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Okalaydokalay , to til in TIL that player behaviors to a software bug that created a pandemic in World of Warcraft had similarities to COVID-19 in the real world

Our universe is a simulation, confirmed?

chrizbie , to moviesandtv in On the Beach 1959
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I love that about older films, the pacing tends to open itself to more emotional investment if you’re in the right mood it can be such a refreshing change.

jet OP ,

I agree, getting invested in the pacing and the environmental telling can have huge benefits. But I wont lie, I found myself reaching for my phone a few times, room for improvement

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

Check out Threads if you haven’t already 👍

HawlSera , to til in TIL Peter Molyneux failed his first game so badly he started a baked bean export company, which got confused with a software firm and kickstarted his development career

Shit like this is why I believe in fate.

realitista , to technology in The End of AppleTalk - August 28th, 2009

Good riddance.

Luci , to technology in 28 years ago, Windows 95 entered general availability (August 24th 1995)
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I still have my Windows 95 “Start me up” Pogs!

GnuLinuxDude ,
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You mean those little discs that you throw a bigger, heaver disc on top of? You’ve gotta share a pic sometime

Luci ,
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I’m currently searching boxes. No one was taking them so they gave me like 20 of them.

alphapuggle , to til in TIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.

I yawned as this was scrolling into view wtf

EyesEyesBaby , to moviesandtv in **GRAN TURISMO Discussion Megapost** 2023-08-11 🕹🏎

I saw this being released somewhere, and I’ve never heard about this movie before. Such a shame, looks like they haven’t invested in promotion that much as I’d be right within their target audience.

jordanlund ,

If you see movies in theaters there have been trailers all over for a while now.

dixius99 ,
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It’s definitely been big news for a while in the Gran Turismo community.

blobjim , to moviesandtv in **THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Discussion Megapost** 2023-08-11 🚢🦇

It’s neat that they made the poster look kinda like a book cover.

Pixlbabble , to til in TIL that In 2005, Sony BMG installed DRM software without knowledge or consent of the user, that included a rootkit which created a security vulerability

That was the day we all learned what rootkits were. I remember listening to TWIT talking about it when it happened.

harry_assman , to til in TIL that shocking gum was used as a torture device in Iraqi prison.
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Sometimes, it feels like everything mankind invests can be used for toture…

lolcatnip , to science in TIL before CT and MRI’s were available, doctors used to replace the fluid in and around the brain with air to do imaging with X-rays.

I know someone who had a leak of CSF after getting a spinal tap, and the pain was absolutely crippling if she did anything but lie flat on her back. No medicine did anything to help. I can’t even imagine how painful it must be to have the CSF removed completely.

nihilist_hippie , to til in TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heir) killed a pedestrian in a driving accident and was never charged. She has also been arrested for DUI twice but never charged.
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Rules for thee, not for me

db2 , to linux in Following Red Hat's lead, Linus Torvalds will only publish Linux Kernel code to paid contributors

we fully support you in expanding Linux capabilities rather than imitating them

Just in case anyone is confused by that statement, it’s the distros that dropped x86 32-bit, the kernel still has it.

MaxVoltage , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...
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Dugaloos

Saganastic , (edited ) to til in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.

I wouldn't be surprised if the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots was the motivation for the guillotine: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-queen-of-scots-execution

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