HobbitFoot

@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  5 minutes if you expect me to see it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If I get a 50 minute video, I better get a timestamp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is it exactly. I know it is there, but I’m hazy on what it was exactly and it needs to be 100% right.

• When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.
  Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨28⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low quality cropping will officially launch on Lemmy in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course. How else are they going to advertise $10 tickets to Florida?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Because you are measuring against the global median while not adjusting for purchasing power parity. American costs are going to be far higher than the global median.

  Generally, it is seen that American primary and secondary schools are underfunded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would racism in the USA still exist if humans had automated robots in the 1800s?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  By the mid 1800’s, chattel slavery was around in the USA for over 200 years. Even after slavery ended, an enforced caste system was put in place.

  You would need the robots a lot earlier to prevent the slave trade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  On the use side, a lot of users want an answer to their question, not a list of pages that may have the answer, with the answer made more obscure via SEO optimization. AI is just a continuation of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Visited Vasquez Rocks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  40 miles? I thought this was in the TMZ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the best way to deep dive into learning a language without apps?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bon jour. Je suis un grand Muzzy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are Americans so outgoing and extroverted and how can I become the same?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Different parts of the USA have different expectations for small talk, but it is generally higher than I’ve seen for parts of Europe.

  That said, being outgoing is a muscle for some people and, because of cultural differences, Americans tend to work out this muscle more than other countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conan O'Brien credits his young fans for helping him get through losing 'The Tonight Show'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He was an ok contributer to SNL, including being able to handle the news segment. So he has experience working in an environment that churns out content.

  Using his skills from SNL, he was able to create a Late Night show which could bring people being interviewed into sketches and other entertaining interactions. He also lucked out in picking The Roots as the house band.

  He’s great at bland humor for people to fall asleep to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WARNING!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you, American Dream?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably bisexual, but you’ve got a type.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If my county passes a new tax for um lets say a new jail. They staff it and build it and everything with the tax money. How come it seems the tax is there forever? Why not get rid of it when built?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are three things occurring with this new facility:

  1. Construction - Generally, the cost of construction is far larger than the tax for the construction project. The county may build the jail in a few years, but the taxes to pay for it usually take over a decade to pay back.

  2. Operation - Once you open the facility, you have to use it. That generally requires some form of operations budget. Facilities cost money to run and intelligent governments try to plan that into building a new facility.

  3. Maintenance - The building isn’t going to last forever, and a lot of modern buildings need more effort to maintain them then older buildings. It is common for facilities to need significant maintenance work every 15 years. If you’re going to bond to build a facility, why not include maintenance as part of the total cost of life for the facility?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can the Internet be an ethnicity?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To add to it, I wouldn’t put “Internet” as a subculture since that is way too broad of a definition of place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most constitutional monarchies got that way due to incremental change generally caused by political crises. Switching from a monarchy to a republic usually done as a response to one of these crises; no crisis usually means the monarch keeps the crown.

  You also have an issue of what to replace the monarch with. Most constitutional monarchies have parliamentary systems of government where the legislature has supremacy. However, you still need a supreme executive to run a government when the legislature fails. The process of picking that person is very politically important and had inherent risks to it. For some countries, keeping the monarch as the on/off switch is easier than dealing with the headache of choosing a President.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOX UNVEILS NAME OF NEW STREAMING SERVICE - FOX ONE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hope it goes as well as CNN’s streaming service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The private home listings most buyers aren’t seeing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe not redlining, but there has been shown to be increased inequality by keeping the homebuying market opaque.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low flow toilets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My condolences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low flow toilets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People don’t normally purchase toilets to stay on top of technology.

  The current state of the art for toilets are that they have a decent metric modeling shit and they have improved a lot in that metric. However, few people buy new toilets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to juggle in the park?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Compared to other public spaces, no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When society completely transitions to cash-less, what happens when the power goes down? End of the world?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What happens if the power goes out now? We’re already going to be in a very degraded living situation with battery backups providing a minimum amount of connectivity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says Hollywood 'dying' orders 100% tariff on non-US movies to save it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hollywood is also running into an issue where streaming has killed the profit model for a lot of movies & TV shows and no one knows what the replacement will look like.

  And Hollywood doesn’t have a problem getting talent for cheap. That’s part of the reason why so many productions are across North America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 - Rockstar Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is that Rockstar is trying to make a new engine with modern graphics, when the industry has been moving away from the cutting edge because of costs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that domesticated animals adopted some human baby like actions, it is a plausible theory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My post isn’t bait. We’ve gone through the process with HR and then found that the applicant may not have work authorization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but I’m trying to keep this interaction from being a red flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to report them to ICE, but I’m trying to address all the issues of going non-responsive.