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Kids? A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks.’ (www.nytimes.com)

Paywall removed: archive.is/anyBg...

AI trained on AI garbage spits out AI garbage. (www.technologyreview.com)

Skibidi Toilet’ Film and TV Franchise in the Works From Michael Bay, Adam Goodman (variety.com)

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/3059625

I'm terrified of the Netherlands now (lemmy.world)

Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)

Open Convention or Harris 'Coronation'? Democrats Weigh Options After Biden Exit. (www.commondreams.org)

Would you consider purple a warm blue or a cool red?

Is this for real? (Please see text)

Is this for real? I can’t draw no other conclusion than US defaultism in trans activism gives a free pass to TERF politics in Europe. This kind of news from Germany cannot mean anything good....

Have you ever smoked crack? What was it like?

I never really did a lot of drugs besides smoking pot a few times but I tried crack once at a party in college and I felt pretty ashamed of myself immediately after despite high. I didn’t try it again and am actually a sober adult now, not because I had a drug problem but I just grew out of wanting to try them and never liked...

Self-Hosted AI is pretty darn cool

I don’t consider myself very technical. I’ve never taken a computer science course and don’t know python. I’ve learned some things like Linux, the command line, docker and networking/pfSense because I value my privacy. My point is that anyone can do this, even if you aren’t technical....

4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) (privacy.thenexus.today)

cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15011909...

‘What are the odds?’ California family lost one home to wildfire in 2018 — and a second in 2024 (lemmy.world)

It was frightening, and all too familiar. The family had previously been forced to flee as a wildfire bore down on another mountain town they called home: Paradise....

Asked about cognitive ability, Trump brings up Harris' bar-exam results (www.usatoday.com)

The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (arstechnica.com)

Far-right trolls have launched a racist crusade against Kamala Harris (www.motherjones.com)

Does voting for Biden change anything if I live in a deep red area of my state? (Ohio)

There is literally 0 chance the area I live in will be blue. Does me going out and voting actually do anything besides add to the popular vote tally?

Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a train wreck (www.fastcompany.com)

X ordered to pay $600K to fired employee who didn’t click 'yes' on email ultimatum (www.engadget.com)

People leave New Zealand in record numbers as economy bites (www.reuters.com)

People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anaemic, government statistics show....

I did it finally, deleted win10 and installed Linux Mint

This is just to share my experience with everyone, especially the people still undecided....

Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X (arstechnica.com)

How bad is Ubuntu?

I have been not recommending Ubuntu to people because of obvious reasons (the Amazon search integration and snaps, mainly). The reason I am posting this is because someone I know mentioned that they are considering Ubuntu. They have a degree in cs and generally are competent with computers, but didn’t like mint when they tried...