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We are so cooked in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 hours ago

They just got fired, together with anyone who might begin to fix this.

Small pp is afraid of questions from kids! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

Well, kids don't vote, so in his lifetime it's not going to matter to him, which tells you everything you need to know about his policies and political ambitions.

US Government says Quebec's french law is an illegal barrier to american business. ''We will not compromise on French. This isn't negotiable" Quebec premier responds. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Easy fix.

Hire better negotiators.

US Government says Quebec's french law is an illegal barrier to american business. ''We will not compromise on French. This isn't negotiable" Quebec premier responds. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 76 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Were these idiots dropped on their heads as a baby? In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country without there being a war?

They're trying it on here in Australia too. The USA pharmaceutical industry is lobbying the USA administration by claiming that our PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which allows us to have affordable medication and a safety net, is harming their bottom line because they're required to negotiate with the Australian Government in order to supply their medication at a negotiated price. Must be tough to have to negotiate with adults.

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Source?

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Understood.

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Rant:

to speak, write or shout in a loud, uncontrolled, or angry way

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rant

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's interesting. The Encyclopaedia Britannica appears to contradict this, stating:

However, there doesn’t seem to be much evidence in reference sources to support this theory.

Source: see the reply by @[email protected] to you.

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

You show me a pair of jeans with one leg and I'll think of a name.

So far I'm thinking "a leg of jeans" .. needs some work 😇

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What about a brassiere?

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Apologies if this was perceived as a rant .. I'm genuinely interested in discovering why we refer to a pair of jeans.

As for glasses. In the time of monocles that might have made sense, but I've never seen anyone wear two of them.

We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

That's a whole image right there .. got any evidence of this?

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We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. (lemmy.radio)
 

You can't wear one leg each from two different pairs of jeans and go about your daily business, like you could for two pairs of shoes or socks, each of which is independent from the other, albeit left and right specific in various cases.

The same is true for a pair of reading glasses.

Whilst it's obvious that both glasses and jeans (and pants in general) are referred to as being a pair, due to the two legs and eyes aspect, we don't refer to a jumper as a pair of jumpers, unless there's physically four sleeves attached to two bodies.

Why is that and where else does this occur?

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Why do we continue to treat Death as an exception? (lemmy.radio)
 

Death is inevitable but we still seem flummoxed by it happening. We have all kinds of End of Life policies and procedures which do everything possible to make life difficult for those left behind.

Our language is around loss and unexpected, and grief and being bereft.

Why do we make Death so hard to process in our community and what can we do to normalise it across society?

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Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives [privacyguides.org] (www.privacyguides.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/25342439

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Amateur needs to regain access to their Google account without access to their recovery mobile phone (lemmy.radio)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.radio/post/6473282

One of our fellow amateurs needs help to recover their Google account. They have the credentials, but no longer have access to their recovery phone number.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? My Google-fu is only unearthing unhelpful forum posts without any firm process described by Google.

Anyone have any links or contacts?

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Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

Update:

https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/

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Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
15 comments fedilink
 

Update: https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/

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What is the end game? (lemmy.radio)
 

What kind of world are the Orange and his puppet master billionaires building?

Are we headed for slavery, extinction, the matrix or some other post apocalyptic future?

How do these despots think that food arrives?

At the moment it seems they're hell bent on global destruction.

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Looking for a markdown editor that shows either the markdown text, or the (configurable) rendered version. (lemmy.radio)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
35 comments fedilink
 

I use gedit for most of my text editing, but markdown support is very limited.

Things I've tried:

  • vscode, too heavy and intrusive
  • Google docs, only renders, doesn't show the plain text, need to manually export to see markdown
  • Eclipse, haven't actually tried markdown, but I have no doubt that it's supported, but heavier than anything else
  • atom, no longer developed last time I checked
  • online editor, don't want to share my text and functionality is poor
  • type markdown, save it and render with pandoc, lots of effort, but the results are good

Over to you.

Edit: Had some issues with my Lemmy client, moved to Voyager and hopefully I can fix things.

I was asked what functionality I require, which to be fair, I hadn't considered because I use my editor for pretty much everything.

Ideally I'd be able to use it to either see the raw markdown or the rendered version of whatever I'm writing, code in a dozen languages, articles, websites, legal documents, books, all of which I do pretty regularly.

The side-by-side view doesn't do it for me, I'd more likely than not have multiple windows open with different documents instead.

It should do autocomplete, syntax highlighting, bracket closing, live spell checking in a variety of languages, launch quickly, be rock solid when faced with a massive log file and allow me to add menu-items to run bash scripts that do things like calculate the time it would take me to read out the text at my normal podcast reading voice or covert weird characters into html-entities.

There have been many wonderful suggestions, most of them do the preview side-by-side which pretty much eliminates them as a candidate.

There are many suggestions to use a vscode floss version, but the biggest issue with vscode is its weight and I'm not sure if it changes by moving to the floss version. I note that my search for that tool brought me many AI features, which is why I did a hard pass and why I can't remember its name ATM. (Edit: Codium)

I've been using Debian since 1999 and still struggle with remembering the vi control codes, so emacs is unlikely to get in the door.

So, with that in mind, whadayagot?

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Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked (www.tomshardware.com)
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Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked (www.tomshardware.com)
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TIL that this exists: "JusChek SARS-CoV-2 And Influenza A+B Antigen Combo Rapid Test (Nasal Swab)" (lemmy.radio)
 

Just in case you're like me living under the mistaken belief that the only Rapid Antigen Tests available are for COVID.

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Parking fines should be proportional to the value of the vehicle (lemmy.radio)
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