And yet half the time when I’m root I preface with sudo. I can’t stop myself!
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Copyright was to prevent unscrupulous printers from making copies of an author’s works without paying them. So basically a sort of market control to encourage writing. Now most copyright is owned by big companies, and the very biggest companies (AI giants) just ignore copyright and have no penalties.
(I know copyright is not the same as patent, I just thought that I’d mention this anyway!)
shane@feddit.nltoData is Beautiful@lemmy.world•Fewer americans believe it is important for children to receive routine vaccinationsEnglish
6·10 days agoYet more blood on Trump’s hands for making COVID-19 so political, including vaccines.
shane@feddit.nltoData is Beautiful@lemmy.world•Suicide rates are higher in men than womenEnglish
19·10 days agoWhat? Why women and not also other men? 🤔
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politics @lemmy.world•Hours After US Citizen Shot Dead by ICE, JD Vance Says ‘Door-to-Door’ Operations Are Coming | Common Dreams
49·11 days agoEarly 40s isn’t middle-aged?
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News@lemmy.world•Minneapolis schools close for "safety" after fatal ICE shooting
3·11 days agoDefunding? Not defending, right?
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politics @lemmy.world•ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write'
16·11 days agoI think they are…
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Teens held as Dutch police probe death after snowball rowEnglish
4·12 days agoYesterday, a bit. Today busses are running and the road and bike path in front of my house is fine. I haven’t checked trains or planes though!
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Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•Dutch students create modular electric car "you can repair yourself"
7·12 days agoThat’s not the point of the car. From the article:
The designers hope that the project will encourage policymakers to improve Right to Repair directives, while providing a case study for automotive manufacturers to follow when designing future EVs.
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News@lemmy.world•European leaders rally behind Greenland as US ramps up threats
7·13 days agoNATO is effectively over. Nobody would count on Trump respecting article 5…
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News@lemmy.world•European leaders rally behind Greenland as US ramps up threats
5·13 days agoI mean, we can go back to the Axis of Evil and see how it went.
That was a random thing that some George Bush Jr. advisor invented, lumping Iraq, Iran, and North Korea together.
Iraq: invaded, destroyed (no nukes)
Iran: bombed regularly, leaders assassinated (no nukes)
North Korea: love affair with Trump (nukes)
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump stuns as he floats nuclear option on midterms: 'They should cancel the election'
2·13 days agoYou’re counting on historical precedent to prevent bad actions from this regime? 🤔
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AntiTrumpAlliance@lemmy.world•The current list of distractionsEnglish
12·13 days agoYeah the tweet is spot-on: none of these things help Americans.
But this post is incorrect in calling them distractions.
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News@lemmy.world•Woman Arrested Mid-Interview After Protesting Against Trump’s Venezuela Strike
2·13 days ago[email protected] is leaking, and I’m here for it! 🥳
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News@lemmy.world•Woman Arrested Mid-Interview After Protesting Against Trump’s Venezuela Strike
4·13 days agoI don’t understand. ELI5?
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World News@lemmy.world•Volkswagen shifts back to physical buttons on dashboardsEnglish
2·14 days agoIt’s a problem in the Netherlands as well. Many cars have lights that are too damn bright.
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World News@lemmy.world•Volkswagen shifts back to physical buttons on dashboardsEnglish
3·14 days agoYou don’t buy an ID.Buzz for commuting though. It’s for adventure! So low range is a problem in this one case.
Mist be the one on the side…
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Europe@feddit.org•British voters want to be part of EU more than French and Italians, poll revealsEnglish
6·15 days agoThese are different questions, right?
“Should we join?” vs. “Should we leave?”
The first question is nonsensical for current EU members, and the second is nonsensical for non-members of the EU.
But I guess they include them to make a better comparison between these types of questions?




Isn’t unpasteurized dairy also forbidden in most of the EU? 🤔