Yes, I was shocked too. But in 1949 apparently 8.6% of the country was forested; in 2022 it was 24%.

In 2005 they launched the “Greening China” initiative to plant 13 Trillion (yes Trillion with a T) trees in 10 years. They didn’t succeed but in 2021 the People’s Daily claimed 78.1bn trees planted in 40 years Link.

However - China is known for inflating statistics to suit the communist party’s own ends, and the People’s Daily is part of the country’s propaganda system. It’s probably far less than 78bn, and that figure doesn’t count replants and commerically logged trees. But it seems that whatever the figure there really has been a concerted long term reforestation effort in China.

That link is for Piefed.world; run by the same team that run Lemmy.world

There are other piefed servers which may have different email requirements. But the most likely reason Piefed.world requires real emails is to prevent bots making fake accounts and also reduce the risk of bad actors making numerous accounts to avoid bans. As it’s hard to get multiple real emails it makes it hard to make multiple anonymous accounts which is unfortunately a tactic of trolls.

You can of course create a dedicated “private” email account on an official service and use that to sign up if you’re worried about sharing your primary email account. A lot of people do this online to have a legitimate email but essentially in it’s own silo separate from other personal emails.

I’m British and I agree.

30 degrees is the exception here, not the norm, so we’re not set up for it. For example homes are designed to trap heat with big windows and good insulation because we have mild to cool temperatures most of the time.

We don’t have air con in most homes and even many work places. Our public transport isn’t designed to be running in 30 degree weather - the Tube in London is stifling.

And our culture isn’t geared up for hot weather. We don’t have a siesta culture and late night cafe culture. Instead for us it’s normal to be out and busy in the hottest parts of the day.

So when we get 30 degree weather it’s throws us off - homes are stifling hot, public transport is uncomfortably hot, and we’re out and about in the hottest part of the day because we have work or social plans already set up.

So yeah, it’s nice to have a hot day but if we have a heat wave and hit 30 it’s in the context of a country not prepared for it.

Add to that we’re generally not adapted physically to 30 degrees so sweat and feel uncomfortable in a way we’d not be if living in the heat for weeks at a time.

So yeah it’s a bit of a meme that Brits are not good in the heat, but it’s grounded in the reality of where we live and how.

The article says it well - this sort of thing may encourage people to get involved in open source github alternatives just as this slop on windows has moved some people to linux.

I dont believe we will get a huge movement but every little bit grows the open source community which benefits everyone. It doesnt need to be the majority it just needs to be a growing minority to thrive and grow. Ironically Microsoft has always been very good at encouraging people to get involved in open source ventures just by behaving badly.

I wonder why Apache continues to support OpenOffice. Its barely moved since 2014 and hasn’t even had a security update since 2023. They could archive it as an active project (keep the code available for those who want it) and redirect most users who land on the OpenOffice site to LibreOffice.

So I’m not seeing much on the Lemmy posts, presumably the mods have cleared those up already?

I get why you’re disappointed, but there has also been a lot of push back against the toxic and hateful behaviour which is a positive thing to see.

Its important to remember the toxic people are loud and obnoxious but they are a minority. The majority needs to keep pushing back against the hate and push the values we share in the linux community of equality, fairness and respect among many others.

Unfortunately though, aside from trying to make our communities safe and welcoming spaces there is limits to what people can achieve. No one in any community can stop bad actors harassing people outside the community on social media, or obtaining and sharing their personal information.

Linux communities are not the specific problem - we do not exist in isolation. Its society that is a mess and particularly now in the US where the political tide has turned so toxic and negative. These hateful people currently feel they have licence to be hate.

All we can do is push back against the hate everyday, and show our support and value community members like Lina. Its very sad they do not feel safe to continue working on the projects they worked so hard on. But they need to see and know how much we appreciated and valued their contributions and that they belong in this community. The hate filled bigots do not.

I’m guessing it’s automated stupidity. Meta has cut staff and we’re seeing the results.

Much of the big tech companies have done this over the past year or two, and also been pushing “AI” to replace roles like moderation. I think we’re seeing the results of over relying on AI and cutting staff to boost share prices.

Lets face it, Meta is dying; Facebook is declining, and Instagram seems to be in decline too, the pivot to VR failed and the pivot to AI will fail. It’s best chance seems to be trying to get its hands on TikTok in the US and even that is hardly going to drive the company forward.

It’s an interesting perspective but I’m not sure the Scots perspective would be putting south at the top?

Magnets still point north and the pole star is roughly north. Also it doesn’t seem culturally right that the Scots would out England “above” them on a map?

The mercurator projection also benefits Scotland making it look larger although it’s a marginal benefit within great Britain itself.

Notepad on Windows 11 uses RichEdit https://devblogs.microsoft.com/math-in-office/windows-11-notepad/

I think you may be getting confused with Rich Text Format and the like - I.e. A format/markup and editors supporting bold, italiic, different fonts etc.

That’s not RichEdit - it is a basically a type of text entry box in Windows and the features it can support. The current version of it supports emoji, multilevel undo, auto rendering URLs, drag and drop etc. It’s still just a text box but just a bit more integrated and sophisticated than the older versions.

So Notepad in Windows 11 is a bit more sophisticated in terms of the text interface for users than it used to be but it’s still just working with txt files.

It’s not like wordpad, which could work with proper markup and other formats. This is cruedly more in the realm like notepad++ - working with txt files but with more sophisticated control and options for the user (but to be clear notepad++ remains way more sophisticated than win 11 notepad).

Edit: and of course, the AI stuff is all bullshit. Fucking Microsoft.

Why the confusion?

If its the term race, that is what the original cancer.gov chart uses “raxe/ethnicity”. It’s not a term used in UK where I’m from - ethnicity is used - so I do find it odd from that viewpoint.

But Race/ethnicity is a very important health metric as different ethnicities have different risk levels for diseases, and it’s also an important way of checking for health inequalities.

For example the graph could be read as showing that young white and Asian women are at higher risk of breast cancer. Or it could be read that young black and Hispanic women with cancer are not being picked up early when young. Or many other interpretations. It’s very important data to collect and present in the health realm.