Ch3rry314

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Do Not Put Your Site Behind Cloudflare if You Don't Need To - Rik's Weblog in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

This was just posted elsewhere as a Euro alternative. Bunny.net

Nezuko (by Wenfei Ye) in c/murdermoe@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

She can gore me with her horn any day.

This flower has evolved to look like a bee in the middle. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Absolutely blows my mind that nature can do this. How does this flower know the shape and look of a bee?

basically in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
Police and TSA accuse Nancy Mace of 'loudly cursing' at them in airport meltdown in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You like from Slackers?

Trump directs Pentagon to 'use all available funds' to pay troops during shutdown in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have some thoughts:

The fact that government shutdown prevented federal workers from being paid (a huge portion being the military) was a large portion of the Democrats' leverage as public sentiment decreases the longer the shutdown persists. If the military is able to be paid, the shutdown will certainly continue as there is less pressure on either side to agree.

The military is able to operate on a limited basis with unobligated/emergency funds, but is not 'funded'. If the pool of available money is used to fund personnel, it will certainly reduce readiness as pre-planned activities will not have funds to proceed or for emergencies. There is also certainly not available funds to repeat this multiple times.

In FY 2024 the DoD’s total budget was about $873.5 billion, and compensation for active‑duty, reserve and retired troops accounted for roughly $191.9 billion – ≈ 22 % of the total budget.

That means this move will cost about almost $16 billion per month assuming everyone including retirees are paid. The Pentagon has identified about $8 billion of unused research‑development, testing and evaluation money from the previous FY that can be redirected, but that doesn't seem to be enough and again, a one time use.

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Trump directs Pentagon to 'use all available funds' to pay troops during shutdown (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Donald Trump is directing US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to pay military personnel despite the federal government shutdown.

The president said on Saturday that Hegseth must make sure troops do not miss out on their regular paycheque, scheduled for Wednesday. The directive comes as other government employees have already had some pay withheld and others are being laid off.

"I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗 in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Find an online radio station you like and you don't need Pandora any more.

That smells like regular in c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

Interdimensional cross meme

Trump suggests throwing ‘laggard’ Spain out of NATO in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You mistake is thinking Trump knows how to read a map.

I'm so ready. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this documentary AI generated or what?

So how is it going South Korea? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 54 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I agree I was chuckling till I saw the last article and audibly said oooooh. A real sobering moment.

Starmer used land tax dodge to avoid inheritance tax in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I honestly feel like good people are in short supply. Maybe it's just a truth that since no one is perfect, we must accept ones faults.

Should we judge others by who they were, who they are, or who they will be?

On what metric should we boost our leaders? Those who get stuff done? Those who share a similar sentiment and belief?

I'm disappointed in the direction Starmer has gone from where we thought he would take us.

His actions got him where he is. Should we look for leaders who will offer hope despite where they came from?

Can we move on from past transgressions on the hope that a better future lie ahead?

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More Vance shenanigans in the UK (files.catbox.moe)
 

Welcome to the UK, JD Vance!

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JD Vance snubbed at the Cotswolds pub, The Bull (media.piefed.social)
 

JD Vance 'turned away from Cotswolds pub following staff mutiny'

JD Vance had apparently wantrd to make a booking at Michelin-rated pub The Bull in Charlbury.

But staff are said to have told management they wouldn't show up to work if Vance was allowed to book at the pub.

Just weeks after Kamala Harris - Vance's predecessor as Vice President - had visited the pub for a meal!

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[Found] Movie from the 90s involving all the knowledge of the internet downloaded into a boy's head. He then wins school trivia competitions until a virus is given to him over the phone. (piefed.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ch3rry314@piefed.social to c/tipofmytongue@lemmy.world
6 comments fedilink
 

Edit: Found! It was the made for tv remake of "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes". Thanks, skinnydugan!

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I've only seen this movie once on tv, so it may have been a made for tv movie. The plot of the movie is that all the knowledge from the internet is transmitted to a highschool aged boy and he becomes computer-like. He then uses this knowledge to win academic competitions. The competitions are teams of four answering trivia type questions, but the one boy answers them all for his school perfectly. There is a rival school with a smart kid who is short with a bowl cut and nerdy glasses who is obsessed with beating him. The competitions are televised and the rival school kid is watching him answer questions and sees him actually get one question wrong. In the shot, the announcer has been used to saying he's correct so he says "That's ...incorrect?" With a confused look on his face. The rival boy then looks it up the question on the internet and sees the information was wrong. He then calls the boy and plays an audio "virus" like the old dial up tone. The boy then loses his knowledge just before thw final competition between the two schools. The boys team then has to compete normally as a team and I can't remember, but they probably won.

Other notable facts is that there's a romance between the internet boy and a female team mate which is probably why he joined.

There was also a scene where he walks past a roadside vendor and picks up a book. He flips through the book rapidly and is able to read it all. He is laughing midway through then finishes and comments that the ending was bad to the seller before putting it back on the shelf.

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