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FatherPeanut

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  • What are your recent buy european wins?

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  • I feel its more a quirk of the internet, in how things naturally get divided. When browsing the web, you've likely found websites you never heard prior that are really big in other countries. Things just happen to be separated by regions, languages, etc. for purposes of relevance and accessibility.

    In our space, things are largely dominated by European and North American influences. Once you cutout the whole USA from that, it's effectively Canada and Europe in this grouping too. I remember back when I was on Reddit, I saw 'Buy Canadian' quite a lot, just seems 'Buy European' is slightly more dominant on Lemmy.

  • Internet shutdown in Iran is now the longest in world history

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  • I'll translate the other guy's comment;

    Israel and the US attacked because they were basically handed a golden opportunity in a world where they search for opportunity. The top governmental officials were present within the same room, confirmed by their intelligence officials, and during a vote for the next supreme leader. By attacking then, both the current government would be inept for days to weeks, and a new government would have a shoddy transition of power.

    Tl;Dr: the goal is a long, drawn-out war. I realized after writing this whole thing out, It's totally a tangent you didn't mention, but fugget I'm not gonna let it go to waste.

    Now, here's the opportunity in that opportunity: A "short victory" is not the goal, this is a resource war. Venezuela was effectively captured by the US, Hegseth has stated intents to revitalize the Americas as the 'American sphere of influence' (paraphrased), Iran is unable to export significant oil, and with that goes most of the middle east's production through the closed strait. This disproportionately favors the US, Russia, and Canada for oil production. Trump previously pushed his "51st state" agenda on Canada, and Russia is cutoff from trade with much of the world due to sanctions. This has the US in a position where it disproportionately benefits from having the Strait of Hormuz closed, and the longer it goes, the more reliant countries get on the US for energy.

    As to why it happens now, Trump is in power, and the current admin understands the developed world is slowly becoming more energy independent without the need for oil (alternative energy). This explains why the narrative is maintained that "green energy doesnt work," while Europe actively sees progress and positive outcome with it. It's not about what's best for the American people he speaks to, it's more oriented around what he wants to leverage in the current state of global affairs.

  • What are your recent buy european wins?

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  • Likely that the sub is called 'Buy European'.

  • Other than money, what's something you would want an unlimited amount of?

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  • I mean, it'd definitely have some baggage when it comes to the vacuum of space.

  • AOC vows to block future US military aid to Israel, its Iron Dome and defense

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  • So to clarify, her main viewpoint is essentially "I voted against reducing these munitions deals with Israel, because these munitions are intended for defensive purpose?"

    Edit: Thank the both of you, and anyone else who feels willing to contribute, for providing the explaination.

  • Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move sure to face legal challenges

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  • He's absolutely gonna push congress to legislate a National Voter ID system within a month of elections, isn't he?

  • would

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  • The font is called "XBAND Rough," if you'd wanna download it and create your own sticker/print.

  • Just a silly wizard show

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  • So, a common metric people bring up in discussions of trans people that make their way into politics is 'trans suicide rates'. Right-wingers tend to mention it in reference to "We shouldn't let anyone be trans, because trans people commit suicide often," and left-wingers tend to argue "Trans suicide is so high because they get degraded by society, and aren't allowed to express themselves."

    Edit: As for why it gets mentioned, transgenders overall commit suicide far more often than the average population.

  • catch me on the way down

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  • I suppose for now, recent products refer to things Valve has completed, but won't release until "good shit gets cheaper." Case in point, RAM, and GPUs, and SSD storage, and (kinda) OLED screens.

    As for products themselves: Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Deck 2.0

  • catch me on the way down

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  • They are allowing you to install any application, it seems. It runs SteamOS with Proton and Waydroid, so x86-64 Windows software is compatible, as well as Android .APKs. Steam generally has a "It's a computer, do what you want" mentality about their recent products, and doesn't waste resources on trying to lock down consumers. It makes it a real good gift for the gamer teen that you think will turn into a computer science nerd.

  • Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead

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  • Ahh, reminds me of the gym membership I'd started just a few weeks ago. Small town thing, I knew the owner by name, yet they used an online service that required every little detail of your personal life to sign up, like why use such a thing? I asked him that, and its just because it's convenient for his small-scale company to use.

    Turns out, it didn't actually care if your info was right, save for a card to charge. Put in some random driver's license number and guerilla mail email, just sucks I didn't have a knockoff phone number.

    It really makes you wonder, why need all that? I know the answer, I just wish I could see it with my own two eyes, what all data brokers do dealings for that info.

  • Israeli soldiers torture one-year-old Gaza child to force confessions from his father

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  • The narrative that's pervasive in America, albeit it seems to be slipping, is that Israel has historically been painted as a positive ally to America. I experienced this myself not a week ago with a friend of mine who's just now starting to think critically of the world around them. He was shocked and didn't believe me at first when I mentioned the atrocities of Israel, and it took quite a lot of scrolling for him to eventually see they weren't the golden boys that news has so far painted them as.

    Whether you believe it's AIPAC's doing, or the defense contractors, or whatever source it may be, televised news outlets even now still seem hesitant to portray Israel in an overtly negative light.

    To sum it up more directly: If you go from "these are our friends" to "those friends are genocidal," the population may have a hard time believing it, as it goes against that which they've heard all their life.

  • Emissions [Rule]

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  • That's good to know! As burdensome as the current climate change debate is, it's somewhat reassuring to know we've made more steps than I'd thought.

  • The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

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  • Provided compliance is nuts, this man is a nutcase for complying. Sounds all good, but I dont believe being a nutcase warrants doxxing, verbal harassment, verbal threatening, and everything else that we're seeing here.

  • Emissions [Rule]

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  • I know it's not necessarily just emissions, but leaded gasoline as well, but my father would often tell stories of the smog from the days when leaded gasoline was allowed. Even from his perspective of a diesel-loving man who denies climate change, he still recounts times of vehicles in front of him being completely obscured by their own emissions, and days when intersections themselves being coated with a subtle layer of gassy fumes.

  • Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

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  • One passed, the other has yet to be presented. These legislators have no clue how they'd even do it, but circumventing the scan is also made illegal.

    So yeah, flashing Open-Source firmware is something they dont like either, but fingers crossed they just choose to not allocate resources to enforcement. Wouldn't be surprised if this 3D printed missile mentioned in the article above comes up ad a taking point during the legislative hearings.

  • Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

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  • Washington state already started making moves against it, as an attempt to prevent 3D printed firearm components. Specifically, it requires 3D printers sold within the state to have firmware-based scanning to cancel prints it suspects are used for firearms, alongside criminalizing the possession of files ruled as 'firearm compoments'.

    One bill is in the House, the other passed into law. Gonna make it a real rough ride ahead for tinkerers into 3D printing, especially if we've gotta design around "Oh boy, I sure hope my pencil holder doesnt get flagged as an illegal item."

    Edit: One of two bills passed: HB2320 and HB2321. HB2320 is currently law, and HB2321 is awaiting presentation to the House.

  • Walking through the meadow (Art by TailHug)

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  • My my, that's some beautiful style!

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  • Windows is active spyware, it's well documented that services like their Telemetry function as active keyloggers. The main difference is that the vulnerabilities are likely only problematic if someone is actively looking for you.

    As for Linux, it has many different types of OS called Distributions/Distros. You'd likely want to start off on a distro that's beginner friendly, like PopOS. Others work too, this is just my personal preferred flavor of 'just works' distribution. A lot of people will overcomplicate the process of selecting what type of Linux-based OS to choose with loads of technical terms, but you dont need most of that if that's not what you seek to make of it.

    My serious answer for running games, as much as I'd like to answer it here, it would likely need a fair sized explanation if you're completely unfamiliar with Linux, just so you can know what to expect. It's more than I feel I can reasonably explain, so I'll recommend you lookup YouTube videos of how to run specific game emulators on Linux, since the video format will likely help a lot.

  • A Quick Rule

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