Friday Chat thread
Its Friday, and its looking like another hot one for most....
/r/NonCredibleDefense recieves automated notice from the admins to remove its NSFW designation, or else. Mods respond by messaging the admins a bunch of death and porn.
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/148433...
My Experience Switching From NVIDIA To AMD (lemmy.world)
TLDR: From my experience, in 2023, the Mesa drivers with an AMD GPU provide an experience that is way better than NVIDIA with their proprietary drivers. And if you’re helping a friend get into linux, and or linux gaming I think you should steer them towards an AMD GPU....
How to find communities in fediverse without getting spammed with offensive porn?
How is a fediverse user supposed to find communities? I can’t find a way to search across the fediverse, which pretty much kills the concept IMO. I was browsing All via Lemmy.world - Mlem - iOS and my feed is half anime porn, with some pictures depicting underage and others not blurred as NSFW....
World’s richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023 (english.elpais.com)
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg increased their net worth by $96.6 billion and $58.9 billion, respectively, thanks to rising share prices on the Nasdaq
Can Lemmy posts be indexed by Google or other search engines?
One of the best things about reddit was looking for answers or other users with the same problem as you, and since Google didn’t really help with that anymore and instead insisted on giving you business results, the best practice was to put your search terms in followed by ‘reddit’ and you’d find your answer.
"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips (www.cbsnews.com)
I definitely think r/gaming has the biggest banger of a privated notice (media.kbin.social)
Anon takes some classes (lemmy.world)
Deputy who killed Sonya Massey was removed from the Army, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show (www.cnn.com)
Years before sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson gunned down Sonya Massey in her own home, he had been discharged from the Army for serious misconduct and had a history of driving under the influence, records show....
Is the purpose of Lemmy to bully out people who disagree in any way?
i foud out about this place a few days ago… upon arriving i saw some misinformation spreading around. I called dit out and the response has been bullying name calling and being told to leave he site. is this what lemmy is?...
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child (www.nbcnews.com)
In an exclusive interview, Vivian Jenna Wilson said her father’s recent statements, including that she is “not a girl,” inspired her to speak out: “I’m not just gonna let that slide.”...
Usha Vance told friends Trump appalled her. Now she’s working to elect him. (wapo.st)
WaPo gift article - no paywall
ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In. (themarkup.org)
if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear?
After watching this video I am left with this question....
Ohio Supreme Court rules boneless chicken wings can have bones
‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, the Ohio Supreme Court says...
We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost (www.cnn.com)
What, no apologies? Yeah, figured so (sh.itjust.works)
Kamala Harris Grins as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’ on Campaign Debut (www.thedailybeast.com)
Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the...
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of the world?
Donald Trump offers supporters $299 assassination attempt-themed sneakers (www.theguardian.com)
As surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last weekend....
Youtube replaced unicode emojis with fucking images
Some time ago, I noticed that youtube comments are copied without emojis, thought nothing of that - bugs happen - but today I finally decided to find out why and what the hell is even this....
The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working (www.cnn.com)
Bankir and his men have been trying to fight off Russian attacks along the Ukrainian front lines for more than two years. But it’s only now that they are finally able to strike where it hurts: Inside Russia’s own territory....
A Trump Ally Is Training 75 Armed Citizens. Is That a Militia? (www.nytimes.com)
Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is recruiting “special deputies” to deploy during disaster or unrest. Opponents say the move is dangerous.
