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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Blazefury74 on 2025-01-17 12:23:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Swifty404 on 2025-01-17 12:05:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/BedOld5377 on 2025-01-17 11:37:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/shadow_bos on 2025-01-17 09:29:51+00:00.

Summary

Germany's government approved a proposal allowing the military to shoot down drones over critical infrastructure as a last resort.

The move responds to rising sightings of suspicious drones, particularly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with concerns over espionage and sabotage.

Recent incidents include up to 10 drones spotted over Bavaria's Manching air base, raising security fears.

Previously, the military could only force drones to land, redirect, or issue warnings.

(I apologize if this is not the right community for the question described in the post title.)

My problem with setting up Mollysocket is that my knowledge and competence with such things is very limited (I have MSc in natural sciences) so the instructions on their Github repo are not clear enough for me to resolve the issues I've faced. I have a strong passion for these though, and there are still lots of things I do understand.

However, none of the three alternative methods to install Mollysocket worked. First I tried using crates.io, but hit the wall when trying to perform "cargo install mollysocket" because it ended up giving a feature error which I couldn't pass regardless the given instructions of using nightly version and enabling such unstable feature (+ I've no idea where to find Cargo.toml file).

So next I tried the precompiled version, but then the issue was that I couldn't start mollysocket via systemctl. Troubleshooting by myself was impossible because I couldn't find anything from the search engines related to this.

And the Docker option, well, I think I understood everything until the step where I should generate VAPID key. I copy-pasted the given command from their Github, but this results in a error that such command does not exist.

The instructions given on their Github are, in my opinion, not so beginner friendly, thus I would be very grateful to those who could help with this.

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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/eaglemaxie on 2025-01-17 12:15:43+00:00.

Summary

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) clashed during a House Oversight Committee hearing, with Mace asking if Crockett wanted to “take it outside.”

The dispute began over Crockett’s call to reinstate a civil rights subcommittee, disbanded by Republicans in 2023.

Mace criticized Democrats and referenced anti-trans legislation, prompting Crockett to accuse her of exploiting the issue for campaign fundraising.

The spat escalated to social media, where Crockett labeled Mace an "attention seeking loser."

Mace later clarified she only sought a private discussion, not a physical altercation.

In most mammals, including humans, red hair is caused by mutations in one cell surface protein, Mc1r, that determines whether skin cells called melanocytes produce a dark pigment or a lighter red-yellow pigment in skin or hair... But the gene encoding Mc1r didn’t seem explain where cats’ orange fur came from. It isn’t located on the X chromosome in cats or any other species—and most orange cats don’t have Mc1r mutations.

... [the scientists] didn’t find any mutations in the DNA that encodes the Arhgap36 protein. Instead, they found the orange cats were missing a nearby stretch of DNA that didn’t affect the protein’s amino acid components but might be involved in regulating how much of it the cell produced. Scanning a database of 188 cat genomes, Barsh’s team found every single orange, calico, and tortoiseshell cat had the exact same mutation... A separate study, also posted to bioRxiv this month, confirms these findings... Moreover Arhgap36 genes in mice, cats, and humans acquire chemical modifications that silence them on one of the two X chromosomes in females, Sasaki’s team documented, suggesting the gene is subject to X inactivation.

No one previously knew Arhgap36 could affect skin or hair coloration—it is involved in many aspects of embryonic development, and major mutations that affect its function throughout the body would probably kill the animal, Barsh says. But because the deletion mutation appears to only affect Arhgap36 function in melanocytes, cats with the mutation are not only healthy, but also cute.

I'm surprised I didn't catch this news when i came out two months ago. Not mentioning the fact that no one knew how orange fur in cats worked, this is also curious gene regulatory mechanism (deletion of an intronic region in an otherwise critical developmental gene)...

The two associated manuscripts, both are on bioRxiv and are not yet peer-reviewed:

• A deletion at the X-linked ARHGAP36 gene locus is associated with the orange coloration of tortoiseshell and calico cats Hidehiro Toh, Wan Kin Au Yeung, Motoko Unoki, Yuki Matsumoto, Yuka Miki, Yumiko Matsumura, Yoshihiro Baba, Takashi Sado, Yasukazu Nakamura, Miho Matsuda, Hiroyuki Sasaki bioRxiv 2024.11.19.624036; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.19.624036
• Molecular and genetic characterization of sex-linked orange coat color in the domestic cat Christopher B. Kaelin, Kelly A. McGowan, Joshaya C. Trotman, Donald C. Koroma, Victor A. David, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond, Emily C. Graff, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel, Elena Oancea, Gregory S. Barsh bioRxiv 2024.11.21.624608; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.21.624608

requirements:

• quick to erect
• cheap materials
• hard to move

If you live in Eu, you can also sign this one. Every signature is important!

"It’s a time of uncertainty and devastation and happiness at the same time. Mixed feelings."

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250117035442/https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/five-journalists-in-gaza-reflect

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Summary

North Korean soldiers supporting Russia in its war with Ukraine are reportedly using suicide tactics to avoid capture, as seen in a recent incident where a soldier detonated a grenade during a Ukrainian operation.

Ukraine claims North Korea has deployed 11,000 troops, with over 3,000 killed or injured.

Defectors and analysts suggest these soldiers are brainwashed into sacrificing themselves for Kim Jong Un and fear being labeled traitors if captured.

Kyiv has offered to exchange captured North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held in Russia.

Experts warn this deployment may enhance North Korea's future military capabilities.

Is that cheesy guitar riff where you get a bunch of cat pics flying at you. Change my mind.

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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/Adventurous-Clue-344 on 2025-01-17 04:03:43+00:00.

I use my phone to clock in and out of work and it died today and i was able to clock out on my steam deck. Never once thought my steam deck would be useful at work aside from entertainment.

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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/Material-Jaguar-4280 on 2025-01-17 02:55:05+00:00.