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Detecting real video as fake seems problematic where it might lead to apathy -- folks just don't believe any video anymore. Similar to Trump's "everything is fake news" approach

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This is so dumb that I totally beleive it

Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy estimated Russia had devoted 60% of its time and resources into building the first defensive line and only 20% each into the second and third lines because Moscow had not expected Ukrainian forces to get through.

The hubris is shocking

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I'm surpsied (but obviously shouldn't be) that that many potential users would instantly bounce off Firefox instead of changing the default search engine.

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I'd completely forgotten this happened. Wild stuff.

A hacker group with connections to China maintained unnoticed access to the computer network of the Eindhoven-based chip manufacturer NXP for over two years.

Ooooof

At least the front didn't fall off

On Saturday night, flood water from a burst river bank poured into the underpass, quickly trapping people in their cars and commuters on a bus.

Ya that's nightmare material

You may find this article helpful in why it still matters:

“My country’s emissions are so negligible, it doesn’t matter what we do. It won’t make a difference”. It’s true: the emissions of many countries in the world are completely dwarfed by a few big players. We see this in the chart below. But there are several reasons why rich countries with ‘negligible’ emissions need to step up to the challenge. What they do does matter.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahritchie/p/small-emitters

Individual actions, while inconsequential, can help signal the market ( eg demand for ev infrastructure) and can add up when combined with federal regulations.

I think it's trying to say that the gasoline cars have no fuel in them when transported (thus less fire risk) versus the batteries which can still burn when "empty" (which I doubt they are)

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I always understood tire deg to be microplastic/rubber not pm2.5. Brutal for the ecosystem around roadways and water bodies. Ultimately adding to the micro plastic pollution globally.

I don't understand what this provides. They already make it so you don't have to give out credit card info. Is it just to avoid bank fees in some way? Avoid banking regulation?

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Nope. I'm a new convert and I love it. Laptop monitor to the left of the big landscape for random screens. It's fantastic

The q&a is super interesting, strongly recommend reading past the headline here

It's used heavily in Elden ring and was my exposure to the word

But are they worse than Microsoft's?

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European regulators gave the deal the go-ahead in May, so Microsoft could now technically close without the UK and without an injunction in the US preventing it. That’s a complicated scenario though, so we’ll likely see Microsoft and Activision Blizzard temporarily extend their merger agreement to cover the CMA appeal process instead

It’s not clear to me what “without the UK” means?

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It happens on device before your carrier. So you don't have to pay for voicemail. Big unexpected surprise for me (as I don't have vm). Otherwise it's on the fly and instant. Thought I wouldn't care but sending unknow callers there is slick.

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In the US the library of Congress has a video game preservation effort

https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/09/yes-the-library-of-congress-has-video-games-an-interview-with-david-gibson/

Library of Congress staff discussed its video game collection, the process of making a preservation copy of the data for long-term storage, the unique description challenges for video games and possible access solutions.

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8772/

It’ll also search the fediverse

In Canada. Yes they do. See my comment here: https://lemmy.world/comment/4958540

Super impressed so far

It's just an editorialization of https://www.rawstory.com/google-twitter/

I have, just many moons ago. I'll take another read. Very pertinent

Which book is this from?

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The number of reported infections has nearly tripled in the two weeks since the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the outbreak, which appears to be linked to Malichita or Rudy brand cantaloupes.

US and Canada

Yes. Often an add on. In Canada, it's especially the case with koodo (telus' "discount" brand) or lum (sasktel's).

E.g., https://www.koodomobile.com/en/rate-plans

Pick 1 FREE Perk (available in Self Serve) Premium Voicemail Unlimited International SMS (from Canada) Rollover Data

Where the roll over data is the much better choice that would hurt to give up for roll over data

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