Imagine for a moment that you could access any book in the world and read it on your device, and this was a service offered by the public library. The why would you give your time and money to Jeffrey Bezos and use audible for the exact same service? Is this even a choice? Can someone explain to me why anyone would use chess.c*m...
I left my job about two months ago, and I applied for unemployment immediately. I got a new job today, but I STILL haven’t gotten my unemployment decision. Additionally, my food stamp application was delayed due to personal circumstances. In short, had I not had money saved for an emergency, I would have been mega-screwed....
most people hate the poor, and especially hate the unhoused and just want them to disappear.
Yeah, that’s true. Everyone seems to hate the homeless. And they’ll probably continue to hate the homeless even as millions of working middle-class people lose their homes as a result of the housing and job crisis. Hell, the newly homeless will probably hate themselves, too.
But I don’t understand why. These homeless people didn’t choose to jack up their rent and slash their wages; their landlords and employers did. They’re victims, not perpetrators. Why would people hate them? Is everybody’s brain malfunctioning from microplastic poisoning or something?
the recently unhoused quickly learn to follow suit if they want to stay alive and have any hope of improving their lives
So, they remain docile because they cling to a false hope? As far as I can tell, once you’re homeless, you’re going to stay that way for the rest of your life, no matter what you do, precisely because everyone hates you for being homeless.
Why would you want to play a Bethesda game 5 days early? The best time is several months after release, when the community has had time to fix the bugs.
While buying a house is not a luxury everyone can afford, buying one instead of renting provides several key benefits that pay off in the long term....
There’s also that desktop web browsers generally request that their title bar not be shown.
Those have the excuse that they’re basically several windows in one, and the tabs are the title bar-equivalents. Very few apps have that excuse, though.
Side note: KDE’s tabbed windows feature was pretty neat. Too bad it’s gone.
Postgres rule (programming.dev)
fruit rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
m stands for meat
China objects as US approves military aid to Taiwan under program aimed at sovereign nations (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/556545...
Why would people ever choose to use chess.c*m over Lichess
Imagine for a moment that you could access any book in the world and read it on your device, and this was a service offered by the public library. The why would you give your time and money to Jeffrey Bezos and use audible for the exact same service? Is this even a choice? Can someone explain to me why anyone would use chess.c*m...
Already cracked (lemmy.ml)
What games have you played due to FOMO?
FOMO stands for Fear Of Missing Out....
Firefox FTW! (sopuli.xyz)
Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.
PS Plus price hike: We'll all pay for a subscription-based future | Opinion (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy (www.wired.com)
For the Love of Everything, Please Keep 3-6 Months Worth of Money for an Emergency Fund (If You Can)
I left my job about two months ago, and I applied for unemployment immediately. I got a new job today, but I STILL haven’t gotten my unemployment decision. Additionally, my food stamp application was delayed due to personal circumstances. In short, had I not had money saved for an emergency, I would have been mega-screwed....
Nearly 90 Percent of Young People Support Unions, Poll Finds (truthout.org)
The AFL-CIO, which commissioned the poll, said the union had never seen support levels that high....
Starfield has been cracked (i.redd.it)
U.S. declassifies historic Nixon intelligence reports on 1973 Chile coup (www.axios.com)
The Absolute Insanity of Not Buying a Home When You’re Young (www.riskology.co)
While buying a house is not a luxury everyone can afford, buying one instead of renting provides several key benefits that pay off in the long term....
GNOME 45's Nautilus File Manager Gets a Modern Full-Height Sidebar Layout (9to5linux.com)