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  • My spouse is like that; they're so anti-advertising that they'll close their mobile games once the ad. appears and re-open the game, just to not watch it.

    And they're definitely the type to stop buying from a company because the ad.s were annoying.

  • What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
  • It's O. K. to admit you didn't understand something but it's pretty evidently not saying nothing; I can use smaller words, if that'd help.

  • What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
  • Funny; probably the opposite of yours.

    Facing the toilet paper outward increases the chance that the paper rips with the roll being in such a position that the loose portion of the roll is lying exactly against the roll: I don't want to have to spin the roll to be able to get to the loose bit. Having the loose bit closer to the wall – probably by virtue of being further away from the user – more often results in it being ripped such that a bit is hanging below the roll, making it easier to grab more often. It's, in total, a much more consistently enjoyable user experience.

    Also, less being constrained only to countable objects is an artificial and unintuitive definition. It's not like further vs. farther, describing two distinct concepts which never overlap. Fewer is in reference to counting by individual elements so it wouldn't make sense to apply to things which aren't inherently segmented but it's entirely possibly to measure less of the total of a segmented collection. To say less milk is to take a reduction of the total amount of milk available; this is perfectly feasible with a segmented collection, like cookies. To say less cookies is to take a reduction of the total amount of cookies, something fully measurable and actionable. It is merely that fewer is applicable to a subset of the things which less is applicable.

    To argue otherwise is to try and create an artificial construction against the intuitive logic inherent in the natural construction.

    I had not realized the latter was a hill I'd die on but, boy, will I, now.

  • Anon pretends to be a girl online
  • For whatever reason, I always remembered that being in the second film and not the first; I haven't seen either since childhood, though, so they both just kind of blend together.

  • Guix-London's GuixSocial is Looking for Speakers
    octodon.social Fabio Natali (@fabionatali@octodon.social)

    Call for speakers for #GuixLondon #GuixSocial. Anyone who's recently entered the world of #Guix and might be willing to share their impressions and ideas? What have you been using Guix for? What the immediate wins of switching to Guix and what the challenges you had to overcome? Speak to us! All...

    Per the original toot:

    > Call for speakers for #GuixLondon #GuixSocial. > > Anyone who's recently entered the world of #Guix and might be willing to share their impressions and ideas? > > What have you been using Guix for? What the immediate wins of switching to Guix and what the challenges you had to overcome? > > Speak to us! > > All levels of "Guix seniority" welcome, including newcomers. Don't hesitate. If you like Guix, you could be our next speaker! > > Contacts: > > - Fediverse: Steve @futurile@mastodon.social, Fabio @fabionatali@octodon.social > - IRC: Steve 'futurile', Fabio 'fnat' in #guix@libera.chat > - Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/guix-london/

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