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Public Libraries were the original Freemium model.

Free to read all you want in-house, but if you want to take some home, you gotta pony up for that card....

Kickstarting a book about Enshittification since Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)

Another example of how big tech is just corrupted to the core....

Retroid Pocket 2S now live. What's your preferred handheld for retro gaming? (www.goretroid.com)

Gaussian distro? (lemmy.ca)

This is completely random, but… has a Gaussian distribution ever been made? It’d be absolutely hilarious :D...

People sticking with audio jack phones, why is USB-C earphones not a solution?

Don’t get me wrong. Apple removing audio jack was the biggest facepalm in smartphone history. And you can thank it for not being able to make an upgrade without sacrificing audio jack (and SD card too :/). But USB-C is getting standardized everywhere now (laptops, smartphones, etc.). What makes USB-C earphones not worth the...

US Govt Says Banned Chipmaking Equipment Still Ends Up in China (www.tomshardware.com)

gamescope through the heroic launcher is WAY better than steam (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

the heroic launcher was recently updated to support gamescope (installed it through flatpak by installing org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.gamescope 23.08 through the terminal using >flatpak install)....

And another meme I never thought would see the light of day again (media.kbin.social)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/my_mouldy_memes/t/623377...

Life is cruel (lemmy.world)

Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs (apnews.com)

Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)

TheGuardian.com

Get ready (startrek.website)

The trouble with Qo'noS, is that it's full of Klingons (pxscdn.com)

Texas defendant challenging federal gun law at the Supreme Court says he doesn’t want firearms anymore (www.cnn.com)

Zackey Rahimi, the Texas criminal defendant challenging a federal gun law before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, said this summer that he no longer wanted to own firearms and expressed remorse for his actions that got him in trouble with the law....

Biden signs U.S.' first AI executive order to create safeguards (www.cnbc.com)

Live long and prosper, bubbele. (lemmy.world)

‘Youngsters should work 70 hours a week’ ,Narayana Murthy says India’s work culture must change. (www.moneycontrol.com)

Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese (www.theguardian.com)

It's getting to be soup season. What are your favorite soups?

It’s split pea or ham and potato for me....

House remains paralyzed with no end in sight for speakership battle after Jordan's exit (www.cnn.com)

There is still no end in sight for the high-stakes speakership battle after House Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy more than two weeks ago....

To our fellow Gorn and Morn memers: I see you. (lemmy.world)

Me logging onto Lemmy after a few days away (startrek.website)

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise (apnews.com)

Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday....