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    | Raddle
    Всю жизнь меня окружали одни и те же стены. Родной город, милый и знакомый до каждой трещинки на асфальте, стал для меня тесной клеткой. Я просыпался под один и тот же звон будильника, шел одной и той же дорогой на работу, где видел одни и те же лица. Внутри зрело тихое, но настойчивое чувство: долж [...]
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    Prince Andrew will be stripped of all titles & become Andrew Mountbatten Windsor "Prince Andrew will be stripped of all his royal titles and will leave Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace has said. He will no longer be known as Prince Andrew and will instead be called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.""In a st [...]
    | Tildes
    Link URL: https://deadline.com/2025/10/why-disney-ditched-doctor-bbc-1236601181/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tv/1qzx/why_disney_ditched_doctor_who Votes: 4 Comments: 0
    | Tildes
    Recently, I discovered a desire to play some small, easy-to-pick-up, not-demanding-on-hardware video games with short gameplay sessions that also require some skill to master. Many years ago, I played a few games that I liked very much. But now their online lobbies are dead, so [...]
    | MetaFilter
    In Miami I was holed up in a near-empty high-rise, across from a suburban shopping mall, splitting a single Dale's Pale Ale so my husband could return to his studies promptly and unimpaired. More nights than I care to admit, I'd sit on our beige Berber carpet, hold my knees tight, and sob. Lonelines [...]
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    Researchers studying the Jorō spider recruited volunteers to get bitten [Journal of Medical Entomology] The Jorō spider is invasive to the southern US, and although big and colourful is largely harmless to humans [previously]. Researchers from Southern Adventist University, Clemson University, and U [...]
    | MetaFilter
    Two short, ambivalent scifi stories about literary gatekeepers, generative AI, and audience reactions. "Silicon Hearts" by Adrian Tchaikovsky, on the business of selling stories, was published in 2023, part of an anthology of "human musings on the intersection of art and AI". "Not one story placed a [...]
    | MetaFilter
    What's the difference between a long walk and a hike?I was curious and couldn't figure it out myself and then discovered that this is something a lot of people have opinions on. What is a long walk - reddit walking Hiking - Wikipedia Walking, hiking or trekking? - Bald Hiker Walking vs Hiking - [...]
    | The Daily WTF
    Everyone's got workplace woes. The clueless manager; the disruptive coworker; the cube walls that loom ever higher as the years pass, trapping whatever's left of your soul. But sometimes, Satan really leaves his mark on a joint. I worked Tech Support there. You may remember The C-Level Ticket. I'm [...]
    | The Daily WTF
    Way back in 1964, people were starting to recgonize that computers were going to have a large impact on the world. There was not, at the time, very much prepackaged software, which meant if you were going to use a computer to do work, you were likely going to have to write your own programs. The too [...]
    | The Daily WTF
    For C programmers of a certain age (antique), booleans represent a frustrating challenge. But with the addition of stdbool.h, we exited the world of needing to work hard to interact with boolean values. While some gotchas are still in there, your boolean code has the opportunity to be simple. Mark's [...]
    | The Daily WTF
    Back in the antediluvian times, when I was in college, people still used floppy disks to work on their papers. This was a pretty untenable arrangement, because floppy disks lost data all the time, and few students had the wherewithal to make multiple copies. Half my time spent working helldesk was b [...]
    | The Daily WTF
    It's been several years now that our reliable contributor Daniel D. has been sending us the same gripe time after time. We get it, really we do. It irks us too, but it is astounding just how many times he's been able to find this! With no further ado, here is Daniel's pet peeve. See if you can figu [...]
    | PieFed
    PieFed 1.2 has just been released. Details and links to examples at https://piefed.social/post/1278967 The post PieFed v1.2 is released appeared first on PieFed.
    | PieFed
    RSL is a new initiative by a group of big internet publishers that seeks to define the conditions under which AI crawlers can harvest their content. Their guide describes the various ways the content can be made available, including for free or a paid royalty but only by digging deeper into their re [...]
    | PieFed
    Anubis uses a javascript-based challenge to stop scrapers from hammering your server. Installing it is easy enough but then you need to figure out how to configure it and it’s pretty intense. Here is the config I have for piefed.social, so far: bots: - name: allow-api-json-xhr   user_agent_regex: .* [...]
    | PieFed
    Out of the box PieFed has some pretty conservative settings, intended for small (less than 10 users) to medium (less than 200 active users) instances running on small servers where memory is constrained. Now that piefed.social is becoming busier I’ve needed to tweak a few settings: Gunicorn Gunicorn [...]
    | PieFed
    The admin teams behind a few large Lemmy instances have also set up PieFed instances recently. If you’re looking for an instance run by people with plenty of technical experience and deep connections to the fediverse community, these are the instances for you: piefed.ca – from the lemmy.ca team pief [...]
    | InterPals
    Where it’s the cherry blossoms, samurai, sushi or manga, are you curious about Japan and its culture? Or perhaps you’re even thinking of learning Japanese? One of the best ways to learn about a culture is to begin to learn the language. In this post we introduce you to some important Japanese words [...]
    | InterPals
    Join us on an exhilarating journey through the picturesque landscapes of France, all while mastering the French language on a bicycle. Imagine pedaling through lavender fields in Provence or along the scenic Loire Valley, embracing both the beauty of France and its melodic language. Whether you’re c [...]
    | InterPals
    Immerse yourself in the alluring blend of rich coffee traditions and Spanish language found across Latin America. Each café offers a window into the local way of life, transforming your daily coffee ritual into a vibrant learning opportunity. Picture yourself sipping a freshly brewed ‘café con leche [...]
    | InterPals
    Whether you’re just beginning to learn English or you’ve been studying for years, there’s always room for improvement. And one of the best ways to improve your comprehension skills is to listen to podcasts.  There are tons of great podcasts out there — both geared specifically to English language le [...]
    | SpaceHey
    New buttons to create new blog entries, bulletins and forum topics more easily!; Overall minor design improvements
    | SpaceHey
    New: SpaceHey Groups! https://groups.spacehey.com; A lot of small improvements: View Details
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