Things I’m into: All things IT (also professionally), social and environmental justice/volunteering/activism, cooking, baking, eating, music (listening, singing, string instruments), fantasy books, audiobooks, PC gaming, parenting, Germany, Bavaria, Seattle/Washington, and, ADHD 🥲
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Knowing what you know about Elon Musk, why are you still on X?
What is your least favourite acronym?
Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn’t translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing....
[Humor] Dunkey's Guide to Streaming Services (youtube.com)
Videogamedunkey, a movie buff, game critic and jokester put out a humorous video guide on how to find your favourite shows across the healthy array of paid streaming subscription services....
Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality (www.theverge.com)
Hell's Kitchen, Voyager edition (pixelfed.social)
Dear Lemmy, **why** Star Trek??
Every single large server in this federation has at least one Star Trek community. There is even an entire server dedicated to Star Trek....
9to5Google: iMessage for Android doesn't matter, just use good apps (9to5google.com)
Heads of 3 top US colleges refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment (www.timesofisrael.com)
Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them (arstechnica.com)
Why does Gboard replace spaces with characters I add between words?
For example, if I type out a sentence and decide I want to add asterisks around a word for emphasis, why does Gboard replace the space between the previous word and the emphasized word instead of just adding the new character? Is this added functionality for something I just don’t understand?...
French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)
twitter is so broken ... it returns a 404 when you share links (beehaw.org)
If you share a link from twitter to other platforms you used to see a preview… but not for a while now. Doesn’t matter if it’s Facebook or Lemmy, twitter.com replies with a 404 on links that work fine even without being logged in....
Names (lemmy.ca)
Electric Vehicles Have 79% More Reliability Challenges Than Gas Powered Cars (samrome58.substack.com)
What is the profession you wouldn't work, even for a day and even if paid your weight in gold?
What are some games you played years ago, which you've recently enjoyed playing again?
Some communities that might be relevant: !patientgamers (/c/patientgamers)...
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
You've been instantly teleported two feet to the left. How does this affect you?
Happy 40th birthday, Turbo Pascal! (blog.marcocantu.com)
November 28, 2023 - Turbo Pascal turns 40...
Cope harder pasta eaters/s (lemmy.ml)
Italians have great raw ingredients, if only somebody would teach them how to use them.
Instagram Suspends Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Account: Raises Concerns About Policy Enforcement (samrome58.substack.com)
I still wondered why, I’ve read the story over and over again.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)
The “Manifest V3” rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update - Half Life Uplink, New Multiplayer Maps, Updated Graphical Settings, SteamDeck Verified and More (www.half-life.com)
IBM suspends ads on X after corporate ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.reuters.com)
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading. Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points. (www.wired.co.uk)
Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (pluralistic.net)
The Escapist staff resign following termination of editor-in-chief Nick Calandra (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Calandra shared more information on Discord, revealing that the “entire video team” has resigned in response....
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/7435108...
The beauty of finished software (josem.co)
Here’s a rare look at Google’s most lucrative search queries (www.theverge.com)
Don’t fall into the trap of ‘picking sides’ over Gaza: Hamas’s attacks were unconscionable, razing Gaza to the ground would be abhorrent. In both cases, basic humanity is at stake --- [Opinion] (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5185724...
German politician held after Nazi slogan complaint (www.bbc.com)
Very clever... (lemmy.ml)
I’m trying out Obsidian for taking notes, and this made me laugh.
'Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands. (www.nbcnews.com)
Oh the money I could make if I didn’t have morals. It turns out some people really are that dumb.