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

[Answered] I keep seeing the initials "ig" in comments. They clearly don't mean "Instagram". What does "ig" mean then?

Example...

China’s stockpiling of ASML chip-making machines push imports past 2023 estimates (www.scmp.com)

China’s imports of Dutch lithography machines have surged this year, with the first seven months already surpassing ASML Holding’s previous forecast for 2023 sales to China, according to a new report, as Chinese firms stock up on the equipment ahead of new export curbs....

Scrum (media.mas.to)

My driver even knows where I want to go without being asked. (sh.itjust.works)

Friday Facts #373 - Factorio: Space Age (www.factorio.com)

We are all made of carbon (lemmy.world)

Just got a Samsung phone after years and years on a moto/droid. What apps should I get to up the qol?

New motos are just too big for my baby hands so I got myself an s23 for a steal, but I’m finding that I miss some of the functionality that I used to have, and that some features are just annoying on this phone....

Introducing the Epic First Run program (store.epicgames.com)

single binary executable and dlls (programming.dev)

Why do we need appimage when we can have single binary statically compiled executable?...

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)

Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher (apnews.com)

Georgia’s second-largest school district says that it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”...

Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft (www.eurogamer.net)

Have you ever met someone who is able to deeply engage in conversation in a wholesome and detailed way?

Shut up it's my second job! (lemmy.world)

Is better/seemless integration with Mastodon (and perhaps more) possible?

Here’s the thing. I’m a mod for a small-time community for a niche interest, !castles I’m also on Mastodon, and was before my Reddit exodus. I follow #castles as well as a few other related topics on Matsodon, so I get quality toots, such as this: mastodon.scot/, that I wish I could just crosspost over to my community....

British nurse refuses to appear to be sentenced for murdering seven babies (www.cnn.com)

A British nurse refused to appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked....

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. The government is worried. (www.economist.com)

Full article...

A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threats (apnews.com)

What UPS does to cookies (lemmy.world)

Double boxed, surrounded by air pouches and held firm with layers of wax paper. How bad do you have to treat a package to get this level of destruction?