Like Russia, it’s the leftovers of a country clinging to a cold war military machine. When the US pissed away their manufacturing base and killed their unions in the 70s and 80s, it was over.
I stopped watching Dr Who years ago, because the writing was terrible. The Doctor also suffers from Silver Age Superman Syndrome – they are so overpowered and know everything and are basically infallible. Boring. I don’t care what colour or gender they are, just get better writers.
Idk what age your dad is, but I’m 53 (gen-x) and my generation are notorious for being difficult to market to. Maybe he just blanks it out, like an automatic mute button. I used to do that but ads are far too mentally disruptive for me these days. I’ve had enough.
Small businesses that can’t afford a dedicated IT department and pro licenses are gonna love this. I’m sure Linux will pick up more users but the real winner will likely be Apple and Macs.
That kind of depends on the business, doesn’t it? I’m sure there are plenty of small businesses that don’t even know what a SMB consulting space is. I suspect there a lot of people running businesses off their laptop. You might have a narrow view of what constitutes a small business.
There are a lot of tanky posts coming from lemmy.ml. Their whole purpose seems to be to troll and spread their bullshit far and wide. They are nearly as bad as the alt-right. They argue in bad faith and celebrate authoritarian oppression. The beehaw mods might want to consider defederating.
I’ve been thinking the same thing. Don’t count out China either. I wouldn’t be surprised if a good portion of these accounts are part of a campaign to paint left-leaning people as violent and to attempt the same sort of radicalisation that has been successful turning young men into fascists ever since Gamer Gate. The memes, invading of space where the target groups hang out online, more memes, genocide apologists, yet more memes. The memes are especially important for this strategy, though I don’t think they’ve hit on anything as potent as the gaming, misogyny, and dog whistle memes that appeal to guys in their teens and 20s.
Harassment of scientists is surging — institutions aren’t sure how to help (www.nature.com)
As researchers increasingly face many kinds of attack over their work, there is debate about how to support and protect them....
PC Gaming Is Growing Faster Than Consoles, Data Shows (kotaku.com)
A criticism of the linux foundation expenses and why you shouldn't support them (www.youtube.com)
Fictional alien time travellers can’t be black, insist morons (newsthump.com)
Platforms wonder why piracy is spiking (www.skynews.com.au)
It’s not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking...
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’ while the gap between the country's rich and poor widens (www.theguardian.com)
Targeting posts boasting of personal wealth appears to be part of campaign to ‘purify the internet cultural environment’....
German politician's video of licking public toilets goes viral (www.thenews.com.pk)
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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress (www.wired.com)
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Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here (www.ghacks.net)
The writing is on the wall–I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.
How I Defeated Fascism With the Power of Love (media.hachyderm.io)
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Biden repeats false claim that inflation was at 9% when he took office after being called out last week | Fox News (www.foxnews.com)
Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)
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There are a lot of tanky posts coming from lemmy.ml. Their whole purpose seems to be to troll and spread their bullshit far and wide. They are nearly as bad as the alt-right. They argue in bad faith and celebrate authoritarian oppression. The beehaw mods might want to consider defederating.
"X": Far-right conspiracy theorists have returned in droves after Elon Musk took over the former Twitter, new study says (mashable.com)
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