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Choosing violence in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 0 points 48 minutes ago

Sounds like it's not just me that goes "ok then, try arguing with this" when power cycling an unresponsive computer.

To people who choose not to swear (for non-religious reasons), what is your motivation to be that way ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

It's completely valid but needs careful use because it can be destructive. Unrestrained anger is way too common and a huge problem for everyone around those afflicted with it.

To people who choose not to swear (for non-religious reasons), what is your motivation to be that way ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago

Not everyone is immune to swearing; I don't see any point in causing unnecessary offence; and they contribute nothing to the meaning, except perhaps voicing a level of emotion which can be better expressed in other ways.

Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

If capitalisation is used to indicate the start of words then it could make sense for a webserver to serve ExpertsExchange and ExpertSexChange. But yeah having 16 possible versions of "main" would be horrendous.

Pure evil in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

Must be the updated version of ~~~~####3$3$$%^^~~~! NO CARRIER

The UK section of my local supermarket is taking the piss in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I'm British and I only eat beans and curry, so I can't see any problem here.

Why People Arent Buying Sony Xperia Phones in c/android@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I had a Sony phone once. It was shite. Couldn't remember the date and time on a reboot.

It was crap in other ways too but that was the one that annoyed me the most. Obviously the majority of the price went on the name and not the phone. Shame really, Sony used to be a name that meant quality, now they're just another bunch of MBA-led enshittifiers.

MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites, claims it took down “mothership” in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 74 points 2 weeks ago

Fmovies? Never heard of... wait, sorry, what I meant to say was OH NO!!! Not Fmovies!!! Guess I'm going to have to buy everything now!!!!!11!1

Arr.

It's a good photo, I guess. in c/funny@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

But he still has to be careful with his axe.

In Leaked Audio, Amazon Cloud CEO Says AI Will Soon Make Human Programmers a Thing of the Past in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry guys. As long as project managers think "do the thing ... like the thing ... (waves hands around) ... you know ... (waves hands around some more) ... like the other thing ... but, um, ..., different" constitutes a detailed spec, we're safe.

If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

Not more wokism! Next they'll be demanding we stop talking about executing a child!

NCD, what's this for? (Wrong answers only) in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 10 points 4 weeks ago

It's for helping out those ground-based fans for sheep; every so often they stall, so an aeroplane drops by and pops out it's ram air turbine to get it going again. There's another one installed on other planes called a bovine_air_turbine when the same thing happens to those fans for cows.

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How are slavery reparations fair? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by letsgo@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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This relates to the BBC article [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66596790] which states "the UK should pay $24tn (£18.8tn) for its slavery involvement in 14 countries".

The UK abolished slavery in 1833. That's 190 years ago. So nobody alive today has a slave, and nobody alive today was a slave.

Dividing £18tn by the number of UK taxpayers (31.6m) gives £569 each. Why do I, who have never owned a slave, have to give £569 to someone who similarly is not a slave?

When I've paid my £569 is that the end of the matter forever or will it just open the floodgates of other similar claims?

Isn't this just a country that isn't doing too well, looking at the UK doing reasonably well (cost of living crisis excluded of course), and saying "oh there's this historical thing that affects nobody alive today but you still have to give us trillions of Sterling"?

Shouldn't payment of reparations be limited to those who still benefit from the slave trade today, and paid to those who still suffer from it?

(Please don't flame me. This is NSQ. I genuinely don't know why this is something I should have to pay. I agree slavery is terrible and condemn it in all its forms, and we were right to abolish it.)