This free app turns your MacBook’s trackpad into a makeshift scale.
Is it a good idea to keep your MacBook in the kitchen while you’re baking? Probably not, but it’s still good to know that developer Kris Shah has created a simple macOS app that can turn your Apple laptop’s trackpad into a makeshift scale, as spotted by Lifehacker.
Track Weight, available for free on GitHub, does require you to keep one finger resting on the trackpad to use it which is a bit inconvenient, but it’s surprisingly accurate
You Can Use Your Mac's Trackpad As a Scale (but You Probably Shouldn't)
Practical? No. Neat? Yes.Justin Pot (Lifehacker)
Lukashenko identifies shortcomings in Belarus’ foreign trade, urges ‘tactical flexibility’
Specific instructions were given to the transport sector. “The EU closed its market to our carriers? Now we must deliver the same goods much farther - toBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Ukraine’s Parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft watchdogs following backlash
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill presented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that restores the independence ofBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates
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A Proper Computer For a Dollar?
When a tipster came to us with the line “One dollar BASIC computer”, it intrigued us enough to have a good look at [Stan6314]’s TinyBasRV computer. It’s a small PCB …read more
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A Proper Computer For A Dollar?
When a tipster came to us with the line “One dollar BASIC computer”, it intrigued us enough to have a good look at [Stan6314]’s TinyBasRV computer. It’s a small PCB that for…Hackaday
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Protesters deliver coffin to GOP congressman’s front door in mock funeral procession, wild video shows July 31, 2025 "More than two dozen protesters were captured on video last week delivering a faux coffin and flowers to the Wisconsin home of Hous…kolektiva.social
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m1=66.4 m2=41.4 m3=12.7 (solar masses)
v1x=-1.696 v1y=-4.744 v2x=2.869 v2y=6.27 v3x=-0.345 v3y=-5.836 (km/s)
x1=17.0 y1=-31.0 x2=33.0 y2=25.0 x3=33.0 y3=2.0 (AU from center)
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnia: Verdict against separatist leader Dodik confirmed – loss of office
ARCHIVE - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during a press conference. Photo: Darko Vojinovic/AP/dpa/Archive photoBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Watch out, it's going to get a little breezy.
UK weather: Storm Floris set to batter country with ‘unseasonably strong’ 85mph winds, Met Office warns
Yellow weather warnings for wind have been issued across most of the country on Monday and TuesdayTom Watling (The Independent)
If you’re a creative, artistic type who’s always wanted to make a game, visual novel, or interactive art piece, you’ll want to catch next week’s Tampa Bay Python meetup at Embarc Collective, where I’ll show you Ren’py, a friendly Python-powered framework for creating apps for desktop, web, and mobile platforms like the one pictured below!
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The best, most fun Python Platform you’ve never heard of!
Python’s occupied the number one spot on the [TIOBE Programming Community Index](https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/) for the past couple of years, and it’sMeetup
“Quando i diritti di una persona vengono negati, vengono calpestati i diritti di tutti e una società di individui resi inermi è destinata al fallimento.”
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Russia, 22 anni di carcere per aver aiutato i rifugiati ucraini – MicroMega
Questa la condanna inflitta all'attivista russa Nadezhda Rossinskaya per la sua opera di volontariato.Micromega
Microsoft Needs to Make Affordable 5G Surface Laptops a Reality
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Microsoft Needs to Make Affordable 5G Surface Laptops a Reality
People other than rich execs need quality cellular connectivity built into laptops too.Kyle Barr (Gizmodo)
bne IntelliNews – Serbia accused of supporting violent groups to suppress protests
Serbia is experiencing a sharp decline in civic freedoms amid a crackdown on student-led protests, according to a report released on July 30 by CIVICUS, aBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Anything they didn't like used to be called communism.
Still is. They've called Nancy Pelosi a communist. Gavin Newsom. Teachers. Union organizers. LGBTQ activists.
But if they can call us all terrorists too, it makes it much easier to justify terrorizing communities, organizers, jailing them, deporting them and/or killing them, as they're doing today. As they did under COINTELLPRO. During the McCarthy and Palmer Red Scares.
And this isn't really new. They called the Irish miners in Pennsylvania Molly Maguire terrorists back in the 1870s. The first English language use of the word "terrorist" was most likely during the French Revolution, when they called the Jacobins terrorists. In the 1800s, anarchists, communists, labor leaders, those fighting for national sovereignty were all dubbed terrorists.
they had to switch terms because calling everything you don't like "communist" has a certain anti-Semitic dogwhistle flavour to it, and you wouldn't want that while doing extremely anti-Semitic things and abusing the term "anti-Semitic", people might notice what you're doing!
but the barbarians are trying to breach the gates again...
PSV-trainer Peter Bosz is enthousiast over de metamorfose van zijn elftal
PSV is klaar voor het nieuwe seizoen, dat zondag begint met de strijd om de Johan Cruijff Schaal. Het vertrek van een compleet elftal aan spelers en de komst van een trits nieuwelingen is volgens trainer Peter Bosz alleen maar een goede zaak.Guus Peters (DPG Media)
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