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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

It's still legal tender so they have to accept it. They don't like it, but they do. Last time I visited Norway I held up the line at the grocery store trying to buy candy with cash that had been gifted to me. I'm not sure the cashier knew what to do with it.

Edit: many people telling me they are not required. From what I could find, cash is still "tvunget betalingsmiddel", but there are some broad exceptions. Ref. So, I don't think I was out of line expecting to pay cash at the grocery store. However, that was the only time I paid cash when I visited last time, so yeah, it's basically cashless already.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

This needs to go viral and be posted in reviews for every monitor with this "feature". Heck, make a convenient warning icon indicating "adware" for such reviews so I can scroll past them faster.

No way I'm risking buying a TV or monitor from LG after seeing this. It would go right back in the box to be returned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes this is a thing and it's been around for quite some time. If you're trying to approximate TeX, you may also be interested in MathML.

I need to go lay down; I'm having flashbacks to the good old days of "XML everywhere for everything all the time".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Yep. And for very good reasons, as explained in the article. But knowing that domains can be a significant source of income for a small nation, it does seem a shame to both waste that resource and break tons of sites in the process. I wish there were better ways to do this that didn't mean shutting it down or even selling it off to the highest bidder (who already has enough money).

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I doubt this will happen, but they should just reassign it to the Mauritius authority. The citizens of the islands could then potentially see some benefit from it, not Google or ICANN or whoever selflessly offers to take it over.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Try turning the phone to landscape mode before tapping the full screen button. It works for me in YouTube on Pixel 7a.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lol true

To OP's point, my friends say I don't have an accent, but the number of people who ask me where I'm from says otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As someone with a slight accent: good. I want you to hear what I'm saying, not my accent.

Regardless, active listening is the way to go. Learn what to listen for and maybe try to actively place the accent once you recognize the markers.

Just please listen to the words first.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

John Oliver did a show related to this. There doesn't seem to be a lot of restrictions on what can happen to your body once it has been donated.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Everywhere I've worked it didn't matter if I used my equipment or theirs. All IP I created while employed there was the property of my employer. If you're in the USA, check your contracts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Since refried beans is not countable, I vote for "too much".

Example:

  • I'm gassy because I had too much refried beans
  • I am gassy because I had too many burritos

Or like someone else suggested, make the noun singular and call them "refried bean paste". This will probably raise more eyebrows than much/many confusion, though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

When I was younger, Norwegians would often travel to Denmark and bring back bright red meat, which was not approved for sale in Norway. Now I finally realize they were just trying to make us leave.

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