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  • Unfortunately (or fortunately?) this appears to be untrue.

    Polaris is a cluster of stars formed about 2 billion years ago. Sharks originated about 450 million years ago.

    One star of Polaris (Aa) appears to be 50 million years old, but it seems likely due to a collision of stars which added mass to it.

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    Valve Engineer Mike Blumenkrantz Hoping To Accelerate Wayland Protocol Development
  • Worries around this seem a bit much. They are making an experimental version of the protocol so they don't need to sit on their hands while changes are accepted. They're not bypassing the normal process.

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    Would you prefer a less customizable desktop, for increased stability?
  • As someone who only uses default kde settings: no!

    This is the type of change I wouldn't notice until a default created UX friction, and not being able to fix that change would drive me away from the DE. Having the option to hack at something means i can use it for much longer without concern.

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    To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
  • Whatsapp CANNOT read messages when e2ee is enabled, this client-side snooping was discussed when the protocol was first implemented. Whatsapp collects a ton of metadata and social graph info, but not message content.

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    Outrage Erupts in Oregon as Democrats Move to Recriminalize Drugs
  • Another case of Dems preemptively giving up a win. This move is prevent a full repeal, but ...looks like backtracking which gives the repeal movement plenty of ammo

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    Frequent/Long-Term use of the Apple Vision Pro may rewire our brains in unexpected ways
  • Those people are in for a rude awakening when it turns out an erased person can still give them a wack across the head.

    VR hype/doom really tends to downplay the importance of material reality. VR offers no shelter, no food, no sex, no true impact in the world. It is only a platform for media.

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    According to Kotaku: 25 Days Into 2024 And 5,800+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
  • This is true across tech workers. Having a nice salary kept unionization at bay, but there are no assurances during hard times.

    These coordinated layoffs are almost certainly intended drive down labor costs in the long run by flooding the labor pool. Sure in a year we'll get "not enough developers" stories forgetting to mention the drastically smaller salary...

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    How do you feel about the expression "updated for modern audiences" in remasters and remakes?
  • I haven't actually noticed this happening before now. My immediate reaction is if it is changes driven by the original creators I'd feel quite positive about it. Love to see personal growth. When driven by the studio though, I'm a bit more skeptical.

    Either way, this is why modding should be protected. Let folks play historical/modern/hyper-weird versions of the game they love.

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    Nexus Mods update regarding Palworld and Pokémon
  • Does anyone know if the mods which currently exists use assets from the Pokemon games, or are community made? That's the real core of it imo.

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    Nexus Mods update regarding Palworld and Pokémon
  • Love the spirit, but the DMCA is a mixed bag.

    Section 512 may allow for takedowns, but it also ensures web hosts face limited liability and aren't litigated into hell when a user shares a spongebob meme. Really it's up to sites to identify and defend fair use when they recieve takedowns, and imo excessive requests on fair use material should be harshly penalized.

    Section 1201, which makes it a crime to tamper with DRM however must be destroyed.

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    Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch
  • This makes a lot of sense. Apple is asking users to use the same apps with the same UI floating in your real workspace. Even if it doesn't have much gaming support, it'll be preferable to others (Meta) for the immediate familiarity and utility.

    Then again, I can't imagine it can stay at this price point for long, unless it becomes a MacBook replacement.

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    Your next Windows PC may need at least 16GB of RAM
  • I love to bash MS, but this feels like an industry-wide trend to /never/ care about optimizing beyond the bar of "typical specs of new devices in rich countries". I'm guessing it's just to limit labor costs, and computers are less-rapidly-improving than the 90s/00s?

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    Anarchist/Socialist Podcasts?
  • Others covered my favorites , but some more loosely fitting ones in no particular order: For the Wild, Working people, Coffee with Comrades, What's Left of Philosophy, Total Liberation (recently ended), The Ex-Worker.

    While not strictly about politics, the tech podcasts Tech Won't Save Us and Trash Future are quite good and generally anticapitalist.

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    Massive data dump containing millions of passwords sparks security alert: Is your data safe?
  • Many PW managers let you generate passphrases, which are all around better than random strings. Length is the most important factor so

    finance-caffeine-utopia-redress-unseen

    Is way stronger and easier to remember (and type) than

    Fl7$j4FWw)&5O

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