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AMD GPU Linux Driver Becoming "Really Really Big" That It's Starting To Cause Problems
  • Maybe the driver should have compilation flags per supported GPU. No need to load a bunch of that isn't even relevant. Also, now large in bytes is that damn think if it take 10 seconds to load? 🫠

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    Do You Still Use Git in the Terminal?
  • Most GUI. Everything is nearly just one keystroke away when I'm in my IDE and it's way faster than the CLI. The CLI is only used when doing really really quick things like checking out another repo that I don't want to open the IDE for. Also messing with work trees requires the CLI.

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    Reminder: seeders, please seed on I2P
  • Being a node isn't an issue. The traffic is encrypted, the destinations are unknown to the nodes themselves, and the traffic does not leave the overlay network (I2P). In TOR, you also have something similar, but the traffic can exit the overlay network but to do so, your node must be an exit node. I2P nodes are internal by default and it's not that easy to make it an exit node.

    You are very safe being a node in I2P.

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    Reminder: seeders, please seed on I2P
  • If there are no logs, there is nothing to give up. There is no law that they have to keep logs as far as I know.

    You have to trust that the VPN provider doesn't store logs. I2P is pretty much trustless besides where the binary comes from, but you can even compile it yourself.

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    Safe C++
  • auto isn’t dynamic typing it’s just type inference.

    I'm aware, but one of the big arguments I've heard about dynamic typing is "I don't know which type it has when I read the code". Well, auto looks just like var in that regard.

    Lambdas are just a way of defining methods in place. It has nothing to do with callbacks.

    Callback definition from wikipedia:

    In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the original abstraction layer.

    This is exactly what lambdas are often used for in C++.

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    Safe C++
  • C++ continues to be the dumping ground of paradigms and language features. This proposal just aims to add even more to an overloaded language.

    C++ programmers mocked languages for being dynamically typed then they introduced auto, they mocked JS for callback hell and introduced lambdas, they mocked Rust devs for being lowskill C++ devs who can't manage their own memory and now they are admitting they can't manage it themselves either.

    It's going to be come like the x86 instruction set or windows that is backwards compatible with stuff from 30years ago just accumulating cruft, unable to let go.

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    Tuxedo Gemini 17 Gen3 Linux laptop launched with up to RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Ryzen 9 HX CPU, 96 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage
  • 64GB RAM. Not sure where they got the 96GB from. I wasn't able to configure it with more than 64.

    The comparison to a macbook air in terms of weight is also laughable. This thing weighs 2.7kg (nearly 3 carton of milk) while the macbook weighs 1.2kg (one carton of milk). The battery lifetimes and uses are probably also nowhere near each other. Dunno why they picked that...

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    Flappy Bird makes an unlikely comeback after its creator apparently let the trademark lapse and the vultures swept right in
  • All they care about it pools of money. Only when somebody finds out about the malware do they actually do something - not to protect users but because of bad press. Then the news cycle is over and things die down for the money-printing machine to continue.

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    i2p front end inaccessible after its container is restarted
    1. How long did you wait for the router to be back up?
    2. Have you looked at the logs within the container? docker compose exec i2p_router tail -F .i2p/wrapper.log

    For me, it comes back up after a few seconds.

    WARN: There may be another router already running. Waiting a while to be sure...
    WARN: Old router was not shut down gracefully, deleting /i2p/.i2p/router.ping
    INFO: No, there wasn't another router already running. Proceeding with startup.
    

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    Building a browser using Servo as a web engine
  • After looking at the code it still looks like this is built just like Gecko: made for a single browser and nigh impossible to embed anywhere else by somebody who isn't involved with servo. Quite disappointing as it just makes it less likely for devs to switch from webviews using webkit. They seem to be repeating the exact same mistakes that were made with Gecko and Firefox.

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    i2p front end inaccessible after its container is restarted
  • You should probably look at the logs. It helps narrow down the issue and provide us also with more information.

    Logs are either in the i2p home folder or in the docker logs.

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    Instance Admins: Check Your Instance for Vote Manipulation Accounts [PSA]
  • Lemmy should have the option to defederate from instances depending on automated criteria. Sign ups without admin checks are a great attribute to use for defederation, because it leads to such abuse. I've finally blocked most communities and instances that have news about US politics and have a clean feed, but for newcomers, that shit is everywhere.

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  • phys.org Deserts' biggest threat? Flooding

    A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers, along with researchers from the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris at the University of Paris Cité, has found that the increase in soil erosion in coastal areas due to desertification is worsening flood impacts on Middle Easter...

    > A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers, along with researchers from the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris at the University of Paris Cité, has found that the increase in soil erosion in coastal areas due to desertification is worsening flood impacts on Middle Eastern and North African port cities.

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    radicle.xyz Radicle

    Sovereign code infrastructure.

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21810137

    > Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.

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    phys.org SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission aiming for history with first private spacewalk

    The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, a daring multiday orbital expedition that will feature the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens, is targeting liftoff early Tuesday, though weather could play spoilsport.

    > If they launch, the highlight of the mission will be the first spacewalk composed entirely of non-professional astronauts, who will be wearing sleek, newly developed SpaceX extravehicular activity (EVA) suits outfitted with heads-up displays, helmet cameras, and an advanced joint mobility system.

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    Linux maintainers are unwilling to get rust into the kernel, so some rust folks decided to start writing a new kernel with same ABI. This allows them to make new architectural decisions. An example being their "frame kernel" (something between a monolithic kernel and a microkernel).

    If I may say, it's more legible and the tooling is way better, right off the bat.

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    phys.org Global South cities lack cooling green spaces

    Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows. The study found that Global South cities have just 70% of the "cooling capacity" provided by urban greenery in the Global North. The paper, published in the journal Nature Communic...

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/20502

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    phys.org Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars

    Researchers have identified specific materials, including certain plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers, as well as Martian soil (regolith), which would effectively protect astronauts by blocking harmful space radiation on Mars. These findings could inform the design of protective habitats and spac...

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/16484

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    phys.org Test of a prototype quantum internet runs under New York City for half a month

    To introduce quantum networks into the marketplace, engineers must overcome the fragility of entangled states in a fiber cable and ensure the efficiency of signal delivery. Now, scientists at Qunnect Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, have taken a large step forward by operating just such a network under t...

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/16876

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    rentry.co 📜 ➜ Megathread

    ➜ Not so fast sailor! Do this first ✔️ Recommended: Use Firefox + uBlock Origin Firefox is the top non-Chromium browser, offering nice security and privacy features. It also boasts the best compatibility with uBlock Origin for effectively blocking ads and other harmful web content. ✔️ Recommended...

    >➜ Quality over quantity > > The Megathread is to subject to rigorous 👁️‍🗨️ Quality Control checks, and often updated. > Visit our r/Piracy, r/Torrents communities for all the sailing discussions.

    How do we contribute from the fediverse?

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    www.scientificamerican.com U.S. Wind and Solar Are on Track to Overtake Coal This Year

    Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S.

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/10432

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    Andreas Kling aka @awesomekling wrote:

    >We've been evaluating a number of C++ successor languages for @ladybirdbrowser , and the one best suited to our needs appears to be @SwiftLang 🪶 > >Over the last few months, I've asked a bunch of folks to pick some little part of our project and try rewriting it in the different languages we were evaluating. The feedback was very clear: everyone preferred Swift! > >Why do we like Swift? > >First off, Swift has both memory & data race safety (as of v6). It's also a modern language with solid ergonomics. > >Something that matters to us a lot is OO. Web specs & browser internals tend to be highly object-oriented, and life is easier when you can model specs closely in your code. Swift has first-class OO support, in many ways even nicer than C++. > >The Swift team is also investing heavily in C++ interop, which means there's a real path to incremental adoption, not just gigantic rewrites. > >Strong ties to Apple? > >Swift has historically been strongly tied to Apple and their platforms, but in the last year, there's been a push for "swiftlang" to become more independent. (It's now in a separate GitHub org, no longer in "apple", for example). > >Support for non-Apple platforms is also improving, as is the support for other, LSP-based development environments. > >What happens next? > >We aren't able to start using it just yet, as the current release of Swift ships with a version of Clang that's too old to grok our existing C++ codebase. But when Swift 6 comes out of beta this fall, we will begin using it! > >No language is perfect, and there are a lot of things here that we don't know yet. I'm not aware of anyone doing browser engine stuff in Swift before, so we'll probably end up with feedback for the Swift team as well. > >I'm super excited about this! We must steer Ladybird towards memory safety, and the first step is selecting a successor language that we can begin adopting very soon. 🤓🐞

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    phys.org Bacteria encode hidden genes outside their genome; do we?

    Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes have seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding our chromosomes as linear strings of letters, like sentences in a novel, we can identify the genes in our genome and learn why changes in a gene's code affect health.

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/8399

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    phys.org How reef fish may use the moon's cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring

    For some fish, being born close to a new moon increases the chances they will develop as male, while female offspring are more likely when the moon is full, a new study has found.

    For some fish, being born close to a new moon increases the chances they will develop as male, while female offspring are more likely when the moon is full, a new study has found.

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    So, I think the admins are doing a great job and wanted to donate, however it only seems to be possible to donate via Github (snowe's account). Saying Microsoft isn't my favorite company would be putting it lightly, so going through them to donate is... not happening.

    Is there any other way to donate? I'd even do bitcoin or monero if so requested (crypto market is having meltdown right now, so it's cheaper than usual 🤑 ).

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    phys.org 3D-printed blood vessels bring artificial organs closer to reality

    Growing functional human organs outside the body is a long-sought "holy grail" of organ transplantation medicine that remains elusive. New research from Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) brings that que...

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/7680

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    phys.org Modern aircraft emit less carbon than older aircraft, but their contrails may do more environmental harm

    Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found.

    cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/7247

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    phys.org Using small black holes to detect big black holes

    An international team of astrophysicists with the participation of the University of Zurich proposes a novel method to detect pairs of the biggest black holes found at the centers of galaxies by analyzing gravitational waves generated by binaries of nearby small stellar black holes. The research is ...

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    phys.org Warming stops tiny organisms working together, scientists discover

    Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows.

    Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows.

    University of Exeter scientists studied a single-celled organism (Paramecium bursaria) which can absorb and host algae (Chlorella spp). This pairing is common in freshwater worldwide, and their symbiotic relationship provides benefits including trading of nutrients and protection for the algae.

    But when scientists made the water 5°C warmer, the partnership stopped working—and the results suggest the algae may even become parasitic.

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    I tried accessing !nytimes@rss.ponder.cat from programming.dev and there's nothing there, but https://rss.ponder.cat/c/nytimes sure has a bunch.

    Is there another federation issue in lemmy again?

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    ISPs are forced to block DNS request to certain hosts, they also monitor your DNS requests, and sometimes aren't updated that or are slow.

    Which DNS servers do you use or would recommend to others?

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