Irony is, a lot of larger office building thermostats are really only there for display purposes (thermometer), not for control purposes (actually functional).
Our profit margin demands you buy over-priced books from our shop
College material monopolies should be illegal, just like all other monopolies. Want to give students an education in the real world? Let the free market determine textbook prices.
It’s funny. Security folks say how insecure Windows XP is, and how it becomes compromised within seconds/minutes of having an internet connection. It’s like Microsoft took that as a playbook challenge to repeat as an OOTB feature, instead of waiting for malware to do it.
The more popular ad blocking gets, the more I worry about the ad industry lobbying to criminalize blocking ads as “theft of revenue” or some insane concept along that line.
They are replacing some of the sugar with it, not the fat. I’m a fan of both normal and the applesauce variants, but you need to understand the science behind the normal ingredients before you swap them out for others. Baking is science.
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
Throwing a lot of shade there when (I hope) you goofed and really meant legislative branch. I agree with your POV, but be accurate, if you’re taking the road you’re taking.
NYPD preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York (www.cnn.com)
Saudi Arabia claims 'record' low price as Marubeni wind power deal hits $15/MWh (www.rechargenews.com)
Big Tech thinks it can plant trees better than everyone else (www.theverge.com)
Guess I'll just burn (sh.itjust.works)
Piracy (sh.itjust.works)
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage (www.cbsnews.com)
Seriously, why aren't most people using adblock these days (lemmy.world)
I can't believe it tastes different (lemmy.world)
Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs (mastodon.sdf.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15741608...
Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards (www.cnet.com)
Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor (www.nytimes.com)
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
That's not troubling at all (lemmy.world)
Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry (apnews.com)
A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling....
Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiry...
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (apnews.com)
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
Journalism (lemmy.world)
It do be like that (sh.itjust.works)