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[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Thank you. That headline is horrible.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They were working pretty hard to wall their garden. This looks promising but I remain sceptical.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The article says 90% of goods are still tariff free.

I'm hopeful that the courts will throw out the tariff. Trump only has the power to create the tariff because he says fentanyl imports constitute an emergency. But only %1 of imports come through Canada. It's clearly BS.

All the same, Canada should make other friends.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wow, I had no idea the would be on the open market so quickly. 30km is some impressive range.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

And if you don't have a ground pin it fits many EU plugs.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

This is helpful. I'm just about to start a print with 2 year old filament.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah it seems like it's something they wanted to do anyway, maybe to drop operating expenses, and they are using those regulations as an excuse.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lumo itself claims to be based on Mistral's Large model, which is not open weight.

https://lemmy.world/comment/18393337

https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's the Mistral Large model. Mistral does open source many of their models but not the large.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Lumo being a cat is a cute nod to the Mistral team, who's AI chat bot is Le Chat (the cat).

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The second time I had to try a little harder to get it to admit that it was Mistral.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca
 

The theorem has been expressed colloquially as "you can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick" or "you can't comb the hair on a coconut".

 

How much time is wasted sorting socks?

 

cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/49131


Originally Posted By u/Unique-Literature-00 At 2025-03-21 11:28:30 AM | Source


 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26717237

I was curious how well wealthy countries do at hosting refugees.

The plots are interactive so its better to view them here: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/insights/explainers/refugee-hosting-metrics.html

In the plot, the size of the circle is the number of refugees.

Germany is really doing an amazing job, y'all should be proud.

Compared to Chile, the US has 15x the population and 5x the wealth per capita but hosts fewer refugees. I certainly don't have the full picture but its not a good look.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/DataBackRibs@lemm.ee
 

I was curious how well wealthy countries do at hosting refugees.

The plots are interactive so its better to view them here: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/insights/explainers/refugee-hosting-metrics.html

In the plot, the size of the circle is the number of refugees.

Germany is really doing an amazing job, y'all should be proud.

Compared to Chile, the US has 15x the population and 5x the wealth per capita but hosts fewer refugees. I certainly don't have the full picture but its not a good look.

 

I gather that congress required the creation of USAID and provided funds for it through the Foreign Assistance Act. Through that act the President is given power (and requirement?) to execute the mission, with a lot of rules to guide the execution. So if the USAID agency is being dismantled, is the President not still required to fulfill the mission of the Foreign Assistance Act?

Some examples from the text of the Foreign Assistance Act:

Title I — Development Loan Fund

The President shall establish a fund to be known as the "Development Loan Fund " to be used by the President to make loans pursuant to the authority contained in this title. (b) The President is authorized to make loans payable as to principal and interest in United States dollars on such terms and conditions as he may determine, in order to promote the economic development of less developed friendly countries and areas, with emphasis upon assisting long-range plans and programs designed to develop economic resources and increase productive capacities.

Title II — DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

The President is authorized to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine in order to promote the economic development of less developed friendly countries and areas, with emphasis upon assisting the development of human resources through such means as programs of technical cooperation and development.

I prefer thoughtful answers. And as always, lets keep things civil for the sake of the mods.

 

The tesseract Lemmy app, has a little overview from mediabiasfactcheck.com (MBFC). It seems like a clever way to foster a healthy community.

If you click on the ranking you get details.

ranking details for CNN

EDIT: Sorry to stir up an old hornet's nest.

EDIT2: Commenters have some valid criticisms of MBFC. Even if there are flaws, I would like to celebrate all attempts at elevating the conversations we are having.

 

This person is surprisingly skilled

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25383874

Whats a good tool for tracking my emissions?

I tried apps like Klima and Earth Hero. Earth Hero is especially good but I would like to play with the numbers myself for specific scenarios like snapshots of my emissions, planning my next year, logging my specific air travel, hobbies, etc.

If anyone has a spreadsheet model I would be grateful. Otherwise I can build one. Earth Hero gives a lot of references to their source models.

 

I tried apps like Klima and Earth Hero. Earth Hero is especially good but I would like to play with the numbers myself for specific scenarios like snapshots of my emissions, planning my next year, logging my specific air travel, hobbies, etc.

If anyone has a spreadsheet model I would be grateful. Otherwise I can build one. Earth Hero gives a lot of references to their source models.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/moviesuggestions@lemmy.world
 

I feel like this is low hanging fruit with the Lemmy community. I think this movie is so much fun. Such a nostalgia trip.

I would be curious how much gen alpha would enjoy it.

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