A software project started in 1984, widely used in hundreds of OSes for four decades, with a distinctive X as it’s logo and an equally distinct URL 🙄...
After his first game venture failed, Peter Molyneux started a baked bean export business. Commodore International mistakenly offered him ten free Amiga systems because they confused the baked bean company’s name “Taurus” with a software company “Torus”, and he used the hardware to create a database system for the...
Just out of curiosity. I have no moral stance on it, if a tool works for you I’m definitely not judging anyone for using it. Do whatever you can to get your work done!
The whole article listing the various uses of flamethrowers, like environmental conservation, then mentioning concerns that flamethrowers can double as weapons is just… I don’t even know what to do with that.
it even lists napalm as an intended use. gonna conserve the hell out of that commie rainforest, I guess?
I notice often people might cross post something and say (for instance) cross posted from lemmy.ca/post/1916492 (random example which is the link that I just followed)...
So I have balls and yeah they’re the first thing on my body to start to smell. I can skip a shower if I’m in a hurry and I don’t smell much. That’s with working a job that’s usually physical. I was a punk kid fucking punk girls when I was younger and we didn’t bathe every day. I didn’t notice much smell then....
Me and my friend were discussing this the other day about how he said RAID is no longer needed. He said it was due to how big SSDs have gotten and that apparently you can replace sectors within them if a problem occurs which is why having an array is not needed....
The files were discovered in December by Nick Roy, a Boston-based cyber-sleuth who regularly scans the North Korean internet as a hobby. Roy found a new North Korean website that outside visitors didn’t need a password to access, unlocking a trove of animation sketches, and shared them with the Stimson Center, a...
In inpatient psychiatry I tell my coworkers “I hope your shift is mind-numbingly boring” or something similar (keyword being boring) because in my line of work, interesting (usually) = bad....
huh I got a new layout today but it has AI features in the search? I don’t like it. I switched to signal and forced everyone but a stubborn few to follow.
Superconductor Breakthrough Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing (www.tomshardware.com)
xpost from lemmy.world/post/2494271...
X.org (x.org)
A software project started in 1984, widely used in hundreds of OSes for four decades, with a distinctive X as it’s logo and an equally distinct URL 🙄...
Game trying to break an AI's security with a few levels of difficulty (gandalf.lakera.ai)
It’s pretty well made even if it’s designed to promote a security company
TIL Peter Molyneux failed his first game so badly he started a baked bean export company, which got confused with a software firm and kickstarted his development career (en.wikipedia.org)
After his first game venture failed, Peter Molyneux started a baked bean export business. Commodore International mistakenly offered him ten free Amiga systems because they confused the baked bean company’s name “Taurus” with a software company “Torus”, and he used the hardware to create a database system for the...
How many of you are using ChatGpt to help you with your work, and not telling your boss/co-workers?
Just out of curiosity. I have no moral stance on it, if a tool works for you I’m definitely not judging anyone for using it. Do whatever you can to get your work done!
Awesome video on building a computer in software: I made a 32-bit Computer Inside Terraria (youtu.be)
Oh yay new features (aussie.zone)
Middle East crisis live: air defences activated in Iran after explosions reported near Isfahan (www.theguardian.com)
The UFO Whistleblower Is Back With More Crazy Claims (nymag.com)
Some crazy stuff in here. I don’t think that’s how dimensions work.
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
Quick question - is there a way to format a link to a lemmy post so it opens through your home instance if you click it?
I notice often people might cross post something and say (for instance) cross posted from lemmy.ca/post/1916492 (random example which is the link that I just followed)...
If some higher being kept humans as pets how would their treats be marketed? (pawb.social)
I pruned this juniper procumbens Nana today. (lemmy.world)
It’s about 12 years old with some nice jin and movement.
Boris Johnson: Arms embargo on Israel 'death wish of Western civilization' (www.ynetnews.com)
Why is there a surge of deodorant products mostly advertised to women in the US?
So I have balls and yeah they’re the first thing on my body to start to smell. I can skip a shower if I’m in a hurry and I don’t smell much. That’s with working a job that’s usually physical. I was a punk kid fucking punk girls when I was younger and we didn’t bathe every day. I didn’t notice much smell then....
Is RAID still needed?
Me and my friend were discussing this the other day about how he said RAID is no longer needed. He said it was due to how big SSDs have gotten and that apparently you can replace sectors within them if a problem occurs which is why having an array is not needed....
Documents found on a North Korean server suggest US studios may have unknowingly outsourced animation work (edition.cnn.com)
The files were discovered in December by Nick Roy, a Boston-based cyber-sleuth who regularly scans the North Korean internet as a hobby. Roy found a new North Korean website that outside visitors didn’t need a password to access, unlocking a trove of animation sketches, and shared them with the Stimson Center, a...
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president (www.theguardian.com)
I just love pain (sh.itjust.works)
[Video][SCMP] China’s first corgi police dog makes public debut (www.youtube.com)
Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
What's your best unconventional "blessing" like when people tell an actor "break a leg!"
In inpatient psychiatry I tell my coworkers “I hope your shift is mind-numbingly boring” or something similar (keyword being boring) because in my line of work, interesting (usually) = bad....
WhatsApp UI has updated for me (Version 2.24.8.85) (lemdro.id)
I’m not in the beta, and this is what my WhatsApp looks like now. This might be old news, but until today I had the green UI....
18+ Mass knife killing Sydney Australia (lemmy.world)
Possibly the worst since the 90s...
Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, judge finds on balance of probabilities (www.theguardian.com)