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What happened with active users on Lemmy?
  • That's stupid.

    The main problem with lemmy now is adoption, there isn't a critical mass of users yet.

    When users see the stats without lemmy.world, they'll be discouraged from joining. Add to that the issues with federation and the few who join will leave because of the steep learning curve.

    Way to alienate potential users.

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  • www.brusselstimes.com Audi Brussels remains at a standstill as workers take vehicle keys

    Workers have seized the keys of around 300 completed and unfinished vehicles, saying that no cars will leave the factory until Audi clarifies the future of the site.

    "workers remain on strike on Friday morning and have taken the keys to hundreds of vehicles".

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    www.brusselstimes.com Audi Brussels remains at a standstill as workers take vehicle keys

    Workers have seized the keys of around 300 completed and unfinished vehicles, saying that no cars will leave the factory until Audi clarifies the future of the site.

    "workers remain on strike on Friday morning and have taken the keys to hundreds of vehicles".

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    How can we make Linux more appealing as "just works"?
  • I tried switching to Linux many years ago (forgot what distro). It was hell.

    I don't remember the specifics anymore, but I remember encountering issues almost every step of the way. Driver support, not being able to find the right buttons, etc. Searching for fixes usually led me down a rabbit hole of "oh cool this user on this forum said in another thread that I just need to install Gobbledegook... But what is it and how do I install it?" and of course a bunch of things require CLI which I'm not fantastic at. Unfortunately I gave up after a week.

    Compared to that, Windows really "just works". I have had my share of frustrations, but it's usually with stuff that's comparatively an edge case when compared to the problems I had with Linux. I don't like that I'm giving money/data to a megacorp, but the price of that is convenience. I don't churn my own butter, I don't build my own car, I don't want to think too much about how my OS works under the hood.

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    Trump’s pledge to be ‘great for women and their reproductive rights’ angers advocates
  • "Women are the best, folks. Many people say that I hate women but I really don't. Trust me when I say I love women's rights. I love their right to dress sexy, I love their right to wear bikinis."

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    Trump rally: In battleground Pennsylvania, Trump tries to counter Harris’ surge | AP News
  • “It’s close. You can’t change Democrats’ minds no matter what. They’ve got a one-track mind, and that’s it,” he said.

    Bridy called Trump a “working class guy like us.”

    Am I reading The Onion or what?!

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    If billionaires could suddenly gain immortality, would the world's governments finally act against climate change?
  • You wish.

    If I were a sociopathic billionaire I would love some degree of global warming. The more you make part of the world unliveable, the more I can charge people for living conditions.

    I can create bio domes that have clean cool air and charge people to live in there. I've now successfully monetized clean air.

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    Logitech’s Subscription Mouse Idea Pulled Back After Backlash
  • at this rate, in 20 years some asshole capitalist will figure out how to monetize air as a subscription service and we'll all be living in a true dystopia

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    South Korea sent a fully-kitted out player for the Olympic shooting. Turkey sent an 51 yr old guy with no specialized lenses, eye cover or ear protection and got the silver medal
  • Hunting and precision shooting is different. Not to mention air powered guns are very different from gunpowder based firearms.

    Look, I'm not the right person you should be arguing this with - there isn't anything else I can say to convince you, except to say that the international world of shooting has accepted that corrective glasses don't confer an unfair advantage in competition. If you're really interested, find your local gun club, see if they have any air pistol events, try it out, ask the club director about the rules.

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    What has been the worst church service you have ever attended?
  • Not a church service, but I attended a church wedding.

    Pastor gave a sermon as is tradition during a church wedding. Every minute or so, he somehow managed to work in "and since you are in a place of God, you should not disrespect the bride and groom or our worshippers by using your phones".

    Bitch, I'm here to support my friend who's getting married, not your church or your worshippers. I know for a fact that my friend chose to get married in the church because it's cheaper, not because she's super religious. Also I'm agnostic and haven't read the Bible, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't say "thou shalt not use mobile phones in churches".

    I very pointedly had my phone out for his entire sermon out of spite

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    Trump Insists That He and His Weird VP Pick J.D. Vance Are 'Not Weird'
  • Don't forget that weird sofa dude was born as James Donald Bowman, and JD Vance is his preferred name.

    Keep that in mind when he attacks people with preferred names and deadnames trans folks.

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  • There's a certain cheesiness and non-political-correctness that's refreshing.

    Also discovered a few mods like Shockwave that I wanna try.

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    https:// archive.ph /VlObI

    According to Israel, the two Hamas and Fatah members who were killed were responsible for dozens of shooting attacks and planned to carry out more in Israeli territory

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    www.kyivpost.com 'Askold': Zelensky Confirms Destruction of Major Russian Warship

    The Russian Navy’s Askold was a cruise-missile-carrying corvette destroyed in weekend air strikes in Crimea near Kerch Bridge.

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    www.timesofisrael.com Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official

    Israeli officials say inspectors uncovered oxygen concentrators for tunnels used by Palestinian terror groups inside truck carrying aid to Strip

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    www.jpost.com IDF releases proof of Hamas stealing gas from Gazan hospitals

    "Fill it up now, people are depending on us! They're about to shoot us they're so anxious [to get fuel]. For the love of God."

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    www.cnn.com Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped from music festival, found dead, Israel says | CNN

    A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been found dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

    A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

    “We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani (Louk) was found and identified,” the ministry posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.

    A source involved with her identification told CNN Louk’s death was announced after forensic examiners found a bone fragment from her skull.

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    www.cnbc.com Hollywood writers and studios reach tentative deal to end strike after nearly 150 days

    Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops.

    Hollywood scribes initiated a work stoppage in early May as negotiations broke down with studios including Disney, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery.

    Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops.

    The WGA and AMPTP are still drafting the final contract language.

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    www.bonappetit.com Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave

    Experts say, even if it claims to be “microwave-safe.”

    Experts say even if it claims to be “microwave-safe.”

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    news.yahoo.com Return to the office? These workers quit instead.

    When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr's return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company's Brooklyn office but instead was required to report to one in Los ...

    And buried in the middle of the article:

    "He and his colleagues believe that the company's move was the result of workers' decision to unionize."

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    www.nytimes.com Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move

    In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.

    In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.

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    apnews.com Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations in 20 states, Stellantis and GM are targeted

    The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states.

    The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states.

    Another 5,600 additional workers joined the strike on top of the 13,000 of the 146,000 members that began the strike one week ago.

    Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union’s demands during negotiations over the past week, said UAW President Shawn Fain.

    “We’ve made some real progress at Ford,” Fain said during an online presentation to union members. “We still have serious issues to work through, but we do want to recognize that Ford is showing that they are serious about reaching a deal.”

    “At GM and Stellantis, it’s a different story,” he said. Those companies, he said, have rejected the union’s proposals for cost-of-living increases, profit sharing and job security.

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    www.theguardian.com Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen | Robert Reich

    Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us

    Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us

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    https:// www.npr.org /2023/09/18/1200052537/uaw-strike-worker-job-plant-layoffs-day-4-gm-ford
    • Union strategy: 13,000 autoworkers at the three Midwest plants, about 9% of the unionized workforce at the Big Three automakers, were the first to walk off the job. Now, more workers are temporarily out of work as the automakers are asking hundreds of non-striking workers not to show up to work.
    • Negotiation and demands: The UAW's call for a 40% pay increase is still intact as negotiations continue. Also on the docket are pensions, cost-of-living adjustments and quality-of-life improvements.
    • Reactions: President Biden urged automakers to share their profits with workers as the strike tested his bid to be the "most pro-labor" president. He is dispatching Julie Su, the acting labor secretary, and Gene Sperling, a White House senior adviser, to Detroit to help with negotiations.
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    apnews.com Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike

    Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision following similar pauses in the past few days by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”

    Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”

    Maher last week said he would bring his show back into production, but on Monday said he’ll wait because talks are scheduled to begin between producers and writers on Wednesday.

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    www.theguardian.com Flight attendants threaten strikes over low pay and unpaid work

    Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits

    Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits

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    Probably not the best time for this topic as we're heading into cold weather, but...

    do you drink cold brew? What teas do you use for cold brew? How long do you steep in the fridge? Do you start with room temp water or cold water?

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    www.epi.org CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021

    What this report finds: Corporate boards running America’s largest public firms are giving top executives outsize compensation packages that have grown much faster than the stock market and the pay of typical workers, college graduates, and even the top 0.1%. In 2021, we project that a CEO at one of...

    "average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989"

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