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[–] paholg@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It says "a leading cause", not "the leading cause". Depending on how long your list of leading causes is, anything could qualify.

I skimmed the source they linked, and it lists guns as the leading cause of death for ages 1-19. I did not see an overall list.

I would agree that a more carefully phrased sentence would have been better and less misleading.

Link to source: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/2020-gun-deaths-in-the-us-4-28-2022-b.pdf

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is irrelevant. If Trump's behavior would cause a regular schlub to be jailed, then he should be jailed, full stop. That's how the law is supposed to work.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I pay for YouTube. I'm mildly optimistic that this won't make it into the paid version, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it does.

I've already had to cancel Amazon Prime after they made the base tier have ads, but continued to show ads after paying extra for ad-free.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Aluminum is the fifth most common element on Earth, and is naturally present in pretty large quantities in soil.

Are you sure you aren't confusing it with lead?

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago

If you were as confused by this as I was:

Shortly after the vote, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it would sue the FTC to block the rule

The US Chamber of Commerce is a right-wing lobbying group for businesses, unrelated to the US Department of Commerce which is an actual government agency.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 44 points 5 months ago

No, sorry. Ethically, this technology can only be used for torture.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] paholg@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hardware cloth is a metal mesh.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Then, you could take those comments, and have the compiler use them to ensure you're using the right variable in the right place. Oh wait, we just invented a type system.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One of my favorite lines in the game is (paraphrasing):

The problem with the bugs is that they're relentless expansionists. We've found them on almost every planet in their territory that we've colonized.

It's also pretty clear that we've been farming the bugs for space oil.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Works even better in Ruby, as the code as given is valid, you just need to monkey patch length:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

module DayLength
  def length
    if ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"].include? self
      "24 hours"
    else
      super
    end
  end
end

class String
  prepend DayLength
end

day = "Monday"

x = day.length

print(x)
[–] paholg@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It could be Ruby; puts is more common, but there is a print. With some silly context, the answer could even be correct:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

module DayLength
  def length
    if ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"].include? self
      "24 hours"
    else
      super
    end
  end
end

class String
  prepend DayLength
end

day = "Monday"

x = day.length

print(x)
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