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New account since lemmyrs.org went down, other @Deebsters are available.

  • Scibot!

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  • Have they taken out the AI generated papers? We know that training LLMs on LLM-generated text leads to an absolute collapse in quality, and we also know that AI has been showing up in papers so if they haven't, then this will be quite unreliable.

  • After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all

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  • Figuring out how to solve a problem on an OS I’d used for a few weeks fortuitously solved a problem I’d created trying to solve a different problem on a different OS a few years ago. We learn by doing!

    I loved this bit, I think everyone in tech has a similar story of some kind.

  • The early days of Linux

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  • Bah, I see this was already posted here a year ago - only two comments showed up when I searched for the url before posting!

  • TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.

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  • Ériu, Banba and Fódla are from Lebor Gabála Érenn, Ireland's creation myth, and they each wanted the whole country named after them (and still can be, poetically). This is a mythologised history, not etymology.

    Also, downvoting someone you're debating with is extremely bad form.

  • TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.

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  • The names Ireland and Éire both derive from Old Irish Ériu, which in turn comes from Proto-Celtic ɸīweriyū meaning "fertile soil". The Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland, Ivernia, also comes from this same root

    Not sure why you're mentioning Ireland, did you think it was named after Kathy Ireland?

  • What's going on with the Systemd age verification stuff?

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  • then unapproved by Lennart Poettering

    No, you've misunderstood, here is a quote from your own source:

    A merge request asking for this change to be repealed was struck down by Lennart

    It was a reversion that Poettering rejected, the PR stands.

  • TIL there is only one ocean.

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  • Also, there's things like the Mediterranean that is much saltier than the Atlantic, despite plenty of water flowing back and forth. There's sealife that's only found in the Med, like the Mediterranean monk seal.

  • xkcd #3217: Home Remedies

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  • The bot appears to be down

    Oh, thanks for telling me...

    Bot is back online.

  • X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”

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  • X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”

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  • You scrolled past the (annoying) "read more" button and are now on the next article.

  • Open source devs consider making [bandwidth] hogs pay for every download

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  • Yeah ok, I guess that's what's meant.

    I'd be interested to know how the patterns changed - perhaps requests moved to IPv6 which made grouping request origins harder, or maybe too many unconnected users were coming from a single IP and getting false positives (leading to bad UX and support requests).

  • Open source devs consider making [bandwidth] hogs pay for every download

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  • Throttling efforts led to "brownouts" via 429 errors

    Does this mean for the (ab)users, or for the repo? If it's for the bandwidth hogs, then the brownouts are properly a good thing, as it'll force people to pay attention to these otherwise unmonitored systems.

    Also, if it makes the upstream service seem flaky and unreliable, it could convince users to set up the proper caching proxy just for self-interested availability reasons.

    I can see some companies happily paying for access, as they'll think it's easier than paying someone internally to manage a proxy/mirror, especially as on-prem is unfashionable lately.

  • For users of Bcachefs, sorry your FS creator is currently doing a TempleOS

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  • Anyone other young people into Retro Computing?

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  • I think maintaining two accounts is sensible as servers/instances die all the time. I've got my subscriptions synchronised between this account and one on infosec.pub.

  • Anyone other young people into Retro Computing?

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  • Vogager gives you a baby icon (the new account indicator), which makes you seem very young indeed

  • recharge time

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  • Yeah, this is most wholesome and relatable thing I've seen on Lemmy for ages

  • People always want their ideal conversation to sound like movie characters, but in reality most people talk as if they're in an interrogation room or how people sound like on police bodycam footage.

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  • Also there's the style of delivery - old acting used to be very exaggerated and hammy, then there's the kind of flawless but somewhat natural style that OP is talking about, through to today's more realistic "mumbling" style that everyone complains about.

  • 2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died

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  • Bad news on the backboneI couldn't scan a single ASN

    I'm trying to figure out what pronunciation or accent the author uses to have this rhyme. A heavy South African accent, so backbone is more like "berckben"? Pronouncing ASN as "a-sone"?

  • Linux, FOSS, and whatever else makes me happy in my homelab

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  • In the other post, you claim you'd ordered them from Etsy. Is it your Etsy shop? I'm struggling to see how both can be true.

  • Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site

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  • I had to laugh - that lot have absolutely no clue when it comes to security. Even in a VM I'm not sure I'd trust running Clawdbot (or whatever it's named this week).

  • Advent Of Code @programming.dev
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    Eric Wastl talk: Advent of Code, Behind the Scenes

  • Technology @programming.dev
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    Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

    www.theverge.com /news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai
  • dailygames @lemmy.zip
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    REUNION October 22, 2025

    www.merriam-webster.com /games/reunion/51
  • Svelte + SvelteKit @programming.dev
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    Advent of Svelte

    svelte.dev /blog/advent-of-svelte
  • xkcd @lemmy.world
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    xkcd #3040: Chemical Formulas

  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 10 - Le Goose

  • UK Memes @feddit.uk
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    Animal Far

  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 9 - The cockle children

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Zellij 0.41.0 released with its solution for colliding keybindings

    zellij.dev /news/colliding-keybinds-plugin-manager/
  • commandline @programming.dev
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    Zellij 0.41.0 released with its solution for colliding keybindings

    zellij.dev /news/colliding-keybinds-plugin-manager/
  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 8 - The Nexus of Truth

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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 7 - Captain Jackie and the hotdog

  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 6 - A dance as old as time itself

  • Rust @programming.dev
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    Bacon v3 released

    dystroy.org /bacon/
  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 4 - I’m a girl that likes a clean line

  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 3 - The gangsters of the sea

  • xkcd @lemmy.world
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    xkcd #2990: Late Cenozoic

  • dailygames @lemmy.zip
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    Letter Boxed

    www.nytimes.com /puzzles/letter-boxed
  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster series 18, episode 2 - ...and then a detective comes