master5o1

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Even the phrase "improving the situation in Gaza" can be ambiguous.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Marginal at best when everything is made elsewhere and requires fossil fuels for transport.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Get an S/MIME certificate and send from an S/MIME compatible email client.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They're kinda addressable in that the electron beam scans across a line, and every through each line, with a pulse activating the (iirc phosphor) at the pixel for the desired colour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I think the alternative: copyright should be looser. It usually only benefits corporations and lawyers.

Though it would be naive to consider AI companies and ally in a goal to reduce copyright terms.

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James (lemmy.nz)
 
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

When does a colloquial term become a non-colloquial? Usage by government/official contexts?

In August 2022, Minister of Immigration Michael Wood referred to 85,000 holders of recently approved New Zealand 2021 resident visas as "new Kiwis".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

New Zealand -> Kiwi.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Human languages: the words are made up and the rules don't matter.

Especially true for English.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If it wasn't for StarOffice/OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impress, is have thought a rename to Impress would be a good name.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

At least we don't use the Roman method of varied hour lengths depending in the time of day and times of year.

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Election results (electionresults.govt.nz)
 

Will Chris win?

 

Test post please ignore.

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