It’s almost certainly an AI generated image

My guess it’s referring to the Blackshirts, the paramilitary wing to the National Fascist Party in Italy a century ago

The workers wear hats. I’m guessing he means one of those

Call the police. Then realise the TV is off, and you’re seeing yourself reflected in the black screen holding a banana to your ear. Write down “I am awake” in your journal again

Oh okay, thanks for the tip!

That’s not the same as the post’s photo, though. Did someone redraw it in more detail, or did someone put it through an AI image generator to look like that?

I’m not quite sure what this means. Can’t people hold bigoted opinions? I used to hold some but then I learned that they were wrong and don’t have them anymore. Do I still have the bigot cancer?

I’m not arguing anything in specific I just literally don’t understand what it’s trying to say 😭

I just started reading An Anarchist FAQ as someone who has never read theory. To say I’m intimidated by Section A being the length of a normal book is putting it lightly

I wouldn’t count ChromeOS as Linux. That’s like counting all Android phones as Linux or something

Oh that makes sense, sorry I misunderstood!

Yep, they/them/theirs is used in the same place as he/him/his or she/her/hers. It/it/its should not be used for people unless someone explicitly says those are their preferred pronouns. “It” is typically used for objects and non-human animals, so it could be seen as rude to refer to a human as “it.” If unsure, use they/them.

Using “they” for a singular person has been used since at least the 14th century, so there’s no need to feel uncomfortable with it. I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Singular they, which touches on its history.

A similar example is “you.” “You” used to be only a plural, with “thou” being the singular, but over time it fell out of fashion and now “you” can be used as singular or plural, like how “they” can be singular or plural.

Singular “they” was criticised by some people hundreds of years after it started being used. But language cannot be prescribed; it is determined by how people use it.

It’s “whet your appetite” in case anyone was interested. But the misspelling is probably part of the meme

I loved the episodes about coin flipping and tying shoes!

Yeah I was reading about the editing guidelines and they have a principle that surprised me at first:

Verifiability, not truth.

Basically, you could edit an article with information you know is true (like your bedrooms or fireplaces), but truth is not the criteria that edits get tested upon. It must be verifiable by a source.

Pretty cool that you didn’t just give up and actually got the local newspaper to interview you! That’s awesome!

Came to ask the same thing.

Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.

Have you tried Helium Browser?

I haven’t used it myself as I use Firefox, but it looks promising. If I had to use Chrome on my device I’d try this one. It is still in beta technically, though

I suspect it’s not a lack of playtesters that’s the problem, but harsh deadlines and crunch. That type of environment leads to tech debt to get things working fast, which leads to hard-to-manage code, which leads to bugs…

I read a bit of Anna’s article and if I remember correctly there are something like 256 million tracks on Spotify. Mind you this includes things like white noise tracks.

But 86 million tracks represent 99.6% of listens or something like that. Most tracks don’t get played much if at all

I also thought toggles were unnecessary, but then I read something that changed my mind.

Toggles have an immediate effect, whereas checkboxes don’t.

For example, a light/dark mode setting. You could use a checkbox, but users have become used to the above behaviour, and so a toggle may be more appropriate.

Checkboxes, therefore, are more of a form element.

Personally, I’d still be fine with just checkboxes, but that design intention is something I hadn’t known but makes sense after I heard it

Cars are a really good analogy. I’m going to steal that.

Some people want a trusty Toyota Carolla. Boring as hell but gets you where you need to go.

And some people want sports cars that they spend time pimping and tuning to their heart’s desire