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  • I watched a video (Invidious) yesterday detailing the type of coins they used before 1971 in the UK and its empire, and it was actually insane.

    1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pennies, with coins for 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6 pennies, 1, 2, 2.5, 5 Shillings and banknotes for the Pounds, and each of these coins had 5 or more different names

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd

  • Ordering now! Is it available at ChillPenguin Random House?

  • From which bible is that?

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  • Biblically accurate Siamese cat angel, I'm scared

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  • Damn, there's no way I'm getting out of this one, aren't I... 😅

  • Salt is pretty good, but yeah, mayo it is

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  • Kids in my neighbourhood say she's a little monkey, and on every second picture I take, Apple says she's a pug 😭

  • Archer Green

    (No idea who that is.)

  • I see absolutely no problem, the process of interviewing for a company goes both ways: for them to see if you would be a good fit for their open position, and for you to evaluate if what they offer is right for you.

    No contract have been signed, you are free to revoke any appointment. Be courteous, let them know you have made a decision not to pursue this venture and that will be enough.

  • It highly depends on what you're here for. Some communities have gathered enough active members to expect a continuous influx of posts and comments.

    The strength that Reddit has built over the years is that many niche communities also thrived and turned into a rich repository of knowledge that was searchable. Lemmy isn't there yet, if you're into fishing, knitting, Japanese chess or sourdough baking.

    But it also doesn't need to be a perfect drop in replacement for Reddit, it's probably fine if it remains something different, slightly fringe and a friendly place that doesn't require massive amount of servers and moderation staff.

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  • Honestly, any platforms hosting user-generated content who use the legal argument that they only provide hosting and aren't responsible for what their user post shouldn't also be able to sell the same data and claim owning any of it.

    Otherwise, take away their legal immunity. Nazis or pedophiles post something awful? You get in front of the judge.

    edit: typo

  • Haha don't get me started with US coins, I also have a fun story there: we arrived fresh off JFK Airport in NYC and headed to our rental apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. It was pretty far from the a subway station so we got a connecting bus to get us closer.

    The next day, we thought of taking the same bus line to head to Manhattan, except our party of four ended up being expected to pay 4x $2.75 in a machine inside the bus... in coins. That's 44 quarters. Yup, don't have that on day 2 of my stay. So we walked 6 blocks.

  • I visited the UK back in 2022 and I was pretty baffled at how you can universally "tap to pay". We visited a pub on the coast of Dorset where they wouldn't even accept cash as a mean of payment. All in all it was nice, because it meant not having to deal with a foreign currency at all, we spent 10 days just using electronic payment, so as a tourist I think it was a good experience.

    In Germany, where I live, you're basically getting nowhere without cash, it's still very difficult to eat out or buy small food items like bread or a sandwich. There's also a culture of paying cash for many things, including pricier items like a second hand car! Shop cashiers usually don't even blink if you try to pay with a 100€ bill (except if you're coming super early and they don't have change available yet). It's not unusual for me to end up drawing a quarter to half my monthly salary in cash.

    I first disliked it when I moved from France, but now I think it's actually good for the society. You always have some change to tip a waiter or give to a beggar, a coin for the cart at the supermarket, get something from a vending machine... Also I live in a very quiet area so getting mugged is very unlikely, making it not so scary to carry cash around.

  • Most people from the rest of France also despise the Parisians, there's something infuriating about them.