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  • As a European where gambling apps have become pervasive, America isn’t ready for the amount of gambling addiction that is about to happen as all these states loosen their betting laws.

    In Ireland now for years, you couldn’t watch a sports event without a million ads for a bunch of shitty gambling and sports betting apps. I hate it. It should be banned. The ads that is, if people want to piss away their money, it’s not my business, but at the very least, it shouldnt be allowed to be marketed so heavily.









  • Can we make toothpaste tablets a thing finally ffs.

    Glass jars with tablets that break under a bite and then foam like tooth paste with fluoride and shit. You can get them online.

    It’s less wasteful since the jar is reusable and doesn’t contain plastic. And you don’t have to go to extremes to get the last of the paste out of the container.



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    1 year ago

    Yeah so somebody grew up in a racist household that prioritized Protestant ideals about work and success. And then that person moved to Silicon Valley with Daddy’s money and worked there during its bommiest years. Then went on to pump money into electric cars and rockets.

    This all came to a screeching halt during Covid when all of a sudden, he had to not prioritize profits and success but rather the health and safety of his employees and others.

    This sent him down a rabbit hole on Twitter where suddenly he felt accepted by all the Trump crowd. Now he’s stuck there and slides further right each day.

    This guy is now the wealthiest person on the planet.

    Fuck Elon.



  • We need to start teaching media literacy and critical thinking in all schools.

    ABCs of ‘research’

    Always Be Critical. Doubt Everything, For Good.

    Social media has a lot to answer for though. As well as advertisement driven Internet economics in general, driving people further down into rabbit holes when they don’t have the skills to navigate it without getting radicalized.

    Seeing fucking Qanon as a prime example.


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    1 year ago

    The new reddit one is so fucking weird to look at.

    It makes the snoo a little too human, I get uncanny valley vibes from it.

    The Firefox logo is great though. It’s not over simplification. It’s just keeping up with the times and doing a great job of it IMO.


  • Kind of feel like Windows 11 is trying to appeal most to people who only use Windows for stuff like Outlook and Excel.

    If your job requires any niche or specialized software. Or if you need your Windows system for managing networks and stuff like that, you’re probably better off sticking with older windows or jumping to Linux.

    Obviously it’s not as easy as just switching to Linux, especially for larger organizations etc. But it gets easier with every new version of Ubuntu, Fedora etc.