China Watchers See Parallels in American Politics : State of the World from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/1239865409/china-watchers-see-parallels-in-american-politics?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Need a hopeful story? 22 students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, 4 years ago, set out to "really inspire people and the market and society to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable future. What we’re trying to do is to show people and show companies what’s already possible.”
So they made a #solarpunk campervan fully equipped with living essentials including a double bed, sofa, kitchen area and a bathroom with a shower, sink and toilet. It can fit two people, who can drive, cook breakfast and watch television using just the vehicle’s solar-charged battery.
Then they took it on a tour of Europe driving 1,200 miles without stopping for fuel or plugging in to charge. cnn.com/travel/article/stella-…
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Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean Big tech can decide whether US authorities have access to your personal info, like location data.
Meanwhile, Europeans are starting to see US data services as “no longer safe”
Here's a resource collection of non-US services, and more:
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The long history of Russia's broken promises to Ukraine : Consider This from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/1239865416/the-long-history-of-russias-broken-promises-to-ukraine?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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*Hmm, textbook Clayton Christensen here
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Google Hasn’t Figured This One Thing Out Yet. - John Battelle - Medium
Two years ago I wrote a series of posts exploring the business model and interface implications of generative AI-based search. At the time, it was not clear how Google would respond to the…John Battelle (Medium)
*Falling to knees and screaming* "What am I playing Badminton for??!?"
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Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead
The more Americans isolate themselves from people in the other political party, the more stereotypes take over. In turn, that pushes people to isolate even more.The Conversation
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The rise of Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich
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For the First Time, Alabama Says Methane ‘Likely’ Caused Fatal Home Explosion Above Coal Mine - Inside Climate News
State officials have ordered tighter monitoring of methane gas above coal mines in the state after a slap on the wrist from federal officials. Will it be enough to mitigate the risks?Inside Climate News
Why the Trump administration is targeting a Venezuelan gang
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5334672/why-the-trump-administration-is-targeting-a-venezuelan-gang?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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It’s #Friday folks!
…what the…what the…
It’s Friday?
Last time I was here it was only Monday…
Where did that week go?
We’ll deal with that later.
In the meantime have the best #weekend you can.
You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees
And don’t be a Nazi.
Here’s one I made earlier
A bee not a Nazi!😊
#meme #memes #60s #TV #retro #drinking #singer #booze #player
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Tamino's new album reflects the loss and change of a move across the ocean
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5172875/taminos-new-album-reflects-the-loss-and-change-of-a-move-across-the-ocean?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I prefer a formal language to describe “contracts” in the type system and static analysis.
BUT, I think it would also be funny to use embeddings to find out what a function does just reading its declaration.
For instance
void x_destroy(struct X * p)
What this functions does?
I will try do to that for fun.
Europe goes it alone on Ukraine defense
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5334530/europe-goes-it-alone-on-ukraine-defense?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What we know about Elon Musk's visit to the Pentagon on Friday
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Let's dry some aliexpress nylon filament.
No idea if it is PA6 or PA12, but whatevs.
It's been drying about 5h already, but I could clearly hear the steam crackling when I tried it this morning, so I assume it needs a really good drying.
Took me a frew tries, and printbed glue, but it seems to be printing now.
I think using the 0,8mm nozzle is not the best for this kind of detailed work, but I don't want to change nozzles until I get the 0,6mm one.
But why go all the way to print it in nylon? so I can dessicate the beads back again inside the same container.
McNeese Cowboys upset the Clemson Tigers, starting a March Madness Cinderella story
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336297/mcneese-cowboys-upset-the-clemson-tigers-starting-a-march-madness-cinderella-story?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Homeland Security makes cuts to civil rights and immigration oversight offices
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336738/homeland-security-rif-cuts-dhs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Took another crack at using FreeCAD today, now that it's officially 1.0. To its credit, it hasn't segfaulted on me once yet, which is improvement.
It still does a lot of surprising things with no user feedback, particularly around removing constraints when it decides things are redundant (and doing so incorrectly). You really have to understand its mental model, without a lot of help, which I don't think is a good property in a UI.
But, I have designed a part, and hope to try printing it later this week!
There is something to be said for not including some hidden lines for clarity, but generally, it’s a good idea to show them always.
Most of the rest is including centerlines and trying to keep dimensions off of the object.
It took me a second to realize it was first-angle projection…
I can’t remember if there’s a way to turn off tangent edges in FreeCAD, but that would help too.
Happy to answer any questions. There are certainly different ways to dimension things.
@josyb A good reference:
gdandtbasics.com/using-centerl…
Center lines indicate circular or cylindrical features, even if no dimension uses the center line.
Centerlines on Engineering Drawings and how they should be used correctly | GD&T Basics
Centerlines - everyone thinks they understand centerlines on Engineering Drawings, but you'd be surprised the level of confusion around this concept.www.gdandtbasics.com
I’ll admit that I don’t usually do any drawings for things I design in FreeCAD because they are generally going right to the 3D printer. I should learn more about how it works.
On the flip side, I do drawings in SolidWorks nearly every day at work because the things I design there are going to a machine shop or welding shop.
I am from the states, and I do find myself catching the first angle projection in catalogs from everywhere else. Have to be careful!
Some flights will resume after fire shut down London's Heathrow Airport
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What's the ideal age to reach a life milestone? Many Americans say it depends
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/g-s1-55154/life-milestone-pew-study-retirement-home-ownership-americans?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Painting by Winston Churchill sells for more than $1 million
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5334690/painting-by-winston-churchill-sells-for-more-than-1-million?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Since a single case last week, at least 9 more have been reported with more pending.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/03…
Can we just change how we measure GDP? : Planet Money
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/1239865438/change-gross-domestic-product-gdp?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I have been investigating Discord alternatives for a while. If you want to self-host and like frugal software, IRC is the way to go. If you like federation so that multiple people can host the same channels, ngircd is what I use. For users who don’t like IRC clients, I recommend you install The Lounge. If you use it with accounts, users can upload images, too.
If you need voice chats, use mumble. If you need video, I am hoping to give Galène a try.
All the other solutions I saw need a lot more resources (subdomains, docker images, separate database servers and so on).
Judge questions White House push to deport alleged gang members under Alien Enemies Act
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5335613/judge-questions-white-house-push-to-deport-alleged-gang-members-under-alien-enemies-act?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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RFK jr is a lawyer. He is dictating science to scientists during a bird flu outbreak.
Other countries should close their borders to the USA. We have turned ourselves into disease-spreading vermin.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/03…
Bird flu continues to spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA
Vacancies in a key office of pandemic preparedness raise concern.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
'Moments of Freedom' depict the lives of people recently released from prison
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Mandatory evacuation order issued for parts of Polk County as NC crews battle 600-acre fires, burn ban issued statewide
Polk County Emergency Management on Friday afternoon issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents of the Piney Gate area.Nathaniel Puente (WCNC)
Hurricane Helene hit and FEMA responded.
On wait, that hurricane struck before the election. /s
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