[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Real galaxy brain take.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago
  1. This is using some cryptocurrency - blockchain nonsense.

  2. Only Russia is actively supporting it, with China neutral, South Africa reluctant, and Brazil and India not even participating.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

as a kind of protest against the war in Gaza.

Well, I guess enforcing the Genocide convention is technically 'a kind of protest'.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

You can write Türkiye as Tuerkiye if you want to stick to 'pure' English. I mean, Latin.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Wording aside, how does a train get derailed by a car? A car would be - what - a tonne? A single coach of a train would be 10-20 tonnes.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

But wouldn't penalties / sanctions only work on countries that rely on the dollar?

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

That might be the intention of some of them. But photos have a powwrful emotional impact. It was the photo of a drowned boy that (temporarily) got Europe to accept thousands of refugees.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

Also a type of worker in certain ant species that can lay eggs.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago
  • Reduced expenditure on constructing and maintaining parking lots. Include the costs of security / cameras.

  • Company has better control over when employees come and go.

  • Employees can start working while on the bus (reading mails, catching up with co-workers, etc.).

  • PR department can highlight this as a new green policy. They might even be able to convince the local government to bear a part of the costs, or give some other monetary reward.

Now excuse me while I go wash my hands.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Google flights (I know, I know) has it. Also, airlines generally prefer one manufacturer to simplify logistics, so you could look up the 'fleet' section on their Wikipedia page

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