More pedestrians are injured in Great Britain by petrol and diesel cars than by electric cars, but compared with petrol and diesel cars, electric cars pose a greater risk to pedestrians and the risk is greater in urban environments. One plausible explanation for our results is that background ambient noise levels differ between urban and rural areas, causing electric vehicles to be less audible to pedestrians in urban areas
Sorry for a kinda clickbait title but it is what it is. I just watched a video about Android 15 changes and a lot of them are either not important or straight up bad....
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates, who was previously married to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said Tuesday she was giving $1 billion to people and organizations working to promote women’s issues....
in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave
in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a ridiculous PR exercise to smokescreen their complicity in the starvation of the genocide-torn occupied territory.
In a major blow to the utterly evil cunts who are attempting to swell their personal bank accounts from the starvation of the genocide-torn occupied territory
LAGOS — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu vowed to usher in an era of renewed hope when he was inaugurated into office a year ago. Twelve months later, the prices of food and fuel have doubled, driving increasingly loud discontent....
Everywhere I am there is a guy running a leaf blower. At my house, leaf blowers everywhere all day long. At work, of course, leaf blowers blowing dirt and allergens into the air. It’s such a special noise, it goes through walls and headphones so effectively. They are the most pervasive, annoying things on the planet. I hate...
The biggest problem with leaf blowers is that they’re absurdly useful. They’re incredibly good at what they do and a thousand times more efficient than a brush
I use one professionally, so answer me this - if you hired me to clear leaves off your driveway and I said I can do it in half an hour with a leaf blower, or two and a half hours with a brush… which one would you be willing to pay me for?
The council guys have been using them in the town near me, they said they had some shit ones before, complained about them, and were given Stihl ones instead.
They said they’re fine but you can’t just refill them when you’re away from the depot
Elon Musk’s quest to wirelessly connect human brains with machines has run into a seemingly impossible obstacle, experts say. The company is now asking the public for help finding a solution....
Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive (www.theregister.com)
Americans shrug over falling birthrate (www.newsweek.com)
mood (slrpnk.net)
Electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles were found to be approximately twice as likely, on average, to collide with a pedestrian than internal combustion engine vehicles (press.psprings.co.uk)
Cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/20086798...
‘Like drinking a music festival’: this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good? (www.theguardian.com)
Trump trial live updates: Trump says 'Mother Teresa could not beat these charges' as jury deliberates (abcnews.go.com)
No way did trump say that!...
A year after Titan sub implosion, an Ohio billionaire says he wants to make his own voyage to Titanic wreckage (www.cbsnews.com)
Android 15 is on the way. And it's pretty bad (youtu.be)
Sorry for a kinda clickbait title but it is what it is. I just watched a video about Android 15 changes and a lot of them are either not important or straight up bad....
I wonder if they have a lemon flavor to them? (lemmy.world)
Lemon, alcohol and tube steaks all in one! Culture at its best! LMAO
Melinda French Gates donates $1billion for women's issues (www.rawstory.com)
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates, who was previously married to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said Tuesday she was giving $1 billion to people and organizations working to promote women’s issues....
I can pick my nose from inside my mouth, rule. (sh.itjust.works)
I got bored and discovered this about 10 years ago, before I ever knew it was a real thing in hatha yoga.
Which stage of capitalism is this? (lemmy.world)
Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit (www.theguardian.com)
US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart (www.cnn.com)
How Nigeria’s economy cratered in President Tinubu’s first year (www.semafor.com)
LAGOS — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu vowed to usher in an era of renewed hope when he was inaugurated into office a year ago. Twelve months later, the prices of food and fuel have doubled, driving increasingly loud discontent....
I hate leaf blowers with the passion of 1000 suns.
Everywhere I am there is a guy running a leaf blower. At my house, leaf blowers everywhere all day long. At work, of course, leaf blowers blowing dirt and allergens into the air. It’s such a special noise, it goes through walls and headphones so effectively. They are the most pervasive, annoying things on the planet. I hate...
Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F (edition.cnn.com)
We constantly have spit in our mouth 100% of the time but if we were made to drink any amount of our spit it'd be disgusting. Why?
Neuralink looks to the public to solve a seemingly impossible problem (www.cbc.ca)
Elon Musk’s quest to wirelessly connect human brains with machines has run into a seemingly impossible obstacle, experts say. The company is now asking the public for help finding a solution....
When some people set their mind to something, there's no stopping them. (lemmy.world)