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Napoleon Dynamite is 20 years old now. (lemmy.world)

Hello, fellow aging millennials.

Why English language is sometimes "lazy", sometimes not

(non-native speaker)...

Cow sleeping in someone's lap. (lemmy.world)

My earphones' cable has grown a pimple. It popped today. (i.imgur.com)

Image on left is from 4 days ago, but the pimple was slowly forming over around 2 weeks....

I noticed a white hue on the top of the screen and ONLY on the homescreen. I thought it was a Fairphone 5 issue, but now i noticed it on my Nothing Phone 2a (photo)as well. What is it? (lemmy.world)

After i got my Fairphone back from the repaircenter (they thought there was something wrong with it), they told me it was an intended design. However, i see other people mention they don’t have it.

Study: 83% of Americans will have to work into their 70s in order to afford to retire (medium.com)

Deduplication tool

I’m in the process of starting a proper backup solution however over the years I’ve had a few copy-paste home directory from different systems as a quick and dirty solution. Now I have to pay my technical debt and remove the duplicates. I’m looking for a deduplication tool....

Lemmy comrades/people/lemmings who have learned a new language using online resources, what/how was it like?

I had tried to learn some languages using online resources on the net(freely accessible ones tho). Didn’t actually commit to it with a plan....

The return of pneumatic tubes (www.technologyreview.com)

A Short IPv6 Guide for Home IPv4 Admins (gist.github.com)

What would cause a person to speak in different accents randomly?

There’s this woman I work with who seems to have her accent change randomly....

Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman (www.independent.co.uk)

Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word' (apnews.com)

Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other in the same Massachusetts town, each devoted decades to reporting, writing and book authorship....

Has there ever been a compilation of suicide notes, if so, where can one get it? And is it a good idea to get it?

I am not in a great place right now in terms of productivity and flourishing in my personal and professional life, and every time I waste a day, every time I do something that I enjoy at the moment but which is not productive, I feel ashamed....

Federal appeals court rules cops who handcuffed 10-year-old girl for drawing offensive picture must face excessive force lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)

How Much Is Your Time Worth?

I spend a lot of time fixing things, for myself and others. (Computers, electrical, plumbing, etc). While I learn a lot, I wonder sometimes if it would be better to pay a professional and do something else for which I am more ‘valuable’. Do you do the same, and do you find it worthwhile?

Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....

NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....

Is anybody else a bit disappointed about the recent days with Fedora Atomic?

Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love Fedora Atomic (Silverblue, Bazzite, Kinoite, Aurora, IOT, etc.), more than any other distro I used, and I plant to continue using it....

What is your preferred way of downloading youtube videos?

I’m looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don’t really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak....