9point6

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If you want computers to not have an arbitrary line in the sand when referring to the past, you need to be able to do calculations with time from before the epoch, that's why it needs to be signed.

Off the top of my head, working out the age of someone born before 1970 is going to be a calculation that happens countless times a day

This is the mindset most should have about it

Perfection is hard

People shouldn't be giving others grief for making moves in the right direction just because it's not as far as they've gone

the overlap between light roast enjoyers and IPA enjoyers is basically a circle.

Oh hey it's me

Yeah, light roasts generally have brighter and more complex flavours, which is what I've come to enjoy most out of a good coffee

I can still enjoy a dark coffee the same way I can still enjoy a Guinness, but if I'm choosing, I'll be picking the more complex drink with a greater gamut of variation between different ones

on lol · c/memes · 5 pts · 1d

Hmm.... That didn't seem right to me, so I looked it up

The “knock, knock, ginger” is linked to a 1967 Childhood in Poetry book by John Mackay Shaw. Behold these glorious verses:

Ginger, Ginger broke a winder, Hit the winda—crack! The baker came out to give ‘im a clout, And landed on his back.

However, we’ve also seen the game called knock down ginger.

This may actually be more accurate, as “knock down” is a term dating to the late 18th century. It refers to knocking on a door by pulling the door knock striker.

Plus, ginger was a common term then as it meant to “ginger up” (move smartly). So, knock the door, leg it in timely fashion.

https://professionalmoron.com/2022/04/18/history-of-knock-knock-ginger/

That feels a bit more like it to me, though surprised it's not even a century old, I figured it was Victorian

I was curious

https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/council-bans-advertising-of-fast-fashion-flights-and-cars/

The new advertising policy bans advertising related to cars, airlines, fossil fuels and excessive consumption including fashion.

Bristol is the first UK council to ban adverts promoting ultra-fast fashion, including any references to flash sales, stock or time limited offers, and Black Friday.

The ban specifically refers to advertising of petrol, diesel and hybrid-electric vehicles and SUV’s; flights, airports, cruise holidays and travel agents; firms and lobbying related to the fossil fuel industry; and marketing that encourages excessive consumption of fashion products or trends.

I'd be very surprised if there was anyone on Lemmy that thought Brexit was a good idea given the apparent demographics.

If we've got any sense, we'll either adopt wero or build something compatible with it in some way

Problem is it looks like we're letting privately owned banks handle it, so it's going to probably be something that seeks to benefit businesses over consumers

on lol · c/memes · 22 pts · 1d

As someone who grew up down south in the UK, it's "knock down ginger"

I have no idea who ginger is and what they have to do with prank knocking

Slight devil's advocate position:

Given for the past decade, the current automated system for places that want to do this seems to be to scan your driving license or passport to store in some private database for some arbitrary length of time, this seems to be an improvement from that from where I'm sat. At least a random pub landlord, that knows nothing about infosec, doesn't get a copy of your ID anymore.

Though hopefully this stays at the places that I don't really go to given they're pretty much only deployed in places targeting students. I can't imagine your standard boozer is going to suddenly deploy door checks on everyone when there weren't any before