When Shakespeare mentioned it in Romeo and Juliet it was already old. The proverb “a cat has nine lives, for three he plays, for three he strays, and for three he stays” is older than the USA. Nine is often seen as an magic/auspicious number in Anglo-Saxon culture, which the US is very influenced by.
The multiple lives thing goes back to the ancient Egyptians, who believed cats were divine creatures and were incarnations of the goddess Bastet (who had the power to reincarnate herself nine times). The Bastet link makes me think that nine is the "right" number of lives.
I think it's mostly accidental and idiots from /all who don't understand how things work.
How have I missed that this is back? I blame Lemmy's sorting algos for never showing me anything from here.
You mean this bit:
"If you deregister or factory reset these devices, you will not be able to re-register or use these devices in any way."
I'd be interested to know what actually happens in that case - I suppose they could have sent an update that fully locks out an old device but factory-reset Kindles are usable offline (necessary to set up WiFi).
The article has a different title* which doesn't mention bricking, because that's not what they're doing. I happily moved off Amazon onto Kobo and Koreader, but this post's title is a lie:
They can continue to read books already downloaded on these devices but won't be able to "purchase, borrow, or download additional books on them after that date,"
Bricking would mean they'd been completely sabotaged so that they wouldn't even boot, and would now only be useful as a paperweight or building brick. Again, not true.
* I've noticed the page title (as opposed to the visible heading) is the same as here, I thought that OP had made up this title.
This gives me hope that, while we're going to suffer as a ~~species~~ planet, there's enough sanity and selflessness remaining amongst humanity that we're not going to snuff ourselves out. I like that they're learning from COP, and making changes like just needing a majority, not being unanimous.
I couldn't find which the 85 countries are, anyone have that info?
I am the least-qualified person to reply but what I've learnt is that it's probably too much water, or not enough, or the correct amount but at the wrong depth. Or maybe it's not enough plant food, or too much, or not enough light (unless it's had too much but I think I can at least rule that one out). Or perhaps there's some pest or disease, or the plant's star sign means it must be aligned/unaligned with the local ley lines. Finally, your plant may dislike your music, or lack thereof.
I hope someone else can help narrow it down further.
The gallery's "download" buttons link to images that end in ~large.jpg but if you change them to ~orig.jpg you get the original images (they even still have the EXIF data).
The "download" buttons link to images that end in ~large.jpg but if you change them to ~orig.jpg you get the original images (they even still have the EXIF data).
Seems it's one of those definitions that only survives in a idiom:
The extended sense "piece of sport, trick" (1590s), survives mainly in the phrase the jig is up (attested by 1777 as the jig is over).
Original IFF Deluxe Paint images from back in the day, courtesy of the Amiga Graphics Archive.
This is the one that always makes me think of DPaint:
I had to look it up too. You might want to stop reading after the Kangaroo paragraph.
Kangaroos are born after less than a month, and then climb into the pouch, attach to a teat and stay there for half a year before being ready to face the outside world.
Spotted Hyenas gestate for about 110 days and then have to make it though the mother's pseudo penis, which can tear with first-time mothers (fatal to her) and can suffocate the cub (fatal to them) with cubs of first-time mums only having a 40% chance of surviving birth.