Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable (www.quantamagazine.org)
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet.
So blimey - what happened there? (kbin.social)
Kbin seemed tio take a nice long sleep there. I almost assumed it had fallen over for good. I Really hate the generic, undated 'over the next few days we are working on servers' mesesage.
Prosthetic limb device enables users to ‘sense’ temperature difference (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss-Italian study finds MiniTouch can help people with amputations feel whether objects are hot, cold or in between
Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms (wedistribute.org)
We recently chatted with two of the devs involved with Bonfire. Honestly, they have some really amazing ideas about building a modular Fediverse platform that developers can build on for their own apps.
Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit (apnews.com)
A jury said Mann was defamed 12 years ago when a pair of conservative writers compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.
1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world' (www.space.com)
Let's fight the spam by submitting actual science stories
Dana-Farber retractions: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers (www.nature.com)
Nature talks to Sholto David about his process for flagging image manipulation and his tips for scientists under scrutiny.
A rhino got pregnant from embryo transfer, in a success that may help nearly extinct subspecies (apnews.com)
A rhinoceros was pregnant through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that conservationists said could be used to try to save the nearly extinct white rhinos.
url link blocking. What happened to it. (kbin.social)
So when someone submitted a url at least at one point it would show up on the right and you could block it. So if someone posted a newsweek link you could block any link postings from like newsweek.com or maybe reddit.com or google.com. Lately though I have not been able to. It seemed to disapear at some point. I have not seen...
Issue with sort by hot (kbin.social)
This has been an issue since the beginning of Kbin tmk, but when you make a post, it won't appear under sort by hot unless it has an upvote. This means that if someone forgets to upvote their own post, it just won't appear on the default sort. There are plenty of posts I've missed because of this....
Reporting? (kbin.social)
So im pretty happy with users just being able to block and control things themselves but there has been posts from this somali call girls account where I feel like the extra step of reporting is warranted.
[Solved] How to get rid of the arrows at the bottom of comments which collapse/expand the text? (kbin.social)
They always obscure part of the text, no matter what. I juat want the full text....
What's the quickest way to find a magazine/community you've subscribed to? (kbin.social)
I've been using kbin since the Reddit exodus and I still don't really know the path to finding my way into a specific community/magazine I've subscribed to. I usually search for the name using the search function, then hope I find a thread from there in the results where I can just click directly into it. Surely there must be a...
Mysterious Interaction Between Quantum Matter and Gravity (original.newsbreak.com)
Have you ever pondered the mysteries of the universe? Specifically, the mind-bending realm where quantum mechanics and gravity intersect? Well, buckle up, because a recent paper by Thomas Galley, Flaminia Giacomini, and John Selby is about to take us on a fascinating journey into this enigmatic world. Their research provides a...
Two requests for microblog incorporation into the main feed. (kbin.social)
First off, I absolutely love that microblogs are a part of my main feed now....
Fediverse link-aggregator PieFed launches in beta test (fediversereport.com)
We now have another thread aggregator to join Lemmy and Kbin on the fediverse!...
mstdn.social has blocked kbin.social (mstdn.social)
I just suspended the 'kbin.social' domain from our side, the issues on their side is happening for days now and it really effects our service backend now also.. If they have it all solved we will remove the block and we can refollow again Sorry about this but we don't have other options
Account portability in the social web (underlap.org)
Social networks, and websites with a social element, are starting to migrate from being walled gardens towards interoperation and open standards. This is comparable to the adoption of email standards by companies such as AOL in the 1990's....
Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers (wedistribute.org)
Authorized Fetch (also referred to as Secure Mode in Mastodon) was recently circumvented by a stupidly easy solution: just sign your fetch requests with some other domain name.
Why don't kbin comments show up on lemmy servers? (kbin.social)
I can see posts with my other user name but none of the replies.
Untangling Threads (erinkissane.com)
Erin Kissane posted a long and well researched article about Threads federation risks and trust and safety issues around Meta. If you're taking part in the debate and discussions about Threads federation - or if you're instance admin on the fence - you should really read this.
Getting Tangled Up in Threads (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse is currently divided over whether or not to block Threads. Here are some of the things people are worried about, some opportunities that might come from it, and what we need to do to prepare.
Why are peertube channels federated like a magazine or a community on lemmy? (kbin.social)
I've been using #Kbin for a while since reddit exodus, but it wasn't until like a week ago that I decided to create an account. It's been great, it is the best way for me to experience the #fediverse, I used mastodon and firefish before, but I think I like more the community format, and not losing the possibility to follow...
The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko (flipboard.video)
From the description:...