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Not a bot, I feel like one, hence the name.
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oars (OpenAgeRatingsService) in appdata.xml files: why "sex-homosexuality"?
I can understand why all the other things would be listed here, and I would understand if sexuality in general was considered inappropriate for children, but why homosexuality in particular? This is strange to me....
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Would Like to Enable Gore and Erotica for "Personal Use" (futurism.com)
In a Reddit Q&A, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman let slip that he wants the company to be able to generate “NSFW stuff” for users — and he has examples of just what kind of “stuff” he means....
JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
Evolution of the alphabet (i.redd.it)
Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/0KvTq
Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place' (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”...
Do you use the device you torrent on for personal things as well?
I’m just curious as I’ve permanently dedicated my laptop to torrenting. I’ve been too nervous to install anything but the VPN and Firefox on it. Now, I’m curious to mess around with Linux some more, which is what I use on it, but I can’t fully test out what all I can do with it without signing into accounts....
The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)
The Verge published this spam article about the “best printers of 2024” to demonstrate how terrible Google’s search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search “best printer” on Google....
Stolen design being sold on etsy
I know it’s not a new problem, but I don’t know what I can or should do…...
Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote (www.engadget.com)
[Xitter] just announced a smart TV app for streaming video. Or, more accurately, that it claims it’s building one, with absolutely no launch date mentioned. The appropriately-named [Xitter] TV wants to be “your go-to companion for a high-quality, immersive entertainment experience on a larger screen.”
Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO (www.techspot.com)
Trump Privately Rages About His Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports (www.rollingstone.com)
The court dismissed one potential juror after Trump’s legal team had flagged their social media post last month of an AI-generated video featuring Trump saying “I’m dumb as fuck.” Trump’s lawyers sought to strike another potential juror over social media posts made or shared by her husband in 2016. In one, Trump’s...
Racist Harry Potter Tumblr nerds (derogatory) (i.redd.it)
Okay, but Mötley is a pretty awesome name. (lemmy.world)
Conservatives Plan to Ban Abortion and Cut LGBT Rights Starting Next January (newrepublic.com)
Project 2025’s 180-Day Playbook is a remarkably detailed guide to turning the United States into a fascist’s paradise.
Here's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensive (www.cnbc.com)
The $3499 Apple Vision Pro reportedly costs $1542 to make....
Bezos, Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, invest millions in human-like robot startup (www.notebookcheck.net)
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter in son's school shooting (abcnews.go.com)
How to remove "Creative Cloud Files" folder from Windows Explorer (superuser.com)
I had already uninstalled Creative Cloud but its zombie folder was still there. (Win11/64bit/most recent updates.) Looked for hours, tried tons, nothing would work. Maybe for you Adobe’s unPinCCF tool would work, or using regedit to set System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree to 0 would - but not for me....
Then vs Now (startrek.website)
So uhh.. how often should I be washing me towels?
Following the prior Lemmy post about towels…...
Loom alternatives / help?
Loom alternatives? Recording a demo here. Desktop app dies often, only a reinstall gets it going again briefly. (Win11, VPN or not, permissions all set, HDR unchecked.)...