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RobotToaster, 9 minutes ago to uk_politics in Julian Assange wins right to full appeal

the spherical nature of the planet!

It’s closer to an ellipsoid.

RobotToaster, 4 hours ago to uk_politics in Julian Assange wins right to full appeal

Unfortunately a lot of people have fallen for the government propaganda about him.

RobotToaster, 22 hours ago to health in New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually

California

What doesn’t cause cancer in California?

RobotToaster, 1 day ago to uk_politics in Labour abstain on bid to criminalise water companies for sewage pollution

tacking unrelated stuff on to bills is not how our system works

Parliament has exclusive cognisance, it works how the members want it to work.

RobotToaster, 1 day ago to nostupidquestions in Why are people talking about flying a flag upside-down?

Yes.

In the upper corner of the flag nearest the flagpole, the wider diagonal white stripe should be above the red diagonal stripe. If the red is above the wider white stripe the flag is upside-down.

www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/…/union-flag-faqs

Even our own government screws it up though telegraph.co.uk/…/union-flag-has-flying-outside-p…

RobotToaster, 2 days ago to nostupidquestions in Why are people talking about flying a flag upside-down?

Flying the US flag upside down on ship is apparently a distress signal.

(Flying the UK flag upside down just makes people think you’re an idiot.)

RobotToaster, 2 days ago to solarpunk in Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years

Why are we still relying on manufacturers for software updates?

I know there’s driver issues, but I’m pretty sure google could engineer android to at least allow direct security updates within the same android version. Google play services still provides updates for android 5. Even Yocto linux has opkg for updates.

RobotToaster, 2 days ago to solarpunk in Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years

20 years ago, no one owned a smart phone.

The handspring visor, one of the first smartphones, was released in 2000. I owned one, although a few years later and second hand.

It still works too, except the phone part is 1g only, so there’s no network for it any more.

RobotToaster, 2 days ago to uk_politics in Three councillors resign over Labour's ‘lily-livered stand’ on Gaza

The saying came from Macbeth, or at least that’s the first recorded use.

RobotToaster, 2 days ago to uk_politics in Fat cats breaking the economy with 30% higher profits than pre-pandemic, landmark Unite study finds

Capital controls worked, which is why Thatcher abolished them.

RobotToaster, 3 days ago to autism in Recommendations of what fabrics to wear?

For me, the fabrics i like are:

• Wool, especially merino
• Linen
• Hemp
• Raw denim

Cotton I’m kinda neutral on, I dislike polyester and most synthetics.

RobotToaster, 3 days ago to uk_politics in Theresa May pokes fun at successors but praises Rishi Sunak - and issues warning over populism in politics

She’s an expert on unpopulism in politics.

RobotToaster, 3 days ago to asklemmy in What band or music group would you not have minded if they didn't have a certain band member?

Lars from Metallica after he attacked napster.

RobotToaster, 3 days ago to technology in Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog

Sony didn’t care about consent when they put rootkits on millions of CDs.

RobotToaster, 4 days ago to opensource in Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows.

It doesn’t say what license they are going to use, so it may not be open source. The wording is very weaselly.