Futurology Today

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/a_Ninja_b0y on 2025-01-18 13:37:32+00:00.

Imperial Oil is facing nine charges for allowing millions of litres of contaminated wastewater to leak from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta, and for failing to mitigate the environmental damage.

The Alberta Energy Regulator announced the charges Friday in connection with a berm overflow of industrial wastewater at the company's Kearl mine, about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.

The berm overflow was the second of two significant leaks at the Kearl mine, which put Alberta's regulatory practices in the spotlight and raised questions about transparency in the oilsands. The first of the two incidents went unreported to the public for nine months.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52914691

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to sign a strategic partnership agreement aimed at strengthening military and economic ties.

The Kremlin emphasized the growing Iran-Russia relationship, particularly as both nations face heavy Western sanctions.

Western countries have accused Iran of supplying missiles and drones to Russia for use in Ukraine.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2025-01-18 17:19:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2025-01-18 17:02:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/ConceptsShining on 2025-01-18 16:33:43+00:00.

Inspired by basically the reverse question yesterday. What games do you think had an amazing and highly enticing opening, but became disappointing or uninteresting later on? Games that hit the ground running but struggled greatly to maintain the momentum the full ride.

This is how I felt about Mafia III. At first, I was really interested in the narrative, since they were taking a very different approach (in terms of MC, subject matter and setting) than the first two games, which I thought they did well with. But once the world opened up, the gameplay - with many mandatory tasks rather than just a linear string of narrative missions - made the game a repetitive drag that I couldn't bother finishing. I was always ambivalent to Mafia 1/2 gameplay since I played them many years after playing other open-world games (GTA, Saint's Row etc.), so they had little to show me I hadn't seen before; but the repetition in Mafia III was my breaking point.

ADP is showing this on all hr applications now- I've encountered it a few times and always hesitate before choosing. I don't want my resume to go even further down the vortex and feed an AI model but maybe opting out just eliminates you altogether from consideration.

Have you seen this before? How have you handled it?

[Extracted text from image :

This employer may use an artificial intelligence algorithm to provide an initial comparison of an applicant's education, experience, and skills against the education, experience and skill requirements in the job description. This analysis produces a Profile Relevancy score, which is intended to be one of many factors that a potential employer will review in making its interview decisions; there are no cut off scores and all applications are visible to employers. Read more about how these tools collect, store, and retain information and the results of the most recent impartial evaluations. The Profile Relevancy score for applicants who opt out will be listed as "Not Available."

(Checkbox) I want to opt out from having my resume reviewed by artificial intelligence as part of the application process. ]

Curious to see what they do with the "mouse" function, as well as how well the new Joycon attachment system works (as well as if they have Hall Effect sensors...)

If I understand the article correctly it hasn't been through a final vote. Maybe it's still possible to call the following people and urge them to stop the Laken Riley act.

From the article:

The Democratic senators who backed it include Reps. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.), Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Mark Warner (Va.).

Please call these people and tell them you don't want the Laken Riley act.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/biden-era-amendment-004495

Here's a method I've developed to splice filaments almost to perfection without any tools. It's basically the Teflon tube method for cheapskates who don't want to buy Teflon tubing 🙂

First of all, prepare a 2" x 2" (50mm x 50mm) -ish piece of white paper and a straighten a piece of filament that will serve as a mandrel:

Roll up the paper into a tube around the piece of straightened filament as tight as you can. The hard bit is to start rolling: the paper needs to be really snug against the filament to start with.

Once it's started right, it's easy. Roll it up all the way nice and flat. The bit of filament inside should fit inside the tube with quite a lot of friction if you did it right:

You can also wet it a few times with your tongue and it will stay in one piece without holding it. Ex-smoker's habits die hard 🙂

Cut the ends of the filaments to splice together with a sharp bevel:

Carefully thread the ends into the paper tube so they meet halfway:

They should go in with some force but they should slide smoothly. If you feel any roughness, you've snagged the paper inside and it won't work, so you should start over.

Heat up the center of the tube at 250C to 260C while ramming the filaments into each other firmly, but not so firmly as to collapse the paper tube, until you feel them "go" and melt into one another:

I use a SMD rework station because you can apply heat as much as you want and the paper only browns a bit, even if you overdo it grossly. It takes about 30 seconds for the heat to diffuse through the paper and for the filaments to melt fully. It's doable with a lighter too while pushing the filaments together with one hand, but it's less convenient of course.

Then unwrap the paper: some paper should stay stuck to the splice:

Clean up the splice by running a sharp knife along the splice all around. It's pretty quick, the paper isn't terminally fused to the filament:

Voila: perfect splice!

And here, seen under a microscope:

Chad McTruth's Truth Community for Freeze Peach Patriots

!chadmctruthstruth@lemmy.world

lemmy.world/c/chadmctruthstruth

lots of folks have blocked chad because they didnt understand him so im sharing this on his behalf in case anyone wants to give him a second or third or several more chances

Hey, Threadiverse! I'm looking for informed opinions on database choices.

I can stand up an Internet-facing application and have it use either MySQL or PostgreSQL. Which is the better choice, and why do you think so?

Thanks!

Car giant Volkswagen to wind down production at two factories

China could buy factories for foothold in Germany, says source

Volkswagen open to selling to China buyer, says source

This would help Chinese companies sidestep tariffs, but also to keep some of those jobs, I guess.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20854187

show transcript

Boethiah posts:
[a screenshot of a comment by BrokenHomesSmal…]
"Just put this bread into the oven for the first time. What on earth does "satin-smooth" mean? I am not a painter or a communist, I cannot work in such flowery terms as this. The fascists at the NSA wouldn't allow this - I hope when they read this comment they will immediately take down this wishy-washy recipe and replace it with a concrete scientific methodology that is more suited to the delicate and precise nature of baking." [screenshot ends]
this reads like Disco Elysium dialogue

autismgod replies:
this is like something an NPC says to you at the bakery in the witch alps version of Disco Elysium