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Outcry over Quran burning in Sweden: A timeline (www.aljazeera.com)

Iraq has expelled Sweden’s ambassador shortly after protesters had stormed its embassy in Baghdad and set parts of the building on fire....

A.I. experts downplay ‘nightmare scenario of evil robot overlords’. Over 1,300 sign letter claiming it’s a ‘force for good, not a threat to humanity’ (fortune.com)

In an open letter published on Tuesday, more than 1,370 signatories—including business founders, CEOs and academics from various institutions including the University of Oxford—said they wanted to “counter ‘A.I. doom.’”...

Do you see a problem? (programming.dev)

If incandescent lightbulbs have a vacuum inside, why do they get so hot on the outside?

Shouldn’t the vacuum insulate the glass from the heat of the burning filament?

It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)

Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

Usage for Old Notbook (lemmy.world)

So my wife has a 10 year old low end notbook. 500Gb of storage (HDD), 2GB of GDR3 RAM, and an intel Celeron Processor N2806. It originally came with Win 8, then she “upgraded” to win 10 and after that it was pretty much unusable. I am talking CPU and Ram about 80-90% in idle, opening a browser got everything down to a crawl....

[Android][App] Obtainium. Get Android App Updates Directly From the Source. (lemm.ee)

Awesome app. It is somehow not listed on android-foss list so maybe someone didn’t know about it....

Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)

Tock tick (lemmy.world)

Don't you just hate terrible parking? (lemmy.world)

Australia's 'retirement age' just became 67. So why are the French so upset about working until 64? (theconversation.com)

Does anyone know how many people have left Reddit?

I’ve tried looking online but I’m not savvy enough to find a good answer. I haven’t been on Reddit since June 30, and am interested in seeing the number of people who have migrated. I know the Reddit user base is huge, so idk if it has been enough to hurt the site. Fuck spez.

English tourist accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age (www.theguardian.com)

Dude, where's my Kbin? - Apollo Town (apollo.town)

Looks like the admin for kbin.lol has some pretty valid gripes with the current status of Kbin. I have to agree, you can tell the platform is not up to speed at all....

What's your lemmy app of choice?

I’m currently using Jerboa but curious to know whether any of the ones popping up are a better experience!

Millenials being accused of not pumping out enough babies when we can't even support ourselves (i.imgur.com)

Reddit: open /r/pics or else. Mods: OK but you didn't say how (archive.ph)

I honestly don’t know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest....

What is the Windows Equivalent of Popular Linux apps?

I have to use Windows on my work computer and I am finding it hard to get FOSS applications on Windows that can do stuff like...

Like Paris Hilton, I was sent to Brat Camp — it was horrifying (www.thetimes.com)

Olympic Organizers to Christians: Sorry You Feel Butthurt (www.thedailybeast.com)

What would you do with a bitcoin windfall?

I’m not a true believer in crypto, but I used to play around with it. I have received a 5-figure USD sum of bitcoin from the MtGox settlement, and I’m considering my options. It is a true windfall. It was worth maybe $100-200 when I used to play daytrader and shop silk road with it....