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

Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix - Asahi Linux (asahilinux.org)

Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher studio CD Projekt laying off 100 staff (www.pcgamesn.com)

Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo (arstechnica.com)

Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo::The Fed’s goal is to connect 9,000 financial institutions nationwide.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to Feature First-Ever Star Trek Musical Episode | SDCC 2023 (startrek.com)

What If: Signal Was Part of the Fediverse? (signal.org)

Anyone else wondering?

PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned (loudwhisper.me)

GoDaddy really lived up to its bad reputation and recently changed their API rules. The rules are simple: either you own 10 (or 50) domains, you pay $20/month, or you don’t get the API. I personally didn’t get any communication, and this broke my DDNS setup. I am clearly not the only one judging from what I found online. A...

Do or do not, there is no try (sh.itjust.works)

What do you think of Richard Stallman?

Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems (www.thedailybeast.com)

Crunchyroll Announces the Removal of Its Comment Section Across All Platforms To 'Reduce Harmful Content' - IGN (www.ign.com)

Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition (apnews.com)

Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday....

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app (stackdiary.com)

I don't have AC but my apartment lease covers unlimited water usage and the water is very cold. How can I best use this to cool my home?

I’ve searched around and mostly seen people create custom radiator builds attached to their water supply, but that’s beyond my skill level and I’m not sure if linking it directly to the water supply via piping would violate the lease or not. Are there any solutions a bit more DIY that I could take advantage of?

Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism (news.gallup.com)

Do you like America? Why or why not?

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 (apnews.com)

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday....

The US population only accounts for 4.2% of the world.

Look what I got to spend my birthday money on! (lemmy.world)

At the risk of once again being told what an idiot I am, healthcare in America sucks. Thanks for the present though, mom. We need all the help we can get....

It's like the Bacon game, but funnier (sh.itjust.works)

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission (www.neowin.net)

Anon is your financial advisor (sh.itjust.works)

Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid? (lemmy.world)

Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Very surprising. The game looked like it had a lot of potential and could’ve been the most popular sims alternative, but it’s suddenly been cancelled.

How do you like to tell people about the fediverse?

It’s been difficult to broach the subject and explain the technical concepts to the average person. I did have some success in first sharing the email comparison, which lead into interoperability....