What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
I was talking with a friend who mentioned “taking tea to India”. It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. “Taking coals to Newcastle” is the UK’s.
Google's AI search feature suggested using glue to keep cheese sticking to a pizza (www.businessinsider.com)
‘Not genocide’ says Biden after ICC warrants sought (www.google.com)
Putin starts tactical nuke drills near Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Russia amps up nuclear threat.
What good/positive habits have you taken away from your time in Covid lockdown and kept up since then?
For example, I have kept the habit of washing my hands with soap, first thing when I come home.
Google Accidentally Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund's Account (gizmodo.com)
Do you leave a tip for housekeeping if you're only staying one night in a hotel?
Is it a ‘thank you for prepping my room’ or ‘please clean my room today’? If you tip post cleaning, it’s likely going to someone else the next day. Many hotels now only do housekeeping on demand. How do employees feel about this - do they miss the tips or are they happy for a less stressful workday?...
Is he though (sh.itjust.works)
making fun of windows is our most treasured tradition (lemmy.world)
Benefits of resolutions beyond 1080p
This is a genuine question, so please don’t do me like Vlad the Impaler. What is your opinion about the benefits of upgrading to displays beyond 1080p?...
That Nim Flashbacks (sh.itjust.works)
Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software (alinpanaitiu.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15205399...
Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors (english.elpais.com)
Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track (arstechnica.com)
New Zealand shown from the International Space Station (files.catbox.moe)
The president could "assassinate" political rivals and still enjoy total immunity, Trump lawyer says (www.salon.com)
Students arrested in California and Texas; Netanyahu compares campus protests to Nazi Germany (www.nbcnews.com)
If people from the US love the imperial system so much, why are their musicians using metronomes instead of footonomes? (kbin.social)
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Iraq delays vote on “kill the gays” bill as prime minister meets with Joe Biden (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Sovcit sent out a "performance" contract, whatever that is. (lemmy.world)
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A few drinks in, and I immediately start talking about the inevitable collapse of humanity in the hands of capitalism. (lemmy.world)
Some of my iterations are delightfully recursive (lemmy.world)
MUSIC - What is the deepest cover song you know?
By deep I mean with the most obscure original. I am not talking ‘all along the watch tower’ but things like Fever Ray’s cover of Vashti Bunyan’s song Here before...