Why were gold and silver treasured in the mercantile ages when they weren't very useful? - Lemmy.World

Gold has a lot of practical applications now (although is of course still treated as a ‘precious’ metal of value), but hundreds of years ago it was just a shiny metal. Why did it demand value, because of it’s rarity? Why not copper, because it was too easily found? What made it valuable ahead of other similar metals?

Someone recorded me without permission and uploaded it to YouTube - Lemmy.World

Going to be quite scant on details but… I was out and about, and was messaged by two friends independently saying they were surprised to see me in a YouTube video. Confused, I asked what they were on about. Turns out, a guy I gave advice to had then started recording me towards the end of our interaction without telling me, and has, weeks later, uploaded it as part of a longer video. I was pretty tired at the time and doing the guy a favour (out of annoyance), and I don’t like a few things, one of those being that he put me online (which, within hours has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times). What can I do? I have already messaged him to tell him to remove me, but this seems like a ridiculous invasion of privacy.

Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It) - Lemmy.World

This is a particularly important topic for myself on the spectrum, as I’ve had a lot of difficulties trying to follow what’s going on in the cinema. I’d have subtitles on all the time if that was possible.

Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law - Lemmy.World

Thailand’s king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions. The bill cleared the Senate in June but required royal endorsement to become law. It was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday and will come into effect on 22 January next year.

Fake retro video game ring worth €50m smashed in Italy - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19757663 [https://lemmy.world/post/19757663] > “retrogaming”

Fake retro video game ring worth €50m smashed in Italy - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19757663 [https://lemmy.world/post/19757663] > “retrogaming”

Fake retro video game ring worth €50m smashed in Italy - Lemmy.World

“retrogaming”

Jack and Coke - Lemmy.World

Man Utd close in on £60m double transfer deal for Bayern Munich's Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui - Lemmy.World

Simon Stone reported today: Bayern Munich pair Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui are both on their way for medicals before completing their respective moves to Manchester United.