In the Taliban strongholds of southern Afghanistan, there’s peace but not without problems.Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 12:20AM
Afghanistan: Peace at a price in the Taliban’s heartlands
Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini to be crowned in South Africa
Misuzulu ka Zwelithini is set to take the throne months after royals launched a legal challenge.Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 12:25AM
Nvidia to Share New Details on Grace CPU, Hopper GPU, NVLink Switch, Jetson Orin
Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 12:24AM
Member of ‘ISIS Beatles’ sentenced for role in hostage-taking, killing of Americans
El Shafee Elsheikh, a British ISIS fighter and member of the execution cell dubbed “the ISIS Beatles” because of their British accents, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the hostage-taking and deaths of four Americans and several others.Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 07:34PM
Russia will once again shut off Europe’s gas via Nord Stream 1 pipeline
Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, state energy giant Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as it seeks to refuel ahead of winter.Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 07:59PM
Seeing Like a State, Progress and Poverty, and Owning Land
Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 10:26PM
Galaxy S23 will be equipped with 200-megapixel camera
Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 10:58PM
Electric Vehicles as a Subscription
Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 10:48PM
Digger – Back and Digitally Remastered (1998)
Story Published at: August 19, 2022 at 10:37PM
Ask HN: Why is there no performant remote desktop for Mac/Linux?
IIUC, RDP (Microsoft’s remote desktop protocol) sends draw commands across. It’s the default way to access remote desktops on Windows. Conversely, AFAICT, the default way on MacOS and Linux is VNC which IIUC sends all the pixels (with compression). I’ve noticed for years I can work remotely, edit code, etc on RDP. I’ve done it around the across 8000 miles […]