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  • I’m going to go a different direction and argue that the RS232 has always been the most androgynous and third-sex of the connectors because:

    • the female connector is most frequently the one that’s a cable
    • the male connector is most frequently directly connected to an appliance
    • the male has the pin prongs, but is almost always recessed.
    • the female connector has the the prong holes, but almost always juts out.

    Who’s connecting to who? Who’s the top and who’s the bottom? Who wears the pants? No one knows.














  • LaurelRerun@lemmy.mltoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world100, here I cum
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    1 year ago

    China has a bad ratio of young people to old people. They have a lot of people, but as the population ages there will be fewer working people supporting more retired people. It’s not just about money either. There are a finite number of nurses or caretakers in a country at any given time, so it will mean higher ratio of people needing care to those able to give it. It’s a complex issue that almost every country is going to be dealing with more in the future, but China will probably feel it more than average.




  • LaurelRerun@lemmy.mltoGenZedong@lemmygrad.mlOne of ours
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe he actually said that. Ukraine has suspended elections for the duration of the war. This is not necessarily a problem, and there is historical precedent for it in other democratic countries like Britain during World War Two. It will become a problem if elections are not reinstated after the war or if the war drags out for a very long time. Other than that this is just a weird way to frame a mostly non-issue.