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CRISPR saves lives and ends genetic disorders.

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No. I haven’t watched Ancient Aliens, either.

Let me make a wild guess: You’re also anti-vaccine, right?

Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage (www.ghacks.net)

Microsoft’s announcement: “We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11...

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Ethically, if not legally, this is terrible, as are all other steps Microsoft has taken to force ads onto your computer.

Seriously, think about it. You own the hardware, right? And the OS is present to run the hardware, right? To do that, it needs to be able to perform various tasks without your specific approval, and that’s fine, but using your bandwidth to download advertisements in the background, then using your computing cycles to force them in front of your eyes regardless of what you’re using the computer for, is awfully questionable. I would go so far as to say it’s a form of theft.

And no, ads on websites aren’t comparable. You, the user, are actively opting to view a web page that carries ads. You are choosing to grant them access to your eyeballs and the resources used by your browser. But nobody is actively seeking to view ads through their operating systems, and they don’t get anything in return (such as the content you went to that website for).

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I wasn’t gonna say it, but yeah… I’ve been using Linux exclusively on my personal systems for more than 10 years. Every time I have to use Windows, it’s almost physically painful. How the hell do people put up with that crap?

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I mean, it was a fucking weird thing for the movie to do, too.

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It’s beginning to look like the only true passage in that book is the one where she describes killing a puppy.

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Arch Linux user here to say… Ubuntu’s fine, man. Love all the derivatives that can take advantage of the core Ubuntu system (e.g., Mint, which I’ve installed for family members).

I love Arch. I use it all the time. I will not inflict it on any family members.

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My son is trans. Please vote for Joe Biden so he can have the protections he needs and I don’t have to stay up at night worrying about him.

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What the actual fuck is wrong with Republican politicians? I mean, I already know what’s wrong with Republican voters - brainwashing by years of Fox “News” - but the politicians? Are they all actual, literal sociopaths?

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It’s certainly to be hoped, but given the Israeli mobilization in the last 24 hours or so, I’m not holding my breath.

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And suddenly, Israel seems much more interested in diplomacy.

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I am sick of these monkey-fighting snakes in my Monday-to-Friday pants!

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Why would he? He’s not in Russia (no matter how much Putin plays pretend on that).

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Yes, but Ukraine is currently at war with Russia and on hyper-alert for Russians trying to assassinate their president. They’ve stopped numerous assassination plots against him.

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Oh, it won’t be meaningless. The meaning will be remarkably clear: “Hey, everyone, we’re having hundred-year worsts every week now, and you should all be shitting your pants over it instead of what you’re actually doing, which is sticking your fingers in your ears and going, ‘la-la-la, I can’t hear you.’”

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No, I mean the events themselves will be “saying” that, not that people should get out there and instigate panic. Sorry if that didn’t come through.

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For the record, folks: Deadnaming a trans person will earn you an instant, permanent ban.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled real-life-imitating-The-Onion content.

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That user kept publicly wondering about people’s genitals, so they’ve been cordially invited to continue wondering elsewhere. (In other words, banned.)

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Ah damn! Wally is practically our mascot! Nooooooo!

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Google solving the important issues, here.

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If you count light outside of the human visible spectrum, it’s bright pretty much everywhere. Like, getting away from light requires specially constructed facilities.

Video footage reveals ‘Kill the Jews’ remark used to explain police intervention made by pro-Israel counterprotester in provocation (huntnewsnu.com)

Footage taken late Friday night of a tense confrontation between pro-Palestine demonstrators and pro-Israel counter-protesters at the encampment revealed it was a pro-Israel student demonstrator who said “Kill the Jews,” asking the pro-Palestine demonstrators “anybody on board; anybody on board?”...

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That is absolutely happening. Lots of that crap from Russia and China, too.

Doesn’t excuse Israel’s horrific behavior, of course.

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Fellow cishet. I, for one, welcome our fabulous overlords.

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Issue them, ICC.

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According to the CDC, vaccines are already in the works.

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Yep. I still worry about that fucking asshole’s pro-virus fan club, though. You just know they’ll go out of their way just to contract H5N1 and “prove” it’s just a cold. And they’ll die in droves again, taking Innocent people with them.

Bird flu has now jumped to cows - and their milk. Could humans be next? (www.sciencefocus.com)

A strain of bird flu known as H5N1 or highly pathogenic avian influenza has made a worrying leap to cattle herds across the US over the past month. This development has sparked “enormous concern” among health experts, including the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist, who warned of the virus’ “extremely...

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And you know the same mouth-breathers who rejected all factually accurate information about COVID-19 and vaccines will just refer to this as the next “plandemic” and pretend viruses aren’t real. Some will go out of their way to visit farms and drink milk straight from the cow’s udder just to “prove” there’s nothing to worry about.

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I can already hear the cries of “99.7% survival rate!” and “Give me hydroxychloroquine or (and) give me death!”

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What, you mean there aren’t literal mountains of corpses everywhere due to the billions of mRNA vaccine doses administered? I’m shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

These cancer treatments sound really promising. I wonder if they can eventually be used for other cancer types?

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Pretty fucking awesome if they can be used that way for pretty much any cancer. Goodbye chemo, hello cancer vaccines!

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Someday, a large corporation is going to finally figure out that firing the people who make their products work results in shitty products no one buys. And instead of firing those people, they’ll fire the bean counters and outside consultants who promised that this quarter’s revenue will look great if they stop employing people to make their stuff.

But today is not that day.

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I’d say that depends a lot on what you want it to do. Are you looking for a very simple and easy desktop experience? Go with Ubuntu or one of its many derivatives. Do you pine for the glory days of RedHat? Go with fedora. Do you want maximal control over every facet of your computer? Arch.

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Huh. I wonder what they have against being anti-bullying? It can’t possibly be because of some other facet of his identity that cannot be changed, right? I mean, if it were, that would probably be a violation of his rights and he might have grounds to sue.

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I’ve never even heard of it. They sure weren’t putting their VPN front and center.

Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)

Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....

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Who are “people like you?” I’ve seen plenty of people who are capable of recognizing that Israel’s behavior has been atrocious and Iran funds and sponsors terrorists and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Well, of course. I mean it’s not like you paid for a Microsoft Windows license when you bought your computer, so obviously they have to advertise to financially support it. If you’re getting something for free, you’re the product.

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Wait, I’m being told that when people buy computers with Windows installed, they are, in fact, paying for a Windows license, too.

So this is actually Microsoft trying to turn products they’ve already sold into continuous revenue streams at the cost of usability and customer happiness.

In other news, apropos of nothing in particular, Steam on Linux is working really well these days, with lots of AAA titles running just fine via Proton. Make of that what you will…

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I mean, yeah, a few, but there are plenty with Windows too, and the overwhelming majority of games I’ve tried it with work fine.

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They have been for a while now.

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“Russia says-”

Nothing that follows those words can be trusted without independent verification.

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I’m not saying it failed… but I’m not gonna believe it succeeded until it’s independently confirmed.

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Yes, if there’s a source for it.

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That’s the point at which I lost it. What a legend.

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The WOKE FASCIST MARXIST RADICAL LEFTIST FAILING SO-CALLED PUBLICATION BLOOMBERG, you mean?

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If it can be done, someone out there is doing it. Better safe than sorry.

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massive

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Hey all, yes, I know the article is trash and the headline clickbait-y, but it’s still the actual headline, and it’s a real (if disappointing) news site.

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