“But of course, in Bedford Falls, it was always Christmas Eve.”
(If there are any Red Dwarf fans)
Edit: Its probably rude for me not to leave a summary: Red Dwarf was a phenomenal BBC sci-fi comedy in the 80s. I’m referencing the book Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers wherein a game, Better than Life, leaves people festering and wasting away in reality as they’re hooked up to a headset living a virtual utopia.
The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.
Image: Close up of a man’s mouth. The teeth look 2D, and continue endlessly in a straight row behind his lips; there is too little curvature to indicate they are connected to a jawbone.
The brain doesn’t just sleep for the sake of the body, but the brain too.
Dreams are useful for problem solving issues in our personal lives, emotional regulation, and memory. You start messing with natural dreams and you will end up with a population stricken with mental health issues.
Šilovs is wayyy out of net to poke check Kane in first image. Moss from IT Crowd in second image. Text reads: Šilovs is out of his net. He’s not in his net. He’s supposed to be in his net. Why is he out of his net.
YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....
But for people using YouTube to follow textile patterns, photoshop tutorials, repairs, etc. needing to pause frequently while still seeing the full screen is a big deal 😬
I use Ublock Origin and Firefox/DDG’s “view here”, so I think I’m safe…
Edit: Also, Google is greedy af, so it’s def cumulative with existing ads; the article doesn’t say otherwise.
On June 17, 1994 celebrity and NFL player OJ Simpson had failed turn himself in to the LAPD in connection with the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman....
The OJ Simpson murder case carried serious implications for a number of major issues: race relations, police treatment of African-Americans, domestic violence, and the effects of money on the justice system.
During the Reddit Strike, there was a stream on Twitch showing subreddits going dark. They played an amazing Japanese jazz album, but I’ve lost the bookmark to the YouTube vid....
I’ll have a look at your link/list, thanks :) FF clears everything when I close it (intentional) and I have YouTube history off. I really don’t know how I lost my bookmarks, haha.
It was June last year, and I was high, so I just know it was instrumental from this channel’s playlist, sorry: (I think the twitch account is defunct now.)
Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
First RCS now this, today has been wild
SpaceX executives worried Elon Musk was on drugs during 'cringeworthy' all-hands meeting, WSJ reports (www.businessinsider.com)
The Journal reported executives at SpaceX worried Elon Musk was on drugs after an "unhinged" all-hands meeting in which he slurred and rambled.
Satanic display at Iowa Capitol vandalized ‘beyond repair’; arrest made (www.kcrg.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - On Thursday, the Satanic Temple of Iowa announced that their display at the Iowa Capitol had been significantly damaged....
Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors (futurism.com)
I heard it for Michael Jackson first (startrek.website)
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs (www.npr.org)
The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.
Weird 🤔 (jlai.lu)
Flipboard leaves X for Mastodon (www.ghacks.net)
You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)
Well, it looks like verification photos might be useless now. (startrek.website)
We're wasting precious company time each night. (lemmy.world)
Poke Check (lemmy.world)
Šilovs is wayyy out of net to poke check Kane in first image. Moss from IT Crowd in second image. Text reads: Šilovs is out of his net. He’s not in his net. He’s supposed to be in his net. Why is he out of his net.
YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....
OJ Simpson freeway chase, 1994 (lemmy.world)
On June 17, 1994 celebrity and NFL player OJ Simpson had failed turn himself in to the LAPD in connection with the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman....
Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten (arstechnica.com)
NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9.
Not such a conspiracy theory now (lemmy.world)
Looking for a particular jazz album
During the Reddit Strike, there was a stream on Twitch showing subreddits going dark. They played an amazing Japanese jazz album, but I’ve lost the bookmark to the YouTube vid....