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Comment on Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing in ~tech
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Comment on Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing in ~tech
norney Link ParentDisagreeing with you doesn't make an argument disingenuous. It's not about guilt, it's about practicality. The new law is stupid, but making that a barrier to potentially saving lives is even more...Disagreeing with you doesn't make an argument disingenuous.
It's not about guilt, it's about practicality.
The new law is stupid, but making that a barrier to potentially saving lives is even more stupid; two wrongs don't make a right.
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Comment on What silly thing do you argue about with your significant other? in ~talk
norney Link ParentBut a sausage isn't pudding! Black pudding isn't sausage if that's what you mean?But a sausage isn't pudding! Black pudding isn't sausage if that's what you mean?
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Comment on Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing in ~tech
norney LinkI'm struggling to understand some of the comments here. Yes the whys and wherefores are an important discussion to have, but in the meantime there's a potential chance of saving lives. Whether you...- Exemplary
I'm struggling to understand some of the comments here.
Yes the whys and wherefores are an important discussion to have, but in the meantime there's a potential chance of saving lives. Whether you personally think people should or shouldn't use Facebook as a news source is part of that important discussion, but in the meantime people do use Facebook as a news source and there's a potential chance of saving lives
The alternative is knowing people might die and that being an important way to make a point. If you think that I think you need to take a look at yourself.
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Comment on What silly thing do you argue about with your significant other? in ~talk
norney Link ParentOh here goes! Explain American usage of 'noodle' to describe pasta! Btw, biscuits are not cookies, fries are chips but not all chips are fries, pudding is dessert other than a couple of very...Words have meaning.
Oh here goes! Explain American usage of 'noodle' to describe pasta!
Btw, biscuits are not cookies, fries are chips but not all chips are fries, pudding is dessert other than a couple of very specific exceptions relating to the etymology of French 'boudin', now black pudding, but formerly 'encased meat'.
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Comment on Hearing aids, what's it like to have them? in ~health
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Comment on Hearing aids, what's it like to have them? in ~health
norney Link ParentIn terms of writing style use of 'they' wasn't really acceptable not all that long ago. In the 90s at university I couldn't use they, it had to be 'he', 'she', or 'he or she'. My wife in a...In terms of writing style use of 'they' wasn't really acceptable not all that long ago. In the 90s at university I couldn't use they, it had to be 'he', 'she', or 'he or she'. My wife in a professional capacity has only found it to be acceptable to use they in the past decade.
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Comment on What is something that, surprisingly, worked? in ~talk
norney Link ParentI have a book, I forget the name at the moment but if anyone's interested I'll have a look when I'm back from holiday. It's an account of the air war on the eastern front, 1941 to 1945. It's not...I have a book, I forget the name at the moment but if anyone's interested I'll have a look when I'm back from holiday. It's an account of the air war on the eastern front, 1941 to 1945.
It's not quite the narrative story I thought it was going to be but rather a numerical daily listing of losses and replenishments per combat unit on both sides. The numbers are utterly staggering, of course, but by god's it's boring.
Usually 3 pages and I'm fast asleep again. I've been going at it for a few years now.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentOk here goes. Shed 1, the largest and oldest, sits in an odd-shaped nook between our garden and three neighbours, so it's the only size it can be. It's about 4.5m x 3m. When we moved in 20-ish...Ok here goes. Shed 1, the largest and oldest, sits in an odd-shaped nook between our garden and three neighbours, so it's the only size it can be. It's about 4.5m x 3m. When we moved in 20-ish years ago there was a smaller shed there which I pulled down because otherwise it would have pulled itself down in protest. I bought a flat-pack timber cladding replacement and put it together over a few weekends.
Shed 2 is now my wife's office, but I bought it as my office 7 years ago. About 4x3m and looks like a country cottage. It has insulated walls and roof, but the floor insulation is sub standard so it gets really cold underfoot in winter. There's a log store behind it which I build really badly and it's pushing on the shed. There are a couple of Jimmy-rigged solar panels on the roof connected to a not-really-legal grid-tied inverter. It was bought as pre-cut tongue and groove timer parts ready to assemble which amazingly only took a couple of days. It took longer to paint the damn thing. My wife is kept company in there by a couple of guinea pigs.
Shed 3 is tiny and fits neatly under a tree against the boundary with our neighbour. 5 years ago I converted our attic to a new bedroom so needed space to store some of the crap that was in the attic. I found one of the right volume. 1x1.5m or thereabouts and ordered it. A few weeks later it became clear the supplier had forgotten our order so I got them to agree to install it by way of apology. These days spiders find it to be a very comfortable and well-appointed townhouse. Also, the kids use it to scare the shit out of me by climbing on the roof and jumping formerly on to the trampoline, and now in to the pop up pool.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentThat made me laugh. It's more an answer for how to fit two decades of accumulated crap, and a home office, in an otherwise small house and gardenThat made me laugh. It's more an answer for how to fit two decades of accumulated crap, and a home office, in an otherwise small house and garden
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentThat's intense. Sorry you had to deal with that. Can you say a little more about "repeating phrases and using a soundboard"? Does that help identify the scammers?That's intense. Sorry you had to deal with that.
Can you say a little more about "repeating phrases and using a soundboard"? Does that help identify the scammers?
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentOh my wife's a few years from retirement yet. Actually we have frogs as well. I dug a (very) small pond next to shed 3 a few years ago and now we have loads of frogs, which our...Oh my wife's a few years from retirement yet.
Actually we have frogs as well. I dug a (very) small pond next to shed 3 a few years ago and now we have loads of frogs, which our one-orange-braincell imbecile of a cat tries to investigate but fails when they hop in to the undergrowth and he doesn't know what to do next.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentOne is the colour of decaying shed, one is a very pleasant cream colour, with hanging flower baskets along the front, and the third is mostly the colour of invasive ivy. The nice colour shed is...One is the colour of decaying shed, one is a very pleasant cream colour, with hanging flower baskets along the front, and the third is mostly the colour of invasive ivy.
The nice colour shed is used most as that's my wife's office. It's actually a very nice work environment, or would be but for my wife's astonishing degree of untidiness.
Everyone has equal rights to shed access. In fact I've always been rather disappointed in my children for not stealing any beer from the shed 1 beer-storage aisle.
With regards to a fourth shed I worry that would be gauche. I mean three sheds already causes social friction, but four would be the last nail in the coffin of a good many friendships.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentYes. Yes. Next to each other no, but near each other yes in so far as the confines of our garden allow. I love all of my children equally, apart from that one.Yes. Yes. Next to each other no, but near each other yes in so far as the confines of our garden allow. I love all of my children equally, apart from that one.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
norney Link ParentGood questions. Shed 1 is the southernmost and largest. It contains several punctured dinghys, some rusty bicycles, my slightly less rusted but well used road bike, a fondue set, 82 cans of WD40,...Good questions.
Shed 1 is the southernmost and largest. It contains several punctured dinghys, some rusty bicycles, my slightly less rusted but well used road bike, a fondue set, 82 cans of WD40, and an assorted mountain of other shit.
Shed 3 is the northernmost and smallest. It contains camping gear, luggage, spiders and ivy.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
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Comment on NSFW/profanity adult filter? in ~tildes
norney LinkI don't believe it's already been mentioned so I want to highlight the apparent links between neurodivergence, intelligence, and swearing. Here is an interesting, profane, and well sourced write...I don't believe it's already been mentioned so I want to highlight the apparent links between neurodivergence, intelligence, and swearing.
Here is an interesting, profane, and well sourced write up on the subject https://www.joelrieves.com/swearing-and-neurodivergence-fuck-yeah/
It's up to any individual if they want to limit their exposure to certain words, but it's only sensible to be aware that may also limit their breadth of exposure, thereby creating a filter bubble. Also, paradoxically, the objection to "people who like to use profane language like it's an adjective, and it has no place in the topic or discussion" may also limit exposure to some high quality contenent.
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Comment on What's a word from another language that you wish was a thing in English? in ~humanities.languages
norney Linki think you might have that mixed up a little. Sitzpinkler is a sitting-down-urinator, and it's a fantastic word. I think the word you're looking for is "Sontagsleere"i think you might have that mixed up a little.
Sitzpinkler is a sitting-down-urinator, and it's a fantastic word.
I think the word you're looking for is "Sontagsleere"
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Comment on Why is Elon Musk doing what he is to Twitter? in ~tech
norney Link ParentThe comparison is oligarchs behaving in oligarchical ways. The fact Brenda is seen positively because she did 'things lots of people like' and musk is seen increasingly negatively because he's...The comparison is oligarchs behaving in oligarchical ways.
The fact Brenda is seen positively because she did 'things lots of people like' and musk is seen increasingly negatively because he's doing things 'lots of people dislike' makes the point very nicely.
No one has any control over either direction.
The new law is utterly and foreseeably stupid. Using that as a justification to refuse to help in a national emergency is worse, especially when FB has a long factual history of implementing emergency measures.