Same lol
Between that and the random shit it has listed as what I get ads for…it isn’t a whole lot. I spend most of time looking up highly specific things on Wikipedia or out of immediate utility, so I suppose I’m just not that interesting…also ublock origin ftw
Meanwhile, I’m over here unable to find an IT job :')
Ah gotcha
You thinking of Vanced? Revanced is updated pretty regularly
Oh yeah, now it’s all pretty standardized with like the same screws for everything.
Its no longer quite as silly with the specific steps to follow, but god, is it boring as all hell to work with too lol
I worked on mostly Chromebook repairs for 6 months last year, and I found it to be pretty straightforward as well from a hardware standpoint…especially when there was no point in doing most repairs because it would cost more than just getting a new one.
For any OS issues, we’d simply take a flash drive and reinstall it from scratch. It’s definitely gotten easier, but holy crap could it be slow as hell lol
I mean, the article says that “even if you lived 1,000 years, the amount inhaled would be less than the average single dose of a user” so I don’t get the point you’re trying to make
Yeah…I kinda started to ignore this dude’s post when it started to get a little pseudo-scientific…like a lot of mental illness is due to chemical problems in a person’s brain/genetics lol
Indeed. The only way to rectify the errors that got us here is by sharing information and spreading awareness of what was changed/lost…and I don’t think being hostile towards the people who are taking an interest in a topic over their cultural history really helps that along…
Well that’s the problem isn’t it? If the knowledge exists but it isn’t as widespread as anything else, it is much more likely to become the accepted “discovery point” of something.
While I think its rather unlikely for the idea of Belgians being the inventors of chocolate becoming widely accepted as fact by the people who matter when ruling on discoveries, it isn’t that much of a stretch to see why it’s “whites” who are listed as the discoverers of things since they’re the ones who had the power to make it a reality.
I’m not advocating for the stance that “well, the Europeans won so they should get to be listed as discoverers of things,” but on a certain level that is the unfortunate reality of the situation for many things: Europeans conquered and smashed their way (whether on purpose or accidentally) into being listed as the discoverers of many things. If the records of X thing existing didn’t exist until the Europeans cataloged (stole) it, there isn’t much to be done in changing that reality without concerted efforts by people to change that.
Overall, I think we’ve taken a lot of steps in rectifying that situation, but its a difficult process to complete, especially when it comes to oral histories.
I will also note that the hostility isn’t really productive. I don’t think anyone who is interested in this topic is terribly likely to have some hatred of the natives who were likely aware of things before Europeans, so to immediately act with hostility only really serves to hurt the cause of spreading awareness about the discoveries of indigenous people.
The Spanish torched much of the cultural heritage of the Aztecs, sure, but the obvious implication of a thing being “discovered” is “when do we start having concrete evidence of this thing being known to our existence?”
So, when someone says “electric eels being discovered” they mean “electric eels becoming concretely documented by people in a way we can verify.”
Also, stuff in our past has been discovered and lost numerous times across the ages. We generally agree that finding the oldest instance of a thing is the “discovery” time of that thing.
My parents discussed getting divorced if it would help with my eligibility for loans/assistance. We ultimately determined it wouldn’t be a net gain in enough ways to justify the negatives, but it is still fucked they seriously considered it as a viable option.
Taiwan continues to keep the name because it mustn’t give China a cassus belli to invade. Essentially, by keeping their name, they show their support for a “one china policy” and keep the door open to peaceful reunification. If Taiwan decided to formally be a separate thing, the PRC would no longer be able to “peacefully reunify with a rebellious province,” and would be much likelier to invade.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-passport-idUSKBN25T0JA/
(I don’t care for Reuters, but the facts are easily verifiable elsewhere)
The PRC got pissy when Taiwan changed its passports to read “TAIWAN” in big letters and have “Republic of China” in small letters. What purpose would they have in being mad about a name change on a foreign nation’s passport (particularly as it de-emphasizes the “China” bit)?
Furthermore, if you look into history, Taiwan got rid of its claims to “all of China” decades ago
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/09/10/167505
…doesn’t China have a “no first strike” rule for their nuclear weapons? :P
As for not bullying China…maybe they should stop trying to bully their neighbors before asking to not be bullied lol
I’m guessing their tune about France changed when they joined the 8 Nation Alliance 50 years later