neonred

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[–] neonred@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

At least you know what's inside.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

But he's right, tho.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Building computers is really like LEGO. Building a bike is more complicated.

Preconfigured computers contain mostly garbage tier hardware components and additionally are way overpriced.

If you are content with that, loss is on you.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Nobody wants to play with toxic children, they not even among themselves. True plague of multiplayer, which could be awesome but it's just not. So props for containing, indeed. It's the asylum they seek themselves and for the best of all the other online communities, best not close it.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Cancel Culture has quite a history it seems.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Ubuntu was once an okay-ish distribution, many many years ago. Then Canonical got rogue, made some very sketchy and irritating decisions (walled garden, snap, advertisements with Amazon, now advertisements in their package manager, ...... so much more)

Ubuntu is the bane of Linux. Use upstream Debian if you like apt; Linux Mint for an easy entry; Arch, if you're quick of wits and want to widen your knowledge and skillset.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The spy craft in me thinks it could also be a false reading to hide the drones true operational range.

That's what I would have suspected because most of the videos show the low battery message. But that would necessiate meddling with the firmware or adding something to falsify the voltage readout, which would add extra work, but maybe it would be worth it to conceal the distance to the takeoff location where probably the ground station is nearby.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

From Wikipedia:

In a 2021 study published in the journal Plant Signaling & Behavior, Felipe Yamashita and Jacob White claimed that B. trifoliata may employ a primitive form of vision to identify and mimic their hosts. This hypothesis is based upon 1905 and 1907 claims by Gottlieb Haberlandt and Francis Darwin, respectively, that some plants use 'ocelli' or lens-like cells to focus light onto other light sensitive cells. In this study, B. trifoliata was observed mimicking the leaf shapes of plastic plants, and researchers refined Haberlandt and Darwin's ocelli hypothesis, claiming that B. trifoliata may be using convex shaped lenses in epidermal tissue that can detect light and "see" the shapes of nearby leaves.[24] They further proposed that, B. trifoliata processes that information through an unknown means, possibly through neuron-like structures in order to initiate mimicry.[18][23] The study also found that non-mimetic leaves have more free-end veinlets and identified the hormone auxin as a possible mediator in changes to leaf morphology.[24]

This paper received substantial media coverage, was praised by F1000's Faculty Opinions, and went viral on the social media platform TikTok following its release. František Baluška, a plant biologist and editor-in-chief of Plant Signaling & Behavior, praised this hypothesis, and claimed that root skototropism and photoreceptive cells in algae were analogous mechanisms for "plant sight". However, the paper's conclusions have largely been met with skepticism by scientists. Criticisms of the paper include poor methodology, White's lack of a scientific background, and possible conflicts of interest between Baluška and Yamashita.[18][23] The research was awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize for botany.[25]

[–] neonred@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I'm serious in all statements. Corpos will jack prices on any occassion that offers itself, so keep the number of those low.

 

Lots of updates on the campaign! UK petition open! Australia petition probably open soon! Research help wanted! Australian law firm hired! Talking to EU members of Parliament!

Link to UK Petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071/

Link to Australia Petition:

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080

Link to outdated list of game shutdowns:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vaNfqOv3rStBQ4_lR-dwGb8DGPhCJpRDF-q7gqtdhGA/edit

Stop Killing Games campaign site:

https://stopkillinggames.com

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