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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What?! You are remembering that story wrong. She was a dolphin trainer or some scientist and jerked of the dolphin because she thought the dolphin was depressed and lonely.

Edit: Found the source https://allthatsinteresting.com/margaret-howe-lovatt

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Here in Germany we had an ad for a "Tiefbauunternehmen" / "civil engineering company".

The German name translates to "deep building company". Their slogan: "Experten für untenrum" / "professionals for the parts down below".

I hope the translation works

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it hooters that was later called butt fuckers in Idiocracy? I expect better from all of you

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

A few days ago I tried to install Windows 11 on the PC of a friend. It didn't work because of missing SATA drivers. Anyway, I was shocked how many points there are where Microsoft or Apple (we used his mac to create the USB drive) tries to sell something (buy pro version of fan controll now) or wants your permissions to gather all your data.

I convinced him to let me install debian. When it came to creating the default user he was hesitant to use his full name, because telemetry :D