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IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

A banker that handles our money?

Millions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administration in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

In geologic scale? That is true. In human scale? It is extremely unlikely in thousands of years.

Steam is a bad home for FOSS projects in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FOSS goes against their business model.

And yet a valve has singlehandedly been the driving force to bring Linux desktop to mainstream users.

Malicious VSCode extensions infect Windows with cryptominers in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It also helps its as easy as clicking a button to install an extension... and i wonder how many even bother checks the source of the extension?

Volkswagen to Add ‘Import Fee’ to Cars Sold in U.S. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

VW didnt do anything others werent doing. They just got caught admiting it.

China Mulling Ban on Hollywood Film Releases in Response to Trump Tariffs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

Just in time to be censored to appease chief cheeto

Cultural assimilation in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Not really. Im not sure the US even produces enough for themselves anymore.

Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE. (Reminder to use either Proton or Tuta, or PGP on other mail providers) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Email was the original fediverse.

Today I learned that Barilla created Spotify playlists that are the length of time needed to cook pasta to al dente in c/[email protected]

Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The pentiometer joysticks were fine, its just manufacturers all cheaped out and produce inferior ones now. Its a win win for them, cheaper to produce and you buy more when they break! Same damn thing happened with mouse buttons.

This is the stock market’s worst start to a presidential term in modern history | CNN Business in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

There is a reason... the ogliarch told him to crash it so they can buy up things for the cheap.

Hell, they werent even quiet about it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/28/elon-musk-welcomes-global-recession-its-been-raining-money-on-fools-for-too-long

Touching investments and 401k is political suicide in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Who could ever seen the conman crashing the economy for personal gain coming? If only their were big flashy neon signs alarming people.