It is fascinating how the crown is a universal symbol of authority and power, almost all cultures had coronation ceremonies despite some of them never having had contact with the rest of the world.
YSK: How to get any youtube playback-speed you want! Using a little JS. (i.imgur.com)
I often set the playback-rate of youtube videos to something like 1.25 or 1.5 to get through a video a little faster without getting bored....
What's your Google Maps open-source replacement?
I imagine certain features like Google Maps’ different busyness indicators might be missing because otherwise that would require telemetry?
2014: Barack Obama Tan Suit Scandal (biggest scandal of two presidential terms) (youtu.be)
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
apple users in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works)
Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet (wamu.org)
A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air accident investigators....
Family dynamics (startrek.website)
(not mine)
U.N. Says Israel-Gaza War Is Deadliest Ever for Its Personnel (www.nytimes.com)
Overheating datacenter thwarts 2.5 million bank transactions (www.theregister.com)
Technically a fishing license is a license to kill.. Only to a small percentage of the earth's population
Pentagon Confirms U.S. Flying Surveillance Drones Over Gaza (www.flyingmag.com)
Because it's almost time (feddit.nl)
Merry KREE-mas everyone.
Just some fun size comparisons (startrek.website)
Not sure how accurate it is but given the figures I vaguely recall, this feels pretty accurate....
Bandcamp... What now?
Now that Bandcamp has had huge layoffs, what about an opensource, Fediverse-friendly replacement? What can a FOSS product bring to the community and do better than Bandcamp?...
The dangly and the sausage (jlai.lu)
Banks in Hong Kong can print their own money. There are 8 different designs in circulation. (lemmy.world)
Before someone asks why there isn’t insane inflation from banks printing an infinite amount of money for themselves, the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar. In order to be allowed to print HKD, banks must have an equivalent amount of USD on deposit.
Caturday time! (lemmy.world)
Have a pic of our shared neighborhood cat
Israel kills 500 in Gaza hospital ‘massacre’ (www.aljazeera.com)
An Israeli air strike has hit al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands of civilians are seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless attacks....
This kills the Mr. Krabs (slrpnk.net)
Then put your little hand in mine... (lemmy.world)
Sick man of Europe (slrpnk.net)
PSB!!! (cdn.tenforward.social)
Source: tenforward.social/…/111205756742336194