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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Just noticed that the thread is from last year…

But, considering how much we're still not heeding this fact a year later, perhaps just as well to keep the post up.

 

“An estimated one in 10 infections results in post-Covid conditions suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer term care” —Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Actually, Fury's always been black in the Ultimate Marvel Universe; the character and the design was actually based on Jackson so casting him for the MCU probably was an obvious direction choice.

I also had my boss, when I worked in fast food, list this as one of the issues he had with the movie, when it came out (to quote him, "he's a white character; no offense but that's what he is," which was particularly galling, given the aforementioned fact).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's absolutely fair; I guess, more so, what I was trying to push against is the implication that eye contact is a necessary component of sharing interactions with people IRL (and, rather, it's perfectly possible to be IRL with others without eye contact), if that distinction makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Some of us are autistic, Harold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly, that's the best critique I've heard of this, so far; so much of us complaining about people's noise in public just reminds me of the adults in our youth and just…I dunno, rubs me the wrong way.

 

So I'd originaly created this because I looked for a Guix sublemmy and hadn't found one.

Turns out, I just hadn't looked hard enough. Turns out that there's a Guix sublemmy at lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/guix) and already relatively active.

I don't think it makes sense to fragment things (especially when Guix is pretty small, as it currently is) so I'll probably delete this one in a week or two.

Just wanted to give a heads up.

 

NonGuix is holding a poll for a logo for themselves; the design has already been voted on but now a color for the design is being decided.

There are 4 colors being chosen from (red, blue, green, and purple) and voting will end Sept. 15^th^.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Funny; probably the opposite of yours.

Facing the toilet paper outward increases the chance that the paper rips with the roll being in such a position that the loose portion of the roll is lying exactly against the roll: I don't want to have to spin the roll to be able to get to the loose bit. Having the loose bit closer to the wall – probably by virtue of being further away from the user – more often results in it being ripped such that a bit is hanging below the roll, making it easier to grab more often. It's, in total, a much more consistently enjoyable user experience.

Also, less being constrained only to countable objects is an artificial and unintuitive definition. It's not like further vs. farther, describing two distinct concepts which never overlap. Fewer is in reference to counting by individual elements so it wouldn't make sense to apply to things which aren't inherently segmented but it's entirely possibly to measure less of the total of a segmented collection. To say less milk is to take a reduction of the total amount of milk available; this is perfectly feasible with a segmented collection, like cookies. To say less cookies is to take a reduction of the total amount of cookies, something fully measurable and actionable. It is merely that fewer is applicable to a subset of the things which less is applicable.

To argue otherwise is to try and create an artificial construction against the intuitive logic inherent in the natural construction.

I had not realized the latter was a hill I'd die on but, boy, will I, now.

 

Per the original toot:

Call for speakers for #GuixLondon #GuixSocial.

Anyone who's recently entered the world of #Guix and might be willing to share their impressions and ideas?

What have you been using Guix for? What the immediate wins of switching to Guix and what the challenges you had to overcome?

Speak to us!

All levels of "Guix seniority" welcome, including newcomers. Don't hesitate. If you like Guix, you could be our next speaker!

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