Due to some reason I found myself actually enjoying listening to English speakers more than to speakers in my native language. Well, maybe it is becuase I have been listeting to English for a long time and now get used to it. I wish I was surrounded by English rather than by my native language because my native language sounds...
Good for them. If it works, it will have to be widely adopted. I can say that phones have taken a degree of the joy out of parenting when there are no societal boundaries.
With Meta beginning to test federation, there's a lot of discussion as to whether we should preemptively defederate with Threads. I made a post about the question, and it seems that opinions differ a lot among people on Kbin. There were a lot of arguments for and against regarding ads, privacy, and content quality, but I don't...
I’m glad you said that you don’t think that privacy is the biggest issue. Our posts are already public and can be scraped easily. I’ve stopped reading posts about privacy issues because they seem misinformed to me.
I don’t know what to think about the rest at this stage, but I’m beyond suspicious of Meta, which has proven itself to be a deeply unethical company.
“ Orbán left the room when the decision on enlargement was taken... This allowed for an unanimous decision from the European Council, which … was completely legal under EU law.”
This sounds almost cartoonish. Was it a coincidence or a case of “quick, while he’s gone!”
Great result anyway.
Edit: Now I’m thinking that it suited him not to object but that he couldn’t be seen to allow it, so he did it on purpose The rant online could have been the usual far-right theatrics.
Update: I see a few differences. It’s mobile friendly and is more simplified in some ways. That’s all good. They say to expect breakage so it mightn’t be as stable yet.
An example would be a version of the trolley problem where you can either allow the track to remain on its current path which is empty, or divert it to harm an individual unnecessarily. This is a choice between a universally good outcome or a universally bad outcome....
The Australian government has announced plans to cut the number of new immigrants by half in less than two years, in an effort to improve the country's "broken" immigration system. The government hopes to reduce the yearly intake to 250K by June 2025. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Adopting deported Ukrainian children in Russia is a crime from the point of view of international law, lawyer Maria Chashchilova explains. “This is considered genocide and violates paragraph (e) of Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: ‘forcibly transferring children of the...
Has anybody found out that they prefer English to their native language?
Due to some reason I found myself actually enjoying listening to English speakers more than to speakers in my native language. Well, maybe it is becuase I have been listeting to English for a long time and now get used to it. I wish I was surrounded by English rather than by my native language because my native language sounds...
Why does Denmark have one of Europe's lowest rates of bullying? (www.euronews.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/zk6vO...
Kommunal enters the conflict against Tesla (arbetet.se)
Even Kommunal warns in the conflict against Tesla. At the beginning of next year, the association will stop collection of household waste....
Spanish parents are rallying to ban cell phones for children under 16 (www.lemonde.fr)
Israel warns war with Hamas could take 'several' more months (www.bbc.com)
A case for preemptively defederating with Threads
With Meta beginning to test federation, there's a lot of discussion as to whether we should preemptively defederate with Threads. I made a post about the question, and it seems that opinions differ a lot among people on Kbin. There were a lot of arguments for and against regarding ads, privacy, and content quality, but I don't...
Please recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal)
Title. :)
EU leaders approve Ukraine accession talks, bypassing Orbán (www.politico.eu)
Feedi, a self hosted feed reader + more (github.com)
What is the opposite of an ethical dilemma called? (A situation where there is a clear/obvious solution with no negative consequence)
An example would be a version of the trolley problem where you can either allow the track to remain on its current path which is empty, or divert it to harm an individual unnecessarily. This is a choice between a universally good outcome or a universally bad outcome....
Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Similar case in point: “bimonthly” means “twice a month.” That makes sense....
After escaping war, thousands of Ukrainians want to stay in Canada permanently (www.theglobeandmail.com)
How to water a plant (lemy.lol)
Can installing an open source os on a pixel phone count as de-googling?
I mean they’re still the ones who made the hardware
HSBC accused of contempt for Welsh speakers (www.bbc.co.uk)
HSBC has been accused of holding contempt towards its customers as it prepares to close its Welsh language phone service....
Australia to Tighten Immigration Requirements (www.improvethenews.org)
The Australian government has announced plans to cut the number of new immigrants by half in less than two years, in an effort to improve the country's "broken" immigration system. The government hopes to reduce the yearly intake to 250K by June 2025. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
New Zealand: thousands protest against new government policies that unravel Māori gains (www.theguardian.com)
The new government recently announced it would dial back use of Māori language in government organisations, and scrap Māori Health Authority
How Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov and His New Wife Adopted a Child Kidnapped from Ukraine and Changed Her Identity (istories.media)
Adopting deported Ukrainian children in Russia is a crime from the point of view of international law, lawyer Maria Chashchilova explains. “This is considered genocide and violates paragraph (e) of Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: ‘forcibly transferring children of the...
Panning with only a few instruments?
I’m struggling to pan the chorus of my song. It only has drums, bass, one slightly distorted guitar and a lead vocal....