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The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are no communities for young people in my town. No communities in general except for church, and even they hold online services. Social media is all we have so trying to cut it out means isolation

PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree completely. 3k upvotes on the front page with 12 comments just screams vote manipulation

2 authors say OpenAI 'ingested' their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing, and a 'wave' of similar court cases may follow. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Copyright of code/research is one of the biggest scams in the world. It hinders development and only exists so the creator can make money, plus it locks knowledge behind a paywall

Sorting by new on Lemmy isn’t a dumpster fire experience like it is on Reddit in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

LPT: You should brush your teeth every day

1st comment: You should be using toothpaste!

Reply to 1st comment: The real LPT is always in the comments

Reply to reply to 1st comment: an essay about how their grandmother used to always brush her teeth everyday before tragically passing away

Those who have not deleted their Reddit accounts, do you still visit the site for anything? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Reddit is the best site I've found for pics/gifs of porn. Nothing compares, but I left anyways when they massacred my boy Apollo

TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Elon wants to build a city from scratch in Texas, basically a Tesla company town. He's reportedly purchased 6,000 acres 35 miles from Austin and already there's a factory and some cheap housing plopped down in "Snailbrook, TX"

edit for additional context, the land is in Bastrop county, which is between Austin and Houston (but much closer to Austin). I35 from San Antonio to Austin to Dallas is quickly becoming one giant strip of consumerism, and Austin to Houston will eventually go the same way. He's getting rural land just outside booming Austin and 1.5 hours from Katy in the Houston metroplex. Unfortunately it looks like an amazing business move

Part of the Social Security website (ssa.gov) only works during certain hours in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

$40b in taxpayer money is being dropped on Ukrainian territory right now which will eventually put Ukraine in such a weak position that it won't be able to prevent the flood of American/European countries coming in to take over all their industry. This will trickle down, no? /s

What would be a good billionarie fight? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I guess the fight will be over who gets to pull the trigger

What would be a good billionarie fight? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're not billionaires but bougie politicians, oops

Why people keep defending Meta/Threads? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk why I didn't see it coming, but ofc Threads is going to be all over the news and facebook/instagram until it's either profitable or it fails

free at last in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where can I sign up for mlem?