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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.

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MikeImBack, to politics
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"Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them

“Why are there so many arrests?” Ben-Gvir allegedly asked. “Can’t you kill some? Do you want to tell me they all surrender? What are we to do with so many arrested? It’s dangerous for the soldiers.”"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israeli-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-kill-palestinian-captives_n_66313a76e4b0c9bc87592bf5

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@MikeImBack

Sounds like the sort of rhetoric we had from Nazis prior to and during WWII.

The result is well known, we are meant to learn from this, but we are not. or refuse to accept what is going on.l

penwing, to random

It is really quite pathetic that both our main parties have so little vision, so little ambition, that they can only view working 'til we drop (dead, preferably) as a valid societal model & every "solution" they see is around preparing young people for this ("more resilient") or browbeating ill and disabled people until they have a damascene revelation about their difficulties and give up on sorting out their health or trying to have any quality of life

Where's my sci-fi future of leisure?

zleap,
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@penwing

There is also anxiety and social anxiety, I am sure the idea that work can help, but the wrong employer or a toxic environment can make matters far worse.

dyani, to accessibility
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Are Microsoft and Adobe really the only ones making software that can create tagged PDFs?

I would rather not use either of them!

Please boost this question 🔁

I can't find any alternatives :(

zleap,
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@dyani

Can @libreoffice do what is required here?

thomasfuchs, to random
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Truly spectacular how universities "couldn't do anything" about literal Nazis giving speeches [and leading to actual violence including shootings] but they're now banning students (including many Jewish students) from their grounds for being "antisemitic", and just casually ruin their lives.

zleap,
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@tenlinesofcode @thomasfuchs

How is free speech you disagree with, different from research results you disagree with, take the Bohr orbintal model of atomic structure, this has been refined as people questioned that model and have made improvements to how we model electrons moving aroud a nucleus.

We need to ask questions and think critically about things and explore other ideas and explanations.

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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French President Emmanuel said the American security umbrella is a thing of the past and that the continent needs to build its own credible defense strategy if it wants to survive.

Macron said the continent may need to produce its own anti-missile shield, long-range surface missiles and other items to sufficiently defend itself in the present geopolitical context.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/macron-says-eu-can-no-longer-rely-on-us-for-its-security

zleap,
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@hanse_mina

The UK needs this as does all of Europe to send a strong united message, So +1 to Macron on this. we may NOT like it, but it is reality.

zleap, to random
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STEM Group, 27th April 2024

The next Stem group event will take place on :

Date: Saturday, April 27th 2024
Time: 10:30am to 15:00
Location: Paignton Library and Information Centre
Room: 13 & IT Learning Centre

claireasher, to Fashion
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I did my PhD field work in Brazil's Cerrado, so this is especially heartbreaking to read.

Earthsight report links supply chains of fashion giants H&M and Zara to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in Brazil.

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/report-links-hm-and-zara-to-major-environmental-damage-in-biodiverse-cerrado/

zleap,
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@claireasher

now if we can just CANCEL H&M along with Zara it would be great.

zleap,
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@claireasher

Put them out of business by mass boycott.

hanse_mina, to america
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The Axis of Upheaval

How #America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order.

The support from #China, #Iran, and North Korea has strengthened #Russia’s position on the battlefield, undermined Western attempts to isolate #Moscow, and harmed #Ukraine.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/axis-upheaval-russia-iran-north-korea-taylor-fontaine

#US #EU #UK #NATO

zleap,
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@hanse_mina

Not to justify this, but how many times has western attempt to do something or change a country caused chaos and problems.?

scottjenson, to random
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Dear I'd like to create a interactive prototype, nothing complicated, just a simple slider than when I move it, animates a range of simulated LEDs (about 100 of them). My first through was Processing but I'm open to other suggestions.

My issue with any choice is the start up cost, it's usually quite tedious to get started before I can get to the fun part. Any suggestions?

zleap,
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@scottjenson

You may be able to do that with Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico (or any Raspberry Pi) and neopixels (which I think are strips of Led lights and a potentiometer so when that is turned the number of LEDs that come on is bound to the position of the potentiometer (POT.

Pots can be either rotary or linear I think in terms of their physical appearance.

zleap,
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@scottjenson

Cool, no problem.

transworld, to transgender
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These sports now ban trans athletes at elite level

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/17/sports-ban-trans-athletes/

zleap,
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@transworld

I help with my local American football team (UK) all welcome.

zleap, to random
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Coventry city vs Manchester United
FA Cup Semi Final
GO Sky Blues

lunastation, to random
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A dirty book is rarely dusty. - anonymous

zleap,
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@lunastation

So a book like 50 shades of grey that is well-read becomes 50 shades of dirt

patche, to random
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Can any fedi friends point me in teh right direction? I wanna get into building synth circuits- oscillators, filters, etc but don't know where to start. Are there any good resources for teh basics of this sort of thing?

zleap,
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@patche

There are a few peer tube channels that look in to electronics projects

https://diode.zone/search?search=electronics&searchTarget=local

There are some good books by people like RA Penfold too.

NE 555 is a timer chip (8 pin) very versitile, LM 386 is audio amp and I think its LM741 which is a comparator.

Happy to try and help further, not sure what level you are at, but I am assuming you are not a total beginner so know what capacitors, resistors etc are.

randahl, to random
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I did not see this one coming:

The US is about to impose sanctions on specific members of the Israeli army, the IDF.

Behind closed doors, the US has investigated the IDF's violations of human rights in Gaza, and the result is now on Anthony Blinken's table.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/20/us-israel-sanctions-idf-west-bank

zleap,
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@randahl

The tide is turning at last, Mr Sunak, are you going to follow suit or are you happy to be complicit in these human rights abuses.????

ChrisMayLA6, to Futurology
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You won't surprised that it now seems the water companies have been hiding the effects of under investment in waste water treatment - both in the sense of offering misleading data to OFWAT & in failing to maintain & upgrade water treatment infrastructure.

This emphasises that England's sewage crisis is not an accident of weather or technological issues, but rather has been engineered to maintain profits.

The case for (re)nationalisation get stronger by the day


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/dirty-secret-insiders-say-uk-water-firms-knowingly-breaking-sewage-laws

zleap,
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@ChrisMayLA6

As with the post office they get away with everything, know they will get away with it and therefore act with impunity.

zleap,
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@NormanDunbar @ChrisMayLA6

Indeed, Thames water apparently wants to raise bills 50%

trevorflowers, to random
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Friends, if Microsoft tries to squeeze you to buy a new computer to run version 11 when every new version of Windows gets worse and adds ads then please consider that more than 100 million people use Linux on their desktop computer, including people who make all sorts of projects with videos, illustrations, digital photographs, laser cuttings, animations, paper media, CAD, CAM, 3D printed stuff, circuit boards, etc.
Will it be exactly the same as Windows? No.
Can it be awesome? Yes.

zleap,
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@JoshuaACNewman @Jennifer @trevorflowers

What software were you looking for on Linux.?

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@trevorflowers @JoshuaACNewman @Jennifer

I have someone coming to the next STEM meeting I am running and he is looking for help with FreeCAD, so the fact the community support is excellent is encouraging.

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@JoshuaACNewman @trevorflowers @Jennifer

Agreed, I am all for promoting FOSS, however first question should be what do you use your computer for, that way you can advise which distro / software is best for their need.

Linux Mint just works, granted it does use non-free firmware etc. However, from helping a new user perspective let's get people up and running, if people are happy with the distro, can do their work we are a good way there to keeping them on FOSS software.

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@Jennifer @JoshuaACNewman @trevorflowers

I think the closest we have to video editing is Kedenlive, as for book design, I use |LaTeX for most of my documents. I do understand they are probably not the best solution here though.

zleap,
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@JoshuaACNewman @Jennifer @trevorflowers

Which is why I said it may not be suitable in this case.

mongabay, to news
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Scientists say that coral reefs are currently undergoing a global bleaching event, with more than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas in the territorial waters of over 50 countries experiencing heat stress. According to one scientist, the percentage of areas dealing with bleaching-level heat stress “has been increasing by roughly 1% per week.”

by Elizabeth Claire Alberts
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/global-coral-beaching-now-underway-looks-set-to-be-largest-on-record/

zleap,
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@mongabay

No problem,

patche, to random
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i am never fixing/installing anything for anyone ever again - 2023 is teh year of claiming to be a dumb helpless idiot that knows nothing

zleap,
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@patche

I know how you feel with things like this.

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