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MisterFrog

@ MisterFrog @lemmy.world

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  • Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit

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  • Best part is, they don't even have to go to court, this sort of thing can be taken to your state or territory's administrative tribunal, which costs peanuts to file with, and it's extremely common to represent yourself. Hence why it's an extremely effective threat when you're obviously in the right, like in this case.

    Basically Umart is fucked and Australian Consumer Law is really not shabby :)

  • Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket

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  • It might not be legal, but it's already morally acceptable to shoplift from Coles and Woolworths

    I just don't because it would be a massive pain if I were to be caught

  • Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’

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  • This is so fucking stupid. I've worked in hospitality, saying please and thank you just comes with the territory no one needs to be checking if you do it.

    In a cafe that's the whole service (in my country at least): being friendly to people, and providing a nice place to hang out and have a coffee, the actual beverage is secondary.

    Saying please and thank you is such base politeness. You can easily be rude or cold even when you do use them, and conversely, be absolutely lovely without using them at all.

    People don't go to burger king for the pleasantries, the amount of politeness you should expect is the same as anyone else walking down the street.

    Policing politeness with technology is stupid. People should ask each other how they're going genuinely. Not from a place of corporate greed.

    Fuck this capitalist dystopia.

  • Behold.

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  • Eh, it's already fairly obvious using both systems side by side across the internet.

    Though I suppose in actual work you're correct. I use 3 decimal places for metres on drawings a lot, because I like it to be easy to read the mm.

    It being 1,000 m or 1.000 m is of course a huge difference haha

    A boy can dream 🥹

  • Behold.

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  • But commas and dots don't form part of the metric system?

    Ihr könnt gerne umwechseln wenn ihr wollt :3

    My main argument for the English/Chinese/Indian system (I have no idea where this system originated), is that in many languages (including German), commas function as pauses and full stops (period, by the Americans) as a stronger separator between thoughts, so it makes more sense to seperate digits with commas (in my opinion)

    It's all ultimately arbitrary, and I don't really care which we pick.

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  • I don't really care which, but if I'm not mistaken it's the majority of the world population in this case not just the US.

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  • I just hurts my soul that it's inconsistent.

    By population decimal point wins?

    I don't really care which, but my heart craves standardisation*

    (*where it makes sense. I don't think language based differences in how many digits between separators needs to be world-wide. Eg. In East Asia you separate in groups of 4 digits, not 3 because of language)

  • Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

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  • Props to the camera person for showing the message.

    Every small resistance counts ✊

  • Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say

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  • I'm glad this meme is known internationally

  • 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

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  • Is it? Seemed like a dig specifically at the fact that China doesn't have a true union movement. Not a dog at communism in general.

    China isn't communist, nor very socialist, for that matter.

    Capitalism with Chinese characteristics seems more of an apt description.

    Pointing out that China is a dictatorship doesn't mean that socialism is bad.

  • 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

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  • My least favourite argument is them pointing to the reduction in poverty.

    Like, I could say the same for capitalism. Which I won't because capitalism needs to be abolished, but just "there was a massive reduction in poverty therefore system good" is stupid.

    Tankies aren't socialists in my eyes because socialism necessarily needs to be democratic control by the people.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • It's silly that they don't just operate from the browser. It's how I use Patreon on my (admittedly not iPhone) Phone.

    They should have just pulled Patreon from the app store.

    It's not like it's such an impediment to ask users to use their browser.

    In an ideal world we would not have monopolies controlling app stores, but I think Patreon is really stupid for not just abandoning the app store.

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  • Is this the minimum required, or just common?

    We have 4 weeks annual leave (not including sick leave and public holidays) and I reckon it's not enough 🇦🇺

    Probably because our union movement has been crushed by years of hostile governments and right wing media monopoly.

  • It's probably too late to change, lol

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  • Indeed, lol is not the same as haha

    It's more of a sarcastic vibe. Which fits, because you are definitely not laughing out loud when you write lol

    Uppercase LOL feels like a haha fuck them kind of schadenfreude laugh to me.

    Perhaps LOL is a softer version of HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, which I use to the same effect.

  • DOJ won’t investigate killing of Minneapolis woman shot by ICE

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  • They are asking for a revolution

  • Excuse me while I make my cold brew..

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  • I was gonna make this same comment.

    Cold drip though? That's some finicky shit. Not worth the effort in my opinion (but is fun!)

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  • This show was so freaking good

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  • Ah, right you are. Just not on Voyager

  • ‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections

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  • I think those were cancelled a while ago.

    Other than the ones protecting capital, of course.