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Isn't it ironic, don't you think?

“When you fill out your complaint, provide as much information as you can.”...

Paramount DMCAs ‘Star Trek’ Fan Project, Apparently Deaf To The History Of ‘Star Trek’ (www.techdirt.com)

From the linked article…...

Slow and steady [OC] (i.imgur.com)

How long have you had your current water bottle?

I’ve been using a reusable 36oz/1L plastic “flip lid” bottle from Bezos’s market - this is my third one (sadly replaced almost on a yearly basis) since I keep accidentally breaking the lids....

How do y'all deal with sleep states on modern laptops?

Most very recent laptops no longer support S3 sleep which used to be the default for a long time. On my old laptop it allowed me to just close the lid in the evening and open it again in the morning, and it would only loose a negligible amount of charge during that time....

Why do modern strategy games hate the grid?

OK, I finally took the plunge on Baldur’s Gate 3, and, coming from playing several hundreds of hours of Solasta recently, the first thing I noticed is the lack of a combat grid....

Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine (www.wsj.com)

ROME—Pope Francis praised 18th-century Russian emperors whom President Vladimir Putin has invoked as models for his territorial annexations in Ukraine, in the pontiff’s latest controversial statement relevant to the war....

Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers (apnews.com)

[GNOME] Debian gone Dracula

Major websites like Amazon and the New York Times are increasingly blocking OpenAI's web crawler GPTBot (www.businessinsider.com)

Major websites like Amazon and the New York Times are increasingly blocking OpenAI’s web crawler GPTBot::Companies like Amazon and The New York Times are rushing to prevent ChatGPT from collecting their data.

When restaurants shut down, why isn't it more common for them to publish their recipes?

If cats and dogs became as intelligent as humans, should they have the same rights as humans under law?

Sorry if my question was weird....

What kind of Emoji do you use on Lemmy, if any? 🤩 :) (͡•_ ͡• )

Textfaces? (͡•_ ͡• ) Regular emoji? 🤔 Old school smileys? :-)

Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set (www.reuters.com)

Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft (www.eurogamer.net)

How did Android's update support become so inconsistent?

As a point of comparison, Microsoft ships its OS across a variety of manufacturers and largely keeps it maintained across them (give or take some exceptions like enterprise environments & the like)....