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damnthefilibuster @ damnthefilibuster @lemmy.world
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Why do some languages use gendered nouns?

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  • Quick Question (to OP and beyond) - the English language has wording for the gender of a person who acts - actor/actress.

    Yet, these days, most people in the movie or theatre industry call themselves “actors”. They’ve dropped the word “actress”.

    Do we know why?

    • Surely dark UX doesn't work in the long run

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  • No. Dark UX has been around longer and is more nefarious than enshittification.

    • A ‘$3,500 Chastity Belt’: Early Apple Vision Pro Adopters Alarmed to Learn VR Porn Doesn't Work

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  • VLC coming soon?

    • iFixit's Vision Pro Teardown

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  • Cliff Notes?

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • Nice little history there. Fuck EE.

    • "I wanna go!" "Greg that was last month..."

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  • I’m still amazed that 96-16 is 80.

    • 'Betrayed' SAP workers rebel against forced office return

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  • Companies at that level don’t give a cap about ’valuable’ employees. They would just as easily get rid of the high paid employees.

    • Why yes of cou-

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  • Morons give out planets?

    • Biblically Accurate Angel Sugar Cookie

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  • Can someone please explain this to me? That’s how the Bible describes angels? Receipts plz!

    • 23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants another chance | CNN Business

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  • Fuck this company.

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • Usenet costs money the same way as your email (should) cost money. They’re hosting a large amount of content, they’re paying fees to their ISPs to let them send that content to you, and they’re fighting spam and other crap.

    If you want to do nothing more than chat with folks on Usenet then you don’t need a VPN. Just like if your only download Ubuntu from torrents you don’t need vpn. Anything else and a vpn is a good idea. That said, I recommend you should always use VPN. Your isp is not your friend. They will steal your data. Heck, even your VPN isn’t your friend. Regularly read reviews of your VPN and ensure they’re privacy friendly and charge for their service.

    Do not fall into the Onavo trap.

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • Yeah Google bought a really great thing and ran it for a very long time as their own version of stackoverflow. I bet stackoverflow was a response to Google’s monopoly on groups answering questions.

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • What’s scuttlebutt?

    And no, not individual and not LAN. WAN. A Usenet server could easily service hundreds of folks if not thousands. It would collect all their posts and then aggregate upwards.

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • BTW, OP and others… Incredible Doom is the name of an online and print graphic novel series that has Usenet at its core. It’s a lovely piece of art created by very talented artist. Check it out from your local library or used book store…

    Or… cough… from your local Usenet group dealing in comix warez.

    • What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

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  • If I recall correctly, ISPs were often running their own Usenet servers. This meant that traffic didn’t leave their networks and thus they paid less network interchange fees.

    These days maybe only niche ISPs in some parts of the world might be running Usenet servers. Majority of them are run by specific companies created specifically for the purpose.

    • Zuckerberg to Get $700 Million a Year From Meta’s New Dividend

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  • So can we tax that?

    • Batman Transformers

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  • Batformer or TransBat?

    • Reminds me of Silicon Valley

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  • Silicon Valley will build an AI system to solve cancer and use it just to show you more ads under your eyelids.

    • Filthy Casual Rule

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  • And then there’s causal sex.

    • Just Finished Vita Nostra

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  • I’m currently reading it. So no spoilers. But I can answer one thing - Sasha is not short for Alexandra. Like many other cultures, Russians have a “home name” and a “formal name” for people. Sasha is just her home name. That’s why no one at the institute calls her that unless they know her closely.