Why Your New Car Is Nearly Impossible to Fix (And It’s Getting Worse)

submitted by Changelin to technology
139 points | 28 comments
https://www.carsandhorsepower.com/featured/the-death-of-repairability-in-modern-cars

The modern automobile is safer, cleaner, more efficient, and more technologically advanced than anything that came before it. Yet those improvements have come at a cost. For many owners, mechanics, and independent repair shops, that cost is…

Why are there no hard forks of Firefox, Chromium, WebKit, or other browsers?

submitted by IsaamoonKHGDT_6143 to opensource
37 points | 28 comments

WebKit and Chromium are hard forks. The former is a fork of KHTML, and the latter is a hard fork of the former. However, in recent years I’ve only seen soft forks, and as for hard forks, I’ve only seen one with Pale Moon, which hard forked Gecko and named it Goanna due to disagreements with the direction the Mozilla Project…

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If you had/have enough disposable income, what would drive you to donate to opensource software?

submitted by tinkralge to opensource
52 points | 28 comments

Scenario: you’re using opensource software and you aren’t donating yet, however you have enough money left over every month to do so. Something(s) is holding you back from donating. Think about what that is and what would have to change for you to change that.

Demaskierung der AfD?: "Die Mainstreamparteien haben ihren Gegner erst groß gemacht"

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https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Die-Mainstreamparteien-haben-ihren-Gegner-erst-gross-gemacht-id30872708.html

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Eine solche Normalisierung schaffen Parteien nur bedingt von allein. Die haben zwar Diskursstrategien, um sich im Mainstream zu etablieren. Das nennt sich Metapolitik, aus der Neuen Rechten kennen wir das schon lange. Aber…

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California Passes Backdoor Bill to Control the 3D Printing Hobby and Spy on Small Designers, Prototypers, and Hobbyists

submitted by EvergreenGuru to technology
174 points | 28 comments
https://www.techspot.com/news/112594-california-assembly-passes-bill-requiring-gun-blocking-software.html#google_vignette

This first bill allows the state of California to regulate and oversee all 3D prints in the name of public safety.

Happy pride month! - Novo General Megathread for the 1st-6th of June 2026

submitted by thelastaxolotl to chapotraphouse
44 points | 28 comments

The rainbow flag or pride flag is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBT rights events…

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‘Worth repeating’: U.S. ambassador welcomes PM Carney’s offer to ‘help make America great again’

submitted by Scotty to canada
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-strong-will-help-make-america-great-again-pm-carney-tells-nyc-business-crowd

Employing U.S. President Donald Trump’s marquee slogan, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a New York City business crowd on Thursday that “Canada strong will help make America great again,” a remark the U.S. envoy to this…

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8 Congressional Democrats Vote To Defund Schools That Support Trans People

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91 points | 28 comments
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/8-congressional-democrats-vote-to

On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2616, the “Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act,” by a vote of 217-198. The bill would hand the Trump administration enormous leverage to strip federal funding from any school that “teaches or advances…

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Lasers, or, The effects of overhyped technology

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Tumblr post by trippedintoa-volcano: Imagine that everywhere in the mechanical engineering world suddenly got infatuated with lasers. Lasers have a lot of uses! Measuring things, heating things, cutting things,…

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