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This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£ (jlai.lu)
What's the most embarrassing thing about you?
A Match Made in Heaven (lemmy.today)
Asus just apologized for its outrageous repair costs and RMA process (www.pcgamesn.com)
Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing (www.techradar.com)
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage | BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Billionaire hasn't heard of Streisand effect (www.betootaadvocate.com)
! betootaadvocate.com/…/gina-furiously-demands-nati…...
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs that end up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald’s, Target and Albertsons. While assigned to a machine that churns chicken droppings into compost, his right leg...
Not only is this not how anyone writes, I do not understand why anyone would want to read anything that sounds anything like this (lemmy.world)
hey there fellow posters...
Later, losers (lemmy.world)
Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar” (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products “do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service,” it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
Major USA political affiliations explained (lemmy.ml)
Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education (www.propublica.org)
Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes (apnews.com)
High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest (www.nytimes.com)
The economy as a whole has proved resilient amid the highest rates in decades. But beneath the surface, many low- and moderate-income families are struggling....
Epic €1.1m fined for breaking EU consumer law in Netherlands ["unfair commercial practices" aimed at children in Fortnite] (web.archive.org)
Do you leave a tip for housekeeping if you're only staying one night in a hotel?
Is it a ‘thank you for prepping my room’ or ‘please clean my room today’? If you tip post cleaning, it’s likely going to someone else the next day. Many hotels now only do housekeeping on demand. How do employees feel about this - do they miss the tips or are they happy for a less stressful workday?...
Secret Service notified as Trump aide brags about 'causing innocent people to be arrested' (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
The illusion of free choice (sh.itjust.works)
Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them (arstechnica.com)
I can’t imagine anyone that has decent prospects would agree to go back to Tesla after getting canned with those kinds of wild swings in decision making.
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Google Pay alternative?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15358017...
It's just sad at this point (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
For security reasons (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cd29e707-8f43-4511-afc6-0a778fe36a61.jpeg...
As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?
As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion....
Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Spectrum of Toronto (OC) (lemmy.world)
I went out hoping to catch a glimpse of the Aurora, missed it due to cloud cover, but heck I got a decent shot of the skyline
"Classified" Ad (lemmy.ca)
Inspired by: lemmy.world/post/15297575...
Jack Dorsey says he quit Bluesky because it was becoming another Twitter (www.businessinsider.com)
God of War Ragnarok PC Port Announcement Is Imminent, Leaker Claims (gamerant.com)
Israel Rejected a Cease-Fire. The Media Isn’t Telling Us. (jacobin.com)
Barcelona is parched — and angry at quenched tourists (www.politico.eu)
The yawning gap between locals’ and visitors’ consumption is stoking long-standing resentments ahead of an election....
This Doctor Won’t Take Health Insurance - and Charges Just $35 a Visit | AJ+ (5:46) (www.youtube.com)
ANIMAL WELL - Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)
This noob is testing the interconnectivity of the Fediverse,. (mastodon.social)
This noob is testing the interconnectivity of the #Fediverse, with the AP (Mastodon, etc.) and AT (Bluesky) Protocol protocols, and also starting to test #Nostr this week....
Sonic Rumble - Announce Trailer (www.youtube.com)
That framerate is hilarious.
Xbox’s Shift To ‘High-Impact’ Games Is Misguided At Best, Reckless At Worst (kotaku.com)
I‘m running out of titles (sh.itjust.works)
Redfall's devs were reportedly building out its massively delayed Hero Pass content 'very recently'—before Microsoft closed Arkane Austin for good (www.pcgamer.com)
V Rising has launched out of Early Access! (steamcommunity.com)
Beginner gamedev projects?
I wanna make some games but idk where to start. Thinking of gbstudio but the hardware limits would make making a card game hard, any other easy tools? Is there a gbstudio eqivament for 16-32 bit systems?
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I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun (www.spacebar.news)
Nintendo makes first Switch 2 announcement (www.eurogamer.net)
Black Desert Online Linux
For those who have had problems before running BDO on linux with the official launcher and not on steam....