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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Even if we agree that everything I listed was predictable all along (which I don't think is fair, I mean there's Israel being an expansionist Apartheid state, and then there's the rest of the civil war proceeding as it did), it doesn't change anything I said. If you're making estimates on Dec 6th you aren't gonna be like 'it will be 1.5 million displaced people assuming the SAA folds without fighting a single battle'. You'll say 'considering the ongoing battles and the potential for further escalation, we estimate up to 1.5 million displaced people at this moment'.
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in reply to CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]

Like I said, I think 1.5 million is the lowest number, my expectation is that the actual number will be much higher.


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Rita Lopees
Adds in their search, i think they are a non-profit company, as they use this money to plant trees
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ora
Sponsored links. They do attempt to maximize privacy and the money generated goes to support environment restoration, but if you draw the line at any money being made that probably doesn't help you.


LibreOffice 24.8.4 released


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in reply to petsoi

I have Debian. Is there a repo I can add that will give me the ability to directly and quickly update it with each release cycle.
in reply to Maroon

Not immediately up-to-date at all times, but I use backports. Looks like they're only a point release behind still. packages.debian.org/bookworm-b…

The only time it gets greeting by a full version is if Debian Stable is really long in the tooth and Backports can't compile something due to a compiler or library being really old or if Backports hasn't been created yet because Stable is young.

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in reply to petsoi

Honest question. In the era of collaborative document editing on browser-based platforms, who is using this software and what are they using it for? I work with documents for my job and it's been literally decades since I used a local standalone word processor.
in reply to JubilantJaguar

I'd say it depends on what you do and how much collaboration with other people is involved. I have always used standalone clients, and I'm not a fan anything web browser based (or cloud in general). I started using LibreCalc instead of Excel for my job a few months ago. Now that I got used to it, I love it. It loads faster, has regex out of the box. Excel has already become quite enshittified, in my opinion.
in reply to wasabi

What you both said are true. It's convenient to load a site and perform tasks to a degree what native clients can, and it's also weird how since more than a decade ago we can't agree on anything and now we are trying to do everything in a web client.
in reply to JubilantJaguar

Yeah, mirroring the other comment here -it's standalone app everytime for me. I'm a bit of a power user, so maybe it's the extra functionality that just can't be handled in a browser which already has 20 other tabs open, but live colab is ... well, just not used that often.

Sure, we'll be tweaking cells in a spreadsheet now & again, but my technical documents are done by one person, then reviewed (comments, track changes, etc) by others for the audit trail.

And I'm just not going to purchase a Microsoft product again.

But I will contribute to Open Source... ODF has done great things.

in reply to JubilantJaguar

I need local font support far, far more often than I need collaborative editing. Plus, call me old, but I don't like storing everything on a server in Virginia for Google to read.
in reply to JubilantJaguar

One single work day of patchy internet can change how you look at this.
in reply to मुक्त

Idunno, that might be approaching "one day of patchy electricity can change how you view computers vs mechanical typewriters". Here people would likely use their mobile internet, especially if the company is paying their phone bill.
in reply to esa

Most computers have sufficuent battery back up to cover "patchy electricity".
in reply to JubilantJaguar

I almost never use it, but if LibreOffice can come in handy a few times a year, why not at least keep it installed?

A lot of stuff is indeed browser based, so I probably spend more time in Firefox than in my code editor and terminal.

But LibreOffice is welcome to live on 0.1% of my disk space!

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in reply to JubilantJaguar

Only Office which is online and collaborative, is based on LibreOffice.
in reply to agelord

Onlyoffice by default comes as standalone local application suite and is not based on LibreOffice.
It looks more modern/intuitive, but is less powerfull and feature rich than LibreOffice.
in reply to JubilantJaguar

I'm using it the same way I'd be using office.

The collaborative document editing doesn't apply to me.

in reply to bruhduh

Probably not because it would need to be an off-the-peg solution with support included for my bosses to even begin to consider it. But I have heard of Collabora and I know it's decent.

More in the running would be a cloud solution from the amazing Framasoft, including Framapad

None of this is to disparage LibreOffice, which apparently offers value to many people and that's great.

in reply to JubilantJaguar

I don't use the Word replacement but I do use Calc (excel replacement). I very often want to run calculations or chart a bit of data and use Calc for that. Yeah I could use Google sheets, but every time I want to use it I have to go get my phone out to MFA. Far easier to just type "calc".

I do not use any other features of LibreOffice.

At work I use the standalone power point and excel. I am not collaborating 99% of the time, and Microsoft Office has mechanisms for collaborating & sharing if I do. Using the browser always feels second class with some options moved or hard to find. Of course YMMV.


in reply to petsoi

I've been running fish from the development branch for about a year, and I'm happy to say that nothing about it feels like it's beta. It's rock-solid (IMO) and my favorite shell 🐟
in reply to trevor (he/they)

Fish is a surprisingly good shell.

It's not POSIX compatible, but I don't really care, it only executes its own scripts / functions. It's not as innovative as elvish or nu, but it kind of does everything very conveniently and shell-y for lack of a better word – and it always seems so simple. It seems conservative in design, but the old concepts have been evolved in a very usable way. Something I can't say for all the other shells I've tried – at some point, it always gets awkward where fish is just elegant.




Superman | Official Teaser Trailer


in reply to TheImpressiveX

They say that escapism media tends to be a response to the particular anxieties of an era. Probably pretty telling that this looks like it's going to be a multi-lateral, consensus-building, hope-inspiring take on Superman.

Truth, Justice, and [what we were sold as children should be] the American Way.

Also, KRYPTO! Dyno-Mutt and Blue Falcon movie when???

in reply to wjrii

Didn't actually watch the trailer to see if they use the old "American Way" slogan, but they changed it a few years back to "Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow" which I quite like
in reply to neoman4426

That is better, even just as a calculated marketing notion. The trailer didn't actually have the slogan, just very traditionally wholesome Superman imagery, stuff like Supes being saved by a happy superdog, taking a big hit to save a child, hanging out on the Smallville porch with Pa Kent, that sort of thing. There are also at least two costumes in the trailer, and one of them is very old-timey with square-cut trunks.

Seems like Gunn has been tasked with channeling the Christopher Reeve movies and rebooting the Justice League (hopefully not entirely in in a single movie again), and doing all of it with more heart than the Snyderverse take on DC. Tall order, but he has shown he knows how to deliver the Superhero goods that the studios want while playing around on the edges enough to keep the formula fresh, so I might actually watch this one.

in reply to wjrii

I think "the American way" is fine if Clark is depicted as someone who's lived in America all his life and loves America, but esp. if you're skipping that origin story (like this movie is), it does feel a bit odd to have an alien from a different planet so focused on the values of just one of the countries of Earth.
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I mostly disagree although I think Lex is miscast. He's not too young, but I think he's too small.


Superman | Official Teaser Trailer


cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/50187096

in reply to poVoq

resort to static linking. As you always should, actually. :-)


Tell us you have no concept of enterprise OSes without using those words. Wow, is this particular statement near-sighted and provincial.

Oh god; it gets worse. This-week's everything, like support and consistency are thrown out the window because supply chain exploits and random new bugs are just the best things ever.

This guy needs to talk to an OS security guy. I used to be one, and I could be one in a pinch, but he really needs to find an adult with a clue about the three goals of build and maybe spend a bit of time on an OS support line to learn why his process is the best way to fuck and or breach your system.

Sorry to rant, but my entire career has been either learning again in/yum-cron
why what this guy says is super irresponsible and/or preventing or then fixing the fallout from following this guy's criminally-bad advice.

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Sex personer i samma familj dömda för bidragsbrott. Södertälje tingsrätt har dömt dem för grova bidragsbrott under åren 2016 – 2020. Påföljderna bestämdes till fängelse.

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tuiplette, a terminal match-three game (Bash)


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23313015

gitlab.com/christosangel/tuipl…

tuiplette is a terminal match-three game, written in Bash.

The aim is to gain points by swapping two adjacent grid cells to create rows or columns of three or more matching cells, which will disappear and allow the above cells to fall and occupy the vacant space.

When there are no moves left, the grid will be refreshed, and the game will continue until all (configured) reshuffles are used. When there are no moves left, and no reshuffles left, the game will end.

If the score is among the 10 best scores achieved, it makes it in the Top Ten Hiscores.

As far as the appearence of the game, by configuring the game accordinly, the user can select the game theme according to their liking.

The user has select theme between letters, numbers, greek, shapes, faces and blocks.

The colors selected are the configured terminal theme colors.



tuiplette, a terminal match-three game (Bash)


gitlab.com/christosangel/tuipl…

tuiplette is a terminal match-three game, written in Bash.

The aim is to gain points by swapping two adjacent grid cells to create rows or columns of three or more matching cells, which will disappear and allow the above cells to fall and occupy the vacant space.

When there are no moves left, the grid will be refreshed, and the game will continue until all (configured) reshuffles are used. When there are no moves left, and no reshuffles left, the game will end.

If the score is among the 10 best scores achieved, it makes it in the Top Ten Hiscores.

As far as the appearence of the game, by configuring the game accordinly, the user can select the game theme according to their liking.

The user has select theme between letters, numbers, greek, shapes, faces and blocks.

The colors selected are the configured terminal theme colors.

in reply to christos

This is one of those intelligence tests from kindergarten.
in reply to infinite_ass

This game was inspired by Bejeweled.

However, somehow I believe your claim.



Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis


Summary

New DNA analysis from ancient bones supports the theory that syphilis originated in the Americas and spread globally through European colonization and the transatlantic slave trade.

Researchers reconstructed genomes of Treponema pallidum bacteria, the cause of syphilis and related diseases, from bones predating Columbus's arrival in the Americas, tracing the bacteria’s common ancestor to about 9,000 years ago.

This suggests syphilis evolved in geographically isolated American populations before European contact.

While significant, researchers acknowledge that unanswered questions mean the origins debate will likely continue.


in reply to Tywèle [she|her]

I've had situations like this with my notebook where it would appear to do nothing from the GUI when clicked. It was because I didn't have power connected, and I think gnome software has since been updated to reflect this.

Assuming you were connected to power, I'm not sure but it may be worth reporting as a bug to gnome-software?



Welcome Matthias Pfefferle as a New Host Talking About the Fediverse


@dothewoo.io, On WPCommunity, 10. Dezember 2024

dothewoo.io/welcome-matthias-p…

In this episode of On WPCommunity, host BobWP introduces Matthias Pfefferle, the creator of the ActivityPub plugin, as a new host with the Do the Woo team.

Matthias shares his journey with the open web, his passion for the Fediverse, and his plans for the upcoming show ‘Open Web Conversations‘ that will explore both WordPress and broader open web topics.

The episode delves into the significance of federated social networks, the synergy between WordPress and the Fediverse, and the potential for future discussions on diverse social networks.

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Småskaligt fiske drabbas hårt av trålfiskeförbudzon. Havs- och vattenmyndigheten har till slut kommit med ett förslag till trålfiskeförbudszon i Östersjön som skickats ut på remiss. Förbudsområdet berör vattnen mellan trålfiskegränsen på 4 sjömil och territorialvattengränsen på 12 sjömil.

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Israel committing ‘acts of genocide’ by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says


Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

In a new report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that since October 2023 – when Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza – Israeli authorities have “deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip”.

in reply to geneva_convenience

They're also just straight murdering entire sections of the population in plain sight of the rest of the world, but sure, the water thing too.
in reply to geneva_convenience

HRW is Hamas. And Amnesty International. And the ICC. And the ICJ. And and and-


Narkotikaliga i Västernorrland avslöjade av Tullverket. Tullverket har avslöjat ett kriminellt nätverk som ägnat sig åt omfattande narkotikasmuggling och försäljning av olika narkotiska preparat i Västernorrland och Västerbotten. Förra veckan åtalades sju personer vid Ångermanlands tingsrätt som misstänkta för bland annat grov narkotikasmuggling och grova narkotikabrott.

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