yup, definitely a weird choice for grouping but also not random

it seems like the primary concern of the article is the waste from producing it, not its usage

Ah rip i knew i should have looked it up instead of relying on my memory, thanks.

AD is Anno Domini, “In The Year Of Our Lord” which is why it (is supposed to) start at the Birth of Jesus. The monk did get his dates wrong and Jesus was actually born in like 3~4 AD

I don’t think that’s AI

do you think that a half dozen lemmy users are capable of changing the voting system?

there have been some initiatives passed in some states, but thats only half the election. And the people in power benefit from a first past the post voting system, so transitioning out is slow work. It is possible, and it is happening, but there’s not a magic button that says “swap to superior voting method” that a single socialist can press

Wizards First Rule is Goodkind not Brooks, Brooks wrote Shanarra

Warframe is great but you can’t do 95% of the story missions multiplayer

THAT’S how I’m supposed to get ten years of experience in a five year old technology

quantity over quality is a pretty effective scam technique, it’s hard to get money from experienced technical users. So the initial hook is sometimes designed to intentionally be obvious to those users so they know to ignore it, so that the scammers don’t waste their resources on the later stages of the scam

got an email during university that I had been given access to an array of digital resources for free, all I had to do was link my university email credentials. Only after I had already done that did I realize how sketchy it was, but then it did actually turn out to be legit. Wish i remembered/still had access I remember there being some good stuff on there

technically yes with a felony conviction, but this is referring to losing your voter registration not your rights

I think you’re a conspiracy theorist

the oldest Billy Goat Gruff, who knocked the troll off the bridge saving both his siblings

who’s joe?

oh I’ve only ever read it, never heard it pronounced, do people really pronounce it engine X?

those are different groups, the loan providers were in support of loan forgiveness. pause to make sure I know what I’m talking about. Unless your fed loans are serviced by MOHELA, in which case the state of Missouri sued on their behalf

ah that makes sense

couldn’t you do that anyway if you can get people to install an extension? taking advantage of this for crypto mining purposes feels like extra steps

i found this out after reading through osmand documentation and seeing a bunch of features marked as premium that I DEFINITELY hadn’t paid for, and trying to figure out what happened lol