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The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck by FrankLaskey in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Can you clarify what the problem is that this solves? Your charging cable wiggles too much when it is plugged into the top? If so, I don’t appear to have that issue at least that I’ve noticed.

Sanders Pushes Harris to Pursue Agenda That 'Speaks to the Needs of the Working Class'. by FrankLaskey in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

This kind of technocratic approach can sound great and it’s always good to have policy and positions formed by those most knowledgeable in the relevant field. The problem is that the “experts” that will likely have her ear will be the ones that are vetted and approved by the power elite, the wealthiest in this country who will largely recommend what is best to protect their privilege, wealth and position.

Josh Shapiro and Mark Kelly said to be leading VP candidates for Harris by FrankLaskey in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed, but it’s not gonna happen. Too far left, two demonized by the right and I don’t think they want two women on the ticket. It’s 2024 and sad to say it will still be hard enough to overcome sexism for many voters just for Harris.

FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high by FrankLaskey in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 month ago

This is the kind of news that should actually be posted on all of the ‘uplifting news’ communities, instead of ‘teen works 600 hours for minimum wage to help pay for his mother’s dialysis’ or whatever..

ChatGPT-4 outperforms human psychologists in test of social intelligence, study finds by FrankLaskey in c/futurology@futurology.today

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago

The study included 180 male psychologists from King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia

This is kind of a small sample size and why only males? Do they not have female psychologists in Saudi Arabia?

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Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district (thehill.com)

submitted 7 months ago by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/colorado@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11339586

Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) came in fifth place in a straw poll of voters in the district where the controversial congresswoman recently relocated and is trying to win reelection to the House.

Boebert, who was first elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, announced last month she would switch districts and instead run for reelection this year in the 4th District, after its House member, Rep. Ken Buck (R), decided to retire from Congress.

The new district for Boebert would likely give her a significantly better chance at reelection if she wins the Republican nomination. She currently represents a swing district, and Boebert had seemed likely before her switch to face off a second time against Democrat Adam Frisch, whom she defeated in 2022 by fewer than 600 votes.

The 4th District, meanwhile, is a solidly Republican district that has elected a Democratic House member only once in the past 50 years.

But the results of the straw poll Thursday, which followed the first debate among GOP candidates running for that district, indicates Boebert may have an uphill battle.

Nintendo DMCAs Palworld Mod That Makes Everything Pokémon by FrankLaskey in c/gaming@lemmy.ml

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 19 points 7 months ago

Wow.. didn’t see that coming.. /s

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Palworld Xbox and Steam parity "at the mercy of certification", developer says (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 7 months ago by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/palworld@lemmy.world

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Apparently, this also explains feature differences between the Xbox and Steam versions on PC, Including why the PC game pass version of the game does not yet have DLSS support.

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YSK about the app Yuka which lets you scan food and cosmetics to identify harmful chemicals or additives (yuka.io)

submitted 7 months ago by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world

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The app gives a score out of 100 for each product scanned based on how healthy or harmful it may be and offers alternative products which may be healthier. The developers do not sell ads or user data and have a no influence policy which prevents brands from paying to place their products in the app. There is a premium version which is sold on a sliding scale (pay what you want) and it offers the ability to search for products or save the data to search offline and a few other things but the free version is totally functional for checking products at home or at the store.

Lemmy v0.19.2 Release - More federation fixes by FrankLaskey in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago

Thanks for all the ongoing development work. If you all haven’t you should definitely consider an ongoing donation to support the project. I joined Lemmy a few years ago but ever since Reddit imploded and went full greed-mode in preparation for the IPO it has been my primary social link aggregator. Been on a monthly ongoing donation since then.

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This wasp is half the size of an amoeba and its microscopic brain has a trick up its sleeve.. (blogs.dal.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml

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These wasps are not single-celled organisms though, and their brains alone contain 4600 neurons. For reference, the brain of a honeybee contains ~1 million neurons. Despite their extremely small heads (again, look at that head next to the SINGLE CELLED amoeba) the wasps can still fly, seek out mates, and find thrip eggs to parasitize. So…what? How?

Lemmy.ml `v0.19` upgrade issues and downtime. by FrankLaskey in c/announcements@lemmy.ml