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by yardie 1y ago
I never brought up who is considered native. The intermediate poster brough that up. >> Native South African is a debatable word. There has been a recent right-wing movement in South Africa to politicize the Bantu migrations to minimi
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by yardie 1y ago
The Bantu people have been in the southern African region longer than the Roman empire has existed in continental Europe. So, why aren't they not considered native? No one considers the Roman empire not native to Europe.
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by yardie 1y ago
> Native South African is a debatable word. They've been there over 2000 years, I think we can consider them native at this point. European colonialists and apartheid justifiers try to shoehorn the Bantu migration as being just slig
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by yardie 1y ago
While listening to Trevor Noah's podcast one of the topics they were discussing was South Africa. Apparently, the apartheid South African government never included Black South Africans in the census. That was how little regard they had
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by yardie 1y ago
Tires, brakes, and windshield washer fluid are the only regularly replaceable parts on an EV. My last ICE car, also that age, required oil, tires, coolant flush (100k miles), transmission (100k miles), water pump, thermostat, timing belt, a
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Meta erases Gaza journalist's Instagram(twitter.com)
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by yardie 1y ago
I'm reminded of how many patents that were due to expire after their 20 year lifespan got renewed simply by adding "using the internet" tacked on at the last minute.
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by yardie 1y ago
I remember a report about either SF or LA converting a parking lot to safe place for homeless and the mayor going on TV to show how proud they were this was a solution. I was flabbergasted. Because in no way would my SE coastal sensibilitie
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by yardie 1y ago
Even in the US, the wealthy threaten to leave if their favorite politician doesn’t win an election. I’m like, “exactly which $30T economy will you and your money be moving to?”
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As a former resident of France, here are the headlines I observed through the years: The wealthy abandoned France in 2000 and moved to Switzerland. They abandoned France in 2009 and moved to... Switzerland. They abandoned France in 2014 and
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The ultrawealthy have been exiting SF, LA, NYC, and Chicago for decades now. Not sure how many are left in those cities since every election cycle brings doom and gloom that the wealthy will abandon those states for sure, this time.
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by yardie 1y ago
When they aren't doing high speed chases through the streets of Japan they are jumping out of helicopters, climbing walls, and chasing suspects up stairs.
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A tachikoma is not the general purpose vehicle. It is an example of what a general purpose robot body could look like. It's job, in an anime, is a super intelligent armored tank. Humans evolved to be bipedal to see over the bushes and
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by yardie 1y ago
The human form evolved to run long distances in wide open fields, climb trees for nutrient and protection, and create and wield tools. We have built the world to accommodate for that around us. It is not a general purpose form factor. An ur
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by yardie 1y ago
> the Ubuntu 24.04 distro is missing from the list, and this is a shame, since this is a board released late 2024. I contacted OrangePi and they mentioned that they would eventually release a 24.04 version, but there was no clear timelin
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by yardie 1y ago
I've seen them in posher suburban towns and a lot of HOAs. It's usually worded that no more than 2-4 non relatives can share a single residence. You won't find it in the more working class towns and cities. I have seen some F
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by yardie 1y ago
> Windows even asks you if you want to use something else other than Chrome if you're in the EU. And not by choice. It was a 2010 legal decision. Pretty confident that if the court didn't force Microsoft to do it they wouldn&#x
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by yardie 1y ago
Merit-based, in a lot of cases certainly. But need-based, you’re there to subsidize the university and not the other way around.
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I was lucky enough to stay in a beach house designed by either the son or grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright. So many amazing architectural details including natural cooling towers. I was young then and didn't really get to appreciate it t
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by yardie 1y ago
This is the Internet of whimsy I grew up with and I miss it constantly. Thank you, poster.
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And those sampled instruments were copyrighted by the manufacturers: YamahaGS, RolandXM, Alesis, Korg, etc. Early hip-hop were sampling disco and R&B records and got roundly slapped once they become popular for money to be involved.
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by yardie 1y ago
Bambu X1C: I can recommend the Bambu X1C. It would be my printer of choice. In addition to bed-leveling it has flow calibration and AI detection. With the H2S release prices on the X1C are coming down quickly. Elegoo Centauri Carbon: I know
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by yardie 1y ago
Hi Oskar, I'm a big fan of TrimEnabler since my Hackintosh days. Sensei looks great but since I already have iStat and thought buying another status menu app would be redundant. But I admire the way it looks. Does the fact that Backdro
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Most of the courts don’t think they are. Early rap beats used lots of samples. Some of the most popular hip hop songs made $0 for the artists as they had to pay royalties on those samples.
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by yardie 1y ago
According to Elon, he is the "founder" of Tesla. According to Martin, he is their first major investor. According to mainstream media, he is the co-founder. I'd call him the second, but the fanboys would be majorly pissed.
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As a counterpoint, Apple Inc, stopped using Apple Computers Inc, only years after it had diversified it's production with consumer electronics, software, and cloud services. Tesla is predominantly known for it's cars. Now, it want
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Hollywood movies would make you believe you needed briefcases of money or exotic, Swiss bank accounts to corrupt the political machine. With James Bond levels of manipulation. And it is so much cheaper and more mundane than that. I honestly
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I think the rest of the world have realized, even before most Americans, just how cheap our politicians can be bought for. Not billions, not millions, but for a few thousand dollars you can get a member of congress to scuttle a bill or prai
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by yardie 1y ago
I had the background for EE. Grew up around a bunch of HAMs and Motorola engineers, competed in FIRST, CS Olympiads, etc. Went to a great engineering school and then had my ass handed to me end of sophomore year. So I did the reasonable th
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I was employed as a contractor for a state agency many years ago. When it was time to convert to permanent full-time they had to advertise my job on the job boards because of some law. I also had to apply to my job in the same fashion. Not

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