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Technology@lemmy.world•After Uber Destroyed Taxi Cabs, Drivers Now Face the Existential Threat of Self-Driving Cars: "It feels like every time I adjust to a new reality, another tech comes along & threatens my livelihood."English
42·5 days agoYes, that was the plan all along. Uber intended to be a robotaxi company, but self-driving car technology was not ready. They launched with human drivers to build up market share. The plan was always to funnel profits from ride-shares into self-driving cars and then start replacing human driven cars with robots, where it would be profitable.
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News@lemmy.world•Danny Masterson Loses Rape Conviction Appeal, Judges Uphold 30-Year Prison Sentence
1·7 days agoThe jury determines guilt while the judge sets the sentence.
As someone who has lived in New England for the last 30 years, I have to tell you that that description is bullshit.
The old man who runs the dump keeps his hand of glory in a Red Sox glass. The Bruins mug belongs to his son.
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Firefox@lemmy.ml•Firefox's new ad: "It’s time to come back to Firefox. The Internet you loved is still here."
3·8 days agoAs someone who grew up on that old web, I am grateful that the board game hobbyist community is still using Board Game Geek. That site is just a reskin of a pile of PHPbb forums.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's your favorite example of a non-nazi dog whistle?
451·10 days agoMy favorite dog whistle (that went over my head, because I was not the audience for it) was the Subaru “Come out and play” commercial.
If I remember it correctly, the ad was mostly footage of Subaru SUVs driving over rocks and through streams while a voice over talks about the cars’ off-road capabilities. The ads would always end with the narrator saying "Subaru invites you to come out and play.”
As a straight man, I always assumed that the commercial was about how much fun it is to drive a Subaru up a mountain. Apparently, I was missing the point. The nature footage was all a distraction to pacify the straights. The real commercial was just the sentence fragment “Subaru invites you to come out”. It was meant to say that Subaru supports queer people. It was a resounding success in promoting the ‘Subaru driving lesbian’ stereotype.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Police Called On 3-Year-Old Black Boy Because He Was Too Good At SoccerEnglish
95·10 days agoThe article makes it (slightly) less bad. 3 year old was kicked out of a 5 year old league for being too good and ruining competitive balance. The kid’s parents took it badly and would not leave until police intervened.
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Uplifting News@lemmy.world•'Everyone laughed' when he started a pumpkin farm—now it brings in $2 million a yearEnglish
8·17 days agoIf you read the article, he does not even grow his own pumpkins anymore but buys them from other farms in the area. It is more of a pumpkin themed seasonal theme park.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something dumb or useless people do when cooking because they saw it on from a YouTube video?
101·21 days agoA month ago, my wife saw a nice looking cookie recipe on Instagram. When she tried it herself, the cookies came out looking amazing. We had to throw them out because they tasted awful.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something dumb or useless people do when cooking because they saw it on from a YouTube video?
2·21 days agoI crack with the blade of a knife (since I generally have one handy to chop whatever else I am including in the dish). I can get a very good crack with minimal force. Since it is such a small break, there aren’t any large pieces of shell to get into the food. I don’t cook recipes that require separating the white from the yolk, so I am not sure how often I break the membrane between the two, but from casual observation, it is almost never.
As my therapist likes to point out, no one is calling out my gross incompetence, so I can’t be doing that bad.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why can't job hunting be convenient as a digital download?
2·27 days agoApplying for jobs is intentionally difficult. A company needs to be able to review applications as fast as they come in. By adding a lot of needless busywork to the application process, the company ensures that the candidate thinks applying to this job is worth 10 minutes of their life. The fear is if companies make it too easy to apply, candidates will just apply to every job posting they see without considering if they are qualified for the job.
That is also why companies have resume keyword filtering, AI candidate reviews, and recruiting interns administering standardized tests. Companies I have worked at put a lot of effort to not have (highly paid) hiring managers digging through resumes just to reject candidates lacking any relevant skills. I assume companies would rather immediately reject the ideal candidate because a computer did not understand that “automobile” and “automotive” are synonyms rather than rejected that candidate because they are the 501st person to apply for the job and the manager made an offer after reviewing 500 candidates.
If the point is just to slow down applications, it would be better if people did not have to play stupid games, but could set up a system where a person can only apply for a limited number of jobs (maybe 5/day). I would assume that that would not be realistic to build, since people would game the system by setting up duplicate accounts and the more you try to weed them out, the more you will have people denied access to jobs because of false positives.
I assume it is because the show is too popular. Amazon makes more from show viewers than they lose to upset Trump fans.
Also, they have started a spin-off series, Neagle. Maybe it is a ploy to reduce the role of Ritchson in the franchise, though I assume it is to reduce the royalties they pay to the book author. I noticed that the opening credits to Neagle do not mention the author, probably because it is not based on any of the books, just a character from the book universe.
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Technology@lemmy.world•“Has No Friends”: Amazon Is Keeping Amazingly Detailed Records on Its Customers and They Are Downright Insulting: Here's how to check yours.English
7·28 days agoIt was a boring dud for me, just that I prefer grey ELEGOO filament for my 3D printer.
I don’t buy much on Amazon, but it should be more than just filament. No notes about headphone choice or random one-of items I have bought?
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Technology@lemmy.world•“Has No Friends”: Amazon Is Keeping Amazingly Detailed Records on Its Customers and They Are Downright Insulting: Here's how to check yours.English
4·28 days agoAmazon has no idea about my board game addiction because I don’t typically buy games on Amazon. They have a reputation for selling low quality bootlegs as legit. Besides, I can often find a better price on comparison shopping sites like https://www.boardgameoracle.com/ or https://boardgameprices.com/
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Nintendo Switch 2 should have been called Super Nintendo Switch
14·1 month agoNo, it should have been The Switcheroo
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Games@lemmy.world•Xbox Reportedly Plots Second Layoff Wave This Week, with Blizzard and Halo Studios both in the Firing LineEnglish
4·1 month agoI wonder if the timing is affected by multiple Xbox studios unionizing.
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News@lemmy.world•‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts
7·1 month agoMaybe he could get consenting partners, but wants a girl passed out drunk before he makes his move? Judging by the fact that he is obsessed with improving his own appearance, I assume he is extremely insecure about his body. Is he too shy to undress in front of someone who will remember what he looks like?
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•MrBeast's book actually sold decently well, so there's talk of film rightsEnglish
1·2 months agoAll I know about him is that he has a very large YouTube audience and that he does particularly well among young adults. That is an audience that has (a little bit of) disposable income but is still learning how to make good use of their money. I assume Mr. Beast advertised his book non-stop on his channel, so his viewers went out and purchased it.





Yes, they can impeach (put Trump on trial) but they cannot remove him from office. They would need a supermajority of the Senate for that. Trump has already been impeached twice.
The only threat the Democrats have is to make the impeachment trial a public affair and present evidence of Trump’s wrongdoing. They cannot force him to testify under oath due to the Fifth Amendment. It will not do much good since Trump is not allowed to run for reelection.