Technology
Student dorm does not allow wifi routers
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22 hours ago
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Can you use a switch for wired devices or is that also a no-no?
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22 hours ago
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I was hoping the launch of Classic would bring back classic loot rules and with it, prime opportunities for very public breakdowns during raids. It did not.
Really missed an opportunity here, Blizzard.
Godot
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22 hours ago
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Right on
KingThrillgore
22 hours ago
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Few people get to choose their fate.
KingThrillgore
22 hours ago
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At some point Gianni has to stop accepting thirstpost dubs
KingThrillgore
22 hours ago
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...have you played a Hoyoverse game? They have something for everybody. Femboy, straight, furry, sharks, Ace, we've have it all!
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2 days ago
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I've said this before: Randy Pitchford isn't very smart.
KingThrillgore
2 days ago
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Sorry but Kotaku has always been 100% garbage, either bad writing, way behind the news, or both at the same time.
Except if its labor related, they immediately remember how to write.
KingThrillgore
2 days ago
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He's a capable comedy actor and before he jumped ship, he was interested in doing it.
KingThrillgore
2 days ago
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By this logic: "The Borderlands movie isn't meant for you."
Technology
Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations.
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2 days ago
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Ah so its war you want, YouTube.
Technology
How Russia is Influencing US Citizens on Social Media. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 3
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3 days ago
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What’s tildes friend?
One of the alternatives of reddit that appeared during the exodus
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3 days ago
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NaNoWriMo came out as pro-GenAI after an AI sloppenheimer generator became a sponsor. I'm definitely not negative enough.
Technology
How Russia is Influencing US Citizens on Social Media. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 3
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3 days ago
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You can comment on an issue without whataboutism
This point specifically is getting ignored. I feel like this kind of blatant ignorance is starting to make Lemmy a lost cause, because its gotten worse the past few weeks. I'm starting to think Tildes may be more my speed.
Technology
How Russia is Influencing US Citizens on Social Media. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 3
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3 days ago
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Yep, i've noticed their rhetoric has gotten bad on the Memes sub. I just unsubbed there actually. 196 is more fun anyways.
Technology
Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’
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3 days ago
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Half of 0 is still zero!
KingThrillgore
3 days ago
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Sony: We made this slop called Concord, go enjoy it
Also Sony: this
Technology
Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat
KingThrillgore
3 days ago
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I think i'm in love.
Technology
Ford Patents A Way To Bring Ads Inside Your Car
KingThrillgore
3 days ago
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My dream car is, ironically, either a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 or a 1970s Australian Falcon XB. Note that these cars don't have any smart shit in them.
Antiwork
‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours
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3 days ago
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My general sense of this dude from Shark Tank is he's an asshole. After reading about him for 5 minutes, he's definitely an asshole.
Antiwork
‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours
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Frustrated by this news, Carnegie would later hire Pinkertons to kill his own workers.
That is what CMU calls it college team right? The fightin' pinks?
Antiwork
‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours
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3 days ago
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I'd say Elon Musk too.
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4 days ago
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😊
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4 days ago
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It really is. If you're white and male.
Technology
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
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4 days ago
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But if you're the Internet Archive, fuck you its lawsuit time. I hate this cyberpunk present.
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4 days ago
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I paid off my college loans in full in 2019.
I deleted my reddit account.
I'm the first person in my family to get a University degree.
I've been sober for four years now.
Linux
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4 days ago
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Good license to capitalists.
KingThrillgore
4 days ago
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Good news there's a project that aims to implement Unix in Rust called Redox and it's already a good enough project for studying microkernel design
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5 days ago
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Hannibal is frightened by the images he saw in his dreams: A face sticking out of a white throne.
"We're attacking the wrong city boys, turn around. Carthage may yet be spared."
Enough Musk Spam
This Brazil-Twitter stuff is hilarious. Great leadership Muskrat.
KingThrillgore
5 days ago
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Enough Musk Spam
This Brazil-Twitter stuff is hilarious. Great leadership Muskrat.
KingThrillgore
5 days ago
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🎶 He's the worst CEO you've ever heard 🎶
🎶 He's the Angry Racist Twitter Nerd 🎶
Privacy
KingThrillgore
5 days ago
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KingThrillgore
5 days ago
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say gex baby
Technology
Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all
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5 days ago
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Not use Windows 11 you say? Install Linux you say?!
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6 days ago
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DHH saying something not ridiculous? What is today, April Fools Day!?!?
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6 days ago
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That's because the IP rights for those games were sold.
Games
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says his hopes on Epic Store were 'overly optimistic or misplaced'
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7 days ago
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Randy is not known for being very smart.
KingThrillgore
1 week ago
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It was from a college paper i'm sure it cost them like a nickel.
KingThrillgore
1 week ago
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Its a shame you did this today as opposed to when I was young. I coulda been a castrati.
No Stupid Questions
How is Open Source project work paid?
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1 week ago
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Either by salary by hiring an engineer for a company, by issuance of grant, or by issuance of funds from donations via 1099 or similar.
arstechnica.com
My original, editorialized title: **Ars Technica Sells Out** ---- Linking to this because I know people here read Ars Technica, and I totally didn't become a subscriber three days before this was announced. Nope. No sir.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/elon-musk-declares-it-is-war-on-ad-industry-as-x-sues-over-illegal-boycott/ ---- Alt text: A fake tweet in which Elon Musk laments how he's running out of money to run X/Twitter because he's a very litigious man. The actual text follows: Data $4,000,000 Rent $680,000 Lawsuits $500,000,000 Labor $2,400,000 Candles $3,600 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my website is dying
casual mass shootings imply the existence of competitive mass shootings ---- alt text: Mr. Krabs and Patrick shaking hands meme, but in this one Mr. Krabs is America and Patrick is Mongolia. They are shaking hands over how both have 0 medals in shooting and archery, respectfully.
alt text: V1 from the game "Ultrakill" throwing at Coin in your general direction with the text "WOE, COIN BE UPON YE"
Yes, that's the point, Bill!
I never bothered to ask and now i'm afraid of being outed as an old for asking.
If they show his face they already fucked up alt text: Someone says they don't like superhero movies, they get an approving thumbs up, and then is promptly ignored
Alt text: an image of dark saber from the Fate series with the text "The term girlfriend implies the existence of a girlfoe. This is a service I am willing to provide."
alt text: cover art for the Radiohead album "the meats" which instead of a dummy, has that meat puppet from Vinesauce
alt text: An image of Frylock, Meatwad, and Master Shake from "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" with additional text at the top and bottom of the image. The text reads: "The Confederacy lasted five years. Aqua Teen Hunger Force lasted 15. Master Shake is a bigger part of our heritage than your treasonous great-great-great-great granddad"
www.theverge.com
tl;dr: The CEO said he was pro-Trump and he didn't like the shooting. Certainly not a smart thing to say but not entirely bad, right? Well, he said it to the all the customers via their mailing list.
Alt text: Asuka and Shinji look upon the Third Impact and the Vinesauce Meat Instrumentality Project with trepidation.
alt text: A photo from the "Dracula Flow" video series but the sections of the playbar are highlighted below it, 1/3rd saying "lmao this is funny" and 2/3rds saying "my vocabulary has been irreversably (sic) altered"
Alt text: side view of a smug person, their brain and spinal cord are replaced with a cat rolled up in the skull taking a nap
I seriously think "Just Stop Oil" is a Koch Industries psyop because I've never seen so many random acts of cringe backfire this badly
I have just had a rough week at work due to some difficult deadlines that none of my senior managers are willing to hear out, and we lost some additional developers due to a layoff. I'm really stressed Image alt text: A cat sitting beside a stack of hot dogs, looking curiously at the delicious food. There is additional text at the top of the image that reads "After a life of hard work I finally have all the hotdogs. Yet I still feel empty inside."
Get it here because of size restrictions https://imgur.com/a/ifexp0B
Alt text: a meme from Spongebob Squarepants episode S03E03 "Just One Bite," where Squidward takes a bite out of a krabby patty, except its been doctored to the LimeWire logo, a notable P2P application. It doesn't end well for him: In the last frame he is choking to death (with an overlay over him resembling a Windows Blue Screen of Death)
Alt text: A meme in two parts: Top part of the image is captioned "When you feed your dog:" with a cute doggo showing appreciation. The bottom part of the image is captured "Once you feed your cat:" with a calico cat on a skateboard skating into a wormhole with the caption: "See ya later, Dickhead." The last d in 'dickhead' is cut off.
DAE Speech 100 int 1 run Alt text: A photo of the doge meme with the text "I am At a point in my life where I seek validation amongst my peers By discussing New Vegas on 196"
alt text: a circle pointing to "suffering builds character" repeatedly and on itself into infinity
Original image: https://twitter.com/HasegawaKeane2/status/1762805360635560410 Alt text: Ubel from the anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" delivering an empty pizza box to Marcille Donato from the anime "Delicious in Dungeon". It is evident that Ubel ate her food in transit, hence why she is wearing a uniform for "Ubel Eats."
What is the fucking point of living if everything you believed in can be taken from you by some old white fucks
www.youtube.com
defiant to the end
Alt text: A recommended article highlighting the latest community speaker at the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce: Rich White of Boeing.
www.theverge.com
So the failing part in question is a cover on the pedal, which is just the worst, god awful, below dollar store quality design and I'm shocked there wasn't any adhesive or better yet, thought on how to have the part fail gracefully or remain stationary w/o adhesive. This is shockingly bad construction.