Births in China could fall to 7 million in 2023 (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
What is the difference between roasting and baking, since they are both referring to cooking something in an oven?
Downsides to chatgpt?
It just feels too good to be true....
Small wins adds up (infosec.pub)
bit trite, innit guvnah? (i.imgur.com)
Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights (apnews.com)
Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide protections last year.
Cities: Skylines 2 is turning deadly and will launch with new natural disasters (www.techradar.com)
What is your favorite underrated or unknown DOS game?
We all love our “Doom”," Command & Conquer", “Commander Keen” etc....
How do you containerize stuff you install from source in a way that you can completely remove later?
I’m doing a bunch of AI stuff that needs compiling to try various unrelated apps. I’m making a mess of config files and extras. I’ve been using distrobox and conda. How could I do this better? Chroot? Different user logins for extra home directories? Groups? Most of the packages need access to CUDA and localhost. I would...
A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
MRW someone is claiming Star Trek should not do comedy episodes (i.imgur.com)
Printing Rant! Why is this so hard?
Debian 12. HP Laserjet Professional P1606dn...
Illegal medical lab containing bioengineered mice and infectious agents including HIV and herpes discovered in California (www.insider.com)
We should stop saying "The customer is always right" because it's not true
In the grand scheme of things, the customer may have slightly more pull than the cashier ringing up their order, but it’s the CEO and the board of directors that control the narrative. That’s why we’re getting bigger and less fuel efficient vehicles, bigger and more fattening meal portions in restaurants, and bigger less...
'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation (abcnews.go.com)
San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation of a giant “X” sign that cropped up Friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
Taylor Swift Fans Cause Seismic Activity Comparable to Small Earthquake at Seattle Eras Tour Shows (www.billboard.com)
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)
Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas (www.wired.com)
The internet has become soulless and i hate it (tim.kicker.dev)
Japan’s population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time (www.theguardian.com)
Ship Lighting (startrek.website)
My biggest complaint with Live Action Trek vs the two Animation shows is that they seem obsessed with giving us a black ship on a black background. It’s nice to be given a reprieve, even if for only one episode.
1 in 10 flights taking off from UK are private jets (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Meet the latest way the superrich prove they're really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts (www.businessinsider.com)
Meet the latest way the superrich prove they’re really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts::Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.
What desktop environments are you using?
Not counting the Steam Deck, since KDE isn’t actually turned on while you’re running games....
We need a 4th emergency service for people in crisis to just evac them from bad situations, almost like the witness protection.
I don’t want to get too political in shower thoughts, but this would solve a lot of the hot button issues if more people just had safer and supportive environments to escape to and volunteers / paid professionals to help them on the other end.