Text: When our policy says that we display the "primary, common, local" names for a body of water, each of those three adjectives has an important and distinct meaning. By saying "primary", we aim to include names of dominant use, rather than having to add every conceivable local nickname or variation. By saying "common", we mean to include names which are in widespread daily use, rather than giving immediate recognition to any arbitrary governmental re-naming. In other words, if a ruler announced that henceforth the Pacific Ocean would be named after her mother, we would not add that placemark unless and until the name came into common usage. Finally, by saying "local", we aim to reflect the primary and common names used by countries that actually border the body of water, as they are the countries recognized under international law as having a special sovereign stake in it.
@realcaseyrollins uh, a cat death-wish? curiosity is just… curious.
(i think the renaming is dumb, and hope Apple resists it better than Google has. maybe someday “Gulf of America” will be in common usage, but we’re far from there.)
(i’m morbidly curious how Apple will handle the Gulf of Mexico thing.)
@geerlingguy Something like 20-ish, sharing all the costs.
from @jbouie https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/democrats-trump-opposition.html
democrats are always trying to be “generic democrat”. no one is mad at generic democrat, no donor is alienated. generic democrat polls pretty well!
but generic democrat is an empty suit. we need people to lead, or, right now, to brawl.
Text: At the heart of all of this - whether it comes from congressional leaders, ordinary lawmakers or top pollsters - is the idea that Democrats can float above the fray and reap the political rewards of any chaos and dysfunction. Besides, voters say they want compromise - and what else can Democrats do but follow the polls?
i wonder if banks will discount frozen grants.
some people prefer the negative income tax and others prefer the universal basic income, so they compromised on the negative basic income.
i feel like my kid's fifth grade teacher really dodged a bullet. they covered the geography of the US southeast, including the Gulf of Mexico, like a month ago. it'd be a no-win situation if she had to teach it now.
If Trump passed an executive order claiming "yuge" the official spelling of TWFKAH (the word formerly known as "huge"), would @merriamwebster just comply, maybe listing the h-version as an alternate or archaic spelling?
But Google, Google, isdoubleplusgoodd. https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113903238775301885
yes, of course the shit they do is outrageous. but they love to be raged at. they thirst for our anger.
the shit they do is also stupid, pathetic, and hilarious.
they don't love to be laughed at. we love to laugh.
win-win!
You just earned 18 points.
i think we should commit to $2T Made-In-America AI capex, just to prove to China we can't be bowed.
Galaxygate, mofos.
@jonshell the occult applications of generative AI are badly underexplored.
May I speak to the person in charge of your cleaning services?
@jonshell i can see that!
maybe i’m still not sold on the lambo minivan though.
