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Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That's interesting. In North America this was largely litigated during the era of film photography and common law went in the other direction. You do not have control over being recorded or photographed in a situation where there is not have a reasonable expectation of privacy - at least for non-commercial purposes. Restaurants and walking around in public are classic examples of this.

I honestly wasn't even aware of jurisdictions that had an opposite approach.

Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500 in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think that's it. Things depreciate over time.

Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500 in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 112 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Does "fully depreciated" mean " has become an adult"?

[TW] Another bizarre drawing in the birthday book in c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
[TW] Another bizarre drawing in the birthday book in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Why would he be drawing Clinton in Epstein's birthday book? Also Epstein liked his foot massages. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/comp-ke-inset-maxwell.jpg?w=1125

2025-08-21 And How in c/bloomcounty@sopuli.xyz
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Is it time to rename the sub to okbuddyopus?

cuntys cuntys what is this in c/totalanarchy@sh.itjust.works
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't look like that.

Is there a correlation or something between dementia and weight loss or lack of fat or something like that? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
Is there a correlation or something between dementia and weight loss or lack of fat or something like that? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is almost always the result of who gets included/excluded in the study. Scroll all the way down to criticisms in this link and you'll see a reasonably good discussion of it. Basically smokers tend to be leaner and have crappy outcomes, sick people or those with pre-existing health issues tend to lose weight etc. Including "lean" people who have other risk factors is the entire effect.

For the record this same effect is present in the "is one drink a day good for you?" debate. If you include people who can't drink because of medication or extreme illness the alcohol use looks good. Toss all the abstainers who aren't in peak health, and alcohol use looks very bad. The results are driven entirely by the inclusion criteria.

Is there a correlation or something between dementia and weight loss or lack of fat or something like that? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Get this slop outta here. If you don't know you can just not say anything.

What are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

May I introduce you to The Smiths. Rusholme Ruffians and There is a Light That Never Goes Out are great examples, but really it describes most of their catalogue.

How do you handle being 37? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Enjoy it. Am almost 60 and would love to be 37 again.

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Proto-meme. So old it spread by print and cats didn't rule the internet. (lemmy.ca)
 

Published in the New Yorker in 1993, the same year the world wide web went live.

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Purchased from FARK at the turn of the century. (lemmy.ca)
 
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Antediluvian meme (lemmy.ca)
 
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whatever is on my phone (lemmy.ca)
 
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I didn't eat supper tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

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Friday Night (lemmy.ca)
 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

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So my wife thinks we're getting shelled tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

She doesn't really watch hockey so I don't know what her opinion is worth. But she wanted to do Leafs Lucky Guess with me this morning. Evidently we are going to lose 16-1 or something.

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Do audits actually matter? (lemmy.ca)
 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

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What is the biggest corporate heel turn that you know? (lemmy.ca)
 

I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

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Recommendations for lightweight WSYWIG page editor? (lemmy.ca)
 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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