Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different...
Being in charge doesn’t make you smarter, better, or give you the authority to do anything beyond the job description. Implying family is bullshit and those who you convince they are family have just been set up to be taken advantage of by someone who doesn’t love you.
Source, been the boss or the boss’s boss and so on for decades.
Agreed, at first I wasn’t excited about it but as the quests opened up I was in. I’m on the “new game+” right now and seeing what else I can mess up lol.
My quests tend to end in a lot of shooting innocents… I don’t know why that keeps happening. It can’t be anything I’m doing…
Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We’ve come far, and have further to go!
If you like this post maybe read The Progress Paradox. It goes in much more detail than this meme, it then poses the question but then why aren’t we happy. Without giving answers it does point to possible paths. It’s a good book.
It came out around my birthday, so my mom had it pre-ordered for me as a gift from Babbage’s. I still remember her picking me up from school and telling me she had a surprise for me in the trunk.
I remember the hype I felt when they installed a demo unit at the store I worked at. Mario was mind-blowing and I bought one later that week. I had to hide the box is the stock room so it wouldn’t be gone by the end of the release week.
For those interested I recommend Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. An amazing breakdown of the history and why. Eye opener at the very least.
Idk why I always wake up with either my sides or neck or smth hurting when I wake up but that didn’t happen while I stayed at a hotel. It’s not like I’m an old broken man who should be waking up expecting this.
We buy ours from American Furniture Warehouse because they have a 30 money back guarantee. For us we sleep on it for three weeks and if we’re not in love we swap it for another one. We get a new one every 8 years pretty religiously and so far this method has done us well.
We typically get one of if not the most expensive mattresses they have.
That would be a cool thing for audiobooks. Though Andy Serkis’ reading of LOTR can’t be beat in my mind.
And I’m gaining on you, 45, and for me found to be going the other way. I’m more accepting than I have been in the past and am bothered by fewer things.
I wonder what might cause the different experience between the two of us?
For example I’ve always been told and often read I would become more conservative as I get older but I’ve found the opposite to be true.
Unrelated, my friends and I are in a spat regarding how evil mashed potatoes are and do they mean us harm. I’ve sent them a screenshot of this saying I have at least one ally against the potatoes. So if anyone asks, be cool!
It started with a meme from @chrishallbeck (I’m tagging him wrong, I don’t know how to do it or how to find hidden posts on sync) where he gets into a bathtub full of mashed potatoes. And I took it too far. Totally worth it.
When people had a computer that was messing up I used to tease that it’s from all the little person porn they watch on their work computer. One lady I worked with laughed and said she’s seen disabled porn.
Turns out her roommate was going to school for physical therapy and watching instructional videos with no blurred parts was required and they watched em together.
Because it’s like pissing into the ocean and saying we’ve increased the water level. I mean technically yeah, but not really.
The overwhelming issue is tankers, concrete, industrial plastics, methane from cattle and “natural” gas. Individual contribution from people barely shows up at all compared to these.
As for stuff shipped overseas I buy US stuff as much as possible. I’d love to buy a US built and sourced computer and phone but I just don’t think that’s possible.
We avoid beef almost 100%, it’s hard to get goat but it’s my favorite when it’s available. My wife and I aren’t vegetarians but we’re pretty close.
I’m not discounting what an individual can do but no amount of individual choice will change the system enough without pressure from the top. Either regulation or real competition, neither of which are on deck it seems.
My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
I crossed the street by myself in downtown Manila during rush hour. I froze right before the center island when a Jeepney got a little too close. After my heart started again I looked at the driver and he was laughing his ass off. This dumb American didn’t know how to cross streets.
'NUFF SAID. (lemmy.world)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different...
I made a website that tells you, based on the year you graduated high school, what your school (probably) got wrong! (yourschoolgotwrong.com)
You can have any B-tier superpower you like. What do you choose?
I’d be Cables Don’t Tangle Man.
I don't pay my family to hang out with me and do me favors 8h a day. (lemmy.ml)
Starfield Is Bethesda's Lowest-Rated Game On Steam (www.gamespot.com)
Teardown is coming to PS5 on November 15 (blog.playstation.com)
How they were doing! (lemmy.world)
This was the day when my youngest got the word they were approved for T. One of my favorite pictures of my kid.
Why did Waldo go to therapy?
Because he needed to find himself!
I'm with you Nicholas Shran (startrek.website)
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition - Announcement Trailer | PS5 and PC (Epic and Steam early 2024) (www.youtube.com)
Some positivity for your day! (lemmy.world)
Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We’ve come far, and have further to go!
Fionna and Cake rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I can’t stop drawing my comfort characters hhhh
The N64 released 27 years ago today. Feel old yet? (midwest.social)
It came out around my birthday, so my mom had it pre-ordered for me as a gift from Babbage’s. I still remember her picking me up from school and telling me she had a surprise for me in the trunk.
Helldivers 2 - Automaton Pre-Order Trailer | PS5 & PC Games (www.youtube.com)
Yup (lemmy.ml)
Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 release notes (www.cyberpunk.net)
Not a bad trade off (startrek.website)
What are some lemmy communities I can spend large amounts of time scrolling in ?
I want communities free from negativity and i certainly wont go near any community that is run by bigots
Is an expensive mattress worth the money?
Idk why I always wake up with either my sides or neck or smth hurting when I wake up but that didn’t happen while I stayed at a hotel. It’s not like I’m an old broken man who should be waking up expecting this.
[Discussion] How has the Steam Deck changed your habits with playing video games?
Do you play more than before you got your deck?...
Undercover Boss: The Next Generation (startrek.website)
[PSA] How to use your Steam Deck as a PC controller (www.xda-developers.com)
Easiest way is by using remote play, you’ll want to change settings to enable audio on the host, and possibly lower stream bandwidth....
Google’s Bard AI can now access Gmail, Drive, Docs, and more (www.pcworld.com)
This isn't a hotel for degenerates. (startrek.website)
Nintendo switch 2 akin to PS4/XBO power (kotaku.com)
Nintendo, one generation behind once again.
A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission (www.vg247.com)
Rule (sh.itjust.works)
What first name do you hate the most and why?
My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
What's the closest you have ever been to actually dying?
How close was it?
No one tell Ridley Scott. (lemmy.world)