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lffontenelle

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Médico de família e comunidade, doutor em epidemiologia, editor científico certificado. Interessado por pesquisa em atenção primária; ciclismo urbano; software livre; ficção científica e fantasia; e muito mais.

Family and community physician, doctor in epidemiology, certified scientific editor. Interested in primary care research; bike commuting; free software; science fiction and fantasy; and much more. (he/him)

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cassidy, (edited ) to linux
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Canonical has poisoned search results for many apps plus a Linux distro name. For example, Googling “Spotify elementary OS” returns an auto-generated page on the Snap Store site that requires using a terminal, installing a whole package manager as root, and missing out on details and updates in AppCenter.

elementary would point you to Flathub where you can install w/two clicks and then get AppCenter integration.

How do we feel about this?

lffontenelle,
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@cassidy I'm spoiled by the Arch Linux wiki, and the Gentoo one before that. With Endless OS I only needed help once or twice, but turned to the forums soon

MattHodges, to random

I did not expect to doomscroll this entire article. I doomscrolled this entire article.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeschool-conference-curriculum-girl-empowerment_n_652445c9e4b0102e6962fd39

lffontenelle,
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@MattHodges same here. Surprised the story didn't go on some more

stefan, (edited ) to fediverse
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If your fediverse instance were to shut down today, where would you go?

lffontenelle,
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@stefan I'm on mastodon.social, so…

futurebird, to random
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Bumblebees learn by observing other bees. Bumblebees, like ants, may even teach each other. In a University of London experiment a bee watched a "fake bee" (a fuzzy yellow & black orb on a stick) pushing a yellow ball into a circle for a sugar water reward. The bee copied this action.

When a nest mate was introduced, they learned by watching the bee trained in the previous experiment. I find the idea of a "fake bee" adorable.
https://www.popsci.com/brainy-bumblebees-can-push-balls-into-goal/

The bee watches the fake bee push the mini football into the circle.
Two bees shown from above with various balls.

lffontenelle,
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@futurebird years latter, bees make humanoid mannequins stop using pesticides, and humans learn this new behavior

liztai, to magASEAN
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So I finally had a taste of this super famous egg tart that everyone queues up for.
All I can say is... Thank god I didn't queue up an hour for this.
I mean it's good lah, but it remains a mystery why people would queue up in long lines for this. 🤷‍♀️

(taken on Monday)

Egg tart

lffontenelle,
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@liztai @cvtsi2sd

Was going to ask about it! Here in Brazil we call them "pastel de Belém", with "pastel" standing for tart (not the same thing, usually) and Belém being a city in Portugal.

augustocc, to random Portuguese
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Status: formatando o ~disco nvme de 256GB que eu comprei usado da vizinha, pra usar pra gravar filmes, clipes e séries pra assistir na TV da casa usando o Plex

lffontenelle,
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@augustocc

Lembra quando a gente falava em memória (primária) e memória (secundária)? Até hoje vejo gente confundindo ~disco com RAM. E agora o pessoal transformou tudo em chip

manualdousuario, to random Portuguese
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    lffontenelle,
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    @manualdousuario Faltou o pitaco de Matthias Pfefferle nessa história. Quem sabe a integração do Tumblr seja sua próxima tarefa?

    campuscodi, to random
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    I cannot describe how far the accuracy of Google search results has fallen into the gutter.

    You would search for a term and get news coverage of that topic.

    Now, you get at best 2 articles, while the rest is VPN blogs, two random tweets, and a bunch of forums and blog posts that casually mention the search terms ONCE with no relation to the phrase/context in which they were shared.

    I'm honestly thinking of ditching Google for Bing or DDG at this point.

    Yes, it's literally THAT BAD!

    lffontenelle,
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    @campuscodi DDG is a little funny because it doesn't remember what city I'm in, which operating system I use, which topics I usually search for. Makes me be more explicit in my searches, like in Alta Vista or before Google had cookies and user accounts.

    liztai, to random
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    Mini rant - "last name" "first name" is so effing confusing. If I want to be literal, my "last name" is my given name and my "First name" is literally my family name. Sometimes I panic, like this morning, wondering if I filled that stupid field up wrongly confused & thus have to deal with beurocratic nonsense to get it right.
    And this must be extra confusing for Malay or Indians who follow a patronymic naming system.

    lffontenelle,
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    @liztai

    Here in Brazil we do given name first followed by two family names: maternal and then paternal. Needless to say, the latter is used for alphabetic sorting, so when we fill a "first name, last name" form we have to choose between omitting our maternal family name or we put it in the end of our first/given name

    coreyspowell, to space
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    For decades, astronomers have dreamed of setting up an observatory on the far side of the Moon. I read about it as a kid. Now it's happening!

    The LuSEE-Night radio telescope is under construction, and is scheduled to land on the lunar farside in 2025. It's a pathfinder for a much bigger radio telescope that would follow. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/09/26/listening-to-the-radio-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/

    lffontenelle,
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    @LouisIngenthron @coreyspowell

    Radio telescopes need to be huge, and radio waves are harder to block than infrared. The sun also emits radio waves but I don't know how much of a problem it is.

    Physician here, not physicist. All know about this I read in the link provided in the OP and this YouTube video by astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd

    https://youtu.be/9F3WRMlZEy4

    lffontenelle,
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    @coreyspowell

    I can't help wondering what Pink Floyd would think of listening to radio on the dark side of the moon

    lffontenelle, to random
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    Oops!

    Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/report-claiming-net-zero-will-cost-uk-trillions-retracted-due-to-factual-errors

    liztai, to magASEAN
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    prepared something simple tonight.

    This is just a typical meal most of us would eat for lunch or dinner - rice, one meat and veg dish.

    Malaysia # Malaysian

    lffontenelle,
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    @liztai what are those leaves?

    duran, to random Portuguese
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    lffontenelle,
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    @duran mal

    liztai, to Hair
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    I got the wavy hair gene from my mum's side, where almost everyone has wavy/curly hair. My curls are not as prominent, but some days it just decides "I am gonna be crazy today!"
    My only got like this after puberty, and before that it was typical ramrod straight and my mum would give me the China doll hairstyle (which I loathed).
    Since most Chinese had straight hair this made me even more confused about my already salad cultural roots & feel less .

    lffontenelle,
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    @liztai I remember being at a party where all the girls with straight hairs had a permanent and all the girls with wavy or curly hair had them straightened

    Gargron, to random
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    Sometimes I think about how much media will be forever lost in decades to come because everything is now on streaming platforms that delete things on a whim instead of physical media.

    lffontenelle,
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    @Gargron I'd like to think the copyright owners are keeping archival copies, but really having lots of copies is much safer

    liztai, to random
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    "What do you know about Malaysia?"
    "Mahathir."
    "Malaria."
    Welp, we are on the map for some things, at least 😆

    Ps: I always love these videos because it is so wholesome 😍

    # Culture

    https://youtu.be/BIDBG2QpZQo?si=wkY0cqlN0VQ5pskI

    lffontenelle,
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    @liztai I didn't know Malaysia had malaria! In hindsight it does make sense, because in Brazil we have it mostly in the Amazon forest and, to a lesser degree, other tropical forests. I hope the vaccine becomes widely available soon!

    liztai, to random
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    Definitely liking how ActivityPub works with my two blogs. However, there are a few limitations.

    http://elizabethtai.com/2023/10/15/some-flaws-with-activitypub-and-wordpress-com-integration/

    lffontenelle,
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    @liztai something I didn't expect was the "likes" appearing as comments. It's nice in that they appear at all, but at the same time it's a bit clunky

    mcnees, to random
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    Wait until she hears where most of the Hydrogen in their bodies came from.

    (It was produced in the Big Bang.)

    lffontenelle,
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    @mcnees

    Who knew learning stuff might make you question prior beliefs @iaravps

    ZaneSelvans, to random
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    A mural celebrating on the campus of @unam_mx in . Reportedly painted by students without permission. 😲

    lffontenelle,
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    @simon_brooke @ZaneSelvans @unam_mx I don't know, the mural has a lot of orange

    haeckerfelix, to GNOME
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    A new issue of is now online!

    Queued Fixes
    https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-117/

    Screenshot of "Dosage"
    Screenshot of "Meld"
    Screenshot of "Fretboard"

    lffontenelle,
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    @haeckerfelix meld is a great app! I was overjoyed when it migrated to GTK 3 and am glad it is migrating to GTK 4

    skrishna, to space
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    A NASA mission to the metal asteroid 16 Psyche launched today. Here's why we're going to this asteroid and what scientists hope to learn from this very cool mission.

    https://youtu.be/SekKJpnWcYg

    lffontenelle,
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    @skrishna only today I realized the launch day was today!

    EU_Commission, to random
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    Today, the Israeli flag flies high in front of our headquarters in Brussels.

    Hamas terrorists have struck at the heart of Israel capturing and killing innocent women and children.

    We deeply mourn the victims of these devastating attacks.

    lffontenelle,
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    @EU_Commission

    https://www-intercept-com-br.translate.goog/2023/10/08/israel-palestina-jornalismo-comete-erros-gaza-hamas/?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

    manualdousuario, to random Portuguese
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    lffontenelle,
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    @manualdousuario se não me engano o Twitter criou seu próprio namespace de metadado para páginas HTML só para alimentar esses cartões que não vai mais usar, né?

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What's your favorite song from the year you were born?

    lffontenelle,
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    @RickiTarr a lullaby

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