RobotToaster

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 4 hours ago

Aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

But still boring

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 14 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Grapheneos are also against allowing users root access, which is fine on PCs.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 21 points 14 hours ago (16 children)

I do wonder how much of this is just that moderate parties are boring.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 14 hours ago

The only likable person to ever live there.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 36 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They're arguing it under section 20, probably this part

the making available to the public of the work by electronic transmission in such a way that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.

It looks like they're arguing that by hosting the games valve are acting as a pirate MP3 site.

I think they would have to prove that they did so knowingly, which can only really be done if they ignored takedown notices.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 40 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

This was inevitable after valve caved to pressure from card processors. The sharks have smelt blood.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 65 points 15 hours ago (11 children)

Juries are very unpredictable in such cases. And that’s what they are playing on.

This is in the UK, except in very rare exceptions, we don't have juries for civil matters.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting

The preposition till is ubiquitous in informal register of modern English; nonetheless, in formal register it is often replaced with until or to, except in some varieties, such as Indian English. This predisposition is likely influenced by the widespread misapprehension that till is a clipping of until, which it is not (until being an enhanced form of till). The spelling 'til, itself also deprecated by some writers, was born of that same misapprehension.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/till

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed legislation into law last week that authorizes challenges by individuals and election officials.

It would be a terrible shame if a bunch of people started challenging Larry's citizenship.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Oddly, due to maritime law, it's the cargo owners who would have to pay if the ship was only damaged but not sunk.

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