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  • What are some physical items that should be available at libraries for people to borrow?

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  • Our university Astronomy club started a program like that, it's great! Community members donated their old scopes and now people can borrow them.

  • What are some physical items that should be available at libraries for people to borrow?

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  • I think it makes sense to pay a deposit and get it back when you return the item. It would make the library more comfortable to lend out quality items. The hard part is knowing what to look for when it's returned.

  • PinePods Release v0.8.0 - "Mobile apps and massive perfomance bumps"

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  • Thank you! I've edited this into the post, and noted for next time!

  • What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?

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  • Try enabling some optional filters in the settings. There are some for common annoyances

  • What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?

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  • Depending on what you are zapping, you can likely add some wildcards to the URL portion to cover all the fandom sites for example. You might even be able to edit it to just fandom.com to cover all the fandom sites

  • 'Maybe' financial tracker shuts down, releasing a final v0.6.0

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  • I missed the link somehow, I've edited the post now. It's open source (GPLv3).

    They started as a startup, then shut down and open-sourced the project, and now it looks like they're pivoting to something else

  • YSK that if you are planning an outdoor event, you can check where the shade and shadows will fall on a given day and time

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  • I'll have to remember this one during the next storm

  • Appwrite announced the launch of Appwrite Sites, calling it "The open source Vercel alternative"

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  • Yea I don't think I'm going to promote them again :/

    Thanks!

  • Release v0.6.11 · open-webui/open-webui

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  • It is possible to connect it to third party platforms (open router, various paid platforms), but I didn't figure out a way to connect it to duck.ai

    That's the only one that I still go to a separate site for, and I can't maintain the history as a result

  • Release v0.6.11 · open-webui/open-webui

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  • Endurain is a self-hosted fitness tracking service designed to give users full control over their data and hosting environment

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  • UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in Seconds

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  • I couldn't find an exact number, but the goal seems to be to make it cheap

    Santos says targeting the hospitality industry at large, including bars, pubs, clubs and other party venues where drinks flow freely, means patrons can have access to a simple drug testing tool for "every cocktail on every table."

    "The idea is that it'll be completely ubiquitous," she said. "Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe."

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753

  • UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in Seconds

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  • While I still can't say this is novel, this other article mentions that the goal is to make it cheap enough that venues can have enough for every drink that they serve and to put the responsibility on venues rather than the user

    "In the anti-violence sector, you know, there's a lot of very strong feelings about people who are being targeted with violence being told that the burden of safety is on them, and that they have to buy more and do more to protect themselves constantly," she said.

    "The idea is that it'll be completely ubiquitous," she said. "Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe."

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753