Telodzrum

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[–] Telodzrum 7 points 9 hours ago

Units are important. The teacher is right.

[–] Telodzrum 7 points 1 day ago

I’m curious about this one. Most people I know have used it, but eventually stopped. Journalists and public figures use it, and I think that gives it an outsized presence in our culture.

At its peak it had 70 million active users. It's just widely used in media and press, so there's a perception that it's actually popular.

[–] Telodzrum 3 points 1 day ago

Sorry, dark humor is the only kind I have left.

[–] Telodzrum 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The fax machine predates the (first) American Civil War.

[–] Telodzrum 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’s a large part. Although, anecdotally most of the Catholics I know tend to be pro-choice (this is probably just selection bias, though).

Interestingly, the Church’s anti-abortion stance is doctrinal, but has not been proclaimed by the papacy in an ex cathedra statement or as an essential matter of the faith. A lot of Catholics treat it as one of their faith’s “matters of conscience” and form their own personal opinions on the matter.

Roman Catholicism finds itself in a very awkward place with regard to abortion. The Church itself was the creator of the concept of Social Justice and many of its faithful (rightfully, imo) seek to apply a similar philosophy to the topic of abortion.

[–] Telodzrum 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Catholics are historically a strong Democratic voter base. The last two decades have seen that shift to a near 50/50 split as blue collar white voters (of which Catholics make up a sizable portion) have shifted rightward dramatically.

[–] Telodzrum 6 points 4 days ago

Absolutely not

[–] Telodzrum 23 points 4 days ago (5 children)

> Carves up Poland

> Wages a war of total destruction en route to Berlin

> Invents a new form of genocide in Ukraine

Yeah cool. The saviour of Europe

[–] Telodzrum 1 points 4 days ago

Of fucking course it was a Yooper.

[–] Telodzrum 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Idk man when I was living abroad it was pretty easy to get a gun and a license for it in most places. The real difference is how long it takes to get the license — months to a year instead of a few days for the NCIS check.

Once you have the license, ammo was easy to purchase.

[–] Telodzrum 23 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] Telodzrum 7 points 4 days ago

“Whoever the author wants to win.”

 
 

The White House canceled a high-level U.S.-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday claiming the U.S. was withholding military aid, two U.S. officials tell Axios.

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Of the roughly 1,900 homicides committed in the city of St. Louis from 2014 through 2023, more than 1,000 remain unsolved, according to an analysis of homicide data obtained by APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio.

During those years, murders in St. Louis surged, making the city one of the nation's deadliest. For most of the decade, police struggled to bring perpetrators to justice. A review of 20 years of data and records reveals some of the reasons why police failed to solve so many homicides, including shoddy detective work, lack of resources and an erosion of community trust.

 

Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.

- Jeff Darlington

 

Grumbles about generative AI's shortcomings are coalescing into a "trough of disillusionment" after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots.
Why it matters: AI is still changing the world — but improving and integrating the technology is raising harder and more complex questions than first envisioned, and no chatbot has the magic answers.
Driving the news: The hurdles are everything from embarrassing errors, such as extra fingers or Black founding fathers in generated images, to significant concerns about intellectual property infringement, cost, environmental impact and other issues.

 
 

The President has captured over 96% of the vote with most of the ballots in and reported.

 
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