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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I really like the kbin system for this reason. Voting is public so we can see exactly who upvoted or downvoted us.

    Except kbin doesn’t federate downvotes, so if people outside our instance downvote us we don’t see it. And there’s no point in us downvoting them unless we’re trying to send a signal to others in kbin.

    Makes for way less “downvote to disagree” and much more obvious when some turkey is using alts to upvote themselves everywhere.



  • It would have an impact on their current profit or loss, yes. Stock options are an expense in accounting.

    Even without the options though, look at the actual stock they handed out:

    Huffman’s compensation package for 2023 was worth $193.2 million, which included salary of $341,346, stock awards worth $98.3 million and stock options valued at $93.8 million. Wong’s total comp of $92.5 million included a base salary of $583,820, stock awards of $45.7 million and stock options worth $45.7 million.









  • Worth noting “clipping off the clit” is one of the milder less invasive forms of FGM.

    Some types of FGM involve cutting off the clit and the labia.

    Some involve going full scorched earth and cutting everything off then sewing up the wound leaving a tiny straw hole for pee and menstrual blood.

    Then the husband is supposed to cut the scar open with a dagger on the wedding night.

    Even before marriage, this creates all kinds of long term health problems and recurrent infections for some women. Of course, not all girls survive the procedure, traditionally the stitching is done using accacia thorns.