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Why does no distro utilise BitTorrent to distribute packages? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ah, oops!

Why does no distro utilise BitTorrent to distribute packages? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Some distros do this already.

Alternative downloads

There are several other ways to get Ubuntu including torrents, which can potentially mean a quicker download, our network installer for older systems and special configurations and links to our regional mirrors for our older (and newer) releases.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer download network that sometimes enables higher download speeds and more reliable downloads of large files. You need a BitTorrent client on your computer to enable this download method.

https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

As far as we know we could have a lot in common with elephants.

"Donatella, Margaret, quick, call the forest rangers. I just saw an African elephant standing by the lake!" – Karen, the gray

Volvo recalls all of its 72K EX30 cars due to software bug that obscures speedometer in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In older models the speedometer and the tachometer were analogue but new Volvos have them digital so more likely to be affected by software bugs even when the separation exists.

I don't actually know how the analogue versions work or if they could still be affected by software bugs in the onboard computer. UI wise probably sturdier than digital I suspect.

Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Maybe in the future it can be used by managers to keep an eye on what their underlings are doing at all times. I suggest calling the manager's remote version Microsoft Panopticon.

All Santander staff and '30 million' customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

The headline. 🤨

The one hacked was Santander, not its staff and 30 million of its customers.

YouTube videos are skipping to the end for users with adblockers in c/[email protected]

DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it?? [EDIT: IS BACK] in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

Tab Grouping, Vertical Tabs, and our handy Sidebar will help you stay organized no matter how many tabs you have open -- whether it’s 7 or 7,500.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

How much someone scales the display is of course subjective. I could use a 32 inch 4K monitor at 100% scale but it would be uncomfortable to read.

The Windows operating system used 96 DPI/PPI as a default (Mac was 72 DPI/PPI) and a 23 inch monitor at 1080p is exactly 96 PPI. So it's no accident I like PPI at the mid-90s.

The reason I used a 24 inch monitor, instead of a 23 inch monitor, as an example it's because I have a monitor that size.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

They're usually used interchangeably.

For what I understand, PPI is pixels per inch in a digital image, and DPI are dots per inch on a printed image. So we can use PPI or DPI for the same image depending on whether its on our computer screen (PPI) or printed on a sheet of paper (DPI).

What are You Working on Wednesday in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tamarin proofs, tool of the devil.