brianary

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Not a problem for the FRC, and 2023-W20 compares just fine with 2024-W20. Same part of the year, and the weekend is in the same spot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If that were true, intercalary months shouldn't have been necessary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Months are the craziest, weirdest, stupidest measure humanity has used for this long. ISO8601 week dates make more sense, or even the French Revolutionary Calendar. Humans organize all of society by weeks, not by months. Compare last January to next January, or last February to next February for metrics. Do they have the same number of weekdays vs weekend days? Even if they do, do they happen at the same point in the month so you can compare the flow of the month? Now compare two weeks, and that's apples to apples. Group by weeks instead of months and your irregular, bumpy graph smooths right out. We only hang on to Gregorian months out of inertia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't even notice it as unusual, even though it isn't my usual order. It could vary by region or profession, or maybe it's just you that notices it this acutely. In plain English emails and other narrative text, I always use "Sat Aug 31" (adding the year only when ambiguous), which is short but complete, and includes the day of the week, which is much more important to humans than the month anyway.

[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Saw this on Mastodon:

I guess it needs to be said again, but politico is owned by a fascist German billionaire who has repeatedly said his goal is to get trump elected, and help the far right transnational movement. He literally is on record telling people in the newsroom at politico to pray for Trump

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Did it? I didn't bother with the article, and only shared a screenshot of a post about the headline.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On top of the likelihood that a ban would be very politically expensive, distracting, and watered down to pointlessness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (7 children)

The pouches seem like less plastic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Skill issue 😉

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All true. I feel like the Arlington scandal has legs, though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They should release an album, "NOW That's What I Call Never Trump", but a better title.

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