A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000. (apnews.com)
Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together?
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I’m reading is that it’s a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors’ pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
In a high-stakes test, Boeing will launch NASA astronauts to space for the first time (www.nbcnews.com)
After years of delays and setbacks, Boeing plans to launch two veteran astronauts to the International Space Station on Monday night aboard its Starliner spacecraft....
Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita (blog.linuxmint.com)
'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary says pro-Palestinian student protesters are 'screwed' because employers can identify them through AI (www.businessinsider.com)
Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
For those of you who don’t know, Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to compile your own custom distro, with everything compiled from source code....
What did you get into as it was dying or otherwise on its way out?
I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example....
Medieval Doomsday Weapon (lemmy.world)
And I don’t care if you don’t get it. I get it.
Biden administration to require advanced safety tech on all new cars and trucks (www.nbcnews.com)
The Transportation Department projects the new rule could save 360 lives a year and prevent 24,000 injuries....
TIL White Castle was the pioneer of fast food, not McDonalds (99percentinvisible.org)
Excellent listen throughout, but you can skip to 17:30 for competition with McDonalds.
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)
The Average™ arch user (lemmy.zip)
U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
The United States last week secretly shipped a new long-range missile system to Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces immediately used the weapons to attack a Russian military airfield in Crimea last Wednesday and Russian troops in the country’s southeast overnight on Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. official....
N.C. report finds wilderness camp failed to ensure boy was breathing before he died (www.nbcnews.com)
A state inspection report offers new details on the hours leading up to a 12-year-old’s death at Trails Carolina, a camp for troubled adolescents....
Most people on weight loss drugs are spending less on restaurants and takeout, survey says (www.cnbc.com)
This is not REAL capitalism! (lemmy.ml)
why do you use xmpp instead of matrix?
I see the matrix is more popular than xmpp, but why?
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York (apnews.com)
And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!
US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report (www.jpost.com)
Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax (www.commondreams.org)
Trump Media shares fall 7% after saying Truth Social to launch TV streaming platform (www.cnbc.com)
How my morning is going... (lemmy.world)
looking for examples of countries whose governments, school system,health system, wjatever, use mostly GNU/Linux
I know 100℅ of the world top 500 supercomputers use linux, and around 65℅ of world servers. I want more info like this to help me campaign towards GNU/Linux use. Thanks.
Anon caused 9/11 (sh.itjust.works)
Tourist Falls 170 Feet Off a Cliff to Her Death While Taking Selfie (petapixel.com)
Polenko’s last words were…...
