V0ldek

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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This article is wild already, on the first page there's this quote

‘Do not use the passive voice when such use makes a statement clumsy and wordy. . . Do not, by using the passive voice, leave the agent of the verb vaguely indicated, when the agent should be clearly identified.’ [Edwin Woolley, Handbook of Composition, 1907, p. 20]

Emphasis mine on... a clear usage of the passive! In active this would have to be "when you should clearly identify the agent" or something of the like, the fuck, how hard is it to not expose your whole ass like this mate

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago (21 children)

Wait what, TIL there was/is a crusade against... the passive fucking voice?

Some people just need to invent problems for their life to feel meaningful, don't they

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

so businesses and employees who get real value out of the stuff.

I have really bad news about what percentage that would be

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mods when a post escapes containment: No! No!!

Sickos like me when a posts escapes containment and they get to see the worst takes humanity has to offer: Yes... Ha ha ha... YES!

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm sorry but what the hell is a "work trial"

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 11 points 4 days ago

but at what point do we start calling it race pseudoscience

I think the word you're looking for is "racism"

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 13 points 4 days ago

Retail customers prefer payment processors for the ability to partially or totally reverse fraudulent transactions, though

Wait, but again, isn't this the main thing that banks provide? Like I can call my bank and tell them listen, this transaction was fraudulent, and that's it, it's gone. They sometimes even call me first to double-check that a large-sum wire was actually authorised by me.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Either that, or live in some futuristic utopia like the EU where banks consider "send money to people" to be core functionality. But here in the good ol' U S of A, where material progress requires significant amounts of kicking and screaming, you had PayPal.

Wait what? Can people in the USA not, em, transfer money? What do the banks do then?

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ye it was a real "oh fuck I recognise this nick, this cannot mean anything good" moment

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 4 points 6 days ago

They were still early

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)

OH NO, I have TERRIBLE NEWS my new FAVOURITE SHOW got CANCELLED (probably by the WOKE MOB)

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 9 points 6 days ago

Hey mate what do you think learning is. Like genuinely, if you were to describe the process of learning a subject to me.

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