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jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud After Kalshi Trader Cries FoulEnglish
11·4 hours ago“kalshi trader”
bro, what the actual fuck. go back to the stock market or the casino. why do we even need more fucking gambling. Does anyone want to bet on the amount of lint in my belly button? might as fucking well.
This week, the situation hit a boiling point when the song “Earrings” by Malcolm Todd surged to number one on a Spotify chart. In a series of X posts, Davies outlined his suspected culprit: “botting,” or scammers who purchase bots to juice streaming numbers.
Oh, can people manipulate the stupid bullshit you’re betting on? damn, sounds like a “you’re a fucking moron with a gambling problem” problem to me.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps. The plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleysEnglish
417·5 hours ago…the assumption was simple, that solar belongs low and warm, on sunny roofs and flat fields, not up in the freezing thin air of the mountains.
Well that’s a stupid assumption. what other kind of electronic works better when it’s super hot??
The country makes plenty of power in summer, but runs short in winter, when demand climbs and it has to import electricity.
That gap is set to grow as the nation closes its nuclear plants.
Damn, two stupid ideas from the Swiss. At least the fabled “someone” put those solar panels up there. 🙄
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•China tells its minorities to integrate or face consequences with sweeping new lawEnglish
11·3 days agoNot one to defend China
Sounds like you’re just doing a whole lot of whataboutism to me.
Hey look, a Tibetan man just self-immolated in protest of the policies that you’re trying to downplay.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump ‘livid’ over crowd sizes at State Fair on National Mall report says
71·4 days agoNah, he’s gotta live long enough to be impeached, removed, and imprisoned. Gotta live ling enough to rot in jail and watch his empire crumble into nothingness. Gotta live long enough to see every instance of his name removed, his children jailed and broke, his legacy ash.
…then he can die.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•China tells its minorities to integrate or face consequences with sweeping new lawEnglish
206·4 days agoWhile the text of the law doesn’t seem especially egregious, we’ll have to wait and see how it is enforced. The treatment of minorities by China in the past has been fraught with… well imprisonment, torture, and erasure of their communities. Kind of like the US and Canada, but worse and on a bigger scale.
Probably just more of the same, honestly. My biggest concern is this:
and gives Beijing the right to target people outside of its borders that it believes violate its rules.
So, uh, any Chinese national, anywhere in the world, does something they don’t like, they come after you? yeeeeeeah, that’s gonna be a No from me, dog.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Sony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offeredEnglish
9·5 days agoI have a friend that works in the film industry. He’s real talented, and has trouble finding work. So sometimes I feel a pang of regret, pirating stuff. Then I see bullshit like this, and it helps me know that I’m doing the right thing. When technofascists get so mad about people being against them, that they turn the internet off, I’ll be sitting pretty with my external hard drive stuffed to the brim with all sorts of awesome stuff to watch.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.comEnglish
44·5 days agoold.reddit is the only way I use it. this goes away, I delete my account.
The support forums like r/stopdrinking and r/CPTSD have been lifesavers for me, but reddit just keeps finding new ways to be terrible. RIP Aaron Swartz
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Called a 'Paedophile' and Flipped Off by Protester During Mack Trucks Event in Pennsylvania
23·9 days agoThat shitty massage therapist had white supremacists raise $100k for her after she went on an anti-religious freedom rant at people that didn’t look like her. I’d chip in $5 for this brave man.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•I Went to Trump’s Great American State Fair. It Was Bleaker Than I Expected. - Washingtonian
19·9 days agoWhen Trump finally took the stage, he lauded America as the “hottest” nation in the world. “Nobody’s laughing at us anymore,” said the man filling in for Milli Vanilli.
Shit sent me 🤣
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Claims He Changed California Election Results With a Phone Call
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jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•They quit the West for Russia's traditional values, but it wasn't what they expectedEnglish
5·9 days agoI mean he moved there and was immediately scammed out of his life savings so… you’re spot on lmao
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Claims He Changed California Election Results With a Phone Call
1·9 days agoI did that once upon a time. I look back on those moments with a mix of shame and pity for my younger self. It feels better to engage with people sincerely, especially because of the historical times we’re living in.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Gavin Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California
14·9 days agoIt’s because one, he has control over, so naturally, gotta put a stop to that. The other, he’s sure won’t happen, so it’s safe to “support” it, in order to entice rubes into voting for him.
Again I say, this is a sheep in wolfs clothing. He’s a more polished fetterman. You should not support him.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Mike Johnson tells conservatives ‘I run the protection program’ to protect Trump
3·9 days agoStephen Colbert is too handsome and intelligent to be confused with this ghoul. I see the set-up, but the punchline needs work
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•D.C. Settles Suit With Protester Arrested After Playing ‘Star Wars’ Song Near Deployed Troops
1·9 days agoSooner or later they’ll stop with the “pay later” part.
jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Claims He Changed California Election Results With a Phone Call
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jpreston2005@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'English
12·12 days agojesus I buy older model phones so I don’t have to deal with the enormous price tag. Samsung Galaxy S10 with headphone jack and removable SD card, got it for $150. Who tf still buying new phones? even worse, who’s paying 3 times as much for a phone that does so much less? I’d love a digital detox thing, but I like having google maps on my phone





Mad skylights, my dude.
It is almost universally known that being underground is cooler.
Basements typically have sump pumps, and drainage. We build buildings that can withstand earthquakes, why couldn’t the structure of the underground dwelling be similarly strengthened?
Bro we already built that.