It’s weird how much the media still cover twitter, given how increasingly niche it’s become.
Also seems quite high. I did a google and apparently it’s half the number and closer to 300 million.
The people who gave up because they couldn’t solve their issues aren’t posting either.
Yeah. He’s an obvious troll. The bigger problem is that when I’ve called him out in the past, a mod here has deleted my comments for misleading reasons. So it’s obvious that at least one of the mods does support Russian bs. Of course, there are other mods who do give him the occasional ban so he calms down a bit.
I’ve said this elsewhere, but if you’re angry about what’s happening in Gaza, you really don’t want ‘friends’ like that supporting your cause. One spoilt apple ruins the bunch. It’s like if you run a children’s hospital that accepts donations from Gary Glitter.
American Psycho needs to be remade, if only because it’ll shut up all the people who keep saying “You couldn’t make something like that now!”
Journalism: you get what you pay for.
I use a VPN. Good luck whoever decides to DDoS the CIA, FBI and/or NSA.
FBI/NSA/CIA man: don’t pay attention to me, as you can see all I do is torrent shit movies and watch porn.
Yep. Very common.
A lot of people use their pc like a console or media server. Ie. use it to watch/play stuff from their bed or couch.
Also have an old netbook. I use it to run old games.
Mine’s on windows 10, but yours probably still runs on XP which is no longer safe. So do a reset, make sure it can’t connect to the internet(airport mode, disable wifi, firewall on lockdown), and google how to disable stuff/services to make it slightly speedier.
Gog has plenty of (free) older games. Don’t pirate older games, they might connect to the internet, which is a security risk.
Sex.
Serious answer: In the past I’ve made apple sauce/compote, reheated meals, boiled eggs, steamed vegetables and dimsum, reheated/cooked stuff like soup, etc. etc.
Also useful as a bain marie. Apparently you can also make bread and cakes in them. Also hot chocolate.
Honestly, if I ever move to an appartment, I think a rice cooker, air fryer, and microwave would allow me to do almost all of my cooking.
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How do you say “I’m very lonely” in C++?
For example, you hear a word that sounds (exactly/a bit) like another word, and can tell it’s not that other word, because the other word has a different gender. Or you only really need to learn one word because both are very similar. Some examples:
Spanish : La Nina/La Nino. Both basically the same world (female/male child) and sound the same, unlike boy/girl in English.
Dutch : Het jacht = the boat / yacht, de jacht = the hunt. No need to guess the meaning of the word from the context, you can go by gender.
Spanish: El Capital = Capital as in money, La Capital = Capital as in Capital City.
French: Un Livre = a book. La livre = pound sterling.
I live in a western European country. A few anecdotes to illustrate what Americans don’t get about healthcare:
I was involved in a serious accident and the passenger in my car was taken to hospital in an ambulance and had to have scans, etc. It ended up costing 1000 Euros.
One of my teeth needed to be replaced by a dental implant. I had it removed, a bone graft was necessary, then a few months later they drilled a metal pin into the jaw bone, then they placed a crown on it. The pin was Swiss made, the dentist did a 3d scan of the inside of my mouth for the crown. I had a few return visits. It ended up costing me 3000 Euros total, but I specifically spread the appointments around the new year: november - january. This was a big deal for me, as I was unemployed and needed to dip into my already small savings.
I had a headache, so I bought myself some paracetamol(tylenol?) at the drug store. 50 for 2 euros.
Sounds ok, right?
Here’s the thing that Americans don’t get. These are all fully private prices.
The first incident, I received a bill because it would have to be paid by the other party’s insurance. 1000 Euros was the fully private cost without government intervention. The accident had happened just across the border in another country.
The second anecdote, this was also the fully private cost. Dental implants are not covered by healthcare. I have supplemental private dental insurance (20 Euros per month), which has a maximum deductable of 2000 Euros per year. Spreading it out meant I ended up spending only a few hundred euros, after I received money from my insurance a few weeks later.
The US system isn’t just absurdly expensive for people who aren’t insured, it’s absurdly expensive compared to fully private healthcare in plenty of developed countries.
Hell, have a look at how much it costs to get plastic surgery in the US. A boob job is likely to cost you less than a visit to the ER, despite the latter being a far more involved and expensive operation.
It seems obvious to me that a lot of price gouging and anti-competitive behaviour is going on in US healthcare, and simply regulating (not privatising) properly would already make things far more affordable. How else can you explain healthcare costs per capita being up to three times as high as comparably developed countries, but outcomes often being worse? Healthcare shouldn’t have to cost this much. The healthcare industry can make a reasonable profit while charging far more reasonable prices.
TLDR: you’re getting ripped off, but you have no choice in the matter, because what are you going to do if it’s an emergency? You can’t just leave the country.
A lot of America centric answers, so I’ll give a more global one: Ikea or any comparable store which uses cheap meal deals as a loss leader to get you to shop in their store. AFAIK the costco hot dog is the most famous US example.
This being said: eat/cook at home. Rice based meals can be made for as little as a dollar per serving, if you buy in bulk. (Get a cheap rice cooker, it can do more than cook rice, save on energy costs, and takes out most of the hassle.) Potato based meals are also very cheap. Baked potato with a bit of butter contains much of the nutrients you need to survive in the short to medium term.
A lot of stuff is meditation.
Eg. so called ‘motorcycle emptiness’ is very similar to zen meditation. You’re entirely focussed on the here and now. Same thing for driving (fast), gardening, golf, sports, etc.
I sounds like you don’t actually dislike wayland, but fanboys and toxicity. TBH the linux community is full of that kind of crap.
Imagine if we were all as weird about toasters, having arguments about how toaster brand X was so much better than toaster brand Y.
But luckily people don’t give much of a shit about toasters, as long as they work.
Who was clearly inspired by Metropolis:
http://sorayama.jp/hajimesorayama/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HS_paint_132.jpg
More David Lynch Dune than Denis Villeneuve Dune.
Probably related to this:
https://kbin.social/m/lemmy@lemmy.ml/t/838038/We-seem-to-be-getting-attacked
