kbal

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A member of the Irish parliament says the country should make high-visibility jackets compulsory for all pedestrians and bicyclists in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] kbal@fedia.io 50 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Pedestrians will need to pass an annual inspection to make sure they have the proper high-vis gear, flame resistant clothing, and signal lights.

Canada dropped the Digital Services Tax because of dairy supply management in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] kbal@fedia.io 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Perhaps the prime minister could take a moment out of his busy schedule to tell us what the fuck he was thinking if it's anything other than "we're absolutely desperate to make a deal and have no choice but to give them whatever they want."

Do you ever revise your upvotes for a particular sub-thread/conversant when you get the sense they are either bad-faith or do not have sufficient knowledge to justify their participation or comments? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

brb I'm just going to take a few minutes to go through my records and see if any of my recent upvotes need revising in light of your latest comment.

peanut butter actually works better than cheese and is cheaper in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
No really, why are groceries so expensive now? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] kbal@fedia.io 49 points 1 week ago

In Canada I assume the vast majority of the increase goes to corporate profits because that's what our economy seems designed to maximise, but it's also worth noting that world food prices are back up to levels not seen since the 1970s: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

Linux suffers from a lot of unaddressed security problems. in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] kbal@fedia.io 14 points 1 week ago

Worst of all, root access is often granted to humans — a species known to be vulnerable to the most idiotic phishing scams you could imagine.

Which Distros Are Doing Best Currently? in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] kbal@fedia.io 43 points 1 week ago

Debian is still the best at being Debian. I rate it the least likely to give me any unpleasant surprises.

What to do with too many raspberries and strawberries? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah making jam is quite easy. Basically just add some sugar and pectin and put it on the stove until it's jam.

Otherwise, put them in the freezer.

Wine 10.11 Makes More Preparations For NTSYNC Support in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] kbal@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's nice to have ntsync, I've been using it for a few weeks. Knowing that the thread sync api is solid means one less thing to worry about when debugging modded skyrim.

Employees at Palantir probably don't like the idea of having their personal data harvested. But they are quite enthusiastic about collecting yours. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I assume they do sometimes have feelings but it's pretty hard to imagine how people who'd agree to work for Palantir would feel about literally anything other than being highly paid which they presumably enjoy.

Why is "no Zionism" the #2 rule for a community concerning Europe? in c/europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

If there's a sign saying "do not feed the alligators" you can guess that it's probably because they had a problem with too many people feeding the alligators. There's no reason to ask if that means it's okay to feed the crocodiles.

Why is "no Zionism" the #2 rule for a community concerning Europe? in c/europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] kbal@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

For a serious answer I suppose you'd need to read several books about the history of Israel and its relationship with Europe, the semiotic position of the term Zionism in contemporary political discourse, and methodologies for dealing with problematic topics in online communities.

But in short I'd say that the more evil is done in the name of Zionism, the more the name itself becomes perceived as synonymous with it, and there's a lot of that going on these days.

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I have cut my hair. It was a little bit overdue. (fedia.io)
 

I have cut my hair. It was a little bit overdue.

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Cyberastrology: The theory that if you know the exact network conditions at the time someone first connected to the Internet, such as ping times to the major servers of the cyberzodiac, you can (fedia.io)
 

Cyberastrology: The theory that if you know the exact network conditions at the time someone first connected to the Internet, such as ping times to the major servers of the cyberzodiac, you can predict their future.

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Joint Call for the Withdrawal of Bill C-2 (pencanada.ca)
 

PEN Canada joins 39 organizations and 132 individuals in a joint letter demanding a complete withdrawal of Bill C-2. The following letter was sent this week to Canadian authorities…

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Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries (citizenlab.ca)
 

On June 3, 2025, the Canadian government tabled Bill C-2, omnibus legislation that, if passed, would introduce a wide array of new federal agency and law enforcement powers, and would significantly reform substantive and due process laws in Canada for migrants and asylum seekers. Our preliminary analysis of Bill C-2 situates the legislation within the context of existing research by the Citizen Lab about two potential data-sharing treaties that are most relevant to the new proposed powers being introduced in Bill C-2: the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention (2AP) and the CLOUD Act. Both of which carry significant constitutional and human rights risks.

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My thumb is itchy. (fedia.io)
 

My thumb is itchy.

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30 years ago somebody told me their opinion about "Changes" but I didn't know what Changes was. I just remembered to look it up, and according to Wikipedia it could've been any of about 50 things. (fedia.io)
 

30 years ago somebody told me their opinion about "Changes" but I didn't know what Changes was. I just remembered to look it up, and according to Wikipedia it could've been any of about 50 things.

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Browsers should probably just stop sending user-agent header at all, ideally. (fedia.io)
 

Browsers should probably just stop sending user-agent header at all, ideally.

If anyone else was wondering why some websites and the "Alternate Player for Twitch.tv" extension stopped working in the latest Librewolf update, it's because they changed the userAgent string from Firefox to LibreWolf and way too much shitty code is confused by it looking like firefox but then not being firefox.

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I am enjoying the Oblivion remaster except for one thing: Lockpicking. I was good at the old Oblivion lock picking. There was a clear audio cue, I have good ears I guess, and it was both easy and (fedia.io)
 

I am enjoying the Oblivion remaster except for one thing: Lockpicking. I was good at the old Oblivion lock picking. There was a clear audio cue, I have good ears I guess, and it was both easy and satisfying. Many found it impossible, but I had the gift.

In the remaster they've removed that audio cue and now there is only the visual motion of the tumblers to react to. I do not have fast eyes, only fast ears as it turns out. I am bad at the new lockpicking. Curse your laziness, anonymous Virtuos programmer who chose to take that shortcut.

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Bat Appreciation Day: Protecting the Flying Mammals (www.trvst.world)
 

Wishing a happy International Bat Appreciation Day to all who celebrate.

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Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii (www.reuters.com)
 

They're talking about closing the main support office for the Mauna Loa Observatory — which is "recognised as the birthplace of global carbon dioxide monitoring and maintains the world's longest record of measurements of atmospheric CO2."

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a new Community Shaders version appears (www.nexusmods.com)
 

Changelog once again didn't make it to nexus but it looks fairly substantial.

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More carbon dioxide in oceans could harm carbon-eating microbes (www.science.org)
 

The carbon dioxide (CO2) spewing from human activities is not only changing Earth’s atmosphere, it’s also rapidly acidifying the planet’s oceans. In 50 years, that acidification could reduce the oceans’ ability to absorb CO2 by 10% as it takes a toll on phytoplankton

... Nevertheless, it’s still too early to conclude that the projected declines in phytoplankton will inevitably reduce CO2 uptake by the world’s oceans, Church and others caution. It’s still possible the declines could be offset by higher plankton growth rates at high latitudes and other global processes involved in carbon cycling. However, Church says, “It certainly doesn’t help.”

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