Haus

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Absolute legend in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] Haus@kbin.social 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ESR: "Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch."

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Please turn off science (kbin.social)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Haus@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
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3 or 4 spam "Buy Phloboxidril Now In Your Area" posts per day were tolerable. 20 to 50 aren't. I know I could block the magazine, but I'm just one of the many who are subjected to it.

E2a: a day later I blocked science, only to find that askKbin also suffers from this spam

Banning spam accounts in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
[–] Haus@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

Science often has maybe 6 pharma ads every morning. Today it had so many I went looking for someplace to discuss it.

Why are there two different genres both called ARPG? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] Haus@kbin.social 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've spent a lot of time in RPGs, and the last time I RPed in a G was around the time George Bush's dad was president.

Why did they put eyeliner on evil Kirk 😳 in c/risa@startrek.website
[–] Haus@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is Ming the Merciless an example of this?

Casual UK, what's a question you're too embarrassed to ask? in c/casualuk@feddit.uk
[–] Haus@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do I do if Bob is indeed my uncle, but it's not alright?

Programming languages personified - leftoversalad in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] Haus@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago (4 children)

My experience in going from C to C++ was different: if you're not converting everything from mallocs with custom addressing systems to the collections framework, you're not living.

Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Haus@kbin.social 20 points 6 months ago

They named the bill wrong - it should be Kids' Act for Online Safety- KAOS.

Republicans' Election Riddled With Errors After Hand Counting Ballots in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago

Republicans' effort to count fails after they run out of fingers.

‘Could there be two worse options?’: Undecided voters weigh in on 2024 election in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Clinton/Trump, for one. Although there are literally billions of answers.

Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history in c/politics@lemmy.ml
[–] Haus@kbin.social 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As opposed to foreign autocrats like Putin buying votes, which is perfectly fine... Perfectly fine.

Multilingual folks: what are some odd idioms in your language(s)? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

This is a great one to see first "in the wild" while studying French. The trip from "this can't possibly be what they're saying" to "that was exactly what they were saying" is a wild one.

Retired Catholic bishop charged with sexual offenses in northwest Australia in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Aussie Pedo-Priest is all you need for a very dark horror-comedy.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT back online after 'major' outage (www.cnbc.com)
 

ChatGPT, OpenAI's viral chatbot was down and citing "high error rates" for the tool's more than 100 million weekly active users.

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Luminous 'mother-of-pearl' clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming (theconversation.com)
 

Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ‘polar stratospheric clouds’ kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ‘missing warming’ in climate models.

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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ (news.un.org)
 

A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.

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EPA to push ban of toxic chemical found in US drinking water (www.theguardian.com)
 

The EPA had strong limits on its use until the Trump administration reversed them; now the agency wants to ban it

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Alabama Mayor Kills Self After Right-Wing Blog Outs His Cross-Dressing (www.thedailybeast.com)
 

Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

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OpenAI to make models cheaper, more powerful in its first developer conference (www.reuters.com)
 

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to announce product enhancements that will make its AI models cheaper, with more functionality, in its first-ever developer conference on Monday.

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Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges (www.cnbc.com)
 

Amazon's ads strategy helped pump its profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the agency alleges.

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Health misinformation and lack of confidence in vaccines continue to grow, years after the Covid-19 pandemic, survey shows | CNN (www.cnn.com)
 

Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations in New York state (www.cnbc.com)
 

In addition to a financial settlement, Uber and Lyft agreed to ongoing changes in how they pay drivers and offer benefits in New York state

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One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don't We Have It? (www.vice.com)
 

In 2007, Canada started requiring all vehicles to have a cheap, effective anti-theft device. The U.S. didn't. Now, it is paying the price with a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts.

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‘Disturbing’: US infant mortality rises at highest rate in 20 years (www.theguardian.com)
 

CDC data shows rate rose 3% last year but experts say they are not sure why statistic that has been falling should have risen sharply

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