howrar @ howrar @lemmy.ca

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I keep hearing that McDonald's is actually a real estate company

I do them on a tray in the oven and I don't even bother with flipping. They still come out great.

You can get a pack of frozen hash browns for cheaper than that. Saves time, money, and tastier imo.

Oh, so you mean local vs external, not browser-based vs other local solutions.

What makes the built-in database easier to attack than a separate one?

Or cis women who just don't get painful periods? Or those who decide to get rid of periods altogether with medication?

Because the rules of the English language are the same for everybody. You don't just get to go around telling people they have to use a different ruleset for you or when they are around you. It's pretentious as fuck to expect people to cater their use of the language like that. That's exactly what names are for.

Certainly, the rules of the English language exist for a reason. For me, that's to communicate and convey information. If you unilaterally decide to change the language, then your words can fail to communicate what you intend. Although, I don't think that applies here. Correct me if you think otherwise.

If anything, it seems like the "new" pronoun rules you see today are people trying to enforce the standard English rules. He/she communicates someone's gender presentation. If you refer to "him" between someone who looks masculine versus feminine, then you'll assume that the "him" refers to the one that's masculine-presenting. That's how English usually works, and it works this way to allow us more efficient communication. Of course, this doesn't work 100% of the time because there are many axes and a gradient on each of these axes between what we consider masculine or feminine. What would the English language dictate when you're near one extreme on some axes and the other extreme on others? I don't believe we have any well defined and useful rules for this besides the preference of the person it's referring to. Again, do correct me if I get anything wrong.

Looks like you're getting a lot of people riled up here.

I'm curious about why you find it so objectionable for someone to choose their pronouns but are fine with name changes.

This scenario is very different from what I understood from your OP. I'm pretty sure that in the majority of the world, this would be legal. It's what we call justifiable homicide.

I rarely downvote, yet I keep seeing posts and comments marked as downvoted by my account. Seems it's just very easy to fatfinger it and not notice.

If parts of it become residential like OP suggested, then it'll be accessible by foot.

I had walkthroughs, but you had to buy gaming magazines to get them.

The way people act is the interface with which you interact with them. It makes little difference if what lurks behind is an intelligent person or a child if they both behave the same.

It's only gambling if you intend to sell it off for a profit. I just want to own a piece of a cool company.

Microsoft is working very hard at getting into this data game. Don't think they won't try making similar deals.

Are we looking at a future where we need a search engine to tell us which search engine to use for your queries?

BMW is a German company. Are you sure that's not just people saying it in German?

I always hear "triple double-V" in Quebec French.

Does it actually make a difference if it dissolves in your mouth? Everything ends up in your stomach eventually.

I'd usually start with easily digestible content like YouTube videos or ChatGPT. At this point, I'm not too concerned about the correctness of the information. It mainly gives me vocabulary that I can then look up for further reading along with the perspective of one or two individuals. That might be all I care about, and if so, I'd stop there and go on with my day. If I want to dive deeper, I'll look up textbooks and papers on the topic, or any other relevant primary sources. Basically do a light literature review.