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[–] otter@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

I was aware of status code 418. The whole thing being a huge April Fools joke is amazing.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the nudist hunter/gatherers.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks. Now I feel even older. I should have remembered it predating YouTube.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Me: 2008 wasn't that long ago. It was like a decade ago.

Also me: wait... That's 16 years 😰

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

The only current think close to ranked choice voting in the state that I'm aware of is in St. Louis City where a few positions are elected based on a double run off where the top two candidates of the first election have a subsequent run off.

I read an article a little bit back where the politician championing it was quoted saying "it's too confusing" and that is the primary reason it needs to be banned in the state constitution. So that's the kind of people trying to push this through.

What I believe they really want is to clamp down on any chance of local municipalities trying to use an alternative voting system to first past the post. Those in power would be threatened by people having more choice.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I was just wondering how a card game had an opinion at all 😅

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Credit Card companies (ie MasterCard or Visa) typically have a flat per transaction fee that is very small (like fractional cent small). The processors are the ones that take the percentage cut (PoS and your bank). It's been a bit since the last time I looked into it, so things could be a bit different, but I would be surprised if it was.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And -sic because I want it as is!

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

For those confused: https://youtu.be/VqB1uoDTdKM

Oh, and the game is Baba is You. It's a delightful indie puzzle game that has a lot of outside the box solutions.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago

I can't breathe from laughing at this.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 65 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It's amazing to see something like this having progress. I thought that with all the lobbying the tax companies do we would never see something like this in the US.

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