Is "crap" considered a bad word?
Me (14y male from Poland) got my english teacher annoyed/disappointed after saying the word “crap”. I’m unsure if this is the right place to ask this question but is saying that word considered bad? I always thought it was pretty mild and not a big deal.
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties (apnews.com)
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
It could be anything (startrek.website)
Why use VIM/Nano/Emacs over VS Code?
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Do you find the description Live Service Game off-putting?
Over the years, there’ve been various red flags in gaming, for me at least. Multi-media. Full-Motion Video. Day-One DLC. Microtransactions. The latest one is Live Service Game. I find the idea repulsive because it immediately tells me this is an online-required affair, even if it doesn’t warrant it. There’s no reason for...
Reddit / lemmy vs Old internet forums
Are sites like lemmy , reddit and discord the true successors to the old internet forums of the 2000s . or were the forums superior to todays reddit , lemmy or discord
Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Topics essentially works like this: rather than using cookies to track people around the web and figure out their interests from the sites they visit and the apps they use, websites can ask Chrome directly, via its Topics JavaScript API, what sort of things the user is interested in, and then display ads based on that. Chrome...
TIL Peter Molyneux failed his first game so badly he started a baked bean export company, which got confused with a software firm and kickstarted his development career (en.wikipedia.org)
After his first game venture failed, Peter Molyneux started a baked bean export business. Commodore International mistakenly offered him ten free Amiga systems because they confused the baked bean company’s name “Taurus” with a software company “Torus”, and he used the hardware to create a database system for the...
The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.
Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com)
Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules....
Starfield's Numbers Surge in Early Access - Insider Gaming (insider-gaming.com)
Starfield's numbers have swollen in early access on streaming and gaming platforms - and the global release is yet to take place.
Who Is The Person Bullying You At Work Right Now? How Are You Dealing With This?
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Hate Crime Charges in Stonewall Monument Flag Desecration (www.advocate.com)
Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month....
Why are YouTube comments so much different than any other comments made online
YouTube comment sections are weirdly positive always. It could be a video of some horrible crime and the comments will be about how great the channel is and encouraging the channel to keep making more videos. When j visit actual fan pages anywhere else online there are always a mix of opinions. But youtube is constantly full of...
Why do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?
What evolutional benefit is that?
Over 11,000 games now rated Steam Deck Playable (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Take me home (lemmy.world)
My tractor broke down and my dog stole my truck
The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features (gizmodo.com)
Russian Dam Bursts Washing Away Railroad - Economy To Lose "Billions" - - (ptv-news.com.pk)
Twitch no longer supports Firefox ??? (lemmy.world)
Yesterday (19/08/2023) everything worked fine. Today (20/08/2023) I can no longer login to Twitch using Firefox. I restarted browser and cleared cache. No change....