macrocephalic @ macrocephalic @lemmy.world

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Miles and pounds came to America from England, but miles were the common system at least as far back as the Romans.

Short form numbers are used throughout the English speaking world and are the international scientific standard.

Why is is that you think that your system of squaring makes more sense than the system of a new name for every third power of ten?

Because too many people think that one day they'll be rich and get to take advantage of poor people like themselves.

Get the money first. You don't want to end up in a long, protracted legal battle because he offered you money in a social media post. It's how he ended up with Twitter.

Yeah. Blackcurrants are high in vitamin C, but it turns out that it wasn't making it to the concentrate they made.

American religion is the worship of money. Sometimes it takes the guise of Christianity but eschews any of the real lessons.

You don't need to saw it off, climate change should take care of it.

It's not really a loop anymore, it's just who they are. You can't blame "the extremists" when they're the majority.

Americans wouldn't know about it, but Ribena is a popular (blackcurrant) fruit drink in much of the world, produced by GlaxoSmithKline. For decades they advertised how it was high in vitamin C, until in 2007 some school kids in New Zealand were doing a project to show how it was healthier than cheaper brands, when they found out that it contained no vitamin C.

Bush was an average student academically, not excelling but also not failing. He excelled in social skills though. He was able to remember names and details of everyone in a room. He was convivial and enthusiastic. He was a member of many clubs, groups, and societies. He was proof that being liked is sometimes more important than being smart.

Trump is not either. He's proof that if you keep telling people that you're better than them then lots of them will believe you.

To be pedantic, you specifically said future crimes. A discussion between a lawyer and a client, about past crimes where the lawyer was a participant in the crime are not covered.

Fair, but if you know that much then you know the exception.

Not very good for birthdates.

Holy shit! Now I just need to talk to some sysadmins and get some group policies set.

Same with mine. I only use it a few times a year, but when I need it I can just use it. If it ever actually runs out of toner I can just fill the cartridge.

Rule 1: don't buy an HP printer
Rule 2: don't buy an inkjet printer
Rule 3: don't buy a printer unless you absolutely need to.

But if the attorney is party to the crimes then the discussion is not privileged (to my understanding).

Yes I think that was a lot of his appeal in '16. It was people voting for anything but the status quo, a protest vote, a donkey vote of sorts. It turns out that the status quo is still better than an imbecile.

Now if only it would stop dropping leading zeros unless you ask it, and we got rid of the MM/DD/yyyy date format entirely.

When it fails it's because of the economy, please bail us out.

And 10 microns at what temperature? Because on something the size of a car, made of mixed materials, thermal expansion of less than a degree is going to blow that figure.

They couldn't apply paint to a tolerance of 10microns.