Futurology Today

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28018658

Qt 6.9 is here! This release brings exciting innovations, enhanced graphics performance, and new platform capabilities to help you build exceptional applications.

Highlighted improvements in Qt 6.9 include:

• Qt Graphs: Interactive 2D panning, zooming, and dynamic 3D graph injection. Printing support now available!
• Qt Quick: GPU-accelerated SVG animations and Variable Rate Shading for improved graphics performance.
• Qt Quick Controls: New context menu support enhances desktop integration and user experience.
• XR Enhancements: Haptic feedback added for creating richter immersive virtual interactions.

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llrmvwhri62r

Germany’s centre-Right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD), which are holding coalition talks, have proposed a law that will block people with multiple extremism convictions from standing in elections.

https://archive.ph/yNQwE

Outdated lightning safety advice is making the rounds again, prompting experts to speak up about what actually keeps you safe in a storm.

If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however, that the position doesn’t make you any safer.

“If you’re caught outside during a thunderstorm, the best plan of action is to move as fast as you can to a safer place,” John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the NLSC, said in a statement released by Loehr Lightning Protection Co. “The sooner you get to a safe place, the lower your risk. Crouching only prolongs the risk of being struck,” explained Jensenius.

The crouch isn’t just outdated—it was debunked almost 20 years ago. But despite the fact that the NLSC and the National Weather Service stopped recommending the crouch in 2008, institutions such as the American Hiking Society and the city of Bellmead in Texas continue to include it in their lightning safety guidelines.

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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/Keavon on 2025-04-03 03:04:51+00:00.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41325747

geteilt von: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41324008

I have one of those shown and never knew that they can make my devices go boom...

Any other things that may cause a surprise bonfire in my cable drawer?

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60263799

Europe's most famous technology law, the GDPR, is next on the hit list as the European Union pushes ahead with its regulatory killing spree to slash laws it reckons are weighing down its businesses.

The European Commission plans to present a proposal to cut back the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, in the next couple of weeks. Slashing regulation is a key focus for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as part of an attempt to make businesses in Europe more competitive with rivals in the United States, China and elsewhere.

I am using an RoG Ally and was using Bazzite. I'm currently back on Windows (for warranty purpose. I literally can't stand the Windows experience on handhelds). Once I get my device back, I have to decide between SteamOS and Bazzite.

I saw the latest SteamOS release works quite well, except for voltage control (I know you can control it using SimpleTDPcontrol).

If I want to tinker, I can always go back to Bazzite. But Bazzite has some very minor issues (screenshot does not work OOTB/gyro support is slightly cumbersome as you need to switch controller type/no fingerprint support). I have used it for 6 months and the experience for gaming has been fantastic. The Bazzite devs have all my support.

So my question is will we ever get a proper signal from Valve saying "Yup, it's now fully compatible with the RoG Ally". Right now, i'm getting the message "We are slowly adding support for the Ally. Only features x,y and z are not working".

Are any of you Bazzite users thinking of jumping ship?

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Zodiac72826 on 2025-04-03 19:59:15+00:00.

This is probably super mild compared to most things posted here, but I just remembered it and it made me laugh so here goes.

When I was in high school, far longer ago than I care to admit, I was a bagger at a local grocery store. One of the policies of the store was that we had to offer to help everyone take their groceries out to their car. Anytime someone elderly, or someone with a lot of bags, came through the line, I would offer to help, and many of them accepted. There were a lot of parents with kids that turned down the help because they would make their clones help instead. I quickly learned who was going to accept the offer and who wasn't, so if they fit the criteria for not being interested in help, I didn't bother to ask. They always refused, so why keep asking?

Well, one day my manager is hovering while I'm bagging, and a lady bought a carton of eggs and a loaf of bread. I smiled and wished her a nice day, handing her the single, featherweight bag, and she smiled and returned the greeting, and was on her way. My manager noticed I didn't offer to help her out and scolded me, and I just pointed out she had one partially filled bag that was super light, so probably wouldn't have needed help. He emphasized it was the store policy and I need to offer help to EVERYONE.

The next guy in the line was definitely a gym rat. A foot taller than me, biceps as big as my head, a tight tank top and basketball shorts. It's been so long I can't remember what he bought but it occupied a single bag, and wasn't heavy. I double bagged it, still in front of my hovering manager, and said "Sir would you like me to help you carry all of your groceries out to your car?"

He laughed, saw I wasn't also laughing, and his expression changed to utter confusion. He looked at me like I'd just asked him what shampoo he used on his armpit hair. It was 95% confusion, 5% suspicion at what game I could be playing with him. He looked at my manager with a new look that said "Is this kid okay?" then turned back to me, still chuckling a little bit in confusion, and said "Uhh, nah man I think I got it...." He took his bag of protein powder and eggs or whatever it actually was and walked out, shaking his head.

I looked at my manager and shrugged. His expression read as "Yeah, alright, fine." And he went back to the office. He never hovered or enforced the policy again after that.

Like I said, super mild and short compared to a lot of posts on here but it was my first case of malicious compliance so hopefully you guys got a laugh out of it as well.

Ideally from a reputable brand, and in a compact form factor (something the size of a smallish flash drive, no big antenna sticking out)

I was gonna get the TP Link Archer T3U, but the driver developer left a README note saying there's no guarantee it will work in USB 3.0 mode, and I don't want to gamble on buying it to find out

Couldnt be arsed to read it but it sounds chapo mindset

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Optifnolinalgebdirec on 2025-04-04 01:05:58+00:00.

YTD on S&P 500 is -7%