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  • Nicotine isn't the only addictive substance in cigarettes. As someone who has quit both cigs and vaping, it was by far easiest to quit vaping. It absolutely sucked - but nothing compared to going off tobacco. I still get massive cravings if I smell someone smoking nearby.

  • SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker | ArsTechnica
  • no one actually gives a fuck

    Considering the fuss people make about gender neutral terms, as well as the whole master/slave, blacklist/whitelist thing, I'd say it's not totally improbable.

  • New Computer - pasting html export into word
  • Yeah you know your on your own when the vendor shifts the blame to Microsoft.

    I'm not sure anyone would be able to text-only help you here, I'd recommend you hire a local "computer guy" to take a look at it. The solution is likely pretty straightforward but without actually seeing it in front of me any suggestions are just a shot in the dark.

  • New Computer - pasting html export into word
  • This definitely sounds like an issue that should be worked on from the other end, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

    I'm guessing you're using Edge og the new computer? What browser did you use on the old one? This setup sounds legacy enough that you may want to try opening the file in IE mode.

    Edge can also do right click > smart copy, I'm not 100% sure what that entails, but it's also worth a shot.

  • Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them
  • You'd love what one of my local stores does then - they give you the option to register your fingerprints after they check your ID for when you want to buy booze in the self checkout!

  • Boffins convert typing sounds into text with 95% accuracy
  • This method is far older than that, and it keeps popping up every so often as a "new" attack. First time I read about this method was in the early 2000's, and I'm pretty sure it been done before that as well.

  • Aaand, now you're old
  • Skibidi dub dub

  • "Daily Affirmations" by War and Peas
  • Yeah, that's actually a perfect explanation lol

  • "Daily Affirmations" by War and Peas
  • How did that behavior even evolve, like what's the benefit to the species? I'm really curious.

    Well, curious enough to ask, not curious enough to actually research...

  • Bing loses search market share to Google despite ChatGPT integration
  • I don't have it handy, but I came over a github repo showing the different prompts that for example ChatGPT and Bing use - and realized right away why Bing AI is so bad in comparison. MS seems to not know how to write a good prompt, and it show in the quality of their product. Plus the fact that you couldn't even save Bing chat conversations for the longest time, I'm not surprised they're not ahead.

  • Military Time vs 24hr?
  • Same in Norway, unsurprisingly, but we do say 14 0 0 (fjorten null null) if making it clear that we mean 1400 exact. Otherwise like you said, klokken 14 or klokken 2.

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  • There's plenty of stories online like this one. It's all automated and if it decides you're bad, you're out. No questions asked, no appeals.

    Google search it up and you'll find many more.

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  • How long until Google says "fuck it" and outright starts banning adblock users? Considering how deep a lot of people are into the Google ecosystem, this is potentially devastating. Imagine losing access to you email, photos, etc., with no way to appeal. Good luck if you want to actually speak to anyone human at Google.

  • Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI / A Loki season 2 poster has been linked to a stock image on Shutterstock that seemingly breaks the platform’s licensing rules regard...
  • I was taught that dividing the numbers naturally into thirds:

    I  II III IIII (all I) 
    V  VI VII VIII (all start with V) 
    IX X  XI  XII  (all contain X) 
    

    Visually looks more "balanced" than having an extra V

  • Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices
  • Yeah, and a net loss of a bit over $1B. Revenue ≠ money in the bank.

  • New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
  • I plead autocorrect, and that English is my second language 🤣

  • New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
  • As much as I'd love to jump on the "stupid Americans" bandwagon, this seems to be a big problem not only in America. After the reddit exodus and before I had a good setup for lemmy, I used Facebook for a short period. Most of my stuff there is from US, UK and Norway, and the number of people in the comments who can barely put together a coherent sentance is astonishing. Far below 6th grade level by any standard.

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