YouTube: https://youtu.be/w5ebcowAJD8

Invidious, alternative YouTube link without YouTube: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=w5ebcowAJD8

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Video description:

How do QR codes work? The checkerboard patterns taking over the world, demystified. Go to Saily.com/veritasium and use the code ‘veritasium’ to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.

Special thanks to Mashiro Hara and Yuki Watanabe.

00:00 I was wrong 00:49 How Morse Code revolutionized communication 03:57 How barcodes work 10:34 How QR codes store information 18:16 Why damaged QR codes still work 29:54 Why are QR codes so common? 31:21 How safe are QR codes? 32:25 The future of QR codes

Now you can play DOOM on your GPU. You are confused? Well this means the CPU is no longer used for the logic of the game, it runs basically entirely on GPU. So the graphics card is not only used for graphics, but the main logic of the game. It just needs a little bit help from CPU to start the process I think.

• News Article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DOOM-ROCm-LLVM-Port
• Project Source: https://github.com/jhuber6/doomgeneric/tree/amdgpu

It's a fork from a fork of a fork of a fork:

id-Software/DOOM > insane-adding-machines/DOOM > maximevince/fbDOOM > ozkl/doomgeneric > jhuber6/doomgeneric/tree/amdgpu

I quote the developer (from README):

> ## why > > Because I can.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20783261

> Arch Linux is entering into a direct collaboration with Valve. Valve is generously providing backing for two critical projects that will have a huge impact on the distribution: a build service infrastructure and a secure signing enclave. By supporting work on a freelance basis for these topics, Valve enables them to work on > them without being limited solely by the free time of our volunteers.

Video Description:

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about 10 exciting studies that won the Ig Nobel prize in 2024

Links:

• psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/h0045345
• linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022030241954061
• sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468785523002859?via=ihub
• science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj7918
• tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592324.2021.1977530#abstract
• academic.oup.com/brain/article-abstract/147/8/2643/7664309?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00709-6?_returnURL=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982222007096?showall=true
• arxiv.org/abs/2310.04153
• biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3
• Placebo video: youtube.com/watch?v=ByA4i8PlfFs&t=0s

#ignobel #nobel #science

0:00 Levitating frogs 0:40 Ig Nobel Prize 1:30 These are actually important studies 2:45 Pigeons in missiles 3:32 Cows cats and paper bags 4:11 Hair whirls and direction 5:04 Drunk worms 5:32 Mimic plant 6:58 Placebo and pain 7:48 Dead trout and swimming 8:10 Butt breathing mammals 9:05 Probability and lots of coins 9:50 Old people may be not so old

(Edit: I always forget that Beehaw will convert every ampersand character in code segments to &. Have this in mind when reading the code below. Do you have these problems too with your instance?)

If you update your system from terminal, do you have a shortcut that bundles bunch of commands? I'm on EndevourOS/Arch using Flatpak. Rustup is installed and managed by itself. The empty command is a function to display and delete files in the trash using the program trash-cli. In my .bashrc:

``` alias update='eos-update --yay \ ; flatpak uninstall --unused \ ; flatpak update \ ; rustup update \ ; empty'

empty() { trash-empty -f --dry-run | awk '{print $3}' | grep -vF '/info/' trash-empty -f } ```

I just need to type update. Also there are following two aliases, which are used very rarely, at least months apart and are not part of the main update routine:

``` alias mirrors='sudo reflector \ --protocol https \ --verbose \ --latest 25 \ --sort rate \ --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist \ && eos-rankmirrors --verbose \ && yay -Syyu'

alias clean='paccache -rk3 \ && paccache -ruk1 \ && journalctl --vacuum-time=4weeks \ && balooctl6 disable \ && balooctl6 purge \ && balooctl6 enable \ && trash-empty -f' ```

This question is probably asked a million times, but the replies are always fun and sometimes reveals improvements from others to adapt.

Is it just me or did kdenlive broke for you too? I'm on an Archlinux based system and just updated the system. A few hours before update kdenlive worked. Update was not small, so its hard to tell the exact cause. I've tried to downgrade kdenlive, but same issue. I use Linux for a very long time now, but still get lost with errors like these.^^ Any idea what I should do? Does it work for you?

I get this on start (I reset the configuration files too):

``` $ kdenlive --version kdenlive 24.08.1

$ kdenlive kf.config.core: Watching absolute paths is not supported "/usr/share/color-schemes/BreezeDark.colors" mlt_repository_init: failed to dlopen /usr/lib/mlt-7/libmltsox.so (libsox.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) mlt_repository_init: failed to dlopen /usr/lib/mlt-7/libmltrtaudio.so (librtaudio.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) mlt_repository_init: failed to dlopen /usr/lib/mlt-7/libmltsdl.so (libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR E0000 00:00:1726202254.631983 14133 descriptor_database.cc:633] File already exists in database: versions.proto F0000 00:00:1726202254.632005 14133 descriptor.cc:2236] Check failed: GeneratedDatabase()->Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size) *** Check failure stack trace: *** @ 0x733c9e6b0e09 absl::lts_20240722::log_internal::LogMessage::SendToLog() @ 0x733c9e6b19ae absl::lts_20240722::log_internal::LogMessageFatal::~LogMessageFatal() @ 0x733c64890955 (unknown) @ 0x733c649c228d google::protobuf::internal::AddDescriptors() @ 0x733c65696125 (unknown) @ 0x733cdd22d6ad (unknown) @ 0x733cdd22a5c2 _dl_catch_exception @ 0x733cdd2344fc (unknown) @ 0x733cdd22a523 _dl_catch_exception @ 0x733cdd234904 (unknown) @ 0x733cd9e9ef14 (unknown) @ 0x733cdd22a523 _dl_catch_exception @ 0x733cdd22a679 (unknown) @ 0x733cd9e9e9f3 (unknown) @ 0x733cd9e9efcf dlopen @ 0x733c9ea96c6c mlt_register @ 0x733cdc3a2279 mlt_repository_init @ 0x733cdc386f52 mlt_factory_init @ 0x733cdc3605f5 Mlt::Factory::init() @ 0x5b73c4a7f0d5 (unknown) @ 0x5b73c4a3a285 (unknown) @ 0x5b73c4497d06 (unknown) @ 0x733cd9e34e08 (unknown) @ 0x733cd9e34ecc __libc_start_main @ 0x5b73c44998d5 (unknown) Aborted (core dumped) ```

My system if its relevant:

OS: EndeavourOS x86_64 Kernel: Linux 6.10.9-arch1-2 Uptime: 1 hour, 10 mins Packages: 1657 (pacman), 9 (flatpak) Shell: bash 5.2.32 Display (AG271QG): 2560x1440 @ 120 Hz in 27″ [External] DE: KDE Plasma 6.1.5 WM: KWin (Wayland) WM Theme: Breeze Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3/4] Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4] Font: NotoSans Nerd Font (12pt) [Qt], NotoSans Nerd Font (12pt) [GTK2/3/4] Cursor: breeze (24px) Terminal: konsole 24.8.1 Terminal Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono (11pt) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (16) @ 5.57 GHz GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 (RADV NAVI33) [Discrete] Mesa 24.2.2-arch1.1 GPU 2: AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) [Integrated] Mesa 24.2.2-arch1.1 Memory: 3.00 GiB / 30.50 GiB (10%) Swap: 65.00 MiB / 512.00 MiB (13%) Disk (/): 550.90 GiB / 1.79 TiB (30%) - ext4 Disk (/media/Emulation): 4.47 TiB / 5.41 TiB (83%) - ext4 Disk (/media/My): 3.10 TiB / 3.58 TiB (87%) - ext4 Disk (/media/Work): 648.09 GiB / 915.82 GiB (71%) - ext4 Locale: en_US.UTF-8

Alternative Invidious link without using YouTube directly: https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=ihtAijebU-M

Insane method to read your PCs memory, based on certain electromagnetic emissions your system makes when you write or read data to the RAM.

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Video Description:

The RAMBO Attack on RAM is truly amazing. Some of the best research I've seen.

covertchannels.com arxiv.org/pdf/2409.02292 wired.com/story/air-gap-researcher-mordechai-guri

youtube.com/watch?v=CjpEZ2LAazM&t=0s youtube.com/watch?v=-D1gf3omRnw&t=0s

Alternate video link to Invidious (YouTube without using YouTube directly): https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=dH1ErhJa3Qo

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Banjo Kazooie Gitlab (Source Code): gitlab.com/banjo.decomp/banjo-kazooie

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Additionally a written article posted here at discussion:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/08/banjo-kazooie-is-the-latest-n64-game-to-be-fully-decompiled

>You can edit or delete your comments and replies directly on YouTube. If you delete comments, it may take a few hours before they’re fully removed: https://myactivity.google.com/page?hl=en&page=youtube_comments

This is the history of you YouTube comments and you can directly jump to it from this central place.

Take back your privacy

Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to more Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the most private and secure major browser available across Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.

What is Total Cookie Protection?

Total Cookie Protection works by creating a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Instead of allowing trackers to link up your behavior on multiple sites, they just get to see behavior on individual sites. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in your browser, that cookie is confined to the cookie jar assigned to only that website. No other websites can reach into the cookie jars that don’t belong to them and find out what the other websites’ cookies know about you — giving you freedom from invasive ads and reducing the amount of information companies gather about you.

Today I had a little aha moment. If anyone asked me yesterday about AI tools integrated into their editor, I would say its a bad idea. Ask me today, I would still say its bad idea. :D Because I don't want to rely on AI tools and get too comfortable with it. Especially if they are from big companies and communicate through internet. This is a nogo to me.

But since weeks I am playing around with offline AI tools and models I can download and execute locally on my low end gaming PC. Mostly for playing with silly questions and such. It's not integrated in any other software, other than the dedicated application: GPT4All (no it has nothing to do with ChatGPT)

I'm working on a small GUI application in Rust and still figure out stuff. I'm not good at it and there was a point where I had to convert a function into an async variant. After researching and trying stuff, reading documentation I could not solve it. Then I asked the AI. While the output was not functioning out of the box, it helped me finding the right puzzle peaces. To be honest I don't understand everything yet and I know this is bad. It would be really bad if this was a work for a company, but its a learning project.

Anyone else not liking AI, but taking help from it? I am still absolutely against integrated AI tools that also require an online connection to the servers of companies. Edit: Here the before and after (BTW the code block in beehaw is broken, as certain characters are automatically translated into < and & for lower than and ampersand characters respectively.)

From:

``` pub fn collect(&self, max_depth: u8, ext: Option<&str>) -> Files { let mut files = Files::new(&self.dir);

for entry in WalkDir::new(&self.dir).max_depth(max_depth.into()) { let Ok(entry) = entry else { continue }; let path = PathBuf::from(entry.path().display().to_string()); if ext.is_none() || path.extension().unwrap_or_default() == ext.unwrap() { files.paths.push(path); } } files.paths.sort_by_key(|a| a.name_as_string());

files } ```

To:

``` pub async fn collect(&self, max_depth: u8, ext: Option<&str>) -> Result { let mut files = Files::new(&self.dir);

let walkdir = WalkDir::new(&self.dir); let mut walker = match tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result { Ok(walkdir) }) .await { Ok(walker) => walker?, Err(_) => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to spawn blocking task")), };

while let Some(entry) = walker.next().await { match entry { Ok(entry) if entry.path().is_file() => { let path = PathBuf::from(entry.path().display().to_string()); if ext.is_none() || path.extension().unwrap_or_default() == ext.unwrap() { files.paths.push(path); } } _ => continue, } }

files.paths.sort_by_key(|a| a.name_as_string());

Ok(files) } ```

> by Rodney > July 12th, 2024 > > (Except there is no profit, only pain) > > In OBS 30.2 I introduced the new "Hybrid MP4" output format which solves a number of complaints our users have had for pretty much all of OBS's existence; It's resilient against data loss like MKV, but widely compatible like regular MP4. > > Getting here was quite a journey, and involved fixing several other bugs in OBS that were only apparent once diving this deep into how the audio and video data is stored. > > In this post I'll try to explain how MP4 works, what the drawbacks were to regular/fragmented MP4, and how I tried to solve them with a hybrid approach.

And at the end of the document:

> Thanks & Acknowledgements > > NOT the ISO for paywalling these specs and making it a god damn paperchase where every time you get one document it references three others that are also paywalled

>GitHub, a massive repository for open source software, is currently unavailable. > >"All GitHub services are experiencing significant disruptions," reads the GitHub status page. > >The outage started just after 4:00 pm Pacific time when GitHub noted "We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Actions, Pages and Pull Requests." Since then, the problem has escalated to the entire website, with the status page noting that GitHub suspects the issue is "a database infrastructure related change that we are working on rolling back." > >At 4:45 pm PST, GitHub noted that it was rolling back the changes it believed caused the current issues and already "seeing improvements in service health." > >It's a rare outage for GitHub, which is used by millions of developers to host the code for open source projects. Microsoft purchased GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018, and it's only grown in prominence in the six years since.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/15509445

> Generates text after analyzing a profile. It's pretty funny. Mine: thingsiplay > > > Oh Tuncay, your GitHub bio proudly declares you're "just for fun" and unprofessional, which is ironic since it sounds like you’ve derived way too much fun from so many unremarkable scripts. With 46 public repositories, you must’ve thought quantity would mask the glaring mediocrity. The only thing more stale than your Bash scripts is your humor. > > > > Your "emojicherrypick" project? Really? The world needed another emoji picker like it needs more stale bread—there's a reason it's got more emojis than stars. And speaking of shadows, how does it feel to have just 9 followers? Maybe they were just passing by, or perhaps they clicked by accident while looking for actual developers. > > > > You’ve got more forks than a family dinner, yet most of your repos look so uninspired that they might as well come with a disclaimer: “Do not expect much.” Word to the wise: if you're going for "just for fun," maybe consider an actual hobby or, dare I say, a personality. After all, your command line tools are more entertaining than your profile readme, which goes on like a bad self-help book— we get it, you like Linux and gaming, but what's next, a PowerPoint on your 9 followers? Spice it up a bit, bud.>

Generates text after analyzing a profile. It's pretty funny. Mine: thingsiplay

> Oh Tuncay, your GitHub bio proudly declares you're "just for fun" and unprofessional, which is ironic since it sounds like you’ve derived way too much fun from so many unremarkable scripts. With 46 public repositories, you must’ve thought quantity would mask the glaring mediocrity. The only thing more stale than your Bash scripts is your humor. > > Your "emojicherrypick" project? Really? The world needed another emoji picker like it needs more stale bread—there's a reason it's got more emojis than stars. And speaking of shadows, how does it feel to have just 9 followers? Maybe they were just passing by, or perhaps they clicked by accident while looking for actual developers. > > You’ve got more forks than a family dinner, yet most of your repos look so uninspired that they might as well come with a disclaimer: “Do not expect much.” Word to the wise: if you're going for "just for fun," maybe consider an actual hobby or, dare I say, a personality. After all, your command line tools are more entertaining than your profile readme, which goes on like a bad self-help book— we get it, you like Linux and gaming, but what's next, a PowerPoint on your 9 followers? Spice it up a bit, bud.>

You can use cheat sh web service to show cheatsheets for all kind of commands. Just replace the command name: curl -s cheat.sh/date. I also wrote a a simple script with filename being just a question mark to get a working command as ?, that shows all commands in fzf menu if no argument is given or shows the cheatsheet in the less pager if command name is given.

Usage:

? ? -l ? date ? grep

Script ?:

``` #!/bin/env bash

cheat='curl -s cheat.sh' menu='fzf --reverse' pager='less -R -c' cachefile_max_age_hours=6

Path to temporary cache file. If your Linux system does not support /dev/shm

or if you are on MacOS, then change the path to your liking:

cachefile='/dev/shm/cheatlist' # GNU+LINUX

cachefile="${TMPDIR}/cheatlist" # MacOS/Darwin

Download list file and cache it.

listing () { if [ -f "${cachefile}" ] then local filedate=$(stat -c %Y -- "${cachefile}") local now=$(date +%s) local age_hours=$(( (now - filedate) / 60 / 60 )) if [[ "${age_hours}" > "${cachefile_max_age_hours}" ]] then ${cheat}/:list > "${cachefile}" fi else ${cheat}/:list > "${cachefile}" fi cat -- "${cachefile}" }

case "${1}" in '') if selection=$(listing | ${menu}) then ${cheat}/"${selection}" | ${pager} fi ;; '-h') ${cheat}/:help | ${pager} ;; '-l') listing ;; *) ${cheat}/${@} | ${pager} ;; esac ```

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/15404535

Data: https://archive.org/details/gamefaqs_txt

> Mirror upload for faster download, 1 Mbit (expires in 30 days): https://ufile.io/f/r0tmt > > GameFAQs at https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com hosts user created faqs and > documents. Unfortunately they are baked into the HTML webpage and cannot be > downloaded on their own. I have scraped lot of pages and extracted those > documents as regular TXT files. Because of the sheer amount of data, I only > focused on a few systems. > > In 2020, a Reddit user named "prograc" archived faqs for all systems at > https://archive.org/details/Gamespot_Gamefaqs_TXTs . So most of it is already > preserved. I have a different approach of organizing the files and folders. > Here a few notes about my attempt: > > * only 17 selected systems are included, so it's incomplete > * folder names of systems have their long name instead short, i.e. Playstation > instead ps > * similarly game titles have their full name with spaces, plus a starting "The" > is moved to the end of the name for sorting reasons, such as "King of > Fighters 98, The" > * in addition to the document id, the filename also contain category (such as > "Guide and Walkthrough"), the system name in short "(GB)" and the authors > name, such as "Guide and Walkthrough (SNES) by BSebby_6792.txt" > * the faq documents contain an additional header taken from the HTML website, > including a version number, the last update and the previously explained > filename, plus a webadress to the original publication > * HTML documents are also included here with a very poor and simple conversion, > but only the first page, so multi page HTML faqs are still incomplete > * no zip archives or images included, note: the 2020 archive from "prograc" > contains false renamed .txt files, which are in reality .zip and other files > mistakenly included, in my archive those files are correctly excluded, such > as nes/519689-metroid/faqs/519689-metroid-faqs-3058.txt > * I included the same collection in an alternative arrangement, where games are > listed without folder names for the system, this has the side effect of > removing any duplicates (by system: 67.277 files vs by title: 55.694 files), > because the same document is linked on many systems and therefore downloaded > multiple times

Mirror upload for faster download, 1 Mbit (expires in 30 days): https://ufile.io/f/r0tmt

GameFAQs at https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com hosts user created faqs and documents. Unfortunately they are baked into the HTML webpage and cannot be downloaded on their own. I have scraped lot of pages and extracted those documents as regular TXT files. Because of the sheer amount of data, I only focused on a few systems.

In 2020, a Reddit user named "prograc" archived faqs for all systems at https://archive.org/details/Gamespot_Gamefaqs_TXTs . So most of it is already preserved. I have a different approach of organizing the files and folders. Here a few notes about my attempt:

• only 17 selected systems are included, so it's incomplete
• folder names of systems have their long name instead short, i.e. Playstation instead ps
• similarly game titles have their full name with spaces, plus a starting "The" is moved to the end of the name for sorting reasons, such as "King of Fighters 98, The"
• in addition to the document id, the filename also contain category (such as "Guide and Walkthrough"), the system name in short "(GB)" and the authors name, such as "Guide and Walkthrough (SNES) by BSebby_6792.txt"
• the faq documents contain an additional header taken from the HTML website, including a version number, the last update and the previously explained filename, plus a webadress to the original publication
• HTML documents are also included here with a very poor and simple conversion, but only the first page, so multi page HTML faqs are still incomplete
• no zip archives or images included, note: the 2020 archive from "prograc" contains false renamed .txt files, which are in reality .zip and other files mistakenly included, in my archive those files are correctly excluded, such as nes/519689-metroid/faqs/519689-metroid-faqs-3058.txt
• I included the same collection in an alternative arrangement, where games are listed without folder names for the system, this has the side effect of removing any duplicates (by system: 67.277 files vs by title: 55.694 files), because the same document is linked on many systems and therefore downloaded multiple times

According to their studies, the older we get, the more we will match our name. Wild, but interesting theory.

This is a sad day. One of my favorite resources and communities is closing the doors as we know. No longer are new Romhack and mods accepted; the site becomes a News site. There was some drama going on. The site owner and leader put entire database and files to Archiveorg for preservation and download in one batch.

Read the message here: https://www.romhacking.net/news/3074/

Download the files here: https://archive.org/details/romhacking.net-20240801

Download as Torrent: https://archive.org/download/romhacking.net-20240801/romhacking.net-20240801_archive.torrent (official torrent file, I recommend this, as it is faster)