Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle spent 12 years tracking down real life Doppelgängers — two individuals who are not related but could pass for identical twins — and photographing them. He calls his project “I’m Not a Look-Alike,” and it’s starting to get some well-deserved attention....
As Cities Skylines II still isn’t worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it’s not: old.reddit.com/…/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_m…) which games scratch your city building itch?
Number of monthly active Lemmy users rising again
lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats...
Picture by Rob Hoeijmakers
Direct link to the pic: files.catbox.moe/o0x30l.jpeg...
Bridgy Fed, a bridge between the Fediverse and other protocols such as BlueSky, is using an opt-out model and that raises a lot of discussion (github.com)
Github ticket: github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835
Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base' (www.404media.co)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/8775123...
Canadian photographer Francois Brunell searches and photographs similar people, but who are not related to each other. He has currently done about 200 couple portraits.
Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle spent 12 years tracking down real life Doppelgängers — two individuals who are not related but could pass for identical twins — and photographing them. He calls his project “I’m Not a Look-Alike,” and it’s starting to get some well-deserved attention....
Was the 401(k) a Mistake? How an obscure, 45-year old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold. (www.nytimes.com)
TIL that we don’t know who named the Earth. Unlike other planets there are no records of how it got its name. The name Earth, and variations of it, date back 1000+ years. (www.skyatnightmagazine.com)
Dual headphone jack smartphone scores high in new reparability video (www.notebookcheck.net)
When did a movie or a show misrepresent the country or city you live in?
Is anyone using PixelFed? How is your experience so far?
Patient gamers, what are your favourite city builders?
As Cities Skylines II still isn’t worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it’s not: old.reddit.com/…/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_m…) which games scratch your city building itch?
Henry VIII's armor from the Tower of London. Interesting cod piece
We are now at 48,859 monthly active users vs 51,172 a month ago, decline seems slow but steady. Anything we can do about it?
Link to the graphs: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
In 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him everyday, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid stare
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokito_(gorilla)
The /r/help sub is full of people angry at the new Reddit UI (old.reddit.com)
old.reddit.com/r/help/...
[Meta] !movies@lemmy.world mod removing comment suggesting consolidation of that community with this one as their moderation community is spread too thin, thankfully modlog is public
Link to the modlog: reddthat.com/modlog/11298...
How Much Do Countries Spend on Education, USD per student, PPP (purchasing power parity) converted
Source: smartick.com/…/how-much-do-countries-spend-on-edu…
HTC One M8: The Android GOAT, 10 Years On! (www.youtube.com)
Analysts: PS5 Outsold Xbox Almost 5 To 1 This Past Quarter (www.forbes.com)
[Article] "How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter" Has anyone been following his later work? (www.theatlantic.com)
[Discussion thread][Spoilers] Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve - 2024
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two...
Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more (www.tomshardware.com)
It’s quicker
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/20260613
[IJustWatched] Blade Runner 2049. What do you think about it?
Second time I watched it, first time was during its theatrical release....
Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years (www.cnet.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9647496...