A strange "terminal emulator" idea I got, tho I bet this exists
I know that GUI does not cover most of functionalities, for good reasons - being specialized to task (like files app), it provides more fine-grained experience....
Rate my setup
Fucking autocorrect had it as ‘rage’
Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates (arstechnica.com)
Is there a better way to browse man pages?
For many, many years now when I want to browse a man page about something I’ll type man X into my terminal, substituting X for whatever it is I wish to learn about. Depending on the manual, it’s short and therefore easy to find what I want, or I am deep in the woods because I’m trying to find a specific flag that appears...
‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal (www.theguardian.com)
Child marriage, which activists describe as one or both parties entering a union while under age 18, remains legal in 37 US states. There are no federal laws against it, meaning minors can marry, with parental consent, before they can vote, drink, or buy lottery tickets in the majority of the country. Some states have a minimum...
BRICS to launch independent financial system (vovworld.vn)
Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France (www.bbc.com)
The governing body said the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport”.
It's Saturday, are you doing anything at night?
Me, short answer no.
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025 | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025,” the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies’ missions around conservative ideals....
Teenager killed in food court gunfight in Washington shopping mall (www.independent.co.uk)
Lauren Boebert called "racist" for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a "DEI hire" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Is there a chat/dating app that isn't complete shit and pay wall restricted?
Forgot to mention, apps that at least has a good following and matches in Europe.
Chinese Brands Will Sell A Third Of The World's Cars By 2030: Study (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17489670
Eminem serving food to customers at his Mom's Spaghetti restaurant, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan (i.imgur.com)
More pictures:imgur.com/a/3xWvTMX...
Uncovering Every Lie in MKBHD's Softball Interview; a scathing critique of 'brand safe' influencers (www.youtube.com)
Louis Rossman discuses many design flaws made by Apple over the years throughout their entire catalog....
This is what we used to worry about in the 80s. This and global thermonuclear war. (lemmy.world)
Linux in the military
So it’s no secret that some parts of the army in the USA and my country (UK) sometimes use legacy software like DOS for niche roles as they’re robust including older versions of Windows....
McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream (www.techdirt.com)
LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum...
Help me out here (lemmy.world)
The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers (english.elpais.com)
The country’s aging population and low fertility rate jeopardizes the solvency of Social Security and the Medicare program, according to a new study by Brookings...
Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win (arstechnica.com)
low effort maymay (programming.dev)
Alt text: O’RLY? generated book cover with a donkey, navy blue accent, header: “It’s only free if you don’t value your time”, title: “Handling Arch Linux Failures”, subtitle: “Mom, please cancel my today’s agenda!”
Elon Says He's Giving Trump PAC $45 Million… Per Month: Report (www.rollingstone.com)
Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens (apnews.com)
Thailand’s prime minister said Monday that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy....