Oh yeah? Then why doesn’t the ref award anyone 10 yards on the play? /s

It isn’t free at all

C’mon dude. As a history teacher, I can tell you that it is definitely possible to fire a gun without arms.

I agree with you 100%. What they are latching on to is the fact that SOMETIMES, in EXTREMELY LIMITED AND SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, some enslaved people were able to “hire themselves out” as craftsmen when they had done whatever work the enslaver had required of them. An even more limited number of those enslaved people were paid for their work and got to keep their pay.

But the percentage of people we are talking about here is tiny … but it is nonzero. The standard therefore isn’t completely wrong, but it absolutely gives the impression that these cases were waaaay more common than they actually were.

With the amount of aspartame I drink, I’d like the process to hurry up already, please.

It’s the whole “edge of space” thing that really pisses me off. When the billionaires started talking about creating their own space program, I was expecting corporate settlements on the moon or Mars–dystopian, to be sure, but at least humanity would be making progress to the stars. But no, let’s be content with charging people to get to the edge of space so they can go home and tell themselves they’re astronauts.

Relevant username. (Are we doing that on Lemmy?)

IIRC though, American manufacturers have cut the distance to the point where it’s nearly negligible in some categories.

ACAB

As a former US President said, “It’s the economy, stupid.” (Not to mention all the abysmal laws that let the rich steal from the poor)

American teacher here. I shudder to think of the spying on teachers that could conceivably take place in some states in the US if this were passed. I hope things aren’t like that for teachers in France

Technically, any number bigger than 24 counts as “dozens” …

Kinda hard to do any deep sea exploration when your submarine imploded.

This article is a few days old and looks like someone drinking spez’s kool-aid wrote it. I’d be interested to see what things look like in a month.

Ha! Not today, President Xi!

Jesus. It’s articles like this that make me both be thankful for Doctorow and his ability to put tech shit in terms is non-techies can understand.

I have them! Here they are!

You called yourself a senior. I’m in my early 40s, so I doubt it. Engagement tricks that used ti work in the past don’t seem to work anymore. That’s the problem.

So what I’ve found is that they need to be interested in doing whatever. As soon as it’s “boring” they lose interest. In other words, nope, not a clue. Maybe earning a paycheck will help your colleague realize the importance, but I don’t have any ideas that have worked. I try to make my lessons engaging, but I’m not a TikTok influencer, so …

Richard Branson: So we’ve done the space thing… I wonder if anyone has tried running for-profit submarine adventures to the Titanic…