Now that Donald Trump has earned his fourth criminal indictment, the MAGA base of the Republican Party has rallied around Trump’s dismissals of the legal charges he’s facing. We hear across the MAGAverse that the prosecutions targeting the former president are simply “election interference”—aimed at derailing Trump’s...
The “justice” system is indeed two-tiered, as evidenced by the fact that Trump is still publicly running his mouth. When the rest of us get caught up in the “justice” system, we’re swiftly tried, found guilty of existing while poor, and sentenced to do hard labor in 100-degree heat until it kills us.
A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave...
Play’s reputation for being full of malware stands directly at odds with your assessment.
Hobbyists are rarely incompetent. They actually take pride in their work, and aren’t just trying to quickly slap something together for a quick buck.
Not sure what gave you the impression that most phone apps have gone through professional QA, but I very seriously doubt that they have.
As for mishandling user data, it’s a lot easier to avoid doing that when user data never leaves the user’s device in the first place. Proprietary apps collect user data for profit; free and open source apps often don’t.
I haven’t had any of that, but I do notice that F-Droid can’t seem to automatically update itself without erroring. Something about failing to parse the package; I forget the exact error message. I wonder what the problem is…
Russia’s nationalists are fuming over a slew of attacks on Russian territory which exposed gaps in its defenses and put it on the back foot in its invasion of Ukraine....
Apple and Microsoft support aren’t exactly awesome, either, unless you’re a big business with deep pockets. At least with Linux, the system is open, so if there is a way to solve my problem, someone has almost certainly found it already and added it to Arch Wiki or Stack Overflow or something.
In Las Vegas-area Clark County, over 18,000 teachers are preparing to strike. The teachers are upset that money set aside by the state to give teachers significant raises isn’t being used for that purpose....
The GOP’s Ludicrous Claims of “Election Interference” (www.thenation.com)
Now that Donald Trump has earned his fourth criminal indictment, the MAGA base of the Republican Party has rallied around Trump’s dismissals of the legal charges he’s facing. We hear across the MAGAverse that the prosecutions targeting the former president are simply “election interference”—aimed at derailing Trump’s...
Lawsuit Alleges Reddit Fired Employee for Taking Medical Leave, ‘Toxic’ Culture (www.404media.co)
A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave...
I didn't know he could do that! (lemmy.ml)
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I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid. F-droid is a free software app store for android (f-droid.org)
Keep it simple (startrek.website)
Russian hardliners are fuming that the Kremlin wasn't able to top a string of embarrassing attacks on home soil (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia’s nationalists are fuming over a slew of attacks on Russian territory which exposed gaps in its defenses and put it on the back foot in its invasion of Ukraine....
Electrifying your home is about to get a lot cheaper. (grist.org)
Norfolk police pull over man with bull riding shotgun (www.1011now.com)
Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says (gizmodo.com.au)
New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than children and dark-skinned people.
'It can ruin my career': Teacher told teen to keep sexual relationship a secret, court hears (www.cbc.ca)
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)
Five rail workers killed in Italy after being hit by train (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2133566...
checkmate (lemmy.ml)
Xfce appreciation post
There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro’s, but when it comes to ease and speed, Xfce is just the best for me....
18,000 Las Vegas Teachers Prepare to Illegaly Walkout (paydayreport.com)
In Las Vegas-area Clark County, over 18,000 teachers are preparing to strike. The teachers are upset that money set aside by the state to give teachers significant raises isn’t being used for that purpose....
Valve's compatibility rating for Steam Deck doesn't even try to be accurate anymore... Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't run well on the Steam Deck, it's okay... you can't support every devices but be honest!
If a game hypes a lot of people up, it will be verified. That’s like, the most important factor… not even the performance, the controls, etc…...
[PIRACY NEWS]Team MKDEV retires after releasing FIFA 23 as their final crack(Denuvo Crack). They also posted some stuff about cracking Denuvo on their discord that I am sharing below.
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Meeting new roommates for college and I suggested Signal and this was someone's response. I hate Gen Z. (lemm.ee)
GNOME 45's Nautilus File Manager Gets a Modern Full-Height Sidebar Layout (9to5linux.com)