Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17634274
From Zinn to Now: New Book Chronicles Voices of Activism in the US (truthout.org)
Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes (truthout.org)
What's the craziest or funniest Wikipedia outline you've seen? (lemmy.today)
Nintendo Refuses to Use Generative AI in Their Games|Game8 (game8.co)
Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right?
Meme transcription:...
Japan sets world record for the fastest internet speed ever (www.newsnationnow.com)
Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI (www.climateaction.org)
The leap in emissions is largely due to energy-guzzling data centers and supply chain emissions necessary to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report estimated that in 2023, Google’s data centers alone account for up to 10% of global data center electricity...
Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app (www.theverge.com)
Foreign companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates (www.taipeitimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/508959...
The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights (www.vox.com)
After Just A Year, Capcom's Live-Service Dino Game Is Going Extinct (kotaku.com)
UPDATE: Top Platform is Complete (lemmy.world)
A little carpet adhesive, a few staples, a handful of small brackets, and it’s almost complete! Overall, it’s solid as a rock and has enough mass to keep it stable without anchoring it to any walls....
Song of the Day: Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John (youtu.be)
what a beast for opening up his album with 11 minutes of prog rock
Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2024/26 & 27 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
I need to achieve this stage, too
Condensation and diffraction [OC] (lemmy.world)
In the 90s, it was the law that your entire family had to wear matching flag shirts on July 4th. (lemmy.world)
Save 100% on Cakey's Twisted Bakery on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Would it have made sense in the 80s to believe there were dinosaurs 40 million years ago ?
I know we now know they went extinct 66 million years ago, and 64 millions is another date I’ve seen around, but how long how we known it was definitely way more than 40 millions ? I’m asking because it’s the date given in the the song “walk the dinosaurs” by Was (Not Was), and I wondered why such a number. Would it...
Forget it. (lemmy.world)
I Have No Constructor, and I Must Initialize (consteval.ca)
(the joke is C++)
The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 (english.elpais.com)
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