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  • This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright

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  • Haha, no doubt. I seem to recall that the Windows code was leaked a few years ago too?

  • Whats a privacy friendly way of learning a new language?

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  • Interesting, thanks!

  • Whats a privacy friendly way of learning a new language?

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  • Thanks! If I'm reading that second link correctly, they rank "Babbel" with a higher score than LingQ and Rosetta Stone?

  • Whats a privacy friendly way of learning a new language?

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  • They require the least amount of minutes using them to achieve the highest scores in standardized language tests.

    What's the source of this info?

  • This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright

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  • Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines when I first learned about Malus a couple days ago. Fine, so they get a "free" copy of open-source software that they can use without restrictions. What happens as time goes by and their "free" copy no longer receives any updates, fixes, improvements? I guess they can keep repeating the process every time a new version is released, but the whole thing seems counterproductive for anyone trying this.

  • Robot dogs with heads of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg roam San Francisco streets

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  • I think that the technology may have evolved a lot since the early days of photogrammetry, or perhaps making a 3D model of a face is easier than a large object like in your example. Also, how do you suppose they got 3D scans of Picasso's and Warhol's faces for those perfect, life-like rubber faces on that video? They were both dead decades before the development of 3D scanning and photogrammetry.

    Finally, here are some examples of photo to 3D model applications that appear to only need one photo:

  • What unethical life hack would you recommend to others?

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  • Caveat that this only applies to USB chargers. If you find some random non-USB, old-school type charger (like the ones with the round connectors) that fits your device, don't plug it in until you're sure that the voltage and polarity are correct.

  • Can btrfs snapshots help me recover from botched attempts to follow online guides?

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  • Interesting, thanks. Maybe it's something with the entire Ubuntu branch.

  • Can btrfs snapshots help me recover from botched attempts to follow online guides?

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  • That's odd. Maybe it's a limitation with Ubuntu or their downstream distros. I'm now positive that all 3 of those distros I listed gave me the option to encrypt the disk during installation. This was in the last 3 months or so.

  • Can btrfs snapshots help me recover from botched attempts to follow online guides?

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  • In my recent experience, I'm pretty sure all distros I tried (Debian, Bazzite, openSUSE) had a simple checkbox to do full disk encryption.

  • JUST IN: Iran Ends Direct Talks With US After Trump Threatens to Destroy ‘Whole Civilization’

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    • Apr 7: "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks"-
  • Today I learned @lemmy.ml
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    TIL that Fibonacci used his famous sequence to try to calculate the population growth of rabbits (bun alert?)

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fibonacci_sequence

  • What is a gender neutral honorific for non-binary folk?

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  • @jdr@lemmy.ml @Furbag@lemmy.world Wait, that wiktionary explanation seems weird too. I always thought of homie as being a derivative of "homeboy" or "homegirl". I could be wrong, but I definitely started hearing homie after those two and have always thought that they were connected. In fact, the wiktionary page for homeboy lists homie as a related term, so to me it seems like the two pages are contradicting each other.

  • Why are there so many Germans on Lemmy?

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  • The impression I have is that Germans are bigger users of the Fediverse in general than other countries, as in statistically overrepresented. Mastodon is originally a German project. Germans also created a Fediverse application for buying and selling second-hand items, Flohmarkt (Flea Market). Some other posts here have mentioned that Germans are culturally/historically more interested in privacy than many others, which may help explain the interest in the Fediverse. Finally, Lemmy is also an European project, so it makes sense that there would be more Europeans here, and Germany is the largest European economy and the most populous Western-European nation. Those are all probably factors contributing to this.

  • What's a good language learning app or method?

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  • I came here to mention Pimsleur as a good option too. You can get them as audio books through sites like Audible for much less than that, but I don't know if it's the same amount of modules per course as if you get it directly from Pimsleur.

    I've seen people recommend Michel Thomas' products too, and have seen others compare Paul Noble's audiobooks positively to those. I've tried both and find them a pretty interesting approach.

    This one was also recommended by someone on Lemmy a few weeks back: https://www.languagetransfer.org/ - I don't know anything about it other than that (and that it's free?)

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • Millions of users, no. That only happens with either massive marketing and/or sheer luck to become the popular thing.

    Niche communities, yes, if the software is tweaked a little. We already have niche communities. Now it's just a question of making sure that the people who are interested in those topics and subscribed become more aware of posts in those communities. In other words, just a different algorithm for the main feed. Lemmy and Piefed have already tried adding new algorithms, but they didn't seem to do the job (at least Lemmy's new algorithm - I haven't tried Piefed's yet). Oh, and those new algorithms that would promote posts in niche communities to have more even standing with posts in large, general communities would need to become the default or at least widely adopted by users in order to have the intended effect.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from March 2nd to March 8th, 2026 - The Second Iran VS US+Zionists War Megathread

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  • This has been part of the us navy’s war gaming/training exercises for decades now. Of course, they use incorrect information about their own equipment’s capabilities and limitations and underestimate their enemy, but they have pretended they can accomplish this for a long time

    If you haven't heard of "Millennium Challenge 2002", check it out. It was a major US war game where the "red" team obliterated the "blue" team with non-electronic communications and attacks with cruise missiles and small boats. Sound familiar yet? They had to reset the game and start over with the red team being artificially hamstrung in order to ensure a blue team victory.

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  • Yes, this is the kind of counter-example I was thinking of as well, as opposed to rent-seeking.

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  • Got it, thanks. I agree that those two things are pretty different from each other.

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    US General Strike January 30th 2026

    How to call or report strike day to employer?

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/12/the-huge-project-zomboid-build-42-finally-gets-multiplayer-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
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    The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/12/the-huge-project-zomboid-build-42-finally-gets-multiplayer-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
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    How does resource utilization compare between Piefed and Lemmy?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Valve's new Steam Machine and Steam Frame and implications for Linux

  • Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? @lemmy.ca
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    Any active text-only adult communities?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how

    www.zdnet.com /article/linux-has-over-6-of-the-desktop-market-yes-you-read-that-right-heres-how/
  • openSUSE @lemmy.ml
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    Should I include /.snapshots directory (snapper snapshots) in backups?