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  • Who remembers when you needed a separate "Download Manager" to handle concurrent downloads?

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  • FlashGet was my jam back in the early 2000s. Then one day it downloaded malware a malicious third party had somehow managed to inject into its updater 😒

  • Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC

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  • Welp, looks like I'll need to get myself a PS5 then.

    Said no cunt ever

  • Britain's ex-ambassador to U.S. arrested over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

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  • It's hilarious* that no amount of child rape will move the police to do anything, but the second an errant dime jumps to the other side of the ledger, it's mass arrests of princes and politicians.

    Horrifying

  • Epstein arrests: 0. Nancy Guthrie: still missing. The head of the FBI:

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  • Charlie Kirk's killer turns himself in. This cunt literally says "we got him".

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL Antidepressants used to be called 'psychic energizers'

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antidepressant

  • Just getting into a little bit of Troubles

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  • There's some evidence/theories that the Northern Bank robbery was done to give ex-IRA members retirement funds 👀

  • ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront

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  • 'Steam Store Front' should be shortened to 'Stormfront'. At least then no one would be shocked when they discover it's teeming with illiterate bigots.

    All I can suggest is that you report and block as much as you can. If there's a game, like Relooted, that's a bug light for scumbags, go to its forums when you have 10 minutes free and just report the shitstains you come across. Steam does take action sometimes.

  • Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games

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  • My parents paid about that much for a SNES copy of Earthworm Jim back in the mid-90s. It was disgusting then and it's disgusting now, despite the fact that, adjusted for inflation, that would be £140 today. I mean I don't feel like we're getting a 50% discount when a game costs 70 fuckin' quid nowadays.

    There's really no reason to spend that anyway, not on PC at least. IsThereAnyDeal.com and the slightly questionable loaded.com (formerly cdkeys.com) give decent discounts even on day one (and Steam itself will eventually have it on sale, of course). Loaded isn't like G2A, which is a credit card thief's wonderland. It's more like when your uncle Jim crosses the border with 40 cartons of cigarettes secreted in the wheel wells of his truck because they cost 400% less over there. I can live with that level of mischief when it comes to AAA games that take the absolute piss with their prices and their hostage DLCs. EA, Ubisoft and Rockstar have not caused me a millisecond of lost sleep when I get their games for £3 six months after release from a code that was originally bundled with a new GPU. With how extremely easy it is to pirate games (something I haven't done in nearly 20 years), I don't feel like those larger AAA companies are meeting us half way, to say the fucking least.

  • The Wall Street Journal Gets Community Noted For Saying Gen Zers And Millennials Are 'Splurging On Rotisserie Chickens'

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  • If saving 5 bucks on your grocery bill is the thing that keeps your head above water... you're probably already deep enough to meet the ghost of that OceanGate CEO.

  • Is there a way to have a button on the taskbar that will perform the Win+M keyboard shortcut (i.e. 'minimise all windows') when clicked?

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  • One day, hopefully this year 🤞

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that the phrase "time is of the essence" comes from 18th century contract law

    www.myenglishpages.com /idiom/time-is-of-the-essence/

  • Rage for the machine?

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  • They could cover 'Killing in the Name' and not change a single lyric. They just need an aura of "and that's fine, actually" which will be provided by their TRUMP 2024 flags.

  • Windows 11 @lemmy.world
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    Is there a way to have a button on the taskbar that will perform the Win+M keyboard shortcut (i.e. 'minimise all windows') when clicked?

  • Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day

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  • but he make fun of trump he gud

  • Pam Bondi’s Prepared Insult Flash Cards Exposed by GOP Rep

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  • A genuinely, thoroughly reprehensible piece of human effluent. If she has kids they almost certainly hate her. Her lonely aged years will probably be the only consequence she faces for her despicable behaviour, but I guess it's better than nothing.

  • Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?

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  • Many newer fabrics don't require ironing, or not as much of it at least. Newer washing machines and driers, as well as newer fabric softeners and detergents, seem to play a role in the non-wrinkliness of clothing, too.

    I rarely own anything that would require regular ironing these days. I tend to avoid buying clothing that looks like it would be a pain in the ass to keep wrinkle-free. I guess in our parents' era there were no such choices available.

    Plastic in clothing might have circumvented the need for ironing, but of course it has brought its own issues. Plastic might be an apocalyptic death substance, or it might actually be fine to have 5% of our bodyweight to be nylon. Not sure which yet.

  • Dewormer ivermectin as cancer cure? RFK Jr.'s NIH funds "absurd" study.

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  • Why always Ivermectin? 😭 Is someone in the Trump admin on the board of directors for the manufacturer?

    There are tens of thousands of not millions of medications - both for humans and animals - but they always zero in on this fucking dewormer.

  • Where can I get a set of furry train tracks to complete the scene?

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  • Is our collective memory of this trope (man ties woman to train tracks) all based on one instance of it in one silent movie, or was it really as widespread a cliché as it seems to us nowadays? 🤔

  • British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'

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  • "If for some reason you need to murder a woman, lure her to Texas first." - Collin County

  • Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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  • They're banking on severe vendor lock-in preventing people from moving on. So many communities are solely on Discord now, it's insane.

    Would something like Stoat (previously known as Revolt) eventually have the same requirements?

  • Photo bomb

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  • Kid Rock is the people version of an above ground pool

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  • Kid Rock makes music for people who listen to Kid Rock.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Is there a word, perhaps as 40-letter compound word in German, that explains this annoying social phenomenon?

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Fake Shemp - Body doubles used in movies to replace actors who die or are otherwise unavailable

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fake_Shemp
  • Movies @lemmy.world
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    (Spoilers) In 12 Angry Men (1957), was the behaviour of the jurists strictly legal?

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    If a Space Elevator became a reality, wouldn't the cable act as a kind of wick for all of the unfiltered radiation from outside our atmosphere?

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Google support - the provider of the Gmail address I used to contact them about the Google One service I pay for - thinks my name is 'Playground'

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Egg tooth (temporary structure on the bills and snouts of oviparous animals to help them break through their eggshells at hatching)

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egg_tooth
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What movies or TV shows do a good job of representing your particular identity or life experiences?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why do some website logins have the username and password entry on different pages?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    "Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Does each country have a book/library of the laws of the land that a commoner can consult to check if they're about to do something illegal?

  • Creepy Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Mungyeong crucifixion case - In 2011, a South Korean pastor crucified himself with the aid of power tools and lumber, after months of extensive planning

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mungyeong_crucifixion_case
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling"

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?