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futurebird, to random
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Friends. I don't get it.

I understand the idea of a loan: borrow money, pay it back over time plus a fee for the favor of having more money sooner.

I understand having a company and taking out a loan: borrow money to do something to help the company make more money and pay it off... but it's OK you made enough that it was a good idea.

But HOW can someone borrow money to BUY a company then say the cost of the loan should go on the companies books?

I don't get it. :(

bug,
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@futurebird presidents and CEOs seem to use the companies they run as their own personal checkbooks a lot

puppygirlhornypost, to random
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This is a thread, it was originally on twitter posted on tumblr and i found it in my export. I think that this is a very important thing for people to hear, especially in regards to alt text on fedi. Please be mindful of the people around you, and try to make things accessible. I think that the people around me can relate to this, I have had a lot of times my short term memory would just blank out and I would have to ask over and over again for someone to repeat themselves.

bug,
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@puppygirlhornypost it's a good thread but alt text accommodates an unrelated disability... and i don't think we can all relate to this

bug, to Utah
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hey did you know utah has launched a snitch line for trans ppl sighted in bathrooms

https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html

do not under any circumstances submit a false report to this form ;)

bug,
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@Vordus @Frances_Larina the form accepts, at minimum, 574440808 bytes

baldur, to random
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React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

bug,
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@baldur i am glad you didn't

futurebird, to random
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Gold ring with quartz intaglio depicting an ant. Roman, 1st-2nd century AD

I wonder who wore this ring. Why did they choose an ant as their symbol? It's interesting to me that the depiction is specific enough that it can't be written off as a general "bug" the mandibles, and body plan make this explicitly an ant.

The ant motif appears on garnets in other rings.

This is up in New Haven at the Yale University Art Collection and I am not contemplating becoming a cat burglar.

bug,
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@futurebird hmm you know, custom signet rings have never been easier to commission... i'm starting to pick up a lot of inspiration here too...

somehow, unlike ants, bees remain ever popular
https://www.etsy.com/search?q=bee+signet+ring
but tbh some of these are hard to distinguish from a winged drone or queen ant !!

motoridersd, to random
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Fuck JK Rowling. Remember that buying any Harry Potter related products funds her transphobic and hateful actions like this.

https://news.yahoo.com/jk-rowling-donates-70k-challenge-183123131.html

bug,
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@morecowbell @Silverseren @motoridersd disregarding the fact that yes, sex is in fact assigned by the doctor that delivers a baby based on an arbitrary heuristic despite not always being as clear-cut as you imagine...

legal definitions are a separate realm entirely

if you would actually read the article and its discussion of how the 2004 and 2010 bills interact and why a ruling on them matters very materially to the legal rights of trans people, you'd see that

bug,
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@morecowbell i'm not surprised, but sure: https://news.yahoo.com/jk-rowling-donates-70k-challenge-183123131.html

even if anything you've mentioned so far was relevant at all to the court case... neither genome sequencing nor karyotyping nor even any kind of testing on gametes are performed at birth and have no bearing on sex assignment by the delivering doctor. like i said, it's an arbitrary heuristic, usually based on appearance (which is often surgically altered if they don't already match one of the two expected results).

i would really rather not continue that line of discussion, though, since again, it's not relevant to the court case.

bug,
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@morecowbell i will say it again: legal definitions are a separate realm from medical ones. his tweet was perfectly cogent.

bug,
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@morecowbell sorry for the confusion, but that's the way it is! blame the 2004 bill. the word "sex" was already so embedded in the body of gender-related law that it was practically impossible to provide trans people with legal status corresponding to their gender without changing the legal definition of "sex" to essentially mean gender instead.

bug,
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@morecowbell to be quite frank, the primary concern of trans people everywhere is not whether legislators have their "hearts in the right place", they care about the material impact of the legislation.

as it stands, the material impact to trans people of the ruling that JKR et al are putting their money behind would be very negative, and giving her the benefit of the doubt regarding her intentions is not just folly but dangerous. if that makes the activists opposing it "annoying", so be it

bug,
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@morecowbell sure: workplace and hiring discrimination. the legal basis to file complaints or suits in response to discrimination against trans people would become ambiguous at best, null at worst.

bug,
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@morecowbell that is the problem: the law doesn't say that. as previously mentioned, the majority of existing gender-related law was written with regards to "sex", because in the eyes of legislators long past, there was no distinction.

unless additional legislation were to be introduced at the same time as this appeal, a ruling in favor of the appeal will necessarily remove many of trans people's legal protections. that is why it is folly to assume that this is only about "clarity of definitions."

does it make sense yet ?

bug,
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@morecowbell your guarantee means nothing if the outcome is the same.

bug,
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@morecowbell i am not sure how you are still confused, i explicitly said that i agree with you that the laws should be amended.

the appeal is not rewriting anything, it is just asking for a specific interpretation of the law by the supreme court, in order to set a legal precedent for future cases. the effect of that appeal, if it succeeds, would be disastrous without further legislation.

yes, that gap in protection "can be addressed", but For Women Scotland have not shown any intention of addressing it. even if such legislation were introduced now, it could be years before it goes into effect. that is the point: the immediate material impact.

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    bug,
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    @shalien why else do you think the tag exists ? we see other admins' reports here and then investigate them ourselves. trust is not a given

    also, this is a discussion that belongs on , not # fediblock.

    bug,
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    @shalien i apologize, it seems like the edit didn't federate to us (although i do see that others suggested to redraft it rather than edit, due to the tendency for posts with tags to have issues like this.)

    bug,
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    @shalien i hold no ill will, you are forgiven for not knowing, and the fact that edits often don't federate on posts with frequently subscribed tags is not your fault

    i just think it might be prudent to remove/redo the post unless you are prepared for more admins to make the same comments. but that's up to you

    aras, to random
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    Holy shit, waking up to a spambot flood. Luckily most of the spam accounts were from just several domains, so added some domain blocks, and now close to 1000 spambots should be suspended. But geez.

    bug,
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    @aras @shana limiting/suspending traffic from said servers is the moderation tool you already have if it's a major problem, and tbh it's what many should do in order to pressure them to deploy some form of CAPTCHA

    bug,
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    @aras @shana i.e. would argue that we already have the appropriate tool since the only thing i can think of beyond that is DDoS mitigation

    bug, to random
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    shit, who here knows of anybody in WA, USA who could take a roommate for a bit ?

    futurebird, to random
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    Xylocopa sonorina, the 'valley carpenter bee' a large buzzy bee covered in fur.

    The males a striking yellow-orange with olive green eyes. The females melanistic and black from mandible to gaster. I wonder how the dimorphism evolved?

    They nest in old unpainted fence posts. Females sometimes share nests.

    Males are described as "aggressive" but... uh what is he going to do exactly? Boys can't sting! (true of all hymenopterans) I guess he could give you a dainty nibble with his mandibles.

    A yellow male Xylocopa sonorina carpenter bee in flight. His legs are tucked close to his body making his overall shape a furry yellow loaf. He has big green eyes and little mandibles giving him a cute face. Text added to the image "aggresive" "protect yo neck" "may nibble"
    A male bee detained, held gently by two human hands. He is covered in yellow-orange fur from mandible to gaster. His compound eyes are olive-green, holographic with shades from black to yellow, the many compounded lenses create hints of their hexagonal geometry through interference patterns. His wings are transparent with deep brown veins. He is looking right at you. Another hand extends a finger. Clearly someone unable to resist the temptation to gently pet him. text around the image: "unhandbee!" "am i being detained?" "want lawyer" "indignity!"

    bug,
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    @futurebird friends !!

    bug, to random
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    as the great tech layoff wave starts to recede i figure i should mention that i am looking for remote software engineering work.

    i've got over a decade of experience in various tech stacks, detailed here: https://windlestraw.productions/cv.html

    lmk any openings aside from military contractors

    bug, to random
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    how is this year almost half over

    how do i still not have a job

    how homophobic

    bug,
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    i might as well ask again: if anybody knows of remote programming jobs that somebody with this kind of background might suit, let me know

    https://windlestraw.productions/cv.html

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