Rentlar
@Rentlar@lemmy.ca
- Comment on USA President term limits 2 days ago:
It would take a HUUUUGE leap of logic
US Fifth Circuit of Appeals and Supreme Courts: “Hold My Beer”
For example, if Trump’s Republican Congress gets rid of elections, then this Amendment doesn’t matter.
- Comment on B5A9FC 4 days ago:
I’m so glad that Killdozer Willie is now public domain.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
- Comment on Did binders used to be called tablets? 1 week ago:
A tablet is more like a clipboard than a binder 📋
If you think of a stone tablet, it’s a flat thing with writing on it, same idea.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
Honestly I thought about it, I’m terrified by the results, but even if things have to get worse over the next 4 years before they get better, the young generation has the time to turn it around. The will to improve? That’s still unknown to me.
I feel bad for Jimmy Carter seeing what his country has become…
- Comment on Is it okay to take drugs to make yourself a better person? Does it make a difference if "better" is mental or if it's physical? 2 weeks ago:
Sure I think so overall, but “drugs” is a broad category, so I’ll try to hone in on it.
If you are normally healthy, if you feel sick from a cold, flu, fever, allergies, motion sickness etc. there’s little reason that you shouldn’t take OTC medication to help you get through recovery and purposely abstaining is needless suffering. When you feel you’ve recovered is when you stop using them.
If you are prescribed medication by a physician then you take it as prescribed. If taking it doesn’t feel like it is effective or it makes you feel worse, you talk to the doctor to make adjustments or switch medication.
For casual recreational drugs (ranging from caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, tobacco) occasional use is fine, but my opinion is that you would rather have the default be without it, if the default is with it in excess then you should consult a doctor.
For abuse of OTC drugs, prescriptions and illegal drugs, it’s a sign of a problem if you’re on them and can’t get off. They are a trap that is very easy to fall into and hard to get out of.
I don’t hate people that have been caught in that trap but I think they deserve a lot of helping hands, so that it would be possible for them to live a healthier life and have that be their normal rather than being on a drug trip be their normal. At the same time I don’t blame many such folks, a drug trip sounds like a way better life than just sitting on the street sober as a homeless person. They are victims of their circumstance. People need to have a normal living space if we want people to live a normal, sober life. Drugs are great but they break our brains and bodies if used improperly.
- Comment on What do you like/dislike about lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
Likes: the small community, traditional forum vibe. No ads, no oppressive corporate hand to keep things advertiser-friendly. Interests and views tend to align, but I can have a healthy disagreement on many issues with most users here.
Dislikes: heavy use of downvoting simply unpopular opinions (a mild annoyance). Difficult to pick between posting in a rarely active niche community and a very active but general community (sometimes I just crosspost). The threat of centralization, with Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml having by far the largest communities (I would like to see more active communities spread across sites, though I make an effort sometimes to comment on different servers). Some big features I’d like to see that still seem far from implementation, such as multi-communities.
- Comment on Harris’s Closing Argument: Turn the Page on Trump, and Avert Chaos 2 weeks ago:
That’s great, get out, vote, get anyone you know who shows any revulsion from this political division to vote for unity. That’s how Dems win, the polls don’t dictate the elections, voters do by making the effort and taking the time to vote.
In contrast, Trump’s closing message is “I hope you like me and my group of people who constantly trash America’s name, because brown woman bad”
- Comment on What do I put down on my resume? 2 weeks ago:
The wording makes sense, but resumé training I have taken has emphasized starting lines with action words that show where your experiences and accomplishments are.
- Comment on What do I put down on my resume? 2 weeks ago:
Operated [equipment] at Walmart.
Trained to use a variety of pallet organization machinery.
Handled a high volume of goods skillfully operating motorized forklifts
- Comment on Why Do LED Bulbs fail? An Autopsy! - The Doubtful Technician 2 weeks ago:
Seconding Philips. At HomeDepot the cheapest Philips bulbs are about 2.75 CAD each compared to 0.85 CAD each for the ecosmart and failure rates is under 1/5 the cheap brand for me. (Diabolically, the ecosmarts are cheapest when bought individually.) Philips’ dimmables are closer to $6 each but my dimmer switch lights use them and I like them a lot. My other lamps use El Cheapo brand because changing them out is quite easy.
- Comment on Why Do LED Bulbs fail? An Autopsy! - The Doubtful Technician 2 weeks ago:
A lingering question in my head about these Amazon and Home Depot bargain bin products. The ecosmart 80cent bulbs I have commonly fail by just becoming dim just like this guy’s. Well I can’t expect too much from bottom dollar quality.
TL:DW
* Amazon product that failed after 15 months with the seller nowhere to be found, didn’t work because of a bad connection. * ecosmart likely a shorting resistor, not enough voltage from the driver chip getting to LEDs that are working just fine. * utilitech pros had better heat dissipation and more parts, but found no clear failure mode and he busted the thing anyway diagnosing how it handled mains voltage.
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- Comment on what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one? 2 weeks ago:
I’d say that I could do it for you, even, given sufficient effort, time and money. However, it would be the size of a shoebox. And don’t you dare open that shoebox or else all the parts are going to come falling out.
- Comment on POV: me shitposting in every comment section of posts that refer to bananas 2 weeks ago:
Lamp oil, rope, bombs? You want it? It’s yours my friend. As long as you have enough bananas.
- Comment on Walking into Pfizer or Eli Lilly 3 weeks ago:
How to tell whether you are working in a school tech lab or an industry tech lab:
Are all the specialized machines 15 to 40 years old?
Do the specialized machines have to be wheeled out from storage every time you want to use them?
If either answer is yes, you know you are in a school’s tech/medical lab.
- Comment on Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break 3 weeks ago:
Yeah the one you mentioned is probably better but if you use it properly, holding the horn vertically and don’t step on it with your heel, that should drastically have the shoehorn last longer even if plastic.
- Comment on Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers 3 weeks ago:
DDG only recommending older Reddit answers as a result of the Google deal may be a net positive for it then.
- Comment on Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’ 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, Starmer is right though…
By definition if you make all the money you need to live from investments like stocks, bonds, or leasing out homes then you aren’t working class. If you work a regular job, but have some additional income from investment savings you are working class, but the Labour government isn’t having to focus on those investments going up as much as making your working life more comfortable.
- Comment on Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break 3 weeks ago:
I used the OMSORG, the ikea one with a cute lil face on the holding end. Shoe horns don’t break in my experience but I always put on nice shoes slowly with them, rushing might cause me to step on the shoe horn and deform or snap it…
- Comment on Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation picked up by Warner Bros. 3 weeks ago:
Missing @MargotRobbie@lemmy.world rn…
- Comment on Blizzard promise "something for everyone" in Warcraft's 30th Anniversary Direct next month 3 weeks ago:
A new in-game plague? /s
- Comment on Minecraft is losing VR support next year 3 weeks ago:
This is why Java edition and mods reign supreme.
- Comment on Wednesday it is, my dudes. 3 weeks ago:
We need a version of “What does the Fox Say” with every animal sound replaced with ‘mu’.
- Comment on Get good. 3 weeks ago:
“They’re deliberately trying not to look like they’re talking about me!”
“They must be talking about me!”
- Comment on Hmmm 4 weeks ago:
The whole point of casinos is to get people to feel like they are one play away from winning big, in perpetuity.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 4 weeks ago:
I usually like to hear about people’s travels to xyz. I find it less interesting to know about who had a baby, who’s engaged with whom etc. but baby pictures are kinda cute. Usually though the purpose of hearing people talk about there trip is to tell another mutual friend/family member that “person abc went to country xyz” or “had a baby with xyz”. It can drag on after a while so when some anecdote goes on too long I try to fast forward towards the end of the trip or ask “did you bring anything back?” As the last question before changing the subject.
I like telling anyone who’s interested about train stuff, and I’ll share my travels in conversation, but I try to limit it to showing one or two pictures/videos off my phone.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 4 weeks ago:
I bestow upon you the title of 凡人 (bonjin), in Japanese means an unremarkably mediocre person. You can tattoo it and tell people it means psychopath instead of course, who’s stopping you?
- Comment on Oh Shit 1 month ago:
would be top on UK Spotify for one day.
- Comment on Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing? 1 month ago:
Look, you will have a sizable contingent of people shelling out an additional $20 to $80 just to play a game a few days early, with little to no other benefits. Their impatience is capitalized on.