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Apparently OP banned me for saying their meme doesn’t make sense…

I don't think OP can ban you, just block you. And considering in this comment you implied they are stupid, while in your other comment you implied they are straight up lying, it wouldn't surprise me.

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Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels

Scientist for the first twenty years of my life:

We are destroying the only ecosystem supporting human life, it's going to start being really bad in a hundred years.

Scientists for the last ten years of my life:

Haha, we might have been a bit optimistic on that estimate, this new data looks really bad. Oops.

Anti-doomers the whole time:

Hey don't be alarmist, you will just make the public apathetic and nothing will get done.

The public:

The fuck are these fucking idiots sitting in the god-damn road for? I gotta get to work, move it!

Politicians:

*doing nothing*

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When ridiculing the dystopian mess that is the "social credit score" system in China it is good to always remember that it is called like that because it was based of the "credit score" system used in many libertarian countries, where it is regularly used to deny access to essentials of societal life, like housing, energy, and communication.

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Is that “Balkenkreuz” beam cross, which was used by Nazis, intentional or not?

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Actually you are both wrong, since the Balkenkreuz and the Eiserne Kreuz are but two of hundreds of variations of the same symbol, the black cross of the German Order of knights, dating back to the 12th century. It's the same symbol.

And not only that, the particular variation you are going on about, the Balkenkreuz, black cross with a thick white and small black outline except for the endings of the cross, isn't a Nazi symbol. It was used in the first world war already.

Which is all completely ignoring that it's a simple cross with a single outline, one of the most basic shapes there is, used by a medical company.

All to say, I see how it's easy to mistake, but you are wrong on the facts and you are airing your grievances on the wrong venue. Write to the company, maybe they will even agree with you and change it.

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A rant on the recent Fediverse reply guy discussions, text version in the body of the post.

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For those that were as confused as me:

Sealioning (also sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity ("I'm just trying to have a debate"), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter.[1][2][3][4] It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate",[5] and has been likened to a denial-of-service attack targeted at human beings.[6] The term originated with a 2014 strip of the webcomic Wondermark by David Malki,[7] which The Independent called "the most apt description of Twitter you'll ever see".[8]

From Wikipedia:Sealioning

P.S.: the comic in question:

Wondermark webcomic

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CDU-Vorschlag: Streit über Vorrang für Open Source im Thüringer Vergaberecht

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Die Bundeswehr benutzt bereits einen Matrix-basierten Messenger, den BwMessenger, und die Firma welche den entwickelt hat arbeitet gerade auch an einer Version für den ÖD im Allgemeinen, den BundesMessenger. Ist technisch gesehen noch in der Beta, aber die haben das komplette Backend containerisiert und einen eigenen Client entwickelt. Vielleicht sieht das ja für eure Admins ein wenig überzeugender aus als ein (zugegebenermaßen komplexes) Matrix-Backend selber zusammen zu frickeln:

https://messenger.bwi.de/bundesmessenger
https://gitlab.opencode.de/bwi/bundesmessenger (Das info repo enthält Stoff zum einlesen)

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Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels

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To my knowledge yes, "we" did. Actual measurements have turned out to be on the pessimistic end of the spectrum of predictions or beyond consistently. The first IPCC report that got really into doomerism was the one from 2021, that was supposedly leaked for fear of political censorship:

IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report

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Elon Musk ordered Starlink communications system to be turned off during Ukraine attack, book says [AUTHOR NOW CLAIMS THIS IS WRONG, please see the text in the body below]

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Yeah it helps the Ukrainians, but that’s the only valid use, and 4000+ satellites for basically only war seems like a bad idea. Cell phone 5G service will be cheaper in peacetime, and wartime has other communication platforms.

Uhh sorry but this line of thought seems pretty incoherent. Its use case clearly goes beyond just war (e.g. coverage of rural and wild areas where a land line or 5G will not be economical), since StarLink has gone online pretty much every global super power has started or announced building their own constellations, and during wartime you want to have as much redundancy in your systems as you can get, especially so in your lines of communication. And Ukraine is using it right now, during wartime. I can't follow this logic at all.

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Toronto restaurant issues disclaimer after customer requests ketchup on schwarma.

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Well here is where my PhD in tracking stuff on paper, which gets handed out in triplicate to every German child at birth, comes in handy. The signature line customarily includes the date again because printing date and signing date (and thus validity) might differ. And yes, I know this is not applicable in a restaurant (hopefully), but that's generally the reason when it occurs.