brisk

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think get the premise, but what does the caption mean?

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The sound is longer in "air" than "egg" and "leg". Egg and leg are perfect rhymes for me

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 10 points 6 months ago

Bill Gates doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft anymore

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Secret out-of-court settlement is an option.

Also known as "bribing your way out of the law"

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

...Why is the Department of Energy responsible for nuclear weapons?

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Thanks, you just made me realise I used the same vowel in "air" and "egg" and it makes me uncomfortable.

We do the same re: fridge in Australia, although stores are increasingly moving them to fridges recently.

My speculation is supermarkets maximise for cost, homes maximise for longevity.

Alternatively, homes tend to get hotter than supermarkets.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 14 points 6 months ago

With USA's secret subpoenas we literally can't know that

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Isn't NIO already operating a huge battery swapping network?

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

LibreOffice has used an arrow pointing to a hard drive for a while, but that's also outdated.

The trend has been to move away from saving as a distinct action in favour of constant auto saving, so I don't know if canonicalising a wholly new icon is in the future.

The download icon might not be an awful choice in some contexts.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 19 points 6 months ago

I will explain what this means in a moment, but first: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, although admittedly I only know it from Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism

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