Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them (www.lgbtqnation.com)
"Working with Gen AI" by Dandytoon
Cross posted from: lemm.ee/post/35627632
Is it practically impossible for a newcomer selfhost without using centralised services, and get DDOSed or hacked?
I understand that people enter the world of self hosting for various reasons. I am trying to dip my toes in this ocean to try and get away from privacy-offending centralised services such as Google, Cloudflare, AWS, etc....
Anon gets calls from scammers (sh.itjust.works)
How can I fix this rotation issue? (lemdro.id)
I’m using EndeavourOS with KDE....
Turning Point USA is promoting drinking raw milk amid bird flu outbreak (www.mediamatters.org)
Glad I was too dumb to finish college... (startrek.website)
What you wish had an active community here on the lemmyverse?
Your favorite movie, series, or anything else really that you can’t find a community here (or maybe it just doesn’t exist)
Side of bed debate - Which side is left?
Which side of the bed is the left side? Is the answer based on the perspective of laying in the bed (person’s head at the head end)? Is the answer based on viewing it from the foot of the bed, looking at the head of the bed? Is there an “anatomical position” or special terminology like in boating for this?...
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists have warned that a court decision to block the growing of the genetically modified (GM) crop Golden Rice in the Philippines could have catastrophic consequences. Tens of thousands of children could die in the wake of the ruling, they argue....
Neuralink Can Implant Second Person With a Brain Chip, FDA Says (gizmodo.com)
Why has no one thought of this before?! (lemmy.world)
Anon catches his wife (sh.itjust.works)
Country music (lemmy.world)
She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all (www.theguardian.com)
Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light by someone who had zoomed in on Madi’s...
UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter (www.theguardian.com)
The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to...
What's your favourite era for video games?
Era can be defined as a console generation, a decade, one specific year, whatever you want. I’d encourage you to give a list of your favourite games from the generation of choice and why it was the best to you. Nostalgia is a totally viable reason too....
YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Chad VLC (lemm.ee)
Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made *checks figures* $440 million in return (www.pcgamer.com)
‘Meta is out of options’: EU regulators reject its privacy fee for Facebook and Instagram (finance.yahoo.com)
YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)
The company’s team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it’s plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be...
MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? (www.youtube.com)
My take on this is no they don’t. As long as they are truthful they only report on the quality of the product and prevent many people of spending a lot of money from losing it by buying something that doesn’t work....
consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8471507