I have rescued several laptops that were struggling with Windows by installing Linux, and KDE Plasma is excellent these days. My 7 year old Dell XPS, which had become unusably slow and hot under Windows 11 despite repastes and cleaning, runs OpenSUSE Tumbleweed like it’s a new machine.
I feel the same about KDE and Windows. I only keep Windows for some music production stuff and legacy .NET application maintenance. The rest of the time I avoid it and use Linux and KDE, a far more pleasant experience.
However, the United States might also benefit from looking inward and possibly even learning from China. China’s ascent was driven by strict mandates and targets—strategies currently unfeasible in the United States due to a politically charged environment where lobby groups can easily overturn sound industrial policy following a change in administration.
That is unfortunate, as such mandates have proved effective; for example, the EU’s target for 25 percent of its critical minerals demand to be met through recycling by 2030 has significantly bolstered the industry.
All that oil lobbying and the regressive politics it promotes is now visibly harming the USA while other countries advance. It’s a failure across the (very narrow) US political spectrum, engendered by a corrupt system that serves entrenched business interests.
It looks like the USA is about to embark on another 4 years of reality denial and protectionism, after which it will be even further behind. Republicans have made it clear that they will make it as difficult as possible to run sustainable energy businesses while pushing hard for more fossil fuels. This will do not only environmental damage but also economic and political damage to the country.
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains....
It’s crazy that it’s up to individuals whether they can afford to have their relatives buried. It should be one of the first basic things a civilized country takes care of.
In a statement to The New York Times, Alito did not dispute the image. He said he had no involvement in its flying, saying the flag was placed by his wife Martha-Ann Alito, who had been offended by a neighbor’s yard signs.
“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Justice Alito said in an emailed statement to the New York Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
The Times reported that the yard signs were anti-Donald Trump.
Well that certainly dispels any sense that he might be biased. It’s just that his family feels personally insulted when someone criticizes Donald Trump.
Hello! I’m the new UX Designer at Playcast.io a startup that’s building tools for interactive streaming and cooperative game playing/sharing. The tech we’re building enables lowend gaming rigs (or tablets/phones even) to borrow a friend’s PC when they aren’t using it and play games they otherwise can’t run....
far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told a rally of thousands that the only way to defeat Hamas is to “return home” to Gaza and encourage “voluntary emigration” of its Palestinian population—a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.
And “ethnic cleansing” is in turn a euphemism for genocide. Netanyahu and his government’s plan for Palestine is simply genocide.
New research predicts a rise in life expectancy worldwide over the next three decades, particularly in Africa. Meanwhile, obesity and other factors are also set to play a larger role in poor health....
The headline says “by 2050” and the first line of the article says “by 2025”. Is it me or is this confused?
And it’s not at all clear from this article whether they took into account factors such as food and water shortages and wars arising from climate change, pollution-related health issues, and health problems arising from climate change and other environmental change, including the probability of new pandemics.
In 1991, Look of the Year was hosted by real-estate mogul Donald Trump at the Plaza Hotel in New York, which he owned. Former US President Trump and Copperfied were among the 10 judges.
Trump sat alongside him in the front row, with his then nine-year-old daughter Ivanka, who would later work for Elite as a model, perched on his knee. Naomi Campbell, then an Elite supermodel, co-hosted the black-tie gala with Casablancas.
Aimee Bendio, a 15-year-old American contestant, says she believes Copperfield also showed an interest in her during the 1991 competition. Footage from the contest shows Aimee being interviewed by the panel of judges in her swimsuit. Immediately after, the camera cuts to Trump and Copperfield leaning back in their chairs to talk to one another.
He went missing in the middle of a civil war when lots of people were being kidnapped and/or killed. Maybe because of this they didn’t look as hard as they otherwise would.
The legislation, along with two other bills Mr. DeSantis signed on Wednesday, “will keep windmills off our beaches, gas in our tanks, and China out of our state,” the governor wrote on the social media platform X. “We’re restoring sanity in our approach to energy and rejecting the agenda of the radical green zealots.”
The Republican Party truly is a party for the dumb and the mentally damaged.
Joe Biden Condemns International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s Pursuit Of Arrest Warrant Against Israeli Leaders: “What’s Happening Is Not Genocide” (deadline.com)
ICC to seek arrest warrants for Israeli, Hamas leaders (abcnews.go.com)
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail (hackaday.com)
Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents (www.theguardian.com)
The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade (foreignpolicy.com)
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach (www.reuters.com)
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains....
Google declares the end of the World Wide Web (unherd.com)
AI 'godfather' says universal basic income will be needed (www.bbc.com)
Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix (www.zdnet.com)
Photo of upside-down flag at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's house raises concerns: Report (abcnews.go.com)
"I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag," Justice Alito said.
High levels of weedkiller (glyphosate/e.g. Roundup) found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The levels (of glyphosate that the) French researchers found in sperm were four times higher than in the men’s blood...
Short survey about your Computer, Gaming, & Streaming habits (forms.gle)
Hello! I’m the new UX Designer at Playcast.io a startup that’s building tools for interactive streaming and cooperative game playing/sharing. The tech we’re building enables lowend gaming rigs (or tablets/phones even) to borrow a friend’s PC when they aren’t using it and play games they otherwise can’t run....
Republicans want a database of pregnant people. In many ways, abortion surveillance is already here (www.salon.com)
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu (www.theatlantic.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13856220...
Global life expectancy set to grow by nearly 5 years by 2050 (www.dw.com)
New research predicts a rise in life expectancy worldwide over the next three decades, particularly in Africa. Meanwhile, obesity and other factors are also set to play a larger role in poor health....
Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: leminal.space/post/6656708...
Great Mystery of How Ancient Egyptians Built The Pyramids Finally Appears Solved (www.sciencealert.com)
Former teen models accuse magician David Copperfield of misconduct (www.theguardian.com)
Some allege harassment, one claims she was sexually assaulted. His lawyers deny the allegations...
Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar (www.bbc.com)
Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner....
DeSantis Signs Law Deleting Climate Change From Florida Policy (www.nytimes.com)