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etccsy · 4 months ago

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The night of Bashar al-Assad's fall

Two months ago, in five investigative articles, veteran journalist Issam Khoury predicted the fall of the Syrian regime, and that’s exactly what happened. He dives deep into Middle Eastern politics and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.

In the last two weeks, the world has witnessed a historic transformation in Syria with the ousting of Bashar al-Assad—a pivotal moment reshaping the Middle East. But the events leading to this monumental change didn’t happen overnight.Take a journey through time with our esteemed journalist and Czech-Slovak Institute of Oriental Studies Senior Advisor, Issam Khoury, who has meticulously…

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mijnniemandsland · 5 months ago

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Egelhuis.

Egels zijn nachtdieren die de voorkeur geven aan rustige, beschutte plekken waar ze kunnen rusten, overwinteren, of zich kunnen verstoppen voor roofdieren. Een exclusief egelhuisje biedt niet alleen bescherming, maar creëert ook een luxueuze omgeving voor deze stekelige bewoners. De vraag is echter: hoeveel kamers moet een dergelijk huisje bevatten om optimaal comfort te bieden? De behoeften van…

#bufferzone #vetreserves

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maryse127 · 9 days ago

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One of the billboards on the way to work has a poster from the Red Cross captioned: "a flood doesn't care where your house is located" and I know that they are trying to send a message of disaster can happen to anyone, even you, so please support us in our work but damn a flood is like the number 1 disaster that does in fact care about the location of your home

#the river at my city actually has a bufferzone to flood into when water gets too high #like one side of the river is directly next to the city because it is a small harbour #but there is an island strip in the middle and another beach and grassy area on the other side #sometimes when the water gets high the beaches are just gone #(they are sandy river banks but everyone here calls it a beach)

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dievve · 5 months ago

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Silenzio, si abortisce! Pregare fuori dalle cliniche è reato http://dlvr.it/TGM9t1

#Religione #Aborto #Bufferzones #Cliniche #Consultori

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helldivers-2 · 6 months ago

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MAJOR ORDER: After countless acts of heroic sacrifice, the advance of the Jet Brigade has at last been arrested.

Many planets have been ravaged: Matar Bay. Others. These atrocities will not be forgotten.

The efforts of our heroes were not in vain: the Automatons' brutish venture to discover the location of the DSS and it's critical substations has yielded nothing. Alas, there is little pause to the Galactic War, and a new dilemma is presented to the Helldivers:

Create a protective bufferzone around the DSS, or defend the Terminid Research Preserve on Acamar IV to secure its vital fuel potential?

Which objective to pursue is a difficult decision, one which High Command leaves in the capable and united hands of the Helldivers.

#helldivers #helldivers 2 #helldivers ii #helldivers updates #super earth #automatons #terminids

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wolven91 · 1 year ago

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Humans and Empathy

Soldiers die, it was a fact of life.

The canid huffed; everyone dies eventually. Their shoulders sagged dramatically.

So why were they so focused on their packmate? The canids lived for battle, as did Omayta, she was like all the other canids in all things. She'd wet her claws and proved her teeth. She revelled in the thrill of the fight, feeling as if she belonged in the madness and chaos. But this was the first time one of her pack had returned without on of their own.

It was expected. One went into a fight, knowing that one might not return.

Why couldn't she stop thinking about it?

Maybe she could have handled things differently? If she had been facing their direction, she might have pulled them down? To safety?

"Hey."

The canid jumped violently, pulled from deep thought. She painfully banging her knee against the metal safety rail causing a resounding 'clang' and almost falling between the spaces. Two tiny hands grabbed her pelt and pulled, but she stopped herself with her own hands and arms.

Glancing back, the human let go and put their hands up.

"Sorry, I didn't mean..."

"It's fine. I didn't expect anyone to come up here." Omayta replied. They were on a catwalk, far above the station. It was meant for the engineering crew, but the door lock was busted, and it wasn't widely known about. Omayta had been coming up here during her downtimes since she was a pup. She hadn't known the station had gained a human. Without further comment, she turned back and rested her huge head against the safety rail. It was designed to be held by the engineers, but it was the perfect height to sit down and rest against, dangling one's feet over the edge so it appeared as if one was floating.

The human paused, Omayta's ears were turned in their direction, but the canid attempted to ignore them.

"Can I... sit here?"

The canid grunted, still trying to get the human to leave her alone.

"It's a free station." She growled when it was clear the human wouldn't get the hint. It was true, despite being in a off limits area, the whole point to the fighting had been to ensure the separatist colonies didn't advance any further. To create a bufferzone so their attacks wouldn't reach the actual GC territories. All so humans could sit wherever they liked, next to whoever they chose...

"A bad day?"

Grunt.

"A bad week?"

Silence.

"Damn... that bad?"

The canid glanced to the side and tried to recall if the humans were like the esquinines, telep-tele-... Mind readers...? She was certain they weren't, yet this tiny thing knew that Omayta was having a rough time? Nah, had to be a guess. She wasn't that predictable.

"Look... I'm... None of your canid friends know you're here. Certainly no one knows I'm here... Why not share? No one will know." The tiny fleshy thing said, shuffling to the edge at an alarming rate. Omayta reached out a dinnerplate sized paw and placed it against the human's front.

"There's close enough. One gust and you're liable to go flying. " She growled, still trying to keep the prickly exterior whilst ensuring the small creature was safe. Why did she want it to be safe?!

Omayta sighed.

"I lost a friend the other day."

"Oh..."

"Plasma round cooked his face. Dead on impact."

"That's gotta' be hard... I'm so so-"

"No it isn't! It's meant to be easy!"

The human looked taken aback, but shook their head.

"No it's not. It never is, not when we lose friends... Lose those we care about. We might put on a mask, pretend it doesn't bother us, but it still hurts..."

"What do you know about it?"

"I lost my family... My friends... I come up here to hide. To pretend it didn't happen... I get it..." The human replied quietly. There wasn't accusation or a tone that would put guilt on the canid. It was matter-of-fact.

"It's frustrating." They said.

Omayta had to agree there... cutting through the noise, the canid could definitely feel frustration was the largest part of her emotions.

"Could I have done anything differently? Shoulda', Woulda', Coulda'. You'd feel that regardless."

The words were odd, but the concept was clear.

"You mean... Even if it was different. If it were someone else... I'd still... believe I could have done something different."

"Spot on."

Omayta rested her head against the metal rail. The cool metal heating beneath her. A small hand touched against and into her thick pelt along her arm. Not even her packmates had shown such a display. The human's hand. It was nice... it wasn't her friend... but it felt as if she wasn't alone anymore.

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reikiajakoiranruohoja · 2 years ago

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I know this suggestion sounds baffling, but I’ve been around online long enough to see the need for this. If you are someone who wants to make it big online and actually be a sort of celebrity? As soon as you start to take off, hire an agent. I’m not kidding, you need a bufferzone between you and your fans. You need a PR team that can help you avoid putting your foot in your mouth. If you DON’T want to be an online celeb, then try your hardest to minimize any sort of fan interaction. Don’t have a discord server, don’t get involved in your own fanclub. Stay a ghost, because that will save your arse from a lot. In general, do NOT have a discord server for your fans where YOU are present.

#important #artist stuff

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biracy · 5 months ago

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[ID: A tweet by Darcade @.DarcadeV2 that says "Hello Masahiro Ito, I was wondering, do you usually like slavic/russian aesthetic to use as reference for your work?" with a quote retweet from Masahiro Ito that says "The reason why I often use Russian language in Sci-Fi (especially in Acid Bufferzone), Pyramid Head variation arts & so on is I studied Russian avant-garde when I was an art univ student and my great-grand mother was Russian. That's all." and a reply from Andrew Zhukevych that says "Mashari, huge fan of your work. But I don't think russians deserve to be praised for their culture. After all the atrocities they" before being cut off. End ID]

😭😭😭

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fransopdefiets · 10 months ago

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15-6 Kløfta

Gisterenmiddag at ik op de camping fish and chips en een waffel met ijs toe. Dat was best goed gedaan, het enige dat mijn eetplezier bedierf, was de snoeiharde tweederangs popmuziek op het terras. Je hoort hier overal (bij de receptie, in de douches en WC’s, bij het café) slechte versies van bekende nummers zoals een galmende Bridge over troubled water gezongen door iemand die denkt dat ie Pavarotti is met een keiharde beat eronder. Waarom? En die muziek was nergens voor nodig, want er zaten misschien drie mensen te eten. Waarschijnlijk was het drukker geweest, als ze de muziek zachter hadden gezet of vervangen hadden door “Aangenaam klassiek” of zoiets.

Het heeft de hele nacht zachtjes geregend, maar vanaf een uur of acht is het droog. Ik voer deze ochtend niet zoveel uit, ik laat de tent drogen, lees wat en eet wat. Om half twaalf fiets ik weg van de camping, het is fris maar niet onbehaaglijk. Na een heerlijke afdaling van drie kilometer sta ik opeens voor een koffiebranderij met koffiebar. Ha, tijd voor koffie! Als je van lekkere koffie houd, is Oslo je stad. Overal zitten koffiezaakjes met een ruime keuze aan roasts. En ze houden hier van sterkere koffie dan bij ons. Ik heb hier aan één cappuccino per dag genoeg.

Maar daarna begint het. Ik fiets de hele middag langs snelwegen en door aaneengegroeide stadskernen met shoppingmalls als bufferzones om uit Oslo te komen. Daarbij moet ik voortdurend steile hellingen beklimmen, die het tempo enorm drukken. Ik ben wel heel content met mijn besluit om deze tocht gewoon in Zaandijk te beginnen, want anders had ik het hier na tien kilometer beslist opgegeven. En evengoed voel ik mijn spieren en scharnieren. Ik klim telkens een stuk, daal dan wat, klim weer een stuk etc. Van het romantische Noorwegen krijg ik voorlopig niks te zien.

Als ik aankom bij mijn Airbnb in Kløfta, blijkt dat een appartementje in een nieuwbouwwijk te zijn. Niet onaardig, maar volgens mij is dit een gevalletje misbruik sociale huur. Aangezien de gastvrouw me aanraadde om mijn fiets goed op slot te zetten, besluit ik om die maar naar boven te sjouwen en op het balkon te stallen.

Ik kijk nog even naar de weersvoorspellingen op de Noorse app YR, die best nauwkeurig zijn en grafisch heel knap worden weergegeven. Het nadeel daarvan is dat als er regen voorspeld wordt, je het water al langs je nek omlaag voelt sijpelen.

Afstand: 42,5 km

Tijd: 4 uur

Afstand tot de Noordkaap langs de meridiaan: 1.393 kmp

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keynewssuriname · 11 months ago

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OW Bouwcommissie verwelkomt 2 nieuwe leden

De Bouwcommissie van het ministerie van Openbare werken heeft twee nieuwe leden, Dynaida Baptist en Karansing Gena erbij, die met hun uitgebreide ervaring en toewijding een waardevolle aanvulling vormen voor het team. De toevoeging van deze leden is het resultaat van een expliciet verzoek aan de minister van Openbare Werken. De Bouwcommissie, onder leiding van voorzitter Indersing Gangabisoensingh, is sinds haar installatie actief bezig met het verbeteren van de regelgeving in de bouwsector. Eén van de prioriteiten is de uitbreiding van de bufferzone. Daarnaast werkt de bouwcommissie aan het updaten van de regelgeving om aan de hedendaagse uitdagingen te voldoen. “Hoewel de regels helder en duidelijk zijn, begrijpen we dat ze moeten evolueren met de tijd. We streven ernaar om regelgeving te creëren die relevant en effectief is, in de snel veranderende omgeving van de bouwsector”, aldus de voorzitter. Minister Riad Nurmohamed benadrukt het belang van de Bouwcommissie en kondigt aan dat er binnenkort een speciaal bouwloket zal worden geopend binnen het ministerie van Openbare Werken. Dit loket zal een centrale plek bieden waar burgers alle relevante regelgeving kunnen raadplegen en vragen kunnen stellen over bouwgerelateerde zaken. Suriname, met zijn diverse culturele en etnische achtergronden, vereist een aanpak die rekening houdt met de unieke behoeften van de gemeenschap. We kijken ernaar uit om samen te werken aan een bloeiende bouwsector voor de toekomst van Suriname. Read the full article

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govindhtech · 11 months ago

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Intel Lunar Lake CPU: Powering Next-Gen Copilot+ PCs

Intel Lunar Lake CPU

Intel’s next generation of client CPUs, code-named Intel Lunar Lake, will power over 80 new laptop designs from over 20 OEMs starting in Q3 2024, just in time for the holidays. These processors will deliver AI performance on a worldwide scale for Copilot+ PCs. As soon as an upgrade is released, Intel Lunar Lake will receive the Copilot+ experiences, such as Recall. With Intel Lunar Lake added, and building on the popularity of Intel Core Ultra processors, Intel expects to ship over 40 million AI PC chips this year.

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Intel Lunar Lake and Copilot+, together with the industry’s largest library of software enablement for the CPU, GPU, and NPU, and with x86 architecture’s dependable compatibility, promise to give the most competitive joint client hardware and software offering in Intel’s history

What an AI computer

A neural processing unit (NPU), graphic processing unit (GPU), and central processing unit (CPU) are the three components of an AI PC, and each one has unique AI acceleration capabilities. Rather of transferring data to be processed on the cloud, an NPU is a specialised accelerator that effectively tackles AI and machine learning (ML) activities immediately on your PC. The need for AI PCs is growing as the desire to automate, optimise, and streamline PC processes increases.

Use Intel Core Ultra Processors on your PC to experience the power of AI. You could be able to increase your creativity, productivity, and security with the AI PC. Intel is transferring AI apps from the cloud to PCs, enhancing privacy and lowering reliance on pricey data centres, all while being inspired by market trends. Because Intel simplifies AI software development, you can focus on what counts.

The AI PC Era

The advent of the AI PC marks a turning moment in the history of the PC industry, a time when software improved by ML and AI algorithms is becoming more widely available. These apps enable users to produce music, create art, combine knowledge, and work more efficiently. With strong architectures for the neural processing unit (NPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), and central processing unit (CPU) to maximise the speed and power efficiency of AI applications, Intel is leading this shift.

Improving Computer Experiences

Through the AI PC Acceleration programme, access to Intel’s vast bench of technical expertise will be made possible for focused software optimisations and tuning based on go-to-market prospects, ISV demands, and core development tools and software developer kits like OpenVINO.

Intel will improve PC audio effects, content creation, gaming, security, streaming, video collaboration, and more by working with over 100 ISVs on over 300 AI-accelerated features, including Adobe, Audacity, BlackMagic, BufferZone, CyberLink, DeepRender, Fortemedia, MAGIX, Rewind AI, Skylum, Topaz, VideoCom, Webex, Wondershare Filmora, XSplit, and

The Reason It Is Important

With over three times the AI performance of the previous generation, Intel Lunar Lake is anticipated to be a revolutionary mobile CPU for AI PCs. Intel’s next generation CPUs, with around 40 NPU tera operations per second (TOPS), will have the power to provide Copilot+ experiences when they hit the market. Apart from the enhanced NPU performance, Intel Lunar Lake will be furnished with more than 60 GPU TOPS that will yield over 100 platform TOPS.

Intel extensive co-engineering cooperation will allow Intel Lunar Lake to boost security, battery life, and more. According to Microsoft corporate vice president of Windows + Devices Pavan Davuluri, “Intel is excited to see Lunar Lake come to market with a 40+ TOPS NPU which will deliver Microsoft’s Copilot+ experiences at scale when available.”

In addition to innovative technology, a strong software enablement infrastructure is necessary for a comprehensive approach to AI. Intel is collaborating with over 100 independent software providers as part of the AI PC Acceleration Programme to improve AI PC experiences for personal assistants, audio effects, content production, gaming, security, streaming, and video collaboration, among other uses.

The Operation of AI Models

One of the many crucial tiers in the software stack that affects an AI-driven application’s final performance, stability, and capabilities is its AI model. AI models are taught to examine vast amounts of data, make judgements, and act on those conclusions. These models can be used and expanded upon by developers working on new AI PC features. More AI PC functionalities are activated in proportion to the number of AI models.

AI models are capable of acting on speech, text, audio, images, and other PC-related audiovisual sources. Artificial intelligence (AI) models serve as the basis for AI-enhanced features that are created for the benefit of users, like text summarization that occurs automatically, teleconferencing that uses less energy, and picture editing that eliminates undesired items. In order to optimise for Intel Core Ultra, OpenVINO compresses the models for efficient AI PC operation, load-balances across all compute units, and optimises the runtime to utilise Intel Core Ultra’s memory bandwidth and core architecture.

Constant work to enable an unparalleled collection of high-performance models on Intel Core Ultra opens up a world of possibilities for software developers and streamlines user delivery of AI PC features and applications.

Intel Lunar Lake Release Date

The official announcement from Intel was that Lunar Lake chips will be available in Q3 2024, or perhaps in July and September of this year. There may be a limited launch at first, and in 2025, broader availability is anticipated.