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  • "The reviews got lower and lower": Dev says his puzzle game is suffering on Steam because young people "don't know how to write emails anymore"

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  • It turns out, an NPC named Sarah, who is able to receive real-life emails from players crucial to advancement of the story, held all the answers.

    Malmehed looked in Sarah's email inbox and found thousands of emails from 2025 alone. Concerningly, he also saw that "about a third of them" didn't have anything in the main body - everything was crammed into the subject line, which was preventing the in-game system from identifying the keywords necessary to respond.

    "That's something I've noticed a lot of young people are doing these days," he told Polygon. "So I believe the users are in general pretty young."

    "No form of modern communication requires a subject and a body — it's easy to see how people [who are] not familiar with email aren't filling out both fields."

  • Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

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  • I can’t speak to all of Canada, but my in-laws live in Quebec and I see a lot of EVs up there, but a different mix than what we have in my part of the US. In Quebec they have a lot of hydroelectric energy and electricity is relatively cheap. Where I am in the US there are a lot of Tesla vehicles, especially the model Y. We see other brands but at a rough guess I’d say Tesla is over 50% of the electric cars. Where my in-laws are in Quebec the Teslas are pretty rare and I see a lot more of the cheaper cars with shorter ranges, like the Hyundai Kona EV or Chevrolet Bolt. The F-150 Lightning (recently discontinued) also seems much more popular up there; people can still put all their accessories on it to carry their snowmobiles and camping gear.

  • Steam Deal: [Steam] The Caribbean Sail ( $4.49 / 70% )

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  • So it’s an Oregon Trail parody? Homage?

  • Battery drain on my iPhone 15 pro max

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  • Is that saying that the Mail app is the largest user of your battery? That would seem odd; do you use it a lot?

  • How do I properly and safely clean smartphone?

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  • The best option is to look at the manufacturer for your phone. They should have instructions for your model. These iPhone instructions are a good general guide, but there might be specific recommendations for whatever model you’re cleaning.

  • Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales

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  • It shows just how much he has changed in the last few years (beyond the obvious white-nationalist stuff), as Musk originally said Tesla would pivot to a more traditional design if the Cybertruck failed. It has failed. Now what?

    I feel like his ego was already strong enough back then that he never had any intention to pivot

  • Tinfoil is good for more than just making hats...

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  • It seems to be a “maybe” with anecdotes from soldiers on both sides but little documentation

  • Windows 7

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  • Windows 7 Ultimate!

  • INFLATABLE TANKS, THE ALLIES' NEW WEAPON

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  • Meanwhile wasn’t there a story about the Germans building a decoy airfield with wooden airplanes and other things to look convincing and then when they finished the Allies sent a single fighter bomber to drop a single wooden bomb decoy on the runway?

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    Any good no‑download browser games lately? I found a neat incremental one

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  • Steam Deal: [DEV] Minesweeper Ultimate ($1.04 / -65%)

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  • Apparently there’s a whole world of competitive minesweeper and versions that are seen as better and give more accurate results for competition that are also free. Three seem to be the standouts: Minesweeper Arbiter, Minesweeper X (supposed to be the best to run on WINE), and Viennasweeper. They also track different statistics that seem related to making the best moves.

    This game on sale offers some different formats like triangles and hexagons, though, if that appeals to you.

  • Uh oh

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  • That makes sense; I saw another post from op that looks the same

  • Uh oh

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  • I’ve tried multiple apps and all show this picture as mostly gray, like a corrupted file

  • Rural women carrying goods to market in Ottoman Palestine, sometime between 1889 and 1914

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  • Was this colorized later or an early use of color film?

  • TIL over 40 000 people have used the social security number 078 05 1120 in the United States.

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  • In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher.

    Although the snafu gave her a measure of fame, it was mostly a nuisance. The FBI even showed up at her door to ask her about the widespread use of her number. In later years she observed: "They started using the number. They thought it was their own. I can't understand how people can be so stupid. I can't understand that."

    One embarrassing episode was the fault of the Social Security Board itself. In 1940 the Board published a pamphlet explaining the new program and showing a facsimile of a card on the cover. The card in the illustration used a made-up number of 219-09-9999. Sure enough, in 1962 a woman presented herself to the Provo, Utah Social Security office complaining that her new employer was refusing to accept her old Social Security number--219-09-9999. When it was explained that this could not possibly be her number, she whipped out her copy of the 1940 pamphlet to prove that yes indeed it was her number!

  • we need more users

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  • Is this strictly Lemmy or does it include related platforms like PieFed and Mbin? Because it seems like there has been some shift to PieFed

  • Wats the legal test for consummation?

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  • In Scotland, although marriage was formed by simple consent and required no formalities or consummation, the bedding rituals were widespread but unstructured; a couple simply wanted someone to see them in bed together. A couple could also be pressured into marriage in this way: a person stumbling upon an unmarried couple in bed could pronounce them man and wife on the spot.

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  • Wait, so the Thomas’s English Muffin was their invention?

  • The Hindenburg passing over New Jersey the day of the disaster, USA, 1937

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  • I’m not sure it’s a mansion since it seems to have storefronts at street level. Maybe a boarding house or hotel?

  • As long as the temperature stays in a very narrow optimal range for me, it's over for you bitches!

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  • All we have to do to stop her is put different shapes in the square hole

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Maybe sprinkling 1337 into our online texts would make them less useful to AI training

  • Beavers @lemmy.world
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    Look at how proud he is of his work.

  • math @lemmy.world
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    First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

    www.quantamagazine.org /first-shape-found-that-cant-pass-through-itself-20251024/
  • Hockey @lemmy.ca
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    Anybody watching tonight’s Whalers at Nordiques game?

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Firefighters rescue man stuck in slide on Vernon [Connecticut] playground

    www.nbcconnecticut.com /news/local/firefighters-rescue-man-stuck-in-slide-on-vernon-playground/3626381/
  • Bun Alert System @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Photo by @JimsPhotos@ohai.social

  • Offbeat @lemmy.ca
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    Selfies of woman "dripping in diamonds" on cruise led to her arrest for jewelry theft, police say

    www.cbsnews.com /news/selfies-woman-dripping-diamonds-cruise-arrest-jewelry-theft/
  • Books @lemmy.ml
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    What English translation of The Three Musketeers do you like?

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Admiral Wonderboat

    Physical Media Forever

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Jim Benton

    fffft

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
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    Found this old post. Wonder if they’re still using AOL?

  • IdiotsInCars @lemmy.world
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    Once again: “a bad driver never misses their turn”

  • Crazy Fucking Videos @lemmy.world
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    Moving Freight Train Hit by Tornado (2009)

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL The Hayes Barton neighborhood in Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh's birthplace

    www.britishexplorers.com /woodbury/hayesba.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired

    mobilesyrup.com /2025/02/15/blackberrys-expired-keyboard-patent/
  • Food Crimes - Offenses against nutrition @midwest.social
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    I believe Skyline Chili-flavored ice cream should meet the definition of a food crime

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    The best “I told you so”s are the ones where you never have to say “I told you so” because the other person clearly knows you told them so

  • Electricians @lemmy.world
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    Is this outlet okay?