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Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare (www.wired.com)

Netflix is planning to raise prices... again (www.theverge.com)

California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease (www.latimes.com)

“Nobody uses water,” one man in a Dodgers cap said in Spanish when Maria Cabrera approached, holding flyers about silicosis, an incurable and suffocating disease that has devastated dozens of workers across the state and killed men who have barely reached middle age....

Louisiana police accused of ‘unconscionable’ abuse in ‘Brave Cave’ (www.theguardian.com)

That or being relegated to Step-Mom roles (startrek.website)

Now everyone must pay for someone else's vandalism. (lemmy.world)

Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule (www.latimes.com)

Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....

It's an experience (lemmy.zip)

Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed (www.engadget.com)

Texas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wave (www.cbsnews.com)

To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.

What is the most unnecessarily excessive thing you have ever done to accomplish something?

Famous example... a man spent $44b to push his memes.

Threats, insults, and Kremlin 'robots': How Russian diplomacy died under Putin (www.bbc.com)

Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed....

Why are there people like this?! (lemmy.world)

Holy shit, no way! (lemmy.world)

$2 to cut a sandwich in half: The outrageous rip-offs targeting tourists in Italy (www.cnn.com)

An Italian holiday may be a priceless experience for those who have enjoyed all this country has to offer. But the summer of 2023 will go down as one of the priciest in history after a slew of price gouging scandals at cafes and restaurants that have affected foreign tourists and Italians alike.

Judge Rules HP Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Disabled Printers (gizmodo.com)

The suit, filed earlier this year, argues that HP all-in-one printers stop all functions when ink levels reach some arbitrary point.

that self hosted itch....

Anyone else have it ? The more work I do setting things up like dockers, reverse proxies, single sign on, etc. the more I want to do it. But I’m running out of ideas of things to host that would actually benefit me. But I have that itch where I want more lol....

Web 2.0, and its consequences... (media.kbin.social)

Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds (www.independent.co.uk)

What is your honest opinion on EndeavourOS?

I made a post a few days ago asking your opinion on Manjaro and it was very mixed, with a slightly negative overall opinion. I heard some recommend EndeavourOS instead and did some online research and it seems to be pretty solid and not have the repository problem that Manjaro has....