Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Isnt there someone you forgot to ask?

Crossposted from : hexbear.net/post/3068508...

"Runway", an AI Video Generator, Was Trained on Thousands of YouTube Videos Without Permission (www.404media.co)

Yosemite hiker slips on cables in Half Dome and falls to death during storm (www.theguardian.com)

College student slips on Yosemite's Half Dome cables, falls to her death (www.sfgate.com)

What if Dinosaur is the most common form of life, and they sent their DNA here in a galaxy wide seeding operation?

How to remove DRM from my books?

Has anyone actually succeeded to remove DRM? I just want my books that I bought. I have Kindle books and comics, and nook books (yes, nook)...

Young people today are stressed, depressed—and changing the fundamental pattern of happiness, new research shows (www.cnbc.com)

Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine, say scientists (www.cnn.com)

The percentage of the population who did/didn't know of Crowdstrike probably reversed in the past week

Following a plant-based diet does not harm athletic performance, systematic review finds (www.tandfonline.com)

self hosted digital journal?

I love the concept of apple’s in house journal app which allows you to create dated posts that include text, videos, and photos. I hate the idea of writing anything private in a journal hosted by apple as well as the fact that apple could discontinue at any time. Any ideas on a way to achieve something similar in a clean...

Harris donations top $100m after Biden's exit from presidential race (www.bbc.com)

Democrats have poured more than $100m (£77m) in donations into Vice-President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, her campaign says....

Why would a chain retail employer take more than a month to give you shifts if at all?

Is there some advantage in having employees just doing nothing? I got an offer in early june, got paid for training and induction, got the uniform, and then, radio silence....

Conspiracy Theorists Say Global Outage Was an Attack on Trump (gizmodo.com)

The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization (www.theguardian.com)

As the world recovers from the largest IT outage in history, it shows the danger of one point of failure in IT infrastructure...

To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says (www.404media.co)

What a simple fix (possumpat.io)

Seeing the crowdstrike solution reminded me of the old memes...

How is it possible that praline pecans have less calories than regular pecans? (sh.itjust.works)

Google and various websites says 28g of pecans is between 185 and 195 calories, how in the world are praline pecans much less calories?

Boeing faces fresh safety questions after engine fire on flight from Scotland (www.theguardian.com)

Boeing faces fresh questions about the safety of its aircraft after an engine fire on a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh caused an emergency landing soon after takeoff....

Speed (lemmy.world)

[SOLVED] I seem to have nuked my Debian DE (Gnome)... Could someone help me with this? (files.catbox.moe)

The messages here are mostly in German, but I’ll try to translate mist of it:...

Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service (arstechnica.com)

Why are there "driveway connections by permit only" signs on roads?

I get signs telling you there’s a bump ahead, or deer might run out in front of you, but I’ve never understood why there are signs telling people not to build unlawful driveways. Are that many people doing it on a daily basis in that area that they need a fully visible sign? Surely it’s just an ordinance, why does it need...