RobotToaster

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

There are good arguments for ranked choice and proportional representation IMO. The latter tends to favour more "fringe" parties getting representation, which usually isn't a bad thing.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure I did this accidentally years ago on a macbook that was dual booting windows.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 31 points 1 year ago

Or that he's an "influencer".

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Originally tin cans were large things meant for military campaigns, so they used a chisel or similar large stabby thing.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Electricity is the flow of electrons, who move from negative to positive, the opposite of what you would normally expect.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US newspaper billionaire William Randolph Hearst owned enough of congress that he started a war with Spain.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (19 children)

It’s becoming increasingly common around weekends in France — which gets about two-thirds of its electricity from its atomic fleet

So they occasionally have to take a nuclear plant offline on a sunny and windy day, because we still don't have the storage for solar to be an effective baseline.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

The reprap basically started the entire home 3d printer thing.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Asimov must be spinning in his grave right now.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

It's a hybrid, technically.

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