Rustdesk started as an open-source alternative to TeamViewer. Now, it offers more than just remote desktop access, making it handy for casual self-hosting.

With no need for (dyn)DNS, port forwarding, or a VPN, you can get:

• Remote terminal
• File transfer
• Tunneling (similar to SSH port forwarding)
• Remote desktop

I think it’s a solid choice if you have a simple one-server setup.

The Night of Enitharmon's Joy by William Blake (1795)

What signals do you look for? Do you decide based on reason or instinct?

Summary:

• Iberian harvester ant queens (Messor ibericus) mate with males of a different species (Messor structor), store their sperm, and produce males that are genetic clones of M. structor while retaining M. ibericus mitochondrial DNA.

• Queens produce both M. ibericus males (hairy) and M. structor-like males (nearly hairless); all colony workers are female hybrids of the two species.

• Researchers coined the term “xenoparity” for this phenomenon; it challenges traditional species concepts because two distinct species are required for the M. ibericus colony’s reproductive system.

• The relationship appears mutually beneficial—M. ibericus secures workers and spreads M. structor via cloned males—but cloned males may accumulate harmful mutations over time, risking long-term viability.

I'm looking for an app where I can define roads it should not use, in order to avoid some legal to cycle but quite dangerous spots.

The apps I found are either (a) fully manual pathfinding or (b) fully auto pathfinding where I can add additional stops, but not substract dangerous locations.

Do you know any like that? What navigation apps do you use?

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Pretty weird but everyone seems chill about it

From the abstract:

How do protest actions impact public support for social movements? Here we test the claim that extreme protest actions—protest behaviors perceived to be harmful to others, highly disruptive, or both— typically reduce support for social movements. (...) participants indicated less support for social movements that used more extreme protest actions. (...) Negative reactions to extreme protest actions also led participants to support the movement’s central cause less, and these effects were largely independent of individuals’ prior ideology or views on the issue

Taken together with prior research showing that extreme protest actions can be effective for applying pressure to institutions these findings suggest an activist’s dilemma

A notable example is the approach to soft drugs in the Netherlands. Despite being illegal, the public prosecutor has chosen not to enforce the law. To the point that many if not most think they're legal.

This situation presents a complex issue to me: it involves a small group of individuals (the prosecutor's office) effectively deciding to disregard the broader democratic process and the will of the voters. When such things happen, I believe they should be rare, pragmatic and temporary.

What's your view on the matter?