thanksforallthefish

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Without even reading the article I'll bet Betterridge's law of headlines applies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was ICE detaining him not the judge. The authority for ICE to detain him over rode the judges ability to release him

German president Paul von Hindenburg thought that he could "control" Hitler, and that he wouldn't do the extreme things he promised in his election speeches, and thus brokered his move into the Chancellor's position in a minority govt. I think we all know how that turned out.

Almost a century later the barons of Wall Street have just had the same "oh shit" moment the German conservatives had in 1933

I feel like hydrogen is little more than hope.

Pretty much. It doesn't have a lot going for it at this point - maybe one day

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The Scots wiki had the same problem. A teenage American who didn't speak Scots edited and created 10s of thousands of entries

For those not aware Scots is a Germanic language that split from Old English back about 700-800 years ago - closely related to modern english like frisian is, but also retaining many words lost to english (some of which are retained in Swedish / Dutch etc). It is distinct from standard scottish english.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language

Edit

Articles on the fiasco

https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scots-wikipedia-language-articles-native-speaker-mistakes-610689

https://www.engadget.com/scots-wikipedia-230210674.html?_fsig=8ckIe_eK7juchNpKgsYQww--%7EA

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18679711.scots-wikipedia-us-teen-wrote-swathes-articles-devastated-reactions/

I think Putin can take credit for Mango's efforts, no ?

Damn ! Beat me to it !

My dude ! That is from a decade and a half ago before the Tories slashed the hell out of everything and prices soared. AND it rates UK as most expensive AND had the highest % increase 2000 to 2010.

That paper is not making your point for you.

My youngest flatly refuses to use, or acknowledge the existence of the " half past, 10 to"etc system. I'll get "yeah but what's that not in stupid time" ? if I don't say 715 or whatever. Annoying teenagers lol.

Landmann is German company and decent quality. Not sure if they're made in EU or China though

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'd be curious to see a reference or link. That sounds very counter intuitive

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Paywalled. Unblocked version here

https://archive.ph/YOwRm

EDIT not unpaywalled, subscription only

What the fuck is the point of posting a link to an article no one can read ?

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