Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge has rejected Burger King’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry customers by making its Whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is....
Retired Country Singer Tries Clearing ‘Vagrancy Problem’ With His Low-Flying Helicopter (www.404media.co)
Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to “ward off” people who he said were breaking into businesses.
What was taken I cannot get back (lemmy.world)
Russia states they have confirmed Prigozhin’s death, what do you believe happened?
This is a guy who was known to hire body doubles and he had numerous passports.
Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish, Kyodo reports (www.reuters.com)
Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
Something's going down tonight (lemmy.world)
>:( (feddit.de)
Having a hard time settling on a VPN
I torrent (on the same PC that I run a Plex server from), but also auto connect on my devices whenever I’m on public wifi, so speed and avoiding blocks/captchas is also important. From what I understand having port forwarding will make a big difference in my torrent transfer speeds and ability to connect to peers....
it is safe here (lemmy.world)
Female soldiers in Army special operations face rampant sexism and harassment, military report says (apnews.com)
U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of “overtly sexist” comments from male soldiers, including a broad aversion to females serving in commando units. The comments, it said, are “not outliers” but represent a common sentiment that women don’t belong on special operations...
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
TIL Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun on space missions (en.wikipedia.org)
It was purportedly (and probably in actuality) intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness, although allegedly was intended as a defensive weapon against in-space attacks by the US space program.
Just got my first entry level gaming pc! i have about 30 bucks to spend, what should i get for it?
I have all my hardware set up, including a new chair. MineCraft and baulders gate 3, terraria, and some freebies are my only games so far. I have a massive console and physical game collection that I love, so I’m really just looking for things that are definitively better on pc, only on pc, or software that I may not know...
A Golden Age of Assholes (Sam Harris monologue) [12:33] (www.youtube.com)
How Will We Know When AI is Conscious? (www.youtube.com)
American Airlines sues Skiplagged, claiming cheap tickets are ‘classic bait and switch’ (www.dallasnews.com)
“Skiplagging” — or booking a flight with a layover to skip the last leg of travel — is a common hack for travelers who don’t want to pay for a direct flight or who to save money on airfare to a connecting destination. Airlines contend the practice results in lost revenue for seats on planes.
Does anyone have experience with playing Baldurs Gate 3 from GOG?
I have read it runs fine on steam but would rather buy it on GOG due to the lack of DRM.
Spicy (lemmy.world)
Defederation is just another form of censorship
Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones—Mike Lindell’s odd plan to stop election fraud | Lindell wants to fly drones near polling places to monitor voting machines. (arstechnica.com)
Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones—Mike Lindell’s odd plan to stop election fraud | Lindell wants to fly drones near polling places to monitor voting machines.::Lindell wants to fly drones near polling places to monitor voting machines.
What is your opinion on tickling ?
In the sense of creating laugh.
Bleeding edge tech (lemmy.world)
Starfield install size revealed, available to preload now (www.eurogamer.net)
On PC, the game is 139.84 GB. On console, it’s 100.19 GB for Standard or 117.07 GB for the Premium Edition
Is Google going to make Android a nightmare? (arachnoid.com)
The discussion I stumbled upon, about this SSH app for Android, is really worrying. Will Google really manage to make it impossible to root your phone?...