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Re:The Manga Guide Series on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:13AM (#30125991)
>those geared towards women (shojo and josei) do the same thing but they have a different drawing style. the manga guide collection is not using that style.

What? Its way closer to shojo style than it is to something like Dragon Ball Z.

Re:Blue verification checkmark vs. hexagonal PFPs on Twitter on Sunday January 23, 2022 @11:05AM (#30047197)
I'd say the blue checkmarks are a better example. They're a stamp of approval from the global corporate hegemony. You can even have yours taken away for expressing unapproved thought.
Re:In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:06AM (#29991788)
Sometimes conspiracy theories get proven right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

Re:In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @02:29AM (#29990912)
>who’s life was ruined by mental illness

If some FOIA request decades down the line reveals that the CIA was actually involved, I wouldn't be surprised. MKULTRA happened after all.

Re:Python Communist Revolution on Saturday January 15, 2022 @02:06AM (#29944344)
Reminds me of the silliness you'd see in "C Plus Equality"

https://github.com/TheFeministSoftwareFoundation/C-plus-Equa...

You seem to be implying that the Eastern approach is better, but the evidence doesn't support that at all.
Re:The FAANG Market Is Fading on Saturday December 04, 2021 @03:12PM (#29443891)
Yes, but bad in different ways. Amazon's reputation is that they overwork you and people only stay until their "golden handcuffs" vest. But their code quality and tooling is seen as excellent.
Re:The FAANG Market Is Fading on Saturday December 04, 2021 @01:30PM (#29443056)
Also MS has a reputation of being a horrible place to work for:

https://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-...

Re:Rust Moderation Team Resigns on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:50PM (#29309385)
Re:Rust Moderation Team Resigns on Monday November 22, 2021 @11:35AM (#29308289)
Re:Japanese Dome House on Monday November 22, 2021 @07:45AM (#29305772)
>one thing is for sure, is that we can't keep building McMansions

Why not? They're surprisingly low on resources for their size. They seem to be mostly wood beams and sheet rock, with a thin concrete foundation.

I don't really understand what you mean by that. They're completely different families of drugs used to treat different diseases, and have different side effect profiles. Opioids are typically used to treat pain, while Benzodiazepines treat anxiety disorders.
He was prescribed Clonazepam, not opiates.
TLDs should be reversed. So instead it would be com.google.www/maps
Re:The Milky Way according to Anton Pannekoek on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:56PM (#29041562)
Ah, this isn't the half A-press guy.
Re:Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:21PM (#28920733)
Do those 24 hours need to be continuous?
Re:Is nuclear power our best bet against climate change? on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:28PM (#28898575)
>We have no long term solution for the storage and disposal of enrichment byproducts

Currently fossil fuel plants vent all waste into the atmosphere, including radioactive byproducts. At least in this case, the waste is in solid form and can be contained somewhere.

That's speculation on The Guardian's part that doesn't really match up with the city council's statement.
If you had more context, its easy to read between the lines. Witchcraft is considered a serious issue to people from regions they want migrants from.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/sa...

Re:On Receiving my Certificate of Loss of Nationality on Thursday October 14, 2021 @04:04PM (#28869279)
I haven't run into much trouble, though maybe I just got lucky with Nordea.
It is still reality. You're talking to real people, not NPCs.
Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:19PM (#28631299)
>If you can expect to find wireless charging in every hotel room and every train seat then it's not a problem. But I suspect that's a long way off.

I have seen them in many commuter trains and most coffee shops, like Starbucks. They're surprisingly common if you know to look out for the symbol.

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:14PM (#28631224)
Sure, as long as the electricity doesn't come from fossil fuels. Why not?
Re:Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:02PM (#28631070)
It would be a reasonable possibility if Tim Sweeny wasn't such a raging hypocrite.
Re:Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:52AM (#28630937)
That was not the purpose of the Afghanistan war, but it did happen incidentally.
Re:Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:45AM (#28630834)
That seems like a nice way to avoid liability, but I don't see how that stops the modern slave trade in the middle east.
That sounds exactly like the Swiss system. And they seem to be doing quite well by all metrics, so maybe there's something to that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland

I don't know of any widespread consumer encryption tools that use a one time pad. For comparison, a standard RSA key is 4kb.

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