While they both need to figure out some way to sustain their businesses, I am glad this was not the solution they went with. I had a hard time believing that the Toronto Star would have been left alone indefinitely, maintaining their independence.
Issue isn’t Russia reaping them. It never is with cluster munitions. In fact given the battle field is Ukraine, it will be Ukrainian civilians repair the harvest on this. Problem isn’t “ohhhh cluster munitions are nasty to enemy soldiers”. No those are free target, we rip them, tear them. Huge 155 mm shrapnel HE shell will tear flesh just as nastily as a cluster sub munitions, if not worse even.
The issue is submunitions in effect ending up being anti-personnel mines, since not all of the submunitions detonate properly and then end up teetering on their fuse and then some civilian stumbles upon them later, knocks it and boom, there goes civilians hand/leg/life.
All munitions have a fault percent of not detonating (fuses fail, the safety self-destructs fail). Issue is cluster sub munitions are small and there is lot of them.
It is pretty obvious should there be 155 mm dud HE shell sticking from the field soil. sub munitions, not so much. It’s a small hand grenade sized thing.
It’s one thing to be skeptical about a new social network, especially from Meta. But the visceral reaction that some people on Mastodon are having to Threads is just bizarre. It’s not constructive criticism, it’s just hate.
Sometimes it feels like there’s a certain crowd of people on Mastodon that just …hates fun? I don’t get it. No one is taking Mastodon away from you.
Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.
Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx...
Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about....
Republican prosecutors target corporate diversity programmes (www.bbc.com)
State attorneys general threaten top US companies with legal action over race-based quotas.
GitHub - RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge: The RSS feed for websites missing it (github.com)
The Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate to five per cent on Wednesday, its highest rate since 2001.
12 years ago. Wonder what Lemmy will look like in 12 years? (lemmy.world)
Any Canadian based Matrix servers? Or servers associated with lemmy.ca?
Was just interested in joining Matrix and since my lemmy account was on a Canadian server was wondering if my Matrix account could be too.
FYI: Lemmy.world and other instances were hacked. Beehaw.org took itself down to mitigate risks (lemmy.world)
Drawing attention on this instance so Admins are aware and can address the propagating exploit....
NordStar, Postmedia terminate merger discussions | Toronto Star (www.thestar.com)
Talks called off due to regulatory and financial uncertainty around the deal and because parties were unable to agree on terms.
Bud lite lost more in revenue partnering with a trans spokesperson, than Corona did for having the same name as a virus that caused a global pandemic.
What a time to be alive.
When all else fails, call your competitor a pedo (lemmy.world)
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Board games boost math ability in young children, study finds (phys.org)
Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.
TikTok video showing DoorDash driver cursing at customer over 25% tip sparks online debate over tipping culture in the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
What's an acceptable tip for a driver who delivers a $20 pizza?...
What does following a user do?
If I follow a person, not subscribing to a magazine, what does that do for me? Do I see their posts/comments somewhere; if so where?...
NEW: Update & Clarification on Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points on kbin
Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points:...
Are upvotes counting towards your reputation now?
Logged in a few minutes ago and noticed that reputation in my account was much higher then before. Guessing it might be counted now.
HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray
Imma start by prefacing that I like kbin way better so far....
Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx...
OC Fediverse servers right now
'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.
OC Fediverse won't replace Reddit as long as Lemmy is the main platform being promoted
Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about....