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  • What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"?

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  • Remember a few years back when all new companies were just normal words with (all/most of) the vowels removed?

    It's all fads. Creativity requires more risk than the current environment is willing to accept. So you just do whatever everyone else is doing and call it revolutionary anyway.

  • The World Factbook (surprisingly useful reference provided by CIA, just suddenly closed without notice)

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  • Not my site, but credit where it's due: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/

    Up through 2020 is at the archive, and this guy uploaded that latest version to github as well.

    Edit: through 2020 is at the archive as zip downloads. 2021 through 2024 is available as their normal wayback archive for browsing.

  • Overbearing datetime pickers

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  • And they always include the newest year, just in case a 5-week-old is using the website.

  • Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen ‘Melania’ after marquee jokes

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  • They're never gonna financially recover from this.

  • Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026

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  • The original Japanese release of The Legend of Zelda was February 21, 1986, making it 40 in just under three weeks.

    North American and European releases were in the summer and fall of 1987, though.

  • Simple pleasures

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  • Would you eat them in a box?Would you eat them with a fox?

  • What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?

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  • I did a pretty extreme weight loss a few years back, and in two months, I lost 20 pounds.

    Even that was a bit more than is recommended without strict medical supervision. Two pounds per week is kind of the upper bound of "normal" weight loss. Don't attempt more without a very, very good reason, and an even better doctor.

  • How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security?

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  • Whatever I would do, I most certainly wouldn't post it on the internet.

  • How do I keep a brand new one of these mats from wanting to keep curling up on the ends?

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  • You can't attach it to the floor, but can you use some good double-sided tape or super glue to attach some steel weights to the underside of the corners?

    Any home improvement store should have some flat bar. 1/8" or about 3mm should be flat enough to avoid a tripping hazard, but check local regs for commercial properties.

  • How to say "Donald Trump" or "Elon Musk" without mentioning their names?

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  • Sounds like an automatic thing, so any nicknames or euphemisms that catch on would just get added to the list.

    That said, it all depends where you want to fall on the respectful/rude spectrum. I'd go with rude: "The most unpopular President in at least 150 years" is both accurate and specific to Trump. "The owner of xAI, the world's leading distributor of CSAM and NCII" for Musk. Longer descriptive statements are harder to auto-block without catching a lot of false positives.

  • How/why does Microsoft teams exist?

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  • There is no market Microsoft won't half-ass their way into.

    Purely as an expression. Teams is nowhere near usable enough to give it that much credit.

  • “This is a f—ing disaster”: Generational Republican family loses its 95-year-old Sawmill as Trump’s tariff chaos wipes out jobs

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  • "I lost my job, my house, and most of my friends. My kids won't talk to me, my retirement is wiped out, and I have to pass through 12 armed checkpoints to go anywhere in town.

    But I'm also seeing fewer people putting pronouns in their bio, so I guess it was all worth it."

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    TIL that 49% of americans believe the country is worse off under Trump than under Biden. 32% believe the country is better off. 19% say it's about the same.

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  • Based on a New York Times/Siena poll of 1,625 registered voters nationwide conducted Jan. 12 to 17.

    The full results are also linked in the article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/polls/times-siena-national-poll-crosstabs.html

    Interestingly (or not, given the NYT refusal to say anything too negative about Trump), the headline numbers may be the most favorable to Trump. Other figures:

    Country is on the Right/Wrong Track: 37/562026 Congressional Race Dem/Rep: 48/43Trump Approval Strong Approve/Disapprove: 25/47 (40/56 with "somewhat" answers)Party of respondent Dem/Rep: 26/29

    And the 19% who think the country is the same as a year ago is bad news for Trump. Incumbents (or close proxies, in this case) don't get voted out when things are going well. People were generally unhappy in late 2024; 19% are still unhappy, and 49% think (recognize) it's even worse.

  • To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

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  • Donald Trump just casually creating more American leftists than an entire generation of Democrats could ever hope to create.

  • Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975?

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  • I wonder if they could have been inspired by the writings (and some illustrations) of HP Lovecraft? I'm no lore expert there, but a Beholder wouldn't be out of place by the side of some of the others.

  • Fighting words

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  • Post-Chaplinsky

    The Court has continued to uphold the doctrine but also steadily narrowed the grounds on which fighting words are held to apply.

    Not a lawyer, but the subsequent cases seem to limit the doctrine so much that it hasn't really been upheld at all. Basically now you can't be charged with assault if both parties literally agree to fight. Everything else sure seems to be covered as free speech.

  • Shots fired...good thing Storm Troppers can't hit anything

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  • Unpopular opinion of the day: "The Force" isn't any more magic than Betazoid telepathy, replicators, or transporters.

  • In order to be allowed to drive, you don't just have to promise to pay if you hit someone, you have to pay in advance in case you hit someone

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  • True. No argument there.

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    What's your favorite thanksgiving pie?

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Dwarf Tyrant vs Tyrant^2: Who would win?

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website

    www.404media.co /anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/
  • THE POLICE PROBLEM @lemmy.world
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    Broward Co. to vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office

    cbs12.com /news/local/broward-county-to-vacate-convictions-for-people-who-bought-crack-made-by-sheriffs-office-supreme-court-reverse-sting-1993-ruling-state-attorney
  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Did someone say "treat?"

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    JD is headed to Kentucky

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    "Optimizing"

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL ~62% of the atoms in a human body are Hydrogen, and are as old as the universe.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Composition_of_the_human_body