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Note Matrix.org, the largest and default server, is running a commercial closed-source server implementation.
Pick another server if you want to use open-source software and services.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Perplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value
141·6 months agoI have mixed feeling about this.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
7·6 months ago20% would definitely be justified for having to take care of bad quality spaghetti code that is the result of vibe coding.
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Technology@lemmy.zip•IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer insteadEnglish
1·6 months agoHow much energy does this technique uses compared to AlphaFold?
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Technology@beehaw.org•I made an AI clone of my dead son - and let a journalist interview him
261·6 months agoThat’s not a clone. It’s a text prediction tool that use a dead person’s messages as input. It’s analoguous to editing together old videos to do a fake interview of a dead person.
The BBC is going for sensationalism. It’s a topic worth covering and they’re not doing it well. Journalists should focus on informing more than entertaining.
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Technology@beehaw.org•‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
9·6 months agoAccording to three Unit 8200 sources, the cloud-based storage platform has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
I wonder if Microsoft will have to testify in the ICC.
Tweaking brain cells to reduce appetite? Better be cautious with that.
A cautinary tale about unintended conequences: I recall a sci-fi movies about a planet that manipulated people brain to prevent violent emotions and reduce crime. Many lost all will, became lethargic let themselves die of starving.
It’s probably not going to be that bad. But tweaking the brain may not be free of side effects.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
31·6 months agoI typically use a microwave to heat already-cooked food, like remains of yesterday’s meal. Or to heat some liquid.
It’s useful. It’s obviously not going to replace a pan or hoven.
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Programming@programming.dev•Connect and corrupt: C++ coroutines prone to code-reuse attack despite control flow integrity
31·7 months agoThis is a C++20 feature so most software probably aren’t using this yet.
It’s good to catch this relatively early. Crossing fingers so that compilers can fix it without breaking compatibility.
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Buy European@feddit.uk•Keep Your American Puritian Censorship Away From My GamesEnglish
3·7 months agoA couple banks in the EU are planning to support it. If you’re in those country you could ask them for more info.
Banks appear more eager to support Wero, which might be easier for them to support since it’s a more typical architecture, and it allows collecting much more informations about customers and their payments.
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Buy European@feddit.uk•Keep Your American Puritian Censorship Away From My GamesEnglish
16·7 months agoTaler should be the one wearing a tuxedo
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Science@mander.xyz•Psilocybin delays aging, extends lifespan, new Emory study suggests | Emory University | Atlanta GA
1·7 months agoWake me up when once there are results of a well-designed clinical trial.
My understanding of the article is they’re extrapolating from experiments on mice and on a few human cells in a lab.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Republican calls out Trump on GPU sales to China
1·7 months agoThere’s a Wikipedia article on TACO:
Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO), also known as the TACO Trade, is an acronym that gained prominence in May 2025 after many threats and reversals during the trade war Donald Trump initiated with his administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.[1] The acronym is used to describe Trump’s tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for markets to rebound.[1][2]
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - Wikipedia contributors, CC-BY-SA 4.0
This article also feature:
An AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos
Trump loves dictators and is trying to emulate them.
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Technology@lemmy.zip•Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and WindowsEnglish
3·7 months agoHopefully they focus their resources on whatever game studios remain.
Just make easy to access movies and films from other sources on XBox, we don’t need a Microsoft monopoly on streaming.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Ex-Google CEO: Power Grid Crisis Could Kill AI's Next Big Leap
7·7 months agoReality could kill CEO AI fantasy.
Are you recycling old memes, or did you miss last year’s news?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Microsoft extends updates for old Exchange and Skype servers
3·7 months agoMore time to prepare a migration away from Microsoft.


















… eventually, after the patent expires, once other private and/or public manufacturers can produce vitamins the same way.