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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In a lot of cultures, a "fat" child is desirable, but actually unhealthy. A fat baby is simply healthy, regardless of the culture!

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

Outlaw tax credit to political parties. Outlaw hatespeech and enforce it. Outlaw media monopolies and promote healthy journalists that will challenge the ideas expressed on their station.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, was this the situation before cars? I fail to imagine a person living miles from the next human being without a car.

Cars made rural communities dependant on them. It's not a fatality.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 25 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe... don't take the risk? If you wanna know how allergic you are, there are tests for that.

Don't play with fire, friend. Fake crab isn't worth dying for.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 65 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

There's also a "simple english" Wikipedia: simple.wikipedia.org

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

I'm Belgian and I didn't know a whole lot of details about the "Free State" (because of course this was brushed over in school...)

I'm split between surprised and not surprised that the atrocities were made by companies when the administration said "oh yea, there's no law btw, knock yourselves out". A libertarian dream in the end.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dang, in which country are you talking about Liège in elementary school?

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Totally agree. But I'm a bit pessimistic that modern fascism and extreme wealth concentration stops at one man. In my view, it's more of a systemic issue. If he dies, the system that put him in place still thrives.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I agree. "One of the most important day in modern history" though? That's a bit exceptionalistic IMO.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Now we have elastics and stretchy fabric. I guess it was more difficult to have a firm and comfortable hold with loose fabric.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure! Here's a nice article by Mireille Elchacar, lexicologist and professor at TELUQ university.

The relevant portion:

Le 8 mai 1673, l’Académie française tranche en faveur de l’orthographe savante « qui distingue les gens de Lettres d’avec les Ignorants et les simples femmes ».

My translation:

The 8 of May, 1673, the French Academy decides in favor of a scholarly orthography "which distinguishes literary people from the ignorants and simple women".

Yikes! That's the basis of the "etymologic" or rather pseudo-etymologic orthography of French. The French Academy is still the authority for the French language, a remnant of the Ancient Régime. To my knowledge, they haven't retracted this statement since and to my judgement they still adhere to it by their actions and decisions today.

 

I thought there could be a sort of megathread about the inauguration of Trump. I'm watching the official livestream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOstVmSjf8

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by thedarkfly@feddit.nl to c/france@jlai.lu
 

Salut tout le monde ! Avec la mort de Le Pen, beaucoup de gens reparlent de son usage de la torture en Algérie. Beaucoup d'encre a coulé sur les accusations à son encontre et ses actions en justice pour diffamation. Mais a-t-il été lui-même poursuivi ou inquiété à ce sujet ? N'était-ce pas des crimes de guerre ? Pourquoi n'a-t-il jamais été arrêté ?

 

I have been looking for alternative to Google products, including Google Maps and Waze. The best I've found is Organic Maps and OsmAnd. But I'm missing two features: public transport routes and live trafic.

For the latter point, I have used Magic Earth which uses OSM. But the app itself is not FOSS.

Does anyone know what their business model is? They don't charge for the app or service and the privacy policy does not seem like they commercialize data... What is their deal as a company?

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by thedarkfly@feddit.nl to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
 

Posted on Bluesky of course.

 

Hi everyone. You can easily add a website shortcut to the home screen through a browser ("add to home screen"). However, if I change browser or if I need to clear the browser data, these links disappear. Maybe I'm using too unstable of a browser, but I'm tired of having to recreate my shortcuts.

Is there any way of adding a website shortcut to the home screen in a browser-agnostic way?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by thedarkfly@feddit.nl to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
 

Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/549047

Assisted GNSS is pretty handy. My phones gets my approximate location very fast. If I want to plan a route from where I am, I don't have to wait a couple minutes for the GNSS signal to be received (if I'm in a location where I can receive it).

But obviously, waiting a couple minutes before starting a journey is acceptable to avoid being tracked by Google, so I disabled the Enhanced Location mode on my Android phone.

Is there a private alternative for A-GNSS?

 

Assisted GNSS is pretty handy. My phones gets my approximate location very fast. If I want to plan a route from where I am, I don't have to wait a couple minutes for the GNSS signal to be received (if I'm in a location where I can receive it).

But obviously, waiting a couple minutes before starting a journey is acceptable to avoid being tracked by Google, so I disabled the Enhanced Location mode on my Android phone.

Is there a private alternative for A-GNSS?

 

Since I've joined Lemmy, I've been trying to learn more about leftist political systems and how current activists would like to implement them. I'm also interested in building a nuanced opinion on historical implementations of Marxism.

In my understanding, public scrutiny can be multiple. About methods: free press, direct reports from the state, NGO or foreign observers; and about subjects: military, internal or external affairs, industrial.

What effect does state transparency have on society (good or bad), and would you prefer to live in an open political system personally? Which kind of transparency?

During the cold war, how open and transparent were the USA and USSR? How open are the US, China, Russia and the EU currently?

Do you know resources that approach these subjects that I could read?

 

This is a placeholder community. If you're motivated to handle the moderation, publish posts for each event etc. please manifest yourself.

In the meantime I'll moderate the community if people participate by themselves but won't publish content.

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