IKEA Family is a membership program, like grocery store memberships. The only real feature of the program was their 5% discount. But now, they are getting rid of it to focus on “New Lower Price offers”. I’m not holding my breath that their prices are going to come down anytime soon....
I remember the collective shitfit around a decade ago when Obama give out free cell phones to homeless people. It was such a crazy concept to people who have never struggled that yes, you DO need a smartphone to meet your calling, banking and personal management needs. Everything has an online portal. Every job application requires an online portion. It’s how the world works and has worked since the mid 00s.
I used Refresh single use artifical tears. Massive plastic waste but it’s been my go-to since laser eye surgery. Each dosage is individually packaged.
Every ophthalmologist I’ve seen hates the reusable bottles of eyedrops for various reasons, primarily because they have additives for anti-microbial action. These additives do not help hydrate your eye in any way.
I haven’t checked in on this game since around launch. Anyone want to bring me up to speed on what’s happening? I gather the latest expansion pack is priced differently than prior DLC?...
Tone deaf company. My friend wants me to get into this series so badly, but this article details what a disgusting relationship CA has with its customers.
Berlin-based business consultant Matt and his colleague were among the first at their workplace to discover ChatGPT, mere weeks after its release. He says the chatbot transformed their workdays overnight. “It was like discovering a video game cheat,” says Matt. “I asked a really technical question from my PhD thesis, and...
Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions....
America’s drug overdose crisis is out of control. Washington, despite a bipartisan desire to combat it, is finding its addiction-fighting programs are failing....
Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn’t reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian....
I am happy with the result. There is a black line accross the badge due to the head going through it, but I removed it by sanding it. Maybe I should play with the z-hop setting.
Was thinking about this today, pretty unique time way back in my gaming past. Belonged to a clan that would play things like War Rock (old F2P game), Battlefield 2, early CoD games, etc....
I was in a counter-strike clan for a long time. We were all varying levels of dork. Clan members doubled as mods for our server, and we ran a server with classic rules and kept it tight. Almost always had a full server (12 people) between ourselves and the randos that joined our community. Spent soooo many hours bullshitting about our stupid teenage lives while headshotting each other. We had ventrilo, a old sql forum, and steam.
Everyone is still on steam friends but don’t talk like we used to. None of us play counter-strike anymore after it moved to CS:GO, so we lost that common thread. I’m mainly focused on my WoW guild and community there now.
They don’t care. They already cut off the water. The Israeli government is hoping to see as many men, women and children dead in the deserts and plains of the region as possible.
This year’s uptake of the updated Covid-19 vaccine appears to be somewhat slower than last year’s, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday....
The RIAA and MPAA are the driving force behind the copystrike behavior. I do think Alphabet has the resources and standing to resist and battle it in court, but that’s clearly not their business model. Alphabet is not invested in protecting content generators, only in what metrics they can sell to ad agencies.
And a lot of fraud. These bus tickets do not run 1500 per person, even with associated rounding-up costs (although the victims likely assembled themselves as they were deceived).
High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test....
When I say Gen Z and newer are fucking stupid, I mean it. Many have very low media literacy, don’t understand how to use a desktop computer and are wholly absorbed with social media.
It isn’t really their fault though. Education salaries have dried up in the public sector over the last 20 years. I had typing classes, various computer literacy classes and higher maths available to me prior to high school. Somehow these programs have changed or evaporated while band and sports programs continue to swell.
What an ignorant fucking take. You herd human beings into the largest prison system on earth and keep them there for 60 years, what do you expect to happen?
Israel loves that this happened, because it gives them the blank check they’ve been seeking to make Palestinians extinct.
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
The Gaza Strip seems very poorly served by the Palestinian Authority, let alone Israel. But, the area has relatively stable borders and it would likely have a stable government in Hamas. So, what if Gaza just declared independence as the government with sole control over the Gaza Strip?...
Palestine, like Taiwan, has a non-voting representative in the UN. It’s effectively its own country save for the key players of the Security Council recognizing them.
I just want it to stop (startrek.website)
I wonder if anyone has managed to break this record since (startrek.website)
Fedposting (programming.dev)
Yes, also Teslas (media.mastodon.scot)
"We will not stop at Kyiv, Warsaw, Paris. We will stop when we feel secure." - Russian propagandist Solovyov (streamable.com)
Mirror: https://files.catbox.moe/b2jfwt.mp4...
The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours (twitter.com)
Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:...
Shrinkflation hits IKEA Family by removing 5% discount (i.imgur.com)
IKEA Family is a membership program, like grocery store memberships. The only real feature of the program was their 5% discount. But now, they are getting rid of it to focus on “New Lower Price offers”. I’m not holding my breath that their prices are going to come down anytime soon....
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
Facepalm (lemmy.world)
Hey OpenAI (feddit.it)
The Last of Us Multiplayer Project Still in Development Assures Naughty Dog Game Director (mp1st.com)
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Bets on the next one? (startrek.website)
Doubt to Pride (lemmy.world)
FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps (docs.fcc.gov)
FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
Nothing to see here... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)
Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry | (VHS) 1995 (www.youtube.com)
Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts (www.pcgamesn.com)
I haven’t checked in on this game since around launch. Anyone want to bring me up to speed on what’s happening? I gather the latest expansion pack is priced differently than prior DLC?...
'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning (www.tmz.com)
The employees secretly using AI at work (www.bbc.com)
Berlin-based business consultant Matt and his colleague were among the first at their workplace to discover ChatGPT, mere weeks after its release. He says the chatbot transformed their workdays overnight. “It was like discovering a video game cheat,” says Matt. “I asked a really technical question from my PhD thesis, and...
Kids Are Attending Pro-Palestinian Protests In Roblox (kotaku.com)
A solidarity protest took place on Roblox, with 200 players reportedly attending...
Oklahoma attorney general sues to stop US's first public religious school (apnews.com)
Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions....
Roman Catholic diocese warns fake priests are preying on California parishioners (www.nbcnews.com)
A Roman Catholic diocese in California is warning its flock to beware of wolves in priestly clothes....
The opioid crisis has gotten much, much worse despite Congress’ efforts to stop it (www.politico.com)
America’s drug overdose crisis is out of control. Washington, despite a bipartisan desire to combat it, is finding its addiction-fighting programs are failing....
history ppl (feddit.de)
Frig off (lemmy.ml)
Where can I NEUTRALLY keep up to date about the Palestina/Israel situation?
Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn’t reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian....
The Turkish word for cannibal is "yamyam" (en.m.wiktionary.org)
(roughly pronounced “yum yum”)
My first mid-print filament change ! (i.imgur.com)
I am happy with the result. There is a black line accross the badge due to the head going through it, but I removed it by sanding it. Maybe I should play with the z-hop setting.
Anyone have good memories of (or still belong to) a gaming clan or guild?
Was thinking about this today, pretty unique time way back in my gaming past. Belonged to a clan that would play things like War Rock (old F2P game), Battlefield 2, early CoD games, etc....
Israel calls for all 1.1 million civilians to leave Gaza City within 24 hours (www.reuters.com)
Sanders calls Israel's siege on Gaza 'a serious violation of international law' (www.politico.com)
Despite rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have received updated Covid-19 vaccines, HHS says (www.cnn.com)
This year’s uptake of the updated Covid-19 vaccine appears to be somewhat slower than last year’s, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Defederation from Lemmygrad.ml
Hello World,...
Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program (www.aol.com)
After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday....
YouTube's anti-adblock rollout has finally arrived for Firefox users (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I’m sure many of you are already aware that YouTube has been rolling out anti-adblock detection for Chrome users for a few weeks now....
Texas private company paid $75 million in 1 year to bus migrants out of state, report shows (abc13.com)
Texas reportedly paid a private company $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S....
ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low (apnews.com)
High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test....
While walking (lemmy.world)
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him. (www.propublica.org)
Yes, This Is Israel’s 9/11 (theintercept.com)
Both the U.S. and Israel were stunned to experience the ultraviolence they mete out to others....
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Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
What if the Gaza Strip declared independence?
The Gaza Strip seems very poorly served by the Palestinian Authority, let alone Israel. But, the area has relatively stable borders and it would likely have a stable government in Hamas. So, what if Gaza just declared independence as the government with sole control over the Gaza Strip?...
What games have you been playing recently
I myself have been playing alot of rdr2 and beamng
Gov. Newsom vetoes bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California (www.cbsnews.com)