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andrewducker) wrote2022-12-15 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2022-12-15 12:00 pm
Entry tags:
- ai,
- bigotry,
- business,
- children,
- christmas,
- doom,
- edinburgh,
- electricity,
- fantasy,
- freewill,
- funny,
- games,
- healthcare,
- infrastructure,
- jews,
- law,
- lgbt,
- links,
- lotr,
- mastodon,
- money,
- music,
- nhs,
- ohforfuckssake,
- pandemic,
- plastic,
- power,
- regulation,
- religion,
- satire,
- scotland,
- short_story,
- snow,
- socialnetworking,
- transgender,
- tv,
- uk,
- university,
- usa,
- viadanieldwilliam,
- video,
- virginity,
- virtualreality,
- waste
Interesting Links for 15-12-2022
- 1. After spending 20 years simulating reality, the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to a new one: being millionaires
- (tags:games usa business money )
- 2. A guide to Christmas, for Jews who haven't encountered it before
- (tags:satire Jews Christmas religion funny )
- 3. The Whispering Earring, a warning about letting AI do all of your thinking for you
- (tags:short_story FreeWill fantasy ai )
- 4. Women in the UK Are Being Denied Medical Treatment Because They're Virgins
- (tags:virginity healthcare UK OhForFucksSake )
- 5. The NHS has more funding and staff now than in 2019. But is treating less people. Because Covid.
- (tags:NHS Pandemic Doom UK healthcare viaDanielDWilliam )
- 6. "All I Want For Christmas Is Creep" - a glorious cover version/mashup
- (tags:music Christmas video )
- 7. The Snowman at 40: 'It's a story about loss'
- (tags:Christmas snow TV children )
- 8. England joins Scotland and Wales in banning plastic cutlery, plates, etc.
- (tags:plastic waste uk )
- 9. A guide to potential liability pitfalls for people running a Mastodon instance
- (tags:law regulation socialnetworking mastodon )
- 10. Major Scottish subsea power cable projects approved
- (tags:power electricity infrastructure scotland )
- 11. Edinburgh University students block lecture hall to stop screening of transphobic film
- (tags:edinburgh university bigotry lgbt transgender )
- 12. Recreating the Argonath from the Lord of the Ring in VR
- (tags:lotr video virtualreality )
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The question should be "Can I fuck you with my gadget ?" not "Are you a virgin ?"
Are they laying themselves open to rape accusations ?
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And if we get a plastic tree that has needles, he eats those too.
So we have to have an entirely unrealistic tree.
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Some great news in this batch. Thanks :)
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They blow out the advent candles? Today I learned. Is there some amount of time they're supposed to burn first?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_candle?wprov=sfla1
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B. lights them at the evening meal with a prayer, and blows them out afterwards. Then they're relit the next day. There's four candles: one for the first week of Advent, and one more added in each subsequent week. Usually even the first candle will last long enough to be put away afterwards for a second year.
I'm just speaking of what I observe here: it's not my religion so I don't know much about it.
Cat Xmas Tree
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Ah, thanks. I've only seen pictures of the candles/wreath, without surrounding context for scale. I thought they were more like short tapers that would burn down in a few hours anyway.
The NHS has more funding and staff now than in 2019. But is treating less people. Because Covid.
Re: The NHS has more funding and staff now than in 2019. But is treating less people. Because Covid.
A friend's mother was recently in hospital, then discharged too soon, and now back in again - if they'd managed it well in the first place she'd probably be properly home by now!