So I have a born again christian family member in their mid twenties who stated with complete confidence that there is a dome in the sky called the firmament and beyond it is where heaven is. She believes space doesn’t exist and rockets just blow up because the bible said so. She is not the brightest and normally I would let...
Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.
Long vs short counting system. Americans use the short system. As a European, long system makes so much more sense! Here’s an interesting video about it: youtu.be/C-52AI_ojyQ?si=-TS4BYg-FT0SAeSo
Don’t get me started on the different “endings” of the game. Such a strange choice, considering that if you want the whole Assassin’s Creed story, you’ll have to pay it again, it just watch the different endings online.
Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.
Edit: I just noticed that I might seem to like the orange haired person, but I do not. LOCK HIM UP! Or guillotine, I don’t care. Just get him the fuck out of politics!
Dashcams are illegal in Germany (no idea how Teslas are allowed, though), and so is Google Street View! Don’t fuck with the German government when it comes to privacy.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election....
I’m currently in the process of re-downloading everything on x265 because of the smaller files sizes. Whats do you guys think? Also has anybody experience with Tdarr?
What’s the antithesis of Arrested Development, Firefly or The Big Lebowski? Those may never have ‘found their audience’ but over time seemed to recognised by everyone. What are the deep cuts that you liked but it feels like everyone has completely forgotten they even existed.
I would assume people would capitalize their titles in posts since that’s the standard pretty much anywhere else like on YouTube or news sites, and that’s what you learn to do in school. Why is it only different on forum platforms like Lemmy or Reddit?
See if you can get Joya shoes where you live. They’re like walking on clouds. I’ve recommended then to everyone I know, but most ignore the tip. The ones who’s gotten a pair thanks me afterwards. You’ll NEVER hurt under your feet, no matter how much you walk in a day.
Hundreds of conservative operatives outlined a plan that Donald Trump, or any Republican, could use to purge climate action from the federal government.
I know we pretty much all hated spez for all the shit he pulled, but a few weeks ago the tone towards reddit itself around here was more neutral. People liked it here on Lemmy a lot better, but people weren’t hating on the old place so much....
We’re still discussing Reddit? That’s so 2.5 weeks old 😝 moved here because of spaz’ rule, not because I hate Reddit. It was a fun time which will be remembered.
I don’t know, like, maybe tell me next time if my photos are getting backed up. And tell me before it fills up my ample 15GB cloud storage with my family photos.
Starfield design director calls out unfair game criticism: 'Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is' (www.pcgamer.com)
Mobile roaming: EE prompts anger as it increases price by 150% | Mobile phones | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Euro data watchdog bans Meta's use of personal data for ads (www.theregister.com)
Could be an interesting 2 weeks.
Privacy = no free speech (lemmy.ml)
12ft.io (paywall article unlocker site) has been banned by Vercel (twitter.com)
Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space?
So I have a born again christian family member in their mid twenties who stated with complete confidence that there is a dome in the sky called the firmament and beyond it is where heaven is. She believes space doesn’t exist and rockets just blow up because the bible said so. She is not the brightest and normally I would let...
Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia (www.theguardian.com)
Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.
Assassin's Creed Mirage is Now One of the Lowest-Rated Games in the Series (gamerant.com)
Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought (techcrunch.com)
Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (apnews.com)
Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com)
Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)
China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.
Unity apologises. (www.pcgamer.com)
Russian general admits Ukraine just a "stepping stone" to invade Europe (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/3282662...
Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships (www.thedailybeast.com)
Original source: edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/…/index.html
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power (www.theguardian.com)
Haven’t seen any posts about this and it’s a pretty big thing. From DMA website:...
It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
X's new privacy policy allows it to collect users' biometric data (www.cbsnews.com)
Starting next month, X’s updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users’ biometric data and other personal information....
Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event (www.nbcnews.com)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election....
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
Can you drive a manual transmission?
And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how....
Whats your preferred codec?
I’m currently in the process of re-downloading everything on x265 because of the smaller files sizes. Whats do you guys think? Also has anybody experience with Tdarr?
What film, show or game that is not necessarily 'underated' didn't have the level of social impact it deserved.
What’s the antithesis of Arrested Development, Firefly or The Big Lebowski? Those may never have ‘found their audience’ but over time seemed to recognised by everyone. What are the deep cuts that you liked but it feels like everyone has completely forgotten they even existed.
Thailand = Thighland, says Trump apologist/convicted felon (lemmy.world)
Why don’t Lemmings capitalize the beginning of each letter in their title for their posts?
I would assume people would capitalize their titles in posts since that’s the standard pretty much anywhere else like on YouTube or news sites, and that’s what you learn to do in school. Why is it only different on forum platforms like Lemmy or Reddit?
Please stop following in Apple's footsteps (lemmy.world)
gizmodo.com/google-s-pixel-8-sim-slot-esim-only-i…...
Has the time since the invention of agriculture been long enough for any evolutionary changes to occur, and if so, what are some of those changes?
Edit: I meant specifically humans.
What is a product you'll pay a little more for?
Where you absolutely refuse to go the cheap way....
Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection (www.reuters.com)
Tankies believe that the Tiananmen Square Massacre was fabricated (sh.itjust.works)
Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump's second term (www.politico.com)
Hundreds of conservative operatives outlined a plan that Donald Trump, or any Republican, could use to purge climate action from the federal government.
Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast (lemmy.ml)
Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.
Where did all this reddit hatred come from?
I know we pretty much all hated spez for all the shit he pulled, but a few weeks ago the tone towards reddit itself around here was more neutral. People liked it here on Lemmy a lot better, but people weren’t hating on the old place so much....
Sen. Ted Cruz's Jan. 6 Scheming Exposed In Newly Unveiled Recording (news.yahoo.com)
The Texas Republican apparently planned to create a fake "commission" to overturn the 2020 election.
Of course Google Photos backup turned on by itself after migration, and undoing that means scrolling down and selecting every individual day of a year total (lemmy.world)
I don’t know, like, maybe tell me next time if my photos are getting backed up. And tell me before it fills up my ample 15GB cloud storage with my family photos.
I've forgotten the password to a word .docx file I made 9 months ago, is there any chance I can get in without knowing it?
Brute forcing would be fine, since I don’t think I would’ve used a long password for this, but I don’t know how to automate that either. Any ideas?
**this seems to be the theme of the season mateys** (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone