That's one theory why x is used in math so much: in times of the printing press, the letter x was barely used so always free
lugal
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That way you can search one instance but not the fediverse
Sounds very not depressing to me...
After gambling finally cured them from depression?
Is mbin the same as kbin and is it still a thing? I remember hearing about it at the beginning but now everyone is on lemmy or am I missing something?
I wasn't talking about this vote compared to other US elections but about the US voting system compared to other nations. 63.9% is still low for international standards. The comment above me said "half of you did", turns out it's closer to a third. And I'm not blaming the third that stayed at home, I'm blaming the system for shying them away.
Have you checked the voter turnout? Because I didn't but it's traditionally low in the US for different reasons. And this doesn't take into account people not allowed to vote. I don't live in a utopia either but the US is especially undemocratic by design
I think they used whole sentences back in the days and it was in the printing press era that they started abbreviating things to letters and symbols