The main benefit to having a dedicated server in Enshrouded is every player can hop into the server whenever they want instead of always needing the host to be present. Enshrouded does have dedicated servers‚ and here’s how to start one up. How to share servers in Enshrouded multiplayer There’s nothing worse than getting all your friends together for a game night except that one friend who holds the key to your co-op multiplayer server can’t make it. You can avoid that entirely by creating a dedicated server in Enshrouded so everyone can jump into it whenever they want. Related: Does Enshrouded have PvP or defensive PvE? Explained Create an Enshrouded dedicated server through GPortal As advertised in the game when selecting a server‚ you can host a dedicated server in Enshrouded by subscribing to GPortal. While this does cost money‚ the benefit is the dedicated server runs through GPortal’s network instead of whoever crea...

Palworld is taking the world by storm‚ and it’s not just because the game looks eerily familiar to another franchise. The game combines some of the best aspects of games like Ark‚ Satisfactory‚ and of course Pokémon. However‚ unlike Pokémon‚ players can learn how to fight with multiple Pals in Palworld. Finding the right team comp in Palworld is tricky. Having to deal with element types and effectiveness matters when going up against stronger creatures. But what if you could just out-damage any opponent you come across? That’s what we’re striving to do with this party setup. Can you fight with multiple pals in Palworld Screenshot: PC Invasion Fighting with multiple Pals is possible in Palworld. You just have to make sure they’re properly ranked up. Not only that‚ but you can have multiple pals out at all times for a plethora of tasks. That being said‚ there are specific Pals that can utilize this feature. In order to have ...

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr‚ a 61-year-old man‚ is launching a legal battle against Macy’s and EssilorLuxottica‚ Sunglass Hut’s parent company‚ alleging a misidentification by facial recognition technology led to his unlawful arrest. Murphy’s lawsuit asserts that owing to a flawed criminal identification by a low-quality camera image‚ he spent days unjustly incarcerated where he underwent horrific physical and sexual violence. In January 2022‚ a robbery at a Houston-based Sunglass Hut led to the theft of merchandise worth thousands. However‚ Murphy’s legal counsel insists that Murphy was living in California‚ not Texas‚ during that time frame. Murphy’s lawsuit details how an EssilorLuxottica staff member in cooperation with Macy’s used facial recognition software to single out him as the thief. Following the allegation‚ a team member from EssilorLuxottica claimed to have identified one of two burglars involved in the heist using this technology‚ directing the Houston police department to halt its ongoing investigation. In addition to this accusation‚ the employee shared that Murphy was potentially associated with two more theft cases‚ based on the same software. On returning to Texas‚ Murphy was soon arrested upon his identity notification to a DMV clerk‚ as a warrant had been issued for his arrest concerning an aggravated theft case. According to a Guardian report‚ after experiencing wrongful imprisonment in the local county jail and later being transferred to the Harris County jail‚ his charges were dropped as his alibi was certified by his defense attorney and prosecutor. Nevertheless‚ the alleged horrifying physical and sexual assault he underwent hours before his release in jail left him severely traumatized. “That was sort of terrifying‚” Murphy expressed. He stayed anticipating help in the same cell as his alleged attackers until his release‚ constantly overwhelmed with intense anxiety. The entire litigation process was unbeknownst to Murphy until Daniel Dutko‚ his attorney‚ informed him about the facial recognition technology used in the investigation. Dutko discovered that footage collected by the Sunglass Hut employee was shared with Macy’s and it was their staff that identified Murphy. Dutko insists that facial recognition software is the sole explanation for Murphy’s false identification. The use of facial recognition technology by corporations‚ in cooperation with law enforcement‚ as seen in Murphy’s case‚ also raises significant privacy concerns. The idea that an individual can be tracked‚ identified‚ and potentially criminalized based on surveillance footage underscores a worrying trend towards a surveillance state. This situation is troubling not only for the individuals who might be misidentified but also for society at large‚ as it raises questions about the erosion of personal privacy and autonomy. Murphy’s ordeal highlights the lack of transparency and accountability in the use of these technologies. He was unaware of the facial recognition technology’s role in his case until informed by his attorney. The post Wrongful Arrest Raises (Another) Alarm: Invasive Facial Recognition Technology’s Flaws Exposed in $10M Lawsuit appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Animals should have the right to vote‚ according to a recent paper. Check your calendars – we promise it’s not April Fool’s Day yet. “The idea that animals should have the right to vote sounds preposterous‚” the paper begins‚ accurately summarizing most people’s thoughts upon reading that headline. But‚ author Ioan-Radu Motoarc goes on to argue‚ it may be worth a second look.Debates around the “personhood” of certain animals have raged for many years. In a world where an actual body of water was granted personhood status‚ the idea of the same protections being afforded to an orangutan or Pablo Escobar’s smuggled hippos quickly begin to sound less farfetched. Granting suffrage to animals might be considered a natural extension of these conversations. Motoarc clarifies that there is no suggestion of animals lining up two-by-two at the ballot box. Rather‚ the system would involve “appointed representatives casting votes on behalf of animals”. Again‚ there is a precedent for something like this: Some governments already allow representatives to stand up for the legal rights of animals‚ and individual animals have been named as plaintiffs in US federal lawsuits. In 2018‚ for example‚ the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of an 8-year-old horse called Justice‚ seeking to recover medical costs and compensation from his owner Gwendolyn Vercher‚ who had previously pleaded guilty to criminal neglect. And there’s the famous case of Tilikum v. Sea World Parks &; Entertainment‚ Inc.‚ brought on behalf of an orca who became a household name after the damning documentary Blackfish shone a light on the controversial practice of holding the species in captivity.  In a similar way‚ Motoarc argues‚ animals could have their votes cast by a human proxy. But before you sit down with your pet cat to find out their opinions on government spending or foreign policy‚ you should know that Motoarc is suggesting animal voting be restricted to issues that directly impact them.“[A]nimal proxies would not be voting on bankruptcy reform or securities regulation‚ but could vote on issues like the mandatory size of chicken cages on industrial farms‚” the paper explains.  Underpinning this mildly farcical discussion is a serious point: the “all affected interests” principle‚ which states that everyone affected by the decisions of a government should have the right to participate in the political process.Unthinkable though it may be to many in the modern world‚ arguments for restricting voting rights solely to white male landowners used to sound reasonable‚ even obvious‚ to lots of people. Motoarc argues that having animals participate in our democracy “is a natural extension of our best theories concerning the constitution of a democratic community.”The paper makes the case that a lack of physical or mental competence to vote on the part of animals should not be a barrier. People with physical disabilities are not disenfranchised‚ so similar accommodations could be applied to animals. As to the competence question‚ Motoarc explains how that very quickly gets into tricky territory‚ and that any “test” of political competence risks “unjust treatment” of other groups‚ such as adults with intellectual disabilities who should retain the right to vote.Clearly‚ this is all very complex. Motoarc does not go so far as to designate which animals might be covered by the proposed voting system‚ and the whole thing would require extensive legal wrangling. Rest assured‚ no one is going to ask you to submit Fluffy’s vote along with your own in November’s presidential election. But in a year that will almost certainly see major political upheaval on both sides of the Atlantic‚ this paper certainly puts forward some intriguing arguments to consider. Ultimately‚ Motoarc says that “there is no way of satisfactorily showing that extending the franchise to animals would have worse electoral outcomes than the status quo.”So: Votes For Chickens? Stranger things have happened.The study is published in the journal Analysis.

The emergence of treponemal diseases‚ the unpleasant gang of illnesses that includes syphilis and yaws‚ has been a long-standing mystery that’s been hotly debated for decades. Thanks to a new study‚ the bodies of four prehistoric people found in Brazil have recently added an intriguing piece to the puzzle.Scientists at the University of Zürich have managed to get their hands on the oldest known genomes of Treponema pallidum bacteria from a set of prehistoric human remains found in Brazil. Dating to around 2‚000 years old‚ they're the oldest reconstructed ancient T. pallidum strains by more than 1‚000 years.The strains were obtained from human remains discovered at Jabuticabeira II in the Laguna region of Santa Catarina along the Brazilian coast. Among the many bodies discovered at the site‚ at least four individuals had been infected with a treponemal disease.Using advanced genomic techniques‚ the team managed to piece together and reconstruct the genomes of the T. pallidum bacteria that had infected them. These people would not have been suffering from venereal syphilis‚ the notorious sexually transmitted infection. There are three subspecies of T. pallidum‚ each of which causes a different disease: yaws‚ bejel‚ and syphilis.Analysis of the genomes indicates the bacteria were most closely related to the modern subspecies that causes bejel‚ also known as nonvenereal endemic syphilis‚ a condition that causes lesions of the skin and bones.Nevertheless‚ the research may help shed some light on the subspecies of T. pallidum bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted form of syphilis.“With molecular clock dating‚ one can illuminate the evolution of a species by calculating the divergence times of the whole T. pallidum family and the difference subspecies. With these calculations‚ we can see that the venereal syphilis-causing strains evolved later than the bejel-causing strains‚” Verena Schünemann‚ study author from the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zürich‚ told IFLScience.A cluster of skeletons infected with the pathogen at the Jabuticabeira II site.Image credit: Dr Jose Filippini“Now we have an idea that treponemal diseases were present in pre-Columbian America and can even identify the subspecies. Although we cannot yet uncover the origins of the venereal syphilis subspecies‚ it shows that other subspecies such as bejel-causing strains also played an important role in the past and need to be integrated into these theories‚” she added.Most crucially‚ the study shows unequivocal evidence that treponemal diseases were present in the Americas before European colonization. How they got here‚ however‚ remains unclear. Maybe T. pallidum originated here in the Americas through a local zoonotic spillover or perhaps it was brought over from Eurasia during the early human migrations into the Americas. When looking at the global spread of syphilis‚ the best known of all treponemal diseases‚ it’s often assumed that the crew who sailed with Christopher Columbus brought the bacteria back to Europe in the late 15th century after colonizing the Americas and “intermingling” with the locals. The first documented outbreak of syphilis occurred in 1495 CE when the army of France’s Charles VIII fell sick with the bug during an invasion of Naples. While it might seem that evidence of treponemal disease in pre-Columbian America affirms this theory‚ the researchers' previous work on T. pallidum strains in Early Modern Europe suggests the opposite: the T. pallidum family was likely to be lurking across the world long before Columbus set foot in America. “The existence of a treponemal disease in prehistoric South America and the resulting molecular clock dating of the divergence time of the Treponema pallidum family (12‚000-550 BCE) suggests that the bacterial family had already spread globally in pre-contact times or emerged on the American continent‚” Schünemann explained.“Based on these results we cannot favor one of the two options. However‚ if we also take previous studies into account‚ like the huge diversity of three different T. pallidum lineages that we found in 15th-17th century Europe‚ it seems to be more likely that the bacterial family [was] already prevalent globally before Columbus sailed to the Americas‚” she concluded.The study is published in the journal Nature.

Tables get dull pretty quickly. Sure they may have a nice pattern on them‚ or be made of some particularly fancy wood‚ but once you've seen one‚ you've basically seen them all. Just variation after variation of the "big flat thing on top of some legs" model which hasn't really changed since we first started using them.But spend long enough on the Internet and you will see the fancy design – known as a Tensegrity Table – somehow kept upright despite no obvious lifting from legs.           IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.     The tables are not held up by magic‚ so what is keeping them upright? And would they be of any practical use? As you'll have intuited at some point‚ string  or malleable wires are not great for pushing. Nobody has ever asked somebody else to "grab that string and help me give this a push"‚ because of the obvious inherent floppiness of string. These tables are kept upright by the pulling of the string in tension. The tables work with string‚ paper and harder wires too‚ though they can only lift what the string is capable of lifting before it will break.          The four wires or strings placed at the corners of the tables are there for overall stability‚ rather than to provide any upwards force to keep the table upright. The easiest way to see what is keeping it up is to imagine the four strings are removed. If you were to keep the table in the same position and push down evenly (and not too hard to break the wire or string) it would remain where it was‚ and you can see why; you are simply pulling on the string between the two solid arms‚ preventing you from moving it downwards further."Two wires that are attached to the bottom and one to the top [...] provide compression resistance‚" Jerry explains on the YouTube channel funbygum. "The wires are in compression and the center string is in tension. These three components provide the support between the top and the bottom."While awesome‚ they are not exactly practical‚ their strength being dictated by the string‚ and are unstable to boot."My table legs are simply string in tension that provide mechanical integrity. Of course this table had to be put together and fine-tuned so this so that the string tension is the same all the way around otherwise the table would sway and slope‚" he added‚  "because of unequal tension from one side to the other."

Of the many alternative ways the universe might end‚ nothing is as scary as "false vacuum decay". This scenario is based on the idea that a fundamental field in the universe is not at its lowest possible state. Under that “false” stable region‚ our own universe has grown. The field might spontaneously jump into a more stable value‚ creating a bubble that wipes out all reality.We don’t know enough about the field in question – the Higgs field that gives mass to everything – to know how likely this is as a possibility. False vacuum decay is when a not-stable state turns into a true stable state‚ though In general‚ there’s a lot we don't understand about how this bubble formation works‚ especially experimentally. Now‚ a group of Italian experimentalists and British theoreticians have produced the first experimental evidence of vacuum decay."Vacuum decay is thought to play a central role in the creation of space‚ time‚ and matter in the Big Bang‚ but until now there has been no experimental test‚" explained Ian Moss‚ Professor of Theoretical Cosmology at Newcastle University. "In particle physics‚ vacuum decay of the Higgs boson would alter the laws of physics‚ producing what has been described as the 'ultimate ecological catastrophe'."            For the first time‚ scientists have observed the bubbles forming in a controlled atmoic system. The analogous setup they used for the false vacuum scenario was a supercooled vapor at a temperature less than a millionth of a degree from absolute zero. This is a metastable state‚ which means that it's not the most stable configuration but it could stay like that for an indefinite amount of time. You can picture it as a little valley on the side of a hill. The lower energy state is at the bottom but this little dent could work for a while.In quantum mechanics‚ things don’t even have to have the extra energy to get out of the little valley. They can simply tunnel and decay to the lowest energy state. In the analogous setup‚ thermal effects work similarly‚ leading to the formation of a bubble. The bubble expands leading the system into its lowest energy state‚ akin to the true vacuum."Using the power of ultracold atom experiments to simulate analogs of quantum physics in other systems—in this case‚ the early universe itself—is a very exciting area of research at the moment‚" co-author Dr Tom Billam‚ also at Newcastle‚ added.The team's goal is to push the temperature of the system closer and closer to absolute zero. Under those conditions‚ the thermal effects will become less relevant but the quantum effects should appear‚ delivering a more accurate analogous to the false vacuum decay.The study is published in Nature Physics.