I can make up numbers too!

France is a safe haven for foss media codecs because its law does not consider software patentable

TIL there is a country that sees reason about software patents

100s is 100 seconds

In NZ, churches don’t have to pay tax. This makes them extremely attractive to people with no skills who want to obtain wealth

The first thing I noticed. I was confused, thinking maybe they had an old XP machine lying around to plug in after the main one failed, but then I read further and it was just a stunt

“Fuck off Jesus” memes (or equivalent) are the best

It’s an acquired taste. Back when I was a starving student and everyone was drinking cheap alcohol and living off 2-minute noodles, I acquired the taste

MSSQL in Microsoft* cases

FTFY although arguably Microsoft and Stupid and synonyms

My house was built in the 1960’s, to New Zealand standards.

We build houses for the climate we wish we had, not the climate we actually have. All the wall cavities are empty, especially the external walls

Some things, like honorifics, dont translate well to English.

For example, the -chan, -sama, -kun etc suffixes are super annoying when the English voice actors try to use them.

They’re fine in the English subtitles against the Japanese audio though

If you’re American and you’ve been eating the food-like product labelled as “Cheese” in your supermarkets then Yes

I found this in my first and second year so I stopped buying them.

Half the time it was just “recommended reading” and the book wasn’t even used in class.

Yep, not gonna shell out $120 per book for “recommend reading”

To be fair it’s probably running on Windows.

All the servers force-restarted due to windows updates, but the update introduced an issue and now the Bing API service won’t start

Keeping shit running on Windows is always going to be a gamble

Sad for those who worked hard and repaid their loans and now get to watch as everyone else gets theirs written off

Consumers: only buy the cheapest regardless of how it’s produced, ensuring a race to the bottom

Producers: lower standards to increase production so they can sell meat for the lowest cost

Consumers when they find out what that entails: shocked pikachu face

Looks like someone set it up just for show. There’s no heat source for the still. The thumper is way oversized for the size of pot and the worm condenser is relying on the surrounding air which won’t be nearly enough cooling, it needs to be submerged in circulating water

The irony of USA citizens hammering on about how free they are and they can’t even legally distill their own liquor smh

Take me back…

There’s a rule banning “self-preferencing.” That’s when platforms push their often inferior, in-house products and hide superior products made by their rivals

Wow, I can see Microsoft fighting this one tooth and nail. It’s basically their whole business model

Based on that logic, the Christian bible is inherently leftist because it’s meant to be shared… whether you wanted it or not