Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
Miles described his time of imprisonment as a "holiday" and "living the lap of luxury", saying he was kept in a luxurious guest house, with several Taliban servants, and that he has been treated well during his time there, even being able to buy an Xbox, and being well fed with foods like pizza and kebabs. He recently went back to Afghanistan to visit his friends in the GDI and plans to open businesses such a gold mine there
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry....
According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....
Uhh they’ve all been outsourced to India for ages now, and they’re effectively useless. You’ll get someone who’s worse than an AI at understanding what you’re asking and cannot deviate from a scrip because they have no training.
I haven’t used one in over a decade, if I have an issue it’s going as an email or a comment on social media.
My goal is to show that anyone can post links to news articles.
Unless you’re going to post some in-depth pubmed study or other reputable source of knowledge that shows categorically that the new norm is companies no longer outsourcing their call centres in favour of domestic ones - I will continue to think the default action these days is, as it has been for the past 2 decades now, outsourcing to cheap labour.
I don’t need to engage with them to know nothing has changed in this regard. Capitalism prides itself on seeking the lowest cost option at the expense of the consumer.
When life gives you gators, don't make gatorade - make life take the gators back! Get mad! I don't want your damn gators, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson gators. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the gators. I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible gator that burns your house down!
Germany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terrorist organisations....
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation....
The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday....
Where do I look when seated at a restaurant to seem normal?
(when seated in a group with others, i should clarify. if i'm by myself i'm absolutely happy to be on my phone or book)...
Is there a way to post video on Lemmy?
When I try to post, it uploads and generates a link but it doesn't show up in the post. Is this a platform limitation?
A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Arrowhead CEO on negative reviews: "I guess it's warranted. Sorry everyone for how this all transpired. I hope we will make it up and regain the trust by providing a continued great game experience." ( twitter.com )
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Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died ( www.seattletimes.com )
South Korea mulls participation in AUKUS: defense minister ( www.dw.com )
South Korea has held talks about joining a landmark defense technology pact between Australia, the United States and Britain....
No one has predicted the end of the world in a while.
2 men are charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall in England ( apnews.com )
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan ( abcnews.go.com )
Borders are merely representations of governance ( lemmy.world )
US says Israeli army units violated human rights ( www.bbc.com )
What does/did your school uniform look like?
North Korea criticizes US for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, KCNA says ( www.reuters.com )
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry....
What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? ( i.redd.it )
Meta’s “set it and forget it” AI ad tools are misfiring and blowing through cash ( www.theverge.com )
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu ( www.timesofisrael.com )
According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....
Scientists Have Studied the Mysterious Behavior of Cats Sitting on Squares ( www.vice.com )
Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO ( www.techspot.com )
Mexico's likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish background and first female elected ( apnews.com )
If it works, kill it. ( lemmy.world )
Rule of Google: if it works, kill it....
The solar panels on top of my campervan have generated 1 megawatt hour of energy as of today ( lemmy.world )
Celebrating the 20th birthday of City of Heroes: an MMO resurrected by the people who loved it enough to 'bring the game back for good' ( www.pcgamer.com )
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Fallout 4 upgrade launches to mixed response, with broken mods and bugged Xbox quality mode ( www.eurogamer.net )
Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 ( www.gamingonlinux.com )
MC 900 Ft. Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain ( www.youtube.com )
I never know if it's featuring Jesus for 900 foot Jesus.
If life gives you a gator, should you make Gatorade?
Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian minister over 1994 bombing ( www.bbc.com )
Germany to resume funding of Unrwa aid operations in Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
Germany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terrorist organisations....
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church ( apnews.com )
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation....
US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say ( gazette.com )
The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday....
Has there ever been a political system where legislative votes were weighted by how many votes each legislator received?
Let's say you have multi-member constituencies. You hold an election with an outcome that looks roughly like this:...
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet ( www.theregister.com )
Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” ( arstechnica.com )
Now what are you gonna do ( lemmyf.uk )
Russia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’ ( thehill.com )
Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’ ( www.nbcnews.com )
In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country....