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Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury (www.independent.co.uk)

The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury....

You can steal expertise from anyone in the world, do you do it and from who?

Here’s the rules, anyone, anywhere in the world who has an expertise or is even good at something, or has some knowledge, you can take that expertise for yourself, but they do lose it in the process....

I hate how Linux window styling has gotten "better"

Don’t get me wrong, the average X-interface looks great. Some are absolutely stunning. But, in my opinion usability has gone down the toilet. Almost everything that should be a clear distinction is displayed in shades of the same color, including icons....

Someday soon (if it hasn't already happened) a book will be published that was written and edited entirely on a phone/tablet with a touch keyboard.

I can’t even imagine writing long form on a touch keyboard. But with a lot of people eschewing laptops/desktops for their mobile devices, it’s really just a matter of time....

The PS5 Has Now Sold Over 61 Million Units Outpacing The PS4 (press-start.com.au)

A new angle (lemmy.world)

The floor is Java (sh.itjust.works)

FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)

Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....

Would you prefer some pilk instead? (media.tummy.town)

Why is it that when I write on Googles keyboard on my phone and misspell something it has no idea what I am trying to write but if I Google the same word it knows instantly what the word is?

Why wouldn’t they use the same dictionary?

Where do i post something that isn't a meme a news or a question?

Double standards

I think my neighbor is hacking into my wifi so he can try to steal my beer wtf should I do?

If I plant more trees will that block his hacking? What are some quick growing trees?

Simple safe encryption for a server?

Hi, I’m running a ubuntu based backup server. And was wondering if there’s a simple way to encrypt my drives in case they get swiped or something by a break in. But also in a way that the computer can be restarted and decrypt the drive without me needing to stick a key in everytime. Any ideas? It seems basic but I’m not an...

Finally got this after two months of waiting! A bit uncomfortable and heats up easily, but it's still great to have a retro handheld of my own.

I spent the whole day flashing the MiyooCFW firmware onto it, customizing the menus, and testing which games ran well and which didn’t (and constantly trying and failing to get Doom to run on it); I think I’m pretty happy with the end results now.

In your opinion what will WW3 look like and who would be the players on each side?

The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Trump congratulates Putin on ‘great’ hostage swap (www.politico.eu)

U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump commended Russian President Vladimir Putin over a historic prisoner swap deal struck last week, suggesting the Russian leader got the better end of the agreement....

What do you think of my cat? (lemmy.world)

Well? What do you think of him?...

BREAKING NEWS: NATO has fallen. (i.imgur.com)

Am I terribly, terribly dyslexic or is this bluetooth keyboard doing me wrong?

Okay, this is like a tech support kinda question but idk where the hell to ask it so I am gunna ask it here. My old keyboard died a couple of days ago. Just gave up the ghost, and I cursed the gods and got out my bluetooth keyboard. I had been using my lappy exclusively (so not using an external keyboard) but hooked it up to my...