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A LibreOffice developer has shared his experience of having his Microsoft account banned, and how the company has been uncooperative in help

Sure would be a shame if thousands of people saw this...

artphobos

After having gone thru acct recovery a couple times early in the days of OneDrive, I got the vibe that saving ANYTHING to a propriatary service was a huge mistake, ESP anything MS. Nice to see that vibe continues to check out.

MS does not care how many years of your life you have backed up to their cloud- they can take it away/delete it for any reason at any time. Keep your stuff local on an external drive.

queeranarchism

Especially everyone who has had to deal with social media and shop platforms denying you service because your work is too sexual, too queer, etc: it won't end there. Don't rely on 'the cloud'. Keep your stuff local on an external drive.

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mlembug

"the average income in <X> is <Y> of <currency>" cool, what's the median

unyielding-pussy

Average isn't useful here. however, after a little bit of research, apparently the median income in the US is $24,327, which means the reality is actually much worse than this meme makes it seem. yay!

asteroidtroglodyte

wirelessmousegirl

According to time magazine, median annual rent is $13,896, which means rent alone is 57% Of the median annual income, awesome!

football-in-tuxedos

One of the things you'll learn in statistics is that while both average and median have their places, averages are EXTREMELY easily jerked around by extreme outliers, so if someone uses the average on a dataset that likely has some extreme outliers (like income, which would have a handful of people who make 9 digits per year) then you gotta assume they're lying to you.

charlesanthonybruno

How the Winter Soldier shot Nick Fury

I’ve been wanting to make a post about this for a while, even though I might be the only person invested in this, but anyway, here we go. I’ve seen mentioned several times, in posts about the movie and in fics that the Winter Soldier shot Nick Fury through the window of Steve’s apartment, and every time it makes me groan in frustration because no.

The Winter Soldier didn’t shoot Fury through a window, he shot him through a wall, and I don’t know about you, but it seems like a pretty big difference to me.

(bullet hole in the wall!!)

When I saw the scene the first time, I remember thinking holy shit??? that’s crazy, and for me that’s when the Winter Soldier really became a real, terrifyingly good assassin, that’s when his image as a serious threat solidified.

Read about the blogger getting carried away under the read more.

dernhelme

Ok, my interpretation of this scene was pretty close to yours.

1. Steve moves to the corner and spots Fury, who is sitting in the chair

2. Steve moves away from the corner; Winter Soldier can now see him through that one window

(Side note: Steve’s apartment has a lot of windows)

3. Fury stands up; the Winter Soldier watches Steve’s eyes go from looking slightly down to looking at something eye level

4. The Winter Soldier quickly moves so that he’s in line with Steve’s line of sight; he doesn’t know exactly where Fury is, but he knows he’s somewhere on that line

The Winter Soldier shoots along said line, hitting Fury, then runs back to his initial position to see how Steve reacts and possibly confirm the kill. Then Steve spots him through the window.

Based on this, Bucky must have really good spatial reasoning and very precise estimation of distances and angles. Also he can possibly do trig in his head.

charlesanthonybruno

I LOVE YOU. GUYS, LOOK. SOMEONE DREW A EXPLICATIVE CHART THINGIE AND IT IS AWESOME. I hadn’t considered the Soldier moving before making his shot, but there’s no way to know, given that we only see him when Steve does, so it’s possible. I also really like the idea of the Soldier being able to do trig in his head and having really good spatial reasoning and very precise estimation of distances and angles, because I like everything that means he is very very good at being an assassin.

paraxdisepink

His memorial says he was an excellent student, so he must be doing trig in his head. I love posts like this.

mirkokosmos

Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley

papyrussuggestions-archive

DON'T ASK YOURSELF "AM I A GOOD PERSON?" ASK YOURSELF "IS WHAT I AM DOING GOOD?" OR EVEN! "WHAT'S A GOOD THING I CAN DO RIGHT NOW?"

DON'T WORRY ABOUT JUDGING AND SORTING YOURSELF! JUST MAKE YOUR BEST CHOICES!!

tinkerbitch69

Ok but pls actually do this people. There is no such thing as a good person. Stop trying to be one and starting trying to do good instead

ecrivainsolitaire

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scipunk

Alien (1979)

theonion

What To Know About ‘Pluribus’

Pluribus, a new sci-fi drama starring Rhea Seehorn, is Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s first show since Better Call Saul concluded. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the series.a

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bogleech

My pareidolia is so strong I immediately saw a tall figure in a blue and white robe or gown BEFORE I scrolled to see that OP also had and drew it. Or are we not outliers and everybody else sees it.

ceescedasticity

At first glance I thought it was a sculpture. At second glance I thought it was a sculpture in a really weird place. I scrolled down and wondered why someone had drawn the sculpture of a figure as a figure, then I scrolled back up and realized 'debris'.