UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought

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• toast@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s all those ones and zeros. They’re stressing the system. Well, mainly it’s the ones. The zeros aren’t really a problem at all, except when they interrupt the ones, which admittedly they often do.

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  • StitchInTime@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m unsure if that’s borrowed from somewhere, but I read that in Monty Python.

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    • toast@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Later, the same official was quoted as saying “The Larch”

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• BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Everyone deleting will trigger drive activity, rather than just letting it be dormant. Seems counterproductive.

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• anachronist@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Boy Trump’s sure turning America into a mess, let’s check in on how some of the more civilized countries are doing.”

  Oh.

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• sepi@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The brits don't have a fucking clue how computers work. This also explains their stupid ideas about encryption.

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• cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  See, the internet is just a series of pipes, and those pipes can get clogged, and then the water can't get through...

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• mischk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This makes me angry.

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  • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The devil something something playthings

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• Geodad@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Until the UK sends Nestle a cease and desist order for bottling water to sell, they need to fuck off.

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  emails

  If you can’t spell the word, I don’t need to read further.

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  • scintilla@crust.piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I regret to inform you that language has evolved and that is an accepted spelling.

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    • TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The only correct spelling is “electronic mail”, though “digital correspondence” is also acceptable these days.

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