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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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Otter@lemmy.cato World News@quokk.au•Ukrainian sniper uses AI to set new world record with 4 km kill shotEnglish12·2 days agoThe article doesn’t explain what the “AI” aspect is, I assume they’re referring to non-generative AI algorithms? The drones doing some physics calculations etc.
Otter@lemmy.caMto Canada@lemmy.ca•Non-profit advocacy organization for band members being sued by Indigenous law firmEnglish3·2 days agoI was curious what it was about
Maurice Law has filed a statement of claim against Rob Louie, the founder of the Band Members Alliance and Advocacy Association of Canada (BMAAAC), alleging Louie defamed the firm’s founder, Ron Maurice by questioning his indigeneity in an online post.
Otter@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you think the trans-movement is starting to fizzle out?English2·2 days agoWhat are you basing this on?
Otter@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your dataEnglish15·2 days agoYour account seems to be marked as a bot, you can fix that in your user settings if it was unintentional
Otter@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do kids these days even have textbooks, or is it all on Chromebooks?English6·3 days agoA while back some people compiled a list of good/bad textbooks at our university:
https://ubcwiki.ca/academics/textbooks#✅-course-hall-of-fame
Generally, open source ones have nicer interfaces. The proprietary ones do various things to limit access and squeeze out profit
#WhenTaken #537 (17.08.2025) I scored 791/1000🏅 1️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈169/200 2️⃣📍294 km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥈160/200 3️⃣📍881 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈174/200 4️⃣📍1.3K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈162/200 5️⃣📍2.0K km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈126/200 https://whentaken.com/
Otter@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•What's slimy, has 4 legs, and is a house?English19·4 days agoHermit crab should work? It feels more ‘house’ than a regular exoskeleton
Otter@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?English3·4 days agoWouldn’t it also lift you up with a similar amount of force? Similar to putting a fan on a sailboat to blow at the sails, the forces would cancel out somewhat
Otter@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?English5·4 days agoI’m not sure it would, unless the person’s volume also changes considerably.
Buoyant force comes from a displaced volume of fluid (the outside air in this case)
Otter@lemmy.cato PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Meta's AI rules permitted 'sensual' chats with kids until a journalist got ahold of the document and asked what was up with thatEnglish3·4 days agoSome of these posts might be better for communities like !technology@lemmy.world, they’re being reported in this community for not being PC Gaming related
Otter@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•What is your preferred fitness tracker/smartwatch?English1·2 years agoWhile there are a lot of comments saying Garmin, I haven’t seen people mention the privacy aspect
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/wearables/
Garmin apps are much better for privacy. If I’m going to be wearing a biometric tracker 24/7, I don’t want that data being sold to advertisers. That’s more important to me than most other features
On our donation page, we put a breakdown of how much each platform takes from the donation and I think that is why a lot of users chose to donate through the methods that have lower / no fees: https://fedecan.ca/en/donate
I imagine as Crowdbucks develops, they will introduce more methods and improve user / platform choice. Dealing with payment platforms is annoying, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with over time