What is it like to be dead?
I am wondering what it is like to be a ghost or to experience reality without a physical body like the people who have died or live in haunted houses. Some people describe it as relaxing and other people say it’s scary or unfulfilling if they did not accomplish things they wanted. If you guys have ever died or are currently...
Guess I should type faster (yiffit.net)
please be nice to retail workers (m.ating.press)
UPS has started charging for pickups even if you have a prepaid label
I have a UPS Ground prepaid label to return the cell phone that I’m trading. They told me it would be $10-12 to schedule a driver pickup, else I can take it to a dropoff location. When did this start? Boo, UPS. Boooooo....
J.D. Vance Told His Son to ‘Shut The Hell Up’ About Pokemon While Talking to Trump
Silicon plus perovskite solar reaches 34 percent efficiency (arstechnica.com)
Came back to learn you have job security (sh.itjust.works)
People who used older macintosh OS in the 90s, what was it like for your daily use, work, games etc?
I have uses the newer OS’s of Mac but never the classic series that were numbered....
Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit (www.404media.co)
South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal. (www.voanews.com)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, sparking fears of wider war (www.washingtonpost.com)
Woman in Maine Thanks Bernie Sanders for $20 Inhaler That Used to Cost Her $300. (www.commondreams.org)
How to rip copy-protected DVDs on Linux in 2024
I feel this is kind of a dumb question but I can’t find a solution that’s working for me:...
At least 11 people injured after projectiles reportedly fired from Lebanon into Israel | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
From the photos on twitter, it looks like it hit the only soccer field in town, landing between the field and the playground next to it. Hezbollah first claimed the attack, but now that there are 10 kids dead, and another several dozen kids injured they’ve backpedaled on it....
U.S. told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort (www.reuters.com)
Hockey star Matt Dawson amputates finger to play at Olympics (www.bbc.com)
What are your favorite spooky (but not scary) retro games?
As I get older, I find I have no interest in playing the cutesy/silly games that are everywhere on retro consoles (obviously, they were targeted towards kids). But I also don’t have the patience for survival horror games like the resident evil or silent hill series. I’m just looking for a fun spooky game that I can jump into...
Texas town strips funding for monthly art event over drag show. (www.texastribune.org)
Tesla’s profits sank sharply in the second quarter of 2024 | The company’s revenue increased by 2 percent compared to last year, but profits are down 45 percent year over year (www.theverge.com)
Tesla published its second quarter earnings report, in which the company said it earned $1.48 billion in net income on $25.5 billion in revenue. That represents a 2 percent increase year over year compared to $24.9 billion in revenue in Q2 2023 but a 45 percent drop in net income....
My friend JD Vance has never cuddled a couch. (lemmy.world)
It’s not true, folks. The lying liberal media wants you to think he’d shag a settee. That he’d bone a book stand. That he’s creamied on the credenza....
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Packs a Punch with New Specs Unveiled in Latest Leak (www.techtimes.com)
Google packed the Pixel 9 Pro XL with a punch, as evidenced by its latest leaked specs.