kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

TIL about de la Chapelle syndrome where people with XX chromosomes are born with traditionally masculine organs & presentation. Usually those with the trait are unaware they have XX chromosomes at all (en.wikipedia.org)

Treb Maus (sh.itjust.works)

General Jim Mattis Interview - May 2022 (www.youtube.com)

I already posted Frederick Douglass for the 4th, so here's a counter balancing factor: An explicitly pro-American viewpoint talking knowledgeably and at length about leadership and geopolitics, how he likes George Washington and the Boy Scouts, calling the Russian military "pathetic," stuff like that, without being in any way a...

[Release] Belfius Root (github.com)

cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/18470641...

Making of Q1K3, a tiny FPS for js13k (www.youtube.com)

github.com/phoboslab/q1k3

History is written by the victors

Pentagon says it's impossible to ditch Huawei telecom gear — officials beg Congress for waiver from Chinese sanctions (www.tomshardware.com)

Benny 😍😍😍 (lemmy.today)

AYANEO Pocket EVO will be an Android handheld with a 7 inch, 120 Hz OLED display (liliputing.com)

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. (archive.ph)

cross-posted from: r.nf/post/1572569...

Immutable distros recommindation?

I was thinking about going immutable for a long time and now I’m choosing a distro to hop to....

why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations? (protosparky.uk)

I’ve seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn’t a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here’s...

'Exhausted,' 'bad epsiode': Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive (abcnews.go.com)

I guess I assumed she had died decades earlier. (lemmy.world)

eBay makes you wait a week to rate a sale as anything other than positive. (lemmy.world)

Also, it won’t let me double-check my order to make sure, in this case, that they really did claim that the book was in good condition when there are pages falling out. No matter what I click on, it won’t let me....

Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war (apnews.com)

BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war....

GWENDOLINE - HÉROS NATIONAL (OFFICIAL) [2024, France, Coldwave] (www.youtube.com)

MusicBrainz: musicbrainz.org/…/66ea2957-9423-46d0-b871-ef4afe5…

Who needs Skynet

I'd like to volunteer to join the space program. And never come back to this planet again. (lemmy.world)

This post is dedicated to the people who insist I’m just posting trolls and not crazy people....

biblical (fedia.io)

Who is in the new Labour cabinet? (www.theguardian.com)

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public (www.tomshardware.com)

A hacker breached OpenAI’s internal messaging systems early last year, stealing details of how OpenAI’s technologies work from employees. Although the hacker did not access the systems housing key AI technologies, the incident raised significant security concerns within the company. Furthermore, it even raised concerns about...

Foreign companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates (www.taipeitimes.com)

Companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates...