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  • A Utah city is removing raised traffic-calming measures on a busy road after backlash from residents

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  • Citation? All I can find is that they ended mandates in April 2021, but nothing about a ban.

  • Is it technically possible to end a declarative statement with a contraction?

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  • it'sn't

  • Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report

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  • This article should be Exhibit A in any class on "correlation does not imply causation."

    1. Gambling was made more accessible in the US because of a SCOTUS case in 2018. Starting later that year, Delaware became the 2nd state to allow sports betting (after Nevada). The list of states allowing access to online sports betting keeps growing, with Missouri the latest to join less than 3 months ago. 39 states now have gambling in some form, with 7 more considering legislation in the next year or two.
    2. Gaming revenue took off in 2020-2021 because more people were spending all day at home. It has since flattened, or slightly declined as a) pandemic-era games that were written and designed in those tough circumstances turned out poorly. b) gaming company execs thought the gravy train would never end, so set projections too high. c) acquisitions and mergers due to a combination of a) and b) meant massive layoffs and low-effort slop. d) VCs bought up the shells of former successes and accelerated c). Oh look:

    A new report by Epyllion, a gaming industry advisory company headed by venture capitalist and market guru

    These two things have nothing to do with one another, besides coincidentally happening at roughly the same time.

  • Multiplayer car games?

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  • Wreckfest 2 is in early access, if that counts as upcoming. Same developer as Flatout 2, so it should feel similar, just more modern.

  • What's your pitch for a new pizza?

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  • The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files

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  • Wait until you see the page that redacted the word "don't". As in, "Don T." Why would that be a term they targeted??

  • 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.

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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."

  • 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