Senshi

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[–] Senshi 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Does step data just mean the number of steps (and timestamp, I assume), or do you actually track the routes walked, which would mean gps coords/ tracks.

Cause the first is much less invasive and problematic than the latter option.

[–] Senshi 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm aware, and I don't think I claimed that? The by far largest number of victims were Jews, though.

[–] Senshi 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When anyone talks about Holocaust these days, it's reasonable to assume they talk about the one vs the Jews by Nazi Germany. It has gained a special meaning unlike the more generic word genocide, which is perfectly fine for other use cases. The Holocaust was a genocide, not every genocide is a Holocaust.

If you want to go semantic/etymological, calling the current Palestine genocide a Holocaust still makes no sense, as the old Greek holocaust literally means "full incineration", burning sth so nothing is left. Which makes sense in association with Nazi crematoriums, and its historic use for large fire catastrophes such as whole cities burning down.

It also made - semantically - sense for Neonazis in Germany who called the fire-bombings of German cities by the Allied in WW2 holocausts as well. This also tries to form a link and somehow equate two entirely different things. Both atrocities by modern standards, sure, but at vastly different levels.

(Mis-)appropriating terms to undermine and diffuse their meaning is a simple and effective populist tactic, which is why it's popular with extremists.

Call a genocide a genocide, call the Holocaust the Holocaust.

The world is full of nuance, not just radicals and extremes.

[–] Senshi 7 points 2 weeks ago

But they might still have some charge left that you might need for that particular remote that can run on low charges longer than others in case you run out of actual fresh batteries because you forgot to stock up on actual ew ones. Maybe. Which probably won't actually happen in the next decades, but it might, and boy, will you be sad then, having thrown those valuables away!

[–] Senshi 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As harmless as high humidity and stalled air in winter times can be. Mostly fog, sometimes very intense snowfall. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Senshi 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Cold air from the north moves over a large body of water which is (relatively) warmer and thus takes up warmth and humidity.

It then hits the cold shore, causing air temperatures to drop again as well. Colder air can carry less humidity, so it nearly instantly forms into heavy fog and clouds.

As air can move more swiftly over water than over land, it also gets "compressed" slightly upon hitting the shore, which can lead to the just-formed clouds to thicken up enough to cause heavy snowfall.

EDIT: what you see on this photo is the superhumid air condensing into fog and clouds.

[–] Senshi 23 points 1 month ago

You will have to be a lot more specific when talking about the British Empire...

[–] Senshi 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The high end PC part market, especially GPUs, is heavily controlled by scalpers as well, similar to brand new consoles.

[–] Senshi 15 points 2 months ago

Even worse? Senior devs that are confidently incorrect but are trusted completely because they created an "amazing" VBA macro for Excel 97 once.

[–] Senshi 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why limit it to exactly those? What's wrong with starting with other big distros or obscure tiny distro? Hell, I know people who are using red hat or suse, not to forget the trillion Arch variants. If you're curious and think it's a good fit or just want to try things out, anything is fine

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