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Maybe migrating to kbin.melroy.org
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Thanks to dust I deleted a 70 gig file on my drive
Dust is a rewrite of du (in rust obviously) that visualizes your directory tree and what percentage each file takes up. But it only prints as many files fit in your terminal height, so you see only the largest files. It's been a better experience that du, which isn't always easy to navigate to find big files (or atleast I'm not...
Free software pioneer Stallman reveals cancer diagnosis ( www.theregister.com )
UNPACKED - team of UNPACKERS who love to share releases unpacked. Join us! ( zerobytes.monster )
Just letting you know of new site we are building....
Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent ( www.ghacks.net )
From article:...
How do you feel about financing a genocide?
I didn’t want to direct this question to Americans specifically because, at this point, other countries have shown support to Israel in one or the other way. If my country was financing this, I would be taking the streets. Shit, I’m right now in the hospital but all I can think about is protesting anyway just to feel I did...
I use Arch BTW. —Keanu Reeves ( media.kbin.social )
crosspost from https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/171vscv/i_use_arch_btw_keanu_reeves/
/all keeps downloading some "master.m3u8" file ( media.kbin.social )
Kotlin JVM vs Multiplatform
Hi, I'm somewhat new to Kotlin programming and so far it's becoming my favorite language. I was browsing some Kotlin projects when I found Komac, which recently switched to the Multiplatform target from only having the JVM target....
Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud ( techcommunity.microsoft.com )
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life offtheline
Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud ( techcommunity.microsoft.com )
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life offtheline
Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud ( techcommunity.microsoft.com )
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life offtheline
Where does Windows' new media player gets the artist backgrounds from and why does it put a photo of these giddy old men doing stuff on curtains for C418?
TIL CJK compatibilty ideographs (often used to put a lot of symbols in fonts such as 着 which displays as the Wii logo on my machine) were originally allocated to support older standards for storing Chinese characters and derivatives in code points ( en.wikipedia.org )
Sorry for the confusing title. Basically before Unicode, a bunch of different standards for storing Chinese characters (also used in Korean and Japanese which also have some of their own derivatives) emerged. When Unicode sought to unify every standard they of course had to add compatibility for older standards so for all the...
TIL "The Rise of Skywalker" was released in December 2019 thanks to 137.241.250.130 ( media.kbin.social )
Why do most browser companies opt for a Chromium/Blink base instead of a Firefox/Gecko one?
I mean, I like Firefox, but I’d love to see Vivaldi based on Firefox/Gecko. There’s Floorp, which is similar in some ways but it’s more like an Edge built on Firefox than Vivaldi....
at least they didn't break it ( media.kbin.social )
any tips for recovery after raining hard ( cdn.discordapp.com )
TIL during the early days of the internet, companies tried to prohibit linking to some of their sites. The linked site linked to all of them during half of 2002 ( web.archive.org )
In one of the even more absurd cases: According to an AP report (cited in Slashdot), Intentia International has filed criminal charges against Reuters PLC, alleging that the news service illegally obtained an earnings report that the company had not yet released, by guessing the URL at which it had been posted on Intentia's...
🫴🦋 Is this an emoji? ( spiffy.tech )
Interesting article on detecting if a character/sequence renders as a single emoji
Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Store API rules | Engadget ( www.engadget.com )
Apple will soon start cracking down on Apps that collect data on users' devices in order to track them (aka "fingerprinting"), according to an article on its developer site spotted by 9to5Mac. Starting with the release of iOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10 and macOS Sonoma, developers will be required to explain why they're using...
Exclusive: Dark Souls Anime In The Works For Netflix ( www.giantfreakinrobot.com )
Netflix isn’t giving up on anime adaptations just yet. Our trusted and proven sources tell us the streamer is developing an anime series based on the acclaimed video game Dark Souls. This could mark a new era for Netflix, as the Dark Souls anime would be one of the company’s first truly original anime series.
any tips for recovery after raining hard ( cdn.discordapp.com )
Soldier who fled to North Korea likely ‘not thinking clearly,’ Army chief says ( www.politico.com )
“He is a young soldier, he was facing consequences. I imagine he had a lot of negative feelings,” she told an audience at the Aspen Security Forum. “He may not have been thinking clearly, frankly, but we just don’t know.”
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Linux has less than half of Linux’s desktop share ( www.theregister.com )
Not mine but sounds like a showerthought to me. TL;DR ChromeOS is the “wrong” version of Linux and has 4% while GNU/Linux has 3%
Apple Maps Gradually Winning Over Google Maps Users, Report Suggests ( www.macrumors.com )
According to the Wall Street Journal, iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport directions and visually appealing design.
Delete magazine. ( kbin.social )
I was creating a new community and on the rules step when my keyboard broke. After restarting, I have now been greeted with /m/beetlejuicef . F!!!@#$ How do I mitigate this?
growthsetmentorstatus ( media.kbin.social )
Plastic surgeon who livestreamed procedures on TikTok banned from practicing medicine in Ohio ( www.kbtx.com )
The board said Grawe, who originally had her license suspended in November, neglected her patients as she livestreamed parts of their procedures, spoke into a camera and answered viewer questions — all while the surgeries were taking place....
Mac shipments grow 10%, as all major PC brands see downturns ( 9to5mac.com )
Mac shipments grew by more than 10% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2022, according to a new market intelligence reports.
Twitter Beats Out Threads for Coveted Taliban Leader Endorsement ( www.rollingstone.com )
The Taliban thinks Meta’s content policy, which includes a ban on support or praise for terrorist or hate groups, is “intolerant”, while endorsing Twitter's freedom of speech and "public nature and credibility"
How do I add a link on the home page that opens the link target? ( kbin.social )
I want to be able to just click the link from the home page like link aggregators...
RFK Jr. Confronted With Brutal List of Conspiracy Theories He Has Pushed In Devastating Interview Moment ( www.mediaite.com )
I’m not a big fan of Nick Gillespe, but he wiped the floor with RFK Jr. here.
How do I auto expand all images? ( kbin.social )
I'd really like to see images just "pop up" in my main feed...
TIL the infamous 1/3 (Third Pounder) burger was relaunched as the 3/9 burger to overcome certain customers' thinking it was smaller than McDonald's 1/4 (Quarter Pounder) burger with the tagline "It's Bigger/ genius." ( www.thrillist.com )