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Ukraine is winning — and it is changing
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Lmao Putin bros on suicide watch. Stay mad.
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Ukraine is winning — and it is changing
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Lmao Putin bros on suicide watch. Stay mad.
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Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout (From the Lemmy Developer)
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Personally, I'd rather my open source, decentralized software be developed by a nearly fanatical communist than a slimy entrepreneur/capitalist. Either could try to pull the rug out from under you, but at least one is internally consistent until then...
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Do you think the guys on the titanic submarine will be rescued?
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I work on robotics and drones for the military and we use game controllers for teleoperation all the time. There are some times we use more rugged and robust controllers, but they are essentially just expensive, yellow Playstation controllers with e-stop buttons on the bottom (look up Fort robotics controller).
I think you'd be surprised at how often the military uses game controllers for mission critical tech. The convergent design of game controllers has kind of solved the problem of minimal, handheld, input-output machines that are capable of commanding difficult procedures.
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EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!
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I hope everything just becomes brushed aluminum ffs. I hate all these glass back phones
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Microsoft says the 2-3 year development cycles of big-budget games are over
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I honestly bet ESVI just started actual, large scale development recently. Like within the last year as Starfield is wrapping up. We aren't seeing that game until like 2026-2027 imo.
We might have actually gone from the last Space Shuttle flight (July 8, 2011) to the first moon landing since Apollo (2025-2026) before ESVI is released. Crazy.
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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak?
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Also what hasn't been touched on very much in this thread is the increase in interest rates from the Federal Reserve. The money hose has shut off and expansionary business policy won't work for the foreseeable future even disregarding a recession. All these internet companies have developed and grown in an essentially 0% interest rate environment that rewarded growth beyond all else. With rates increasing, investment in risky companies that may or may not grow is becoming a less attractive option when you can just buy a 5% bond and so I bet a lot of these non-profitable, growth-focused web companies are seeing liquidity dry up and are having to reach profitability to avoid bankruptcy since servicing new debt in this current interest environment is basically impossible without solid cashflow and a clear corporate vision.
This is leading to all these companies suddenly raising prices, cutting staff, choking competition, and cheaping out to try and break even instead of grow. It's a paradigm shift.
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Average LateX user
Lmao my femdom, math undergrad fiance in a nutshell.
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Tiktok alternatives on Fediverse?
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I think eventually storage density will scale beyond data size growth and we will reach a point where even videos are nothing and then distributed video hosting will be possible, but it's probably a ways off. Think about how much it took to just store text files or music like 30 years ago vs now. We aren't there yet but it may happen.
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The cycle of the day...
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Boost is what I have been using for years on android so this makes me super happy to hear. I'm gonna miss boost. I even donated to the dev a few times because I appreciated the app so much and he was very responsive when I wanted a new image hosting site to be supported within the app display.
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How’s everyone liking this so far?
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If on android, there's Jerboa for an app. Kbin is working on an app iirc. It's all open source too, so if it really picks up there will probably be a few others that pop up eventually.
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Wow, just wow "Hey /r/piracy. Reddit admins de-modded the captain and put a sword to the mod-team's necks to re-open. It seems they really demand valuable input from pirates...."
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Honestly, regarding the fewer restrictions thing, why do we still have rules against not sharing links? What's gonna stop the community since it's more free from authority?
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Meow meow rule meow
Need.
Still cis tho
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Subreddits you are going to miss?
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There's lemmynsfw instance trying to jumpstart the nsfw communities. That's about it so far. I also miss the ability to either sort by or filter out NSFW.
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this is not cool
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Yeah this screams GenZ. I respect it.
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the best browser
Fucking based, OP. Chromium users blown tf out
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Do you think the guys on the titanic submarine will be rescued?
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Rarely in my line of work but we do do it sometimes. To your point, outside of what I do I'm not sure how often game controllers are used in situations like passenger flight or submarines where you can't just mash the e-stop button and bail out.
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Subreddits you are going to miss?
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/c/rolereversal is hosted here on lemmy.world
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EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!
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I hate wireless charging too, though. It's inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, I can still use my phone while it's plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.
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Gaming mega-publisher Embracer to close studios, cancel games after $2B deal crumbles
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All these companies are ran by fucking idiots that don't understand the world or economics.
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Subreddits you are going to miss?
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Well, there are only 6 posts as of right now. I started it because I was gonna miss it too. I also have some experience running a role reversal instagram account.