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SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to surveil everyone? (Is it practial?)
11·12 hours agoThe constitution of some countries in the West includes the privacy of correspondence. Idk how many countries and how that privacy is interpreted in any particular cases.
IMO it should be argued, in the Europes, that this covers electronic correspondence too, and thus ChatControl and its ilk are unconstitutional.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywallEnglish
1·1 day agoAlso Wiktionary imported the whole Webster dictionary from early 20th century sometime in the beginning of their operation, and apparently Webster was a fan of thoroughly describing each of the twenty meanings of a word. Which tradition continues in Wiktionary to this day — instead of giving three-word descriptions for two or three meanings tops, as other online dictionaries do.
My one complaint is that the thesaurus at Wiktionary is so-so, being exhaustive only for things like euphemisms, which naturally have many synonyms. In most cases, Thesaurus.com is a better resource.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Science Memes@mander.xyz•What's the main device to hammer in a nail?English
2·1 day agoI’ll break the mold by creating my own paradox, it’ll be known as SlurpingPus’ Non-self-referential Paradox.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•Why Do All Governments Work the Same Way? -CGP Grey (Youtube)English
8·1 day agoThe enlightened know that it’s just a super-condensed retelling of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita’s and Alastair Smith’s ‘The Dictator’s Handbook’.
Did you account for timezones? First fights started at 3:40 a.m. Kyiv time, which is UTC+2.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What old movies hold up because of a lack of special effects or because clever use of effects?
2·2 days agoTechnically the original ‘Dracula’ is Austrian/Hungarian film ‘Dracula’s Death’, released in either 1921 or 1923. Considering that Dracula is either the most- or second-most-frequently adapted character ever, I wouldn’t be surprised if more films were made between this one and the 1931 one.
Also, funny thing, a Spanish-language version of ‘Dracula’ was filmed simultaneously with the 1931 film, on the same sets. It’s considered better made, because the crew had access to the dailies of the English version and could adjust the direction based on the flaws they noticed.
A strong whiff of 2010s Tumblr in this one.
Mr. Cheese made some excellent takes through the years. Like ‘WAP’.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Formula 1@lemmy.world•Bortoleto's Sprint Crash, as seen from the stands
0·2 days agoIt was at an angle like Bortoleto’s, but the barrier indeed offered zero bounce.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are platforms like reddit just "internet noise" and bots or just genuinely the darkest parts of humanity?
11·2 days agothe amount of pro genocidal statements and cheers for extremism
whenever you bring up topics like treatment of minorities, lgbtq+ rights, feminism etc, people normally dont comment on this stuff or make a “harmless joke” out of it
Not sure what corners of Reddit you’re browsing, but from what I’ve seen on r/all, the active majority don’t make extremist statements and don’t make jokes out of minorities (with the exception of the weird “women am I right” on r/SipsTea). In fact, Reddit is pretty leftist by US standards, considering USians are the majority of active posters and commenters.
However, it does have a penchant for ridiculing both Pakistanis and Indians — which, though, is lately supported by Indians themselves posting videos of uncivil behaviour on r/indianrailways and such. Plus, Indians and Pakistanis on Reddit do disparage and dismiss each other — idk about any particularly extremist sentiment. But this disparagement is typically limited to Indian subreddits, which mostly consist of ethnic Indians — judging by the prevalence of Hindi — who I guess have strong feelings on the matter (dunno about Pakistani subs, as I haven’t seen them).
Also, Reddit is implementing automated moderation lately, which does stuff like detecting bigotry based on nationality. This moderation is very stupid and ineffective so far, as it removes one comment and issues a warning, while hundreds of comments with the same sentiment are visible plain as day, but don’t contain the same keywords. Meanwhile many completely innocuous comments are getting hidden because the automation felt wonky about them.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are platforms like reddit just "internet noise" and bots or just genuinely the darkest parts of humanity?
11·2 days agoReddit is leftist by US standards. Even though Spez is reportedly Republican, that doesn’t seem to be reflected in the platform’s operations. Instead they’re ruining it by making the content shittier and introducing stupid crap like automatic moderation that shadow-hides many comments for no good reason.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone have experience cutting their own hair? Should I cut my own hair?
5·2 days agoWith long hair, you have two particular easy opportunities:
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Just trim only the temples with a trimmer, and let the rest grow as it pleases. Or cut the ends to some length that makes sense. This way you can have a ponytail, or loose hair if that’s your style, and look okay.
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Or, get a ‘long mohawk’: have a barber buzz the sides so that you have the back and top in a straight wide stripe, then tie a ponytail and shave the sides with a trimmer once every week or two. This is more fit for dudes, though there are photos of gals in image search too. The benefit of this style is that it’s more chilly than a full head of hair, while also being low-maintenance.
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SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Formula 1@lemmy.world•Bortoleto's Sprint Crash, as seen from the stands
0·3 days agoSorry for the previous reply, perhaps I misunderstood what you’re saying. Indeed, from what I’ve seen braking was not the issue, he lost the rear right after slapping the wing closed and turning the car, likely before he started braking.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Formula 1@lemmy.world•Bortoleto's Sprint Crash, as seen from the stands
0·3 days agoI’m more wondering about the view from Albon’s car, as it sure looked like he might’ve pissed himself there.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Formula 1@lemmy.world•Bortoleto's Sprint Crash, as seen from the stands
0·3 days agoTBF Grosjean crashed into a rather different kind of barrier.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldto
Formula 1@lemmy.world•Bortoleto's Sprint Crash, as seen from the stands
0·3 days agoThere were a bunch of angles shown on Sky Sports after the sprint. He shut the rear wing while turning at the same time, and the rear immediately stepped out. Not sure if he even began braking at that point.
The thing depicted is Fourier transform. As opposed to ‘furry transfem’.


The guy also doesn’t have the muscle mass to operate a dildo.