I am streaming krastorio 2 now (www.twitch.tv)
maybe someone here is interested
The many faces behind remittances: ‘Every week I sent them money so that they could eat what we were not able to’ (english.elpais.com)
In 2022, the last full year on record, remittances from migrants to their countries of origin amounted to $647 billion, according to the World Bank, which estimated $656 billion for 2023 last June. These figures showed no sign of abating during the pandemic and nor will they decrease in the coming years, according to the...
Spain makes masks mandatory in hospitals after spike in Covid and flu cases (www.breakingnews.ie)
[DISC] Zeikin de Katta Hon - chapter 65-66 (mangadex.org)
Weak economy, COVID rampage likely shrank China's population again in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan confronts China's disinformation behemoth ahead of vote (www.codastory.com)
Taiwan holds elections on 13 January, pitting the pro-autonomy Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against the more pro-Beijing KMT. The outcome of the vote has huge consequences for relations across the Taiwan Strait and for the future of an autonomous Taiwan, whose independence Beijing has vehemently opposed — and threatened...
I Play 3 Chinese RPGs | Sword and Fairy 6 & 7 | Xuan Yuan Sword 7 :: Features and Discussion (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1575381...
Trial of Jimmy Lai: ‘Dissenters Risk Similar Fate’ Warns Co-founder of UK Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (www.jurist.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10896265...
Latin America’s health systems are falling behind the rest of the world, WHO warns (www.telegraph.co.uk)
German farmers block roads with tractors in subsidies protest (www.theguardian.com)
Pokémon TV to Discontinue in March 2024 (www.pokemon.com)
Typical Pokémon Company move to just discontinue the service without a replacement and not even giving an advance warning of the app being removed…
Exclusive-Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in ‘company reset’ continuation (www.yahoo.com)
By Anna Tong...
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new details on its history (phys.org)
The spectacular explosion of the mine at Hawthorn Ridge—a fortified German front-line position in the First World War—marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, and remains one of the best-known pieces of film from the whole conflict....
The latest indignity for China’s flawed recovery (www.smh.com.au)
Neighbours whose economic fortunes were supposed to be tied to the heft of the country’s rebound from the pandemic seem to be doing pretty well without it....
Booting up Libreboot T440p laptop with Windows 11 (No NVIDIA GPU Required) (vid.puffyan.us)
youtu.be/OFHiMfVNNeA?si=YfV8zafqnnx9QTsX
Gerbera v2.0.0 (github.com)
Gerbera is a UPnP media server. I’ve used it (and it’s predecessor mediatomb) for many years. Rock solid. Works well with VLC.
Caramel reviews Star Wars: Complete Vehicles – New Edition (bookbunnies.blog)
I came across this neat tool: A web app that allows you to download Guitar Pro files from Songsterr, and Ultimate Guitar (github.com)
The downloaded files can then be used with something like MuseScore, to create your own PDF’s of the guitar tabs.
Some Galactic Civil War art, by Gabriel Navarro Romero (lemmy.world)
Source page here.
2nd tuberculosis outbreak linked to bone grafts in the US (www.livescience.com)
[DISC] Love Agency — Ch. 24 — Serious Love (mangadex.org)
Linux 6.8 To Introduce New Intel Xe & PowerVR Graphics Drivers, Prepare For New AMD & Intel CPUs (www.phoronix.com)
Linux 6.7 should be released later today as the first stable kernel of 2024. In turn the Linux 6.8 merge window will then open tomorrow and run for the next two weeks. For those curious about the features expected for Linux 6.8, here’s an early look at some of the changes expected to land for that next kernel cycle....
