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PS5 Slim’s Lack Of Fanfare Speaks Volumes About This Generation (www.thegamer.com)

But they don't know what baseball is? (lemmy.world)

The fastest ever human-made object keeps breaking its own speed record (www.popsci.com)

The Parker Solar Probe's new top speed could get you from NYC to LA in just 20 seconds. It's not done yet.

Poll Majority blames gov’t for Hamas massacre says Netanyahu must resign (www.jpost.com)

An overwhelming majority of 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership.

Firefox tests a built-in checker for fake reviews (www.theverge.com)

[Serious] What are you doing for NaNoWriMo this year?

Signs of undeclared ChatGPT use in papers mounting (retractionwatch.com)

Still one of the funniest moments in Star Trek (startrek.website)

Are you interested in a (cross platform) desktop app for lemmy?

I just managed to get a absolute baseline working app in avaloniaUI using this library that someone cooked up. No idea if the library is actively maintained, but uh, we’ll figure that out when we get to it....

US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that's disinformation | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that’s disinformation By Mengchen Zhang, Teele Rebane and Heather Chen, CNN Published 3:20 AM EDT, Sun October 1, 2023...

Can someone explain Usenet to a long-time torrent-er?

I’m a pretty heavy torrent user, running a media server complete with sonarr/radarr for automatic downloads. I download a lot, and have multiple TBs of upload on various private trackers. I’ve been torrenting forever, but I’ve always wondered about usenet. Over and over on this, and other, forums I see people saying that...

Pope Francis suggests gay couples could be blessed in Vatican reversal (www.theguardian.com)

Conservative cardinals had challenged the pope to confirm teachings on LGBTQ+ issues...

What is the fundamental limit on game streaming?

Let me clarify: We have a certain amount of latency when streaming games from both local and internet servers. In either case, how do we improve that latency and what limits will we run in to as the technology progresses?

California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers (apnews.com)

Nissan to go all-electric by 2030 despite petrol ban delay (www.bbc.com)

Nissan to go all-electric by 2030 despite petrol ban delay::The carmaker moves ahead with its plan despite delays to the UK’s ban on new petrol and diesel cars.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour (apnews.com)

Germany bans far-right group that tried to indoctrinate children with Nazi ideology (apnews.com)

Hello am business goose. (lemmy.world)

They say every time someone logs into the fediverse a billionaire loses its wings. (midwest.social)

What's up with "whinging"?

I have noticed lately that a lot of users on Lemmy spell whining as “whinging” what’s up with that? I could understand if it was misspelled “wining” or somthing but that extra g really confuses me. Is this a misspelling specific for some region or is it lingo of some sort?

Americans (lemmy.ml)