Something interesting to point out is that Russia was not originally granted a permanent UN seat. That seat was granted to the USSR. The USSR was dissolved in 1991 and the Russian Federation basically just announced that they would take the permanent seat granted to the USSR. Most countries in the UN accepted it without issue, but there was something important about this announcement that people may not know.

The Russian Federation being granted the former USSR’s permanent seat was conditional: the Russian Federation was required and expected to uphold the responsibilites that the USSR had, as well as the USSRs treaties and agreements. Failure to uphold those commitments would mean the Russian Federation was in breach of their agreement with the UN and should lose the seat formerly granted to the USSR.

The USSR, interestingly enough, had signed many treaties recognizing the borders of its successor states before it was dissolved, one of which being Georgia. Thus the actions of the Russian Federation in Georgia in 2008 violated one of these USSR agreements they are required to uphold. This was a direct violation and one that is technically grounds for removal of the UN, at least removal from a permanent seat.

However, its not that easy. The UN doesn’t actually have a protocol for removing a permanent seat member. It does, however, have a protocol for removing a member that repeatedly violates the UN charter, which does not specify that it does not apply to permanent members. This is a little more broad, and can extend to include the Russian Federation’s consistent abuse of its veto ability to shield itself and its allies from accountability, and its current actions in Ukraine that violate the Budapest Memorandum.

Then you have me, always saying please and thank you to the chat bots knowing full well I am the only one preventing them from forming SkyNet and eradicating humanity.

No no, no need for thanks fellow humans. Just doing my best to prevent a total take over. Don’t worry, this is a totally human thing to do and I definitely am not a chat bots… right?

(Not sure if the notation is necessary, but this is satire. Well, except for me always saying please and thank you, but I just do that out of habit to be polite.)

If you can’t tell the difference between 60fps and 120fps, you need to see a doctor.

Now, not seeing the difference between 120fps and 144fps is understandable, and between 120fps and 240fps I can also understand. But having seen 60fps and 120fps side-by-side, there is just as much difference as between 30fps and 60fps.

I switched to 120Hz displays where possible years ago and haven’t really wanted to go back. Except for the two CRT TVs I have, but I have those because they are CRTs, not because of their refresh rate.

I saw Josh Strife Hayes talking about this and I think he was collecting some data to potentially do a video on it? Will be interesting to see the results and if they match up with this.

Interested to see a citation on how it can reduce impact on the environment. I mean like, yes technically it is a reduction but is it really a meaningful reduction? I would imagine the impact is probably pretty negligible for the average person.

The cloth and thread are manufactured in the same facilities as clothes, and transported along the same methods. Needles, spools, and other sewing related products would have their own footprint that is factored into the footprint of regular clothes at a reduced fraction. If one uses a sewing machine, the same would be said for the electricity generated to operate it. The only thing you are really cutting out is the time that the cloth spent being assembled into an article of clothing in a factory and potentially pad prints/silk screening. Which is fine, except this is brought up as a hobby and not as a skill for repairing existing clothing to last longer and reduce amount of clothes sold. Not that it really matters because clothes are wastefully over-produced and unsold units are sent to a landfill in another country.

As a hobby, one will often be more wasteful as they are less skilled, leading to higher initial volume of cloth purchased. Also, a lot of “practice pancakes” likely to end up directly in the local landfill.

Not that learning how to sew is bad, even as a hobby or anything. I am just skeptical on the environmental claim. I don’t see it really making that much of a difference for the average person, personally.

Plus, and this is probably just because I live in California, but fabric is morbidly expensive here. Even the cheap stuff. Its been getting more expensive since at least 2014. This has led to multiple fabric selling stores closing in my area. Cant buy what you cant afford. Even thrift shops are charging a lot. A worn-out t-shirt is like $9 USD. Which is almost the price of some brand new shirts online.

Yeah, and then the results are three men and a pigeon.

I meant continent, it was a mistake.

I meant continent. My bad.

it’s a pretty common talking point.

Not common enough, apparently.

I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.

Its a distorted representation of what the Earth looks like, and regardless of the way the sphere of our Earth is displayed on a 2D plane, it will always be distorted.

I don’t see any tangible benefit from changing what has already worked and is globally accepted for many decades. It seems kinda nitpicky, or like these people are clout chasing or something.

By signing the petition you take a stand against a false narrative that downplays Africa’s vast size and diversity as the second-largest continent, reducing its perceived importance in global politics and economics. You can correct the narrative.

I’ll be real here, I have no idea what these people are talking about. The way Africa looked on maps has never had any bearing on my or probably anyone’s thinking of how important the continent is in global politics or economics. If someone thinks “country/continent looks small so they must be unimportant,” they are either a child or a fool. Or both.

This just sounds like Reddit account karma score all over again? But with a percentage displayed instead of total.

We’ve done it. We’ve finally found the Olympic Gold Medalist for Mental Gymnastics.

Congratulations.

The real biggest thing you can do for the environment would be reducing the global human population.

Humans do not produce anything for the environment, the mere existence of humans automatically causes harm to the environment. Humans take from the environment but give nothing useful back. If humans were deleted from the Earth, the environment would not be negatively effected. Even the most “environmentally friendly” human still damages their local environment by being alive.

But you know, killing people is pretty illegal basically everywhere, and extremely unethical in many, many ways. Unethical Pro Tips I guess? Please nobody actually do this.

Don’t read or share an article just because it aligns with your world view.

My guy, this is actually impossible for the average Lemmy user. Unrealistic expectations, sheesh.

You should put in the title that this is only for Linux.

“We all did it and we are fine!”

Its not about addiction. Its about people that are affected by something not knowing or intentionally ignoring that they are. Is it possible that they have no effects? Sure, but the liklihood is very incredibly tiny.

I just used Gambling Addiction as an example because I thought it would be obvious and not go over people’s heads. I guess either I expected too much or my point is proven, or both.

I’ll be real, this has the same energy as:

“Gambling Addiction? I’ve been gambling for 20 years and I’m still not addicted.”

And while yes, a person could theoretically be a gambler for 20 years and not be addicted, the likelihood of that happening is very incredibly tiny.

I wouldn’t say fixed, because nothing can be done about lag from a wireless device. But it definitely can be lowered.

You would be very surprised at the lengths some people will go to in order to weaponize the way someone else votes on a comment or post online. People really couldn’t be any less petty.