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Comment on Wikipedia:AI or not quiz in ~tech
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Comment on Russian soldier secretly guides Ukrainian strikes on own unit, leaving up to 150 dead in ~society
Interesting LinkI'm honestly amazed at how it's not basic common sense to not allow soldiers to carry personal devices, and to enforce that with an iron fist. Or did this guy just manage to hide his phone...I'm honestly amazed at how it's not basic common sense to not allow soldiers to carry personal devices, and to enforce that with an iron fist. Or did this guy just manage to hide his phone perfectly?
I feel like the best practice would probably to offer locked down work cell phones that are perhaps on a time delay for personal messaging? Or even one that only allows sending email that's all cached for censorship ww2 letters home style.
Like, even without actual treason as a consideration, there is a bit of a history of apps like Strava revealing military positions.
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Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality in ~tech
Interesting Link ParentI mean, my mom had a single Windows laptop for about 8 years, but she also spent $1200 on it when she bought it, and that was in like, 2008. The vast majority of Windows laptops are cheap...I mean, my mom had a single Windows laptop for about 8 years, but she also spent $1200 on it when she bought it, and that was in like, 2008.
The vast majority of Windows laptops are cheap craptops, but when you spent real money, you can get something that will last. I bought my friend's kid a used ThinkPad 480s with an 8th gen Intel i5, and it's plenty fast for ordinary browsing and productivity. The build quality is great - - It looks almost brand new.
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Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality in ~tech
Interesting (edited )Link ParentI'm not as sure. The average person doesn't understand what a file system is to use to even burn the installation media, let alone figure out what Linux distro to pick in the first place. Maybe if...I'm not as sure. The average person doesn't understand what a file system is to use to even burn the installation media, let alone figure out what Linux distro to pick in the first place.
Maybe if they desperately needed to they would figure it out eventually, but I think the average person would have serious problems
Edit: now that I think of it, does the average user even keep around a USB drive anymore? Cloud storage has taken over everything and corporate laptops now typically block USB storage anyway.
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Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality in ~tech
Interesting Link ParentI think you drastically overestimate the average person's ability to install an operating system. Many people don't even know it's possible to install a new one.I think you drastically overestimate the average person's ability to install an operating system. Many people don't even know it's possible to install a new one.
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Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality in ~tech
Interesting LinkIf anyone wants some context, this article has a bit of an angry take on what's going on https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/...If anyone wants some context, this article has a bit of an angry take on what's going on
More neutral but still frustrated
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Comment on All the Eurovision songs are out. Let's talk about them! in ~music
Interesting Link Parenthttps://tildes.net/~music/1rkx/ireland_among_countries_boycotting_eurovision_after_israel_allowed_to_compete This conversation has some thoughtful discussion on the topic of Israel, in case that...This conversation has some thoughtful discussion on the topic of Israel, in case that interests people
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Comment on Untangling the connection between dopamine and ADHD in ~science
Interesting Link ParentI find that the best way to balance "I want people to read this" and "I want to encourage people to participate and have lots of people comment" is to pull out a few interesting sections as quotes...I find that the best way to balance "I want people to read this" and "I want to encourage people to participate and have lots of people comment" is to pull out a few interesting sections as quotes without actually summarizing.
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Comment on GameDate: An anonymous LFG forum for 'dead' games in ~games
Interesting Link ParentThat may be more correct, honestlyThat may be more correct, honestly
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Comment on GameDate: An anonymous LFG forum for 'dead' games in ~games
Interesting Link ParentLooking for [a] game. It's people looking for groups to play games that don't regularly have open servers anymore. It's not PC specific. I've actually seen it used more often for TTRPGsLooking for [a] game. It's people looking for groups to play games that don't regularly have open servers anymore.
It's not PC specific. I've actually seen it used more often for TTRPGs
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Comment on Breakthrough antibody discovery targets Epstein-Barr virus, which infects 95% of the world’s population in ~health
Interesting Link ParentIt's really not a big deal. It's a very common Jewish last name, I know at least 2 unrelated people personally with that name. Not quite "Smith", but halfway there.It's really not a big deal. It's a very common Jewish last name, I know at least 2 unrelated people personally with that name. Not quite "Smith", but halfway there.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
Interesting Link ParentEven if it does end up causing other problems that make it unsuitable for the general population, I wonder if it could be useful for immunocompromised cancer patients.Even if it does end up causing other problems that make it unsuitable for the general population, I wonder if it could be useful for immunocompromised cancer patients.
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Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda in ~society
Interesting LinkWell, I guess that insider billionare who was paying ~30% in exchange for importer's tariff refund rights gets to make a ton of money now.Well, I guess that insider billionare who was paying ~30% in exchange for importer's tariff refund rights gets to make a ton of money now.
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Comment on At these Gaza schools, ‘peace building’ is part of the curriculum in ~society
Interesting Link... ... ... ... ... ... ... https://thegazachildrenvillage.org/ I sent a $100 donation because this gave me some hope that maybe, there's a path to the conflict not going back and forth forever,...Quietly, and despite considerable risk, a network of free private schools for war orphans and other children has sprouted in the Gaza Strip. The schools, called Academies of Hope, are the brainchild of a Palestinian American neurosurgeon, Dr. David Hasan, who first visited Gaza on medical relief missions soon after Israel invaded Gaza in the wake of the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Though he hasn’t been back to Gaza since early 2024, he has built the institutions by forging partnerships with humanitarian groups on the ground, hiring Palestinian staff over WhatsApp and raising money — largely from Jewish donors — in the United States and Israel.
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Operating schools in any war zone is hard enough, and schools across the enclave are struggling to rebuild. But Dr. Hasan has compounded his challenges. He revamped a much-criticized national curriculum and worked to keep Hamas from endangering his schools. He also verifies that none of his staff have ties to militant groups, a charge Israel has leveled against the United Nations agency caring for Palestinians in Gaza and some international aid groups.
The schools teach a modified version of the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum, which is taught in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, but without any lessons demonizing Jews or glorifying perpetrators of violence against Israel. Dr. Hasan said the curriculum changes were made without the authority’s permission, prompting threats of reprisal from its education ministry. A ministry spokesman did not respond to repeated messages seeking comment.
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Before-and-after excerpts from the curriculum illustrate the changes:
A math problem comparing the number of “martyrs” killed in the first and second intifadas has been replaced with one involving attendance at a West Bank soccer match.
A reading comprehension selection praising Dalal Mughrabi — a woman who led a 1978 massacre that killed 38 Israelis, 13 of them children — has been replaced with one about Hind al-Husseini, a pioneering Palestinian educator.
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On social media, some Gazans have asked whether Dr. Hasan’s agenda is overly aligned with Israel’s. Others, embittered by Hamas, have retorted that it’s better to teach tolerance than to teach children to sacrifice themselves.
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...leaders of big families in Gaza have helped him obtain space for more schools. “The way we did it is by gaining trust,” he said.
One way is by ensuring those families — as well as the Israelis and his donors — that his staff has no ties to militant groups. Dr. Hasan said that every employee had been cleared with the Israeli authorities and checked against a U.S. government sanctions list.
He also makes clear that his donors include Israelis. “I told the elders, ‘I work with the Israelis,’” he said. “They said, ‘As long as they don’t want to brainwash our kids, we’re fine.’”
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Born in Kuwait to Palestinians from the West Bank, [Dr. Hasan] left the Middle East at 18 to attend college in Texas. At 19, he dropped his given name, Emad, and called himself David.
He said he felt stirred to action by the war. In December 2023, he was in Gaza on a medical mission, performing 20 operations in 10 days, often without anesthetics or antiseptics. He recorded video of maggots crawling out of unhealed wounds. Every patient he operated on, he said, eventually died of infection.
He returned the next April with more medical supplies, and had better results.
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He said he had not returned to Gaza since April 2024 because he had aroused suspicion. When he wasn’t operating, he said, he was poking into hospital storerooms and asking questions, trying to learn if Israeli hostages might be on the premises. He fled, he said, when he was alerted that armed militants were looking for him.
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Dr. Hasan’s sixth school is set to open east of the southern city of Khan Younis with space for 10,000 children, some college classes and even a tiny zoo. And he wants to keep opening schools, with a goal to serve as many as 250,000 youngsters by the end of the year.
https://thegazachildrenvillage.org/
I sent a $100 donation because this gave me some hope that maybe, there's a path to the conflict not going back and forth forever, someday.
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At these Gaza schools, ‘peace building’ is part of the curriculum
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Comment on The best protest songs of 2025 in ~music
Interesting Link ParentA little self promotion is fine so long as you're also engaging at least as much elsewhere =)A little self promotion is fine so long as you're also engaging at least as much elsewhere =)
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Comment on Some of my family members aren't convinced that ICE isn't overstepping and that they are just deporting people that broke the law, can you help me share unbiased links that proves they are? in ~society
Interesting LinkOther folks are probably right that facts won't work, but in the spirit of answering your request, I posted this a few weeks back...Other folks are probably right that facts won't work, but in the spirit of answering your request, I posted this a few weeks back
https://tildes.net/~society/1s78/before_and_after_the_trigger_press_that_killed_renee_good
It's an incredibly thorough look at the legal background of the shooting of Renee Good and all of the expected police procedure that the officers involved ignored.
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Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance
Interesting Link ParentCan you give a short description of the documentary? Watching things like this tends to wreak havoc on my anxiety lolCan you give a short description of the documentary? Watching things like this tends to wreak havoc on my anxiety lol
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Comment on Joy of sharing a creation replaced by a longing sadness in ~talk
Interesting Link ParentHow about something like Tailscale on a residential IP?How about something like Tailscale on a residential IP?
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Comment on AI fails at 96% of jobs (new study) in ~tech
Interesting Link ParentI'm not so convinced, outside of toy sized projects. That was already a trend we were seeing before LLMs entered the mainstream. Once the architecture of the code is the "heavier" factor in how...But what we are seeing in the real world is companies hiring less inexperienced developers. Which strongly suggests that AI can make inexperienced developers more productive.
I'm not so convinced, outside of toy sized projects. That was already a trend we were seeing before LLMs entered the mainstream. Once the architecture of the code is the "heavier" factor in how your program works than basic syntax, agentic AI tools can be misleading at best, or actively harmful unless you have the skills and knowledge necessary to catch their mistakes.
7/10 - I was 5/5 for the first 5 and then started rushing, which definitely killed me.
This was fun, thank you for sharing it.