In 2023, console video game players will spend $21B on in-game items and subscriptions, as "live service games" make the market more akin to mobile (www.ft.com)
Games console industry tries to adapt to rise of free-to-play titles...
When I shutdown my computer last night, it gave me this error message. It seems to be working fine but should I be considered? (sopuli.xyz)
I’m not sure what fixed it because I tried multiple things yesterday, but it shutdown normally last night.
Chrome extension maker tells of pressure to sell out (www.theregister.com)
Taiwan will not back down in face of threats, William Lai says on US trip (www.aljazeera.com)
Taiwan’s vice president has declared that the self-governed island will not back down in the face of authoritarian threats after China pledged to take “forceful and resolute measures” following his stopover in the United States....
Notes on using a single-person Mastodon server (jvns.ca)
Julia Evans (@bork) writes about her experience of running and using a single-person Mastodon server. The post also links to other people’s experiences in-between.
The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
[XMonad] Switching to Kanagawa (discuss.online)
Niger's ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest 2 weeks after coup (apnews.com)
[OC] Malta, the Mediterranean Sea (i.imgur.com)
Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend (arstechnica.com)
Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend::US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.
Investigating the 'spiritual healers' sexually abusing women (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1184128...
Can I remove part of the web a daddy long legs has woven without harming them?
This spider has taken residence in a corner of one of the rooms, I’m not bothered by them but the web is getting a bit too big… can I just remove part of it to keep the size in check without causing harm to the spider?
Jamie Foxx apologizes to the Jewish community for social media post (www.cnn.com)
Foxx’s message was in reference to a prior post, no longer found on his feed, which read, “They killed this dude named Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???!” He ended the post with the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.
Handheld infrared Paradise (Mt Rainier NP) (ISO 100,000) [OC] (lemmy.world)
Happened twice already (lemmy.ml)
Winter heat wave in Chile offers 'window' to warmer world • FRANCE 24 English (youtube.com)
A winter heat wave bringing historically high temperatures to Chile is a “window” to an increasingly warm future, according to scientists....
How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’ (variety.com)
I like a good UX (lemmy.world)
Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P...
Forcing your computer to rat you out (pluralistic.net)
"When we let corporations decide who is allowed to speak, they act with a mixture of carelessness and self-interest, becoming off-the-books deputies of authoritarian regimes and corrupt, powerful elites....
I Got A Thousand Lil Legs… To Hug You With (i.postimg.cc)
Tent Moth Caterpillar being kinda cute, before destroying all of the foliage…
Silver-washed fritillary (pixelfed.de)
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The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project (www.bbc.com)
The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project::One day in Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.
Denmark to seek legal means to prevent Quran burnings (www.aljazeera.com)
The Danish government will try to find legal means that will enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Quran in front of other countries’ embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has said....
NASA is launching a new 'Plus' streaming service (www.theverge.com)
You’ll be able to watch live coverage of future launches, documentaries, and brand-new original series the agency is producing exclusively for NASA Plus. The agency is looking to “better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown” and connect with more people by transforming its digital presence...