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You can now earn a PhD in China by creating a product instead of writing a 100-page dissertation! China has grown tired of PhD students writing research papers that no one reads and is now demanding that they build real products instead. This radical shift in the philosophy of higher education in China represents a formal transition from "textual academia" to "utilitarian academia," where the traditional doctoral dissertation is replaced by the creation of a tangible product. The brilliance of this idea lies in its direct approach to the scourge of "dead research" that consumes years of researchers' efforts only to remain locked away in drawers, thus transforming the university from an intellectual silo into a productive engine that feeds the market and fosters innovation immediately.

@SecurityTrybe Stop using password, to begin with, whether wherever possible.

YOU NEED TO STOP REUSING YOUR PASSWORDS

@GithubProjects Codex is available only for a MacBook, so obviously only MacBook is needed for development.

Do DEVELOPERS really need a MacBook? yes yes yes yes yesyes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes yes yes yesye yes yes yes yes yes yes

A device that visualizes how a computer performs calculations

@RandallKanna First you need to be right, and then useful. Those are not contradictory.

Controversial take: Many engineers optimize for being right, not for being useful.

@Rainmaker1973 @grok, can you link to the study?

First-ever case: human develops cancer from tapeworm cells. In a groundbreaking medical discovery, scientists have confirmed the first documented instance of a human developing invasive, cancer-like tumors caused by cells from a parasitic tapeworm rather than their own body. The patient—a 41-year-old man with advanced HIV—presented with tumors spreading through his lungs, liver, and lymph nodes. At first glance, the growths resembled typical human cancer. However, detailed genetic analysis by researchers from the CDC and physicians in Colombia revealed something extraordinary: the malignant cells carried no human DNA. Instead, they were genetically identical to Hymenolepis nana, the dwarf tapeworm—a common intestinal parasite. Essentially, the tapeworm itself had developed cancer within the patient’s body, and its cancerous cells then spread aggressively throughout his organs. This bizarre phenomenon appears to have occurred because the man’s severely weakened immune system—compromised by untreated HIV—allowed the parasite’s stem-like cells to proliferate uncontrollably. Although these tapeworm-derived cancer cells were roughly ten times smaller than typical human cancer cells, they displayed the same invasive and lethal behavior. The case underscores a dangerous overlap between widespread parasitic infections and immune-suppressing conditions like HIV, especially in regions where both are common. Such tumors could easily be mistaken for conventional cancer, delaying proper diagnosis and treatment. Sadly, the patient died shortly after the true nature of his condition was identified. Researchers continue to study this unprecedented disease process to better understand its implications for global health and improve detection in vulnerable populations. [Muehlenbachs, A., Bhatnagar, J., Agudelo, C. A., Alvarez, J. D., Alberti, M. O., Luthringer, D. J., & Zaki, S. R. Malignant Transformation of Hymenolepis nana in a Human Host. New England Journal of Medicine]

@pratykumar Can it run locally on sb rtx4050?

Drop 4/14: Introducing Sarvam Vision: a state-space based 3 billion parameter vision language model that is competitive with the best results in digitisation in English, and defines a significantly higher bar for Indian languages. See the details in our blog: sarvam.ai/blogs/Sarvam-v…

I can confirm from the sysadmin side of things.

@LinuxHandbook They still are

90s were wild time

@stats_feed Who was paid to figure that out?

Bald men: 🇨🇿 Czechia: 42.8% 🇪🇸 Spain: 42.6% 🇩🇪 Germany: 41.2% 🇫🇷 France: 39.2% 🇬🇧 UK: 39.2% 🇮🇹 Italy: 39.2% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 38.9% 🇵🇱 Poland: 38.8% 🇺🇸 USA: 37.9% 🇨🇦 Canada: 36.3% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 36% 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 33.8% 🇷🇺 Russia: 33.3% 🇦🇺 Australia: 32.8% 🇸🇪 Sweden: 32.7% 🇬🇷 Greece: 31.9% 🇳🇴 Norway: 31.8% 🇦🇹 Austria: 31.7% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 31% 🇵🇹 Portugal: 31% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 30.2% 🇫🇮 Finland: 30% 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 28.9% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 28.3% 🇯🇵 Japan: 26.8% *% of men population Source: World Population Review, Superhairpieces

@stats_feed And those who succeeded were?

60% of people who attempted suicide are vitamin D deficient.

@Rainmaker1973 PROGRESSING

Post below the first word you see.

@Itsfoss Brave for YouTube. Firefox , banana, vivaldi for others

Comment your pick! 🐧💯

@itswpceo Source, please

Breaking: 🇮🇳Indian women hold more Gold than 15 countries combined, as per new data. - 🇮🇳 Indian Women: 34,600 tonnes - 🇺🇸 USA: 8,133 tonnes - 🇩🇪 Germany: 3,350 tonnes - 🇮🇹 Italy: 2,452 tonnes - 🇫🇷 France: 2,437 tonnes - 🇷🇺 Russia: 2,330 tonnes - 🇨🇳 China: 2,304 tonnes - 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1,040 tonnes - 🇯🇵 Japan: 846 tonnes - 🇮🇳 India: 880 tonnes - 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 612 tonnes - 🇵🇱 Poland: 543 tonnes

@tecmint dd works universally except of force for windows

Which tool should you use to create a bootable USB drive from an ISO file? We tested 10 popular options for 2026: - Best for multiboot: Ventoy - Best cross-platform: Balena Etcher - Best for Windows: Rufus Full comparison 👉 tecmint.com/linux-bootable… Follow @tecmint for more Linux tips.

@TheMathFlow Was it necessary to even know that?

Be honest, did you know it before?

@elonmusk 9 out of a billion users?

Don’t let your loved ones use ChatGPT

@itsfoss Where to staaaart

Let's help out the new generation of Linux users! 🐧✨

@stats_feed @grok Did US bomb chinna in 1999?

Countries Bombed by the United States Since 1945 1. 🇯🇵 Japan → 1945 2. 🇩🇪 Germany → 1945 3. 🇨🇳 China → 1945–1946 4. 🇨🇳 China → 1950–1953 5. 🇨🇳 China → 1999 6. 🇰🇵 North Korea → 1950–1953 7. 🇬🇹 Guatemala → 1954 8. 🇮🇩 Indonesia → 1958 9. 🇨🇺 Cuba → 1961 10. 🇱🇦 Laos → 1964–1973 11. 🇻🇳 Vietnam → 1965–1973 12. 🇰🇭 Cambodia → 1969–1973 13. 🇱🇧 Lebanon → 1983–1984 14. 🇱🇾 Libya → 1986 15. 🇮🇷 Iran → 1987–1988 16. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua → 1980s 17. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1991 18. 🇰🇼 Kuwait → 1991 19. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1993 20. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 1993 21. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina → 1995 22. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1996 23. 🇸🇩 Sudan → 1998 24. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan → 1998 25. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1998 26. 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia / Serbia → 1999 27. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan → 2001–2021+ 28. 🇵🇰 Pakistan → 2004–2018 29. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 2007+ 30. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 2003–2011 31. 🇾🇪 Yemen → 2002+ 32. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 2014+ 33. 🇸🇾 Syria → 2014+ 34. 🇱🇾 Libya → 2011 35. 🇾🇪 Yemen → 2024–2025 36. 🇮🇷 Iran → 2025 37. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 2025 38. 🇸🇾 Syria → 2025 39. 🇳🇬 Nigeria → 2025 40. 🇻🇪 Venezuela → 2026 Note: The list includes direct U.S. bombing, airstrikes, drone strikes, and missile attacks. NATO or coalition operations are included only when the United States played a primary or leading role. Source: William Blum (Rogue State, Killing Hope), Maurer. ca US Bombing List, Wikispooks (US bombing campaigns), ACLED (2025), Al Jazeera, Reuters, Antiwar. com, Newsweek