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  • Would be a great feature for online school websites...

    Though that also depends on them not using Honorlock (or Honorlock adding firefox support...)

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    There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
  • Cheapest OLED steam deck is $549.00 (USD) while the most expensive is $649.00 (USD).

    So really either way not only all those positives, but it's also at least $50 cheaper (which you can use to buy several games on Steam...)

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    Trump Wants to Hire 'Free Spirit' Laura Loomer. MAGA Allies Think She's Nuts
  • ....Laura Loomer, who once described herself as a “proud Islamophobe” and “pro-white nationalism."

    Man, it's amazing how nazis can just run for office out in the open and get >40% of the vote.

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    Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling - Bloomberg
  • Plus... in a digital age, publishers just seem to be the private insurance companies of the gaming world - they just extract profit from developers.

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    Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
  • but Mars L1 Lagrange point is only 2.2million km [from the sun]

    I... don't think that's true? The L1 point is fairly close (in solar system scale) to the planet.

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    Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
  • In the future it is quite possible that an inflatable structure(s) can generate a magnetic dipole field at a level of perhaps 1 or 2 Tesla (or 10,000 to 20,000 Gauss) as an active shield against the solar wind."

    Indeed, "in the future" seems to be doing quite a lot of heavy lifting. As noted, 1-2 Tesla is a pretty powerful magnet - so you'd need a pretty big and powerful magnet.

    It also doesn't completely protect the entire planet just two critical points on the surface.

    That is certainly an important catch.

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    Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
  • Mars gets roughly half the light of Earth, so I don't think Solar panels would be realistic (how much solar panel surface would you need to power a magnet of that size?)

    I'm also not sure a nuclear reactor is realistic - forget the nuclear waste, how do you get rid of the heat waste?

    You'd need quite a big magnet operating at a level akin to superconducting magnets in particle accelerators.

    Perhaps someone could calculate more accurate numbers and feasibility, but to me, it currently sounds very out of reach for us (not impossible, mind you).

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    Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
  • You just put a giant magnet in space at Mars' L1 Lagrange point

    Well, that's a lot saner than nuking the poles.

    Doesn't seem like we're near technical feasibility, though - how would you power such a massive magnet in space?

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  • https:// www.npr.org /2024/08/29/nx-s1-5092087/trump-arlington-cemetery-altercation-video

    This is not the first time Trump has been accused of politicizing the military for his personal gain. He’s allegedly called dead soldiers “suckers and losers,” insulted the late John McCain for being a prisoner of war and recently stoked controversy for saying civilian Medal of Freedom recipients are much better than those who received the Medal of Honor — the highest military award in the country, often given posthumously.

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    The move followed a decision last year that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority by trying to forgive more than $400 billion in student loans.

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    Trump was questioned immediately on his rhetoric about race during a tense appearance at a Black journalists’ conference, where the audience at times gasped and scoffed at his remarks.

    Edit: Added long form archive link since the short link was giving me issues.

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    Sucks that they use Shitter to communicate, but just waiting for this to be available - taking bets it's a reward for linking your (optional) PSN account!

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12950430

    Those researchers just needed a good stretch.

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    www.cnn.com Noem suggests Biden’s dog Commander should suffer similar fate to Cricket | CNN Politics

    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggests in her new book that President Joe Biden’s dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to the working dog she shot on her farm.

    Hide yo kids, hide your dog

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    https:// twitter.com /helldivers2/status/1777058473311625238

    You did it, Helldivers. Operation Swift Disassembly was a success! With the bots eradicated and bugs contained, the galaxy is free once more.

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