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vividspecter

@ vividspecter @aussie.zone

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  • The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever

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  • Yeah, in the 70s due to the oil crisis then again during the Bush years conservatives were all about energy sovereignty. How quickly they forget.

  • can i search lemmy on google like i do with reddit?

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  • There's also a SearxNG Lemmy engine although you'll probably have to self-host it unless a public instance has configured it. Failing that, site:lemmy.world should work in most cases.

  • No, an AI-focused "Windows 12" is not coming this year — false report gets the facts completely wrong

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  • The funny thing was that article was an AI summary of another article, which in turn was just taken down for lack of accuracy. It's slop all the way down.

  • Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

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  • It's like complaining about requiring the command line but willing to mess with regedit, group policies or even powershell to just get Windows to a temporarily usable state (before an update overrides your settings).

  • Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC?

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  • Most of this makes sense if you're keeping the system fully powered on, but doesn't apply in sleep mode. Energy usage is a rounding error, there's no heat, it's not online, there's no r/w operations. Blackouts and lighting affecting sleep is a possibility, but I've reached a point of taping over anything that emits unecessary light.

    The main benefit is that not all environments have a session manager, and I personally have a lot of programs open that I want to have instant access to and not have to spend time opening them and potentially creating a distraction during my wakeup routine.

  • Tuya devices popularity

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  • I'll add that often random appliances and the like are using Tuya firmware so people might not be going out of their way to buy explicitly Tuya devices but still want to use them with HA. Some of them can be flashed with ESPHome but it's more likely to require soldering these days.

  • Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash

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  • Markdown is 22 years old tomorrow. Feeling old yet?

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    The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever

    theconversation.com /the-strikes-on-iran-show-why-quitting-oil-is-more-important-than-ever-277192

  • WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App

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  • Once businesses were on board, Facebook hoped to sell them analytics tools, too.

    Then once we've got them hooked, it's Enshitttification Time!

  • In coal country this battery didn't stand a chance

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  • It's surely not a view they organically developed, but rather the obvious consequence of anti-renewable propaganda. Although I agree that "lobbyist" isn't the right word as it wasn't through advocacy of politicians (entirely at least) but the more amorphous dissemination of disinformation by bad faith actors.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    It’s 978 days since Peta Murphy called for a ban on betting ads. What happened to Labor’s pledge to respect parliament? | Josh Butler

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/mar/02/labor-gambling-parliament-inquiry-reports-teal-independents

  • Insider Confirms Sony Ditching PC Ports: "You'll Be Seeing Fewer Single Player Games Arrive on PC."

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  • I've found that most of their games are overpriced and take years to lose their value, as well as being more demanding of hardware then their image quality suggests. Still, a shame to lose a publisher doing AAA single player games that aren't live service slop.

  • Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure, Fromsoftware Refused

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  • I'm guessing the code is a broken mess and it would be not much more work to just remake it then fix said mess.

  • I'm just trying to search for a website...

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  • The language detection is a bit bugged currently. Set default language to "all" in the UI (or set in the config file).

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    Finally fixing capital gains tax is good – but linking it to another tax cut for Australia’s rich is bollocks | Greg Jericho

    www.theguardian.com /business/grogonomics/2026/feb/25/capital-gains-tax-discount-federal-budget-coalition-tax-cuts-for-the-richest

  • Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend

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  • The problem is that overly onerous requirements will discourage even more people taking up biking, in a time where absurd numbers of people drive literally everywhere.

    I can understand the throttle based e-bikes requiring a license, but limiting pedelacs which are no more powerful than conventional bikes is ridiculous and feels like a moral panic type action.

  • Are Tuya local keys permanent (like a MAC address)?

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  • The main benefit of Matter is that it is split into two layers (Matter and Thread) where as Zigbee is essentially one layer that handles everything. This makes Matter more flexible, since it can work over both Wifi and Thread (and any future protocol at the same layer). At the moment there isn't a huge advantage, but in the future if the standard succeeds, you would hopefully be able to buy most smart devices and use just one protocol (Matter) to control and integrate them.

    At the moment, the main advantage I can see is that more wifi smart devices can be locally controlled because they have Matter support (which requires it). Which historically, was limited to HomeKit over WiFi, ESPHome/Tasmota flashed devices, and sometimes through Home Assistant integrations that found a way to locally control devices for a given company.

    Because I didn't really explain Thread, I'll just quickly say that it's a protocol much like WiFi and the "closer to the hardware" part of ZigBee. I'd prefer buying Matter over Thread vs Matter over WiFi devices, particularly if you're planning to build out a Thread mesh network (the Matter over wifi devices won't help in that).

  • Are Tuya local keys permanent (like a MAC address)?

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  • I'm going to echo the zigbee recommendation for bulbs. Can be had for dirt cheap and work reliably (and there's high end options too if you want that). And are fully locally provisioned and controlled.

    Matter over thread is also becoming an option but the default provision option requires Google (including play services and an account) and they tend to be quite a bit more expensive.

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    ‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving

    theconversation.com /blood-cobalt-is-disappearing-from-batteries-and-cheaper-cleaner-batteries-are-arriving-263808

  • Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux

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  • Don't think so. It's currently focused on 4:4:4 colour at high bandwidth (4k@120hz), HDR, and VRR.

  • Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert

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  • I'm guessing it's because he gently criticised Christian Nationalism, and Trump can't allow that.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2026/02/experimental-code-ready-for-testing-to-enable-hdmi-2-1-frl-with-amdgpu-on-linux/
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Council scraps four-day work week plan after backlash from business sector

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-02-18/launceston-council-scraps-4-day-work-week-after-backlash/106358434

  • Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert

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  • Streisand effect on their part, with the interview accumulating millions of views.

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Dolphin Emulator - Rise of the Triforce

    dolphin-emu.org /blog/2026/02/16/rise-of-the-triforce/

  • Is there a good way to tell if music was made with AI?

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  • I'm not sure if there's reliable ways to detect it automatically, but seeing if they have any sort of presence outside of where you are purchasing it would be a start. I'd normally say look on MusicBrainz but even if the bundle above is legit, it's not the sort of music that would end up on there I suspect as the website owner appears to be the creator and there's no obvious artist attached to it.

    Anyway, that bundle seems suspect to me.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2026/02/wireless-vr-streaming-levels-up-on-linux-with-the-latest-wivrn-release/
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    Without stronger privacy laws, Australians are guinea pigs in a real-time dystopian AI experiment | Peter Lewis

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/feb/11/privacy-laws-australia-guinea-pigs-ai-experiment
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    Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/feb/10/concerns-ai-slop-used-by-sydney-university-based-institute-to-lobby-for-20m-gambling-education-funding
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    vividspecter @aussie.zone

    Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/feb/10/concerns-ai-slop-used-by-sydney-university-based-institute-to-lobby-for-20m-gambling-education-funding
  • Aussie Enviro @aussie.zone
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    Consumers face five-fold hike in network charges under regulator plan to take from the poor, and give to the rich

    reneweconomy.com.au /plan-to-increase-fixed-network-costs-will-take-from-the-poor-give-to-the-rich-and-slash-returns-on-pv-and-batteries/
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    Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/jan/29/australia-immigration-detention-company-involved-trump-ice-migrant-crackdown
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Vulkan VK_EXT_present_timing Merged To Mesa 26.1 For X11 & Wayland

    www.phoronix.com /news/Mesa-Merges-Present-Timing
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    Three quarters of Australia's coal plants will close by 2035, even as governments step in with new subsidies

    reneweconomy.com.au /three-quarters-of-australias-coal-plants-will-close-by-2035-even-as-governments-step-in-with-new-subsidies/
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    New Patches Provide HDMI VRR & Auto Low Latency Mode Gaming Features For AMD Linux GPU Driver

    www.phoronix.com /news/AMDGPU-HDMI-Gaming-Features
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-01-19/melbourne-house-prices-affordable-capital-city/106210992
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    ‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under

    www.theguardian.com /sport/2026/jan/12/cycling-extreme-heat-tour-down-under-fossil-fuel-sponsorship
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    I am accused of being a global funds manager and half my age. But facts don't matter in disinformation war

    reneweconomy.com.au /i-am-accused-of-being-a-global-funds-manager-and-half-my-age-but-facts-dont-matter-in-disinformation-war/
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    A love song for Linux gamers with old GPUs (EOY 2025)

    timur.hu /blog/2025/love-song-for-linux-gamers-with-old-gpus-eoy2025