pwnicholson

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ah yes. "If you're rich, nothing is illegal, there's just a fee"

That's definitely a thing, but something different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't think you get what I was saying. I'm not debating the definition of the word "fee."

I'm saying that in most states in the USA, there's often a fee for many things that can get gotten completely for free if you prove your income is low enough.

So I guess you could say you "pay a fee" of the extra time and hassle to prove your low income. But for something like a state ID, for instance, you can get one absolutely free (no money paid) if your income is low enough.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe OP's point was that the title says "Teacher accused of sex with students." It should read "Teacher accused of raping students"

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago

One small point to correct/adjust is the idea that these sites were "ignored."

The pyramids have been a tourist attraction for thousands of years. The Romans talked about visiting them. I'm guessing there was never a time when they weren't of interest to people in the area. Same for something like the Colosseum, Parthenon, or Pantheon. They might not have always prioritized preservation, but they certainly didn't forget they existed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

No, I get that. Otherwise they'd have to mention the requirement of Nvidia RTX chip sets. It's just effectively the same thing. Shaders and lighting effects that give 90% the same result as raytracing.

I was just remarking on how similar it was and that it was unusual that they didn't say "similar to the effects that were available on RTX resource packs."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Looks like it's just finally just official RTX for non-Nvidia graphics cards. Especially since it's just for Bedrock to start with. Interesting that they never referenced RTX in the presentation. I'm guessing some exclusivity period with Nvidia has expired.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Reverse. It's only a fee if you can afford it. If you can't afford it, it's free.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

*"Newly identified moons" I'm pretty sure they've been there for a while.

Having 128 new moons would really be noteworthy!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is taking away the last reason any of my coworkers fly it for business. They have lots of direct, but they're all in the middle of the day and don't go to any smaller airports, requiring lots of extra driving if you need to visit a facility outside major metros.

For all their flaws, I love that I can take an American flight and land directly in a small town by 9am, do my business, hop in Lyft/Ubers,, then fly back and not even spend the night. SWA coworkers spend less time in the air and at airports, but often have to spend 2 nights and spend hours in a rental car driving themselves the extra 2 hours each way to the town.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The trope (with some truth) is that men tend to be more attracted to physical appearance while women are attracted to stability (aka power and wealth). That means men tend to be attracted to those younger than themselves and women tend to be attracted to those older. And hey, generally that lines up so everyone's happy, right?

Old guys liking teenage girls is more the rare exception that has become the stereotype. Creepy old guys who want to prey on emotionally immature but physically adult young women because they are easy to manipulate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

A viable protest of decent size in my city that I can join. Even a few hundred people would be enough. Organized enough that I hear about it a week out and can shift my plans to be there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sweet. Now all we have to do is find the Stargate and we can time travel.

 

The expansion is based on internationally established definitions of the continental shelf, and comes from research and surveys conducted by various groups going back to 2003, confirming where the continental shelf actually is.

Interestingly, this doesn't include the water column above this territory, so it doesn't mean control of fishing or shipping lanes. Only seabed/underground mineral/drilling/pipelines control. Depending on policy and which political party is in control at the time, this could mean preventing others from drilling these areas, or (more likely?) making a profit off allowing drilling here.

Most of the addition is in the Arctic, but includes territory around the whole country.

 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/922169

Watch this video on Streamable.

 

Either in a client (I've been using Jeroba) or in my Lemmy profile. I'd love to be able to block words I don't want to see stuff about... Like trying to avoid spoilers for movies, or just wanting to avoid mentions of certain people, but without blocking entire communities.

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