GiveOver

joined 1 year ago

TIL The term "joystick" does not originate from video games, and was first coined in 1909 in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

Don't forget the inventor of bluetooth, Harold Bluetooth

Man who mixed own sperm with dad’s will not have to take paternity test in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 16 points 9 months ago (6 children)

That would have been fine, but why the spunk cocktail

Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12 in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

So far the only thing I've noticed is I can't play Valorant, and soon League of Legends too.

Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 22 points 9 months ago

1984 + Biden (5 letters) = 1989 = Taylor Swift

Uber tests ‘Flex' feature in India, allowing riders to choose tailored fare preferences in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Must be exhausting!

Uber tests ‘Flex' feature in India, allowing riders to choose tailored fare preferences in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk -3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Fuck you man if you dont like my fucking music, get your own fucking cab. I'll pull over to the side and kick your ass out.

The dark side of social media on youth mental health in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

To quote pink Floyd: There is no dark side. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

As a normal, boring user that does nothing special other than browse the internet and the occasional "casual coding" -- what am I supposed to do with 32GiB of ram? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

A supercar is like having a fast CPU. I still want it so I can go zoom zoom. Having more RAM is like having more seats in your car. Pointless most of the time but occasionally very useful.

20 maps of prejudice in Europe in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh hai Marx

Is Google always listening: Live Test in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago

1st vid: he talks about dog toys and then dog toy ads show up. Concludes Google is listening to him 2nd vid: he realises Google was listening to him because he was livestreaming via Google

Steam is working on allowing you to mark a game as private and hide it from your friends (both you and Valve knows why) in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I gifted my friend a few, I remember one of them was Sex With Hitler. Anyway we played them drunk at a LAN party and it was a good laugh. Didn't find it arousing but no judgement here, people like some weird stuff and that's fine

Homer Simpson Declares He Won't Strangle Bart Anymore onThe Simpsons: 'Times Have Changed!' in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If anything, changing it now looks like they previously thought strangling 10 year olds was acceptable