New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD....
I’m very glad that him being a pants shitting draft dodger, and later bragging about how great of a special forces guy he would have been is general knowledge.
The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...
On top of the fact it was (more or less) turnkey. It worked. For months. Why would you look at the page when it works? If it was like that from the start, it would be different.
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment....
For me it’s gotta be something from ARTE (the French/German culture television channel). Either it’s the one about Chodorowskis weird Dune project or the three-part series about the history of racism. Both were extremely well-made documentaries.
I recently saw ‘Don’t Look Now’ (1973). Good picture, a little slow perhaps by today’s standards but worthy of any movie enjoyer’s time! So this movie was shot in Venice. Venice itself being an already beautiful spot to film even today. The way we get to look in a time capsule of Venice in the 70s makes the movie that...
I prefer to wait until after new games are released so that I can read reviews and allow developers to patch their games properly. In my experience, games tend to improve over time with more bug fixes, added story content, and discounts....
The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend, office workers are pinching lunchtime pennies (www.nbcnews.com)
Students Show Up to Graduation, Find Commencement Speaker Is an AI Robot (futurism.com)
TIL one of the oldest TV shows was simply called "Sea Stories" on the BBC, featuring Royal Navy Commander A.B. Campbell describing the personalities and places he had seen. No known footage exists. (en.wikipedia.org)
aired from 1936-1937. if anyone has a copy pls lemme know
The Toilet Theory of the Internet: Google is serving an audience that wants quick and easy results. That may lead to disaster. (www.theatlantic.com)
NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code (mastodon.sdf.org)
New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD....
Trump-appointed judge halts Biden administration credit card late fee cap (thehill.com)
Fox News won’t bother mentioning this to their viewers.
If I wanted to, hypothetically, guarentee that I shit my pants 2 to 6 hours from now, how should I do it?
1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog (blog.mozilla.org)
The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...
Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account (www.gameinformer.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/14764738...
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment....
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy?
Even from people that never lived in a communist state...
The Ten Forward Hot Take Thread
Lets say contentious things about Star Trek! I’ll start!...
The Onion boutta do whatever tf it wants (lemmy.world)
via Bluesky
What's the most fascinating documentary you've ever watched and why did it captivate you?
For me it’s gotta be something from ARTE (the French/German culture television channel). Either it’s the one about Chodorowskis weird Dune project or the three-part series about the history of racism. Both were extremely well-made documentaries.
TIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandic (lemmy.world)
Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites (themarkup.org)
Putin Orders Russian Tech Companies To Somehow Make Competitive Game Console In 3 Months (www.techdirt.com)
Which movies have aged like fine wine? (either in their message or cinematography)
I recently saw ‘Don’t Look Now’ (1973). Good picture, a little slow perhaps by today’s standards but worthy of any movie enjoyer’s time! So this movie was shot in Venice. Venice itself being an already beautiful spot to film even today. The way we get to look in a time capsule of Venice in the 70s makes the movie that...
What's a bit of good advice that's really bad advice?
You know, like “always split on 18,” or “having kids is the most rewarding thing you can do in life.”...
‘I am so scared of them now’: Burned from overspending, some ‘buy now, pay later’ users warn others away (www.nbcnews.com)
After racking up thousands of dollars in debt, some borrowers are deleting the apps from their phones to avoid getting prodded to spend more....
Can you recommend a casual game for a patient gamer (PC)?
I prefer to wait until after new games are released so that I can read reviews and allow developers to patch their games properly. In my experience, games tend to improve over time with more bug fixes, added story content, and discounts....