melvisntnormal

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[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 24 points 2 days ago

Microsoft Windows was originally called "Wind OS"; the wavy logos from the earlier versions is supposed to be a flag waving in the wind. Consumers kept calling it Windos; eventually Microsoft conceded that the name had stuck and changed it to Windows for 3.1

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

France, if you squint slightly. Their two-round runoff is a better system, but it's not proportional and can effectively become FPTP under certain conditions.

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

On my app, tapping the image makes it full screen. I had to figure out how to get to the raw Markdown of the post and go from there.

For those who come after: https://slrpnk.net/comment/16864626

There's an actual response to the issue at hand in that link; man didn't just decide to drop a meme and peace out (though I probably would've assumed that was the case if it wasn't for the edit)

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

wake up
get up
get out there

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

me if hayfever didn't exist:

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

This might be getting into the weeds a little, but to me, "bottle of water" implies a single-use bottle already filled with water, while "water bottle" implies a bottle that is made to be (re)filled with water

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Wow, TIL, thanks for the info!

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh okay, fair enough. Out of interest, what does Jagex have against the Brits?

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Nope, just straight up blocked

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I tried to follow that link and it seems Cloudflare blocked me. Don't suppose you know who I'd need to talk to to resolve that would you?

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

The article seems to say that it's not a bill that goes through Parliament, more that it's akin to secondary legislation, which can't be subject to a petition? Meaning that the Swiss people would need to petition for a constitutional amendment rather than an optional referendum, which makes this slightly more complicated (and requires a lot more effort)

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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