From what I gather (someone correct me if I’m wrong), carriage return and line feed do different things.

Think of a typewriter. It has two things. A large lever you spam which lets you move the writing position towards the start of the page (that’s carriage return), and a small wheel you spin which adjusts the vertical positioning of the paper (that’s the line feed).

Computers were modeled after typewriters. And in typewriter logic, to start writing in a new line, first you need to return the horizontal position to the start of the current line (CR), then feed a new line in (LF).

If you just CR, you’ll start to type over the text already present on thal line, and if you just do a LF, you’ll start typing in a new line from the same horizontal position, leaving a large gap of unused space to the left.

Newer models of typewriters made the large lever used for CR automatically do a LF as well as a quality of life improvement, as it was hard to nail down a consistent line spacing manually.

As computer programs atopped thinking in terms of being a 1:1 logical replica of typewriters (simulating ink being stamped on the page with a mechanical arm and supporting stamping over existibg text), but ratger in terms of layers and text boxes, selecting and editing), editors lost the ability to destruxtively atamp over existing text, so CR doesn’t do anything anymore.

Some systems only use LF (CR implicit) or verbosely say CRLF (what a typewriter would do).

Because a certain group of certain countries made the main comparison axis “capitalism - communism” instead of “totalitarianism - freedom”. I wonder why.

I think carelessness comes as an integral part of the fascism bundle.

Working for an idiot with peers that are his fellow idiots. Definitely worse than just working for an idiot.

Pro-Life!

though I’m not sure I’d call it discrimination.

It most definitely is discrimination. Because discrimination is “treating two things differently according to a discriminator”. Such as living alone or with a registered partner.

Now, the purpose of this is obvious (having a child is expensive and a good thing in the state’s eyes). Such cases where the discrimination “makes sense” (as it evens the playing field isntead of skewing it further) is usually termed as “positive” discrimination.

But as it technically fits the core requirement of discrimination, it is discrimination.

Yup. Government has businesses by the balls.

But corruption exists.

Therefore the goverment only ever really pulls small businesses and normal people by the balls, while the big businesses and uber rich (money heavyweights) get to pull the government by the tongue. Sometimes even the balls as well.

Just as Supply Side Jesus intended.

the total wackjob who thinks you need a midnight or 5 am meeting to watch a 10 minute video recording

I’m usually all for rehabilitation, but this behaviour deserves Gitmo-level torture.

AFAIK “congressman” isn’t a protected class. And he’d most likely like to get rid of the others.

I can remember my own coversations myself, thanks.

And what I feel I might both need and forget I’ll write down Either on the phone or using pen and paper.

We can’t have that. Netanyahu may be worse than Hitler (he is in my eyes since I’ve ever had to deal with Hitler through history books book but I have to share the same air as this evil degenerate high on power), so he deserves a bigger bunker.

Hitler also had enough morality left to off himself and spare others the trouble. I doubt Netanyahu has the same courage.

Sorry if you felt it as criticism, I just meant to say “yup, I already know”.

I also wanted to point out that it’s a necessary evil and that I’m personally fine with it (so yeah, I guess it’s a counterargument of sorts, but I also feel we’re agreeing on pretty much all of it as well)

Edit: Thank you for answering my question about the German court hierarchy in the first place, I forgot my manners there for a bit!

I think the issue you described is present in most all legal systems.

Also, certain aspects are a necessary evil (right to appeal is sacred, as is serious consideration). Money and pingpinging however are valid complaints.

Also, I’d rather have my justice slow (when there’s no immidiate harm) and done by humans than by AI. If nothing else, humans can be held accountable. Alternatives cannot. And luckily, the enlightened were on the right track with the model legal system they built.

But how high does the court hierarchy go?

City court, county court, state (Bundesland) court, national (supreme?) court? ECHR seems like it’s off the table.

AFAIK in every place parties to a suit can escalate appeals through all levels. Google (ab)using this power isn’t all that nice for plaintiffs, but it is a cornerstone of an impartial justice system.

The saying goes that JD Vance already toppled Orban and killed the Pope.

If I were Netanyahu, I’d hide in my Hitler bunker to avoid him. Perhaps lure him into a Palestinian zone and send a few drones his way.

You’re right.

Calling ICE is an insult to ice, the form of water.

And calling ICE pigs is an insult to both pigs as animals and everyone else who was called a pig before them.

It’s not a just “you’ve made it” though.

It’s a “You push and shove it HARD down people’s throat to the point it’s almost the only thing they see now apart from ads”.

I remember accidentally searching through google once. The AI summary took half the page and there were a whopping 6 ads. Which is almost two pages of scrolling.

So I don’t blame users for taking the easy way out and just using the summary. Especially if they haven’t heard of uBO + Firefox on mobile. Rawdogging the modern internet is terrible UX. Popups, autoplay, consent forms with a bajillion data “partners”. And ads, ads and even more ads.

Not his money, OUR money.

Is US tax money really ours, or is it basically Trump’s near-infinite gift fund?

Well…

A data center is… A data center. So a central plave for data.

It isn’t called Data Warehouse, Data Industrual Plant or Data Mega Shop.

So - if the place is… a central place for the town people’s data (as in OC’s cases)…

Wouldn’t “Data Center” be a fitting name?

So what?

As if the US government or US compabies don’t play the same “underhanded” tactics to harm competition.

Selling at a loss to earn market share is a perfectly valid strategy for US corpos. Why is China supposedly doing the exact same thing suddenly not as nice?