News
1 year, 2 months jail for first person convicted under Hong Kong’s new security law for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
sin_free_for_00_days 3 hours ago • 100%
China is going to China. It's too bad capitalism sucks that China teat so hard.
Today I Learned
TIL: It is illegal to curse at a cop in Ohio.
sin_free_for_00_days 17 hours ago • 100%
Easy there Black Mirror.
sin_free_for_00_days 19 hours ago • 100%
"OK, you've finished your first play through. Now go back a handful of decades and don't do the same fuck-ups."
Technology
Why is the internet overflowing with rubbish ads – and what can we do about it?
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 88%
Anyone who wasn't around then can't really know what they missed.
World News
Cisco slams NSA for intercepting packages en route to customers
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 94%
Yeah, we knew that before Snowden. Story made me think of my uncle, RIP, who's friend told him to "buy Cisco, trust me" back in the early '90s. So my uncle bought Sysco. He was pissed at himself until the day he died.
politics
JD Vance got a former professor to delete a blog post Vance wrote in 2012 attacking GOP over anti-immigrant rhetoric
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 100%
Dammit. I hadn't forgotten, but I hadn't thought of that in a while either. Fucking hell.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 100%
Caddyshack. I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 93%
It's like something you'd see in an action movie and think, "Yeah...but that couldn't really happen."
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 100%
GOP senators derided the Democratic legislation, authored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), as nothing more than a show vote
...and so the GOP decided to show their disdain for reproductive rights.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 days ago • 100%
Only if you're in one of the 6 or whatever states where it makes a difference. The electoral system is so fucked up.
sin_free_for_00_days 3 days ago • 100%
Something approaching 10% of US Presidents have been assassinated. Add in a couple more attempts, and there really isn't much special about these days.
No Stupid Questions
Has Google Search gotten so much worse in the last couple of weeks?
sin_free_for_00_days 3 days ago • 100%
I read on here (I think) a couple months ago that adding "before:2023" to your search terms improves results a lot. I've found it to be true. Unless I'm looking for something specifically from the last couple years.
Greentextsin_free_for_00_days 3 days ago • 85%
Article I Section 8 Clause 15 Calling Militias
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
I have no idea how the Constitution, which is so clear about the use of militia, has morphed into this fucked up 2A gunfucker bullshit.
sin_free_for_00_days 4 days ago • 90%
Wasn't the guy who shot at trump a Magat? They need to give their speech on tolerance to a mirror.
sin_free_for_00_days 4 days ago • 100%
Hey, acid by myself is the best kind of trip. I agree with everything else regarding this freak though.
Lemmy Shitpost
Falling Down (10/10) Movie CLIP - Fore! (1993) HD
sin_free_for_00_days 4 days ago • 100%
I remember going from "I totally get this guy" for the first half to "oh..crap, this guy is actually a nutcase shithead" by the end.
Linuxsin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
That was my thought as well. I'm also thinking it might be a challenge to get something to read them in 100 years.
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
Futurology
Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
Nice to see. The more clean methods of energy generation, the better.
Work Reform
Boeing strike could last ‘a while’; workers confident of higher wages, union says.
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
Jokes on them workers! Boeing used all that excess cash they got by poor pay and shitty work to jack up their stock through stock buybacks. Which just helps out the rich. If you don't know the subject, look up some articles. It's almost universally seen as a pretty fucked up, economically, idea. It used to be illegal, as it is seen as market manipulation, but thanks to St. Reagan it came roaring back in '82. It also feels great that a lot of big companies receive gov't help, and have used that money to buy back stock and give wealthy more money. Just another example of taxpayers subsidizing the rich.
Musicsin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
I really was enjoying Handmaiden's Tale (the TV series), then I happened to read the lead character is a true blue Scientologist. That fact made the show unwatchable.
politics
Three Democrats Re-Introduce Bill That Would Bring Ranked Choice Voting to Congressional Elections Across America
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
The term “Republican in name only” was used in the 1920s and the 1950s, then in the Ronald Reagan-era 1980s. The term “RINO” appears in print in December 1992 in an article from Manchester, New Hampshire. -source
Privacysin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
I'm no expert, but I think KeePassXC doesn't need to sign in to a server somewhere.
Showerthoughts
Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 68%
The DNC exists to protect incumbents. Don't be fooled, the Dems (elected officials, not voters) don't want ranked choice.
Showerthoughts
Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 88%
More voters went from Hillary Clinton to John McCain in 2008 than went from Sanders to Trump in 2016 -Source
Showerthoughts
Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.
sin_free_for_00_days 5 days ago • 100%
I've yet to meet a Libertarian who wasn't just a lazy Republican.
unions
Boeing strike: entry-level workers cannot live on their wage. “At Panda Express, they’re making as much as a grade-three mechanic”
sin_free_for_00_days 6 days ago • 100%
I wish these entry-level workers would think of the stockholders for once.
sin_free_for_00_days 6 days ago • 100%
The GOP is doing this in a lot of states. This election is going to be a shitshow.
Just Postsin_free_for_00_days 6 days ago • 100%
Seems needlessly obtuse. A 2 story house has 2 stories, so I go upstairs to the second story. Not a hill I'm going to die on, nor a thing that I've ever an iota of trouble with when traveling. I've never really understood why people get so twisted about what another country uses. Difference is one of the big things that makes travel fun, or at least interesting.
sin_free_for_00_days 1 week ago • 100%
Hey! Common ground.
sin_free_for_00_days 1 week ago • 93%
Do "2-story" homes in England actually have 3 floors?
sin_free_for_00_days 1 week ago • 100%
Something, something, responsible gun owner.
Relationship Advice
What should I do about my brother?
sin_free_for_00_days 1 week ago • 100%
Damn. I don't know what you even can do. It's like watching an accident happen in slow motion. I have nothing to say except good luck.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
koreader is my goto reader, on my tablet and phone. The interface is a bit unintuitive, but once you get it set up to your liking, it's a great reader.
ObscureMedia
The Constitution - That Delicate Balance: A 1980s educational series of discussions/debates with some of the most notable political, legal and media figures of the 1970s and 1980s
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
I've just watched the first one. Thanks for posting. It's nice listening to a higher level of discourse after the current level of weak bullshit.
No Stupid Questions
What started “weirdo” as a slur just recently?
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
As I read somewhere recently, there is good weird and bad weird. You know which is which by how the target reacts. Almost all my friends are weird. Good weird. Except for Steve.
World News
How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
I just use Telegram with friends and family as an alternative to sms. I'll have to ask if any of them are selling drugs, because it would be handy to have a connection.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
I can not imagine that being a surprise for anyone.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 100%
Brave New World.
sin_free_for_00_days 2 weeks ago • 87%
Is this a meme? I mean, it seems more like a factoid.
The only one I've found is [this one](https://github.com/Zetaphor/lemmy-keyword-filter), but it doesn't work. It only triggers if I open the keyword interface and save it after every page load. I don't know enough to fix it.
www.usatoday.com
I have the feeling tomorrow won't end well for Garcia.
Any advice for a regular smart 27 year old youngster, who has chronically underachieved and is motivated to turn their life around. They have a couple years of JC completed, and has no idea what path to take, or really what paths exist. EDIT: OK, I see I gave slim pickins here. It's not me, it's my neighbor's kid. I've known his parents since before he was born. He's a super smart kid, but like a lot of smart kids, he got kind of jaded about...well, everything. I was visiting the other day and he asked me for advice, and my retired ass has nothing. Any relevant personal experience I may have, became dated years ago. He's good at just about all subjects. His longest lifelong hobby has been video games. He took a few programming classes and liked it, but the thought of doing it full time as a career would quickly become torture. He's kind of half-assed things and just realized he needs to get his shit straight. He was thinking something like finance, just numbers. Something solid that's just a *career* direction. He is going back to school, well most likely he is, but he needs an idea of what path to take. Most of his friends are unemployed/underemployed with computer degrees.
www.scmp.com
Nobody seems to be talking about the continuing genocide of Rohingya in Myanmar nor India's heartless and illegal current actions. >“Refoulement is against international human rights law, regardless of if you’ve signed the refugee convention" - John Quinley III, director of international rights group
My ISP seems to be throttling my VPN connection. Just started a week or so ago. Anyone have any tips for correcting this shit? Edit: Sorry, I didn't leave much info. I guess I was thinking in more general terms. I use PIA, have for years. I've tried to change protocols and ports, my VPN speed still sits around 10K. Just ridiculous. Speed test without VPN:  SOLVED!! OK, I'm an absolute idiot. The tl;dr I had accidentally toggled the **Toggle Alt. Rate Limits** setting. Thank you everyone for attempting to help that which couldn't be helped!
I read Kim's *Mars* trilogy years ago and liked it. I decided to pick up *The Ministry of the Future* a couple days ago. It's very different, and without any spoilers, I have to say it's made me hate humanity even more than I already did. If you haven't read it, it's a near-future climate disaster book. Well written, interesting structure, and just pissing me off. I'm about halfway through it, so maybe it'll swing the other way in the second half.
arstechnica.com
Nothing we all didn't know.
My mom has a hole in the ground that she puts her clothes drying hanger in. Like [this](https://assets.leevalley.com/Size4/10061/01S1758-folding-clothes-dryer-u-01-r.jpg). The hole in the ground is a 2" or so pipe, set in concrete. The pipe has filled with gravel. Anyone have a tip on getting the rocks out? I can only get so many out using my fingers and then trying to use a set of chopsticks.
I put a little on Ngannou, but I think Fury will just toy with him before finishing Ngannou off. Heavyweights though, you never know.
www.youtube.com
Seems appropriate for some reason.
www.reuters.com
This seems far more serious than the typical lobbing explosives at each other in which Hamas and Israel habitually partake.
OK, this is dumb, but it's gone through my head a couple times. I've seen a few science fiction movies and [shows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0l2mEmpBSA) where the people in the spaceship use a [gravity assist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist) and lean into the turns like they're driving NASCAR or riding a roller coaster. I think they wouldn't feel the acceleration (vector change) because gravity is doing the acceleration on every molecule and there would be nothing to lean against. I'm often wrong though. Someone smarter than I am have some insight? EDIT: For what it's worth, I guess I shouldn't have used the Expanse clip as it upset some people. I just used it for an example of what I was asking. The question is this: Under little or no thrusters, would you feel a gravity assist? Even a radical one that changes your direction 90 degrees and greatly increases your velocity?
www.espn.com
Have to give respect for Charlo coming up 14 pounds. The real ones are wiling to take those chances. Canelo is a brick.
bloodyelbow.com
I would love to see Ferguson take the win. It would be hilarious to me.
pacificairshowusa.com
If anyone else freaked out about the jets doing low flyby's today. It's that time again.
www.youtube.com
Ngannou is a beast, but if this open workout is any indicator, he's going to get easily pieced up by Fury.
bloodyelbow.com
Maybe Izzy didn't have the best camp. The Red Tomato and others have said Izzy looked off in his fight, maybe they were on to something. I still think Strickland just figured the puzzle out though.
www.youtube.com
I was lucky enough to see Boingo live a few times. Danny killing Coachella a couple years ago absolutely blew me away. I didn't see it live, didn't even know he was performing, but I saw the video of that performance and it blew me away. That has little to do with this video. I can't say I have **a** favorite Boingo song, but *Grey Matter* will always be in the discussion.
I have to admit, I don't know any of these fighters, aside from the main event. Usually that makes for a very entertaining card.
www.surfcityusa.com
Just a heads up to anyone heading to HB this week, but especially this weekend. If you love crowds, head on down. Otherwise, just thought you should know.