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

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say (apnews.com)

I fucking hate the job search (lemmy.world)

A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)

"Moderation tools are nonexistent on here. It also eats up storage like crazy [...] The software is downright frustrating to work with" - Can any other instance admins relate to this?

After a year online the free speech-focused instance ‘Burggit’ is shutting down. Among other motivations, the admins point to grievances with the Lemmy software as one of the main reasons for shutting down the instance. In a first post asking about migrating to Sharkey, one of the admins states:...

Anon goes to the gym for the first time (sh.itjust.works)

EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data (arstechnica.com)

Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are wearing police-like body cameras. Here’s how it’s going (www.cnn.com)

Retail chains like TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, are equipping some store employees with body cameras to deter shoplifting and improve safety. This is part of a growing trend in the retail industry, as stores respond to an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. However, some...

Dog attack: 6-week-old Ezra Mansoor dies after Husky attacks sleeping newborn (abc7.com)

While Ezra was taking a nap in his crib, the family’s Husky that they owned for eight years attacked out of nowhere....

U.K. temporarily criminalizes puberty blockers for trans kids (www.lgbtqnation.com)

If you could make a non-linux OS go mainstream, which one would you pick?

I make the specification of non-linux because otherwise this would just become a thread full of obscure distros that do the same thing as a million other distros....

This is not a record to be proud of. (lemmy.world)

Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)

As a leftist when I saw this post in twitter I had to be rushed to the hospital. My blood pressure read 2567 over 1547 (lemmy.world)

Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)

What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year?

I’m getting close to the bottom of my backlog on a few podcasts, so I’m looking to get something new in there....

Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda (www.ign.com)

Affected devs:...

Much ado about "nothing" - Xe Iaso (==Goodbye NixOS) (xeiaso.net)

discourse.nixos.org/t/…/44236...

It's time to let go (lemmy.world)

Red Lobster eyes bankruptcy option after $11M in losses from endless shrimp (abcnews.go.com)

“Last year, Red Lobster reported $11 million in operating losses following its flubbed ‘Ultimate Endless Shrimp’ deal, which backfired when it reeled in too many customers after the limited-time promo became a permanent menu fixture last June. The restaurant chain later reported $12.5 million in losses in the fourth...

Best friends spend more than 1% on defense (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 (ground.news)

Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...

Intrusive thoughts (lemmy.world)

You would think it would make me feel better to know that every person has intrusive thoughts. But it doesn’t at all, quite the opposite....

Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?

Just so tired of almost every time a doctor submits stuff to insurance, we have to be the ones to make multiple phone calls to both the doctor’s office and insurance to iron everything out, figure out what the issue is (it’s always a different issue), and basically be the go-between for the office and insurance. What am I...