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"Thank you for doing the work. It's done now, so I don't need it any more, so I won't be paying you. Also you can't sue me because you read my magazine once back in the 80s and it's in the fine print, but here's a t-shirt with our logo across the front and back, and a commendation on your CV. It says, 'good worker, no complaints.' That's exec talk for, 'you can screw this guy over without worrying, so go ahead and hire him.'"

Calling in healthy by milicent_bystandr in c/memes@sopuli.xyz

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"I'm not paying you today. We got lots of profits and I don't feel like wasting it on employees."

This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. by milicent_bystandr in c/justpost@lemmy.world

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

"Nth floor above ground"

TIL that climbing the full height of Everest means starting at sea level by milicent_bystandr in c/til@lemmy.world

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

I suppose, in fairness, climbing the top part is a bit harder than climbing the bottom part.

Though, if you think about it, quite a lot quicker.

TIL that climbing the full height of Everest means starting at sea level by milicent_bystandr in c/til@lemmy.world

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

I have heard the (Nepali-speaking) Nepalis didn't even have a name for it at that point, and I have a feeling Qomolungma wasn't known to the Brits, because the mountain was surveyed from far away at that point.

Incidentally, "Tibetans and Nepalis on either side of the mountain"- it's Tibetans on both sides. On the Nepali side are the Tibetan group known as Sherpa, whence we get the term Sherpa for a Nepali/Tibetan mountain guide. Further south than the Sherpa people are 'Nepali' people by ethnicity. (And of course properly there's a lot more than two ethnic groups in a cross section of Nepal!)

TIL that climbing the full height of Everest means starting at sea level by milicent_bystandr in c/til@lemmy.world

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

But what is the base?

Thing is, that's a more complicated question than it sounds.

it's a race to the bottom and whoever wins you lose by milicent_bystandr in c/memes@slrpnk.net

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Don't forget the multi-million-dollar marketing campaign and funded research to convince the public it's no different to, or even better than, real lemonade.

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What do people here think of Nebula? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been playing around with self hosting for file sharing, backups, and a handful of other ideas I might one day get round to. I like the idea of a mesh VPN and being able to, for example, connect a travelling laptop to a 'host' laptop nearby, though my only public ip is a VPS in another country.

Of all the options I found, I liked the look of Nebula most. Fiddly in some places, but it's working nicely for me, and I appreciate some of the simplicity of design.

I'm wondering if people here have much experience of it, though? My biggest concern is over its future. With,

The Defined Networking site focusing on making money off it, and
The Android app doesn't allow full configuration (including the firewall, so I can't host a website from a phone) but - I heard - does if you use Defined Networking's paid service for configuration,

makes me worry they might be essentially trying to deprecate viable FOSS Nebula in favour of a paid or controlled service.

Any thoughts? Insight?

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Frozen Pseudoscience (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee to c/movies@lemmy.world

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I finally watched Frozen 2 on the plane a few days ago. Did somebody pay Disney to shill for homeopathy?

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Ambridges Farm, or, There's More to Life Than Fishing (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee to c/stardewvalley@lemmy.ml

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Hi I've been gradually finishing my first and only-main farm, and wanted to share :-) It started as the central plaza and fish ponds (since I came to love fishing!) and grew from there. I was going to get all-seasons screenshots and post together, but that's going soo slowly; and, hey, content!

Hope you like it! I think there's a little bit of just about everything there, and if you look closely you can see me sitting on a bench enjoying the flower garden. It's been single player until right at the end I added the 'guest lodges' to share with family and friends. I love how well they fit in places I hadn't planned!