Ecco the dolphin

Tbf 1y coin is made out of aluminum, not copper. They float.

We would call them yennies. Its probably time to get rid of them, but I’ll be sad.

The 10000 yen note is obviously a yenjamin.

Haha no big deal. I don’t even read the article half the time either, too many ads, paywalls, etc

Donald Trump’s Education Department (ED) released a new rule to deny student loan forgiveness to people who work for LGBTQ+ organizations.

It is based on the nonprofit they work for, not their gender expression/sexuality. So, basically the administration can just decide if he doesn’t like the organization you work for, you’re screwed. Obviously wrong and messed up.

BTW that is the first sentence of the article. Seems like the people replying to you didn’t read it either.

Have you ever woke up and felt like garbage despite not doing anything diabolical the previous night (drinking etc)? And you wondered why you felt like shit?

The answer may surprise you

You right, I’m tired

This is from a Pearson online graded thing, if you don’t happen to recognize it. It probably would have taken 161/4 (edited) as a correct answer as well (IMO 40 1/4 is ambiguous, improper).

The software is more than capable of determining that 40.25=40+1/4 so its not really excusable (unless its specifically trying to teach fractions for middle schoolers or something)

That said, A lot of my calc 3 homework (multi variable calculus) in college was run by Pearson, and while it wasn’t perfect, the fact that it was autograded with multiple attempts allowed made learning the material easy. Immediate feedback is incredible.

Fuck Pearson though, honestly. This shit is expensive and it’s still got noticeable flaws. Last Pearson course I took kept trying to get me to use their shitty AI and pay extra for shit. I’m a student, not a potential customer to shake down.

Minorities too. There’s a reason he was harping on shaving standards. Some people with curly hair get ingrown hairs when they shave every day. Causes infection and scarring. You can get a “no shave chit” - medical can excuse you from needing to be clean shaven.

Its mostly black men with these chits.

He’s trying to give anyone who wants one an excuse to remove any one who isn’t white enough (and male) from serving.

Sure but she didn’t, she’s not in the meme I’m critiqueing. I wouldn’t have that complaint about that situation. I’d have other complaints, if I wasn’t completely drowned in a bottle or something

George Floyd and Trayvon Martin were ordinary citizens living their lives, whose deaths were linked to (and probably caused by) oppression and racism. They never wanted national attention, certainly not for this.

Kirk was a propagandist whose speech contributed to the environment of political divisiveness, bigotry and intolerance. He was a public figure who thrived on the controversy caused by his hateful speech.

I can’t upvote this meme, it feels like false equivalence (I agree with the sentiment, though, it just… they don’t care if they’re being hypocritical. That’s their game).

the only good Adam Sandler movie is uncut gems

its a good movie, he is cast perfectly, and he gets punched in the face

He named his technology company after a wizard pondering orb wiretapped by LOTR-satan.

Im sure theres some great jokes here but I don’t have anything snarky to say about it, I’m just tired.

Tbh I’m not even sure the app is breaking any laws at all. Reporting on the presence of law enforcement is (not always but sometimes) protected speech here. I don’t use the app, and I haven’t heard that they are trying to arrest anyone in regards to it.

Honestly though… Have you thought through everything you’re saying? Sheltering Jewish people during the holocaust was illegal in Germany.

Anyway, have a nice day, those are my thoughts.

I don’t want to drag this conversation into American politics, but I will say ICE has been doing things against USA law. Things are not great here. Even noncitizens have rights that need to be respected, and ICE is failing to do that. They have also arrested lawful residents, citizens too, in their sweeps.

The ICE tracker app is a protest app/ direct action sort of thing, not a tool for criminality. Surely you can see the value of being able to use technology to resist a tyrannical government?

By the way, do you want the USA government to potentially control which software can be installed on your phone? Google is an American company. USA courts could decide (international company) is violating (American IP law or something else) and instruct Google to disallow their app from being installed entirely.

They can pull apps off the app store now, and they do that, but currently you can still side load stuff.

I think that other guy’s comment about the ICE tracker app really highlights the most important problem: If only signed apps can run, governments can pressure companies to remove access to certain apps. Even if Google allowed posting the app, the author would have to de-anonymize himself, and Google would have to comply with the law if they were subpoenaed. They would definitely give up the author’s name. It is an issue of freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to do with your device what you choose to do with it. You might not have a use for it (right now) but it’s not necessarily something you’d want to give up.

And, honestly, I would personally be affected by this, eventually. I use an app called NewPipe to watch youtube. It already isn’t available on the app store (violates google’s ToS), and I doubt they’d let people install this even if the author properly identified themselves, because I use it to avoid watching adds and to be able to “subscribe” to channels without an account. I could just borrow my husband’s premium subscription, I guess, but I really only use NewPipe to watch certain things, and it lacks the algorithmically driven feed (which I am actively avoiding, Google tends to suggest things that make you angry for clicks).

As a user, you should be upset that a private company is controlling how you are allowed to use your device that you paid for with your money.

This would be like if Microsoft decided you could only run Microsoft-approved code on a computer you purchased, in some cases with a locked bootloader so you can’t even change your OS.

Also, Google is (imho) already operating unethically when it comes to the app store (See Google v. Epic). I don’t care about Fortnite, but Google really shouldn’t be able to take a cut of random services just because it’s running on Android.

I bought a refirb Chromebook with an Intel CPU for $150 and put Debian on it.

Its a piece of shit, but I feel like a technology racoon. Its also lightweight. I do my homework on it.

Speakers don’t work tho, but it’s OK thats what headphones are for.

You could just go cheap until u find something perfect.

Prentending to be hackerman is a legit usecase IMHO. They do seem like fun, but I personally can’t justify the cost.

I would definitely play with one if I had one

I refuse to believe this title is anything other than engagement-bait, personally.

Right?

I’m wondering if there’s a way I can use this to get deported to the lands of my great great great great grandparents (Germany or the Netherlands or somewhere idk)

They wouldn’t take my stupid ass otherwise

I’m confused, isn’t this just as risky as seeing a URL in the wild and typing it into your phone? Don’t all phones display the URL you are about to visit?

The problem isn’t the QR code itself, correct? It’s a lack of education, and an incurious public that has no interest in learning about the technology that they depend on.

Seems like a skill issue.