I am in an intense love-hate relationship with Spotify. It makes good mixes for me, I have found a lot of great bands that way. BUT IT KEEPS REGURGITATING THE SAME SONGS IN THERE. I know about Song Radios and Artist Radios, so please don’t recommend those. Smart Shuttle doesn’t cut it, either....
Seriously. I don’t want to install something on my phone when the dev is just using a WebView, if that’s what it’s called. When the app is basically just a website with the browser hidden....
With all the hormones and whatnot inside. Dopamine, adrenaline, melatonin, whatever. Also, there’s this Hunter S. Thompson bit on the… pineal gland?...
So I’ve got this Monstera plant thats been with us for a while but recently got attacked by these tiny tiny black insects that keep eating the leaves. I’ve actively tried to get rid of them as well as screening this plant away from the rest, but the insects seem to always come back. I’ve just read that it’s possible to...
I once heard that in the middle of 20th century, public transportation in the USA was widely privatized and bought by automotive manufacturers, and then wilfully left to rot, so that people would buy more cars....
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Alright, your propaganda here over the past months has worked. I want to get into Star Trek. Where do I start? Can I take an abbreviated tour? Or do I need to go to TOS?
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
Well, depends on the training set. If there were instructions on how to cook illegal substances in it, that LLM might start working for a certain fastfood chain.
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found....
Hello, I love this community, but I can’t stand it that so many posts don’t feature the year that the artwork was made. That’s such important information, just to place that piece of art in context. Maybe it can be made a requirement to include the year? What do you think?
What's an alternative to Spotify that doesn't play you the same fucking songs over and over?
I am in an intense love-hate relationship with Spotify. It makes good mixes for me, I have found a lot of great bands that way. BUT IT KEEPS REGURGITATING THE SAME SONGS IN THERE. I know about Song Radios and Artist Radios, so please don’t recommend those. Smart Shuttle doesn’t cut it, either....
Why are there so many apps that could be websites?
Seriously. I don’t want to install something on my phone when the dev is just using a WebView, if that’s what it’s called. When the app is basically just a website with the browser hidden....
Would eating raw human brains make you high?
With all the hormones and whatnot inside. Dopamine, adrenaline, melatonin, whatever. Also, there’s this Hunter S. Thompson bit on the… pineal gland?...
You randomly get a hold of your colleague's phone. It's unlocked. You don't mind being fired. What sounds do you set as his notification and ring tones?
I was thinking of something like the Duff Man theme and slapping sounds and moans, but I feel that Lemmy knows better....
Extra Thick Bread Slice (sh.itjust.works)
Found a piece of bread in a store bought loaf that didn’t get sliced properly.
Alexa should react to short, weird sounds like glottal stops
I think it’s silly to speak in full sentences to home assistants, when I really just use 5 commands most of the time....
What's best practice in this scenario? (slrpnk.net)
So I’ve got this Monstera plant thats been with us for a while but recently got attacked by these tiny tiny black insects that keep eating the leaves. I’ve actively tried to get rid of them as well as screening this plant away from the rest, but the insects seem to always come back. I’ve just read that it’s possible to...
Is public transport in the USA owned by car makers?
I once heard that in the middle of 20th century, public transportation in the USA was widely privatized and bought by automotive manufacturers, and then wilfully left to rot, so that people would buy more cars....
Does Microsoft have the power to pull the plug on Linux gaming?
So I’m talking about playing previously Windows-only games on Linux, e.g. via proton....
Family of Black Man Who Was Buried 19 Years Ago Discovers Medical Examiner Kept Some of His Remains... in a Bin (www.theroot.com)
Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Rapper Akon's promise to build a Black Panther inspired city falters (www.theguardian.com)
You finally made it
Alright, your propaganda here over the past months has worked. I want to get into Star Trek. Where do I start? Can I take an abbreviated tour? Or do I need to go to TOS?
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers (www.theguardian.com)
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says (www.theguardian.com)
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found....
Meta: Requirement to post year of creation?
Hello, I love this community, but I can’t stand it that so many posts don’t feature the year that the artwork was made. That’s such important information, just to place that piece of art in context. Maybe it can be made a requirement to include the year? What do you think?
Play it for the first time now or wait for September?
Hey there,...
Where did lemmynsfw.com go? :'(
Where did it go? 😥...
What is it with companies ditching Denuvo?
I’ve been reading the same thing a couple of times lately, company x removes Denuvo from game y....
It's basically cosplay! (lemmy.world)
[Full Movie] AKIRA (1988) (youtu.be)
cross-posted from !fullmoviesonyoutube...
Understanding cross-instance commenting
So I commented on a post on lemmy.world, and somebody from lemmy.ml replied to my comment....
This is not only a foot. It is a *federated* foot. (lemmy.world)