gnutrino

joined 2 years ago

UK's biggest water company seeks court approval for emergency funding to prevent nationalization in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Privatizing it in the first place is the work of people who are corrupt as hell, inhumanly evil, dumb as rocks, or, most likely, all of the above.

In this case corrupt and evil. Thatcher had tried it twice before and had to back down because it was (and still is) an incredibly unpopular policy that was at risk of losing them the 1987 election. Immediately after the election they privatized the lot before anyone could complain.

Remember when the Sky+ box looked like a sideways vagina in c/casualuk@feddit.uk

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 17 points 6 months ago

It spells penispenispenispenispenispenispenispenispenispenis doesn't it?

'Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now,' former BioWare writer reassures fans: 'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea' in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 59 points 6 months ago (2 children)

'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea'

Isn't owning ideas the whole point of IP laws?

Forgive them, for they know not what they do in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 32 points 6 months ago

Landserf would be a more accurate term.

CNN’s Jim Acosta, an irritant to Trump, says he’s quitting rather than take a late-night time slot in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

a lot of the pretty CNN idiots are Trump protagonists

Sure, but for Trump it's important not just to have sycophants but to not have any dissent.

Trump asks SpaceX to bring "abandoned" Starliner crew home, blames Biden administration for inaction in c/space@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even esteemed journalist Eric Berger can't... even... right now:

You mean noted war criminal Eric Berger?

I don't see the problem. It's A tree. It's not THE tree. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago

unless someone went to the trouble of making a font that looks exactly like AI generated text.

Can I just say that's a hilariously evil idea to fuck with people and if I knew more about font formats I'd be tempted to give it a go.

Is there a way to have a less depressing Lemmy experience? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

My wife was killed by a lorem ipsum you insensitive bastard.

rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago

Otter

Heartthrob with the flying elbow in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 26 points 6 months ago

Their heart is throbbing with cholesterol

Punk circa 1200 AD in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 47 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Technically never got arrested for it though did he?

*Cries in European* in c/spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Technically speaking, with New Shepard BO have had reusable rockets longer than spacex...