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Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Electric Cars Are Already Upending America | After years of promise, a massive shift is under wayEnglish25·1 year agoYo ho ho a new sea to sail under the jolly roger yaharr
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million PCs to landfills: Report - CNAEnglish23·1 year agoHaving worked in tech fields, legacy devices as old as 20 years can pop up occasionally, functioning or not. Once was told a story where this tech was hired to fix a highschool bell system and the whole thing was running on windows 98. This took place in 2015 or so
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Arizona's solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issueEnglish26·1 year agoThe influx of folks moving in from more expensive big city locations plus the general shift of young people rejecting conservative views even as they age is turning the state away from its traditionally republican voting tendencies as seen in recent elections.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tankEnglish313·2 years agoI wonder if Russia is aware that Ukraine is using drones made with parts from China to take out their tanks lmao
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•About 2,000 U.S. troops told to prepare for deployment in response to Israel-Hamas warEnglish283·2 years agoMost of these are medical, advising, and EOD. Above article even says explosive handling.
Another sensationalist title and selectively worded article, making it seem as if the US is going full crusade.
Sources:
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestinians/card/u-s-picks-troops-to-prepare-for-potential-deployment-to-middle-east-0pYNLxiZ7dmUbN6NxCML - Says Medical and advising staff
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/16/israel-hamas-war-live-updates/71201737007/ - says Medical and Gate crossing security
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/world/middleeast/pentagon-us-troops.html - Medical and advising
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/17/pentagon-orders-2000-troops-prepare-deploy-israel-war-prompts-growing-us-military-presence.html - take this with a grain of salt, since it’s a military source. Says the most combat troops deployed were special forces to secure the embassy.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4259025-pentagon-puts-troops-on-notice-to-prepare-to-deploy-to-support-israel-reports/ - advising and medical
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/16/politics/us-marines-pentagon-israel/index.html - Medical and logistical support
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/pentagon-sends-deployment-notices-to-2000-us-troops-over-israel-hamas-war/ - Medical, explosive ordinance, and advising
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/16/2000-us-troops-may-deploy-to-middle-east-amid-israel-hamas-war/ - Medical or advising support, NOT combat roles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-military-roughly-troops-prepare-deployment-israel-hamas - US officials do not intend to have US troops see combat
Based on these sources, the US being there is officially for posturing and mostly medical support, as well as advising. Several of these sources also state that there are American citizens among the hostages.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•This war shows just how broken social media has become — The global town square is in ruinsEnglish6·2 years agoThe internet shows you what you are looking for. Rather than find several sources to make an informed argument, most people Google something along the lines of why their stupid opinion is correct.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•Lab-grown meat can be halal and kosherEnglish101·2 years agoYou’re telling me this enormous being with 6 wings surrounding flaming wheels covered with eyes that God is speaking to me through isn’t real?
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•[News] Attackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accountsEnglish63·2 years agoNothing but corporate dicksucking
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Blocking is going to be deleted from TwitterEnglish11·2 years agoIt didn’t make as much money from sponsored videos until they forced it to be in your face via the algorithm 😀
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled BloatwareEnglish21·2 years agoMicrosoft will punish Halo for each and every fan that failed to spend $2000 on mtx armor colors
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled BloatwareEnglish91·2 years agoI got so annoyed with the fucking shortcut reappearing that I put it in one corner of one monitor that I hardly look at so it never appears on my main desktop monitor.
Just out of sight and out of mind.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•China crushes US giant Intel’s acquisition of Israeli Tower SemiconductorEnglish83·2 years agoSo what I’m getting from this is that any time Chinese officials are involved, they will prioritize Chinese interests. A surprise to to no one really.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•An Iowa school district is using AI to ban booksEnglish34·2 years agoMy next question is, why not ban it?
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•An Iowa school district is using AI to ban booksEnglish35·2 years agoIdk man Mein Kampf should probably stay banned
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal / The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change.English4·2 years agoThe ocean also absorbs CO2 and produces half of our oxygen. Pollution is fucking that up.
We don’t save the ocean, we don’t get to breathe.
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal / The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change.English92·2 years agoAwesome. But we need more effort to clean up our oceans and reduce the waste and plastic pumped into them by mega corporations.
I’ve had several bosses tell me that the moment they see a stereotypical African American name they throw out the application/resume.