and not concentrated to be used broadly. The pure existence of Persona is the problem....
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We didn't expect the CEO of Persona to jump in, but we're glad you did because this conversation needs to be had.
Last month, IDMerit exposed 1 billion identity records across 26 countries from an unprotected database: names, national IDs, Social Security numbers.
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Rick Song@rickcsong
I know that posting about Persona these days is a decent way to generate engagement, but tbh, I never expected to be catching a stray from Proton (which I am and remain a big fan of). First, just to clarify some of the points regarding Persona: 1/ Although we are capable of running 269 checks, they're split across more than 40 types of verifications. Many of these verifications are gated and require additional due diligence to gain access. There is no customer who is even close to using all 269 checks. And as far as I'm aware, there is no customer of ours who would be so sadistic to put any user through 40 different verifications (might as well just forcefully churn them at that point). 2/ Regarding sanction watchlists, these are used and required by our financial services customers for KYC/AML who make up a significant part of our business. The face comparison is only performed if there is a false positive match against the watchlist, and this is common practice to dismiss a match (given that 99%+ of sanction matches are false positives). 3/ As you stated, data can be retained for "up to 3 years". This is the *max* that a customer can choose to. X is actually configured to redact your data immediately after you are verified. Despite the recent media attention, Persona is actually not an age verification business. Our core business is securing how personal and sensitive data is collected, retained, and redacted. While many other identity verification providers exist, platforms like X choose to partner with us because of our unique focus on building the best-in-class controls for data access, security, and retention for them. Lastly, we are and remain huge fans of Proton. I believe our teams have actually spoken in the past to explore ways Persona could collaborate with Proton Pass. And I've also personally had a Proton Mail since 2015 during its beta. Although I understand (and honestly, really respect) your position on age verification for VPNs, I'd still be incredibly excited to explore other ways our teams could work together in the future!
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No it can't. A barrel of oil contains roughly 1600KWh of energy.
A 400W panel under real world conditions can produce between 0.1 and 0.25 barrels equivalent energy per year.
Producing, transporting and installing a 400W panel consumes 0.3 barrels of equivalent energy.
Producing a barrel if oil consumes 0.03 barrels of equivalent energy.
A solar panel does not contain energy, it represents potential energy which is highly variable depending on location, configuration and environmental conditions. Also including means of storing energy which is not factored into your logic. The vast majority of domestically acquired panels never produce more energy than it took to manufacture them in their lifetime.
A barrel of oil is actual energy, and can be burnt directly for conversion into electricity or distilled into diesel, gasoline and kerosine for uses I do not need to explain to you. Conversion from oil to other fuel sources consume roughly 0.1 barrels of equivalent energy.
So your math is funny, your logic is funny and thinking that you (the average joe) can buy a panel from amazon and get a barrel's worth of energy from that panel is funny...
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a barrel of oil can provide as much electricity as a 400W solar panel does annually.
a barrel of oil runs $92 and comes with a few minor logistical complications.
this year the solar panel should run less than $90; you can order online, ships in a week.
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Like to see you use silicon, aluminum, manganese, boron, copper, lead, tungsten, plastic, cadmium, silica, indium, gallium and tin to generate electricity. Someone makes that panel and it takes as much oil/coal energy to do so as that panel will be able to generate in a significant part of its life. We do not burn barrels, oil gets distilled into combustion products in the same way panels get built. Your logic is stupid...
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@periodicaudio Now use that barrel to generate electricity…
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@GrandpaHarris65 No but the oil used to make them does...
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@Andrath1975 @eevblog Yip, already started switching, but god do I miss systemctl....
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How do these open source software communities continue to even function at this point? It seems like politics is more important than the code at this point.
The Lunduke Journal@LundukeJournal
It looks like the Debian Linux project will soon have a new Leader focused on having fewer "(cis)male" contributors to Debian Linux. Nominations are closed for the new Debian Project Leader... and the election period is underway. Voters have exactly 1 (one) candidate to choose from when they vote. That's right. The Debian Project is giving their members only one option. That person, Sruthi Chandran, describes herself as a "librarian turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer from India". She is focused on what she calls the "skewed gender ratios within the Free Software community", saying, "how many times did we have a non-(cis)male candidate for [Debian Project Leader]?" Sruthi says that diversity should "come up for discussion in each and every aspect of the project," adding the goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people." Voting officially begins on April 4th. lists.debian.org/debian-devel-a…
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@LundukeJournal What are the chances that all those terrible cis-male and cis-female contributors kicked out from and downstream of (yes canonical you) Debian will create a new fork focused solely on being the best OS?
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It looks like the Debian Linux project will soon have a new Leader focused on having fewer "(cis)male" contributors to Debian Linux.
Nominations are closed for the new Debian Project Leader... and the election period is underway.
Voters have exactly 1 (one) candidate to choose from when they vote.
That's right. The Debian Project is giving their members only one option.
That person, Sruthi Chandran, describes herself as a "librarian turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer from India".
She is focused on what she calls the "skewed gender ratios within the Free Software community", saying, "how many times did we have a non-(cis)male candidate for [Debian Project Leader]?"
Sruthi says that diversity should "come up for discussion in each and every aspect of the project," adding the goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people."
Voting officially begins on April 4th.
lists.debian.org/debian-devel-a…
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@seanonolennon The human world was built for bipedals with opposable thumbs, not building them in our image will require us to live in a world designed for them...
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I still think bipedal robots are unnecessarily awkward. Why not domestic arachnids?
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@Cappyarmy Maybe run this by an actual Persian before you get ahead of yourself...
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Just thinking here out loud but , The problem with going down the chain from killing hardliner IRGC , to then killing Iran’s Basiji militia , ….to then killing Iranian police officers .
You’re reaching a point where you’re no longer killing the leadership , you’re killing the Iranian people and the citizens families , many of whom are just trying to make a living and get by and manning a Basiji Militia checkpoint or police checkpoint doesn’t mean you want the Islamic republic in control. I dunno, what do you guys think ?
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Since I am doing the carnivore diet really strict right now, these are the supplements I am currently taking.
A lot of these are based on previous recommendations you all gave me when I have asked this in the past. Thanks.
Anything missing?
Or am I overdoing it?
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@jason_howerton Well for absolutely sure, men produce the one thing woman need to produce babies. They do a few other things too...
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A functioning society where everyone can do those things.
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@obamasucks1776 @ErikSolheim I suppose I could have worded my sarcasm better. I am by no means unaware of or disagree with your assessment. My sarcasm is aimed at the woke west for not doing the exact thing...
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@ZaphodBeebelbox @ErikSolheim Ah, the usual Luddite counterpoint, without realizing that coal is merely a stopgap until their nuclear capacity dwarfs that of the US.
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The growth of electric trucks in China 🇨🇳 is mindboggling.
Electric trucks incredibly reached 29% of the market in China in 2029. In Europe we are still at 2%.
China sold 231 000 new energy heavy vehicles in 2025 - an increase of 182%.
This wonderful developments in China are driven by government mandates and by the new battery swopping technology. It takes five minutes to swop batteries. Electric trucks are also substantially cheaper to run than diesel trucks.
Many electric trucks are driverless. Autonomous trucks are particularlly useful in mines and at closed factory sites.
If Western car makers dont wake up, they unfortunately have good reason to be scared as hell.
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Any use of the word WAR outside the context of actually killing people, is littered with intentions delivering the opposite outcomes. The war on crime, the war on drugs, the war on inflation, the war on cancer, the war on hunger and the war on terror is just a small sampling of said corpses...
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@GuntherEagleman I can't help but laugh at the irony of this....
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BREAKING: Pam Bondi has been SUBPOENAED by the House Oversight Committee over the Epstein files.
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Americans work 90 hours a week to pay 40% taxes and hate their life
Europeans work 25 hours a week to pay 41% taxes and actually enjoy their life with free health care, delicious food, and a healthy lifestyle
Tell me who's "winning" again?
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Yea, sorry but your doom loop started back in 2005 with Merkle's green dream. 2014 whas the defining moment when Merkel III (the Grand Coalition) sealed your fate to net zero, turned up the de-industrialization of Germany to 11, while importing cheap resources from the third world. Merz is practically irrelevant in this trajectory. Right or left, does not seem to make any difference to where you are heading...
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Bloomberg reports that 80% of Germans say Germany's economic situation is DIRE.
Germany committed ECONOMIC SUICIDE when it embraced GREEN MANDESS and then topped it off by stopping the importation of cheap Russian gas.
IT'S TIME FOR RUSSOPHOBE MERZ TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR.
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