So the users realized their mistakes and stopped complaining……and other jokes public project maintainers tell themselves while laughing in tears
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Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•The current results of the Duck Duck Go AI yes/no vote are very funny
421·5 days agoThere are people genuinely believe that they want to handle all personal data to AI and it would be good for them. However, those people tend not to use DDG. So it’s self-selecting the audience.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.works•Mastercard/Visa’s controlEnglish
1·7 days agoI only used them and don’t know how it’s arranged internally lol. I also don’t know any instances of convenience stores refusing to do business due to moral reasons. R18 magazines are sold directly in convenience stores, so there’s that.
For more questionable stuff, people just buy virtual currency on e.g. DMM. It’s like gift cards or Steam balance.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.works•Mastercard/Visa’s controlEnglish
3·7 days agoIn this case, it’s the chain convenience stores (FamilyMart, 711, Lawson). They handle cash anyway and can be found nearly everywhere in Japan.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•My apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?
31·14 days agoWhy is it necessary for the water to go up and down to turn the turbine? Isn’t the pressure already added to the water and you can directly use it to drive a heavier turbine at ground level?
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English
2·21 days agoOther replies answered what’s what. I think the reasoning for this many names is just there are many variants. After all, the current “nation” is several ethnic groups (many with their own languages) merged together for over thousands of years, spanning a large area.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English
29·22 days agoNative Mandarin speaker here. On one hand it’s true that basic rhyming is easier due to the regularity of the unit of sound and the number of characters sharing the same “final vowel” 韵母.
However, there’s also the tone system. Pronouncing the tone as it’s normally pronounced may interfere with the melody. So it’s actually very hard to write good lyrics that works with both.
In modern Mandarin music, this problem is usually bypassed by relaxing the tone a bit when singing (the phenomenon is called 倒字). However, serious lyric writers do strive to achieve both goals at the same time. (Cantonese songs are especially good in this regard.)
Compare to the classical Chinese. According to tones, all characters are divided into two classes 平仄, which follows a specific pattern in a poem 格律. The poem is also the lyrics of a melody 律诗. So this system helps you to do both.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldto
Programming@programming.dev•Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat
4·25 days agoThe only software that matters.
Been there done that. In ancient China, there was a psychoactive drug made out of five kinds of minerals.
That’s it, sir. The SCP foundation will take it over from here.
But doctor, those are my eyes.
Is it just me or is it justme?
Mecha Türk intensifies
Me when read a book
A key difference is that for learning sites, those who hold the purse strings are usually not those who actually use the website. They only need to convince the school administry or corporate procurement, but care little about the actual users.
















You do understand this is more akin to white hat testing, right?
Those who want to exploit this will do it anyway, except they won’t publish the result. By making the exploit public, the risk will be known if not mitigated.