Hiker, software engineer (primarily C++, Java, and Python), Minecraft modder, hunter (of the Hunt Showdown variety), biker, adoptive Akronite, and general doer of assorted things.
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JFK Airport. I'm not taking their advice. (lemmy.world)
The Steam Deck is one of the best ways to play Elden Ring, and now Shadow of the Erdtree too (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Android has a "Ctrl+Z" feature, the keyboards just dont support it
Hacker’s Keyboard (the first one), Florisboard Beta, FUTO Keyboard and more have a button to reverse and repeat the actions....
Why Americans aren’t buying more EVs (arstechnica.com)
Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled (www.androidauthority.com)
What is an underrated/forgotten video game that you think deserved a second chance?
Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Very surprising. The game looked like it had a lot of potential and could’ve been the most popular sims alternative, but it’s suddenly been cancelled.
Fork it! It's time for a Mastodon hard fork (privacy.thenexus.today)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11571975...
New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The New York Times suffered a breach of its GitHub repositories in January 2024, leading to the theft and leak of sensitive personal information of freelancers....
Fully Virtualized Gaming Server?
For years I’ve had a dream of building a rack mounted PC capable of splitting its resources to host multiple GPU intensive VMs:...
Vulkan or DirectX on Linux?
I use an AMD card, playing on Bazzite. How and when, do i know when its best to use Vulkan or Directx on linux?
Is it just me or do Lemmy communities tend to skew left wing? Why might this be?
I can’t say I’ve been using Lemmy for long, but from the get-go it seems that the communities, memes, opinions that get upvoted seem to reflect left-wing ideas....
YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads (www.androidpolice.com)
T-Mobile tries to convince customer to drop price hike-related FCC complaint, fails spectacularly (www.phonearena.com)
New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices (www.theverge.com)
The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....
Researchers plan to retract landmark Alzheimer’s paper containing doctored images | Science (www.science.org)
The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)
A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.
Galacticare Has Got That Old Bullfrog Spirit (aftermath.site)
Why Are Bathtubs So Small? It's Complicated | Mental Floss (www.mentalfloss.com)
Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem
I feel like we need to talk about Lemmy’s massive tankie censorship problem. A lot of popular lemmy communities are hosted on lemmy.ml. It’s been well known for a while that the admins/mods of that instance have, let’s say, rather extremist and onesided political views. In short, they’re what’s colloquially referred to...
A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S. (www.404media.co)
Two 4k external monitors through a docking station - Why is this seemingly effortless for Windows but basically impossible for Linux?
I’ve ran into this situation multiple times at my current and previous jobs. I really want to avoid Windows and use something better, but I can’t live without two external monitors....
Why Toyota Is Intentionally "Falling Behind" On EVs | Morning Brew (10:10) (www.youtube.com)
Quake-like game made with JavaScript takes up just 13KB of storage (www.tomshardware.com)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/20017142...
Best way to backup files
I have about 500GB of data (photos, documents, videos etc.) that I have accumulated over the years. Currently, I keep them on my computer and rsync all additions / changes once a month or so to an external hard drive. Do I need to be worried about data loss (sectors going bad, bit rot, bit flip, whatever it is called)?...
Take-Two CEO: The idea that AI will make everyone unemployed is 'the stupidest thing I've ever heard' (www.pcgamer.com)
What's your thoughts on Sony pushing PSN down on PC gamers' throats?
This is affecting many PC gamers around the world, such as myself, as the last 3 PlayStation releases on Steam have been blocked in many countries. I wanna know what’s your take on this. Please be respectful, and thank you. 😊
Is lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?
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Steam Friends and Deck Verified — EA Launcher No Longer Required (store.steampowered.com)
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The Internet Archive is under a DDoS attack (bsky.app)
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