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If I can’t share a Curly Wurly then it’s not a revolution.
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How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?
I’ve been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn’t specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal...
US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel | The Justice Department alleges that Adobe hid early cancellation fees and trapped consumers in pricey subscriptions (www.theverge.com)
What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?
it ain't the herps, I swear (lemy.lol)
Alex Jones says Infowars could be shut down within hours (www.newsweek.com)
In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon....
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction (t.co)
“We need to identify each juror. Then make them miserable. Maybe even suicidal,” wrote another user on the same forum. “1,000,000 men (armed) need to go to washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,” wrote another user. “This s— is out of control.”...
Are there any EV cars without any "technology"?
Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that’s it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can’t (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I...
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)
OpenAI to spit out News Corp content (www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au)
Team Trump Says Classified Docs Judge Aileen Cannon Is a 'Godsend' (www.rollingstone.com)
First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says (thehill.com)
The first Neuralink implant in a human malfunctioned after several threads recording neural activity retracted from the brain, the Elon Musk-owned startup revealed Wednesday....
Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again (www.theguardian.com)
Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date...
"Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope (www.salon.com)
Tesla lays off 'more than 10%' of its global workforce (electrek.co)
Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling. (www.huffpost.com)
Fuck’s sake.
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)
Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...
What item do you own that has an unexpectedly high value?
This could be something that you bought for a higher price than what most people would guess based on the item, or it could be something you bought for a normal price that has gained significant value as time has gone on....
A 'Christian' family moved to Russia to escape 'LGBTQ, trans,' but now they're 'ready' to 'get out' (www.dailykos.com)
I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? (www.vox.com)
I’d like to know other non-US citizen’s opinions on your health care system are when you read a story like this. I know there are worse places in the world to receive health care, and better. What runs through your heads when you have a medical emergency?...
How did you lose weight?
What quotes from children's media went hard as hell for no reason?
What's the best type of food to eat in a shower?
(Assuming the shower is running. Any temperature.)...
Apple's Vision Pro lacks any real vision (disconnect.blog)
The Cult of AI (www.rollingstone.com)
…“We believe Artificial Intelligence can save lives – if we let it. Medicine, among many other fields, is in the stone age compared to what we can achieve with joined human and machine intelligence working on new cures. There are scores of common causes of death that can be fixed with AI, from car crashes to pandemics to...
ELI5 why is anarchy not "the guy with the bigger stick" making the rules?
I’m politically agnostic and have moved from a slightly conservative stance to a vastly more progressive stance (european). i still dont get the more niche things like tankies and anarchists at this point but I would like to, without spending 10 hours reading endless manifests (which do have merit, no doubt, but still)....
Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Marc Andreessen’s “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” Is Just Old-School Reactionary Elitism (jacobin.com)
In earlier eras, the manifesto was an important organ of radical political and aesthetic movements; prominent examples in the history of the genre include of course those of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, André Breton, or, more recent, the Dogme 95 group. These days, in which radical political ideas of the Left or the Right...
8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates (slrpnk.net)
I Wonder What Star Citizen Is Up To - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Ah, it recently announced a $48,000 spaceship bundle, the latest in an ongoing line, which contains every ship in the game and is apparently only accessible to those who’ve already spent $1,000…
Why'd they stopped making tv shows as good as x-files? (lemmy.world)
The special efx haven’t gotten more expensive, cameras haven’t risen in price, writers don’t seem to be demanding particular high prices, netflix takes anything that you can pitch without saying the word disney....
Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?
If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?...
People outside of the USA: What are some interesting, cool, or fascinating aspects of your country you'd like to share with the world?
Why didn't SBF flee? (lemmy.world)
I was wondering why SBF seemingly behaved like an innocent man. Giving interviews, talking to podcasters, remaining at his residence....
Cant wait to have Daddy Elon crush my larynx at a climate rally (slrpnk.net)
Picture of the Tesla Optimus Gen 2 robot raising a fist on a blue background
The holidays are coming up, who are you planning on (or would if you could) donating to this year?
This is my list for now:...
What a random person on the internet thought of Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2 (lemmy.world)
I have spent about a total of ten hours playing Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2 (which for my own sanity will be referred to as “CW2” from here on out), which is not nearly enough time to become an expert, but I have managed to scratch a little bit into the surface. Originally I had planned on playing Robert E....
Powerful Lords committee damns Bank of England over inflation forecasts (www.theguardian.com)
Report says lack of ‘intellectual diversity’ at senior level and too wide a range of priorities led to errors and fall in public confidence
Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize?
like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.