For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat (apnews.com)
The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish,...
Hey remember when you did that (lemmy.world)
He needs to be there 7.00 AM sharp! (lemmy.world)
How can I watch or rip the olympics in 2024?
In 2020 or 2022 (it’s all a blur), I was able to rip from NBC’s site since I had access to a cable subscription, but this time around I have completely cut the cord. is there a IPTV provider, or even better, a place to download full VODs?
Issue with WiFi on fresh Bazzite install
I’m hoping to get some help here. I finally took the plunge and installed Bazzite to a spare drive, and during the initial installation setup I was able to connect to my wifi. After booting up for the first time I noticed it said no connection. I see the wifi device listed, but I don’t see anyway to connect. It doesn’t...
What is your experience with btrfs snapshots? (lemmy.world)
Steve Bannon swaps his podcast studio for a prison cell (www.motherjones.com)
How to know you'll turn out trans?
Hey there,...
Btrfs snapshots vs immutable distro?
Does immutable distros something significant over btrfs snapshots?...
Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for Future Suffering – Center on Long-Term Risk (longtermrisk.org)
will desantis veto natural language question answering in “a.i.” feature-laced apps when negative hedonic [tones] respond to “sexual” cartesian theatre prompt engineers connected within florida’s policywalls?...
Space Marine 2 Devs Cancel Beta To Focus On 'Best' Possible Launch (kotaku.com)
bin or bin??
Prequel dialogue
Transcript: Image of Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) on the left as he yells “From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!” but with text on the right that states “From my point of view, the chicken came first.”...
On Computer Games Monthly #2 (December 2000) (archive.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17152252...
[OC] Swiss culturemaxxing (lemmy.world)
Is social media fuelling political polarisation? (theconversation.com)
Once upon a time, newly minted graduates dreamt of creating online social media that would bring people closer together....
Why are mods allowed to announce they're pedos openly?
@flyingsquid aka the pedo
Off guard!
To combat torrent traffic, a South Korean ISP deployed a bold strategy: Infecting 600,000 of its own customers with malware (www.pcgamer.com)
Lost
July 2024 | Humble Choice (www.humblebundle.com)
According to research by IDC and Omdia, 8 of the 10 largest smartphone companies in 2023 were Chinese, and they represented over 52% of global sales.
source www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS51776424
Israeli Generals, Low on Munitions, Want a Truce in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Israel’s top generals want to begin a cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for the time being, widening a rift between the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has opposed a truce that would allow Hamas to survive the war....