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

If there was widespread backing by powerful, moneyed agents then it would stop being 1%. The EU is currently experimenting with digital sovereignty. They could adopt Linux and make a EUnix (Yoo-Nix) that is on par with Windows in terms of features and ease of use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What could be a viable alternative for medical applications? Plastics have improved the sterility of medical environments immensely. Sure, we don't need plastic pop bottles or shopping bags, but how do we phase out plastic in the medical field without reducing sterility?

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

Love it. Book 5 in December :))))

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Not blocked for me, so no

EDIT: Also, is that a Stormlight reference?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Damn bro, why does the firefox logo look like a Finnish spitz

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Who shat in your garden? Geez man, it's just a logo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's profound to me that something so simple contains such beauty.

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

Just read it. That is a very bad source. It does the same thing you did and just made unverified claims with no actual evidence. It also makes leaps in logic (e.g. "The word was meant to convey, at that time, the inferiority of Asian products to European products. By extension, Asians are also inferior to Europeans.") It makes no mention of "rice boys" and so can't support that claim either. In fact, while I've been doing your due diligence for the last hour, I haven't found an appropriate historical source for any of this. Not on Google Scholar, not on Google proper, nor in my university's library. The closest thing I've found for "rice boy" in particular is the dubious book of definitions that Wikipedia is using as a source for that claim. And the closest thing I'm finding for racist connotations of "rice burner" is from the book Far Eastern Tour which outlines its use in Korea by Canadians in reference to Korean support troops. Of course, the Oxford Dictionary has some information concerning the American etymology, but it is paywalled so I can't access it.

And how dare you accuse me of rewriting history when you won't make the slightest effort to research it yourself. What a shameful display of hypocrisy.

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

Can you elaborate a little? What makes AMD more open than Nvidia now that Nvidia is transitioning to open source drivers? And does AMD work better simply due to longer time in development?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Been planning on replacing my 980Ti with an AMD card. Maybe I'll stick with team green now. Can anyone give me an opinion against that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You're the one who made the claim so the onus is on you to provide a source. That's literally the most basic thing a person learns in academia. You can't claim that "facts are facts" without providing proof of those facts.

Furthermore, you can hold Americocentric views without being American. That's the whole purpose behind American cultural exports.

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