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J.D. Vance says that people who have no children have no stake in the future.
Yet he's a Catholic: a religion headed by *checks notes* a childless Pope, and run by *checks notes again* thousands of childless priests. (Supposedly.)
Plus nuns!
And wait, news has just come in that Jesus, the man whose teachings Catholics claim to follow, was yet another man who (according to their own orthodoxy) had no children.
Childless people have no stake in the future.
Shouldn't he convert, or something?
People of Bangladesh protesting for their rights.
But the world is unaware about it, while thousands of people are dying. Please boost the post, let the world know.
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dm4519l48o
#bangladesh#politics#fediverse#mastodon#students#savebangladeshistudent#asia#worldaffairs
More than 200 people have been killed in recent weeks after a crackdown on demonstrations.Lipika Pelham (BBC News)
β I'm in this picture and I like it.
(Although I couldn't afford someone to help even if I had enough stuff to do to need the assistance.)
βHomosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born, and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple thingsβhe never said that gay people should be condemned.β
- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
We need more leaders--and people of faith--like Jimmy Carter.
The Walking World!
Its a world where walking vehicles were invented before wheeled vehicles. Solar power invented before fossil power. Rail travel never declined. Cars never took over the world. Its a slightly kinder world.
People walk everywhere they need to go, whether with their own feet or in their own mecha.
This is the setting I've had in mind while drawing civilian mini-mecha. I just put a name to it today. That'll make it a lot easier to talk about!
Whenever I see a post about RCS it always takes me longer than it should to realise they aren't talking about the Revision Control System. #BeingOld
The task of a healthy publicly owned rail company is this:
To run as many trains as possible, within the financial constraints under which it operates
Note trains. Itβs not βtransport as many passengers as possible on the fewest number of trainsβ
That 5am train with a dozen building workers on it, or the last train home in the evening *matter for the trust and reliability of the system*, even if those individual trains make heavy losses and are largely empty
Indeed. The money from the 8am packed-to-the-gills 5-car subsidises the 5am empty-but-for-a-dozen-builders 2-car, and that's the way it should be.
edit: And for that matter, the 10-car highly profitable Edinburgh to London major-stops InterCity subsidises the less-profitable local services... which is another reason why carving it up and privatising it was a terrible idea.
Your periodical reminder that all clothing is hand made by humans, usually underpaid!
Polyester doesn't breathe and sheds microplastics when manufactured, worn and washed!
Cotton farming takes immense amounts of water and pesticides!
Viscose can be made from recycled fibres & waste cellulose, but it's a fairly toxic process!
Linen is more ecological to grow but expensive!
"But what do I wear then, Sini?"
The garments you already own, until they fall apart or someone else needs them!
#Sustainability #FastFashion #WorkersRights
okay, I finally found a good use for an LLM. no, really.
https://github-roast.pages.dev/
this thing is brutal
If you're a web dev, don't do this.
There's really no reason to blocking viewing source of a page, especially if you're using JavaScript to do this, because we can just disable JavaScript and bypass this and view source, or go to View > Page Source from the browser menu.
you're not protecting anything and if you're worried about people copying it, then you probably shouldn't put it on the Internet to begin with.
reminder that the IOC used to do chromosomal testing and dropped it when they realized just how many female athletes they'd have to start excluding
the IOC sucks in tons of ways, but they care about the bottom line and they know that if they start banning female athletes based just on having a Y chromosome, the Olympics are gonna take a much bigger hit than all the casuals think
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/testosterone-and-female-athletes
Thereβs no good reason to exclude female athletes based on their hormone levels, researchers argue in a controversial new paper.Azeen Ghorayshi (BuzzFeed)
Released a little Game Boy Advance rom for #gbajam https://voxel.itch.io/game-boy-advance-quokka-wokka that you can play on an emulator or real hardware. It's a simple 'single screen arcade platformer' in the vein of Bubble Bobble and Rodland. Mostly made using a raspberry pi π
α΄Κα΄κ±κ± Κα΄κ±Ι΄βα΄ Κα΄α΄Ι΄ α΄α΄α΄ α΄α΄α΄α΄ ΙͺΙ΄ α΄Κα΄α΄κ±α΄ 200 Κα΄α΄Κκ± α΄Ι΄α΄ Ιͺα΄βκ± α΄Κα΄ Ιͺα΄α΄κ± α΄Κα΄ α΄ α΄α΄ κ± Κα΄α΄ α΄ α΄Κα΄Ι΄α΄ α΄Ι΄α΄α΄ Ιͺα΄. α΄Κα΄ Ι’Κα΄α΄α΄ Κ α΄Κα΄α΄α΄α΄Κκ± α΄α΄α΄α΄ Κα΄α΄Κ α΄α΄Ι΄α΄Κ α΄Ι΄α΄ Κα΄α΄Ι’Κα΄α΄ α΄ΚΚ α΄Κα΄ α΄‘α΄Κ α΄α΄ α΄Κα΄ Κα΄Ι΄α΄.
Ιͺ Κα΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄Κ Κα΄α΄α΄ ΙͺΙ΄ 705 α΄α΄ α΄‘Κα΄Ι΄ α΄Κα΄κ±κ± α΄‘α΄κ± κ°α΄Ι΄. α΄Κα΄Ι΄ α΄Κα΄Κ κ±α΄α΄Κα΄α΄α΄ α΄α΄ α΄ ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ κ±α΄α΄α΄Ιͺα΄ κ°α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄κ± Ι΄α΄ α΄Ι΄α΄ α΄‘α΄Ι΄α΄α΄α΄ ΚΙͺα΄α΄ βα΄α΄κ±α΄ΚΙͺΙ΄Ι’β α΄Ι΄α΄ βα΄Ι΄ α΄α΄κ±κ±α΄Ι΄α΄β ΙͺΙ΄κ±α΄α΄α΄α΄ α΄κ° ΚΙͺκ±α΄α΄Ι΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄α΄ α΄Κα΄Κα΄Κ κ°α΄α΄α΄ Κα΄α΄α΄ α΄Ι΄α΄ κ°ΙͺxΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Ι’α΄α΄α΄-ΚΚα΄α΄α΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Κα΄Ι’κ±. Ιͺβα΄ α΄ Κα΄α΄Ι΄ α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄ΙͺΙ΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ κ°α΄Κ Κα΄α΄Κκ± α΄Κα΄α΄α΄ α΄Κα΄ α΄α΄ΚΚΙͺκ±Ιͺα΄Ι΄-α΄ α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄Ιͺα΄Ι΄ Ι’ΚΙͺα΄α΄Κ α΄‘Ιͺα΄Κ α΄Κα΄ Κα΄Κκ±α΄Κ. α΄Κα΄ βα΄ΚΙͺα΄α΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’-α΄ΚΚα΄-α΄Ιͺα΄α΄α΄κ±β Κα΄Ι’ Κα΄κ± Κα΄α΄Ι΄ α΄Κα΄κ±α΄α΄ α΄α΄ α΄ α΄α΄α΄Κ α΄Ι΄α΄ α΄Κα΄ Κα΄α΄’Κ α΄ α΄α΄ κ± Κα΄κ°α΄κ±α΄ α΄α΄ κ°Ιͺx Ιͺα΄.
α΄ α΄Ι΄βα΄ κ±α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄ α΄ΚΙͺκ± α΄α΄‘κ°α΄Κ Κα΄Κα΄α΄ Ιͺα΄α΄Κ α΄Ι΄α΄ Κα΄Κα΄α΄α΄α΄ α΄ΚΙͺκ± α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄Ι΄Κ.
Iβve read so many privacy policies
in my life, I am now reviewing them like fine wines 
"Hmm this one has a strong GDPR aroma with just a hint of CCPA in it π"
"This one smells moldy, definitely had some cork issues that turned it bad overtime π"
"This one has a very pleasant privacy-laws-future-proofing smell and tastes like respected human rights π"
#Privacy #Wine #GDPR #PrivacyTasting π·π
There should be a law against this.
Your average user is going to think something is terribly wrong with their computer just because they didn't sign over their rights to Microsoft.
I'm trying to imagine how this would work with other machines.
"Let's finish setting up your bike" as soon as you try to unlock it, and the pedals freeze up every three days until you agree to Schwinn's demands.
There should be a law against not trying Linux >:(((
(no really, the EPA, FDA, AMA, and DoL should shut down Microsoft and repossess their assets, using the money and labor to maintain a standard open source operating system for personal computers. But do it for phones first)
(just slapping MS on the wrist and saying "no you can't do that particular thing" would be an improvement too)
Neither #C nor a modern #CPU give timing guarantees, so this is weird:
βClang Vs Clangβ, Daniel Bernstein (https://blog.cr.yp.to/20240803-clang.html).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41146860
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/kumzku/clang_vs_clang
#Cryptography #Optimization #GCC #Clang #Compilers #UndefinedBehavior
Dahlia Lithwick writes of βyears of doomerism and nihilismβ¦foisted on the country by a determined and omnipresent sense that MAGA was not just inevitable but undefeatable (even in defeat)β
βExperts on authoritarianism have been warning for years that fostering hopelessness, powerlessness, and political depression is a deliberate tactic of most totalitarian leadersβ
βοΈβοΈ THIS βοΈβοΈ
I keep saying: Despair is surrender. Cynicism is surrender. Nihilism is surrender. π§΅
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/harris-trump-2024-kamala-vibes-trumpism-loses.html
Why the Kamala Harris candidacy changed everything.Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
Happy 50th Birthday to CP/M!
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/cpm_50th_anniversary/
Eek
In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systemsLiam Proven (The Register)
It's my birthday today! π¦π
Come celebrate with me, you can play with my balloons too! π€π
#SqueakySaturday
Dear aging US-ians.
This is stupid but 100% true. Keep this on your radar as you get older.
"Even if you do not retire at age 65, you may need to sign up for Medicare within 3 months of your 65th birthday to avoid a lifetime late enrollment penalty."
It is significant. And LIFETIME. No do-overs.
