What do ambulances do with the cars of patients that call out of stationary cars

I hope they don't just leave them there unlocked

There isn't all that many works of science fiction with socialist themes and finding what there is is hard. It would be nice to have a list of leftist scifi that we would edit regularly so that we can easily find new things to watch, read or listen to.

https://archive.ph/n9vO3

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/27808168

recently my laptop ran out of charge, and when i turned it on it beeped a few times and asked to set date in bios. but when my android phone has powered off suddenly, it successfully booted but with a nonsense date many years ago. why does a PC-laptop require setting date before booting the full OS?

Ok, you have a moderately complex math problem you needed to solve. You gave the problem to 6 LLMS all paid versions. All 6 get the same numbers. Would you trust the answer?

In the 1990s, nobody knew how to make money through Internet subscriptions. It took an entrepreneurial porn star to crack the code.

The sanctions again freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program, among other measures.

Iran weighed Sunday how to respond to reimposed United Nations sanctions over its atomic program, with one lawmaker suggesting parliament would consider potentially withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

The sanctions again freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program, among other measures. Their return came via a mechanism known as “snapback,” included in Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and comes as Iran’s economy already is reeling.

Iran’s rial currency sits at a record low, increasing pressure on food prices and making daily life that much more challenging. That includes meat, rice and other staples of the Iranian dinner table.

Ukraine’s president says Kremlin checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies following new drone sightings

Vladimir Putin will expand his war in Ukraine by attacking another European country, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has predicted, and accused Russia of recent drone incursions that he said were an attempt to test Nato’s defences.

Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York, the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict. “Putin will not wait to finish his war in Ukraine. He will open up some other direction. Nobody knows where. He wants that,” he said.

Ukraine’s president said the Kremlin was deliberately checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies, after drone sightings in Denmark, Poland and Romania and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets. More drones were spotted on Friday night above a Danish military base, and over a Norwegian base on Saturday.

It must be these three names. There is likely an association of chastity with Cassandra, dogma with Sophia, and valour with Elysia, but these are very loose abstract relationships where the traits are weakly correlated. Cassandra may have dark and/or fantasy technological powers. There is also a likely father figure that goes by a name like Master, and may even be some form of god. The story could be in any language or culture too. There is likely to be a place called the void or the abyss, and another called the compound or similar. There may also be a cabin in the woods. It likely involves some form of Puritan like cultural element. Late 19th century cultural norms and clothing are also likely.

I mean I guess his catch phrase "yo yo post your age on my discord server" was a bit of a red flag

Mozilla is introducing Google Lens-powered visual search to Firefox desktop, enabling users to right-click images for contextual searches in an opt-in feature that prioritizes privacy. This partnership aims to boost engagement amid AI-driven browser innovations, though it raises questions about Google dependency and competitive dynamics. The phased rollout invites community feedback.

https://archive.ph/pQjl7

Description from the developer:

Pinepods is a podcast server that’s self hosted. It aims to be a multi-client version of what you might already have on your phone that allows you to listen anywhere. Host pinepods and get a web client, mobile apps, desktop apps, even a CLI app. Your progress syncs between all these. It supports gpodder sync for use with your existing apps if you want (though I’ve put 100 plus hours into the mobile apps and really would appreciate people at least giving them a go) and it has tons of features. Think Notifications on release, smart playlists, multi user, sharing, chapter support, YouTube channel to podcast support. Loads of stuff, and loads more still to come.

With 0.8.0 the mobile apps are now on Google Play and the Apple app stores, and the api has been fully rewritten in rust. It’s a lean mean podcasting machine. And actually the real current version is 0.8.1.

Excerpts from the Changelog:

Introducing PinePods 0.8.0 – The absolute biggest Pinepods release to date. Pinepods mobile clients are officially released! Additionally the backend api has gotten a complete rewrite in rust!

📱 Official Native Mobile App

• Flutter-Based App – Brand new official mobile app built with Flutter for iOS and Android
• Cross-Platform Synchronization – Seamless sync between mobile, web, and other Pinepods clients (More to come on other very soon)
• Offline Support – Download episodes for offline listening with intelligent storage management
• Native Mobile Features – Background playback, lock screen controls, notification management, and mobile-optimized UI
• Professional Distribution – Will be available on both iOS App Store and Google Play Store along with open stores such as f-droid and izzyondroid

The android apk will be attached to the github release. As well as released to the Google Play Store, f-droid, and izzyondroid Shortly after the 0.8.0 release. I need to get this release out in order to get them on the android stores fully.

Links:

iOS App Store

🦀 Complete Rust API Transformation

• Python Elimination – All Python dependencies have been completely removed from the container, resulting in a dramatically smaller and more efficient deployment
• Horust Process Management – Switched from supervisor to Horust for robust, lightweight process supervision and startup management. This is part of removing the python dependency and also utilizes more great rust based dependancies
• Internal Task Scheduler – Background processes now run directly within the Rust API service using tokio-cron-scheduler, eliminating the Celery dependency entirely
• Enhanced Reliability – Background tasks are more reliable with better error handling, automatic retries, and integrated logging
• Streamlined Container – Significantly reduced container size and complexity with the removal of Python runtime and associated dependencies

🔧 Infrastructure & Reliability Improvements

• Horust Service Management – All services now managed by Horust with proper process supervision, automatic restarts, and clean shutdown handling
• Integrated Background Processing – Podcast refresh, nightly maintenance, and cleanup tasks now run as scheduled jobs within the main Rust API service
• Database Operation Reliability – Improved server backup and restore operations with better error handling and validation
• Timezone Configuration – Runtime timezone configuration without container rebuilds, properly affecting all time-sensitive operations
• Simplified Deployment – Reduced container complexity and startup time with streamlined process management

🏗️ Development & Performance

• Pure Rust API – Complete rewrite of the Python API in Rust for improved performance, memory efficiency, and type safety
• Eliminated Dependencies – Removed Python runtime, Celery worker system, and associated packages from the container
• Better Resource Usage – Significantly reduced memory footprint and CPU usage with native Rust performance
• Improved Error Handling – Better error messages, logging, and debugging capabilities throughout the system
• Type Safety – Enhanced reliability through Rust's type system and memory safety guarantees

🐞 General App Fixes and Improvments

• Better Youtube Support – The youtube search api is now embeded in the standard Pinepods Search api. This makes searching Youtube much faster and more consistent.
• Multi-Select Episodes – On the page for any given podcast you can now select and take actions on any given number of episodes. This allows you to mark all episodes of a given podcast as complete in one fell swoop. Arrows also appear on the episodes allowing you to mark all episodes newer or older than a particular episode.
• Playlist Limits – System Playlists are now limited to a max of 1000 episodes. This will take the most relevant 1000 for the playlist.
• Playlist Fixes - Also fixed an issue with the Almost Complete playlist where the completed percentage wasn't working correctly.
• Category Fixes - Categories throughout the app have been improved. Sometimes they would previously show as a strange looking vector. This will no longer occur.
• Premium Feeds - Premium feeds should now be fully functional everywhere.
• Backup/Restore Database - The Backup and Restore functionality has been 100% totally rebuilt. This should fix some issues that it previously had with actually restoring. There's also an option to schedule backups now. So that they run on a regular basis. The restore option will automtically see these backups as options to restore from.
• Subscribed People Fixes - The functionality around subscribed people has gotten some major fixes as well. This should fix numerous bugs related to people subscription
• Match Podcast Index IDs - There's a new option in settings to match a podcast to it's podcast index counterpart. Having this ID correct will allow for more consistent host following.
• Auto Complete Options - There's also been an option added to playback settings in the settings area to auto complete an episode if it gets to a certain amount of seconds to the end of it. For example, you can set it to 30 seconds and if an episode is within 30 seconds of the end it will automatically mark it complete.
• Authenciation options added to NTFY Notifications - The NTFY notification settings now support username and passwords or authentication tokens. These can be skipped entirely still if you have no auth.
• Additional OIDC Settings - Experimental name claim settings added to to OIDC setup area. Name, email, user, roles claim options. As well as admin and user roles have all been added.

🕸️ Website Rebuild

• The Pinepods Website has gotten a complete revamp! It's looking much nicer!
• Many more docs have been written as well. There's documentation for just about every option in Pinepods. If you find something missing please let me know!

Pinepods is a podcast server that’s self hosted. It aims to be a multi-client version of what you might already have on your phone that allows you to listen anywhere. Host pinepods and get a web client, mobile apps, desktop apps, even a CLI app. Your progress syncs between all these. It supports gpodder sync for use with your existing apps if you want (though I’ve put 100 plus hours into the mobile apps and really would appreciate people at least giving them a go) and it has tons of features. Think Notifications on release, smart playlists, multi user, sharing, chapter support, YouTube channel to podcast support. Loads of stuff, and loads more still to come.

With 0.8.0 the mobile apps are now on Google Play and the Apple app stores, and the api has been fully rewritten in rust. It’s a lean mean podcasting machine. And actually the real current version is 0.8.1.

Belgium’s prime minister has poured cold water on the European Commission’s proposal to use immobilised Russian central bank assets to fund a ‘reparation loan’ to Ukraine.

The move throws a giant wrench in the EU executive’s plan to use the cash balances associated with €200 billion in frozen assets to support Kyiv’s budget needs and reconstruction.

Most of the assets are held in Euroclear, a Brussels-based clearing house – making Belgium a key player in EU negotiations.

“Taking Putin’s money and leaving the risks with [Belgium]. That’s not going to happen, let me be very clear about that,” Prime Minister Bart De Wever on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.

“If countries see that central bank money can disappear if European politicians see fit, they might decide to withdraw their reserves from the eurozone,” he added.

Hello everyone :)

My Linux learning and Homelab setup is going smoothly and after a long period of stagnation, I'm in a new learning curve :D ! I just learned the magic of hard links and implemented them with bind mounts (yeah hard links only work on the same file system :P) to my Qbittorrent scripting to automagically move them as hard links to a bind mount accessible to Sonarr, Radarr, Jellyfin... and move, rename and do all other things without even touching the original files: PUR MAGIC !

Everything is a file? Naah, everything is a hard link ! (Or inode? xD)

While I'm overjoyed I learned and have a better understanding of files, hard links, soft links, file system, docker, web, all kind of things related to IT... I'm getting kinda overwhelmed of what's happening on my system !!

• I have a dozen docker compose on my server, all behind traefik resolved by my piHole DNS on a raspberry pi, some have a custom image made by myself for certificate purpose or some manual changes I added.

• I have some .config files in my ~/ to improve my micro experience and make it more integrated over SSH with my Mac and Desktop. If also have some config files in my /root directory for my miniCA for all my service with my personal local domain name and other config files like /etc/bash_aliases and some changes in /etc/bash.bashrc

• I have some python .venv for learning and scripting with python

• I have a complex and long bash script backup for all my docker containers to back up my volumes, config files and media files separately

• Installed some useful and needed packages like resolvconf, wireguard, samba...

• I have a few samba shares, all accessible in my LAN with sometimes some exotic configuration for Mac integration

• My docker containers have some bind mounts shared volumes

[....]

And now I also have some hard links lying around in the mix ! So I have to say it out loud: I'm OVERWHELMED !

Yes, I do keep some notes in Obsidian and also have a self-hosted Forgejo to keep my notes updated and have some kind of version control of changes in my scripts, but I do feel like I'm not sure anymore what I have... Not to say I didn't mention all the other stuff related to my phone (baikal, ntfy....) or how to keep everything updated (WUD does the trick for containers :)) and tidy...

I guess I'm looking for something magic, something that could In ONE blink give me what's doing what and where? And changes my life for an ever-growing IT space ? Preference something visual...?

I hope to hear from you guys on what I can do to take away this feel of being lost and not being able to fully track my systems and my LAN !

Thank you !

Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to the financier's island in December 2014.

Separately, a manifest for a flight from New Jersey to Florida in May 2000 names the Duke of York among the passengers.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49764302

I forget what happens in reality (and also just want the community's opinon).