In 1989, a Nintendo bigwig licensed SimCity on the spot by sliding a million dollar check across the table (www.pcgamer.com)
Why I Can't Use Linux - My Top 3 Reasons (youtu.be)
28 riders stuck upside down on amusement park ride for about 30 minutes (www.washingtonpost.com)
upgrade windows home to windows pro
Ahoy! I want to share files between iphone & pc. I just discovered that W11 home edition doesn’t allow remote access. Microsoft wants $99USD to upgrade to pro. Does anyone know of alternative means? Thanks.
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
PM to declare Australia's relationship with China is rebuilding but won't stay 'silent' in disputes (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet China’s Premier Li Qiang in Canberra on Monday....
Solved: Problems viewing files with JPEG extension on Linux
Solved: The files are encrypted, see stackoverflow...
Anon reflects on e-sports (sh.itjust.works)
In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals (www.commondreams.org)
Alternative to Playonlinux
Hello everybody, I’m using an Asus S56C with Lubuntu 22.04.4 and for work I use Photoshop CS6 and Vector Magic with Playonlinux. I was wandering - just for curiosity - if there are any good alternatives to Playonlinux to use these Windows programs. Thanks in advance!
Kubuntu 24.04 - Sound output jumps really high after about 5-10 minutes
I am running Kubuntu 24.04 and I have an issue I can’t seem to figure out. I am using my onboard intel sound card with optical output. The sound is great, but every 5-10 minutes the sound turns into a loud mess of noise (its hard to describe, kinda like static)....
Ah yes, the cat distribution system (youtube.com)
‘Anti-Woke’ Water Makes a Splash at Conservative Conference (www.thedailybeast.com)
The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked (www.vox.com)
Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Artificial Superintelligence Could Arrive by 2027, Scientist Predicts (futurism.com)
Catholic Bishops finally apologize for church’s role in harming kids at Indigenous boarding schools (www.motherjones.com)
Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (www.cnbc.com)
"Daily Pay" Is Just Another Way to Keep You Living Paycheck to Paycheck (sh.itjust.works)
I’ve seen several big chains, mostly gas stations and fast food, advertising “daily pay”. If you are worried about how you’re going to make it until your next paycheck, whether it’s tomorrow or next month, or you have no savings to cover any sort of emergency, then you live paycheck-to-paycheck....
Any way to hide posts by a certain user?
There are a couple of users posting stuff that I’d rather not see on social media, but instead of just blocking them, as I see value in their comments, I’d love to find a way to hide their posts....
The AQ-10 (sh.itjust.works)
What do you all check instead of the news?
I’ve realized that I check the news several times a day but not because I’m curious about what’s happening on the grand scheme of things, but because my brain wants to check something that keeps changing with new, evolving information. It fills a slightly different niche than social media, and I don’t watch sports so I...
Gaza aid pier removed, satellite images show | REUTERS (yt.artemislena.eu)
Right-to-Work Laws don't mean your employer can fire you at any time for any reason (US Law)
“I live in a right-to-work state, so my employer can shitcan me for any reason”....