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YSK about the Geo URI scheme, a standard way to link to a location so that users can open it in any map application or website in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
*Sitting intensifies* in c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
DNAddy in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] 20 points 6 months ago*

Yes, it was the case of Lydia Fairchild

From Wikipedia

Fairchild stood accused of fraud by either claiming benefits for other people's children, or taking part in a surrogacy scam, and records of her prior births were put similarly in doubt. Prosecutors called for her two children to be taken away from her, believing them not to be hers. As time came for her to give birth to her third child, the judge ordered that an observer be present at the birth, ensure that blood samples were immediately taken from both the child and Fairchild, and be available to testify. Two weeks later, DNA tests seemed to indicate that she was also not the mother of that child.

A breakthrough came when her defense attorney,[1] Alan Tindell, learned of Karen Keegan, a chimeric woman in Boston, and suggested a similar possibility for Fairchild and then introduced an article in the New England Journal of Medicine about Keegan.[2][3] He realized that Fairchild's case might also be caused by chimerism. As in Keegan's case, DNA samples were taken from members of the extended family. The DNA of Fairchild's children matched that of Fairchild's mother to the extent expected of a grandmother. They also found that, although the DNA in Fairchild's skin and hair did not match her children's, the DNA from a cervical smear test did match. Fairchild was carrying two different sets of DNA, the defining characteristic of chimerism.

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    • If transphobes were fish, they'd be fished to extinction in c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    [–] 27 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    That's GoodTimesWithScar, a gaming youtuber primarily playing Minecraft. He's part of the Hermitcraft SMP and his shirt in this photo reads "MC Championship" (MC being short for Minecraft)

    From his Twitch Q&A:

    Q: Why do you have the tubes in your nose? A: I have to use oxygen at times to help me breathe better.

    Q: Why are you sick? A: I have a Neuromuscular disease that makes my muscles weak.

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    • Today, I finally deleted WhatsApp in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
    Anon owns nothing and is unhappy in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
    Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days in c/technology@lemmy.world
    [–] 16 points 8 months ago

    The new requirements will "only" apply for "certified" Android devices. I'm pretty sure, devices running a custom ROM aren't certified, especially if you don't even have Google Services installed. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to a bright future for Linux phones.

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    • Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
    [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Really? That's interesting, because I've never noticed burn-in on any of my OLED phones, even though I did use them for many years each. But then again, I've always wondered why seemingly nobody talks about burn-in on phones, while there is a lot of fuzz being made around it on computer monitors.

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    • Word. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
    Relatable in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
    [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Exactly the same at my job. And it really shows in the code quality, or lack thereof. And then sometimes they wonder why it becomes more and more complicated to add new things. But most of the time they just think that it's perfectly normal that way and are completely oblivious to all the ways it could be improved. I once talked to my boss about it and he basically replied with "Well you know, there just isn't a code style that everybody likes, so there's no reason to even try."

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    • Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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    Neo Backup vs DataBackup (discuss.tchncs.de)
     

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/42949921

    Does anybody have experience with the apps Neo Backup, DataBackup or ideally both?

    I would like to know if there are any differences in terms of functionality, capability or reliability? Like, is there some kind of app data, that one can backup/restore while the other can't? Are there speed differences in the backup/restore process? etc.

    I've searched the internet for some comparisons but couldn't find much.

    For context: I want to transfer all my apps to a new phone. In the past, I've used Titanium Backup for this, but it doesn't seem to be very up-to-date anymore. Now, Neo Backup and Data Backup seem to be the most promising (besides maybe SwiftBackup, but that's not open source and only available through the Play Store, it seems). So now I could of course just use one app first, backup everything on my old phone, restore everything on the new one and then look through all the apps to see what worked and what didn't. But it would be easier if I could get a hint on which one might be more suitable for my needs :)

    Also, if you would recommend to use another app instead, please tell me!

    Thank you all!

    Links

    Neo Backup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup

    GitHub: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

    DataBackup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.xayah.databackup.foss

    GitHub: https://github.com/XayahSuSuSu/Android-DataBackup

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    Neo Backup vs DataBackup (lemmy.ml)
     

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/42949921

    Does anybody have experience with the apps Neo Backup, DataBackup or ideally both?

    I would like to know if there are any differences in terms of functionality, capability or reliability? Like, is there some kind of app data, that one can backup/restore while the other can't? Are there speed differences in the backup/restore process? etc.

    I've searched the internet for some comparisons but couldn't find much.

    For context: I want to transfer all my apps to a new phone. In the past, I've used Titanium Backup for this, but it doesn't seem to be very up-to-date anymore. Now, Neo Backup and Data Backup seem to be the most promising (besides maybe SwiftBackup, but that's not open source and only available through the Play Store, it seems). So now I could of course just use one app first, backup everything on my old phone, restore everything on the new one and then look through all the apps to see what worked and what didn't. But it would be easier if I could get a hint on which one might be more suitable for my needs :)

    Also, if you would recommend to use another app instead, please tell me!

    Thank you all!

    Links

    Neo Backup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup

    GitHub: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

    DataBackup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.xayah.databackup.foss

    GitHub: https://github.com/XayahSuSuSu/Android-DataBackup

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    Neo Backup vs DataBackup (discuss.tchncs.de)
     

    Does anybody have experience with the apps Neo Backup, DataBackup or ideally both?

    I would like to know if there are any differences in terms of functionality, capability or reliability? Like, is there some kind of app data, that one can backup/restore while the other can't? Are there speed differences in the backup/restore process? etc.

    I've searched the internet for some comparisons but couldn't find much.

    For context: I want to transfer all my apps to a new phone. In the past, I've used Titanium Backup for this, but it doesn't seem to be very up-to-date anymore. Now, Neo Backup and Data Backup seem to be the most promising (besides maybe SwiftBackup, but that's not open source and only available through the Play Store, it seems). So now I could of course just use one app first, backup everything on my old phone, restore everything on the new one and then look through all the apps to see what worked and what didn't. But it would be easier if I could get a hint on which one might be more suitable for my needs :)

    Also, if you would recommend to use another app instead, please tell me!

    Thank you all!

    Links

    Neo Backup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup

    GitHub: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

    DataBackup

    F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.xayah.databackup.foss

    GitHub: https://github.com/XayahSuSuSu/Android-DataBackup

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