It’s mostly about keeping the line for the men’s room short
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Somewhere around 1987, I had my computer modem call my university library’s phone number directly so that I could see if the book that I needed was available (it was a long walk to the library). My computer acted as a terminal and the screen displayed everything pretty much the same as the terminals installed in the library itself (text only, monochrome display). Not really the internet, but probably the first practical use of a network of sorts for me.
toast@retrolemmy.comto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careerEnglish4·4 days agoDo these figures include earnings from garum endorsements?
toast@retrolemmy.comto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreadingEnglish84·12 days agoI realise that many people, on reading that first sentence, will suspect I’ve finally flipped. Where, pray, are those rolling sand dunes or sere stony wastes? But there are many kinds of desert, and not all of them are dry.
No, being dry is really what makes a desert. Deserts can be hot, cold, even seasonally wet, but overall they must have low yearly precipitation.
In fact, those spreading across Britain are clustered in the wettest places.
Obviously, no.
Yet they harbour fewer species than some dry deserts do, and are just as hostile to humans.
Few species and hostile, sure, but these are not defining attributes of desert.
Another useful term is terrestrial dead zones.
Well, it is closer to accuracy.
This twat is using desert figuratively in an article on ecology while chastising readers for thinking that deserts are dry.
Idiot
toast@retrolemmy.comto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Ads when you’re pumping gasEnglish13·12 days agoOr, you’re holding a nozzle that sprays liquid. Just douse the speaker in gasoline.
toast@retrolemmy.comto politics @lemmy.world•Trump appoints 22-year-old ex-gardener and grocery store assistant to lead U.S. terror prevention10·15 days agoPicture matches the tone of the hiring perfectly. Let him keep the job. I want to see how this plays out.
toast@retrolemmy.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Does anyone use a phone without a protective case?52·18 days agoNo case, no problems so far. I’ve had numerous phones over the last 20 years, never had a case, and never had an issue. Don’t drop your phones.
I did buy a case for my son’s first phones, but I wouldn’t suggest he need one now. He is certainly old enough to take care with it.
toast@retrolemmy.comto News@lemmy.world•Authorities investigating death after burnt body found on Stone Mountain near Atlanta5·19 days agoIn other words, ACAB
toast@retrolemmy.comto News@lemmy.world•PFAS detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns5·21 days agoThat was a better joke 30 years ago. 40 years ago, it was hilarious.
toast@retrolemmy.comto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Arlington National Park was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee.English61·22 days agoMakes you think. Just what should we do with Mar-a-lago when this is all over?
toast@retrolemmy.comto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you consider the early 2000s to be some sort of cultural peak do you think we will have another in your lifetime?41·23 days agoYou must have had access to the best drugs in the 80s because they were not what you describe at all.
Ah, trying hard to not be eaten, I see
toast@retrolemmy.comto News@lemmy.world•Investors dump bonds globally as U.S. credit downgrade, Trump's tax bill ignite fiscal worries2·29 days agoWhat a strange goal. Do they really not expect to be eaten?
toast@retrolemmy.comto Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca•Watch This Cybertruck Self-Destruct in Shallow Water7·1 month agoHaving become accustomed to cybertruck demo videos, I was actually surprised that he could close it manually.
toast@retrolemmy.comto World News@lemmy.ml•Israel expects 50% of Gaza’s people to flee during full-scale assault24·1 month agoAnd the other half will just die, I guess?
toast@retrolemmy.comto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The inventor of shoes must of argued a lot with his customers about the importance of wearing socks with them.131·1 month agoThat would be “must’ve”, not “must of”.
toast@retrolemmy.comto News@lemmy.world•NOAA warns staff a militia group thinks its radars are 'weather weapons'7·1 month agoA trained armed *imbecilic terrorist group
I find it unlikely that anyone would willingly copy anything produced by Hormel.