Ukrainian medium-range drone strikes, hitting targets at 7-120 miles, have ramped up sharply in recent months. In particular, so-called โMartianโ drones are prowling the roads, seeking out and destroying fuel tankers and other vehicles carrying military supplies. Previously safe areas are at risk, and supply lines are threatened. Quadcopter FPVs dominate the so-called โgrey zoneโ around the front line, and have made conventional battlefield logistics impossible. Back in 2023, the small drones started destroying any truck or van within several miles of the front, often in high-speed chases. Now resupply is by motorbike, ground robot or drone or in the case of Russia, carried on the backs of unfortunate soldiers known as camels.
Straight outta killbot news:
The drone has an AI-enabled vision system to lock on to a target. High-quality optics identify and track targets from long range. But the biggest technological innovation is the Martianโs communication system. The Russians say that it has a digital modem which hides its communications in civilian Wi-Fi traffic at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz, using a non-standard encrypted signal. [...] The Russians believe the drones use a mesh radio, so each Martian acts as a relay for other drones, creating a covert communications network behind Russian lines.
Ukrainian sources suggest that the drone has a seven-foot wingspan and cruises at around 60 mph. The cost for the basic version is said to be around $6,000, up to double that for more advanced versions, which presumably sport better communications, sensors and AI.
Its range is unknown but is clearly over 80 miles.
Mobile #Diaspora client for Android and iOS needs testers
Jonne Haร has created a mobile client quite more comfortable than Dandelion. It was on f-droid, now he has also put it on the Play Store. Right now he needs testers to get the app approved, so if you'd like to have a really well functioning mobile client, drop him a PM, because he may need to put your email manually into the tester list.
pride month is coming up soon, so i want to make something very clear, especially for the younger queers and others who might not know the history.
in nearly all of america in the 50s-60s, being gay was considered both a mental illness and a crime punishable by prison time (up to and including a life sentence) and/or "experimental" psychiatric torture (electroshock therapy, lobotomies, and worse). you could lose your job for being suspected of homosexual behavior with no proof, and the fbi and post office spied on you if they knew you were queer. most gay bars were mafia-owned because no one else had the money or inclination to pay off the crooked police.
with that in mind: "stonewall," the event that we commemorate with pride parades today, was a violent riot incited by a police raid on a gay bar in manhattan. the fierce activism that has given us the basic personhood we enjoy today was built on a foundation of desperate physical struggle against unfair policing and stigma, the stakes of which were prison, death, or worse. gays, lesbians, transvestites and drag queens, dancers, kinksters, drinkers and teetotalers, all of them stuck together because nobody else had their backs. we can march peacefully today only because we had to fight for our lives before.
my point is this: there was no room in those days for means-testing who was a Real Respectable Gay, and there's no room for it now either, especially as our rights are eroding again. we have to stick together with people we think are gross but who haven't actually hurt anybody, because the same weapons you use to oust those you don't like will be turned on you in a heartbeat.
Hyundai recalled one of its most popular vehicles as well as a truck model over concerns that an issue with its front camera software could cause the vehicles to brake suddenly and unexpectedly, potentially leading to a collision with another vehicleโฆ
Ugh, I should not be awake at this time, and this'll make today suck. Woke up around 0330, nothing really surprising, but didn't really feel like going back to sleep. Popped on the computer to do some work, and then tried to sleep, then computer, then try to sleepโฆ Finally gave up around 0500. Breakfast made and eaten, and now just the regular morning surf before work.
Health Canada is advising consumers to consult health-care providers before discontinuing personal use of the affected product, or for any health concerns.
So this is the windscreen for a lavalier mike that I got, in fact its a set of two, so I'll keep the basic foam on one, and the wind sock on the other so I can just switch mikes depending on my recording situation. Only problem, I can't figure out how to put this on, I'm assuming it goes on, just insert the mike into the hole in itโฆ What hole? I feel like I'm looking for a Tribble's asshole here, and having no luck
La protestation silencieuse de la Statue de la Libertรฉ Judith de Leeuw, รฉgalement connue sous le nom de JDL #StreetArt, a intitulรฉ cette fresque murale La protestation silencieuse de la Statue de la Libertรฉ. Peint ร #Roubaix pour le #Festival#URBX avec le Collectif Renart, il transforme un monument familier en tรฉmoin : tรชte baissรฉe, mains sur le visage, porteur de chagrin plutรดt que de gloire.
A Montreal-based farm has issued a recall for its broccoli microgreens due to possible E. coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
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