I remember hearing an interview with him many years ago, and he shared a story about the shenanigans he got up to as a kid... he was into phone phreaking (used to be you could control the entire phone system by playing specific tones into any phone) and reprogrammed the phone system to think his friend's home phone was a pay phone. His friend's mom would try to call someone and the phone would ask her to deposit 20c. She was furious, and sent her son over to demand he fix it immediately.
I always thought that was one of the best pranks ever. RIP to a legend.
In the run-up to Monday’s attack on Russia’s road and rail bridge to Crimea, state TV broadcast footage of long traffic jams in southern Russia as tourists waited in their cars for hours to cross over to start their summer holidays.
It seems crazy to me that currently it takes just 50%+1 to change the state constitution. That being said, fast-tracking a special election to raise the threshold to 60% before an amendment polling at 59% goes to the vote is the worst kind of anti-democratic behavior. They're trying to change the rules halfway through the attempt.
His first show brought in over 26 million “video views,” which is a Twitter metric that records a view as anyone who watches a video for more than 2 seconds. While the metric’s reliability has been questioned, it has nevertheless declined significantly since the show’s launch, with Carlson’s most recent show only...
I want to see how many people have less than 10 or 15 sec watch time... like how many "video views" are just the video autoplaying in someone's feed as they scroll by?
3.8 mil "video views" is still more than the 3.3 mil viewers he got on Fox, but >2 sec is such a trash metric that I really have no idea how many people are actually watching.
I logged into lemmy.world and things are strange. In the upper left corner of my screen, to the left of Communities on the menu I have the text Israel and when I hover over it, I see Nigga Style. Also, the NSFW photo from Lemonparty.org flashes on the screen. I have logged out and in, but nothing changes.
I can think of several reasons off the top of my head.
Perhaps you want to discuss things your boss doesn't want employees talking about (teachers discussing drugs/alcohol/nsfw stuff or anyone trash-talking their employer).
Perhaps you want to discuss things your family/friends don't approve of (closeted LGBT, political opinions, drugs/nsfw, mental health, even stuff like motorcycles).
Perhaps you want to discuss controversial topics and reduce the chance of having some lunatic send you death threats.
Puffin got a lot of flack among PF fans for his initial video on PF2e. He's been running it for a while now and I thought you all might be interested in his updated thoughts.
D&D books are still available by themselves from your friendly local game store. You can find them at Target, Amazon, and beyond as well. But the community seems concerned about WotC’s move towards a more digital D&D.
I have zero interest in the micro-transaction VTT that WoTC seems to be moving towards. If they quit supporting pencil & paper tables, we'll stick with 5e/pf2e
I imagine they'll make giant fistfuls of money though. Lowing the bar to play by having the server deal with the crunch, gee-whiz graphics, customizable avatars .. I suspect they'll onboard a bunch of Fortnite kids who are used to paying for skins.
A California woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after lying to authorities that a couple was attempting to kidnap her children, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office.
Good. Malicious false police reports can destroy lives. It sounds like in this case, store security footage cleared the victims' names quickly, but not everyone is so lucky.
Faced with loss in the 2020 election, Trump campaign attorneys built an elaborate mind palace in which the former president could steal victory from the jaws of defeat. The problem was…
His family name, libertarian bent and support from the tech world, along with his views on censorship and vaccines, have given Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a foothold in the 2024 contest.
He raises some good questions about the fact that for-profit entities are acting as the public arbiter of truth. Unfortunately for his argument, vaccine denialism (like his) is Exhibit A for the "information needs to be regulated" argument.
I do think we should be wary of letting Facebook decide what is or isn't "disinformation", but the last 10 years have shown that we need some kind of public information filter. I just don't want Robert Kennedy to be involved in it.
Is it considered acceptable to "revenge downvote" by going to a user's profile and downvoting all their posts or comments? I've seen some of this behavior going on and I don't think it reflects very well on the Fediverse or Kbin....
Kevin Mitnick has died. (www.dignitymemorial.com)
HN link: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36795173
If this survives for an hour, it passes the Bear Test. (www.youtube.com)
At the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, you can get a product certified as bear-resistant... by actual bears.
Russian tourists flee Crimea after attack on landmark bridge (www.reuters.com)
In the run-up to Monday’s attack on Russia’s road and rail bridge to Crimea, state TV broadcast footage of long traffic jams in southern Russia as tourists waited in their cars for hours to cross over to start their summer holidays.
Lagging in polls, DeSantis sacks campaign staff (www.motherjones.com)
This Bottle of "Honey" Is Mostly Sugar and Corn Syrup
You s’posed to be up cooking breakfast (i.imgur.com)
All of Them
Ohio Republicans’ Devious Plot to Stop Voters From Legalizing Abortion (newrepublic.com)
The fight over reproductive rights in the Buckeye State begins with an August special election on an obscure ballot measure.
Views for Tucker Carlson’s new Twitter show have dropped 86 percent since its launch (deadstate.org)
His first show brought in over 26 million “video views,” which is a Twitter metric that records a view as anyone who watches a video for more than 2 seconds. While the metric’s reliability has been questioned, it has nevertheless declined significantly since the show’s launch, with Carlson’s most recent show only...
seen on mastodon (mediacdn.aus.social)
Anthropic — the $4.1 billion OpenAI rival — debuts new A.I. chatbot and opens it to public (www.cnbc.com)
Threads: Meta sets out planned new features (www.bbc.co.uk)
The firm has said the current app is an initial version and changes such as a new feed are planned.
Lemmy.world NSFW strangeness
I logged into lemmy.world and things are strange. In the upper left corner of my screen, to the left of Communities on the menu I have the text Israel and when I hover over it, I see Nigga Style. Also, the NSFW photo from Lemonparty.org flashes on the screen. I have logged out and in, but nothing changes.
Musk sues law firm because he’s mad that Twitter paid $90 million bill (arstechnica.com)
Musk tries to claw back $90M from firm that forced him to complete Twitter deal.
Teen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor laws (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
Does anyone think that due to how usernames work on the Fediverse, we might get some people using their real names as usernames?
I'm thinking about how emails ended up becoming. Where our first email addresses were so wacky, and slowly we just wanted out real names.
Is there any plan to de-federate from exploding-heads?
Most of the bigger instances seem to have done this, as it hosts mostly alt right content.
Puffin Forest discusses PF2e again (youtu.be)
Puffin got a lot of flack among PF fans for his initial video on PF2e. He's been running it for a while now and I thought you all might be interested in his updated thoughts.
You Can't Buy Physical-Only D&D Books From WotC Anymore (www.belloflostsouls.net)
D&D books are still available by themselves from your friendly local game store. You can find them at Target, Amazon, and beyond as well. But the community seems concerned about WotC’s move towards a more digital D&D.
A California woman has been sentenced to jail after lying to police that a couple tried to kidnap her children - CNN [Latest] (www.cnn.com)
A California woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after lying to authorities that a couple was attempting to kidnap her children, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office.
Newly Unearthed Emails Show Trump Attorneys Coordinating Fake Electors (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Faced with loss in the 2020 election, Trump campaign attorneys built an elaborate mind palace in which the former president could steal victory from the jaws of defeat. The problem was…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Draws Support From Outside the Democratic Party - NYT [US News] (web.archive.org)
His family name, libertarian bent and support from the tech world, along with his views on censorship and vaccines, have given Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a foothold in the 2024 contest.
Is Putin replacing under-fire defense minister with Steven Seagal? (www.newsweek.com)
Iranian media outlets spread the claim on Monday, as Sergei Shoigu was forced to deal with the fallout of Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion.
Revenge downvoting
Is it considered acceptable to "revenge downvote" by going to a user's profile and downvoting all their posts or comments? I've seen some of this behavior going on and I don't think it reflects very well on the Fediverse or Kbin....