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His daughter, son-in-law, and the defense minister were also killed, as they were all in his residence at the time. If he decided to stay for ideological reasons, they would not ha…

Every year at around this time there is a lot of linux related content in tech media. It's a slow moving evergreen topic perfect for a scheduled release while the author is on holi…

Most reputable CS courses will have one or two math subjects (often called "Discrete Mathematics" or some variation). Does anyone have any advice on tackling subjects like these fo…

I read the timelines of people who only use twitter. Local journalists and people who talk about about specific issues.

I read the timelines of people who only use twitter. Local journalists and people who talk about about specific issues.

I think he's trying to generate engagement on X through controversy. The recent change to search, which now shows posts from people you've blocked (with no options to turn it off) …

If you want to use hardware acceleration in Emby you have to pay for "Emby Premiere". Jellyfin, not having tiered versions, provides this for free. This is obviously useful in gene…

I don't think they are blocking based on browser. They are probably on another push. I'm getting "Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service" on lastest Firefox and uBO. I'm in…

So is Iran just going to be the default bogeyman until they drum up enough negative sentiment for a war? Iran doesn't really have any military projection. It can't even move equipm…

There are some efforts being made on the styling front by a W3C Community Group: https://open-ui.org/

He will never leave Israel again. He is 75 and doesn't have many years ahead of him anyway. At some point soon he will either be voted out or kicked out through regular knessent ma…

Trump is a fuck-you vote from the economic losers of globalisation. They know he won't do anything for them, but they also know the other side won't either. All the pearl clutching…

The author of this paper recently won an ig nobel award for this research. Here is an interesting interview with him: https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing..…

This mess has shown that you don't need an age limit for the presidency? He was going to lose the election exactly because of his perceived cognitive decline related to his age. Th…

> Basically stopped working until they fired me. Out of interest how long does that take at google? Where i work it could take a year, and even then they might "promote you out".

They just don't care enough and think they can get away with it. It's thuggish behavior. They would rather the ICC didn't exist, the UN didn't exist, the Palestinians didn't exist.…

Graduate level jobs still require you to have recently graduated from something. In my field that means "a degree in computer science or equivalent". It's still the path of least r…

The end of every decade of your life feels this way. It's how we measure lifespans. "By the time you reach 30 you should.." vs "By the time you reach 33.3 you should.."

Sure. But even if you want to hire at about 1 women per 4 men you would need to actively do so. I.E. create a hiring policy in which she would be selected instead of one of the oth…

If you have 5 equally good candidates, 4 men and 1 woman that woman has a 1/5 chance of being selected. The others also have a 1/5 chance as individuals but the candidate selected …

Most applicants for a desirable position are likely to come from the majority group of your region. So for a minority candidate to be selected they would not only have to be equal …

Yi Yi (2000) https://letterboxd.com/film/yi-yi/ It features a middle-class family living in Taipei. Each of them at different stages of life. There is no central drama except that …

perhaps the goal is to cause general distrust and chaos rather than back a particular candidate. Biden hasn't pulled back from the trade war either. Reading a supporter describe Bi…

Some point soon the major distros are going to make Wayland the default and the Linux desktop will be "mostly working if you stick to certain apps" for a little bit. There is no fa…