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The Toilet Theory of the Internet: Google is serving an audience that wants quick and easy results. That may lead to disaster.

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    • "I lost trust": Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded

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  • Supposedly they found a new method (Q*) that significantly improved their models, enough to make some key people revolt to force the company to not monetize it out of ethical concern. Those people have been pushed out ofc.

    • Gunmen kill 3 Western tourists, translator in central Afghanistan

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  • There are certain kinds of people that love this kind of tourism. I mean, tourists visit North Korea every year. It might be the thrill of visiting forbidden countries that attracts them.

    • Bell bottoms [Berry's World, 1969]

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  • The poor girl got elephantiasis.

    • The Scream

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  • Yes, it's a painting of a... dog

    • Gunmen kill 3 Western tourists, translator in central Afghanistan

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  • It's a famous historical site:

    Bamiyan, one of the poorest regions in impoverished Afghanistan, is a popular destination for foreign tourists because it contains Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, according to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

    The scenic city was also the spot where the Taliban destroyed two large Buddha statues in March 2001 during their previous rule in Afghanistan. The group said the statues were blasphemous under Islam.

    • Evolution of Hokusai's "Great Wave" (1792-1831)

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  • You're probably one of those that missed the (3) boats.

    • History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says

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  • Heck, Japanese manufacturers even sell $15K EVs in Japan (e.g. Nissan Sakura) but they don't seem to be interested in selling them elsewhere.

    • I want to meet the person who does this.

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  • You'll read a recipe huh? Not so fast! You gonna skim through the author's life story first.

    • Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

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  • They're probably marketing this as requiring zero infrastructure changes to attract buyers and investors. Just put the pod lifter at the end of the track and it's done.

    • Ghost of Tsushima is currently Sony’s fourth biggest launch on Steam

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  • Fuck those third world countries.

    Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea? Fuck those commies (except China apparently).

    The whole continent of Africa? Fuck them (except South Africa because reason).

    British and US minor territories? Fuck them too.

    Middle East? Fuck them (except the rich ones).

    -- Sony probably

    • Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

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  • Are you living in the same country as those that complain about ads in windows? From what I understand, this is not rolled out globally yet.

    • Samsung mocks Apple’s crushing iPad Pro ad with its own ‘UnCrush’ pitch

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  • The problem is, these new phones often have new speed charging protocols that only work best with their own charger, basically forcing you to pay more to get the charger if you want to utilize speed charging unless you already have a new-ish charger from that manufacturer.

    • Samsung mocks Apple’s crushing iPad Pro ad with its own ‘UnCrush’ pitch

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  • IIRC Samsung doesn't allow OEM unlock on snapdragon devices sold in US.

    • Pro Tip: Putting spaghetti in your ammo makes for a great emergency snack

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    • Love me some arbitrary executed code /s (Plasmoids are not themes)

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  • Tweaking gnome to look like macos is easy. Turning kde to look like macos? Now that's dope.

    • Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

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  • Microsoft always treated linux and foss with such disdain while under Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Their current CEO is an outlier, openly embracing and extending foss and linux. After years of abuses from Gates and Ballmer, many people in the linux community won't be so quick to trust them.

    • Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

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  • Big corps love A/B testing, slow rollouts and geo-restricted features. You might be in a different group than people that get all these ads.

    • Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

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  • Just turn off "show scores" in your profile and you'll be happier. It's a meaningless number anyway.

    • Ulefone Armor Pad 3 Pro: Rugged tablet launches with gigantic battery, two bright flashlights and three card slots

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  • I highly doubt phone companies would astroturf on lemmy though.