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A pharmaceutical manufacturer in Puerto Rico needed a dependable, lower-cost alternative to an unstable public grid. ComAp partner Martin Energy Group designed and delivered a turnkey microgrid that combines LNG-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and diesel backup generation, all coordinated by ComAp controllers. The aim was to keep the site's critical processes running without interruption, whatever the state of the grid. Martin Energy Group owns and operates the system and supplies the facility with power under a power purchase agreement (PPA).

Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job. //

The project will run from fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to fund manufacturing expansion and additional personnel, primarily to produce the latest-generation “FUJIFILM LTO Ultrium10” tape.

"The health of our entire legal system—both state and federal—depends on having a competent and independent state judiciary... How we choose our state judges, and how we decide whether to keep them in office or not, is of critical importance."
—the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor
Retired Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Judges up for Retention

The next judicial retention election for state appellate judges will take place in November ....

Short bio for each judge with links to Opinions authored by each judge.

Quick Share is Android's equivalent of AirDrop, meaning it's a native service for transferring files between two compatible devices. Quick Share was developed by Samsung and was initially available exclusively on Samsung smartphones. Google also had a similar feature called Nearby Share, which allowed file sharing between two compatible devices.

At the beginning of 2024, Google collaborated with Samsung to merge Quick Share and Nearby Share into a single cross-Android solution, naming it Quick Share. //

The app is available in the Microsoft Store, but unfortunately, the Microsoft Store version only works with Samsung Galaxy devices. //

If you have a smartphone from another brand, you'll need to download Google's Quick Share app. https://www.android.com/intl/en_in/better-together/quick-share-app/ //

A Google
Nah, it's too complicated. I'd rather use third party open source file transfer apps such as LocalSend. It's very fast, reliable, doesn't have compatibility issues (available for the 5 major platforms : windows, macos, linux, android, ios), and lightweight. No need to setup, just plug and play. Although, you can set up the options if you need.

Roy
A nice idea in theory but like so many similar products, buggy in the real world. I lost the connection between my phone and my PC multiple times. 5 bars reception on my phone, sitting right next to my wifi router which is sitting next to my hardwired PC. So bandwidth availability is not the issue. I have used the FOSS tool KDE Connect with some success, and will try LocalSend next.

Running out of phone storage is bad enough, and paying for a cloud subscription to fix it is an expensive habit. Now, your Windows PC will soon offer a much simpler alternative. Google is building an automatic backup feature into Quick Share that copies your photos and videos on Android phones straight to a computer. There’s no subscription or storage plan attached. //

The ability to back up Android photos to a Windows PC automatically is included in Google Play Services version 26.43. The rollout is happening in a phased manner, so it could take some time to reach eligible devices. It is also recommended to update the Quick Share app to the latest version on a Windows PC.

Despite the fuel efficiency of twin-jets, the 747-8F is actually a superior e-commerce machine when it comes to raw volume and layout. //

The 777F wins out on fuel efficiency for delivering lightweight packages, but it still carries a smaller payload every single time. According to UPS, a full 747-8 holds roughly 30,000 packages, a count that shows how many separate shipments one flight can contain. After cubing out the upper hold, the 747-8F can still pack the lower hold with smaller and heavier cargo,

In a world where twinjets are the dominant force, Atlas Air is a rare oasis of four-engine aircraft, with the US-based cargo and charter specialist still flying both the Boeing 747-400 and the 747-8F. These double-decker widebodies are recognizable enough in their own right, but three of them have just got a bit more distinctive after the application of mustaches on their nose cones to raise charity awareness. //

The initiative in question is Movember, which sees men around the world grow mustaches in November in order to raise money and awareness for causes such as cancer and mental health. Atlas Air has now taken this a step further by adding mustache designs to three of its own aircraft, which will act as flying billboards for the cause. //

a 747-400F registered as N453PA and a 747-8F registered as N851GT. //

The Boeing 747 series has all but disappeared from passenger flights in the 2020s, but it remains more of a key player in the charter and cargo fields that Atlas Air specializes in. According to Planespotters.net, some 65 of its 86 aircraft (75.58%) are from the Boeing 747 family, and it has historically flown another 48 jets from this series. Its crop of 65 'jumbo jets' is split between 48 747-400s and 17 747-8s. //

Atlas Air's 48 Boeing 747-400s are 26.6 years old on average, and five of them are configured for passenger charter operations, while the rest carry freight. Meanwhile, all 17 of its Boeing 747-8s, which are 11.3 years old on average, are freighters. As it happens, Atlas Air has a special place in history when it comes to the Boeing 747: it received the final production example of the type back in January 2023.

We have gone through the seven sins and watched each one grow from a private weakness into a public system. But the cures are as old as the sins, and our ancestors knew them all.

A civilization is made of what it rewards and punishes. Reward the sins, and they become systems. Reward the cures, and they become a civilization.

Where your distribution has released a fixed kernel, install it. The table above lists the packages and advisories for Debian, Oracle Linux, SUSE and Amazon Linux.

If you build your own kernel, the fix is in Linux 5.10.272, 5.15.223, 6.1.190, 6.6.159, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10 and 7.3. The kernel's CVE team recommends updating to the latest stable kernel. It says the kernel community does not support cherry-picking individual fixes.

Brandon Thomas built PhotoCraft, a free Photoshop rival, in about 24 hours. I asked him, rival developers, and a lawyer whether AI clones are legal, reliable, or ethical. ////

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is only a demonstration site.

If you were using OpenDNS Parental Controls or Web Filtering for business, this demo and real adult sites would be blocked.

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If you were using OpenDNS,
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If you were using OpenDNS Enterprise,
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With over fifteen years of ministry in Central Asia and the Middle East, Jayson Georges (pseudonym) certainly has the credentials to address the topic of patronage, as co-author of Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016) and founding editor of HonorShame.com,. Although the subject dominates the landscape of Scripture (linguistically and culturally), from Genesis to Revelation, books rarely discuss it. I began reading Ministering in Patronage Cultures with high expectations and was not disappointed.

Ministering in Patronage Cultures alerts the reader to a cultural, biblical, and theological blind spot that impacts our relationships with others and the divine patron. Rather than providing rules for the reader to follow, Georges gives principles to help clarify the cloudy conversations that surround patronage in antiquity and today.

Honor and shame cultures shape how communities define identity, morality, and restoration, and in many parts of the world, shame, not guilt, is the dominant force shaping how people hear and respond to the gospel. Ministering in honor-shame cultures requires a shift in language, posture, and practice.

Many a Westerner have experienced a culture that runs on an honor-shame operating system. In Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures Jayson Georges and Mark Baker decode the cultural and biblical script of honor and shame. Rooted in biblical theology, this 270-page book equips Christians to embody and proclaim the Kingdom of God in global contexts.

M-Vave’s cheap FM-1 pocket synth has exploded as a community firmware playground.

Lindsey Fitzharris chats with Ars about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes.