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Mastodon is useless (to me.)

Since I’ve been on Lemmy, I don’t know what my use is for Mastodon anymore. It’s dead on there anyway. I don’t have anyone to talk to and nobody responds to my posts.

‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out (www.theguardian.com)

How it feels to install windows in 2023 (sh.itjust.works)

Singapore hangs woman convict for drug trafficking, first in almost 20 years (www.wionews.com)

[AMA] Mishaal Rahman and FragmentedChicken have hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Fold5, Flip5, Watch6 and Watch6 Classic, and Tab S9 series. Ask us anything!

Mishaal Rahman and FragmentedChicken are in South Korea for Samsung Unpacked!...

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there (www.businessinsider.com)

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people’s data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there::Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X (www.cnn.com)

Linux Distro For Use On A Flash Drive

School is starting up soon, and I want to install a stable distro to a 64GB flash drive that i own will remain stable while booting onto at least 2 computers (my home PC for maintenance and my School laptop for, well school)....

Over just a few months, ChatGPT went from correctly answering a simple math problem 98% of the time to just 2%, study finds (finance.yahoo.com)

Calckey rebrands to Firefish (calckey.social)

Calckey/Firefish is based off of Misskey, a powerful microblogging server on ActivityPub with features such as emoji reactions, a customizable web UI, rich chatting....

Texas border agents allegedly laid the wire traps that ensnared a pregnant 19-year-old woman, as part of Greg Abbott's plan to keep migrants out. (jezebel.com)

She had to be cut out of the wire and miscarried soon after.

Spanish activists vandalize superyacht in Ibiza believed to belong to billionaire Walmart heiress (localnews8.com)

If I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.

Linux customization is GREAT; Even if it can lead to bad decisions (i.imgur.com)

Had to travel utegently out of town for a week and forgot to turn on the dishwasher before I left (i.imgur.com)

How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? (www.theverge.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1190537...

Can we stop making posts to complain about new users complaining about reddit?

What is more mildly infuriating than reading a post complaining about someone else complaining? Adding another level!...

Lemmy apps (vlemmy.net)

Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops 34% in first six months under Lula (www.theguardian.com)

What reason could Zuckerberg and Meta possibly have for wanting to create a federated social media site?

I’m just curious what you folks think. The whole idea of the Fediverse seems to go against everything Meta has stops for with their existing platforms (Facebook and Instagram)....

Why shouldn't anyone switch to iOS?

I’m planning on switching platforms and I’m just curious of the opinions of people here. I think that Android can have advantages in areas of privacy and external app installation, but most of the benefits come with a lot of tinkering out of the box....

Is there a major difference between Lemmy and Beehaw (or other federated instances)?

Hello everyone! Long time redditor, first time poster to Lemmy.world. As I’m learning more about the Fediverse, I’m seeing there are several instances that seem to serve the same purpose. For example, Lemmy and Beehaw seem to be similar, yet they are still separate....