Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing” (www.theverge.com)
Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) (wedistribute.org)
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
Nintendo doing the smarting (slrpnk.net)
67% of Arab world: October 7 was 'legitimate resistance' against Israel (www.jpost.com)
Blueberry milkshakes (i.postimg.cc)
Apple calls Android a 'massive tracking device' (9to5google.com)
Choose your vehicle (lemmy.world)
i gotta ask... why so many plex over kodi users? (moist.catsweat.com)
ive been using kodi (xbmc was better moniker) since google killed sagetv. i recall attempting plex, but it seemed to lack some open/extensibility (its been awhile)....
literally no clue (media.infosec.exchange)
San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code (www.businessinsider.com)
San Francisco says tiny sleeping ‘pods,’ which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code::The pods, which are 4-foot-high boxes constructed from wood and steel, made headlines after tech workers praised the spaces.
California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom (apnews.com)
Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday....
Reddit is a Dying Mall (www.staygrounded.online)
62% of Student Loan Borrowers Say They're Likely to Boycott Repayments (www.commondreams.org)
What is your internet service plan? (kbin.social)
How much do you pay? How fast are your your real world speeds? Where are you located?
The Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiled (ux-news.com)
I…didn’t think windows 12 was actually a thing but here we are?
Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years (abcnews.go.com)
Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph)....
App development
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
when google bought datasets from reddit (lemmy.world)
we love google (and LLMs)...
Mozilla is adding tab grouping, vertical tabs, profile management, and local AI features to Firefox (connect.mozilla.org)
Sucks to suck! (lemmy.world)
Found in the wild in Tennessee
"prompt engineering" (lemmy.world)
How did you lose weight?
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.