Good to see another fellow Quake 2 enjoyer.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 153 points 1 month ago

... Nicusor Dan came out as president.

Okay, that's it. I'm tired of hiding it. I'm going to come out as Prime Minister to my family.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@lemmy.world

I'm been trying to expanding to my scientific literacy and that has involved looking at articles in scientific journals; i.e. the peer-reviewed literature. However, not all journals are trust-worthy. I would like to believe that academic search engines like Google Scholar would filter out "junk science" articles that I can't rely on that always happening. So how do I spot "predatory" or "pseudo-journals"?

Sometimes, it's quite obvious: "Answers Research Journal" makes it clear that they exist for creationist confirmation bias. This, however, isn't always the case.

I also can't always rely on a publication's reputation. In that oh-so famous example, Andrew Wakefield exploited The Lancet's venerable reputation to publish a fraudulent study with consequences that still reverberate to this day.

Thanks in advance.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago

That trauma is not an identity and if I want to grow as a person I have to resolve that trauma and let go of the past.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

Boob politics. We truly live in a society.

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I really wish that I was born early so I've could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?

I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.

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[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago

From the article:

The commerce secretary added on X that he and Treasury secretary Scott Bessent “sat with the President while he wrote one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency”

Next time I'm feeling down, I'll just remember that someone felt the need to post on Xitter that he helped Trump write down his best posts on some shit social.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

While it sucks that FOSS projects will have their funding sapped, let's remember why the open source model is used in the first place: it can't be bought. If it goes down, someone will just fork the last known repository and have it up and running again.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, Nintendo! Please paywall my nostalgia of the very first game console I ever played! Charge me an exorbitant price during an economic crisis to satisfy my childlike need to regress to a time before I understood what money was!

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm using yay -S cmake to install. This is the output it returns:

cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst failed to download error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.constant.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.constant.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pseudoform.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.lty.me : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.lty.me : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from iad.mirrors.misaka.one : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from iad.mirrors.misaka.one : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.thaller.ws : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.thaller.ws : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from america.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.wtnet.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.wtnet.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arlm.tyzoid.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arlm.tyzoid.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from phinau.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from phinau.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.hu.fo : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.hu.fo : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.chaoticum.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.chaoticum.net warning: fatal error from mirror.chaoticum.net, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror1.octyl.net : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror1.octyl.net : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.jensgutermuth.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.jensgutermuth.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.hackingand.coffee : Could not resolve host: mirror.hackingand.coffee warning: fatal error from mirror.hackingand.coffee, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.zachlge.org : Could not resolve host: arch.mirror.zachlge.org warning: fatal error from arch.mirror.zachlge.org, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.arizona.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.arizona.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.mikrogravitation.org : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.mikrogravitation.org : Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.lug.mtu.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.lug.mtu.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.bethselamin.de : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.23m.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.23m.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 warning: too many errors from mirror.moson.org, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.ubrco.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.ubrco.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.niyawe.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.niyawe.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 warning: failed to retrieve some files error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. -> error installing repo packages

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Fixed with sudo pacman -Syu

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Nuclear always comes up when discussing the energy transition but renewables seem to be a much more popular consideration. Can nuclear energy help us towards a greener future or is it a long dead dream?

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[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 months ago

Enshittification is the end result of putting profits above everything. There's a reason why XJ Cherokees are still running today despite being over 40 years old. Their internals were so simple that even the most mechanically illiterate could work on it with basic tools from the hardware store. Something like that wouldn't be make it past the pitch meeting today.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 3 months ago

They should call it EUROS.

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It's only a proof of concept at the moment and I don't know if it will see mass adoption but it's a step in the right direction to ending reliance on US-based Big Tech.

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I've never done any sort of home networking or self-hosting of any kind but thanks to Jellyfin and Mastodon I've become interested in the idea. As I understand it, physical servers ("bare metal" correct?) are PCs intended for data storing and hosting services instead of being used as a daily driver like my desktop. From my (admittedly) limited research, dedicated servers are a bit expensive. However, it seems that you can convert an old PC and even laptop into a server (examples here and here). But should I use that or are there dedicated servers at "affordable" price points. Since is this is first experience with self-hosting, which would be a better route to take?

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 3 months ago

... alongside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia.

Historically, Tiwana said, the US has been “considered the beacon of democracy and defense of fundamental freedoms”

What a fall from grace. Il Duce would've been glad.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 months ago

Apple: The Gucci of the tech world.

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