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‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough ( www.theguardian.com )
Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe
Mozilla Firefox new alt-text generator powered by "fully private on-device AI model" ( hacks.mozilla.org )
New accessibility feature coming to Firefox, an "AI powered" alt-text generator....
Tips to reduce Enshittification of Internet
^Qn....
What are the most private social media platforms?
I've been feeling uneasy about the privacy implications of using Lemmy and similar platforms. The ability for anyone to view your entire posting history feels to me like publicly sharing my browser history. In contrast, most other social media platforms allow you to limit your feed visibility to just friends or followers....
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything....
Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood ( newatlas.com )
"Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have used enzymes produced by a common gut bacteria to remove the A and B antigens from red blood cells, bringing them one step closer to creating universal donor blood."
It's getting hot in here ( mander.xyz )
When was the last time you felt helpless in life?
I'm 24 and dealing with high blood pressure. I've seen five doctors, had countless tests, and they all say the same thing: "Take these pills and try to reduce pressure in your life." It's as though my blood pressure and heart rate have minds of their own, fluctuating freely without any reason....
mmm space chocolate ( i.imgur.com )
How do you Lemmings like your tea?
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We need more team work!!! ( slrpnk.net )
'xz utils' Software Backdoor Uncovered in Years-Long Hacking Plot ( unicornriot.ninja )
is there any way to losslessly convert a whole recursive file directory of .m4a files to .opus
i have a bunch of .m4a files in one folder, 1000s. can i automate their conversion somehow?
Would you rather live in a big city or a small town?
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Newbie here, how can i tell if lucky patcher is safe?
I've seen multiple people here talk about lucky patcher and wanted to try it out, found the official site though reddit (cos I've had google give me badware links for things like these before) and the site rang every alarm bell in my brain....
Amazon
With the addition of ads for paying users, is there anything subscribers can do to protest? I hate ads with a passion....
What phone brand do you like the best?
*In terms of privacy, customisation, camera quality, and battery time....
YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16660104...
Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default ( arstechnica.com )
Is there any medicine that can give me happy hormones and does not need a doctor's prescription?
Things are becoming more depressing every day and I can't afford for professionals and don't want to jump to the last resort or drugs. Is there a medicine that can make me happy if I take it in proper doses and does not require a doctor's prescription?
What is a bad video game that you enjoy?
AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions, researchers say ( theconversation.com )
Initial research shows that AI has a significant water footprint. It uses water both for cooling the servers that power its computations and for producing the energy it consumes. As AI becomes more integrated into our societies, its water footprint will inevitably grow....
When you're criminally accused, how do you pay your mortgage? ( www.stuff.co.nz )
Obviously, I am not in this situation. Related article, wondering what is happening to this woman's house/loans/expenses/rent/car payments/etc...
*So far* ( mander.xyz )
Using Termux on Android for Self Hosting? Yes, really. – The Thin Computer ( thin.computer )
McPoverty ( lemmy.world )
What things do you refuse to pirate?
Which seas do you avoid?
Lawmakers pass milestone privacy bill overshadowed by TikTok fever ( www.politico.com )
The data-privacy bill passed Wednesday, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, H.R. 7520, is highly targeted: It prevents any companies considered data brokers — third-party buyers and sellers of personal information — from selling that information to China, Russia or other “foreign adversaries.”...
BitTorrent is No Longer the 'King' of Upstream Internet Traffic ( torrentfreak.com )
GOP base has shriveled compared to last presidential election ( www.newsweek.com )
The number of people who describe themselves as Republican has slightly declined since the last presidential election....
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App ( wedistribute.org )
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He's helping other projects in the space, too.
Flatpak be like... ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections ( www.axios.com )
http proxy that simplifies webpage for user txtdot ( github.com )
systeroid: sysctl TUI linux configuration tool ( github.com )
baca: epub mobi azw TUI terminal ebook reader ( github.com )
Android Microphone Snooping ( lemmy.world )
So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I'm getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it's accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root...
Mandatory Christmas Party ( lemmy.world )