Venice: Tourists flip gondola after refusing to stop taking selfies (news.sky.com)
The Wine development release 9.0-rc1 is now available (www.winehq.org)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
Ayaneo Retro PC: Inspired by Mac, Runs Windows, Supports Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Steve Balmer quotes (infosec.pub)
We need to stop attempts to normalize grind/hustle lifestyle (literature.cafe)
MFW They Say I Came From Another Dimension (youtube.com)
It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in (www.npr.org)
It’s an unprecedented – and massive – experiment: Since 2017 the U.S.-based charity GiveDirectly has been providing thousands of villagers in Kenya what’s called a “universal basic income” – a cash grant of about $50, delivered every month, with the commitment to keep the payments coming for 12 years. It is a...
"We are looking for Text-To-Speak (TTS) expertise to help or advise us on improving the default voice of the Linux desktop." (floss.social)
Hello Fediverse, We are looking for Text-To-Speak (TTS) expertise to help or advise us on improving the default voice of the Linux desktop. :linux: 📣 Please reach out or boost :boost_love: Thanks! #Linux #tts #accessibility #a11y #GNOME #KDE #FreeSoftware #freedesktop #ml...
Little known fact (imgur.com)
Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii (www.theguardian.com)
systemd 255 Released With A "Blue Screen of Death" For Linux Systems (www.phoronix.com)
Pyramid of captured German helmets post-WW1, New York, USA, 1919 (lemmy.world)
I know that feel (lemmy.zip)
New systemd update will bring Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death to Linux | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Peanuts in a nutshell (lemmynsfw.com)
Look, the “in a nutshell” meme is trending, up in here. I just thought I’d follow it to its most logical conclusion.
US reviewing Amnesty International report that said US-made munitions have killed civilians in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
As California’s redwoods recover from fire, an astonishing fact emerges (www.sfchronicle.com)
Raging wildfires in 2020 transformed Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County from a towering forested cathedral into a standing boneyard with some of the oldest trees on the planet seemingly burned beyond survival....
It’s a Christmas Miracle — You Can Now Use Raspberry Pi OS in Dark Mode (www.raspberrypi.com)
It’s now been a little under two months since the release of the Wayland-based Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm. Whenever we do a major version release like this, we invariably spend the next few weeks fixing all the bugs that real users have found but our pre-release testing didn’t, and then make a bug-fix release with them...
The joys of parenthood (lemmy.zip)
3,500-year-old axes potentially used for 'cult practice' discovered in Polish forest (www.livescience.com)
A metal detectorist in Poland has found five Bronze Age axes buried in a forest. Archaeologists suggest that the artifacts may have been used to either chop wood or for cult purposes....
Darling runs macOS software directly without using a hardware emulator (www.darlinghq.org)
Darling is a translation layer that lets you run macOS software on Linux, not an emulator, it’s like wine but for MacOS apps.
The Game Awards 2023 Winners: The Full List - IGN (www.ign.com)
The Game Awards 2023 has celebrated the incredible games and developers of the past year, and you can check out all the winners from the big night right here, including Game of the Year.
