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[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

None of his “accidents” worked against the goals of the heroes and he was always where he needed to be.

Well yeah, he was still in the "gain their trust" phase. The betrayal/reveal was going to happen in the second or third movie.

The whole prequel trilogy was about the corruption of the Jedi and Jar Jar might have been exile or left because of his opposition to it.

Jar Jar causing the corruption of Anakin, more like.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Interesting question: what if the call crosses from a two party area to a one party area?

The party in the two-party area needs to get consent from the other, but the party in the one-party area doesn't.

Anybody who tells you the party in the one-party-consent area needs to get consent because the call crosses jurisdictional boundaries is a totalitarian piece of shit who believes in extraterritorial jurisdiction.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

To get around the legal side, they built a mandatory audio warning into the app. The moment you hit record, it loudly tells the other person they’re being recorded, which checks the legal boxes for consent under EU privacy laws.

As a resident of a one-party-consent state, I absolutely loathe that fucking thing. Who the fuck does Google think it is, to unilaterally decide that I'm not allowed to exercise my right to record without notice?!

That reminds me, I need to check if GrapheneOS gets rid of the asinine warning.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

They do consent. "This call may be recorded" is giving you permission.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (6 children)

Jar Jar was too much of a racist caricature.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago (5 children)

Jar Jar was a stupid alien added to the prequel for comedic relief

Jar Jar was the big bad until they dialed up the obfuscating stupidity too high and the backlash made George Lucas chicken out.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Do you go to every community with memes you don't understand and complain they didn't give you context?

I demand !ich_iel translate all memes into English for me! ^\s^

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Is it similar to what took feddit.uk (I think) down a couple if days ago? Could it be related?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Right: so they don't make colorful vehicles, refuse to take orders for them, and then pretend colorful vehicles don't sell.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 54 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Watch out for them immediately contracting with Axon instead, which is just as bad.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

@remindme@mstdn.social one month

Edit: I haven't gotten a confirmation message, so maybe the bot is down? There are several other "remindme" bots to choose from, though, so at least one of them ought to work.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/58022486

Interesting article from 2018. But nothing has changed at all. Even the electric cars I see on the road are huge.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/50646165

A well researched and referenced video (see yt description for references and spreadsheets), from Sharath of Building Beautifully.

The cost of building transit in the Anglosphere has spiralled out of control. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong are all terrible at managing transit costs. Meanwhile, nations like France, Spain, South Korea and Turkey are running laps around the Anglosphere, building world-class transit at unprecedented speeds for prices up to four times cheaper. There is no reason for building transit to cost this much. Follow me as we unpack the staggering reasons that costs have spiralled out of control, and what we can do about it. Thank you to Jedwin Mok for appearing in this video! Jedwin introduced me to the transit costs crisis in mid-2025, which led me to ultimately create this video and interview him for it.

 

Youtuber "Brad is Brad" creates a custom controller for Subnautica using an exercise bike and an Arduino so that he has to pedal the bike in order to swim in the game.

 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/46852721

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that his department would redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build roads and bridges instead.

So, what exactly is a “DEI bike lane?”

The Daily Wire pointed to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s claim that a series of 2021 grants funding bike lanes would serve to “improve infrastructure, strengthen supply chains, make us safer, advance equity, and combat climate change.”

Upon hearing “equity,” President Donald Trump’s goons can’t help but get triggered into attacking any federal spending that won’t benefit them directly. In reality, those Biden-era grants directed funds to build a new transit center in North Carolina, replace bridges in New Mexico, extend streets in New Hampshire, install traffic lights and crosswalks in Missouri, and install bike lanes in Seattle, among other projects. Now the financial status of these projects is unclear.

 

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/61209

A new big-data analysis of the U.S. pinpoints how urban design aids the health of city residents—especially when cities provide walking opportunities, greenery and mixed-use streets with a blend of commercial and residential activity.


From Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change via This RSS Feed.

 

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/10923091

From the Atlanta Community Press Collective

Cop City-related charges become the second case brought that explicitly mentions the controversial Trump administration initiative, NSPM-7, targeting left-leaning movements. You can support stories like these at https://atlpresscollective.com/support-us.

#Atlanta #AtlantaPressCollective

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/50143863

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