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www.nytimes.com One Neighborhood’s ‘Bizarre Culture War’ Over Bike Lanes

A kerfuffle erupts over sharing the street in Queens, New York, where new bike lanes have replaced some parking spaces in residential areas.

One Neighborhood’s ‘Bizarre Culture War’ Over Bike Lanes
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Moderate conservatives be like
  • Or that a better climate policy came only a few years later but they have somehow memory holed the whole thing. Yes, Abbott tore the whole thing up but I'd wager he would have took an axe to Rudd's policy too.

  • Bazzite 3.5.0 Update Released
  • I'll add I installed it on my OLED deck, and no obvious issues stand out. Chucked nix on it with the Determinate Nix Installer and deployed my Pipewire EQ and vkBasalt configs without issue (and without some of the audio output issues that SteamOS introduced with the 3.5 update). Oh and vkBasalt comes installed OOTB, which solves some maintenance annoyances with keeping it working on SteamOS.

    Steam game mode UI feels slightly snappier, perhaps down to using the BORE CPU scheduler (but it could be placebo of course).

  • Bazzite 3.5.0 Update Released
  • I heard it messes with mozilla firefox

    It's a Nvidia driver bug, so if you're not on Nvidia you should be good.

    Im getting slight fps drops that dont seem to relate to the steam fps counter.

    You could try enabling mangohud with the full config. From steam launch options:

     MANGOHUD_CONFIG=full MANGOHUD=1 %command%
    
    

    This will give you more detail than just FPS, although if you don't still have your old setup it would be challenging to compare.

  • universal-blue.discourse.group Bazzite 3.5.0 Update Released

    Update ready to download for current users ⬇ New ISOs available on our website for new users 💿 If you tested this release in the :testing channel then you are encouraged to rebase/rollback to :stable at this time. Nvidia 555 Drivers on Bazzite (Nvidia ❤ Wayland) The proprietary Nvidia dr...

    Bazzite 3.5.0 Update Released
    • Nvidia 555 Drivers on Bazzite (Nvidia :heart: Wayland)
    • Handheld Daemon Version 3
    • Full Steam Deck OLED Support
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    To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Board
  • It doesn't even matter all that much in the case of the Democratic party. Any Democratic president would ultimately follow the platform of the party, and you can see that by the fact that Biden's agenda has been a lot more progressive than most expected, but makes sense since the party has become more progressive in recent years.

    It doesn't apply as much with Trump because he's a wannabe dictator and there's a huge cult of personality behind him. He can do whatever he wants and the Republican party will follow, because they'll be kicked out of the party if they protest in the slightest.

  • Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform
  • Project 2025 may be the unofficial platform, although officially adopting it may be a step too far for even the Republican party. If only because of the optics of it, not because they don't agree with all of it.

    Certainly Trump has suggested cleaning house of "liberal" members of the public service so he can install his own cronies that will let him do whatever he wants, which is in line with Project 2025.

  • blogs.igalia.com sched_ext: scheduler architecture and interfaces (Part 2)

    This is the second blog post about the sched_ext, a BPF-based extensible scheduler class. In this blog post, I briefly update what has been happening in sched_ext, then introduce the scheduler architecture and the sched_ext API. After reading this, you should have a good understanding of the sched_e...

    tl;dr technical about about the upcoming sched_ext interface in Linux 6.11, used for running out-of-tree CPU schedulers on the fly

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    How to achieve this audio setup in linux ?
  • Pipewire has built in EQ support (no GUI, but useful once you've chosen your settings), and you can use EasyEffects for a GUI to experiment with.

    Pipewire also supports complex multichannel impulse responses (including the same files that Hesuvi supports if you supply them). Both of these are a bit challenging to configure it should be said, but it's nice they they are just effectively outputs you can connect to once they are setup, and don't require a bunch of programs running at once.

    Here's the official example for virtual sound with "hesuvi": https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/master/src/daemon/filter-chain/sink-virtual-surround-7.1-hesuvi.conf

    I've had issues with relative paths in the past for the filenames, so try setting a full path if it doesn't work.

    And here's an example for EQ (you can add more channels if you need them): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/master/src/daemon/filter-chain/sink-eq6.conf

    You can also add a preamp if your EQ needs that which is just essentially a 0.0 freq, 0 Q filter and then you set the gain that you need. I didn't need it as I'm not using external amps for any of my pipewire EQs.

    One more thing I'll add is that if you want the effect to also connect to a specific output (maybe your headphone EQ goes to one output, and your speaker EQ goes to a different one) you can set target.object=<your hardware output> in playback.props section. There's an even better solution in wireplumber 0.5.X but I haven't tried it yet and it might not be available on your system. Read this Collabora article if you're interested.

  • Audio on steamdeck with HDMI connected
  • is it possible to set the steamdeck to “default” to always keep picking the steamdeck speaker as default audio out also when an HDMI is connected through the USB-C?

    Some audio issues were introduced in the SteamOS 3.5 update (partly due to having to handle the OLED model around the same time) which causes the HDMI problem. Hopefully it will be fixed in SteamOS 3.6 or 3.7. I've found that Bazzite doesn't have the issue, although obviously that's an invasive change, and I understand it's still a bit buggy with the OLED model.

    how do y’all combine music and games?

    I think doing what you want could be a bit technically involved. One way might be to have one device control the music, and then cast it to the deck with snapcast or similar. Then, if you can get a snapcast client on the deck to be persistently running in the background, any music that is played on the other device, will be heard on the Deck.

    Or more simply, you could try pairing your Deck in bluetooth from another device, and then select that Deck as an output. This is assuming that the Deck allows this, and that your source device supports it (Android did last time I tried).

  • Nuclear push would drag out energy transition, PM warns
  • Politically, you need to convince at least some of the "what about the economy/China" types. So economic and energy/manufacturing sovereignty arguments can be more convincing than "humanity is fucked if we don't act quickly enough". It's stupid, but that's democracy for you.

  • Impressed by Fedora Sway Atomic!
  • The last time I tried a rebase from Kinoite to Bazzite it left me with a weird set of flatpaks and removed Firefox somehow

    There's a warning against this in the Bazzite FAQ, so that's not too surprising. It's referring to DEs, but different "distributions" also applies I presume. I hope that becomes solved in the long run, as it is one of the current downsides with Silverblue etc

    • Support for asynchronous processing has been implemented. Nodes can choose (or be forced) to be scheduled asynchronously. The graph will not wait for the output of the node to continue processing but it will use the output of the previous cycle (or silence) instead. This adds one cycle of latency but it can avoid having some nodes blocking the processing graph. Non realtime streams and filters now also use this asynchronous processing instead of their own slightly broken version.

    • The concept of node.sync-group was added. This groups nodes with overlapping sync-group together when one of them sets the node.sync = true. This is now used to make sure all nodes are scheduled together when JACK transport is started so that they all see the same transport time.

    • Config parsing errors are reported earlier and much better with line and column numbers where the parsing started to fail.

    • Add support for mandatory metadata when negotiating buffer parameters. This can be used to only negotiate extra buffer planes when certain metadata is negotiated. One use case is the explicit sync support that requires 2 extra fds for the timelines.

    • Explicit sync metadata and support was added.

    • Support was added for making and using multiple data-loops in the server and clients. Support for CPU affinity and priorities was added to the data-loops as well.

    • The log topic debug levels can now be changed at runtime with metadata.

    • The log levels in the pulse server can be dynamically changed with a /core message.

    • The UCM conflicting devices patches were merged.

    • Add snapcast-discover module to stream to snapcast servers.

    • Rework how peers are linked and the counters are updated. Resume the peers when a node is unlinked and not yet processed. This should cause less occasional dropouts in the graph when reconnecting things.

    • Many GStreamer element updates.

    • Many more fixes and improvements.

    EDIT: Whoops, looks like a repost.

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    [Steam] Forza Horizon 4 ($11.99 / 80% off)
  • A Steam commenter claims this is the full list of missing content:

    Missing DLC:
    
    Mitsubishi Car Pack
    1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
    1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
    1997 Mitsubishi GTO
    1999 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI GSR
    2004 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII MR
    2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX MR
    2008 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X GSR
    
    Hot Wheels™ Legends Car Pack
    2018 Hot Wheels 2JetZ.
    1972 Hot Wheels Chevrolet LUV.
    1949 Hot Wheels Ford F-5 Dually Custom Hot Rod.
    1969 Hot Wheels International-Harvester Loadstar CO-1600.
    1957 Hot Wheels Nash Metropolitan Custom.
    1957 Hot Wheels Studebaker Golden Hawk 'Dream Roadster'
    
    Misc.
    Quarz Regalia
    1967 Sunbeam Tiger
    1979 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
    

    So presumably the main expansions stay.

  • www.gamingonlinux.com GOG revives the original Resident Evil, plus Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on the way

    A nice little win for preserving the classics. GOG teamed up with Capcom to bring Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 to their store with a few improvements.

    GOG revives the original Resident Evil, plus Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on the way
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    [Steam] Forza Horizon 4 ($11.99 / 80% off)
  • It seems the DLC has already been delisted, so you won't be able to buy that content now.

    It's unclear to me if the Ultimate Edition still includes some or all of the DLC, or if the current DLC delisting is just purchasing them individually. You can try parsing this FAQ from the devs: https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/30662484986387-Forza-Horizon-4-Delisting-FAQ

  • www.collabora.com Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

    The smart audio filters policy in WirePlumber 0.5 is a welcomed convenience for users alike.

    Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

    tl;dr this allows one to link Pipewire filter chains (such as EQ) to specific devices automatically. Useful for system-wide EQ, noise filters etc, especially multiple filters together. In particular, it all happens transparently so you can just connect to your normal hardware output and it should just work.

    You could already do this manually with some work, but this should be simpler and more robust. I suspect this will help with the Steam Deck too, which uses some filters to correct the built-in speakers, and this has caused bugs at times.

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    tl;dr Performance for Blazblue Centralfiction using Zink should be greatly improved once this MR is merged

    Link to blog: https://www.supergoodcode.com/closing-the-loop/

    Seems that it may affect some other games that embed video files, since it's an issue involving gstreamer.

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    Full changelog here: https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v2.13

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    www.theguardian.com CCTV should be mandatory in Victorian piggeries, parliamentary inquiry finds

    State opposition says the inquiry’s 18 recommendations include ‘extreme restrictions’ that should concern all primary producers

    CCTV should be mandatory in Victorian piggeries, parliamentary inquiry finds
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    theconversation.com The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption

    Despite appearances, Australia’s pharmacies don’t much compete with each other. Many are commonly owned, especially those near each other. They are ripe for an ‘Uber’ moment.

    The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption
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    www.theguardian.com From social housing to $1.5m for a studio: minister hits out at ‘dud deal’ sale of Sydney’s Sirius building

    Exclusive: Rose Jackson says losing public housing in expensive central suburbs leaves society worse off, and flags this week’s state budget will address issue

    From social housing to $1.5m for a studio: minister hits out at ‘dud deal’ sale of Sydney’s Sirius building
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    www.theguardian.com Offshore windfarm zone off Illawarra coast given green light in bid to ‘power Australia’s clean energy future’

    Zone will be 20km off the coast and exclude areas significant for little penguin and for southern right whale migration

    Offshore windfarm zone off Illawarra coast given green light in bid to ‘power Australia’s clean energy future’
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    www.theguardian.com Australian banks to alert customers on interest rate moves under changes to get savers better deals

    Move comes after consumer watchdog found banks were using pricing strategies that were highly complex or took advantage of the tendency to set and forget

    Australian banks to alert customers on interest rate moves under changes to get savers better deals

    People will be alerted each time their interest rate moves and when promotional offers expire under a suite of changes aimed at prodding bank customers to snag a better deal.

    The federal government plans to act on a number of recommendations from two Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that found bank customers could earn and save more if not for barriers stopping them switching to better offers.

    Under the changes, savers should eventually be notified about bonus offers that reward customers with extra interest for saving a certain sum or meeting other conditions.

    They will also be sent attractive introductory offers that are used by banks to bring in new customers but are short-lived and, on expiry, savers fall to a lower rate.

    The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, ordered the ACCC investigation into deposit products in 2023 as banks were thought to be passing cash rate hikes straight on to borrowers but rates were slower to move for savers and increases were often much smaller. Sydney housing Lack of mortgage competition to hurt customers and boost Australian banks’ profits Read more

    The consumer watchdog found banks were using pricing strategies that were highly complex or took advantage of the tendency to set and forget.

    The ACCC’s calls to notify customers about deposit product changes have been acted on but the government stopped short of revisiting the commission’s suggestion of banking portability.

    A prominent barrier to changing banks is switching bank details, forcing consumers to reorganise automatic payments and the like.

    The consumer watchdog said it was worth investigating options to make this easier.

    Banks will also need to make mortgage-exiting forms easier for customers to find, under the new changes, and Treasury will consider how prompts could be used to encourage customers to switch to better deals.

    Comparison websites will also have to disclose if there are ties between their product rankings and financial relationships with firms.

    Detailing the banking product changes on Saturday, Chalmers said they would help savers and mortgage customers get a better deal.

    “They will help create a more dynamic, diverse and resilient Australian banking sector, which is good for consumers, good for industry and good for the economy,” he said.

    The Council of Financial Regulators and the ACCC are also set to review challenges faced by small and medium-size banks, Chalmers said, including the role they play in the competitiveness of the sector.

    The banking changes were also informed by a second ACCC inquiry into home loan pricing released in 2020, as well as recommendations from a year-long parliamentary inquiry chaired by the Labor MP Daniel Mulino.

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    reneweconomy.com.au Conservatives and incumbents have predicted the end of wind and solar for decades. They are still wrong

    Conservatives and fossil fuel incumbents are still arguing the lights will go out with renewables. And they are still wrong. Here’s why solar, batteries and electrification are taking over.

    Conservatives and incumbents have predicted the end of wind and solar for decades. They are still wrong
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    Suburbanites Will Flock to This 15 Minute City and Like It (CityNerd)

    Sunriver, Oregon: a destination resort that tens of thousands of suburbanites descend upon every year. The special sauce? It's a place where you can walk and bike everywhere you want to go.

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    Nvidia hope to include their open source kernel driver in the stock kernel in the future. This would mean no more need to make sure that Nvidia driver modules are in sync with the running kernel. And is hopefully a good sign for future open sourcing of the various parts of the driver as a whole.

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