I see.

Thanks! That makes sense and is easier to digest than a wikipedia article :)

Lemmy is so technical. I now have to look up what DNS is.

They should announce this and make a big deal about it. “Withdraw from Crimea or we strike the bridge!” Let them build up defensese there and then strike some other critical point. Do that twice and on the third time really attack the place that’s threatened.

That explains the meme. Thank you for the context.

Must be a US thing. There are great hotels for 40€/night in many places. I went to one for 30€/night in Florence and it was marvelous. Couldn’t understand a word the old lady said, but she was very helpful showing us where everything was and getting us settled into the quiet room with high ceiling and large closets. There was a pizzeria about 20 metres from the hotel that had an agreement with the hotel to give a discount for hotel guests. The coffee in the morning was free and terrific too. Only a stone’s throw away was a great restaurant with a veranda where they served fantastic home-made bread and small cakes.

The worst “hotel” I was at was definitely in the US. Terrible shithole of a place we had booked ahead of time. Could’ve been a beggars home in Calcutta. And we had already paid, so no refunds.

Maybe it’s not the real thing, but it was the first result my search-engine returned.

Elite VISA? What’s this?

Edit: Damn, 17k€ minimum to get 5 year VISA in Thailand.

I agree. I just don’t want these people to get of scot-free sitting in a cushy apartment with an ankle-monitor, sipping on some fine wine. That wouldn’t be justice.

It doesn’t sit right with me that people who steal from the troops protecting them get to safely sit in a cell.

I guess we disagree, but I’m not going to stop people from voicing their opinions and linking them to their official identities.

The problem with the internet is that it doesn’t always forget. That’s exactly why I do my best to keep my accounts separate. However, yes, semantic analysis could demask me in the future, who knows. At least it’ll give me the opportunity to say “that’s not my account”. If something is officially linked to my account, my “genius” thoughts will be bound to me and could easily be found by friends, foes, employers, whatever.

What I’m getting at is: privacy is important. Giving it up should be carefully considered, not simply done by default or thoughtlessly or “because everyone does it”.

Ethics does not exist in these people’s vocabularies. They should be sent to the front line as punishment.

Wordpress supports federation. Or are you looking for something else?

Where did he say this?

No worries, as a European, English isn’t my first language either :P

And as a response: if my job depended on being on the “right side of things” I wouldn’t make such controversial statements. Not only is it dumb in the moment, but also for the future. People are very polarised and even if she had changed her mind by now, there’d still be outrage “omg, look at what she said years ago! I don’t trust that she changed!”. Of course she supposedly doubled down, which is even dumber IMO, but you get the point.

I use this anonymous account because what the opinions I express here will probably evolve and I don’t want any future employer putting me into a box due to a comment made in jest, rage, or whatever. Revealing your identity online for anything other than business is just asking for trouble.

Would you if it’s something you care about

Did you forget a word?

I’m having trouble with the rest of your post too. Autocorrect must’ve struck or something.

That’s great. Since when and does everybody take psych 101?

And just to give a wider perspective (regardless of her origins), not every language makes the distinction and some up until recently did not. Look at the translations on (wiktionary). Many of them are transliterations of the English word. Which is not a surprise since the concept of gender is quite recent (1950-1960s) and was most likely very US-centric.

I don’t understand why people don’t keep such comments to their anonymous, unofficial accounts. You can hold such views in private and still treat people with respect, but saying these things officially changes everything. The co-organiser is in a space where she should know better. She then even doubled down

When asked whether she still held her more problematic views in a follow-up comment, Young responded ambiguously with “I fully stand by the statement you are commenting on.”

In for a penny, in for a pound, eh?

Nice waste of plastic. “Choke on this, dumb turtle!”

Isn’t it time that Canada annexed Alaska?