reddig33
@reddig33@lemmy.world
- Comment on That'll be $100k per credit hour, please. 3 days ago:
I don’t get why this is infuriating? Any job that you take is going to have you take the same training about diversity, sexual harassment, etc. I don’t see anything in the email saying that this training is going to cost you anything extra.
Are you just pissed off that there’s so many grammar and spelling mistakes in an email sent from a university? They probably used AI to write it.
- Comment on 3 days ago:
And publishers pay people to buy their books so they get on the best seller list.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
The mosquitoes that bite humans could be eradicated. I don’t know why we don’t do it. There are only a few kinds that do, leaving plenty behind for the bats and birds to eat.
- Comment on Who approved this color combination? 1 week ago:
Expiration dates however, are another matter. If/when you can find them on packaging, they’re often unreadable/worn off/too tiny to see without magnification.
I wish the Feds would force manufacturers to print the expiration date either on the white nutrition label, or directly above the UPC code — 8 pt or larger black type on white background.
- Comment on Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records 1 week ago:
Looking at the article, the pacemakers thankfully aren’t connected directly to the internet. The intermediary devices that can be used to read the pacemaker are unable to send/receive data to the server.
- Comment on This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago 2 weeks ago:
No worries. I think we’re on the same page.
- Comment on This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago 2 weeks ago:
You make an excellent point. It had just occurred to me because i have been having to cut back and find solutions to ridiculous price gouging like this. Between the high prices and the cost cutting quality of eating out these days, i find myself making a lot more stuff at home. I’ve also had to remove a lot of restaurants from my list of places to eat. One place charged me $30 for scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and iced tea. I haven’t been back.
- Comment on This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago 2 weeks ago:
I say this, but i shouldn’t jinx it. I’m sure there are a lot of companies who are salivating at the idea of jacking up the price of ground coffee at the grocery to match the ridiculous expense of retail.
- Comment on 7 Eleven near me doesn’t stock large cups so customers can’t use the app or T Mobile deals. 2 weeks ago:
7-11 leadership probably would too. They are owned by a japanese firm now that takes this business seriously. Send an email or letter to their CEO.
- Comment on This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago 2 weeks ago:
Ground coffee is about $8 a bag at the grocery. Much cheaper to make your own at home.
- Comment on Christmas is upon us 2 weeks ago:
The only good thing about this early jump start in holidays is the food. You will start seeing stuffing mix, pumpkin spice, egg nog, and other holiday foods start showing up in the grocery store soon.
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
That might depend on the state you live in.
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
Frito Lay fucked up by charging $7 for a bag of chips. It took a chunk out of their profits when people stopped buying them. They have reversed course for now.
- Comment on Peacock has ads when pausing a movie to read the text 2 weeks ago:
And they just raised their subscription price. 😆
- Comment on Buying new electrical outlet, and the grounding are just a decoration 2 weeks ago:
Is that something regional? Because in the US, power strips are often sold as grounded. Examples:
www.homedepot.com/p/…/329675198
www.homedepot.com/p/…/328532018
Product details: “Grounded outlets” “Power strip”
- Comment on Buying new electrical outlet, and the grounding are just a decoration 2 weeks ago:
It should still be properly grounded.
- Comment on Prince Harry and six others ordered to pay initial £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher 3 weeks ago:
Amazing to me that they lost this case.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Interesting. The photo made it look smaller than a traditional Explorer. More like a Kia — which made me curious. Hadn’t seen anything like that in the US and article says its euro-only so that would be why!
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Wondering what Ford model that is in the photograph?
- Comment on Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice 4 weeks ago:
Perhaps Britain should roll out solar panel incentives and neighborhood battery backups? Some offshore wind might be useful right around now as well.
This is only going to get worse the longer that it’s ignored. Importing fossil fuels isn’t going to fix it. Heat is continually going up — more people will be adding air conditioning and stressing the grid.
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 1 month ago:
Considering how many streamers are encouraging people to sign up for the ad-supported plans, I think they’re making more money from the ads. Of course, they’re double-dipping just like the cable companies used to do. Charging for a subscription, and then making even more money by showing you ads.
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 1 month ago:
Just one reason their stock price is down. They no longer report subscriber numbers — you can probably guess why. It’s strange to me that a public company can just hide data from investors that might reveal when a company isn’t doing so hot.
- Comment on Man Sets Off Explosive Device Outside Federal Building in Manhattan 1 month ago:
Sets off fireworks. Media: “Explosive device!!!”
- Comment on Feels like someone's podcasts are being heavily promoted 1 month ago:
Reminds me of ebook/audiobook recommendations in the major ebook stores. You can even tell it “I’m not interested in this author” and the same book will still show up five times as you scroll through recommendations. Gotta be some marketing incentives going on to push certain titles this hard.
- Comment on Eric Metaxas denounces air quality alert triggered by the Canadian wildfires 1 month ago:
I wonder if he’s buying it in bulk to drive up his ranking? It’s been known to happen.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 1 month ago:
Hire her to erase all of your important data.
- Comment on Prince Harry loses lawsuit against Mail publisher over phone-hacking claims 2 months ago:
Surprising.
- Comment on ‘British food will disappear’: trade deal after Brexit is hitting UK farmers hard 2 months ago:
I wonder how many of those UK farmers voted “leave”?
- Comment on I feel like this could have been a smaller package 2 months ago:
Except they are paying to ship 50% air. Those calculations were probably made before gas prices went up.
- Comment on 20 Jobs that people once thought were irreplaceable are now just memories 2 months ago:
“Lector” sounds extremely annoying. Milkmen need to make a comeback.