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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43287229

Every time you upload a PDF or image to a random “free” compression site, you’re handing over the full file (sometimes including hidden metadata like GPS location, device info, and embedded text) plus your IP address and usage data.

You have no idea how long it’s stored, logged, or reused. Compression doesn’t require a server; it can run entirely in your browser.

Witty University built a simple local HTML tool that compresses PDFs and images 100% offline, nothing gets uploaded: https://university.witty.computer/product/universal-local-compressor-private-pdf-image-optimizer-runs-100-in-your-browser/

Privacy is basic hygiene.

You play as a test subject escaping from an underground lab. You have two phase abilities - phase-dash and phase-wave. Phase-dash is a forward semi-teleport which also damages enemies and negates damage while active. Phase-wave is a projectile attack. As the game progresses, more defences will spawn in each room, including laser tripwires, mines, turrets and drones - and, of course, there's always the omnipresent laser grid advancing from behind, getting ever faster. The goal is to reach room 100, beat a final wave of defences, and escape.

Now pretty much all the core mechanics are in place, I thought I'd share some footage and ask the community for your thoughts on the look of the game as it is. You know how it is: you stare at your own project so long, you lose sight of what might be glaring issues to an outside observer.

So, Godot lemmy - what do you think? 😅

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42270082

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On paper Blades of the Guardians reads like a wuxia fans dream – Yuen Woo-Ping in the director’s chair, paired with the likes of Wu Jing and Jet Li, for an adaptation of the manhua of the same name. It was Woo-Ping who gave Jing his big break in 1996’s Tai Chi Boxer, and this production marks the first time for them to reunite in the capacity of director and star since, marking 30 years that have passed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that the United States could launch attacks on Iran from British territory with or without the permission of the UK government.

Trump opened a characteristically rambling post on his Truth Social network by disparaging last year's deal under which the UK is ceding sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius, with the exception of Diego Garcia, an island from which the Indigenous Chagossian people were forcibly expelled over half a century ago to make way for one of the world’s largest and most important US military bases, which is jointly operated by Britain.

"I have been telling [UK] Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes to Countries, and that he is making a big mistake by entering a 100 Year Lease with whoever it is that is 'claiming' Right, Title, and Interest to Diego Garcia, strategically located in the Indian Ocean," Trump wrote.

"Our relationship with the United Kingdom is a strong and powerful one, and it has been for many years, but Prime Minister Starmer is losing control of this important Island by claims of entities never known of before," the president continued. "In our opinion, they are fictitious in nature."

"Should Iran decide not to make a Deal, it may be necessary for the United States to use Diego Garcia, and the Airfield located in Fairford, in order to eradicate a potential attack by a highly unstable and dangerous Regime—An attack that would potentially be made on the United Kingdom, as well as other friendly Countries," Trump added, referring to the critical US Air Force forward operating base at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Trump's post came as an advisor to the president said there is "a 90% chance" of a US attack on Iran in the coming weeks after nuclear talks end in Switzerland. Administration rhetoric and US movements suggest that Trump may soon resume bombing of Iran following last summer's bombing and assassination campaign targeting the country's nuclear scientists and infrastructure.

The president's Truth Social post concluded: "Prime Minister Starmer should not lose control, for any reason, of Diego Garcia, by entering a tenuous, at best, 100 Year Lease. This land should not be taken away from the UK and, if it is allowed to be, it will be a blight on our Great Ally. We will always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the UK, but they have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them. DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!"

Trump's post stood in stark contrast the State Department, which said Tuesday that the US "supports the decision of the United Kingdom to proceed with its agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos archipelago".

Under the UK-Mauritius deal, Mauritius authorities will facilitate Chagossians’ eventual resettlement of their archipelago, with the apparent glaring exception of Diego Garcia. While some Chagossians welcomed the agreement, others denounced it, largely due to the exclusion of the Chagossian community from the negotiations.

Diego Garcia was once home to around 1,500 Creole-speaking Chagossians and their beloved dogs. However, in the 1960s the US convinced Britain to grant it full control there and subsequently began to “sweep” and “sanitize” the atoll of its Indigenous population, in the words of one American official.

“We must surely be very tough about this,” a British official privately wrote, adding that “there will be no Indigenous population except seagulls.”

Many Chagossians were tricked or terrorized into leaving. US Marines told them they’d be bombed if they didn’t evacuate, and Chagossians’ dogs were gassed to death with fumes from military vehicles. The islanders were permitted to take just one suitcase with them. Most were shipped to Mauritius, where they were treated as second-class citizens and where many ended up living in poverty and heartbreak in the slums of the capital, Port Louis.

Meanwhile, the US and Britain used Diego Garcia as a base for attacks on countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq during the so-called War on Terror, while despoiling the atoll's water with human sewage.

Britain’s High Court of Justice twice ruled that the Chagossians' removal was illegal. In 2019, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an advisory opinion that the UK was exercising “illegal” sovereignty over Diego Garcia and urged the British government to “decolonize” the atoll by handing sovereignty to Mauritius, whose government long contended it was forced to cede control in order to secure its own independence.

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A few days ago I made a post here inquiring as to why startmail addresses couldn't be used on steam, and what people thought I should/could do.

In the end after some suggestions, I opened a support ticket with steam asking why startmail was not supported, and in the end managed to convince them to support it as a valid email address (unless it gets abused - more on that later). For the record, here is my entire back-and-forth with them:

Me on Feb 13 @ 10:35am

Dear Steam Support,

I recently changed my email provider to startmail.com, but when I try to update it in my steam account to this address I get an error that its not valid or unsupported.

Since startmail.com is a paid service based in Europe, I would like clarification on why it is not supported by steam, and hopefully have it added to the valid email providers for steam.

The fact that its a paid service means scammers/people trying to abuse it is unlikely (it costs around 60 euro a year), so I really think there should be no issue accepting it as an email address.

I would really appreciate having this issue resolved so that I can change my email address to my new one, and close my previous email account eventually.

Thank you in advance, [My name]

Steam on Feb 14 @ 6:27pm

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

The email address you're trying to use on your Steam account is not currently valid for use with Steam. Typically this is because the email service has been identified as offering disposable emails, but it may also be because the email address domain or domain suffix has been marked as prohibited for use with Steam for one of a number of reasons.

At this time Steam does not offer an option to bypass this restriction. Please select a different address on a different domain/service to use with your Steam account.

Steam Support [Steam Support Person A's Name]

Me on Feb 14 @ 6:44pm

You are correct that they offer disposable addresses, but they have the format @use.startmail.com

The main address looks like @startmail.com

Is there any possibility of having a team look into this, and blacklist the disposable format but allow the regular format (of which you can only have a single address, like your main email).

Besides, gmail (which is my current address) also allows for creating disposable addresses: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/how-to-create-a-disposable-email-address-with-gmail/

I think many people, myself included, would like to move away from big tech companies such as microsoft (hotmail) and google (gmail) and so would appreciate your consideration on the matter.

Many thanks, [My name]

Steam on Feb 16 @ 5:44am

Sorry about the previous message. We misunderstood your issue.

Anyway, we're unable to do your request, but we can help you update the email address on the account.

Please provide your new email address. Once we have your alternate address, we will update the account.

Steam Support [Steam Support Person B's Name]

Me on Feb 16 @ 7:56am

Hello, no worries.

I hope Im not misunderstanding your reply myself now, but as I understand it, you will manually change my account email to my new startmail address?

If that's the case, here it is:

my_email@startmail.com

Just in case I have not yet managed to convince you to whitelist the regular startmail addresses, here is an article discussing this from them: https://support.startmail.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007297457-Personal-Aliases

Note this paragraph: "Personal alias allows you to send and receive email at an email address different from your main StartMail account address. These email aliases end in @use.startmail.com instead of @startmail.com." (if address has use in it, is an alias, otherwise its the regular type)

Many thanks for your help. If I misunderstood what you need from me, I apologise, please clarify it for me.

Best regards, [My name]

Steam on Feb 17 @ 3:39am

Hello,

I'm sorry, it looks like our team provided some incorrect information that ended up being misleading.

Steam Support will occasionally manually allow single email addresses that use a personal domain, but large scale services like Startmail do not match what's intended for those cases. We're sorry the team provided false information above.

Your report will be passed on to Steam's developers, but please understand that Steam does not make decisions regarding email / domain viability lightly. When a domain is blocked, it's usually because that email service offers disposable or public email services which are by their very nature incompatible with Steam, or their requirements to sign up for a new email account are extremely permissive and thus allow wide scale misuse of emails on that service for hijacking, fraud, and even potentially illegal activity. Email services are only blocked from use with Steam after demonstrated, large scale misuse from users of that service.

Valve [Steam Support Person C's Name]

Me on Feb 17 @ 7:16am

Very well, however please pass on the following information to your team as well, which can be easily verified from startmail's own page and may be helpful in making a decision:

"their requirements to sign up for a new email account are extremely permissive and thus allow wide scale misuse of emails on that service for hijacking, fraud, and even potentially illegal activity."

As mentioned, startmail is a paid service. It costs about 60 euro a year to create an account. Thats not exactly permissive, certainly not more so than gmail for example.

"Email services are only blocked from use with Steam after demonstrated, large scale misuse from users of that service."

Again, as mentioned in my previous replies and the information available on their own page, they have 2 email formats - not unlike gmail with their '+ email addresses'. The @startmail.com is the main one, of which you can ONLY have one, and the aliases which are probably what your team determined might lead to abuse, have the format @use.startmail.com. It would be a terrific resolution if steam could start allowing the single main addresses (@startmail.com) and blocking only the alias addresses (@use.startmail.com).

https://www.startmail.com/pricing/ (Payment details required on account creation, and the not exactly inexpensive prices of the service)

Again, thank you for taking time to speak with me about this, and for forwarding to your developers for conaideration.

Steam on Feb 19 @ 1:47am

It looks like Steam's developers have decided to open access to startmail. This has been done despite their disposable email service which is not compatible with how Steam expects its users maintain their email account with Steam. The service will be monitored and blocked again if further misuse is detected.

Valve [Steam Support Person C's Name]

Me on Feb 19 @ 2:44am

Thats great to hear! I hate to repeat myself like a broken record, but in the interest of protecting every steam user, as well as the continued allowance of startmail, please only allow the @startmail.com addresses and BLOCK the @use.startmail.com addresses (alias format).

Once again, thank you for your patience, understanding, and consideration in this issue. I will now close my ticket if able to, otherwise please do feel free to close it for me.

[My name]

I haven't checked if they actually blocked the @use.startmail.com address format, but I successfully changed my steam email to my main @startmail.com address. Hopefully they go through with blocking the aliases, and keep the regular address format as valid.

Dbzero Governance Vote Post https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63525728

Ahoy mateys!

A few of our users have recently pointed out that a lot of the pro-Zionist accounts on the fediverse nowadays seem to come from the feddit.org instance.

But whatever the excuse happens to be, they need to do better imo. Israel is currently the most violent, fascist and genocidal nation state in the Middle East (if you exclude the US military bases there). And yet feddit.org seems to regard the Palestinians fighting against Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation of their land as the real terrorists. ....

More context

Our instance already voted to ban pro-Zionist accounts (see https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/60585441 for reference) and the rule that was implemented is here: Golden Rule #8.

As further context, you can find relevant comments and discussion in this post by a banned feddit admin in MoG (that fact they chose to post in MoG is in itself quite telling), and this post about their defederation from quokk.au over anti-semitism allegations has recently become active again. ...

Note 2: If you think feddit.org deserves a full instance ban instead, or have alternative suggestions, then please leave your comments below. If enough people think that’s the better option, then we’ll do that instead.

In the end the Post had around 70% of support by dbzer0 users, who in the comments also called for defederation.

Here is a Link to Dbzer0 instances tab https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/instances where if you go to blocked instances you can see fedddit.org is now defederated

i dont think feddit has made a post now, but when they do i will add it

A few days ago I made a post here inquiring as to why startmail addresses couldn't be used on steam, and what people thought I should/could do.

In the end after some suggestions, I opened a support ticket with steam asking why startmail was not supported, and in the end managed to convince them to support it as a valid email address (unless it gets abused - more on that later). For the record, here is my entire back-and-forth with them:

Me on Feb 13 @ 10:35am

Dear Steam Support,

I recently changed my email provider to startmail.com, but when I try to update it in my steam account to this address I get an error that its not valid or unsupported.

Since startmail.com is a paid service based in Europe, I would like clarification on why it is not supported by steam, and hopefully have it added to the valid email providers for steam.

The fact that its a paid service means scammers/people trying to abuse it is unlikely (it costs around 60 euro a year), so I really think there should be no issue accepting it as an email address.

I would really appreciate having this issue resolved so that I can change my email address to my new one, and close my previous email account eventually.

Thank you in advance, [My name]

Steam on Feb 14 @ 6:27pm

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

The email address you're trying to use on your Steam account is not currently valid for use with Steam. Typically this is because the email service has been identified as offering disposable emails, but it may also be because the email address domain or domain suffix has been marked as prohibited for use with Steam for one of a number of reasons.

At this time Steam does not offer an option to bypass this restriction. Please select a different address on a different domain/service to use with your Steam account.

Steam Support [Steam Support Person A's Name]

Me on Feb 14 @ 6:44pm

You are correct that they offer disposable addresses, but they have the format @use.startmail.com

The main address looks like @startmail.com

Is there any possibility of having a team look into this, and blacklist the disposable format but allow the regular format (of which you can only have a single address, like your main email).

Besides, gmail (which is my current address) also allows for creating disposable addresses: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/how-to-create-a-disposable-email-address-with-gmail/

I think many people, myself included, would like to move away from big tech companies such as microsoft (hotmail) and google (gmail) and so would appreciate your consideration on the matter.

Many thanks, [My name]

Steam on Feb 16 @ 5:44am

Sorry about the previous message. We misunderstood your issue.

Anyway, we're unable to do your request, but we can help you update the email address on the account.

Please provide your new email address. Once we have your alternate address, we will update the account.

Steam Support [Steam Support Person B's Name]

Me on Feb 16 @ 7:56am

Hello, no worries.

I hope Im not misunderstanding your reply myself now, but as I understand it, you will manually change my account email to my new startmail address?

If that's the case, here it is:

my_email@startmail.com

Just in case I have not yet managed to convince you to whitelist the regular startmail addresses, here is an article discussing this from them: https://support.startmail.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007297457-Personal-Aliases

Note this paragraph: "Personal alias allows you to send and receive email at an email address different from your main StartMail account address. These email aliases end in @use.startmail.com instead of @startmail.com." (if address has use in it, is an alias, otherwise its the regular type)

Many thanks for your help. If I misunderstood what you need from me, I apologise, please clarify it for me.

Best regards, [My name]

Steam on Feb 17 @ 3:39am

Hello,

I'm sorry, it looks like our team provided some incorrect information that ended up being misleading.

Steam Support will occasionally manually allow single email addresses that use a personal domain, but large scale services like Startmail do not match what's intended for those cases. We're sorry the team provided false information above.

Your report will be passed on to Steam's developers, but please understand that Steam does not make decisions regarding email / domain viability lightly. When a domain is blocked, it's usually because that email service offers disposable or public email services which are by their very nature incompatible with Steam, or their requirements to sign up for a new email account are extremely permissive and thus allow wide scale misuse of emails on that service for hijacking, fraud, and even potentially illegal activity. Email services are only blocked from use with Steam after demonstrated, large scale misuse from users of that service.

Valve [Steam Support Person C's Name]

Me on Feb 17 @ 7:16am

Very well, however please pass on the following information to your team as well, which can be easily verified from startmail's own page and may be helpful in making a decision:

"their requirements to sign up for a new email account are extremely permissive and thus allow wide scale misuse of emails on that service for hijacking, fraud, and even potentially illegal activity."

As mentioned, startmail is a paid service. It costs about 60 euro a year to create an account. Thats not exactly permissive, certainly not more so than gmail for example.

"Email services are only blocked from use with Steam after demonstrated, large scale misuse from users of that service."

Again, as mentioned in my previous replies and the information available on their own page, they have 2 email formats - not unlike gmail with their '+ email addresses'. The @startmail.com is the main one, of which you can ONLY have one, and the aliases which are probably what your team determined might lead to abuse, have the format @use.startmail.com. It would be a terrific resolution if steam could start allowing the single main addresses (@startmail.com) and blocking only the alias addresses (@use.startmail.com).

https://www.startmail.com/pricing/ (Payment details required on account creation, and the not exactly inexpensive prices of the service)

Again, thank you for taking time to speak with me about this, and for forwarding to your developers for conaideration.

Steam on Feb 19 @ 1:47am

It looks like Steam's developers have decided to open access to startmail. This has been done despite their disposable email service which is not compatible with how Steam expects its users maintain their email account with Steam. The service will be monitored and blocked again if further misuse is detected.

Valve [Steam Support Person C's Name]

Me on Feb 19 @ 2:44am

Thats great to hear! I hate to repeat myself like a broken record, but in the interest of protecting every steam user, as well as the continued allowance of startmail, please only allow the @startmail.com addresses and BLOCK the @use.startmail.com addresses (alias format).

Once again, thank you for your patience, understanding, and consideration in this issue. I will now close my ticket if able to, otherwise please do feel free to close it for me.

[My name]

I haven't checked if they actually blocked the @use.startmail.com address format, but I successfully changed my steam email to my main @startmail.com address. Hopefully they go through with blocking the aliases, and keep the regular address format as valid.

Posting this in creepy because we're a literal ghost town of a comm.

For the first time ever, trains and metro services will run for 24 hours for the 2026 Mardi Gras parade – with bars, clubs and live music venues across Oxford Street cleared to trade until 6am.

(zidius) (2026)

Image description: A fantastical creature stands alone in a dimly lit, surreal environment. It has a small, humanoid form covered in soft, spiky fur, with a round head and large, glowing eyes. The background is blurred and sparkly, enhancing the dreamy, magical atmosphere.

(Madafada1991) (2026)

Image description: A smiling woman with red eyes and long blonde hair, standing with her right arm extended outward and her palm facing upward. She wears a black-and-white cap with a gold emblem, a long teal-lined white cape draped over her shoulder, and is dressed in a white-and-black dress with gold toggles, black gloves, black thigh-high stockings, and white-and-gold high-heeled shoes. The background consists of a tall, solid white wall and a concrete walkway with small tufts of green grass.

Post your results and discuss your guesses. Have fun!
Note: there will be spoilers in the thread, so try it first.

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