Comment The 17 Pro Max is a 2021 S21 Ultra from Samsung (Score 1) 76
Just not competitive with any more recent Android Phone
Submission + - Beavers are undermining dykes in the Netherlands (theguardian.com) 1
Bruce66423 writes: 'Reintroduced for environmental reasons, the beaver has made an amazing comeback in the Netherlands. Extinct in the early 19th century, it was reintroduced in 1988, and now there are an estimated 7,000 beavers roaming around.now in danger of causing serious flooding.
'But there’s a significant downside to the booming Dutch beaver population. Beavers are increasingly digging burrows and tunnels under roads, railways and – even more worryingly – in dykes. For a country where a quarter of the land sits below sea level, this is not a minor problem – especially as beavers are not exactly holding back when digging.
“We’ve found tunnels stretching up to 17 metres into a dyke. Wide enough for a grown man to fit in. That’s alarming,” says Jelmer Krom of the Rivierenland water board. Rivierenland is a region in the middle of the Netherlands, crisscrossed by big rivers, where dykes are crucial for keeping high water at bay. If a major dyke gives way, it would cause a serious flood affecting thousands of people.'
'But there’s a significant downside to the booming Dutch beaver population. Beavers are increasingly digging burrows and tunnels under roads, railways and – even more worryingly – in dykes. For a country where a quarter of the land sits below sea level, this is not a minor problem – especially as beavers are not exactly holding back when digging.
“We’ve found tunnels stretching up to 17 metres into a dyke. Wide enough for a grown man to fit in. That’s alarming,” says Jelmer Krom of the Rivierenland water board. Rivierenland is a region in the middle of the Netherlands, crisscrossed by big rivers, where dykes are crucial for keeping high water at bay. If a major dyke gives way, it would cause a serious flood affecting thousands of people.'
Submission + - Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost The Brain's Gray Matter (sciencealert.com)
alternative_right writes: According to a new study, wearing the right kind of perfume or cologne can enlarge your brain's gray matter.
Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose scent oil on their clothing for a month, with another 22 volunteers enlisted as controls who put on plain water instead.
Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) scans showed boosts in the gray matter volume of the rose scent participants.
Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose scent oil on their clothing for a month, with another 22 volunteers enlisted as controls who put on plain water instead.
Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) scans showed boosts in the gray matter volume of the rose scent participants.
Comment [In the USA] Electricity Prices Are Climbing More (Score 1) 238
Because here in Montréal, where we use green renewable électricity, price cliimbing less than the inflation. Thanks to the right wing of our socialist country
Comment That's old f. news (Score 2) 105
Chevrolet beat this week ago
https://news.gm.com/home.detai...
Comment I'm a Android user thinking to switch to Apple (Score 1) 55
Because I have the Google Nest Camera and the software (Google Home) on Android is so bad when compared to the one on the Iphone and Apple Watch.
And Gemini AI is so bad when compared to the old Google Assistant.
Submission + - Microsoft's cut access to accouts related to the International Criminal Court (techzine.eu)
denisbergeron writes: In February, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. As a result, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has no access to the emails on his Microsoft account. The incident once again demonstrates the risks of dependence on US IT services.
To make matters worse, Khan’s bank accounts have also been frozen, according to the Associated Press. If he takes a flight to the US, he will likely be arrested upon arrival. According to the Associated Press, the ICC has been paralyzed by the forced Microsoft blockade. The conflict between the ICC and the US arose in November, when the former issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
To make matters worse, Khan’s bank accounts have also been frozen, according to the Associated Press. If he takes a flight to the US, he will likely be arrested upon arrival. According to the Associated Press, the ICC has been paralyzed by the forced Microsoft blockade. The conflict between the ICC and the US arose in November, when the former issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Submission + - Nestle's pays €2m for breach of regulations at Perrier (theguardian.com)
Bruce66423 writes: 'In 2024, Nestlé Waters admitted using banned filters and ultraviolet treatment on mineral waters. It said it had always defended the safety of its products and had been transparent to authorities. It denied having put pressure on government.
'The company paid a €2m fine to avoid legal action over the use of illegal water sources and filtering. It said at the time that that the replacement filters were approved by the government and that its water was “pure”.'
The fun bit is that the French government appears to have covered up the details.
'The company paid a €2m fine to avoid legal action over the use of illegal water sources and filtering. It said at the time that that the replacement filters were approved by the government and that its water was “pure”.'
The fun bit is that the French government appears to have covered up the details.
Comment like transmiting (Score 1) 3
* The URL you type to the site you visit ?
* The search terme you search for to the search engine you use
* The reddit post you write made to the reddit engine
* The Slashdot comment I'm writing to the slashdot engine
Submission + - Firefox TOS change has an over reaching data grab license term (mozilla.org) 3
agristin writes: Recent update to the Firefox license ( https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/... ) has this disturbing little TOS addition:
"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."
Seems like an over reach.
"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."
Seems like an over reach.
Comment Android 8 ? (Score 1) 18
It's like we have that since 5 or 6 yats ago !
Submission + - Slashdot is forcing user to turn off ad blocker (slashdot.org) 21
SysEngineer writes: I have been a slashdot read for over 20 years.
I have excellent karma and I don't like ads.
Any site that forces me to turn off my ad filter, I will not support.
I have excellent karma and I don't like ads.
Any site that forces me to turn off my ad filter, I will not support.
Submission + - Slashdot Dies A Slow Death with Crippling Advertisements (slashdot.org) 2
zamboni1138 writes: Anybody familiar with the technology news web forum known as Slashdot have known about the recent decline in quality of stories and comments. Recently Slashdot decided to "upgrade" their advertisement experience resulting in an almost broken user experience for users that implement any kind of ad-blocking technology. Over the last week visitors to the site using ad blockers have noticed a unique experience with javascript alerts explaining "This page could not be loaded properly due to incorrect / bad filtering rule(s) of adblockers in use. Please disable all adblockers to continue using the website. (click OK if you'd like to learn more)". These notices are almost non-stop while trying to load/read a page making the site unusable.
Submission + - Slashdot goes mental with advertising 9
sizzlinkitty writes: Has anyone else noticed Slashdot failing to load because of your ad blocker? I know I sure have and it's breaking my user experience like no other.
Please post the blocking patterns you're using to make Slashdot usable again.
Please post the blocking patterns you're using to make Slashdot usable again.
Submission + - Slashdot is dead and has been replaced by an ad-saturated shithole (slashdot.org) 1
An anonymous reader writes: ..and nothing of value was lost.
Between all the Trump-supporting shitheads that permeate this place, and now ads everywhere you look that can't be blocked without blocking the entire site, I declare Slashdot to be dead.
RIP Slashdot.
Between all the Trump-supporting shitheads that permeate this place, and now ads everywhere you look that can't be blocked without blocking the entire site, I declare Slashdot to be dead.
RIP Slashdot.
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