Futurology Today

Just last week GNOME's Nautilus file manager "GNOME Files" made headlines for finally supporting Ctrl+INsert and Shift+Insert while this week there is more activity worth pointing out. Nautilus in GNOME 50 will be loading thumbnail images much faster than in prior versions.

With new thumbnail code merged this week for GNOME Files / Nautilus, the file manager is now making use of improvements in GTK4 and now allowing thumbnails to be loaded asynchronously.

Pil-grahams!

Washington state resident’s backyard flock of domestic poultry had been exposed to wild birds, health officials said

A person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.

The person in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health.

The patient had been in hospital with the disease since early November after developing a high fever, confusion and respiratory problems, health officials said earlier.

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis growing.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/49182958

Soo.. I succumbed to my urge and shorted Nasdaq (was too scared to short Nvidia).

I wished it would go down in breakneck speed, but it has only whimpered so far. Still, it seems to be showing head-and-shoulders / double top pattern, and the pricing looks like it is trailing down.

Indeed, you never know until it truly bursts, though. I wonder what to do with my shorts.

My brain literally compartmentalize languages in different sections of the brain. The English words "mom" and "dad" has never been be used to address my parents, only be used in reference. And in school, my other language never gets activated so... I never has that sort of slip up lols.

I never even knew this was a thing until I read about this online. I don't remember any of my classmates ever doing that either. Maybe its a rare thing lol.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39111789

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

Server officially goes offline tomorrow. Save File will be backed up here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B3vqt1tgBSC4eP3H8pXiUJzpI9DIk61V/view?usp=sharing

Mods Folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IKmFwJ3dPPyO_A2vlJCpIZot_wm_v_LU/view

Big thank you for everyone in this community who participated:

MVP
rustyricotta - Petrochem, Military Science, Blue Science, Rail Standards, Etc

As well as
dfiggletest
Webeggong
TRBoom
Elyviere

The contribution I'm personally most proud of is the Artillery:

Although the discovery that placing Warden Vehicles nearby gives them plenty of self-repair capability is rustyricotta as well.

When I did a test run of the zombie survival mod pack it was actually incredibly difficult, but once the real server launched it was more than enough to have one player eliminate camps while the other worked on production. The Red and Green Sciences very very quickly reached 100 per minute, I did that, although that setup has since been replaced by others by a factorissimo solution to make logistics in the central area easier.

Really glad I held this, happy to see more of you in the future.

In a discovery shaped by more than a decade of steady, incremental effort rather than a dramatic breakthrough, scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and their collaborators demonstrated that great ideas flourish when paired with patience.

Flashback to 2011: a small group of young researchers gathered around an aging optical bench at the NUS Department of Chemistry, watching a faint, flickering glow on a screen. Their goal seemed deceptively simple: make an insulating crystal emit light when electricity flowed through it. The challenge, however, was nearly impossible.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/46694422

A little toilet humor to ruin your day. 😏

Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, has halted its UK projects, claiming "unsustainable" levels of taxation has made any future investments "non-viable".

The company said it had been informed its business rates would increase by some 200% from next year.

It hit out at the government, arguing that the higher costs were "clearly contrary" to ambitions of growing the economy and increasing investment.

The Treasury said it would support firms "hit hardest" by tax hikes and would continue talks with affected industries over such concerns.

note: I'm not arguing either are good/bad or better/worse than each other, I'm just saying that if I buy a 70 dollar multiplayer FPS I expect my bullets to actually work. its been 43 fucking days, DICE, fix your shit.

In the history of studying the proliferation of humanity across the globe, there has long been one question that has stumped researchers: How did the islands of Southeast Asia (ISEA) become so well-inhabited so long ago?

It probably required technological seafaring advancements beyond what was considered likely during the Paleolithic era. But those experts may have a surprising new answer thanks to research that shows the ancient people of the Philippines and ISEA may have mastered seafaring well before anyone else.

Weil der letzte Pfosten nicht so richtig humoristisch war, gibts das dann jetzt so.

Pat Gelsinger has shared the story of how his initials remained on the Intel 386 silicon die, despite them being spotted by the top brass during a pre-production design review session. Creating such inscriptions "was not done," during this era at Intel, remembers Gelsinger. Nevertheless, the legendary true-blue Intel man says he uttered “some complete nonsense about substrate tap configuration experiments” to swerve a comment on the 'PG' silicon markings by the gruff (then-CEO) Andy Grove. The end result is that Pat Gelsinger's initials are etched directly into the silicon of every 386 processor ever made.

The story goes that Gelsinger and his team of fellow architects and engineers were gathered in a conference room poring over “a huge 25x25 foot printout of the [i386] chip, magnified so we could see every little detail.” This was a part of the design review stage of a chip at the time.

During the review session, the team was excited by the arrival of Grove, invited by the youthful (~25) rising star Gelsinger. However, they grew apprehensive as the Intel CEO du jour took some time to review the detailed printout.