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Is everything the worst?

I’m 43, almost 44, years old and went through a bought of alcoholism during the early part of the pandemic. I went through treatment and have been fine since. However, I can’t help but feel that all the news in the last few months is just the worst. Between the AI bullshit, the wars, the effects of capitalism, and the...

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agreed, life is tough, but remember: we didn’t start the fire!

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I’ll have to wait and see how this one pans out, this trailer did nothing for me. its a shame, as I really did like perfect dark zero

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the day we stop is the day we lose, so gotta keep on doing it over and over and over and over…

IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025 (apnews.com)

The IRS said Thursday it will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year and is asking all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns through the program in 2025....

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extremely rare IRS W

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I’ve lost the ability to hide my facial expressions due to covid mask wearing and am slowly getting it back. it isn’t easy at all 😭

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that was my case as well with the fold 2. I upgraded to the fold 5 since launch last year and can say the toughness on the main screen between the fold 2 and 5 is night and day. not a single scratch or bubble anywhere on the folding screen, held up very well.

I have a friend with the fold 3, and the main screen is basically destroyed, much like your partner.

it has to do with the way they are folded. the fold 5 uses a “tear drop” fold similar to the Motorola phones.

Pic for reference:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2e76eddc-ddb1-4b70-9b0e-c6520018a994.jpeg

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yup! there’s no need for me to pull this off yet, has held up surprisingly well. I had to take my screen protector off like 2 months into me owning the fold 2 lol

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played this for about an hour yesterday, and felt the aiming was kinda stiff on kbm? anyone else feel the same way?

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I switched to controller and have been having way more fun. I think I’ll revisit kbm down the line, but ive been having a lot of fun just playing the game

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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/63617342-2e14-4e39-b403-cf45b55742bd.jpeg

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whats your source? i can’t find anything on google when I search anechoic chambers and hellen keller visiting one

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TIL, thanks!!

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bump stocks were not a thing when the definition of a machine gun was formally defined.

we have got to introduce a system where we update definitions and laws that are clearly out-of-date, but we all know why this hasn’t happened yet…

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there’s no winning.

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when will we learn sigh

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it’s 100% happening, and we probably will never be able to tell due to the tech that powers the fediverse, unfortunately. we just have to accept this as our new reality and be careful whenever we post online from here on out. not a fan

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here’s my new favorite helen keller quote, courtesy of Google ai, haha

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a2f5b86c-2415-4cc6-856b-e66a327b9a28.jpeg

What do you think of the term "short king" as a term that's supposed to champion body positivity for men?

Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...

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as a 5’7 person, I can’t control my height. Therefore, it isn’t something that I should feel bad about. it’s the same way I feel about the color of my skin or any other physical or mental things I have going on that are 100% out of my control. it’s a difficult way to address my shortcomings (pun intended), but once you start just accepting these are things that cant be control, you start feeling better about yourself. I’ve cut out a lot of people in my life that made me feel bad about uncontrollable things, and it’s made me a much better person. I’m still on that journey to improve every day, too; it’ll never stop

I think the trap many people fall into is getting caught up and comparing themselves to other people. I can’t imagine if I woke up every day and compared myself to some of the wealthiest people in the world… I’d get depressed so fast!

as for the term short king, that’s absolutely hilarious to me, I approve of its use lol.

I think that part of it is how, to me at least, the term “fat” is so generic and hard to nail down to a discrete definition, implying that the word really doesn’t have a clear connection to reality.

well, there’s a clear definition as to what is considered to be overweight, and if someone fits that category, it’s up to them to decide how they take it. it’s a lifestyle choice for that person, in my opinion, and I know plenty of people that are happy with their larger size and others that would like to bring their weight down. but comparison will always make someone feel bad about themselves if they dont take the comparison as constructive criticism.

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guess I’ll be skipping this until they fix it

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I feel like the answer would be the person who decided to kill the kids, right? they are the one who made the call to commit the war crime.

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good points made, I agree

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why

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lemmy is slowly catching up at 46k monthly active users, according to this: fedidb.org/software/lemmy

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8e1b86a5-0b8a-4244-bcbc-994886f24efe.jpeg

Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA (apnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between...

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Point 3: the university provides funding to weapons manufacturers that are selling weapon systems to the IDF

source? columbia university outlines their investments and they do not state this point at all

www.columbia.edu/content/financial-overview

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am I missing something here? I am so confused about everything that’s going on. columbia has been divesting for years now, here is the page:

www.columbia.edu/content/financial-overview

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I’m not sure what your point is.

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there are two pages in particular that discuss divestment. the notable investments policies page that can be accessed here: …columbia.edu/…/relevant-investment-policies

the other one I spotted was under the social responsible investing dropdown, which details how to submit requests in order to divest: …columbia.edu/…/proposal-submission-guidelines

I am very confused with this whole situation. I feel this protest shouldn’t have gotten out of hand like it did because there are channels to properly divest.

am I missing a crucial part of why events played out like it did?

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when you say not outlining their assets, do you mean not delivering a financial statement? cause here is the page for them: …columbia.edu/…/columbia-university-financial-rep…

and here is the file directly leading to their most recent financials, which does talk about their assets (45 pages): …columbia.edu/…/Columbia University FY23 Financia…

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I found the exact page you’re talking about, I think: …columbia.edu/…/12.1.2023 CUAD ACSRI Divestment P…

THIS is the missing piece to the story for me, thanks!! although I can’t find where this was rejected, can you?

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thanks

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theyre sinking too much money trying to avoid using activitypub

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snake is not a nintendo character

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they do. I know that the ps5 versions of call of duty have gyro aiming as a feature you can toggle on

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amazing thread lmfao

How do you feel confident in the workplace?

I was a student for many years (5 years of undergrad, 2.5 years of grad school), and I became very comfortable with always being able to look at the syllabus and my grade and know what I needed to do and how well I was performing. Work isn’t like that. Like I think is normal, I get a performance review once a year. I find this...

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I feel like I had the same feelings surrounding work after graduating college. I got out of it by thinking, “What would a confident person do in this situation?”

eventually, my confidence rose a lot and I stopped thinking like this because I became a person with a lot of confidence.

also, don’t go so hard on yourself. if youre doing a good job and your superiors are letting you know the work you are doing is great, there is no need to stress. is there something in particular about your job that makes you feel like you’re not putting in enough effort?

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thank you king

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nice! a game I can wait a year or two to play for more than half off, content complete

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thanks for this! I’ve always wanted to get started on my own self hosting solution

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didn’t read the article, but to answer the headline: no.

xbox is backed by Microsoft, one of the biggest companies on the planet. if xbox was going to go away, it would have happened during the Xbox one lifecycle, in my opinion.

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my answer: stock market prices are set at what people “feel” the stock price should be at. and that’s all there is to it.

see: gamestop

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my steam library on my xbox, yes please 🙏

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People see the harms of social media but forget how connected it can help make people.

the best thing the internet did was connect all the “smart” people to each other. the worst thing the internet did was connect all the “dumb” people to each other.

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it takes a lot to admit you are wrong, however, it only benefits yourself. it’s something I still struggle with emotionally, but it is what it is

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the graph for mice on the left has a break between .10 and .80. see the little squiggly thing? if that break was not there, the mice bar would be wayyyy higher than the other bars.

I don’t think it’s meant to be misleading.

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Also, we’re pleased to share that we are currently testing the ability for PS VR2 players to access additional games on PC to offer even more game variety in addition to the PS VR2 titles available through PS5. We hope to make this support available in 2024, so stay tuned for more updates.

psvr2 on my pc would be awesome, I’ve read the screen and tech is better than what’s being offered on the index

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My favorite Stan Lee clip explains why

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EAC said no via twitter.com/alphaINTEL/…/1769734106395373635

We are confident that there is no RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.

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no lol

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