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  • I think GDP in this case, but yeah, same idea. It makes sense that wealthy countries with good infrastructure are going to be high on the list.

    Country (nominal GDP rank)
    USA (1)
    France (7)
    Germany (4)
    Japan (3)
    Finland (47)
    Canada (9)
    Netherlands (18)
    Russia (8)
    UK (6)

    High-GDP countries that are notably missing are China (2, users are limited by the Great Firewall) and India (5, still building their infrastructure).

    I wonder why Finland is so high on the list? Good for them, regardless.

  • This is a gem of a story. Thanks for starting my Friday off on a good note!

  • As others have mentioned, Diary of Anne Frank is the only fitting non-fiction book that comes to mind.

    Angela's Ashes is sometimes assigned in high school. It's mostly non-fiction, though the author describes his own conception so clearly it's not all strictly true.

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  • Ask an admin at the instance where that community is hosted.

    If the community is on lemmy.world, you can also send an email to info@lemmy.world.

  • I saw the report and came as fast as I could!

  • You didn't have to post this.

  • Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any "serious" musician.

    Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.

  • Tangentially related: if you see something that needs to be addressed now, like CSAM or gore, notify an instance admin via Matrix. That tool can send push notifications, so you're more likely to get a prompt response. Some instances also have public Matrix chats you can use.

    You can find the Matrix account info for Lemmy users by clicking the "Send Secure Message" button in a user's profile.

  • The ghosts in Super Mario Brothers 3 (1988) would pursue Mario only when he looked away. When he faced them they would stop and hide their faces.

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  • You have a free weekend with no plans or obligations. What do you do with that free time?

  • I think two issues have caused them to take baby steps here.
    First, there was a big lawsuit between the Girl Scout of America and the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts wanted to open up to girls, and the Girl Scouts felt like their turf was being threatened. That took years to resolve.
    Second, scouting has deep personal ties for some folks. People can get irrationally emotional about changes to the program, as if there's some sacred tradition at stake.

  • Mostly in cars. The people that are marginally better-off have old RVs. The people who can't afford wheels will hide a tent in the bushes. Vehicle or not, everyone seeks out similar places where they are unlikely to be noticed or hassled: lightly-used dirt roads on public land, parking areas at trailheads, closed campgrounds, behind abandoned businesses on the edge of town, etc.

  • As much as I wish I could try an F2000 or AUG, I have no credible first-hand experience and can only parrot complaints that I have read on the Internet:

    Ambidextrous use is more difficult when the ejection port is next to the shooter's face. It's not ideal for all your left-handed soldiers to have their weapons setup differently from all your right-handed soldiers. A workaround like the forward ejection on the F2000 is technically impressive, but complex.

    All the controls - trigger, safety, bolt release, magazine release - are either operated by longer/more complex mechanisms or are tucked under the shooter's chin, farther away from the normal hand positions.

    Putting the chamber close to the shooter's ear is nobody's idea of fun.

  • This reminds me of the tech bros from Three Panel Soul.

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  • Definitely don't tell him you have a pacemaker.

  • Lemmy is also finicky about federating certain actions between instances. If you watch the modlog you will sometimes see a user be banned, unbanned, and then immediately rebanned. That's a mod or admin trying to get content removal to federate out to other instances.

    That happened in the case of the spammer here ~3 hours ago. Their content was removed from their home instance but it stayed up in this community. It's gone now, though.