In 2017, the project was purchased by the cryptocurrency company CanYa, and in 2020 it was sold to “The Blockchain Group”. Coincidently, around this time, the Bountysource project announced drastic changes to its terms of service, enabling them to steal unclaimed bounties after two years
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
I bought a Thule Crossover eight years ago and the zip on it has finally gone. Short of getting a local seamstress to fit a new zip, I think it’s time for a new one, and am a bit tempted by the Thule Crossover 2 30l. Are Thule still good? Is there anything else of the same sort of size that I should be considering?
I went with Trash Bags when picking a new bag about 6 years ago. No complaints. It’s one of the best things I own. I’ve ordered other small stuff from them and it’s always been superb quality.
Elon Musk‘s erratic posting on X, formerly Twitter, has come back to haunt him once again as a 22-year-old Jewish man pursues a defamation case over tweets in which the tech mogul baselessly suggested the recent college graduate was an undercover federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi during a street fight between far-right...
I look through the “Most Downloaded Torrents” lists on GazelleGames.net. You can browse by all sorts of metrics and you can look at “most downloaded torrents” of the Day/Week/Month/Etc.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday....
I’ve read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who’s to say they won’t change yours too?...
Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers (boehs.org)
This is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks.
Bat fact: Bats can "lock" themselves onto a branch to hang (lemmy.world)
Source
Weinstein victims’ fury as rape conviction overturned as Bragg commits to retry case (www.independent.co.uk)
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content (kotaku.com)
Are Thule backpacks still good?
I bought a Thule Crossover eight years ago and the zip on it has finally gone. Short of getting a local seamstress to fit a new zip, I think it’s time for a new one, and am a bit tempted by the Thule Crossover 2 30l. Are Thule still good? Is there anything else of the same sort of size that I should be considering?
North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say (www.wired.com)
Crypto is going sideways: Avi Eisenberg trial begins, Uniswap gets a Wells notice, Bitfinex Securities in El Salvador (amycastor.com)
Religious people do not trust God - Chris Rock (youtu.be)
Audio books sites?
What’s a good place to get audiobooks? I didn’t see a link on the usual spots.
..and ressurects on the fediverse
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/…/678032/
Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls (www.theatlantic.com)
TIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandic (lemmy.world)
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged (www.wired.com)
Musk Admits He Doesn't Fact-Check Himself and Has Two Burner Accounts on Twitter (www.rollingstone.com)
Elon Musk‘s erratic posting on X, formerly Twitter, has come back to haunt him once again as a 22-year-old Jewish man pursues a defamation case over tweets in which the tech mogul baselessly suggested the recent college graduate was an undercover federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi during a street fight between far-right...
I just want to view the recipe (lemmy.world)
For context, I’m on an iPhone using Firefox. I can’t use uBlock Origin, but am ready to block on the DNS level after this.
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Please contribute your 3DS and Wii U SpotPass data before it's too late! (lemm.ee)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/28549378...
‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality (www.nytimes.com)
How do you find out about new games?
Podcast, word of mouth, magazines, Reddit Lemmy?
Screenshot of the old Pottermore, when it was still fun (discuss.tchncs.de)
FTC probing Reddit plan to let AI firms use user-generated content to train software (thehill.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday....
A24’s ‘Civil War’ Movie Provokes Timing Debate Amid Some Fearing Actual Civil War (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
33 Powerful Books That Might Change Your Life (markmanson.net)
I’ve read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who’s to say they won’t change yours too?...