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MurrayL

@ MurrayL @lemmy.world

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  • Why do some people have so many browser tabs open?

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  • The weirdest thing to me is how some people brag about how many tabs they have open as if it’s a competition. Like, it shouldn’t be a point of pride, it just shows you don’t know how to use bookmarks.

    I think it’s closely related to people with tens of thousands of emails in their inbox, and people who keep all their files on their desktop. Some people just live in chaos.

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • In a letter, Valve have also reproached developers Flick Games for failing "to do your due diligence regarding where your game is allowed to be distributed, and to inform us of any territory where it cannot be" […] As of writing, Valve appear to be the only platform who have caved to Russian state requests to censor the game.

    Surprised Valve are still operating in Russia given the optics, but I guess Gabe still needs another yacht or three.

  • Christina Chong Has a Wild Idea for a 'Doctor Who' and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Crossover

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  • Well I don’t know about another musical episode, but the muppets are definitely coming in season 4 of SNW.

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    ha ha ha 'm very serious

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  • or else ?

    They’re not even sure

  • Top 200 Most Common Passwords | NordPass

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  • In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon - Ars Technica

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  • Yes, but I was specifically talking about the way usage has shifted over the last 20 years.

  • In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon - Ars Technica

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  • It’s interesting how quickly they evolved in the last ~20 years.

    From :-) to :) to 🙂

  • Non-US Lemmings, how is Christmas celebrated where you are?

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  • UK here. Pretty similar to the US in most respects, I think? But we have Christmas pudding, the queen’s king’s speech on telly, and Boxing Day on the 26th.

    My wife is Belgian, so in our house we combine the otherwise conflicting traditions of when to open presents: most stuff gets opened at midnight, in the European fashion, but then we save the smaller ‘stocking filler’ gifts until the morning. Best of both worlds!

  • How is it called to be able to add "rulers" or "paths" to the vision for orientation?

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  • Hallucination

  • RIP Mac Pro, I guess.

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  • In no world has Apple ever been the cheaper option

  • If a trunk at the front is called fruck, then a trunk at the back should be brunk.

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  • Am British, can confirm: the bonnet is the door you open to access the engine bay. The space for luggage is called the boot, and the door you open to access it is called the boot lid.

  • "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

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  • No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British

  • How do you pronounce in words the following two references to money: "6½d" and "6s. 6d." from a 1904 text?

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  • Perhaps of note that the pronunciations of some penny amounts are not intuitive, e.g.

    • 2d = tuppence
    • 3d = thruppence

    In all cases, the ‘pence’ is commonly squished together so it sounds more like ‘pns’ (like in comeuppance).

  • Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]

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  • FYI you can just post the link without shilling for your preferred search engine

  • Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]

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  • People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.

    Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.

    The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.

  • IWGB union file legal claims against Rockstar, due to GTA 6 maker allegedly refusing to negotiate over firings

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  • "We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting, and we will mount a full legal defence with our expert group of caseworkers, legal officers and barristers," added IWGB president Alex Marshall. "Employers like Rockstar would do well to understand that private spaces such as trade union Discord servers have protections, and that their company’s contractual clauses do not supersede UK law."

    Yeah! Get ‘em!

  • Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall

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  • I feel like the people complaining here have no idea how much work is involved in compiling and maintaining the OED.

    This is a full reference of the English language intended for academics and professional contexts, not just a place to check spelling.

  • Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall

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  • Yep, exactly this.

    I use OED as my standard reference when writing - I can log in from anywhere with my library card number and get full access without paying a penny.

  • Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping

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  • Yeah, when I was at school in the early 00s we were specifically banned from referencing Wikipedia as a source because it was seen as untrustworthy.