kbal

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What is the official river of Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 14 hours ago

uh... River Tam?

How many r are there in strawberry? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

It just goes to show that the AI is not yet superhuman. If it were really smart it would know, as humans can tell at a glance, that there are four r's in strawberry. There's the first one, the two in the double r combination, and then the rr digram itself which counts as a fourth r.

Extreme porn ‘radicalising’ young men, says Ireland’s garda chief in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] kbal@fedia.io 78 points 1 day ago (5 children)

That's not really convincing and leaves me entirely unsure which is the more likely explanation:

  • Young men's taste in porn has turned towards more violent stuff, which would be a bad sign for society at large
  • Shitty algorithms on porn sites are pushing people towards more objectionable stuff just like they do on youtube
  • Porn is about the same since the 1970s and the idea that it's getting worse is a fabrication
Marc Carney wants to spend an extra $9B on defence by April. Is that possible? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] kbal@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

We must not allow a boltholes in caves gap

Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago

You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot.

Here's a non-nyt link on the same topic: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/30/russia-internet-blocking-disruptions-and-increasing-isolation

Marc Carney wants to spend an extra $9B on defence by April. Is that possible? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd be happy to sell them a rusty pitchfork for $1 billion, if that helps make it possible.

In light of certain recent government regulations redefining "child" to mean anyone under the age of 18, I would like to propose that we should adjust other terms for people of specific ages to match in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
You might not need tmux in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] kbal@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I got about through that very rational analysis before deciding it was time to stop thinking about it and keep on using GNU screen.

You Win Lefties in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] kbal@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago

Long may this glorious day be remembered, the day when The Left won its decisive victory over /u/Kobek and his "moderate" disdain for muslims.

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In light of certain recent government regulations redefining "child" to mean anyone under the age of 18, I would like to propose that we should adjust other terms for people of specific ages to match (fedia.io)
 

In light of certain recent government regulations redefining "child" to mean anyone under the age of 18, I would like to propose that we should adjust other terms for people of specific ages to match this new and increasingly popular language regime:

Child: Ages 13-17 Toddler: Ages 9-12 Infant: Ages 5-8 Newborn: Age 2-4 Foetus: Under 2 years old

What are your favorite or known Zen koans? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

FIVE TONS OF FLAX

What's going to be the final way that boomers pull up the ladder behind them? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're more likely to kick the ladder out from under themselves, if gen Z doesn't been them to it.

Confusion and anger in Switzerland - hit by highest tariffs in Europe in c/europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's the pretext this time? Trump ate a piece of Swiss cheese and decided it didn't have enough holes in it?

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I have cut my hair. It was a little bit overdue. (fedia.io)
 

I have cut my hair. It was a little bit overdue.

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Cyberastrology: The theory that if you know the exact network conditions at the time someone first connected to the Internet, such as ping times to the major servers of the cyberzodiac, you can (fedia.io)
 

Cyberastrology: The theory that if you know the exact network conditions at the time someone first connected to the Internet, such as ping times to the major servers of the cyberzodiac, you can predict their future.

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Joint Call for the Withdrawal of Bill C-2 (pencanada.ca)
 

PEN Canada joins 39 organizations and 132 individuals in a joint letter demanding a complete withdrawal of Bill C-2. The following letter was sent this week to Canadian authorities…

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Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries (citizenlab.ca)
 

On June 3, 2025, the Canadian government tabled Bill C-2, omnibus legislation that, if passed, would introduce a wide array of new federal agency and law enforcement powers, and would significantly reform substantive and due process laws in Canada for migrants and asylum seekers. Our preliminary analysis of Bill C-2 situates the legislation within the context of existing research by the Citizen Lab about two potential data-sharing treaties that are most relevant to the new proposed powers being introduced in Bill C-2: the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention (2AP) and the CLOUD Act. Both of which carry significant constitutional and human rights risks.

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My thumb is itchy. (fedia.io)
 

My thumb is itchy.

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30 years ago somebody told me their opinion about "Changes" but I didn't know what Changes was. I just remembered to look it up, and according to Wikipedia it could've been any of about 50 things. (fedia.io)
 

30 years ago somebody told me their opinion about "Changes" but I didn't know what Changes was. I just remembered to look it up, and according to Wikipedia it could've been any of about 50 things.

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Browsers should probably just stop sending user-agent header at all, ideally. (fedia.io)
 

Browsers should probably just stop sending user-agent header at all, ideally.

If anyone else was wondering why some websites and the "Alternate Player for Twitch.tv" extension stopped working in the latest Librewolf update, it's because they changed the userAgent string from Firefox to LibreWolf and way too much shitty code is confused by it looking like firefox but then not being firefox.

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I am enjoying the Oblivion remaster except for one thing: Lockpicking. I was good at the old Oblivion lock picking. There was a clear audio cue, I have good ears I guess, and it was both easy and (fedia.io)
 

I am enjoying the Oblivion remaster except for one thing: Lockpicking. I was good at the old Oblivion lock picking. There was a clear audio cue, I have good ears I guess, and it was both easy and satisfying. Many found it impossible, but I had the gift.

In the remaster they've removed that audio cue and now there is only the visual motion of the tumblers to react to. I do not have fast eyes, only fast ears as it turns out. I am bad at the new lockpicking. Curse your laziness, anonymous Virtuos programmer who chose to take that shortcut.

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Bat Appreciation Day: Protecting the Flying Mammals (www.trvst.world)
 

Wishing a happy International Bat Appreciation Day to all who celebrate.

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Justin Ling: While everyone focuses on Carney and Poilievre, some of the election’s most interesting ideas are coming from [The Green Party of Canada] (www.thestar.com)
 

Even before the election was called, the Greens unveiled their plan to counter the global and domestic challenges posed by Donald Trump’s chaotic government. It’s chock full of good ideas, including many you wouldn’t normally expect: Improving the east-west energy grid to beef up national energy sovereignty; ramping up domestic artillery production; the stoppage of observing U.S-imposed intellectual property laws; and integrating more closely with the European, Australian, and Ukrainian defence industries.

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Well I decided to upgrade to Debian testing last night on my desktop here, just for fun. It seems fine. (fedia.io)
 

Well I decided to upgrade to Debian testing last night on my desktop here, just for fun. It seems fine.

Xfce4-screensaver wasn't in bullseye so I had an old locally compiled version installed, which may have been the cause of some video problems. Replaced with the debian build.

A broken bash completion script I had removed came back and was annoying until I remembered what I'd done.

Old searx install didn't work, neither did latest searxng install script from git. Too many python errors for me, so I gave up and ran the docker container instead. That was the only frustrating part.

Skyrim runs more smoothly and amdgpu hasn't crashed yet. It had been getting bad lately, locking up during video playback sometimes (maybe once a week) in the past month or two. I think perhaps running the newest kernels with the old mesa was a bad combination.

I ran out of disk space on the EFI partition during install, but it recovered no problem.

Other than that no problems so far.

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