People don’t want the Fediverse. They want Twitter before Elon. They don’t care that Meta owns Threads.
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World News@beehaw.org•Russian government confirms report about secret gift to Putin that former U.S. President Trump dismissed as 'made up'
0·2 years agoWhat is Russia’s motivation for confirming this?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac
3·2 years agoThere are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don’t actually hate this idea.
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Technology@beehaw.org•US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...
3·2 years agoI’m not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they’re currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs
9·2 years agoSo does Valve?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
2·2 years agoI was kind of hoping for Impulse Space, but they’re probably too unproven.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
4·2 years agoOne of Starship’s engines on the lowest setting would tear the station apart. Regardless of whether they make this based on Starship instead of something more reasonably sized like a Dragon or Falcon 2nd stage, it’ll still need either a new engine design or a big cluster of Dracos. It’ll be something custom.
Regarding their Artemis work- the payments are milestone based, so they get money as they pass milestones. Engine relights and ship to ship prop transfer are some of the next ones.
Regarding their other customers- the Starship manifest includes another moon cruise, several satellite launches, and a lot of Starlinks.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
9·2 years agoSerious answer- SpaceX is building the deorbit vehicle then turning it over to NASA, who will have full control over it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
4·2 years agoThere’s no way Russia builds a new station. The timeline for them getting Nauka to orbit basically proves that it’s impossible. They’ve been trying to buddy up with China to visit theirs, though.
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World News@beehaw.org•Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial | CBC News
0·2 years agoI expected nothing and I’m still disappointed
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results
15·2 years agoAnd it will hallucinate and give wrong answers
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Technology@beehaw.org•How Google is killing independent sites like ours
17·2 years agoWirecutter and RTINGS both do a lot of testing and reviews, including for headphones.
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World News@beehaw.org•AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife
0·2 years agoThe mass application boom is so annoying. Seeing a sankey diagram of someone who applied to hundreds of jobs always bothers me.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating
1·2 years agoI set my phone to auto download playlists and podcasts on WiFi, so it isn’t really a problem. I think there was one month when I had to buy extra data so far, and that still ends up being cheaper than being on a plan with more data.
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World News@beehaw.org•Australia to allow workers to ignore after-hours calls from bosses
0·2 years agoGetting paid for on-call hours would be cool. If only.
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Technology@beehaw.org•HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments"
2·2 years agoI got mine a little over 4 years ago and am still on the original toner. It gives low toner warnings but just keeps on printing.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•10 Days Into 2024 And 2300+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
11·2 years agoTwitch having 1400ish employees before the layoffs doesn’t seem too crazy, right? Cutting 35% is insane, though.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking
2·2 years agoI used Edge a bit at work because it feels like Office365 stuff runs better on it, but that might be placebo.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking
9·2 years agoSame. The tab sync from desktop to mobile is also really cool.
I have a friend who won’t put his kids in the back of his Tesla because of this.