I have become all things to all men (lemmy.world)
Pigbutt (lemmygrad.ml)
Finally, some good fucking news.
Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries (www.tomshardware.com)
In 2023, Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh of electricity, surpassing the consumption of over 100 nations, including places like Iceland, Ghana, and Tunisia, according to an analysis by Michael Thomas. While massive energy usage means a substantial environmental impact for these tech giants, it should be noted that...
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.
Insight into One of Life’s Earliest Ancestors Revealed in New Study (www.bristol.ac.uk)
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed light on Earth’s earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years of planetary formation, life on Earth was already flourishing.
“It’s sick” (sh.itjust.works)
“Gods in the Building”: How the Texas Senate Buries Sexual Harassment Complaints and Enables Bad Actors (www.texasmonthly.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/texas-senate-sexual-harassment/
Testimonies From the Mawasi Massacre: 90 People Buried in the Sand (scheerpost.com)
Text-based Interactive Fiction games recommendations from Itch.io (lemmy.world)
This is a list of text-based IF’s that I and another user from itch.io, xSai or Bladed-Barbwire on Discord, made on itch.io, and I thought I’d share this here with you guys in case anyone is interested. All the credit goes to xSai for coming up with the idea. Also, note that, neither I nor xSai own the rights to any of these...
If everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore?
What is the worst experience you have ever had involving Viruses/Malware?
Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!
Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!
In your career, have you found a drama free workplace?
cross-posted from: linux.community/post/1152236...
Car park mural, Colchester [OC] (lemmy.world)
‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose (theintercept.com)
A BIPARTISAN SAMPLING of the world’s greatest perpetrators and enablers of political violence has rushed to condemn political violence following the shooting attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday....
TIL: Why News Was So Neutral in the '50s & '60s (youtu.be)
Long but good.
Shooting conspiracies trend on X as Musk endorses Trump (www.theverge.com)
Metal Gear Solid's E3 Reveal Had The Syphon Filter Team "Despairing" | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
Metal Gear Solid’s E3 Reveal and Its Impact on Syphon Filter Team...
Hellooooo!
Extracting frames from a video with ffmpeg very slow if not using jpeg
I’m trying to extract the frames of a video as individual images but it’s really slow, except when I’m using jpeg. The obvious issue with jpegs is the data loss from the compression, I want the images to be lossless. Extracting them as jpegs manages about 50-70 fps but as pngs it’s only 4 fps and it seems to continue...
Aww crap (lemmy.world)
China, United Arab Emirates (UAE) hold joint air force drills in Xinjiang - where China has arbitrarily detained up to a million Muslims, according to rights groups (www.al-monitor.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/807960...
