Engineers in China used an ancient sword-making technique to overcome a modern manufacturing problem.
They needed to create a massive steel bearing for a tunnel boring machine, but preventing uneven cooling and weakening of the steel during manufacturing was a challenge. They adopted the clay-covering method used in making the ancient "Sword of Goujian" to ensure uniform temperature change during the quenching process.
A cargo bike with a low price and pedals so low they scrape the ground
A budget offering with a torque sensor (good!) and a whole lot of issues (not good).
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/a…
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NEW: Details of people's therapy sessions—including reports, video and audio recordings—have been exposed by a healthcare company.
These included people mentioning sexual abuse and highly sensitive subjects. The exposed database has now been closed down
wired.com/story/confidant-heal… #cybersecurity #privacy #news #technology
Mars News
The Mastcam team of the Curiosity rover is hoping to capture a special celestial event above the Martian skyline as one of Mars’ moons, Phobos, will be in conjunction with Earth on the evening of this Martian day. So everyone look up, and smile for the camera!
science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-429…
#Mars #Phobos #Earth #Curiosity #rover #Sol4295 #news #Astronomy #Astrodon #space #science #STEM
Debian Developers Figuring Out Plan For Removing More Unmaintained Packages
phoronix.com/news/Debian-Debat…
Discussions: discu.eu/q/phoronix.com/news/D…
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PeerTube admins, if you're looking for high quality video accounts to federate to your server, here's a list thread to get you started:
➡️ social.growyourown.services/@F…
(Ignore the "livestreaming" section though, they are OwnCast accounts and don't have any recordings.)
A French court just ruled that a #GreenOA policy at the UNantes violated French law on #AcademicFreedom.
actualitte.com/article/119068/…
Here's Google's English translation.
actualitte-com.translate.goog/…
It may be relevant that the requirement to deposit in an #OpenAccess repository was "accompanied by the integration of these deposits into the evaluation [#assessment] criteria for researchers and allocations to laboratories."
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Thanks. I hadn't seen it and just tagged it for the Open Access Tracking Project (#oatp, @oatp).
Mein Kubuntu Theme Alba auf dem Tuxedo Book mit dem neusten Werk von Udo Lindenberg
Ich liebe es und das in Verbindung mit meinem Fairphone 4 mit e/OS ein mehr als gutes Gefühl.
#DailyDesktop
#ShareYourDesktop
#UnixPorn
#Kubuntu 24.04 LTS
#gnulinux #Linux #udolindenberg #kunst #opensource #kubuntu #libreoffice #digitaleselbstbestimmung #fairphone4 #murena #e/OS
Hey folks, a reminder that August 1 I was laid off after 4 years with my employer.
I’m an experienced python developer (web, backend, and data processing) with many years working remotely for companies in the US and Europe.
I have the most experience working with web, backend and data systems, and would love to work in #civictech or another domain with more purpose than mere #Capitalism.
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#mootDACH #Community #FediCampus #LMS #OpenSource
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