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NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Linux Driver Code For GPU Virtualization "vGPU" Support (www.phoronix.com)
Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: former colleagues claim Kevin Roberts told them he killed a neighbor’s pit bull around 2004...
Kroger Posts Massive Profits Amid Price Gouging Outcry and Merger Push (www.commondreams.org)
Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)
Neo-Nazi and far right groups seize on Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric (www.theguardian.com)
Extremist groups are latching on to ex-president’s xenophobic messages to recruit people and spread ideology...
Elon Musk Says He Survived On $1 Per Day Before Becoming The Richest Man In the World – 'In America It's Pretty Easy To Keep Yourself Alive' (finance.yahoo.com)
*He's beginning to believe* (lemmy.world)
community hosted backups
While reading many of the blogs and posts here about self hosting, I notice that self hosters spend a lot of time searching for and migrating between VPS or backup hosting. Being a cheapskate, I have a raspberry pi with a large disk attached and leave it at a relative’s house. I’ll rsync my backup drive to it nightly. The...
How are there so many of them (lemmy.world)
Police in Washington city banned from personalizing equipment in settlement over shooting Black man (apnews.com)
The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay $600,000 to the family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a settlement that also stipulates that officers will be banned from personalizing any of their work equipment....
Valve lifts NDA on Deadlock, streaming and talking about the game is now allowed.
Not sure where the official announcement of this happened, but videos and discussions of the game are now finally allowed. The game is still invite-only, but expect to start seeing it all over the place now. Popular streamers are already jumping into it....
Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1,000 miles from California to Seattle office instead of relocating (www.cnbc.com)
Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet
Donald Trump Falsely Claims Taylor Swift’s Endorsement with Garbage AI-Generated Posts (www.yahoo.com)
I don’t know why anyone thinks this guy is weird....
Elon Musk may have to sell billions in Tesla stock to rescue X (fortune.com)
Musk’s repeated outbursts against advertisers have dried up the main source of revenue for the loss-making company formerly known as Twitter. A recent decision to sue them for heeding his own advice to not buy ads on the platform hasn’t helped. At some point, he will have to provide a fresh infusion of cash to salvage his...
‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping (www.theguardian.com)
Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps
Her name was on a filing agreeing to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: What's an elector? (apnews.com)
When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What’s an elector?...
What was the first video game you ever played?
Trump asks to push back his hush money sentencing date until after election (abcnews.go.com)
Former President Trump is seeking to push back sentencing in his criminal hush money case until after the 2024 presidential election, arguing that the current sentencing date of Sept. 18 advances what his attorneys call prosecutors’ “naked election-interference objectives.”...
Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says (www.latimes.com)
California’s beaches are public, but on the sands of Malibu, one billionaire has been accused of stealing a slice of paradise — or at least a few scoops of it — for himself....
Best of luck with that.. (lemmy.world)
Detroit judge bullied teen in courtroom, turning her into a spectacle (www.freep.com)
Detroit judge who threatened sleepy teen with jail sends message to Black community...
Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market (www.nbcnews.com)
“It was hiding in the celery," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. "Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”
Iowa man allegedly shoots his father in face after complaint about smelly feet (www.theguardian.com)
Son faces attempted murder charge after ‘stinky feet’ remark set off heated argument, police say...
How is Lemmy better than Reddit?
I am a reddit refugee. Keep seeing that this is supposed to be somehow better than Reddit. As far as I can tell, it follows a similar format, less restrictive on posts being removed I suppose. But It looks like people still get down vote brigaded on some communities. So I’m curious, how it’s better?
Woman paid £35,000 over CPS’s decision to drop rape case after ‘sexsomnia’ claim (www.theguardian.com)
A woman has been awarded £35,000 in compensation from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after her rape case was dropped over claims that she could have had an episode of a rare sleep condition called sexsomnia....
The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates for corn dogs, deep-fried delights and a friendly wave from a five-story cowboy named Big Tex: No guns allowed....
Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek] (www.newsweek.com)
Headline slightly sensationalised compared to article content. But he did say he’d go to Venezuela if he loses.
‘A different level than 2020’: Trump’s plan to steal election is taking shape (www.theguardian.com)
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We need more games like The Stanley Parable, so I'm making one! Please share ideas and suggestions about what you want to see in this type of game! (store.steampowered.com)
Hello guys, I’ve noticed a lot of people here are hungry for more games like the Stanley Parable. After playing the O.G. game and the Deluxe edition I’ve found myself wanting more of this. More of these meta, narrator led, weird humour games! I started work on my called Do Not Press The Button (To Delete The Multiverse). You...
Trump fights for spotlight as Democrats dominate coverage (www.bbc.com)
On Thursday, Donald Trump walked into a room of journalists gathered at his Mar-a-Lago estate for a news conference. He didn’t look particularly happy....
Trump trains sights on one of the last of the ‘Impeachment 10’ (www.politico.com)
Donald Trump and his allies have already purged eight of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. The former president could add a ninth to the list on Tuesday....
Trump’s ‘no choice’ comment on EVs reveal partisan divide over green tech (www.semafor.com)
Olympic Hustle
reference: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
It Was Supposed to Be Trump’s Administration in Waiting. But Project 2025 Was a Mirage All Along. (www.politico.com)
On a Thursday morning in early June, I hopped off a train at Washington’s Union Station and walked a few blocks east to get a glimpse into the headquarters of one of the most secretive — and most hyped — organizations in America: Project 2025, tucked away inside the main offices of the Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill....
Missouri bans sale of Delta-8 THC and other unregulated CBD intoxicants (apnews.com)
Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced in an an executive order issued Thursday....
Who started this trend in pop music?
I don’t normally listen to much pop music, so I know I’m a bit late to the party on this one. But I’ve noticed that in modern pop music, artists will sometimes release a “normal” version of a song, then a few weeks later they’ll release the same song again, except one of the verses is replaced with a feature. It’s...
Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll (www.newsweek.com)
In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75....