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    FBI reveals there's video to prove Jeffrey Epstein killed himself

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  • Imo the header is misleading a bit. "reveals" implies they actually showed the video but they only claim that there exists such video.

  • European Credit Card and digital euro is coming, end 2025

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  • The European Central Bank has been working on this for many years. The current crisis is not the cause but may significantly speed up resources dedicated and raise urgency of the process.

    It's been some time since I read thru the proposals of the European Central Bank. But a digital euro isn't just a replacement for a credit card system. It's a difference system altogether where transactions are directly cleared with the central bank (or a certified agent) online.

  • Donald Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'

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  • Why Germans put up with snail-speed internet

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  • Ultimately it's because of corruption. When chancellor Kohl was incumbent it was clear that fibre optics is the future. He instead pushed for the technically inferior alternative of cable internet to satisfy his business buddies.

    That being said, Germany's not only lagging behind in connectivity but in digital infrastructure in general. Many businesses and especially the administration are still stuck in the previous century. Plus there's a considerable lack of IT knowhow (and herhaps interest) in the general populace. Travellers from countries like Estonia or Finland must feel like having traveled back into the past 20 years.

    I'm still using a fax machine to send messages to the local government cause they can't properly handle email yet, lol. Called the hospital the other day due to some info missing on their website. Had a very confusing convo with their staff cause the lady genuinely didn't understand the difference between a website, a browser, Google and a search bar widget and kept confounding them. That's where we are at 🤷🏽.

  • Safe professions

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  • Sure, a skilled human is still better at the job. But you don't always need to capture every nuance. And AI does it at the fraction of the cost.

    I see this with lots of German product descriptions on big store fronts like Amazon. They often seem entirely machine translated. It's not great, but "good enough" and serviceable.

    Machine translation also increasingly shifts the process from the sender of the message to the recipient. It used to be that the web page of a Vietnamese company was inaccessible if you didn't speak Vietnamese or they specifically had an English version. Nowadays a visitor can choose to get the entire site translated automatically (by the browser, for instance). Is it as good as the translation by an expert? Of course not. But it costs the company nothing at all and the visitor a negligible amount. And it works for a plethora of languages.

    That's another (invisible) way that the world needs less and less translators. I wrote this post in English but for all I know someone could be reading it in French or Bengali. No further input required from my side.

  • Almost as annoying as the windows evangelists

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  • Yeah, when I need to inspect lots of images I just open the folder in gwenview.

    For peeking at a single picture or two through you can hold down control and click/hover on the filename when using Konsole. Love that feature. You can even listen to .wav files this way.

  • Turtle (robot)

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  • I know how to draw a circle in GIMP, anon!

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  • If you need it precise and adjustable use 2 layers and concentrate them with the alignment tool.

  • Using the Steam Deck docked has been a dreadful experience for me. Is it just me going wrong?

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  • Using the official dock? Most of my problems were solved by updating the firmware. That does NOT happen automatically via the regular Steam Decker updates btw, need to trigger it yourself.

  • I released a fully open-source album of Game Boy music [link in body]

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  • Always thought of the noise channel giving the Gameboy a unique character among low bit rate music. Glad to see you make use of it (I like Thunderking arena for instance).

  • global watershed map

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  • It's the predominant direction of the wind.

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    GIMP 3.0 Release Planned for 2025-03-16

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  • So if I understand non-destructive editing correctly GIMP will store a sequence of transformation instructions (basically 1 for each undo/redo operation) rather than overwriting the actual pixels each time? Ie no matter how much editing you do, the original input data is always preserved?

  • global watershed map

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  • Wikipedia says:

    The Simpson Desert is an erg that contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes.

    parallel dunes

    I'm guessing this part of the map uses the actual surface topography, ie how precipitation would run off through the troughs of the dunes, rather than the underlying aquifer structure. Hmmm 🧐.

  • Map Enthusiasts @sopuli.xyz
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    global watershed map

  • The Flower Woman

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  • Don't remembered the context. Stumbled on upon this picture on a blog some time ago and saved it.

  • Accidental Renaissance @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The Flower Woman

  • Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, on International Women’s Day, 2025

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  • Amazing picture. Having a scientist as a leader is a rare thing and very much welcome.

  • Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice

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  • new Pokémon just dropped?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL the black scales of gaboon vipers are super hydrophobic. Water running off washes away any dirt on them too. Dirt will thus only stick to light scales leaving their camouflage pattern intact.

  • Official page on the new EPA.gov, alleging that Biden gave $2 billion in "gold bars" to Stacey Abrams's group, linking to press coverage from some hilariously chosen press

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  • The Washington Examiner:

    In the Wednesday video, Zeldin accused the Biden administration of rushing out these funds and said they should remain under the control of the government.

    He referred to the funds several times as “gold bars,” referencing a December 2024 video put out by the conservative group Project Veritas in which a former EPA employee told an undercover member of the group that the administration was attempting to distribute as much of the promised funds as possible before President Joe Biden left office.

    So it's just someone using a metaphor. And shoddy journalism. Wrapping gold bars in quotes does not exculpate anyone from shoddy journalism.

  • Largest party by electoral district in the German federal election

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  • Please note that in Germany you get 2 votes in the federal election. 1st is for a candidate to directly represent your district, 2nd is for a party nation wide. The map only shows the election result for the 2nd vote.

    Here's another map to show the party affiliation of winners of the 1st vote:

    Colors are the same, except blue. Blue represents CSU, essentially the Bavarian version of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union).

  • TIL of a boy in Pakistan that would stab himself with knives to entertain others. Researchers found he carried a rare gene mutation that prevents pain nerves to transmit their signals to the brain.

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  • It's a valid question. I originally read about it in a physical book, then wrote the (misconstrued) headline from memory before finding a digital source that people could click on. I've corrected it now.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL of a boy in Pakistan that would stab himself with knives to entertain others. Researchers found he carried a rare gene mutation that prevents pain nerves to transmit their signals to the brain.

    www.npr.org /2006/12/13/6620733/newly-found-gene-mutation-banishes-pain
  • Films Frames - Every Frame is a Painting @lemmy.world
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    Lethal Weapon, Richard Donner (1987)

  • Films Frames - Every Frame is a Painting @lemmy.world
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    Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Sammo Hung (1980)

  • Films Frames - Every Frame is a Painting @lemmy.world
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    The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin (1940)

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    my drier's manual references animals to convey how the machine should sound during ordinary operation

  • The Legend of Zelda @lemmy.world
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    ¿Anyone else found it bullshit how the only thing that actually matters is whoever touches the triforce first?

  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
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    Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    What's your take on the situation, stork? What's that? Can't hear you...

  • Films Frames - Every Frame is a Painting @lemmy.world
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    Heart of Glass, Werner Herzog, 1976

  • cozyplaces @lemmy.world
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    abandoned fisher hut near Staryi Solotvyn, Ukraine

  • Software Gore @lemmy.world
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    had to rescue data via a live USB boot. turns out the USB image got corrupted too

    imgur.com /kki4xPS
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
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    the official dock is never quite plug & play when it comes to an external display (DVI)

  • AbandonedPorn @reddthat.com
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    Loew's Kings theater, Brooklyn, NY

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    seriously, it's the one thing keeping the web usable

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL about Titivillus a medieval demon that would feed on misspellings, mispronounced syllables and mumbled words. He was considered a natural enemy and tempter of scribes.

    blog.lostartpress.com /2021/01/17/my-old-nemesis-titivillus/
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
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    ¿Why does Discover (the software installation manager) occasionally offer me downgrades to lower version numbers in the updates section?