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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... (en.wikipedia.org)

Touch the belly... if you dare (lemmy.world)

This is Link. He's a doofus. (lemmy.world)

Moving to new platforms/3rd party apps has made me realise everyone else has something against collapsing child comments.

I miss you RIF. I just wanna see the daddy comments.

Remote login (lemmy.ml)

Just waiting for those last stragglers to board the plane... [OC] (lemmy.world)

It was pretty funny seeing these two goofing off and then hearing the final boarding call for that particular flight asking the last passenger to come to the gate posthaste.

Jezebel: Feminist media site shuts down after 16 years (www.bbc.com)

Feminist media site Jezebel is suspending publication, as its owner reckons with a downturn in online advertising....

A tale as old as time (i.imgur.com)

What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

What I mean is… sometimes people are very loyal to a videogame franchise or a company because they loved a game they released years ago (Silent Hill/Konami with Silent Hill 2, Blizzard/Bethesda with their respective golden eras, some could argue this happens too with Pokémon and Final Fantasy, etc). Ethical/consumer reasons...

Chaotic Evil (lemmy.zip)

What is a nutritious, filling, and easy to eat breakfast for really early in the morning?

Preferably something that has little to no preparation required.

is this breakfast? (i.imgur.com)

Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT (www.theverge.com)

Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide using AI as seen in a somewhat unsettling video posted by Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics used OpenAI’s ChatGPT API, along with some open-source large language models (LLM) to carefully train its responses. It then outfitted the bot with a speaker, added...