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Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames (www.bbc.com)
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire....
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?
Argentina: Milei government on crusade against inclusive language (euro.dayfr.com)
The country is breaking apart but I guess is more important to avoid using feminine expressions on official papers that make us look homo or something
NYC woman arrested after human head, body parts found in refrigerator (www.pennlive.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman was charged with concealing a corpse after officers discovered a man’s head and body parts in her apartment’s refrigerator, officials said Friday.
Obscure button tier list (sh.itjust.works)
If you have “Help” instead of “Ins”, replace it with Overgod-tier. Keep pressing it, it will come....
Anon learns to love the bath bomb (sh.itjust.works)
drop your childhood stories:...
Yo, what was your first computer? How old were you, where and how did you get it, what did you do with it, etc.
TL;DR It was an old Wang system, 286 processor(I think, anyway), with no hard drive, a 5.25" floppy drive, and a lovely green monochrome monitor. I didn’t have it long enough to reach the point where I could have identified the actual hardware/specs....
"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?
I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.
US nuke reactor lab hit by 'gay furry hackers' demanding cat-human mutants (www.theregister.com)
US nuke reactor lab hit by ‘gay furry hackers’ demanding cat-human mutants::Staff records swiped, leaked by gang who probably read one too many comics, sorry, graphic novels
Imagine voting for someone that wants to get rid of the department of education. (lemmy.world)
One last senic shot of my dog, with a neck covered in fox diarrhea (lemmy.world)
Federation of Hold My Beer [Now with Narration!] (startrek.website)
Too long, don’t wanna read? I got bored. Feel free to listen instead.
Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death (www.nbcnews.com)
Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
Do you think the Internet and websites with 'voting' systems encourage hivemind thinking and discourage any debate or discourse? Solutions?
I ‘upvote’ more or less all posts I interact with (sometimes I forget to vote). I feel like we should bring back open dialogues and heavily dissuade people from simply disregarding someone’s entire belief system or ideals based on 200 characters of text (an example)....
Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media. (indusbusinessjournal.com)
Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media.::San Francisco– Google has asked the US Congress not to ban teenagers from social media, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification technology. The tech giant released its ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens...
Slow Down With These Serene City-Building Games (www.wired.com)
I am looking for more games like this: though this list seems like a good starting point....
Let me introduce you to sovereign citizen Facebook. (lemmy.world)
How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?
Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?...
Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?
Here’s some context for the question. When image generating AIs became available, I tried them out and found that the results were often quite uncanny or even straight up horrible. I ended up seeing my fair share of twisted fingers, scary faces and mutated abominations of all kinds....
meet project primrose, adobe’s real-life interactive dress that changes design every second (www.designboom.com)
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators (www.theverge.com)
Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately (arstechnica.com)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Another 62 ‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims Sue Pornhub for $600 Million (www.404media.co)
A lawsuit filed by more victims of the sex trafficking operation claims that Pornhub’s moderation staff ignored reports of their abuse videos....
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week (www.eurogamer.net)
Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times' (www.bbc.com)
Idris Elba, who stars in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, sees a future where films and games converge.
What is an event that changed how you view the world?
Dusk Developer David Szymanski: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly (twitter.com)
If I’m honest, I don’t disagree....
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss (apple.news)
18+ What makes something moral or immoral?
I just came to know of a woman who was raped. i.e., not on TV but in real life, I saw her sobbing face. I didn’t have a clue what to do. I believe the right thing to tell her would have been to say, go to the police right now and give a rape exam, this would at least make sure there is a small chance that the scumbags who...
Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion - The Official Microsoft Blog (blogs.microsoft.com)
Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and...
A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com)