[blue] If you could push a button that gives you a hundred thousand dollars but a random person dies, would you do it?  [yellow, cautious] Interesting thought experiment… intuitively, I’d say no, but it’s worth thinking about… it’s a genuine moral dilemma in a capitalist world: there’s a dialectic between our desires and the common good… MEANWHILE, BILLIONAIRES [an orange guy in a suit is shown with a terrifying grin pushing as many buttons as possible at once on a table, slamming one of the buttons, and even using their foot to press an extra one]

I just don’t understand how this is a metric now. With programmers, I can at least see how someone who doesn’t know any better might think lines of code is a good metric. But this?

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Tiny11 builds a Windows 11 ISO that is 3.7GB in size, and installs in less than 10GB. It is so stripped down it doesn’t even have a web browser, so it requires minimal updates, and runs great as a VM.

Edit: Second pic: Now she’s lying down Edit2: Third pic, all curled up

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46848864

I drove by it yesterday and wondered about the weird bowling pin shape.

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True ‘skeletonization’ also includes the trimming away of any non-essential metal on the bridge, plate, wheel train or any other mechanical part of the watch, leaving only a minimalist ‘bare’ skeleton of the movement required for functionality.

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As always, stay tuned here on !comicstrips@lemmy.world for a slow trickle out of Jucika comics, but if you want to find more, here’s a good post with a large collection that /u/JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social posted last year: https://piefed.social/post/1258520.

I’m sure most of you here have heard about Cemu’s woes over the last few days. The AppImage and Ubuntu zip assets of Cemu 2.6 on the official GitHub was “compromised by a pro-Russian threat actor”.

Hi all, for my own selfhosting needs i looked into many different dashboards, but none really fit my bill.

A source has revealed that the Lord of the Rings MMORPG was cancelled after the New World team was transferred over mere weeks before the layoffs.

Yes, that’s a real thing now: https://genesis.energy.gov/

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Rain all day today! Looks like night time lows wont dip too far below 50 for the grow season. Just brought all my suffering babies outside today!

Safari and Firefox change how big sites render based on the domain. TikTok, Netflix, Instagram… even SeatGuru. Chrome doesn’t. Why is that?

The ongoing AI-driven memory squeeze is showing no signs of leveling. Translation: manufacturers are going to have to contend with component headaches for a while longer and consumers shouldn’t expect any relief at checkout anytime soon.

Update your nginx instances

I didn’t realize it was so bad

I’m sure most of you here have heard about Cemu’s woes over the last few days. The AppImage and Ubuntu zip assets of Cemu 2.6 on the official GitHub was “compromised by a pro-Russian threat actor”.

Seven in 10 Americans oppose constructing data centers for artificial intelligence in their local area, including nearly half, 48%, who are strongly opposed. Barely a quarter favor these projects, with 7% strongly in favor.

Amazon has told employees that the AI token statistics would not be used in performance evaluations. But several staff members said they believed managers were monitoring the data.

A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

Rae The Doe Comic Strip 2026-05-14 | Comics Kingdom

Call for open-source work to be recognised as voluntary work for the common good – on a par with voluntary work for community organisations, youth work or emergency services.