That moment when you look around for the most competent person, and come the sad conclusion that it’s you
- 0 Posts
- 229 Comments
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.de•Which European country has the most frequent train travellers?English
7·2 years agoModel split also has it’s downsides. For example:
Not every trip is the same in every country. Denmark commutes 22km on average, the Netherlands does 3km
Not every country travels as far. Someone who does 10km by train out of 100km has a much greater share than 20km out of 10.000.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.world•Repair? UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGYEnglish
8·2 years ago99% this is why the Tu-22 used ethanol for coolant. If you do your maintenance properly, you get free booze after every successful landing.
Also, the price point determines the sort of people looking at your add
Choice can’t exist without information. If you know nothing, you can’t chose. If two doors are perfectly the same, it’s not a choice. If you have no information on either path in the forest, you’re not really choosing.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•remember to stay hydratedEnglish
4·2 years agoBrakes cost money
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.de•Russia to hike defense spending by almost 70% in 2024, totaling around 6% of GDP — more than spending allocated for social policyEnglish
7·2 years agoOnly half? They must have taken some impressive anti-corruption measures to get it down.
Wait, my memory says you flap your hair with your hands. Is it really ear stroking?
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Enough Musk Spam@lemmy.world•Elon May Have Accidentally Revealed How ExTwitter Usage Has Dropped Massively Since His Takeover
891·2 years agowhile it still has the Elon bad bias
So does reality, I wonder what causes it.
Meanwhile, basically every Dutch students “dates” by bike, and most of London dates via the Underground.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Think of who you're hurting before you consider piracy.
62·2 years agoThat sounds like a pretty massive loophole…
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Now everyone must pay for someone else's vandalism.English
20·2 years agoA lot can be legal if you agree to it. But they absolutely can’t unilaterally declare this rule into effect.
Just don’t pay, what are they gonna do? Sue you for damages that they admit themselves can’t prove?
Because theyre either lying about, or blissfully unaware of their own shortcoming.
Or they work in sales.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.de•China demands consulates in Hong Kong -including the EU office- submit data of all locally-employed staffEnglish
15·2 years agoPretty sure that’s not how consulates work…
“being mean to scabs is, itself, doing work.”
Volunteer work is also work, and I’ll gladly do this for free.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•Military coup in Niger bout to find outEnglish
1·2 years agoand should totally be done this time around.
Even if it gets resolved right now, we should still land a C130 in a stadium, just because.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.de•Bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical used in food packaging, is present in almost all Europeans’ bodies, posing a severe health risk, study saysEnglish
5·2 years agoA lot of the issues you mention are, at least in part, caused by not dying. For example, I’ve got asthma, but without bronchodialators I wouldn’t be an asthma patient, I’d just be dead. Another is better diagnosis, melanoma are much easier to identify nowadays, and we actually do diagnosis. If you look at old death reports, they contain a LOT of “sickness of the X” or “natural causes” for people in their early 60s.
Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.de•Bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical used in food packaging, is present in almost all Europeans’ bodies, posing a severe health risk, study saysEnglish
11·2 years agoOh absolutely, in the grand scheme of how fucked humanity is, most chemicals are barely a blip compared to ecosystem collapse and global warming.




Correct. Giving meaningful choices is hard.