CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on You don’t see articles like this about moms with three two jobs who still manage to take care of their kids. 1 week ago:
If you’re in a position to walk away from almost anything you are doing at work and have someone else do it instead, and you’re still paid, it’s not work. If you are in this position, have family, and work 7 days a week, you have a self-regulation problem. See a fucking therapist.
- Comment on we must protect them from exotics 2 weeks ago:
I love spending time in my garden watching the butterflies and bees, but gosh the mosquitoes are terrible, better spray them with a residual effect insecticide.
what happened to the birds and butterflies and bees?
- Comment on Does farting make you lighter or heavier ? 2 weeks ago:
A balloon full of helium has more mass than a balloon without helium, but less weight en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_versus_weight.
Methane weighs more than nitrogen (70% of atmosphere); you lose weight and mass. Molar mass of nitrogen 7; methane 16.
- Comment on Are password managers secure to use? 2 weeks ago:
Risk assessment is a big part of this. Risk when reusing passwords is very high. Risk of forgetting passwords or using weaker/guessable passwords when they’re unique, is high. Password manager mitigates these risks. A good one will also bark at you when you try to use a password in a website that isn’t the one you saved it in (ie phishing warning)
The risk of your PW manager somehow leaking passwords is worth considering. So we ask: How are the passwords stored? Where are they stored? How are they accessed? Different tools work differently; some keep the storage local but others sync in the cloud. Local storage can also mean “in my Dropbox folder”. If it’s a secure format with a strong password (or perhaps Yubikey), that’s fine, but if it’s an excel sheet, you’re leaking to Dropbox. But is that really a problem for you? Think of the steps between an adversary and your password file.
1Password has some white papers published about how they secure the data you entrust them with.
It is my strong opinion, and that of most security experts, that using a password manager to create unique, long, and secure passwords is a lot better than the alternative. It’s usually the opinion that a password notebook in a reasonably secure location (in your desk at home) is better than recycling weak passwords.
- Comment on 'Our Hearts are Heavy, Yet Rejoicing': Pastor and Bible Teacher John MacArthur, 86, Passes 2 weeks ago:
Famous for his misogyny, anti-LGBTQ stance, and covid-19 denial. But he’s far from unique.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks ago:
Hitting particularly cold water makes it even worse.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 3 weeks 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!! 4 weeks ago:
How many of those cubes is it reasonable for someone to have?
- Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ? 4 weeks ago:
it depends
Jurisdiction is key, of course.
- Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ? 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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. 4 weeks 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? 5 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 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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] 2 months ago:
JK Rowling is a piece of shit, but these actors are kids. Let’s keep that in mind.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months 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.