[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

You can safely swim in the pool of an operational reactor, the ocean near Fukushima is perfectly safe.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

No, it’s not a mistake.

Details are withheld in the news articles to avoid promoting suicide, but this link gives some useful context: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/2023/5/4/1_6384721.html

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

I mean, the product is being sold as a way to commit suicide, so it’s hardly surprising that many of the people who bought it are now dead.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 year ago

American pharmaceutical ads are weird. I guess I’m just not free enough to understand them?

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

I thought it was kinda like the bookshelf in a hostel. You try to drop-off a book you’ve finished, and take a book you haven’t read.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Fantastic. Tremendous. This pile, and I have to say I have seen many piles, this pile, of shit, is the greatest pile of shit, that anyone has ever seen. Period. Do you think crooked Hillary has a pile like this. No. Only me.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

Italy wouldn’t want to start that conversation - the city of Rome has more Egyptian obelisks than Egypt.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Water for drinking isn’t the issue - that’s about 0.01% of all water usage. The issue is irrigation for food crops, which is >50% of water use in many places.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

You don’t actually need to be aware of it. Because you said you were aware of it, when you clicked Accept on the EULA, and on page 62 of the EULA it said they have the right to disable your printer remotely at any time and for any reason.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 year ago

Facebook tried this in Australia, but backed down after a week, and now pay a significant amount to news organisations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Media_Bargaining_Code

Google and Facebook aren’t going to cut themselves out of such a big slice of interaction, they’re just throwing a tantrum and hoping the government caves.

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

If that’s old-school it’ll be neon, modern ones get the same look with LEDs. If it’s flickering slightly, it’s neon.

Large ones are pretty rare these days, because they’re horribly inefficient at turning electricity into light. The main place you’ll still find them are as heating lamps (for things like terrariums).

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Didn’t you read the article bro? There’s no rent in international waters, and he ate free fish and rainwater.

Crisis over!

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