Hamartia

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not sure if the future tense 'will' is appropriate here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is the point. Whether ice is likely to form is a very important aspect of weather.

Is it going snow instead of rain. Are the roads going to be treacherous. Will my water supply stop flowing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

𝕴𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖉𝖎𝖙!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a bit of a difference in sentencing between premeditated murder and manslaughter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've still got a good reputation for news. So good that after a few combative interviews with Tory MPs (back when they were in power a few years ago) the Culture Secretary wanted to sell the channel off.

Don't get me wrong they can still produce the occasional good comedy or documentary but they used to do so consistently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You won't get any disagreement from me on the corrosive effects of advertising.

I do think that Channel 4 used to regularly produce greater content than it can now. But that probably is more to do with advertising revenue being leeched away to online platforms and the growth of its direct competitors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Well the distinction here is that TV license paying citizens of the UK don't get the ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

In the UK the BBC only has advertisements for its own content, nothing else. As bad as its got since Tony Blair and David Cameron both undermined its independence and quality, at least there are no ad breaks in its shows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Microfilms used to be sold as having a life expectancy of up 500 years. But in my experience they were a pain to use and the machines costly to maintain. The films would tear regularly too. Also the quality of the recorded image could be very poor sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The usual cycle of tech-bro capitalism would put them currently on the early acquire market saturation stage. So it's unlikely that they are currently charging what they will when they are established and have displaced lots of necessary occupations.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's such a Kissinger frame of mind.

Order with injustice over justice with chaos (sic).

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