HeartyBeast

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Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" in c/technology@beehaw.org
Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Fedi Garden to users: "You may need to find an alternative to us"

Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" in c/technology@beehaw.org
Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program Mac users run, and when and where they ran it in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

This is from 2020. You absolutely can use Little Snitch or a similar firewall to block this traffic.

https://eclecticlight.co/2021/02/23/how-to-run-apps-in-private/

'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood in c/movies@kbin.social
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

It's actually awarded by the government if that makes you feel any better, it's not in the gift of the (ceremonial) monarch

Pupil behaviour 'getting worse' at schools in England, say teachers in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

My neighbour has it. She was a live wire teacher in her early 39s, fit healthy, joined us on on Parkrun every week. Still suffering, working half days.

Pupil behaviour 'getting worse' at schools in England, say teachers in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Or as an alternative hypothesis, social media is fucking up developing minds https://www.sciencenews.org/article/social-media-teens-mental-health

Will it be possible at some point to have private magazines? in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
Use WhatsApp without a smartphone? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Or send, you know - a text message

Will it be possible at some point to have private magazines? in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like a good case for someone running their own instance?

Smart meter figures: Nearly four million not working properly in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don't do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative

Smart meter figures: Nearly four million not working properly in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day

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Italy begins removing gay mothers from children’s birth certificates (www.independent.co.uk)
 

Families in Milan, Rome and Padua have received letters notifying them of the changes

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Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies (youtu.be)
 

Bit of a Simon Pegg fan, so posting this. Looks ... different

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Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny from the European Union over Teams, Office 365 (www.windowscentral.com)
 

The regulatory body has concerns regarding Microsoft's bundling of Teams and Office 365.

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WordPress Playground - Full Wordpress running entirely in the browser (developer.wordpress.org)
 

Pretty astonishing

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Which movies and TV shows are impacted by the Hollywood strike? (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

This is how a mega-strike involving writers and performers may see film and TV productions put on ice.

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Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

The heatwave could potentially lead to record-breaking temperatures, forecasters say.

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Intel Exiting the PC Business as it Stops Investment in the Intel NUC (www.servethehome.com)
 

Intel stopping building its own PCs as it stops investment in the pioneering and popular Intel NUC line of mini PCs

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Milan Kundera, ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ Novelist, Dies at 94 (variety.com)
 

Milan Kundera, whose 1984 novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was turned into an Oscar-nominated film, has died at the age of 94. Kundera died Tuesday in Paris after a long illnes…

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Lauching Claude 2 (www.anthropic.com)
 

We are pleased to announce Claude 2, our newest model, which can be accessed via API as well as a new public-facing beta website at claude.ai.

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Threads: Meta sets out planned new features (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

The firm has said the current app is an initial version and changes such as a new feed are planned.

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BBC: Claims about presenter 'rubbish' - young person's lawyer (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer claims "nothing inappropriate or unlawful" happened.

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Inside Britain’s tiniest places: ‘It’s an engineering work of art … with coffee’ (www.theguardian.com)
 

This article made me smile and felt quite casual so … here it is

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