DearOldGrandma
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World News@quokk.au•Russia Executed at Least 345 Surrendered Soldiers and Killed 375 Ukrainians in Captivity
7·16 hours agoYou always want to take POWs to encourage future surrenders. An enemy that knows they can surrender and be treated as well, if not better, than their own military is much more likely to surrender than to risk their life.
DearOldGrandma@lemmy.worldto
privacy@lemmy.ca•City removes unauthorized 'Flock' license plate reader camera
5·16 hours agoAmazon’s drivers are mostly all 3rd party these days to prevent this exact reason. Legally speaking, they’re contracted companies that function within the stations to employ and train drivers for Amazon. For that reason, if the company is sued, they make it as easy as possible for lawyers to go after the drivers and their companies rather than Amazon itself.
That being said, you do this and, especially if you win, the company is going to get demoted or blacklisted from Amazon. Plus any restitution allowed by the judge.
Source: I manage logistics and have dealt with this type of thing.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Black Cars Are Much More Likely Than White Cars to Be Involved in an AccidentEnglish
5·3 days agoDifferent demons of the same layer of hell
Ritalin Invitees
I’ll trust the outcome.
I had a cat, Tiger, who was around 5 when he got into someone’s pesticide in the neighborhood. I immediately took him to the vet when I found him, and they helped him out. He was fine for the most part, but it took some time and some stress to get there. When he came home, the little guy constantly drooled after that, always held his head a little crooked, and always struggled with his balance when doing something.
But he never let it stop him.
He always followed me, and when I was outside he was constantly jumping up and down from things, playing with me, chasing squirrels or butterflies (he was a really, really bad hunter. He rarely caught anything, even before the incident.) I tried my best to give him a good life, even despite the damage he endured. He was really happy, and he didn’t act differently afterwards, with the exception of getting annoyed with me for making him stay inside.
My point is, despite this little girl’s trauma, she may pull through and have an amazing life. In my experiences, pets with special needs, or that have been through a lot, can have incredibly fulfilling lives that ultimately teach and humble you.
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Technology@lemmy.world•SK Hynix CEO: Current memory semiconductor prices are "abnormally high"English
16·24 days agoThank you. Semiconductor technology has been due for a big technological innovation for a while now, and not just for economic diversification.
The current economic situation is indicative of that. If there had already been more competition across the globe creating external pressure, maybe we’d have more breakthroughs and we wouldn’t be seeing such a strong economic and technological bottleneck
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•Alabama ranked at the near bottom of best States to live in
4·26 days agoYes, but the distribution is mostly controlled by the State, meaning all imported alcohol into the State has to go through the government first.
I lived in Mississippi which has a very similar setup.
I smoked too much and forgot
"I smoke two joints in the morning,
And I smoke two joints at night.
I smoke two joints, before I smoke two joints,
And then I smoke two more!"
Plugging “The Muppets Christmas Carol” as the most accurate version of the book. Hands-down, the Muppets actually make some quality content.
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News@lemmy.world•Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran
7·1 month agoJust look at the majority of Persian history
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Games@lemmy.world•Data from the 2023 Insomniac leak showed that most first party Playstation games sold more physical discs than digital copiesEnglish
15·1 month agoBingo. Sony didn’t make the decision to removes disks in a vacuum. They know what they’re doing, and they’re projecting it’ll make them a fuckton of money.
I’m hoping it bites them in the ass and the high seas become more known, but I’m worried that won’t be the case.
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•Every week was wondering what dumb shit he'll do next
3·1 month agoI was an addict and in mild psychosis in 2016. Doing way better now
It is… acceptable
Also in the US, so many fast-food places have actively dismantled large parts of their dining areas since the Pandemic so they can cut cost and staff fewer people. The food is also almost as expensive as many restaurants now, so literally the only appeal to these places anymore is that they’re faster.
This isn’t because we’re unfortunately car-centric, it’s because toxic corporations have made eating inside mostly inconvenient
“Pieceofshitpleasestart, Second Engine of the Hyundai, Sinker of Bank Accounts, Breaker of Wills”
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Games@lemmy.world•ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'English
3·1 month agoAlso true. It doesn’t help that the most successful and influential people in this time-frame have also been widely manipulative by pulling the ladder to success up with them, dismantling education, and increasing the amount of sugar and other unhealthy things in our food







I’ve always wanted to visit. My girlfriend is Native Peruvian and she told me that when she visited as a teenager, she was completely unimpressed and just wanted to go home when her class took a bus and hiked to it.
She said she really wants to go back the next time we visit her family so she can actually appreciate it