Aussies to get 3 hours of free energy a day
Ria Pandey, Staff Writer - Yahoo! News
Stephan: While “king” Trump, the Congressional Republicans, and the Trump oligarchs are trying to keep the United States in the prison of carbon energy, other countries are quickly making the transition into an era of renewable, non-polluting energy. This is what is happening in Australia.
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For the innocent bystanders (because I know that I won’t change @bender’s opinion):
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Gemini liked your opinion very much. Here is how it countered:
1. The User Perspective (Untrustworthiness)The criticism of AI as untrustworthy is a problem of misapplication, not capability.
- AI as a Force Multiplier: AI should be treated as a high-speed drafting and brainstorming tool, not an authority. For experts, it offers an immense speed gain, shifting the work from slow manual creation to fast critical editing and verification.
- The Rise of AI Literacy: Users must develop a new skill—AI literacy—to critically evaluate and verify AI’s probabilistic output. This skill, along with improving citation features in AI tools, mitigates the “gaslighting” effect.
The fear of skill loss is based on a misunderstanding of how technology changes the nature of work; it’s skill evolution, not erosion.
- Shifting Focus to High-Level Skills: Just as the calculator shifted focus from manual math to complex problem-solving, AI shifts the focus from writing boilerplate code to architectural design and prompt engineering. It handles repetitive tasks, freeing humans for creative and complex challenges.
- Accessibility and Empowerment: AI serves as a powerful democratizing tool, offering personalized tutoring and automation to people who lack deep expertise. While dependency is a risk, this accessibility empowers a wider segment of the population previously limited by skill barriers.
The legal and technical flaws are issues of governance and ethical practice, not reasons to reject the core technology.
- Need for Better Bot Governance: Destructive scraping is a failure of ethical web behavior and can be solved with better bot identification, rate limits, and protocols (like enhanced
robots.txt). The solution is to demand digital citizenship from AI companies, not to stop AI development.
oss-security - runc container breakouts via procfs writes: CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, and CVE-2025-52881
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LXQt 2.3 Released With Improved Wayland Support
LXQt 2.3 is out today as the newest release of this lightwight, Qt-based desktop environment… ⌘ Read more
The Emissions Gap Report 2025 brings us no news, but unfortunately that means it just confirms the very bad trajectory we keep choosing to take.
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2025
Words fail sometimes, but I think this graphic summarizes well the situation and my current mood.
Open Container Initiative “OCI” Runtime Spec v1.3 Released With FreeBSD Support
The Open Container Initiative unveiled today the OCI Runtime Specification v1.3 update for this standard around operating system process and application containers. This runtime specification continues to evolve for outlining the configuration, execution environment, and lifecycle of a container. Notable with the v1.3 revision is introducing official FreeBSD support… ⌘ Read more
How I Cracked the eJPT Exam in Just 3 Hours with a Score of 85% ⌘ Read more
3 years since finding this little guy in a barn ⌘ Read more
Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark
Article URL: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45792503
Points: 507
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Radxa Launches AICore DX-M1 Edge AI Accelerator with DeepX DX-M1 NPU
After unveiling the AICore AX-M1 earlier this year, Radxa has launched the new AICore DX-M1, a compact M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for energy-efficient inference at the edge. The module is built around the DeepX DX-M1 processor, delivering up to 25 TOPS of INT8 performance within a 3 to 5 W power envelope. […] ⌘ Read more
Deals: AirPods Pro 2 for $170, $100 Off Apple Watch Ultra 3, & More
AirPods Pro 2 are fantastic earbuds and offer advanced features like hearing aid functionality for mild to moderate hearing loss, active noise cancellation, high fidelity sound, water and sweat resistance, Spatial Audio, custom fit, transparency mode, ear detection, a USB-C charging case, and more. AirPods Pro 2 – $170 (down from $249) Apple Watch Ultra … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/01/de … ⌘ Read more
AXC3000 Starter Kit Highlights Altera Agilex 3 FPGA with HyperRAM and MIPI Support
Arrow has introduced the AXC3000 Starter Kit, a compact FPGA development platform featuring the first production device from the Altera Agilex 3 family. Following the Agilex 5 AXE5000 devkit, this board provides a smaller form factor and focuses on low- to mid-range applications that demand efficient compute performance in compact designs. The Altera Agilex 3 […] ⌘ Read more
🥳 Just released Gatherly v0.3.0 🤟 – My instance is available at: https://gatherly.mills.io (free for anyone to use)
My friend’s cat was Dracula for Halloween <3 ⌘ Read more
NATO intercepts third Russian spy plane with transponder off In 3 days ⌘ Read more
feels like i just held her 3 weeks ago, but she’s almost a year old now 🥺 ⌘ Read more
Another top (3 Star) US General Steps Down Following Recent Strikes ⌘ Read more
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Cool. I think I've improved this abit. Update going out shortly... Also added optional support for displaying gravatar(s) if you supply your email address (optional of course).
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@prologic@twtxt.net Yep, that’s heaps better, ta! <3
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There are no really good GUI toolkits for Linux, are there?
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Don’t you worry, this was meant as a joke. :-D
There was a time when I thought that Swing was actually really good. But having done some Qt/KDE later, I realized how much better that was. That were the late KDE 3 and early KDE 4 days, though. Not sure how it is today. But back then it felt Trolltech and the KDE folks put a hell lot more thought into their stuff. I was pleasantly surprised how natural it appeared and all the bits played together. Sure, there were the odd ends, but the overall design was a lot better in my opinion.
To be fair, I never used it from C++, always the Python bindings, which were considerably more comfortable (just alone the possibility to specify most attributes right away as kwargs in the constructor instead of calling tons of setters). And QtJambi, the Java binding, was also relatively nice. I never did a real project though, just played around with the latter.
How did the Windows 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base?
After the release of Windows 95, with its brand new and incredibly influential graphical user interface, it was only a matter of time before this new taskbar, Start menu, and everything else would make its way to Microsoft’s other operating system line, Windows NT. The development of Windows 95 more or less lined up with that of Windows NT 3.5, but it wouldn’t be unt … ⌘ Read more
China’s Zhuque-3 reusable rocket passes key milestone
The Chinese company LandSpace continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reusable launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy. They achieved their first milestone in January 2024 with a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) using their VTVL-1 test vehicle at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in northern China. By September, the company conducted a second VTVL test where the prototype hovered for over 200 … ⌘ Read more
Radxa Rolls Out Dragon Q6A Featuring Qualcomm QCS6490, 12 TOPS NPU, and 6th-Gen AI Engine
Radxa has rolled out the Dragon Q6A, a compact single-board computer built on Qualcomm’s QCS6490 octa-core platform. Designed for industrial, IoT, and edge computing environments, the board combines high-performance CPU and GPU cores with integrated AI acceleration, multiple display interfaces, and flexible storage options. Similar to the RUBIK Pi 3, the Dragon Q6A in … ⌘ Read more
I finally took a closer look at OpenRouter today, added some credits, and used it with the Kilo Code VS Code extension to vibe code (or at least guide the LLM to code) a bit on the wedding website I’m building for next year. I used the Grok Code Fast 1 model most of the time. Furthermore, I also switched this blog’s AI plugins to use Mistral Small 3.2 for summary generation and image caption generation. ⌘ Read more
The most infuriating 3 seconds of using this Mac every day are the first time I run man and it calls home to see if I’m allowed to do that.
1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025
About one-third of U.S. nonprofit service providers experienced a disruption in their government funding in the first half of 2025. ⌘ Read more
Zelenskyy wants to use frozen Russian assets to manufacture long‑range weapons up to 3,000 km ⌘ Read more
Trump’s Unprecedented Actions Deepen Asymmetric Divides
, - Public Religion Research Institute
_Stephan: As we saw last Saturday, over seven million Americans turned out in protest of the fascist coup being carried out by dictator Trump, his docile Republican congress members, and authorized by the fascist Supreme Court majority. We are getting there, but research shows that to end authoritarian coups, 3.5% of the population must turn out repeatedly in nonviolent d … ⌘ Read more
VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT
Article URL: https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-sdk-released/1011988
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45678549
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How plant-fungi friendships may change in the face of warming soil and rising CO₂ levels
Just as the human body contains a multitude of symbiotic microbial companions, most plant species also live alongside microbial friends. Among these companions are mycorrhizal fungi, which help plants gather water and nutrients—particularly nitrogen—from the soil. In exchange, plants provide mycorrhizal fungi with an average of 3% to 13% of the carbon they pull from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and so … ⌘ Read more
Silicon Labs SixG301 Series 3 SoCs Target Zigbee, Matter, and Thread Development
Silicon Labs has announced general availability of its new Series 3 platform, debuting with the SiMG301 and SiBG301 wireless SoCs. Built on a 22 nm process, the Series 3 family targets compute-intensive IoT applications that require higher security, integrated connectivity, and support for modern 2.4 GHz wireless protocols. Series 3 introduces a multi-core architecture that […] ⌘ Read more
The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world
David Robson, Reporter - BBC (U.K.)
_Stephan: I have been telling you since Trump became President for the second time, and began his fascist coup, assisted by the loyal incompetents he appointed to his administration, and the Republican Party at the state and Congressional level, that the only thing that will change this is millions of Americans nonviolently demonstrating. I hope you were one of the people o … ⌘ Read more
Create Your Own AI Voice Agent Using EchoKit, ESP32, and Rust
Step-by-step tutorial for EchoKit, a DIY AI voice agent (fully open source) I’ve been working on.
🔹 Hardware: An easy-to-assemble ESP32-S3 board (EchoKit). 🔹 Server: A high-performance server built entirely in Rust to manage the ASR -> LLM -> TTS pipeline. 🔹 AI Models: Fully customizable, using Groq’s APIs (Whisper, Llama 3, PlayAI-TTS) in the guide for near-instant responses.
This project is perfect for:
Developers wantin … ⌘ Read more
Orange Pi Previews Compact SBC with Eight-Core Allwinner A733 SoC
Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications. It integrates an octa-core Allwinner A733 processor, a 3 TOPS NPU, and supports up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, combining AI acceleration with a wide range of expansion interfaces. This SBC features the same SoC found […] ⌘ Read more
Mathieu Pasquet: slixmpp v1.12
This version is out mostly to provide a stable version with compatibility with the newly released Python 3.14, there are nonetheless a few new things on top.
Thanks to all contributors for this release!
Fixes- Bug in MUC self-ping ( XEP-0410) that would create a traceback in some uses
- Bug in SIMS ( XEP-0447) where all media would be marked as inline
- Python 3.14 breakage
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Zelenskyy: Russia has used over 3,270 drones and nearly 50 missiles against Ukraine this week ⌘ Read more
Please tell me I don’t need this cat because I have 3 already ⌘ Read more
Lexical differential highlighting instead of syntax highlighting
Recently there is a lot of discussion around syntax highlighting ( 1, 2, 3), which reminds me of this old post I read a while ago.
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After taking most of the year off from role-playing, I’ve got 3 one-shots coming up in the next month, all of which need some tweaking before I can run them (as do my homebrew rules).
Plus there’s a “build a game” code challenge at work, a pair of media boxes I need to rebuild, a pair of dead machines I need to diagnose, and I’d like to (eventually) get my twtxt apps to a “releasable” state.
So many projects, so little (free) time…
Microsoft Adding AI Facial Recognition, “You can only turn off 3 times a year.”
Al Notepad, Al Paint, Al Excel, Al Word, Al GitHub… ⌘ Read more
CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024
The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening ⌘ Read more
Old Blue Workbench adds a ton of improvements to your old Amiga
Are you still using your Amiga with the 1.3 version of Kickstart, but would you prefer an updated version of Workbench with a long list of additional features, improvements, and other niceties? Old Blue Workbench is a Workbench replacement for Amigas running Kickstart 1.3 written by Mats Eirik Hansen. It adds a ton of features and improvements, such as enhanced menus in the Workbench 2.0 style, improved w … ⌘ Read more