[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

In any case, I’m willing to put it in my mouth.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

I volunteer. Just don’t check my server. /s

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago

Wikipedia suggests that the origin of the j in marijuana is a bit more obscure than that:

The origin of the word "marijuana" foreshadowed its current use. Historically, the earliest and most numerous group of users in the Americas were slaves from western Central Africa (modern Gabon to Angola. Their words for cannabis are now used in nearly all the places they (involuntarily) ended up during the 1700s and 1800s…Most notably, in Central America, the Kimbundu (Angolan) word mariamba became the Spanish word marihuana.

The word "marijuana" as we know it today did not appear until 1846 in Farmacopea Mexicana, though it was spelled "mariguana". In most following instances, the word was spelled marihuana. In Chilean Spanish, mariguanza is the dance of a shaman in an altered state of consciousness.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I didn’t know Boeing made ISS doors too.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago

Cats are friends.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I went to check it out just because of this comment. While I definitely think all the trek communities should steer clear of politics, Stamlet’s version was also a comparison of values and personalities.

This meme is low effort by comparison.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago

I don’t usually like trackpads on other machines, but the gestures to switch desktops, zoom, change pages, and everything else that Apple builds in become so ingrained in your muscles that they save an enormous amount of navigational time. There really is no comparison. It is one of the essential features that keeps me from fully switching to Linux for every device in my home.

They always make them out of materials that feel luxurious to touch, which is another bit of computing philosophy I’ve adopted from them—if it touches my body, it should be extremely high quality. This goes for trackpads, mice, keyboards, clothes, and furniture.

Even if you don’t use their machines, it is worth checking out a demo of their gestures just to make you reconsider what a trackpad should be.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago

I didn’t say I had faith in the system, I simply said what is happening. The end result is not yet known, and you are correct that there isn’t a great track record of police accountability in America.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago

Could you say that last line one more time? Me and my MacBook Air are almost there…

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago

Semi-matters, but not really. He does hold a real office, but the chances of this passing are about tree fiddy below nil.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Mac on the laptop + Linux on the server = pure heaven.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

The idea is to make sure that there isn’t an unjust stacking of time due to many little crimes being committed during a larger crime. As an example, let’s say a first time offender breaks into a bank and tries to rob it. If they applied the maximum for each individual crime, it is easy for the punishment to balloon into something that is much worse than the crime itself calls for—trespassing + robbery + destruction of property + whatever else you did = 80+ years for a first time offense.

When the judge chooses to have the sentences run concurrently, the prisoner will serve the longest sentence they have gotten for one of the crimes, but will still have all the crimes on their record. This gives them a greater possibility to be released after a more reasonable amount of time (10-20 years), which gives them a chance of rehabilitation and reduces the burden on the taxpayer to house people for very long amounts of time.

It is worth remembering that some people who commit crimes early in life go on to be productive and admirable citizens. Stephen Fry did time for fraud as a teenager, and then went on to be a beloved actor and writer. Sometimes those skills can be turned around to do good.

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