The corollary of “there is no lesser evil”, is “there is no greater evil”. You’re saying that there is absolutely no crime that could be committed that would be worse? Like, say, genocide AND a descent into fascism? Maybe flavored with a nice sprinkling of loss of women’s rights?
I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?
We’re asking the opposite question outside the states. Why is text messaging so popular in the states, to the point a blue / green checkmark is cause for teenage bullying?
To provide context, WhatsApp and its ilk came along way before RCS was a thing (it existed, but nobody implemented it). They were widely adopted due to their vast improvement over existing text messaging. So the better question is, why did the states cling to text messaging and never adopted 3rd party chat apps?
No surprise. Nobody talks about new Google projects any more, since the assumption is they’ll be gone in a year.
Edit: Not even hyperbole. This very article states Keen was launched in 2020 and stopped receiving updates in 2021. They shelved it in literally a year.
So I made a comment on worldnews criticizing Chinese activity in the south china sea and apparently got banned for it by the automod. This happen to anyone else? Is this Lemmy’s version of the need help post and the shape of things to come?...
NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency....
I have a lot of indirect experience/knowledge with caves. I don’t have to be one of the people who directly explored one to know one of the first things one learns about caves is how ill-suited for wandering around they are. Slopes can change on a dime, it’s incredibly rocky inside, and they fill with whatever falls from the...
I’ve been hearing for years that artificial gems (diamonds, rubies, moissanite, etc) cost a ‘fraction’ of the real thing. Is this true? If so, where can I as a consumer buy a handful of this stuff?...
Will Bunch expresses what I’ve been thinking since Trump was elected. American democracy is under attack from within. The fascists who yearn for an authoritarian government in the media are promoting it, and the media who supposedly don’t support it fail to recognize it. They are busy trying to follow the political playbook...
The reason I asked is, I just noticed that I have zero posts in my feed from lemmy.world. I’m sorting by top (last 12 hours). Lemmy.world posts should be filling up half my feed, but there’s absolutely nothing. Switching over to other accounts on other instances shows me expected results, it’s just my monyet.cc account...
I’m not sure how significant this is. They basically said ‘we read your study and it didn’t make sense to us, nor did the video’. There was no attempt at replication. Which would be fine and all, except that others have reported varying degrees of success in their replication attempts, indicating there’s at least a little fire behind the smoke.
2024: The Year Linux Dethrones Windows on the Desktop – Are You Ready? (lemmy.ca)
NTSync coming in Kernel 6.11 for better Wine/Proton game performance and porting....
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’ (www.cnn.com)
Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
Why is WhatsApp so ubiquitous everywhere BUT North America? (midwest.social)
I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?
Extra creamy (lemmy.world)
Google to shut down Keen, its experimental Pinterest-like social media platform (alternativeto.net)
Anyone else banned from world news for criticizing China?
So I made a comment on worldnews criticizing Chinese activity in the south china sea and apparently got banned for it by the automod. This happen to anyone else? Is this Lemmy’s version of the need help post and the shape of things to come?...
Two indie Steam games were disguised as Helldivers 2 to scam players (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Leap Day – The Jenkins (thejenkinscomic.files.wordpress.com)
Source: thejenkinscomic.wordpress.com/2024/…/leap-day/
Browser maker love-in snubs Google-shunned JPEG XL (www.theregister.com)
Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced Interop 2024, a project to promote web browser interoperability....
Clark is a man of focus. (startrek.website)
Later (by OffKeyComics) (lemmy.world)
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NASA+ Streaming: NASA announces ad-free, no-cost streaming service granting access to their Emmy Award-winning live coverage and views into NASA’s missions through collections of original video series (www.nasa.gov)
NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency....
How did living in caves not backfire on cavemen?
I have a lot of indirect experience/knowledge with caves. I don’t have to be one of the people who directly explored one to know one of the first things one learns about caves is how ill-suited for wandering around they are. Slopes can change on a dime, it’s incredibly rocky inside, and they fill with whatever falls from the...
Strange Ox Act 1 Easter Egg
Still in Act 1, so no spoilers please....
Are artificial gems as cheap as they say?
I’ve been hearing for years that artificial gems (diamonds, rubies, moissanite, etc) cost a ‘fraction’ of the real thing. Is this true? If so, where can I as a consumer buy a handful of this stuff?...
Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America (www.inquirer.com)
Will Bunch expresses what I’ve been thinking since Trump was elected. American democracy is under attack from within. The fascists who yearn for an authoritarian government in the media are promoting it, and the media who supposedly don’t support it fail to recognize it. They are busy trying to follow the political playbook...
Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why (www.livescience.com)
Known issue? Multi-image posts only show one image
Check pawb.social/post/2123853 which is a multi image post. Only the first image is shown in sync....
Lucy Letby will die in prison after receiving 14 whole-life sentences (news.sky.com)
Is federation working correctly?
The reason I asked is, I just noticed that I have zero posts in my feed from lemmy.world. I’m sorting by top (last 12 hours). Lemmy.world posts should be filling up half my feed, but there’s absolutely nothing. Switching over to other accounts on other instances shows me expected results, it’s just my monyet.cc account...
Academic body invalidates superconductor research results (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
The Wandering Inn (TWI) - a community for fans of the webseries
What we’re about: The Wandering Inn webseries...