In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops, according to a contract obtained by 404 Media. Stunningly, it also requires these nominally...
If you actually need to haul stuff a van is vastly superior in most scenarios. The only use case that a pickup truck really makes sense for is for towing, but even then something like a range rover seems like a better option?
Stephen Merchant has always been obsessed by the idea of the ordinary man “thrust into extraordinary circumstance”. Since he was a kid in Bristol, the son of a plumber and a nursery nurse, those were the kinds of films he sought out and the stories he wrote, about normal people who experience something that “jolts them out...
I don’t think stand up has changed that much, it’s more that being famous changed his experience of doing stand up, although the time between telling a joke and people who weren’t there being offended is probably a bit shorter than it used to be due to things like twitter.
True, it’s not American cuisine that’s bad, apparently McDonald’s hamburgers taste better in NZ than the USA too, probably because all the beef here is grass fed.
“What’s happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn’t happened at any other moment in history. Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
George Lucas Defends 'Star Wars' from Criticisms That 'It's All White Men': 'Most of the People Are Aliens!' (people.com)
Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines (www.reuters.com)
Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows (www.404media.co)
In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops, according to a contract obtained by 404 Media. Stunningly, it also requires these nominally...
Duality of old men (files.catbox.moe)
You either grow up to be a wise old man or a complete menace to society
Conservative Owns the Libs by Paying $4,000 a Month for His Ford F-350 (thehardtimes.net)
Should I start worrying about my job? (www.theverge.com)
Cat (sh.itjust.works)
‘It’s all been preposterous’: Stephen Merchant on fame, standup and the pressures of cancel culture (www.theguardian.com)
Stephen Merchant has always been obsessed by the idea of the ordinary man “thrust into extraordinary circumstance”. Since he was a kid in Bristol, the son of a plumber and a nursery nurse, those were the kinds of films he sought out and the stories he wrote, about normal people who experience something that “jolts them out...
I find your lack of sauce disturbing (lemmy.today)
19 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
xkcd #2934: Bloom Filter (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2934...
USA school equipment (lemy.lol)
The world’s hunger for salmon is linked to an ecological disaster (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Jail (startrek.website)
Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch throne (www.politico.eu)
Hamilton man hijacks ambulance when staff won’t take him to hospital for abscess on his bottom (www.nzherald.co.nz)
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Project 2025 is one of the most fascistic plans ever made (lemmy.world)
Brits: Salt is a spice (lemmy.world)
Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/15675273...
Not everyone plans to be the BBEG (lemmy.world)