CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
It’s only weird if you keep shaving them for him. Open conversations like that are a sign of great communication and trust!
I know that removing pubes can have a health impact for vagina owners. I don’t know if that holds true for penis owners. That may be something to investigate and advise.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 5 days ago:
Hitting particularly cold water makes it even worse.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 5 days ago:
You can improve a skill by visualizing your performance of the skill.
But you need to have the experience beforehand to be able to understand what you’re visualizing.
So - absolutely not.
- Comment on Costco changed the bag to plastic!! 1 week ago:
How many of those cubes is it reasonable for someone to have?
- Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ? 1 week ago:
it depends
Jurisdiction is key, of course.
- Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ? 1 week ago:
Income taxes disproportionately impact lower earners. Someone earning minimum wage likely devotes the majority of their income to cost of living essentials. Conversely, someone earning 10x minimum wage will spend a much lower percentage.
The exclusion level generally is set quite a bit below minimum wages, and the a progressive tax doesn’t always fix that, as cost of living/inflation can outpace legislation very quickly.
The other reason that it’s not entirely fair is that the wealthy don’t earn a salary. They earn dividends and do all kinds of things to avoid having an income. Someone who pulls down $1 million in salary either needs an accountant or earns an additional 10x compensation via stock grants, dividends, etc., which are (in most jurisdictions) taxed very differently than income. In the USA, for example, the top tax bracket (federal) for income is 37%, whereas a stock grant held for 1 year after vesting would be taxed at no more than 20% (and I’m grossly oversimplifying).
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 1 week ago:
- It’s still in use, but perhaps seasonally or infrequently.
- It’s gonna get fixed just as soon as I have time.
- It’s got parts for the other one I have.
- Might be useful someday. It’s got parts, and the hardware store is 20 miles away.
- Scrap metal value.
- Redneck decor.
- Comment on In Canada, Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Nintendo Switch. 1 week ago:
It may be that value prop of 1 with OLED is higher than 2.
- Comment on Can an American go to Europe just for cheaper healthcare? 2 weeks ago:
That $300/visit doesn’t go to the dr before it passes through several layers of bureaucracy, each of which skims their fee.
- Comment on If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine 3 weeks ago:
I was a bit of not interested and not educated enough to know what a NDRI was while I was on it but it does make sense for ADHD and Depression symptoms.
The withdrawal from Wellbutrin was bad. I got brain zaps if I was 1hr late taking it; tapering and cessation was miserable.
- Comment on How do some fragance reppel bugs 3 weeks ago:
They don’t work that effectively. They make you smell like poison to mosquitoes.
DEET scrambles their senses so you disappear.
- Comment on In this day and age is it possible to create a commune? With majority of vegetables coming from one acre and all put in to get wifi to our subdivision? So the bill is not that high? 4 weeks ago:
Community gardens and Internet cooperative are the operating phrases you’re searching for
- Comment on Canadian city calls for emergency help following record high-traffic fatalities. Last year, pedestrian deaths increased by 225 per cent 4 weeks ago:
Step one: build rapidly, with little more than token acknowledgment that there is an alternative to cars for transportation.
Step two: act shocked and surprised when cars (trucks, really) travel at high rate of speed through the streets (that are designed to move traffic around quickly) and kill pedestrians and cyclists.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for including the 2000 Corolla. I forget how big they’ve gotten.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 4 weeks ago:
Look at the 1950 American cars.
One reason for the perception that cars look fancy or not is that you become accustomed to a design when you see it all the time.
Supercars are wildly impractical, and slapping that body on a Corolla chassis would make a Corolla that only seats 2 and has no space for bags, but somehow takes up a lot more space than a Corolla. Also, downforce is bad for fuel efficiency.
- Comment on How do you charge an electric car without a credit card? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve never paid with a credit card to charge my car. At home, overnight, is all I’ve needed.
- Comment on Should I just lie on job applications and say I have a college degree? 5 weeks ago:
Personally, I was hired on the recommendation of friends, and more lately had a manager who looked past it and saw my experience.
- Comment on Should I just lie on job applications and say I have a college degree? 5 weeks ago:
HR screening dumps resumes without a school unfortunately.
- Comment on This fell off my car, can I just rip it off and not care? 5 weeks ago:
It’s not critical, but it keeps things clean, keeps salt/snow off in winter, and contributes to fuel economy and ride quality.
Stretching an oil change is a bigger concern, especially if the oil change interval is a long one. Learn to do it yourself, it’s really simple and depending on the car you may be able to do it without ramps or a jack if you’re creative in parking eg over a dip or one wheel (securely) on a curb. Ensure you don’t spill oil into a drain.
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 5 weeks ago:
Somehow I read it as your brother having schizophrenia and got really confused.
Continue to involve authorities, but u fortunately mental health funding keeps getting slashed. There may be a social worker centre you could reach out to for more information.
- Comment on 'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas 1 month ago:
I thought I just read about King of the Hill. discuss.tchncs.de/post/37633255
- Comment on Windows 11 Start Menu Revealed as Resource-Heavy React Native App, Sparks Performance Concerns 1 month ago:
I wonder if the new right-click menu is also part of this “improvement”, because it too is slow. Actually, a lot of stuff that used to be really fast in Explorer is now not nearly as fast.
- Comment on WHERE ARE MY PRECISION SCREWDRIVERS 1 month ago:
If it needs to be tight, Robertson or Torx is the only way. The benefit of Robertson over Torx is that it is pretty much immediately clear if the bit fits properly or not. I have stripped too many Torx that were in a place that required a human with an extra elbow and a second wrist to reach, that I thought were t20 but were t25, for example. I keep thinking I’ve learned my lesson.
I keep meaning to buy sets of Phillips, Pozi, and JIS, but never manage to time a stripped screw with a sale.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
JK Rowling is a piece of shit, but these actors are kids. Let’s keep that in mind.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Or slinky catsuits. I bet they’re comfy, if perhaps stinky with the polyester/elastane combo. I remember reading that the TNG outfits were not at all comfortable, but that was 1980s tech. We have lululemon now.
- Comment on Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer 1 month ago:
Because explorer is already so performant in windows 10+.
- Comment on The AI Hiring Pause Is Officially Here 1 month ago:
After they laid off the senior people a couple years ago, AI’s terrible ideas are indistinguishable from the terrible ideas their
juniorsenior PMs come up with. That, and MS is trying very, very hard to make AI a thing, because they totally missed mobile, invested insane amounts into OpenAI, and don’t have any other ideas. - Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 1 month ago:
Weeds
- Comment on House to be demolished after 'binding and final' court ruling finds roof is 36 centimetres too high 1 month ago:
In 2014, a German pensioner was ordered to take down her home because it had been built in 1939 without planning permission, due to the chaos of the Second World War breaking out.
This is some level of stupid.
- Comment on Why is coal and fossil fuels still used? 2 months ago:
I recently set up some solar panels. Turned them on very close to noon. Well, look at that! So much power! Four hours later, i was getting 10 percent of that number.
I know that solar power levels change throughout the day. But when it’s put into concrete terms like “I can run my refrigerator on this … oh, only for 2 hours a day” it helped me really understand.
So to answer your question - we use fossil fuels in the grid to as a disposable battery to handle changes in demand and times when renewables aren’t available.
As for EVs - many train routes aren’t electrified. EV trucks are impractical for long-haul, and the infrastructure is nowhere to be seen. Even in EV friendly areas, it’s hard to find a charger that is easy to reach with a heavy-haul truck. That’s before we talk about whether there’s trucks to drive, and the cost of the truck. For individuals, an EV is simply beyond the finances of many people. Road trips are an edge case, but some people travel a lot for work and can’t afford to stop every 3 hrs for 30-60 min, if the charger is available, and twice as often in winter.