T156

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

People also forget that YouTube ran at a loss for well over a decade.

And any new start up would have to compete with YouTube and their massive audience, and all the other sites. There's a reason that Vimeo never made quite the same height, for example.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Or reprise their old assistants from XP.

At least a "computer Wizard" would make them stand out compared to ChatGPT in a funny box.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That was the original intent. That it became a measuring contest is separate.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Also a way to spoof the input.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

If the app is so paranoid that it refuses to work after detecting a different keyboard, I should be surprised if it allowed screenshots.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Excel definitely has its flaws though. For example, in science, it will mangle your data in its attempts to be helpful by reformatting the file if you so much as open it.

The genomics committee had to change their naming scheme for some genes because excel kept converting them into dates (for example, you had a MAR-10 gene, it'd be converted into a timestamp or 3/10) and destroying the names, even if the file wasn't saved.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

CPUs have multiple cores now? Amazing.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The split might leave a monopoly still, if it's the only major browser.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, but the swearing is immaterial. That apology isn't, so let's break down the likely interpretation a bit.

I didn't want to insult you and if you felt so, I apologize.

This is probably the most egregious part, since 'I'm sorry you felt offended' isn't actually an apology, it just sounds like one. You're not actually apologising for anything you did.

No matter what it is you might have wanted or intended, the fact of the matter is that you did offend your coworker with your swearing.

The word fuck is one I use very often, but I'll try to control myself around you'

This part is fine-ish? I'd leave off the "around you", since it's extraneous. They don't need to know that you're deliberately taking exception around them.

I apologize. The word fuck is one I'm used to using, but I'll try to avoid using it.

Seems a better way of putting it. You made the error, you apologised, clean and cut. No need for unnecessary explanation that could be taken as excuse, or unnecessary exceptions that may taint your intended message.

Maybe accompany it with an apology muffin or something.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Far left? She's barely left of centre.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (18 children)

If Mozilla does become defunct, it does raise the question of whether Chrome would be considered a Google monopoly, and therefore subject to antitrust legislation.

I can't imagine any governments would look kindly upon internet access being guarded behind a single company's product.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Are they defending it? Seems more like they're saying that the US legal system doesn't consider it to meet their classification of child pornography, as opposed to saying that it's okay.

It would be like saying the UK criminal justice system only considers penile penetration to be rape, with other forms being folded under sexual assault. That doesn't mean that they're defending rape, and saying it's just sexual assault.

 

Why is there a mother-daughter thing in the first place?

 

While kbin.social's site mentioned that they were migrating to a new provider, and as a result, the site might be experiencing some issues, kbin.social has been serving up a similar HTTP 50x errors, and that migration message for well over a month, if not more.

What happened?

 

While ordering a crew cut is easy, since it's on the menu, what about other kinds?

Can you just go "I'd like a men/women's haircut" and leave it at that, or do you need something more specific, like saying you want a Charlestone done by a No. 3 to the sides, and a 4 up top?

 

You wouldn't start off an e-mail with "My Dear X", or "Dearest X", since that would be too personal for a professional email, so "To X" being more impersonal seems like it would make the letter more professional-sounding, compared to "Dear X".

 

What caused the shift from calling things like rheostats and condensers to resistors and capacitors, or the move from cycles to Hertz?

It seemed to just pop up out of nowhere, seeing as the previous terms seemed fine, and are in use for some things today (like rheostat brakes, or condenser microphones).

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