Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web (www.theverge.com)
Could offline physical piracy be good to games?
The other day I saw a bunch of USB sticks for sale at a gas station with greatest hits of various artists and music genres and it got me thinking of physical piracy again. It’s something I haven’t consumed for over 15 years, but with the fall of prices of USB sticks it is completely viable economically if you do the math,...
Peru Invites Chinese EV Maker BYD to Establish Assembly Plant (latinamericanpost.com)
Where this interface come from?
I love the ViMusic/RiMusic UI, it’s something different that works also better than standard material designs.
That Debate - Jesse Welles (youtu.be)
Under the couch....
TeamViewer links corporate cyberattack to Russian state hackers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
US soldier charged in Okinawa for rape of minor (www.bbc.com)
Jumping out and saying "BOO!" could be considered an assassination attempt to either of the two main candidates for the US presidency.
Life pro tip: Maybe give her some pointers if it's her first blow job. (lemmy.world)
Can the SATA-to-USB adapter affect the result of the bad sectors scan? (lemmy.world)
Hi, I am planning to purchase a 2.5-inch HDD. If I connect it to my computer using a SATA to USB adapter instead of directly to the computer’s SATA, can it somehow affect the result of this scan?...
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Deja Vu (But Worse) - Biden vs. Trump ft. "Weird Al" Yankovic (youtu.be)
Just watch it.
Checkmate Valve (lemmy.world)
What are your plans for when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda?
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers (arstechnica.com)
In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt “a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others,” who may not have...
Hungarian PM's office demands recognition of all of Ukraine's Zakarpattia as ''traditionally Hungarian'' (www.pravda.com.ua)
Mongolia’s ruling party won only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show (apnews.com)
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — The ruling party has won Mongolia’s parliamentary election but by only a slim margin as the opposition made major gains, according to tallies by the party and news media based on near-complete results....
US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning Chevron decision (apnews.com)
When is a new update to ActivityPub coming? (fedia.io)
I'm trying to learn more about the protocol, and after years of being around in the fediverse there's obviously areas where the protocol could improve. I was reading some of the fep documents and there are really good proposals. How long for these to be part of the protocol? Last update was 2018.
Do you use Pocket or other Read Later App?
[Silly Thought Exercise] What over-the-top absurd person would you choose to replace Biden who you think could actually body Trump, and why?
EDIT: Thanks so much everyone. Great answers. This has been fun. Keep it going as long as you want!...