Worth noting that ATC is unusual in that there is both a maximum age that you can start (30) as well as a mandatory retirement age (56).
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The transmission in those things is an amazing level of suck, too. It’s this bizarre automatic manual thing that’s just awful to drive.
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World News@lemmy.ml•U.S. Rejects Putin’s Latest Call for Ukraine Negotiations
49·2 years agoThe wider international community has largely rejected wars of conquest as legitimate in modern times.
The exact same argument could be applied to Israel and e.g. the Golan Heights, but I don’t think you’ll find that to be a particularly popular position.
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Technology@lemmy.world•The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content
3·2 years ago“Canceled” is a term assholes came up with to rebrand “consequences” to make it seem like something that isn’t their own fault.
Not sure I agree with this particular take. My recollection is that this usage of cancelled started in progressive internet spaces and was absolutely used to describe consequences for being an asshole.
It’s the exact same trajectory woke took – it was language used by left-leaning people that got co-opted and intentionally diluted by conservatives.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art
38·2 years agoThis AI ruling is also actually completely in-line with existing precedent from the photography world.
The US Copyright Office has previously ruled that a photograph taken by a non-human (in this case, a monkey) is not copyrightable:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute
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Games@lemmy.world•Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds
151·2 years agoThe CEO of Unity used to the the CEO of EA.
It explains a lot.


Assuming you’re in the US, I 100% would’ve done a credit card chargeback. Bank would’ve taken your side on that one.