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on nostr here)
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.
BOINC on Lemmy !boinc@sopuli.xyz donate your computing power to science ( sopuli.xyz )
A community for people using the BOINC platform to donate their CPU/GPU power towards scientific research. BOINC is used for medical research, finding asteroids, and even by the Large Hadron Collider. Join us in our quest to answer all the questions! !boinc
To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer ( www.theguardian.com )
US culture is an incubator of ‘extrinsic values’. Nobody embodies them like the Republican frontrunner...
The main feature i would like to see on Lemmy
Im pretty satisfied with Lemmy, but one thing i wish you could do is browse instances. Like i wish there was a way i could almost emulate being on my programming.dev account and see all that instances communities while im logged into this account. Afaik theres no easy way to do that without visiting some aggregator website. It...
Nostr vs Mastodon and why I'm using both
Nostr and Mastodon have both positioned themselves as "twitter alternatives" and both offer some degree of federation. I have done quite a bit of reading and testing with both and am writing this in case you are curious about which one may work best for you....
Cool campaign to encourage Bitcoin adoption ( voteforbetter.money )
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NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says ( www.reuters.com ) Portuguese
NSA Director Paul Nakasone confirmed such purchases in his letter to Wyden, saying the data collected "may include information associated with electronic devices being used outside - and, in certain cases, inside - the United States."
What's with all the tech layoffs? ( infosec.pub )
Every day there’s more big job cuts at tech and games companies. I’ve not seen anything explaining why they all seam to be at once like this. Is it coincidence or is there something driving all the job cuts?
Linux Mint 21.3: Empowering tech-savvy Moms with the Perfect Desktop Experience ( ameliaslyfe.wordpress.com )
As a tech-savvy mom, managing work, household responsibilities, and personal commitments can be overwhelming. Having access to a reliable and user-friendly operating system is vital in ensuring a smooth experience…
What was the last time you clicked on an ad?
I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again....
"Must Try" distros and DEs?
Hey folks! I'm getting a fresh laptop for the first time in about a decade (Framework 16) in a couple of months and am looking forward to doing some low-level tinkering both on the OS and hardware. I'm planning to convert into a "cyberdeck" with quick-release hinges for the screen since I usually use an HMD, built-in breadboard,...
NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payments to the Eurozone ( taler.net )
A bit hyperbole headline, but good to hear that GNU Taler got some NGI funding.
OBS Studio 30 Released with Support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, and AV1 on Linux ( 9to5linux.com )
Codagenix announces promising findings for intranasal COVID vaccine ( www.cidrap.umn.edu )
ATLAS (LHC) achieves highest-energy detection of quantum entanglement ( atlas.cern )
"This is the first-ever observation of entanglement between a pair of quarks and the highest-energy measurement of entanglement. Apart from the fundamental interest of testing quantum entanglement in a new environment, this measurement paves the way to use the LHC as a laboratory to study quantum information and other...
Virginia, other US states back Montana in TikTok ban -court filing ( www.reuters.com )
Sept 18 (Reuters) - A group of 18 state attorneys general said on Monday they backed Montana's effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a U.S. judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the Jan. 1 effective date.
What's something that's not common knowledge but you think everyone should know? ( kbin.social )
Specifically thinking of stuff that make your life better in the long run but all kinds of answers are welcome!...
I made a lemmy community specifically about scientific computing ( lemmy.ml )
If you are interested in the topic, come on over...