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California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence (theconversation.com)

What are your thoughts on Flatpak/Flathub? (flathub.org)

How does it stack up against traditional package management and others like AUR and Nix?

The race for "Worst Dumpster Fire" is heating up. Everyone place your bets! (lemmy.ml)

Iranian Engineer Who Protested Forced Hijab Sentenced to 74 Lashes (iranwire.com)

Microsoft to Force Web Links Shared in Teams to Open with Microsoft Edge (lemmy.world)

Just got this right before midnight in my MS Admin app alerts. If you dont configure the policy, in September it defaults to opening web links in Edge regardless of OS default browser setting....

What thing are you exponentially more experienced in than the average person?

What is the best skill you possess that makes you stand above the average person?

Starbucks is reeling as customers go elsewhere, sales decline (www.nbcnews.com)

I’m in a park. The grass is being mown by a robot. (lemmy.world)

We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!...

Opinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experience (www.youtube.com)

Spoiler: GNOME wins...

Which option lads? (lemmy.world)

German railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systems (www.techspot.com)

I’m a retired Unix admin. It was my job from the early '90s until the mid '10s. I’ve kept somewhat current ever since by running various machines at home. So far I’ve managed to avoid using Docker at home even though I have a decent understanding of how it works - I stopped being a sysadmin in the mid '10s, I still worked...

Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire (www.aljazeera.com)

Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US became the only member to use its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire resolution, a move welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief says he will keep pushing for peace.

The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth (www.bbc.com)

Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years (unlocked.microsoft.com)

Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time. (sh.itjust.works)

This is AFTER debloating all the MS bs as much as I can....

It’s all a scam, don’t even try to tell me it’s useful (i.imgur.com)

Absolutely nothing of note happened in China in June 1989, right? (lemmy.world)

Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)

It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi)....

Bill Gates-backed startup makes ‘butter’ out of water and carbon dioxide (www.zmescience.com)

A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.