neidu2

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the longest discontinuous marriage?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like a job for a weird spaghetti code contraption consisting of selenium, perl, DBI, postgres, and shitloads of caffeine. I’ll give it a look tomorrow, hoping that the captcha I assume is there can be circumvented or automated one way or another.

  I’m not really interested in the people, as I’m not from the US and am unlikely to be related to any of them. I’m just curious about the dataset itself, especially in relation to OPs question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is currency so essential?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Credit scores aren’t a direct result of currency. Credit scores are the result of lending and credit, which is possible without currency.

  Example: “I could give you this car if you promised to bring me schwiftyfive thousand sheep tomorrow, but according to my records you’re only good for schiftytwo sheep. Sorry pal. Here, first borrow this chicken, and give me an egg every day for a few years to prove that you’re the kind of guy/gal/ghoul who honors debts, and we can discuss the matter again.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It is to be interpreted as “no questions here will be considered stupid”.

  Sure, there are exceptions, but most good-faith questions are OK, especially if it’s something that you feel you should already know, or something you sim0ly fail to understand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the longest discontinuous marriage?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a really interesting question, but I’m having a hard time seeing how one can look this up without direct access to an SQL database of all married people. Can we pay off some government sysadmin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is currency so essential?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they represent a resource, concrete or abstract. Currency is easily exchanged, either for other currencies, or for goods and services. This allows for a lot more opportunities than hauling around a swarm of sheep for bartering at the car dealership.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of. We have one political party simply named “Red”. They’re the result of a few far left parties joined forces a few years back, two of which were communists. I’m not a big fan of communism myself, as that’s a bit too autocratic for my taste, but the fusion has resulted in a party that is more evened out and focused on general socialism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. “Everyone” here speaks english.

  Actually, as a nurse I guess it makes sense - The few that don’t are seniors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm.

  Source: I’m a noggie and my sister in law is a nurse, and I get the impression they’re always short staffed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Serious] Do you know of any processed snack foods with some vitamins?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in scandinavialand, we have “vitamin bears”. They’re like multivitamins, but taste like (and are in the shape of) gummy bears.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Serious] What is project 2025? What kind of risk is involved?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much this.

  Also, say what you will about NY Times, but they had a pretty good summary of this dismantling farily recently, and its implications.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sprocket: Tank Design is such a fun game!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve played it a lot, and I can confirm that it has loads of NCD potential

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon can’t have a factual argument⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am from a country that has tended to view poland in a less than flattering way. And yes, the past tense is intentional. I had the pleasure of spending a large part of 2008 in the Gdansk and Gdynia area, and I absolutely loved it. Beautiful place and friendly people.

  I remember a coworker saying something along the lines of “I now understand why we have the stereotype about poor quality craftsmen coming over to us - because the best ones never left home” while we were walking through the town.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I sign up on a hot air balloon ride and there is bad weather can I get my money back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wr don’t known the policy of the balloons in your area. I suggest finding a balloon you get along with and ask it of its return policy.

  Also: youtu.be/fVPwhLNyLPU

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Instagram or YouTube Shorts get you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t use tiktok, and I use revanced (patched youtube client) partially to hide all of the shorts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except some minimum wage jobs involve making the world worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I Put it in my Ass?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I fill my ass with Helium, will my farts sound even funnier?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What side do you open a banana from?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Centre. With a knife. Because I rarely eat more than half a banana at a time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're selected for jury duty (US), should you give up your anonymous social media accounts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disclaimer: Nor a US citizen, byt I think the reporting threshold is similar.

  So, I recently applied for a bunch of US work visas as part of my job. C1/D, B1, and B2 to be precise. (Mostly to get my TWIC for easy port entry, honestly). And part of the process involved listing my social media accounts.

  I don’t use my Facebook anymore, and my lemmy (and then reddit) account isn’t really significant. Beyond those, the only one with my name on it is my LinkedIn, which does in fact hilight an aspect of my job that shows why the above mentioned visas would be useful for me. So I ended up only listing my linkedin.

  Visas approved. I don’t think anyone cares hard enough to actually check unless your name is Daddy Al Baddy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants a Mexican gamedev⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ksp2 has come a long way since the initial release and the frustrations associated with it. It’s not quite there yet, but it’s still very much early access, and the progress thus far looks promising

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  they don’t want to do anything to resolve the issue either. In any other line of work, that’s an excellent way of forfeiting any right to getting paid.

  In the jobs I’ve had where I’ve had to bill someone, I’m having a hard time imagining that I could expect to get paid if I just sent a bill to someone who didn’t owe me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the biggest advantages I see from living under single payer health care is that I don’t have to put in extra clerical work like you describe. Sure, the insurance company should be able to pick up a phone, but In my opinion, the responsibility should rest on the hospital - they are the ones demanding a payout.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could a bird propel a skateboard by flapping its wings?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  According to all known laws of skateboarding, there is no way a bee should be able to do a kickflip. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body rolling over the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Matrix' Is Getting a Fifth Movie—Without a Wachowski Directing | Wired⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not holding my breath.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨))<>((⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who used to code in Lisp, I’m all for excessive paranthesis use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Firefox an option?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polish⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you record an audio clip for those of us who are curious as to how this i pronounced? I tried reading it aloud, but my scandinavian vocal cords don’t flex that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that they were a good idea on Vine. It allowed them to stay away from other platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which way, Western man?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bonobos have it all figured out.
  Something scary happened a few trees over? Sex!
  A logging vehicle spotted in the distance? Giggity!
  Little timmy fell down the well? ❤️ Some hairless ape left an empty cardboard box on the ground? Cue the porn groove.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does "araffe" mean?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  New fetish unlocked.