Explainer: How hotter oceans can fuel more intense Atlantic hurricanes
Explainer: How hotter oceans can fuel more intense Atlantic hurricanes - Carbon Brief
Record-breaking sea temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico have been a key ingredient behind some intense hurricanes devastating the region this year.Ayesha Tandon (Carbon Brief)
Earth’s wildlife populations have disappeared at a ‘catastrophic’ rate in the past half-century, new analysis says.
Earth’s wildlife populations have disappeared at a ‘catastrophic’ rate in the past half-century, new analysis says
The Living Planet Index tracks thousands of vertebrate species globally and found the worst declines were in Latin America and the Caribbean.Frances Vinall (The Washington Post)
Burkina Faso to build partnership with Russia outside of just weapon trade
Burkina Faso to build partnership with Russia outside of just weapon trade
Burkina Faso reaffirms the countrys commitment to partnering with Russia, expressing dissatisfaction with past Western partnershipsBusiness Insider Africa
UK to return Chagos Islands — but secretive US base will remain
UK to return Chagos Islands — but secretive US base will remain
For Diego Garcia, sovereignty takes a backseat to unwavering pursuit of American primacySam Bull (Responsible Statecraft)
Kubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Released
The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 24.10 has been released, featuring the new and beautiful KDE Plasma 6.1 simple by default, powerful when needed.
Codenamed “Oracular Oriole”, Kubuntu 24.10 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 6.11 based kernel, KDE Frameworks 5.116 and 6.6.0, KDE Plasma 6.1 and many updated KDE gear applications.
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Romania has used the flag since 1866, which appeared for the first time in its current form in Wallachia.
It was officially in use from 1866 until 1948, when it was superseded by the flag of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Chad began to use its present flag in 1960, after it achieved independence from France. When Chad adopted its flag, Romania's flag also included an emblem in the middle of the flag on top of the tricolour.
However, in 1989 Romania's government was overthrown and the insignia was removed, reverting Romania's flag to the prewar version which matched the one which had been adopted by Chad in the meantime.
Chad and Romania have different flags. The blue is different
You can clearly see that the flag in the image is the Chad flag
I recall donationware being claimed to only provide a trickle amount - usually due to people being greedy and wanting to keep as much money as possible. Perhaps that was just that one person, but it's still unreliable income source for the Dos shareware era.
Asking for donations doesn't even solve the symptom of important software needing a team to scrounge funding. No publicly-important infrastructure should require begging.
While Linux can’t mix page sizes between processes, it can virtualize another Arm Linux kernel with a different page size. So we run games inside a tiny virtual machine using muvm, passing through devices like the GPU and game controllers. The hardware is happy because the system is 16K, the game is happy because the virtual machine is 4K
Insane work, holy shit
Dozens of countries on brink of famine, new data show
Dozens of countries on brink of famine, new data shows
In 2012, member states of the UN pledged that they would work to eliminate global hunger by 2030Mick Clifford (IrishExaminer.com)
Toronto’s new Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton slams Doug Ford over Science Centre closure
Toronto’s new Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton slams Doug Ford over Science Centre closure
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton slammed Doug Ford’s Science Centre decisions in a new CBC interview.Kevin Jiang (Toronto Star)
Widespread condemnation of Pakistan government’s ban on PTM
Widespread condemnation of Pakistan government’s ban on PTM : Peoples Dispatch
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and its leaders have faced repeated attacks from the successive governments in Pakistan for standing against the military’s role in enforced disappearances and human rights violations.Abdul Rahman (Peoples Dispatch)
Academic bars: The latest social scene for Chinese urban ‘elites’
Urban elites across China flock to ‘academic bars’
Academic bars are transforming China’s nightlife, blending intellectual discourse with casual socializing.Juliette Duveau (Jing Daily)
Huawei just built a $1.4 billion chip center as it faces U.S. sanctions. The Shanghai-based research and development center will have almost 30,000 employees.
Huawei just built a $1.4 billion chip center as it faces U.S. sanctions
The Shanghai-based research and development center will have almost 30,000 employeesBritney Nguyen (Quartz)
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1225458
Powered by the latest Linux 6.11 kernel series, Ubuntu 24.10 features the latest and greatest GNOME 47 desktop environment for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor with additional patches for Mutter and GNOME Shell to enhance stability and performance. In addition, the Ubuntu Dock now visualizes Snap refreshes and includes better handling for PWAs installed via the Chromium Snap.
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Under the hood, Ubuntu 24.10 comes with an updated toolchain that includes GCC 14.2, GNU Binutils 2.43.1, GNU C Library 2.40, LLVM 19, Rust 1.80, Go 1.23, OpenSSL 3.3, systemd 256.5, Netplan 1.1, and .NET 8. The Ubuntu Desktop installer was also updated with support for local file paths for autoinstall import.
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Ubuntu 24.10 will be supported for only nine months, until July 2025. If you’re looking for long-term support, you should download and install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), which is supported until at least 2029.
Official Website: Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole)
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and other changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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in reply to NightOwl • • •But the traded it to the US for a 10% off nukes IOU voucher! Did they ever get their discounted nukes? What about all the displaced people they shafted?
Behind the Bastards: Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise
Behind the Bastards: Part Two: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise