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- Comment on Why would a company force you to use a rental car instead of your own for a drive to the office/Christmas party? 2 weeks ago:
To add on a hypothetical:
If someone drives into you and totals their car and hurts you while you are on work business, they only worry about paying for your costs. The car is a tax writeoff to them.
If someone drives into you and totals your car and hurts you while you are on work business, they need to now worry about paying for you and your car.
- Comment on Is it really worth the BS for a couple more years? 2 weeks ago:
Replaced pop/soda with tea. At first needed it sweetener(with honey) to enjoy. Now, no sweetener at all is best.
And there are so many awesome flavours.
Right now I have a fantastic vanilla and peppermint tea.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 3 weeks ago:
This entire article is trusting the word of Microsoft's director of marketing
- Comment on "United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym 3 weeks ago:
Neat, I stand corrected.
I doubt the french history teacher I had who taught me that is still alive though.
- Comment on "United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym 3 weeks ago:
French predates English.
Also, bold calling a language silly in english
- Comment on "United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym 3 weeks ago:
Russia == Rossiya doesn't belong in that list.
- Comment on Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, so if you install an app that gives them full permissions, they can see what you're doing on your phone.
shocking
- Comment on As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' 5 weeks ago:
I think its an internal disagreement.
There have been rumours for a few years now that the price of gamepass was causing issues as it was seen as denying profits from other teams inside microsoft.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 1 month ago:
In a word, mostly, yes.
They are endangering themselves and everyone around them.
Go to a race track on a track day. Or organize one.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
We can't determine if you are an adult.
But we can determine that you are old enough to see credit card ads.
- Comment on YSK How to opt out of LinkedIn using your profile to train generative AI 1 month ago:
This dates tactic predates the internet.
Cable, telephone and banks used to do this regularly.
- Comment on YSK How to opt out of LinkedIn using your profile to train generative AI 1 month ago:
In a word, yes.
They know it benefits them more than us, so they make it opt-out.
- Comment on Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base 1 month ago:
Yes, that is the exact airbase that Epstein's close friend Donald Trump created a hasty withdrawl plan for that occured entirely in Biden's administration.
That Epstein's close friend Donald Trump now apparently wants back. Like the Chinese haven't paid the Taliban for every single piece of US hardware left behind.
- Comment on Only way that you're happy here... 2 months ago:
If only the creator hasn't turned out to be completely insane.
- Comment on Longest comment chain! 2 months ago:
Because it's 1023am somewhere
- Comment on dynamics 2 months ago:
Its the same logic as your post. Just said in the 1960s. By the Justice minister of the Canadian government.
- Comment on dynamics 2 months ago:
There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What is done in private between (consenting) adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code.
Pierre Trudeau, then Justice Minister for Canada: on the decriminalization of homosexuality.
- Comment on Google Docs makes me wanna rip my hair out 2 months ago:
How? Genuinely curious.
- Comment on '3d-printing a screw' is a way to describe how AI integration is stupid most of the time 2 months ago:
A note that Aerospace has absolutely leaned into 3D printing metal parts since they can make parts much lighter and be just as strong.
The main use of LLMs, as far as I can see, is to replace the very people pushing it on everyone.
- Comment on Without unions, they'd have us working around the clock 2 months ago:
Yes they did.
Probably Sundays too going further back. Was likely one of the big draws that was built into Christianity. - Comment on That one Pokémon 2 months ago:
Nautilus missing many of its arms fits in house, 4 limbs and slimey.
- Comment on The universe thinks you're gay. 2 months ago:
The colours we associate with the spectrum are arbitrary and are not necessarily indicative of the reality of the universe
- Comment on cum 2 mummy 2 months ago:
Yeah, this isn't news to me that this is a thing. Saw articles on this ~ 20 years ago. Complete with grainy images of the tiny flatworms "fencing".
- Comment on cum 2 mummy 2 months ago:
"Male"
Sorry?
They are Hermaphrodites. Not Male or Female.