LilB0kChoy

@LilB0kChoy@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anti-racism be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting read about this..

  The native cultural influence is pretty strongly interwoven in the fabric of Minnesota. It’s very possible the thought process was just that the locals associated that image with their state, just like the brand name.

  The Anishinaabe and Dakota have had major influence on the state and that’s been rectified in recent history with the renaming of certain places back to their native name, like Bde Maks Ska.

  Most of the naming in the metro(and the state name) comes from the Dakota peoples. The Anishinaabe were located more in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin so you’ll see the influence there. For example the town of Biwabik in the iron range which is the Anishinaabe word for iron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The Office’: Greg Daniels Opening Development Room To Explore New Series Ideas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. It’s possible but it does look like Mindy Kaling’s production company is one of the companies involved in the show and from your link:

  As in film, executive producer credits in television are also commonly applied to individuals who are involved in the production in a more hands-off capacity, such as the owner of the show’s production company.

  It does look like the show was created and developed by Charlie Grandy and articles seem to refer to him as the showrunner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The Office’: Greg Daniels Opening Development Room To Explore New Series Ideas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought “executive producer” just meant they contributed money to the making of the project and they get the credit for it? I had always heard the show runners were the producers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to protect outdoor faucets in the winter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in MN and every fall when we’re done in our yard I’ll turn off the water in the house for the lines that go to the outdoor faucets attached to the house.

  Then I’ll open those faucets outside to let the water drain.

  Inside the house on the water line itself is a bleeder valve I’ll open to help the line drain.

  Once drained I close the drain valve and the bleeder valve and put an insulating cover on the spigot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Our Flag Means Death’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Max⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Paramount+ cancelled Joe Pickett

  Had not heard this, it’s too bad but I can’t say I’m surprised.

  I’ll be interested to see what happens with Reacher. I loved season 1. Season 2 is good but I’m finding that I’m half watching it because I remember the story from the book and the show isn’t new anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The four houses dads belong to.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I love my Ryobi finish nailer! The only Bosch I currently have is an inherited corded jigsaw but it has held up well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The four houses dads belong to.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  DeWalt is a subsidiary of Black and Decker. Seems like brand name means less than many think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The four houses dads belong to.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So Ryobi is just fine. With the context you provide if you’re a heavier user who needs the features then you can spend more? If you need a quality tool that will get the job done without frills then Ryobi is great?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The four houses dads belong to.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What does bottom of the barrel mean in context though?

  I have Ryobi and they’ve all been great, but I’m not a builder, I’m a homeowner who has occasional projects and small fixit/replace jobs around the house.

  My brother was gifted a Ryobi set decades ago by my parents, it’s what my dad used, but has since replaced it with DeWalt. However, he has a wood shop in his garage, has added a deck, built multiple retaining walls, a shed and all sorts of stuff in the ~15 years they’ve owned their house.

  I feel like how and how often you use the tools plays a big role. I usually get a new tool from Harbor Freight, unless I know it’s something I’ll use a lot. Then if I end up using it enough for it to break/fail I go buy the nicer version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This would be a nice temperature for Easter, not for Christmas Eve.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be nice weather for Christmas here in Minnesota if you moved the letter down the alphabet a bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instances that didn't block facebooks- thread.net⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you in being ethically opposed to Threads but I can’t fault any instance that wants to wait for Threads to violate their policies before defederating.

  I know some instances have chosen to preemptively defederate and that’s their perogative, I just don’t think all of the vitriol I’ve seen towards instances that haven’t is fair at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

  -George Carlin