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  • What you do with your windows button on your keyboard?

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  • The menu key is a convenient place to put the compose key.

  • What you do with your windows button on your keyboard?

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  • KDE mostly calls it Meta, GNOME calls it "Super".

  • with a break statement right?

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  • You can have a non-infinite loop without a break statement, you just need a return statement in it. Also for(;;) is much faster to write than while(true).

  • EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR

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  • Reforming the GDPR is in principle a good idea because many of the terms used in it are so vague that it's completely unclear what it does or doesn't mean.

    Somehow I suspect that improving this isn't what's going to happen...

  • Hitler reacts to functional programming

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  • with these things, I always wonder how different I would feel about them if my first language weren't German and I didn't understand what was actually being said; as it is, I need to concentrate very much on the subtitles

  • Tourist map of Australia

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  • Pretty sure "flora" and "flower" are related words, yeah.

  • if we could swap mainstream platforms, which would be the centre of mainstream instead? Friendica, Mastodon, Peertube or something else entirely?

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  • I don't think I understand the question.

    The Internet isn't supposed to have a "center", at all. If it ever does, something has gone wrong.

    Federation, like what we're doing here, can make it so that everyone's personal "center" can be whatever platform they choose to use most of the time. Someone trying to communicate may be using an entirely different one, it will still get federated to whatever you prefer.

  • I Assumed 'Twas The Boot Code

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  • More people use laptops (or even tablets or smartphones) more of the time nowadays, so fewer people turn on their devices that way nowadays.

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    Can kids under 10 be possibly taught coding, without even mentioning the word syntax to them ??

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  • Well, for most real-world programming languages, you do have to teach syntax. You do not have to use the word "syntax", you can call it something else.

    Obviously there are things like Scratch that are intended for your exact use case.

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    Can kids under 10 be possibly taught coding, without even mentioning the word syntax to them ??

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  • I don't think you need to use the word "syntax" at all when teaching anyone basic coding. There are many ways to paraphrase the concept. It is kind of an odd question, why that specific word?

  • cwtch (that ain't no typo)

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  • In any case, the IPA above doesn't seem "unpronounceable" at all to me as a native speaker of German and fluent speaker of English. The pronunciation isn't intuitive from the spelling, that is quite a different thing from being unpronounceable.

  • Linux Virus

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  • yes, somehow people keep inventing less funny versions of that

  • Questions from Court

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  • Me trying to figure out what 'bro' I used us in text, that I haven't already used.

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  • In any case, there have been way more people than those two in world history who have had the first name "Joseph", and it works equally well for all of them.

  • How important is a VPN to you?

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  • I don’t use one except for work (to connect to corporate networks).

    A VPN mostly changes which entity you have to trust (from your ISP to your VPN provider). I don’t have a reason to distrust my ISP any more than any VPN provider. I don’t have any need to regularly get around any geoblocking.

    When I do privacy-sensitive things, I use Tor, which is actually effective at hiding who I am and what I am doing.

  • My hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOME

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  • We native speakers of German intuitively pronounce an audible "g" followed by an audible "n" when reading "GNOME" and find it weird that the ordinary word "gnome" is pronounced with a silent "g" in English. The cognate in our first language is "Gnom", pronounced with two consonants in the beginning, like the desktop environment.

  • USB C? You mean USA C?

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  • What's the difference between USA and USB?

    One connects to all devices and accesses the data. The other is a hardware standard.

  • systemd-detect-fash: A utility to detect problematic software

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  • no, exit codes work the other way round: 0 = success, !0 = error

  • Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?

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  • When I regularly played Need for Speed: Most Wanted (the old one from the 2000s), I often intentionally didn't escape the cops at low wanted levels in order to get to higher wanted levels. Not sure this counts because it's basically what you have to do if you want to have fun in this game...

    Recently I've been playing a lot of EA FC 25, and when I'm already clearly winning (or losing), I usually commit a lot of fouls just because I can.

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/08/no-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction

    www.linux-magazine.com /Online/News/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Gains-Traction
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    U.S. Senators Introduce New Pirate Site Blocking Bill: Block BEARD

    torrentfreak.com /u-s-senators-introduce-new-pirate-site-blocking-bill-block-beard/
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    Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks

    de.ifixit.com /News/112008/polish-train-maker-is-suing-the-hackers-who-exposed-its-anti-repair-tricks
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    Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/07/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-surveillance
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    Internet regulation is entering its hall pass era

    www.fastcompany.com /91370158/internet-regulation-is-entering-its-hall-pass-era
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    ‘Stop Killing Games’ Finds An Ally In An EU Politician

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/16/stop-killing-games-finds-an-ally-in-an-eu-politician/
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Ross Scott Gets A Second Chance For His ‘Stop Killing Games’ Crusade

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/15/ross-scott-gets-a-second-chance-for-his-stop-killing-games-crusade/
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    Virginia Enacts Stupid, Completely Unworkable ‘Social Media Time Limit’ Law

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/09/virginia-enacts-stupid-completely-unworkable-social-media-time-limit-law/
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/01/nintendos-anti-consumer-anti-piracy-measures-also-reduce-the-value-of-the-switch-2/
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
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    Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/01/nintendos-anti-consumer-anti-piracy-measures-also-reduce-the-value-of-the-switch-2/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    darktable 5.2.0 released

    www.darktable.org /2025/06/darktable-5.2.0-released/
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Nintendo Is Already Punishing Switch 2 Users Over Piracy ‘Suspicions’

    www.techdirt.com /2025/06/18/nintendo-is-already-punishing-switch-2-users-over-piracy-suspicions/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will

    www.techdirt.com /2025/06/18/why-making-social-media-companies-liable-for-user-content-doesnt-do-what-many-people-think-it-will/
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    Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/06/apple-australians-youre-too-stupid-choose-your-own-apps
  • Europe @lemmy.ml
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    Joint Letter on the European Internal Security Strategy (ProtectEU) – Global Encryption Coalition

    www.globalencryption.org /2025/05/joint-letter-on-the-european-internal-security-strategy-protecteu/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Joint Letter on the European Internal Security Strategy (ProtectEU) – Global Encryption Coalition

    www.globalencryption.org /2025/05/joint-letter-on-the-european-internal-security-strategy-protecteu/
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Why console makers can legally brick your game console

    arstechnica.com /gaming/2025/05/why-console-makers-can-legally-brick-your-game-console/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

    signal.org /blog/signal-doesnt-recall/
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    The Kids Online Safety Act is back

    www.theverge.com /news/666729/kids-online-safety-act-reintroduced