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What are some tips and tricks to help in doing online research about a particular topic? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the cheat sheet idea! That might help!!

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What are some tips and tricks to help in doing online research about a particular topic? (kbin.social)
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This is one of my goals of the year - to better myself at doing online research. I wish to be able to get more precise (?) results for what I am searching. Idk if I'm making myself clear here but I'd greatly appreciate any tips that you may have for me. Thanks in advance!

Edit: As pointed out in responses so far, my issue lies in not knowing how to properly ask the internet the question which I want answered. It's mostly a discussion about precise legal point that I seek in a judgement or academic article.

3 people have acquired malaria in the US. They’re the first in 20 years. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My bad! Thanks!

3 people have acquired malaria in the US. They’re the first in 20 years. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Malaria isn't communicable. Also, it is not fatal as long as it does not go undiagnosed/untreated.

"Cis" and "trans" are different types of a person's.... what? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I agree with what you're stating and I hope that that's where we are headed - there just being man, woman, and non-binary gender identities. For now though, as I see it, cis/trans become relevant in three ways (off the top of my head):

  1. Medical situations - self explanatory
  2. In pursuance of romantic/sexual relations - society is still at the stage where the visual perception of a person lead to certain presumptions. Not everyone may be okay with dating/having sex with a person who has different genitalia than they presumed that their partner would have.
  3. [This point is my personal opinion] The visibility of people openly owning their journey can be a source of information, give courage to others who are undergoing the same journey and are scared or confused. I knew about my orientation way before I realized that there's a term for it or that their are others like me.

I hope I got your query right.

What would a world without advertising (as we know it) look like? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

How do businesses source customers? Especially important for new businesses or new products that customers dont know about.

Given the shift towards online shopping, the businesses can easily provide the necessary information along with the product they are selling. In that case, only those customer who are looking for a specific type of product get to see the information. Retains the necessary elements of advertising & marketing without the unnecessary element of consumerism.

What do you think of people making memes/jokes about the recent Titan tragedy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More so as >300 out of those 500 are believed to be Pakistani nationals trying to flee the worst economic crisis their country has seen in decades while the son of a Pakistani businessman felt compelled to splurge that kind of money on a bonding exercise.

canada rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pity! Had it been true, Canadians could've gotten free transportation as well...

I need to survive for 3 days while pooping as much as possible. I can pee as often as I like. It can take up loads of space. What food do I pack? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Come over. I'm sure I can cook you some diarrhea-inducing food. It'll be spicy as hell, so sweating and peeing gets sorted too. And I'm sure it's not going to be easy to find.

You can have any superpower, but the first person to reply chooses a side effect in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Ability to successfully persuade any living being to do what I want them to do.

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Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’ (kbin.social)
 

Inman Grant, who once worked for Twitter, gave the company 28 days to show it was serious about tackling the problem or face fines of 700,000 Australian dollars ($476,000) for every day it missed the deadline.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/6/22/australia-gives-twitter-28-days-to-sort-out-toxicity-and-hate