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[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 36 minutes ago

Except Ukrainians, Taiwanese and others may pay a hefty price for this one.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

I feel like the thought that Twitter was ever a mass social platform for everyone is very journalist bias view. Facebook, Instagram and Reddit were already massive players before the Xtermination.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 44 minutes ago

People who love or tolerate left populism.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

Imagine he tries and fails, like the last who tried.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

There are a lot of people and organizations that are just slow to move and don't really know where to go.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 256 points 1 day ago (3 children)

slowly divert my work to different people in the company

So you've been promoted to a management position.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

If we ignore the actual stress of a manager suddenly finding out and asking you to report what you have been doing. Probably still possible to bullshit long enough in a big company to recover a normal situation or find another job.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 135 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Probably the two IT nerds who manage the Vatican systems.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm worried a failing economy could actually motivate them to get into war to divert the people's attention and stay in power, I think it's a common political tactic.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 days ago (14 children)

Does it also pull support for old Linux distributions?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 3 days ago

Ok, so now you have a clear plan to work on your attractiveness.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why do you think another populism is the solution?

 

Source is in French, pay-walled and talking about the in-coming issues with fat-bikes: https://www.lemonde.fr/m-perso/article/2024/11/09/gros-pneus-et-coups-de-sonnettes-vers-la-suvisation-du-velo_6385307_4497916.html

 
 

Boustrophedon is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.

The original term comes from Ancient Greek: "like the ox turns [while plowing]". It is mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. It was a common way of writing on stone in Ancient Greece.

A fun variation is the reverse boustrophedon: the text in alternate lines is rotated 180 degrees rather than mirrored.

The reader begins at the bottom left-hand corner of a tablet, reads a line from left to right, then rotates the tablet 180 degrees to continue on the next line from left to right again. When reading one line, the lines above and below it appear upside down.

I heard about it on a podcast about the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. They use used the reverse boustrophedon style for their system of glyphs called Rongorongo, which remains undeciphered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo

 

Then I get back into the game with my heart pounding.
It's my first time.

 

When the snow leopard sprang into action, Donglin assumed it was in pursuit of a marmot, not seeing, at first, the Pallas’s cat that ‘blended in so well with the rocks’. The little cat fled, but its short legs were no match for the muscular snow leopard, its long, thick tail helping it balance as it ran down the slope. In less than a minute, the snow leopard had its prey in its jaws, and proceeded to carry it back to its den.

Both species are very well camouflaged and extremely hard to spot. While large birds of prey and wolves are known to hunt Pallas’s cats, it’s rare to see them hunted by snow leopards.

Donglin understood the young leopard’s need to hunt but was heartbroken at the loss of the Pallas’s cat. She explains, ‘the cat had three two-month-old kittens, not yet independent, hidden in an empty marmot’s burrow nearby’.

After discussions with the guide and forest rangers, Donglin obtained permission from the local government for road-killed pikas to be left near the den. Three weeks later, the kittens were hunting by themselves, and not long after, two of them were seen with their aunt and its litter of five. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/2023-race-for-life

 

I've noticed that when meeting a foreign person, mentioning that you like a beloved artist from their country is one of the best way to create a good vibe.

Which revered artist/group (not necessarily musician) from your place should I learn about?

A few examples I'm thinking about (correct me if I'm wrong):

Country Artist
Beligum Jacques Brel
Cabo Verde Cesária Évora
Egypt Umm Kulthum
Mali Salif Keita
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