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  • I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every time they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device tells me I'm not a man

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  • Why do they measure your feet as an adult? Is that common in the US? I don't think i had my feet measured since I was 15 or so.

    Edit: I also want to applaude you for wearing Spiderman socks in this specific post!

  • Horror

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  • Hm. I started using Linux (Ubuntu) somewhat around 2007. And I was quite fascinated how flashy it was with all those desktop effects compared to the rather boring XP. Only problem I had back in the day was wifi, but I didn't play a lot of games at that time.

    But yeah, once I solved that wifi problem I had internet, so there was a difference.

  • BuT I CaNT MaKE cIrCLeS in GiMp!

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  • Around here most companies just have subscriptions or get to them through university libraries. It is still annoying, I aggree. It is funnier once you realize that they completly rely on free work as well.

    That said, standards are imo one of the greatest t achievements of humanity. And if you'll ever be involved in that process, you'll quickly see why this whole thing is expensive.

    If you don't want to pay that much, don't curse at ISO, put pressure on your government to provide it for free. Imo well invested tax money.

    My personal main problem is that companies sometimes infiltrate the process.

  • BuT I CaNT MaKE cIrCLeS in GiMp!

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  • Yep. I use Gimp, digiKam and Darktable for literally decades now. I am utterly lost on Adobe software.

  • BuT I CaNT MaKE cIrCLeS in GiMp!

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  • We have ISO standards. Fuck every single company that ignores those (Microsoft, Apple, ...).

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    Have Americans always been this stupid?

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  • Nah, that is not really true. There has been a significant bump due to covid, but before covid IQ test results have shown constant improvements.

    That said, I don't think IQ and political idiocy are that strongly correlated. I've met a lot of highly trained people, who would doubtlessly get great IQ test results, who are politically extremely gullible.

    That also said, IQ tests are a quite flawed way to assess intelligence.

    My personal believe is: This is not about people getting dumber, but about propagandists getting better. I also think that unsteadiness is a way better catalysator for fascism than low intelligence.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • That was pretty much what I meant.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • It was.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • Lots of the money comes from the US and US companies. But as you said, it is open source.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • Linux was awesome 15 years ago. They probably just had driver problems. Those used to be much worse.

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    Is it moral to vandalize Teslas?

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  • My father was always going on about how stupid it is to buy a car designed by computer scientists and electrical engineers. He himself is an electrical engineer who has a PhD in computer science. He might have been on to something.

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    The fact that this is a real image is infuriating

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  • Yes, lemmy is not mainstream. But man, you are complaining about 1.4k upvotes on non-corporate media. This is extraordinary.

  • Daily Driving

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  • Kubuntu is great nowadays.

  • Linux and Chill

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  • I still.like fortran better. (And I am not even lying.)

  • To Americans: How far apart is everything in the US?

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  • Having a large country doesn't necessarily mean that your cities and towns have to spread like crazy. Russia is even larger but the cities are much more compact than US cities.

  • Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?

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  • I'd say here in Germany it is mostly a unpopularity contest.

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    At least the bed looks comfy and can be adjusted in 2 different places!

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  • No idea about the UK. But in Germany a comparable hospital stay (single bed room) would be up to a 1000€ per day afaik. If you are publicly insured in Germany, you'd still easily pay 150€ out of your own pocket (otherwise the rooms have 2-4 beds).

    But I already learned in this thread that the costs in the US are far worse.

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    At least the bed looks comfy and can be adjusted in 2 different places!

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  • They are expensive in Europe as well, but most European countries socialize these costs.

  • Why is music so loud in restaurants? (Serious)

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  • In some crowded places they do it, so it doesn't feel like a central station.