NYC is one of a number of world cities known by acronyms or nicknames:
There’s even a whole country that goes by its initials: UK.
So, stop thinking this is some American thing, it’s just a way that people shorten the names of common cities that have a few too many syllables to be convenient.
I wonder if that’s true. Sewing machines haven’t changed much since they started. Cooking hasn’t either. But, if you’re a computer-using Gen Xer, you can’t still be running Windows 95 or something. You’ve had to keep up with the current tech.
Now, you might be using Windows 11 the same way you used Windows 95, and missing out on some of the newer features. But, I think most people who knew how to debug a networking problem in Windows 95 still can figure out how to do it in the newest Windows releases.
It’s like driving. Yes, older drivers are worse drivers, their eyesight and hearing is worse, their reaction speed is slower, etc. But, cars have changed pretty considerably in the last 50 years, and most older drivers know how to use modern cars. They may not be as good at using some of the gadgets, like the GPS system, as younger people. But, they’ve adapted to keyless entry, push-button starts, push-button windows, backup cameras, traction control, and so-on.
Google has had to deal with disputed place names a number of times.
There’s the Sea of Japan which has the parenthesized name “East Sea”, which I think is only used in Korea.
There’s the Persian Gulf sometimes known as the Arabian gulf.
There’s the Falkland Islands which the Argentinians refer to as Islas Malvinas.
What’s really dumb about this is that it goes directly against the old policy (from 2008) where they said:
When our policy says that we display the “primary, common, local” names for a body of water, each of those three adjectives has an important and distinct meaning. By saying “primary”, we aim to include names of dominant use, rather than having to add every conceivable local nickname or variation. By saying “common”, we mean to include names which are in widespread daily use, rather than giving immediate recognition to any arbitrary governmental re-naming. In other words, if a ruler announced that henceforth the Pacific Ocean would be named after her mother, we would not add that placemark unless and until the name came into common usage.
But, the Gulf of “America” is not in common usage anywhere. Canada should see only “Gulf of Mexico”, even though it shares a language with the country that officially renamed it to “Gulf of America”. And in particular Germany shouldn’t see anything about “Amerika” because that’s just not a thing in any German-speaking country.
Really, it should be Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) in the US and whatever the local name is everywhere else.
Do you really think they’re cool though?
I have hobbies that are very male-dominated, but I know they’re not cool, and that doesn’t bother me. I’m happy being uncool and enjoying my hobbies.
I think the difference is that some boys are unembarrassed about liking Joe Rogan, and make it their whole personality. You should feel a little embarrassed to admit that you listen to Joe Rogan. You should feel embarrassed that you’re obsessed about WWE or UFC. But, it’s not just male things. Niche interests, especially niche interests that are gender-specific are things that don’t make you cool. Like, a girl who is obsessed with makeup tutorials on TikTok shouldn’t think that makes her cool either.
Tomorrow’s the SuperbOwl. If some guys are super excited about that, it’s fine. They should just acknowledge that being obsessed with a sport played by other people isn’t cool. It’s as uncool as Warhammer 40k or… trains.
“You don’t hate women and feminism. You hate capitalism.”
https://slrpnk.net/post/17820010
As if misogyny is a new thing that came along with capitalism. Women have been second-class citizens for most of recorded history. While they’re still not on par with men, if anything it has improved in the modern, capitalist world.
“It is always capitalism’s fault”
https://lemmy.world/post/23607277
Despite the nazis being fascists, somehow it’s not their fault, it’s actually capitalism that’s at fault.
Lemmy search isn’t very good, but I’ve replied to a bunch of Lemmy posts over the last while where the argument is basically that capitalism is the worst possible system. They seem to be unaware of just how brutal and awful life was under Manorialism / Feudalism. They seem to equate every modern ill with capitalism, even when it’s something that was 1000x worse under say fascism.
Especially when someone blames capitalism for something which has been a problem since the dawn of humanity, and if anything, has improved under capitalism.
The PDS design is a nice approach to making AT Proto distributed. But, the way they chose to operate relays means that the protocol requires massive investment to run.
The absolute minimum spend for a node right now, even with Bluesky still growing, is something like tens of thousands of dollars per year. If Bluesky does become the next Twitter, it will probably be $100k+ per year to run a relay. That means a company could run a relay, maybe a university could run one, but it’s way out of the reach of anyone but the richest of individual users.
Choose your own adventure.
If the next word is “but”, turn to page 666.
If the next word is “so”, turn to page 69.
Sounds like an answering machine could take the AI’s job.
What focus group convinced them that trite inspirational messages on tampons was a good idea?
Instead of what, an answering machine, or a printed sign?
I didn’t say it was true, I said it was funny.
I saw another funny one somewhere. Apparently one of nVidia’s social media accounts posted a bible quote. Someone replied to it with something like “Hey fellas, I’m not so good at the stock market. Is it good news when your investment starts praying?”
“Evil” people have motivations too. There’s no overthinking needed. He’s frequently played by Putin, and this makes the most sense.
There is one and only one reason Trump/US wants Greenland.
There’s more than one. To me, the most plausible one is that Putin has played on his insecurities. He probably told Trump that a president / king / emperor is remembered when they expand their territory, otherwise they’re forgotten. So, off Trump goes, trying to cement his legacy as a great president by expanding US territory. By doing that, he plays right into Putin’s hands by destabilizing the world.
Historically, the king / emperor gets it. I’m guessing that most of the time it’s probably used to pay down war debts.
He has no interest in buying either Canada or Greenland. He hasn’t ruled out using force though.
Donald Trump has offered to purchase Greenland.
No, Trump has been saying, in a threatening way, that Greenland is going to be part of the United States. He hasn’t suggested buying it, but he hasn’t ruled out taking it with military force.
Effectively Trump is owned by Musk
No. Musk bought a little influence and so far hasn’t pissed Trump off enough that he’s been cut off. But, it’s just a matter of time.
Yes but… sometimes, sometimes, a video is so important.
I was trying to troubleshoot an issue where something just wasn’t working. All the text-based resources just showed the commands people were running and the steps they were taking. But, while I wasn’t getting errors, I was getting different results.
I really needed to know whether the output from the command I ran matched the output from the command when someone else ran it, because for me things broke after that one step. Nobody posting in text-based stuff was posting the output of the commands they were running, just the commands they were running and the files they were using.
So, I found someone doing a tutorial who did a video. They also were talking through the commands they were running, the process they were following, etc. But, BUT, they were sharing their screen as they did it, and for a second I was able to see the output they got, and that it was subtly different from what I was seeing, and that was the key to figuring out what was wrong.
Most of the time videos suck, the output isn’t searchable, the pacing is mostly too slow, you can’t copy and paste, etc. But, every once in a while, the fact that videos include a full replay of every thing the person does means that you can see where what you did diverges from what someone else did.