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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52638736

Love to see upgrades with a negative net size lmao. Software should get more optimized with time, not more bloated. Oop, just got the gnome console popup notification saying that my install command finished running, sweet -- it took as long as making this post

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage

I just want to do cool stuff with a keyboard

In a deadlock with the bosses and the city over contract negotiations, one thousand doctors across New York City are fighting for their rights and those of their colleagues and patients. Left Voice speaks with one of the organizers about conditions for NYC doctors and how healthcare workers are joining a resurgent labor movement against profit-making at the expense of human need.

The hospital-set sitcom 'St. Denis Medical' has been renewed for a second season at NBC.

Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry and Ben Stiller promoted 'Severance' at Grand Central Station in New York City.

But like TikTok, there have also been reports of censorship on RedNote when it comes to criticism of the Chinese government.

In Taiwan, public officials are restricted from using RedNote due to alleged security risks of Chinese software.

As more US users joined RedNote, some Chinese users have also jokingly referred to themselves as "Chinese spies", a reference to US officials' concerns that TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political manipulation.

RedNote's Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, translates to Little Red Book, but the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book of quotations with the same name.

But security concerns have not deterred users from flocking to RedNote.

Sarah Fotheringham, a 37-year-old school canteen worker in Utah, says the move to RedNote is a way to "snub" the government.

"I'm just a simple person living a simple life," Ms Fotheringham told the BBC in a RedNote message.

"I don't have anything that China doesn't, and if they want my data that bad they can have it."

Marcus Robinson, a fashion designer in Virginia, said he created his RedNote account over the weekend to share his clothing brand and "be ahead of the curve".

Mr Robinson told the BBC he was was only "slightly hesitant" about accepting the terms and conditions of using the app, which were written in Mandarin.

"I wasn't able to actually read them so that was a little concerning to me," he said, "but I took my chance."

This is what is wrong with modern society. I take a train downtown and no inner city kid is worshiping the sun. Our leaders no longer cut out the hearts of their enemies as tribute.

Six-planet system discovered that moves in perfect mathematical harmony

Researchers have identified a fascinating six-planet system that offers a different take on planetary configurations. The newly reported configuration features six planets around a single star. Their orbits line up in a synchronized manner, which astronomers call resonance.

When planets move in resonance, their orbital periods stay in a fixed ratio for millions or even billions of years. This pattern can be so exact that it reminds some observers of musical tempos.

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For me it isn't working. Single player works fine. If Crossplay is ON I can see other games on the world map, but time out when joining the lobby. When I disable Crossplay I see none at all. (Yes, this is the opposite of what you might guess based on other issues people have mentioned where disabling Crossplay fixed it.)

Summary

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained following a law enforcement operation over his brief martial law declaration on Dec. 3.

Yoon, accused of rebellion, claimed the measure was necessary to counter an "anti-state" opposition but was impeached on Dec. 14.

After weeks of resistance at his residence, he complied with the detention warrant, avoiding clashes.

His fate now rests with the Constitutional Court, which is deliberating whether to remove him permanently or reinstate him.

Protests have erupted, with supporters and critics rallying near his residence.

It turns out Connecticut has a more than 100-year-old law that allows tow truck companies to sell someone’s car 15 days after they haul it away, if they can convince the Department of Motor Vehicles that the vehicle is worth $1,500 or less.

I submitted a request to the DMV under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.

In addition to being heavily redacted, many forms were handwritten, and the DMV didn’t seem to have a database or a system for keeping track of them. Agency officials initially told us there were 11,700 documents. Then they told us there were more than 7,000 for 2022 alone. Now they say there are about 4,100 for that year. The DMV hasn’t been able to explain the discrepancies. Officials also said the request has taken time because they have to manually redact thousands of documents.

Under the law, towing companies must notify the local police within two hours of removing a car. So we submitted public records requests to several police departments for their call logs.

Just days after our story was published, at least two bills were introduced in the state legislature to address some of the issues raised in our reporting. The DMV said it would undertake a “comprehensive review” of towing practices, and the speaker of the House promised that fixing the towing laws will be a “priority” this legislative session.