adespoton

joined 2 years ago
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago

There’s only one way to solve all diseases.

Did they test this on Mars first?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

It’s the politicians who are striving for a classroom where not everyone is equal.

Although, teachers probably consider themselves more equal than their students.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

“Eventually the world will become uninhabitable and the ceasefire will hold.”

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

“He had a camera and was shooting everyone in sight! We had to neutralize him as he as dressed like a Vuarnet ad from the 90s!”

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Isn’t there also shorthand where you just write the base components and people understand what you mean because even though the radicals are missing, the core meaning of the glyph is still close enough?

The difference is that the shorthand isn’t based on phonetics but on the core meaning of the calligraphic strokes.

It’s why Japanese writers can communicate with Cantonese speakers through quick strokes on their palms. The radicals are all different but the base components are the same.

Similar to a German person stripping back words to core syllables.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Heigh ho, heigh ho, into deep space we go….

I like yours better.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Wait a minute… on earth, aren’t carbonates formed by sedimentary deposits of bio-concentrated carbon? Where did the carbonates come from on Mars?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Remember that the Afghan Taliban isn’t simple either.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Because Apple isn’t stupid. There’s no money in being an ISP unless you’re willing to do things Apple doesn’t want to be perceived as doing.

Apple had eWorld — that was their last foray into being an ISP, and is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Most major content producers have agreements with YouTube such that as their content is discovered, monetization all goes to the rights holders. In general, this seems like a pretty good idea, and better than copyright maximalism.

However, I’ve had original works of my own “monetized by rights holder” because they used my work (with permission) in one of their products, and so now have co-opted all expressions of my work on YouTube. So the system isn’t perfect.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And technically the scientists weren’t on board when they discovered it, since the ship was in dry dock and they were in a lab.

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