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RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracyEnglish
133·3 months ago“This technology turns every router into a potential means for surveillance,” warns Julian Todt from KASTEL. “If you regularly pass by a café that operates a WiFi network, you could be identified there without noticing it and be recognized later – for example by public authorities or companies.”
Later…
Inexpensive or older routers either don’t store history at all or keep it for a short time.
Newer models can store more information for more extended periods.
https://www.thetechwire.com/how-long-does-a-router-store-history/
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.ml•China Tests Device to Remotely Recharge ‘Drone Swarms’ From Orbit—and It's WorkingEnglish
131·3 months ago
Skynet is a self-aware artificial intelligence system that becomes the main antagonist of
the Terminator franchiseEarth.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Dozens of empty Waymos invade neighborhood in Atlanta leaving neighbors baffledEnglish
381·3 months agoWay more Waymos (Way mo’ Waymos) than expected.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do I type an apostrophe and use print screen on a European Spanish keyboard?English
22·3 months agoPower toys and remap it?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4098471/how-can-i-change-my-screenshot-hotkey-(from-window
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Many mythology seem to share a concept of spirits is there an explanation for that?English
111·3 months agoYour question is broader than you think.
For one culture to have an idea and share it to others isn’t uncommon. Pyramids are in Egypt and Mesoamerica. Giants exist in many cultural myths (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_giants_in_mythology_and_folklore) as are ghosts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghosts).
You see, an idea that’s communicated is a meme.
" A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
If you’re considering spirit as a soul
https://www.planksip.org/the-concept-of-the-soul-in-ancient-philosophy-and-soul-1763067454225/
TL;DR: So, why does it exist across cultures? It’s a meme.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is Roots really that controversial that it needs to be banned? Haven't watched the movie cause I quit pot and haven't read the book but isn't it like historical or something?English
35·3 months ago“Roots” was among the first widely read works of fiction to offer a detailed account of the Middle Passage, the horrific transatlantic journey to America endured by enslaved Africans between the 16th and 19th centuries.
“Prior to its release, the impact of slavery was easy to diminish or deny by those that benefited the most from that system,” said Annastasia Williams, bookshop director at The Bottom bookstore and cultural organization.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What if programmers rewrote the English language?English
8·3 months ago#include <grammar>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int programmer;
if (programmer > -1) { cout << "Programmers be owning your language. "; }
cout << “Plonk! Fnord!”;
return 0; }

Frodo lives, but Annie’s dead.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube, your feeds are broken - Open RSSEnglish
221·3 months ago-
get content creators.
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hide their feeds so they don’t make money. Use the algorithm to feed up creators the viewer didn’t subscribe to, so that they watch randos.
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Profit.
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RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto
science@lemmy.world•Doppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA. New research finds genetic and lifestyle similarities between unrelated pairs of “virtual twins”English
8·4 months agoI don’t have a great answer other than of the 32 studied, these were their stratification:
Related to population stratification, among the 16 look-alike pairs, 13 were of European ancestry, 1 Hispanic, 1 East Asian, and 1 Central-South Asian.
Source: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)01075-0
But whether people who look close enough to perform as another, such as the “Chinese Obama” (Xiao Jiguo) I can’t say.
Then there’s Indonesia’s former president, Joko Widodo:
https://nextshark.com/people-love-indonesias-president-looks-like-barack-obama
It would be interesting to get the researchers to analyze their DNA.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto
science@lemmy.world•Doppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA. New research finds genetic and lifestyle similarities between unrelated pairs of “virtual twins”English
3·4 months agoAny qualified 007 could report to Q for cutting edge clothing and gear?
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•The Small Website Discoverability CrisisEnglish
19·4 months agoThis is a serious problem for the Internet. While there are sites like https://512kb.club/ (it features lightweight websites with content), but there’s not an easy way to learn about new or niche sites.
According to https://growthbadger.com/traffic-study/ from April 5, 2020 (yes, it’s 6 years old)
What 3.25 Billion Website Visits Tell Us About the Internet’s Top Traffic Sources
- Search is the single largest online traffic source, driving well over 50% of most industries’ web traffic.
- Google drives 8 times more traffic than all social media networks combined.
- The average top blog gets 66.47% of its traffic from search, of which 99.77% is organic and only 0.23% is paid.
- In almost every industry, Facebook still sends more traffic than all other social networks. The two exceptions are Design and Development (for which the top network is YouTube) and Crypto (for which it is Twitter).
- The niche that is most reliant on Google is Health and Medical, with 87.85% of its traffic coming from search.
- The niche that is least reliant on Google is Crypto, with 45.74% of its traffic coming from search.
- Facebook delivers 65.36% of all social media traffic: more visits per month than all other social networks combined.
- Instagram drives very little traffic: under 1% overall across all niches. Even fashion and beauty brands that were launched by Instagram influencers (e.g. Kylie Cosmetics) receive less than 5% of their monthly visits from Instagram — while search brings in about 10 times as many.
- The niche that is most reliant on Facebook is Business and Marketing, which gets 13.52% of its traffic from the network.
- Reddit drives over 3 times as much traffic to blogs as YouTube.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Snowflake customers hit in data theft attacks after SaaS integrator breachEnglish
25·4 months agoFor clarity the platform is called Snowflake.
While numerous cloud storage and SaaS vendors were targeted using the stolen tokens, BleepingComputer has learned that the majority of the data theft attacks targeted the cloud data platform Snowflake.
The headline is not calling the customers snowflakes.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is Oman neutral from the war?English
4·4 months agoIt appears to be trying to walk the role of mediator.
Iran and Oman are reportedly drafting a protocol to monitor ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing an official.
A New Route Through Hormuz Sees Three Omani Vessels Slip Past Iranian Waters. The southern coastal route contrasts with the usual northern path running near Iranian waters
These require subscriptions to read in full.
Oman grapples with its national identity as a neutral mediator after Iran’s attacks
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-oman-neutral-mediator-iran-attacks-national-identity/
For Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a windfall and a burden
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•LibreOffice Drama: The Document Foundation Removes Collabora Developers in One SweepEnglish
79·4 months agoThe Document Foundation’s official reply came from Italo Vignoli, a founder Collabora lists as having already exited TDF membership.
He has kept it short, confirming that the removals happened, pointing to TDF’s recently adopted Community Bylaws as the basis. Those bylaws include a clause requiring anyone affiliated with a company in an active legal dispute with TDF to step down from membership.
Link to those bylaws from Jan 15
https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/vote-adopt-version-1-of-community-bylaws/13472
Quote from that link [bylaws] above
Members involved in legal claims for endangering the Foundation, eg. by means of putting the charitable status at risk, or misusing TDF’s funds, or by damaging any of TDF’s assets, or by attempting to do any of these must relinquish their membership by means of notification to the MC. If the legal claim, in relation to the mentioned matters, involves a company/organisation then also their affiliated members must relinquish their membership.
Back to the original linked article:
The stated rationale is that past situations saw people put their employer’s interests ahead of the foundation’s, and the clause exists to stop that happening again. The specifics of the legal dispute between TDF and Collabora are not mentioned by either party.
TDF also makes clear that a membership revocation is not a ban from contributing, with the project remaining open to anyone, and expects Collabora to keep contributing “when the time comes.”
So without details, all the article really details is that this happened. The why is murky. It seems the TDF is trying to protect itself, but there’s no description of Collabra or TDFs legal dispute.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Everyone knows hot air rises. So, do we gain or lose weight when we burp or fart?English
25·4 months agohttps://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-weight-change-when-you-fart/527684
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/does-internal-gas-affect-your-weight
https://fartsound.net/blog/does-farting-make-you-weigh-less
“Technically, yes, you do weigh less after farting. When you expel gas from your body, you’re removing mass, which means your weight decreases. However - and this is a big however - the amount is so incredibly tiny that it’s essentially meaningless for weight loss purposes.”
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing?English
21·5 months agoHere’s a quote from that article
Galvin says the facial expression is a subtle cue from a digital-native generation raised on screens, fast content and online communication. “For many Gen Zers, constant eye contact doesn’t always signal attentiveness the way it might for older colleagues,” he explains. “What a Boomer or Gen X manager may perceive as checked-out might actually be Gen Z’s version of active listening.”
Sujay Saha, president of Cortico-X agrees. “Gen Z entered the workforce in an era defined by screens, social distancing and remote communication, and companies must now close the experience gap with empathy-focused onboarding and support, not judgment,” he told me.




















GUI - graphical user interface, like a windowed program.
Non-gui, lacking a window, like running a command in a terminal (or command prompt).