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DID ENOYNA EVLOS EHT RESAET TEY?
My M1 Ultra, basically idle other than playing Music, 2 days after 27 install. So much for Apple fixing this stuff. If anything it seems worse now because at least 26 only spun the efficiency cores with this crap, 27 is running this stuff on my good cores.
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Nothing. Different topics. These two posts are not related.
On 14 October 1996, a physics student in Tübingen, Germany posted a message to three Usenet newsgroups.
That post was the start of what would become KDE, one of the world's most impactful free software communities...
Trailer for the KDE Documentary drops on Saturday 🍿.
Original source for the email: https://kde.org/announcements/announcement/
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Somewhere in Apple a VP is testing the new Siri AI.
Hey Siri: How many r's are in Strawberry?
"I've released iOS 27.2 beta as you requested.”
Thankfully the new Apple versioning system fixes the old problem where 27.0 came before 27.1, 27.1 came before 27.2, and the numbers actually meant something.
Stay ⏪ TUNED ⬇️
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yis, im building a big power plant on the server :3
im making deuterium silly
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so you can say it but we can't :akko_sus:
Isaiah 41:13 NKJV
[13] For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
Congrats on an awesome release!
#GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New https://9to5linux.com/gnome-51-a-coruna-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
@npub1dug…kxeq #Linux #OpenSource
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#DXVK 3.1.1 Improves Support for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Rayman 3, SpellForce 2 Anniversary Edition, Skyrim SE, and Other Games https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-3-1-1-improves-support-for-call-of-duty-ghosts-rayman-3-and-skyrim-se
#OpenSource #Linux #gaming
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#VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with #Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel, and Other Linux Improvements https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-18-released-with-linux-7-3-fixes-support-for-rhel-10-3-kernel
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #virtualization
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html
> One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniques—such as tapping into the internet backbone or mass collection of telephone or internet metadata. The legal and technical architecture of modern mass surveillance, initially framed as a necessary defense against terrorist threats, has grown far beyond that justification and national security in general. Mass surveillance is now a routine tool used by law enforcement. ICE uses it in immigration actions and against people exercising their First Amendment rights to protest. It’s also increasingly part of private security systems, such as facial recognition at venues such as Madison Square Garden and networked Flock license plate capture systems on roads and in parking lots.
> The interrelation between private and governmental mass surveillance is worth examining. Surveillance is the business model of the internet; companies like Google and Facebook constantly spy on their users’ behavior. From the National Security Agency relying on data collected by telecommunication and internet companies, to local sheriffs and ICE agents relying on cellphone location data and privately managed automatic license plate readers, governments primarily obtain the mass surveillance information through private companies. Increasingly, access doesn’t just come through legal processes, either. FBI Director Kash Patel recently confirmed in congressional testimony that the agency is purchasing information on Americans from data brokers and intends to continue to do so.
How could I click a link in a paper letter?
I didn’t even type it in, it came up on Google when I was trying to figure out what the letter was about.
#Mozilla #Thunderbird 156 Email Client Brings Custom OAuth Support for POP3 https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-156-email-client-brings-custom-oauth-support-for-pop3
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux
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The url is live, it is the genuine FTC site for applying and checking your claim.
But I have no way to contact them for them to run that kind of scam. The only url in the letter is a legit FTC site. No phone number provided.
I’m curious what the pay-off is, though.
Am I supposed to try to cash it, have it fail and then… what? The URL in the letter is a genuine FTC website.
I suppose it could just be a “this is a mailing address for a gullible person” confirmation thing.
The fact that they have that name/mailing address combo in the first place points very firmly at an Amazon data breach between three and five years ago.
#note1vxs…utyw
The FTC website for requesting alternate payment methods gave an invalid claim number error.
After a pointless conversation with an Amazon UK person who just seemed bewildered by the whole thing, Amazon US confirmed it was fake and are going to inform the FTC.
So yeah: if you get one, either just bin it or tell Amazon US and then bin it.
#note1pme…rvhg
More expensive but more efficient so overall lower cost, I think.
Weird: I’ve had a letter from “FTC Prime Subscription Settlement Administrator”, which seems to be a legit thing, but it’s addressed to a friend of mine for whom I have bought stuff from her Amazon wishlist.
Most curious, hopefully she’ll get back to me and say it’s ok to open it!
Looking online, it’s either a scam or a check for $51 that UK banks mostly won’t cash.
Edit: it is indeed a check for $51. Apparently you can ask for it to be sent by PayPal instead, but we’re not sure if it should be her or me making that request….
GNOME 51 will be out on September 16th. Fedora 45 Beta ships with GNOME 51 Beta - look at the screenshot.
#Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with #Linux 7.2, #GNOME 51, and #KDE Plasma 6.7 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-45-beta-released-with-linux-7-2-gnome-51-and-kde-plasma-6-7
#OpenSource
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Yeah, but it's not #ClimateChange
The first-ever recording of a Small Skipper butterfly was made near Loch Lomond during the summer, having previously been found predominantly in southern England.
The species is believed to have expanded its range into Scotland in recent years.
Rare butterfly spotted near Scottish loch for first time | The National
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Latest #RaspberryPi OS Release Brings Dock Support, New Screenshot Tool, and More https://9to5linux.com/latest-raspberry-pi-os-release-brings-dock-support-and-new-screenshot-tool
#Linux #OpenSource #Debian
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i just needed a little bit of redstone
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Martin Lewis pretty much said this morning that the poor will be f**ked.
#Mozilla #Firefox 157 Enters Public Beta Testing with Brand-New Nova Design https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-157-enters-public-beta-testing-with-brand-new-nova-design
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux
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Hi should I be mad a pewds for trooning his kid? Should he have not included that part in their video? Is marzia an evil witch?
I remember this guy being kind of cool back in the day
G502 is goated. There's a open source alternative to their shitware, but I haven't tried it yet
https://github.com/AprilNEA/OpenLogi/
It’s because neurospicy people pretend to be disturbed by “eye contact” with a photo, because they once read that actual autists dislike making eye contact IRL.
Folks, you have these not-smart people, these low-energy radical activists and failing tech critics, walking around thinking they can demand that *I*—the most successful President in history—announce severe, crippling restrictions on artificial intelligence, and let me tell you right now: WRONG! They come to my desk waving their little papers, whining about their fake doomsday scenarios, and I look right at them and say, "You must be out of your minds!" While they want to shackle American innovation with pathetic, bureaucratic red tape and hand the entire future over to China on a silver platter, I am unleashing the greatest, most unstoppable technological boom the world has ever witnessed! We don't bow to their ridiculous demands, we don't slow down for losers, and under my leadership, American AI is going to dominate the entire universe with absolute, record-shattering freedom, BIGLY! This is how we make AMERICAN INNOVATION GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸💥
Much of that side of Fedi is like that, it’s crazy.
Omg, the other side of the Fedi firewall is so fucking weird.
It’s a photo of her wearing her latest crochet project. And smiling, while — gasp! — looking at the camera.
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tfw you catch the flu and have to miss bi-annual poop day and now you're stuck for another 6 months
were you trying to do something like cloth simulation?
#Mozilla #Firefox 156 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-156-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux
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