[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Please inform yourself. In these comments and on their website, it is covered that they do not provide books freely. Just like any other library books can be borrowed exactly as many times as they own a copy.

Just like any other library they sometimes provide a download for Adobe Digital Edition, which manages your lends on books. But as your friend with DRM stripping tools for sure can confirm: DRM is just an annoyance for legitimate customers, it forces legitimate users to use specific applications, while pirates get the freedom to choose how they interact with the not any more protected media. But this is a discussion for another thread as archive.org treats copyrighted books just like any other library.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Yes but No. For most people writing this kind of mail should not be a problem. However, for many different reasons it can become difficult to write such things: This mail is some kind of formal letter and alters a contract. Let's imagine someone with a learning disability, they may be able to sign up for a online service, as they have done it many times. Writing a formal letter they may not have done many times and they cannot map past experiences the same way as a neurotypical person.

Depending on the local law this may be a reason why forced arbitration has to be opt-in: Typically the law should protect the weaker party. As the barrier for writing this letter is higher than the sign-up process, there is an argument that the chosen opt-out process of discord is targeted against some of their weakest customers.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

while I like the idea of Fairphone, last time i checked their flagship did not include an 3.5mm jack. This is simply not acceptable as i need it for my work. It is hard to find phones with a 3.5mm - even harder if you want to be able to repair them.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

linux is for sure the superior choice. still can't understand why many public transport companies buy windows licenses to display simple departure times. some of them even seem to run separate machines for panels always displaying the same info...

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

TBH: Tech companies are not much different from how you described cops.

They don't usually bother to learn the tech they are using properly and take all the shortcuts possible. You see this by the current spout of AI startups. Sure, LLMs work pretty good. But most other applications of AI is more like: "LOL, no idea how to solve the problem. I hooked it up to this blackbox, which i don't understand, and trained it to give me the results i want."

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

While I don't believe in any religion, there is a relevant story in the christian bible. I'll be writing from memory, because I cannot be bothered to search for it:

There where two coachman travelling on an old bumpy road. Both of them broke their axle an could not continue to the next market. One of them was a firm believer, so he sunk to his knees and started to pray to god to fix his axle so he could reach the market in time. The other coachman jumped of his cart while cursing like a sailor. He copped down a small tree from the nearby woods and made an improvised axle, all while shouting and yelling indiscriminately about his bad luck. Who do you think received more help from god?

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Jerboa doesn't have ads..?

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

They never said, that they are annoyied by other ppl liking/posting it. They don't like it, so they block it in order to not see things they don't enjoy.

Thats how the internet works. Roughly 95% on the internet is not your cup of tea - learn how to find your 5%.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Dude, take it as a learning experience. You can't tell a troll to stop - so best don't engage.

I had to learn the same thing many years ago: I asked for an option to exit-on-close for steam. Some trolls didn't like the idea of a more customisable software and i foolishly argued my point. AFAIK this option still does not exist. Maybe the devs never saw that forum thread bc there was too much bs.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Not sure if the 145°C is a citation/translation error by the site. If the mushroom is boiled in water (e.g. hotpot), it will never reach those temperatures.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

But that is just regulation for regulations sake. Since you can buy the cheap walmart stuff or an expensive italian designer - it really does not fulfill the only supposed benefit of stopping bullying.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

This does not seem to be true. According to Wikipedia the Czech Republic has 9567 km of railways. This leaves them with a density of 0.121299336891 Railway/km².

Switzerland, which was listed as the densest in the Article, has 5317 km of railways. This leaves them with a density of 0.128787695288 Railway/km².

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

Keep in mind, that the dates of the data collection are 3 years apart (Czechia 2017, Switzerland 2020).

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