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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • X announces significant restrictions to free accounts; 50 posts and 200 replies per day

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  • This is enshitification, but it might be indirectly helping people who are on Twitter too much 😄

    It doesn't do much to bot farms since they can keep spinning up more accounts

  • China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offs…

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  • That's true, but I still don't think we can raise ocean temperatures through direct cooling and renewable sources the way that the greenhouse effect can. Water can absorb a lot of heat energy without changing temperature, and that is why regions close to oceans have a more temperate climate.

    While I don't have enough knowledge in this field to be making any definitive statements, my logic is as follows:

    • outside of nuclear fission/fusion reactions, heat energy on the earth's surface comes from either the sun or molten rock in the core
    • that energy is responsible for everything that happens on earth, including wind energy

    So we would need to get energy from off planet, use nuclear fission/fusion, or cover enough of the land area in wind and solar farms in order to redirect the sun's energy over to the oceans.

    I think the bigger concern, when it comes to heating the ocean, is that manufacturing, construction, and transport related to the data centers still releases a lot of greenhouse gases. Those gases trap the sun's energy within our atmosphere and that WILL heat up the earth. Way more than direct cooling using ocean water.

  • China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offs…

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  • It would probably take more energy than we can harvest on earth, considering the sunlight and geothermal energy doesn't boil it currently.

    I could see it affecting the temperature on local scales, such as the area immediately around the data center.

  • What food can I grow at home to save grocery money?

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  • Open the link in a web browser. If you're using an app or custom frontend, the link might be opening in your instance.

    Since it's a small community, and you are the first person to subscribe to it from your instance, it might not have federated content over to your one yet

  • I'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?

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  • I'm also fairly new, and one big benefit of CachyOS is the sensible defaults. You get to start with the modern way of doing things instead of having to discover them slowly.

    micro instead of nano for example

  • I'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?

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  • Slower on updates, not slow to run. Slower on updates is referring to how it takes longer for new features / software to be shipped out for you to download. Debian usually prioritizes machines that chug along for a long time without anything breaking, rather than adding new stuff

    You're right that it's not slow to run. It is small and fast

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    Should street racers who accidentally kill people really go to prison?

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  • Your question comes down to murder vs manslaughter

    In many parts of the world, murder requires intent while manslaughter does not.

  • Malta offers free ChatGPT Plus access to its citizens through a national AI program

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  • It's restricted it seems like

    Citizens and residents registered with Malta’s online identity system can apply to get access to ChatGPT Plus after completing a free online course.

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  • Maldives diver dies in operation to recover bodies of Italians from cave

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  • I'm not sure if this one was thrill seeking. The first team sounds like they were marine biologists either working or training

    The deceased have been identified as Monica Montefalcone, an associate ecology professor at the University of Genoa, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, marine biologist Federico Gualtieri, researcher Muriel Oddenino and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, whose body has been recovered.

  • What math operation order do you use?

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  • I think because I read about this riddle in the past, I might have built up some associations myself. So maybe there's actually nothing there 😄

  • Announcing the Zulip Foundation

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  • I thought it was good news, any reason why it might be bad? This seems like a proactive step to prevent potential issues down the road

  • What math operation order do you use?

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  • Microslop official documentation on how to ground an AI

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  • It almost makes me think a human worker intentionally made these slides. LLMs don't really have the creativity to make typos, which is how I can sometimes catch LLM comments on here. Also "SharePhont" is pretty funny

    Unless they used an image generator to make the slides, which would be extra stupid

    edit: turns out it WAS the extra stupid

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    Alright new mod here coming from c/askhistorians which a buddy and mine are trying to build. Is there anything myself and mod mate of OOTL. Anything you want to see changed?

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  • If I understood it correctly, I think they meant to say

    I am a new mod here on c/OOTL. Is there anything you want to see changed in this community?

    Then as a side point for the post body

    I am also building up c/askhistorians with a buddy.

  • Apple Airpod Subwoofer

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  • Catching up on this, I checked our internal tool and all but one of the flagged accounts from the past month had been banned already. I took care of the remaining account now

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    Is anything missing?

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  • Thank you, I can confirm that both of the accounts match the pattern and it looks like both have been banned at the source instance by ttrpg.network admins

  • Bitwarden's new CEO has a Private Equity background, removed 'Inclusion' and 'Always Free' from their website -- because of course he did

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  • I think the original title was more helpful because it shows that this is a recent development. Maybe you can add "new CEO"?

    Bitwarden scrubs ‘Always free’ and ‘Inclusion’ values from its website as longtime execs step down

    In February, longtime CEO Michael Crandell moved to an advisory role, according to LinkedIn, with no announcement from the company. His replacement, Michael Sullivan, former CEO of both Acquia and Insightsoftware, touts his experience with “all facets of mergers and acquisitions” on his own LinkedIn page, including experience working with leading private equity firms.

    CFO Stephen Morrison also left Bitwarden in April, replaced by former InVision CEO Michael Shenkman. Both Crandell and Morrison joined the company in 2019. Kyle Spearrin, who started Bitwarden as a fun hobby project in 2015, remains the company’s CTO.

  • What math operation order do you use?

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  • Something I haven't seen mentioned yet is how we remember it as either BEDMAS or PEMDAS, but not PEDMAS or BEMDAS. The order of M and D are tied to whether we use the term brackets or parentheses. BEMDAS sounds very wrong to me

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers within weeks

    apnews.com /article/cambodia-cybercrime-phnom-penh-online-fraud-9bbfe6ee970b5a73529f5f820b931e1f
  • Space @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    YSK: NASA has a free guide on how to get into astrophotography with just a smartphone

    assets.science.nasa.gov /content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/a/Astrophotography_Guide.pdf
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    The Incendiary Bomb Never Seen in Israel Before

    www.bellingcat.com /news/2026/03/07/the-incendiary-bomb-never-seen-in-israel-before/
  • pics @lemmy.world
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    APOD: 2026 February 27 - Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula

  • Data is Beautiful @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Visual explanation of the chaos around women's clothing sizes

    pudding.cool /2026/02/womens-sizing/
  • Space @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon

    www.theguardian.com /science/2026/feb/27/nasa-changes-delays-moon-missions
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse? | BetaKit

    betakit.com /can-canada-find-digital-sovereignty-in-the-fediverse/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse? | BetaKit

    betakit.com /can-canada-find-digital-sovereignty-in-the-fediverse/
  • pics @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Exposed Cranium Nebula - New Webb Telescope photos

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: 'Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era'

    discord.com /press-releases/roost-announces-coop-and-osprey-free-open-source-trust-and-safety-infrastructure-for-the-ai-era
  • Biology @mander.xyz
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    Dinosaur Food: 100 million year old foods we still eat today

    borischerny.com /food/2022/01/17/Dinosaur-food.html
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    7 Toronto police officers charged in ‘organized crime and corruption investigation’: sources

    www.ctvnews.ca /toronto/local/article/several-toronto-police-officers-charged-in-yrp-organized-crime-and-corruption-investigation-sources/
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    xkcd: Groundhog Day Meaning

  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

    notepad-plus-plus.org /news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
  • Lemmy.ca's Main Community @lemmy.ca
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    Featured

    Welcome new users to piefed.ca and lemmy.ca!

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    xkcd: Chemical Formula

  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    isitreallyfoss.com | Where Projects are Evaluated to see if they're as free and open source as advertised

    isitreallyfoss.com
  • World News @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    World News in Brief: Deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Duterte trial update, final hostage remains recovered in Gaza, FAO boosts farming in Haiti

    news.un.org /feed/view/en/story/2026/01/1166834
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

    arstechnica.com /information-technology/2026/01/odd-anomaly-caused-microsofts-network-to-mishandle-example-com-traffic/
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Diet Buddies - Litterbox Comics