Mamertine
@Mamertine@lemmy.world
- Comment on Drive into anything 10 months ago:
I love that there’s just an endless supply of Escalades exiting the freeway.
- Comment on Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and the Blustery Day 10 months ago:
That’s brilliant, but it’s gonna be decades before the things we associate with horror films become public domain.
I was curious what was public domain. I found this article. cuttingforbusiness.com/8-characters-public-domain…
- Comment on What's the best way to protect outdoor faucets in the winter? 10 months ago:
Northern USA is the same way.
When I lived in TX, the water supply came into the house above ground. It was really strange concept for me a Minnesotan. The winter I was there, the supply lines froze. You had to defrost them with boiling water, or hair dryers.
- Comment on Many players have become "patient gamers". What are games people might miss out on by waiting for sales? 10 months ago:
I spend as much time in one play through the free factorio demo as I’ve played in some AAA games.
In the hours entertained per dollar doesn’t, factorio is stupid cheap.
- Comment on If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen? 10 months ago:
Nah, that’s just say they counted wrong and re do their math and pick a new day they expect him to return. It’s a pretty common tactic in cults.
- Comment on Are mall Dojos more common these days? Given the vacancies. 10 months ago:
Malls are cool again?
It’s that some ironic retro coolness?
- Comment on "Hey Google, find the nearest Burger King" - "Sure, here is one on the other side of the globe!" 10 months ago:
And you may ask yourself “Well, how did I get here?”
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
It can be very expensive to have the second best hand at the table.
- Comment on I knew it all along! 10 months ago:
I’m a data engineer and I have no idea what a computer engineer is.
- Comment on Surf and turf baby 11 months ago:
- Comment on Honda's commercials saying they are going to be carbon neutral by 2050. What? 11 months ago:
Zero landfill is not zero trash. It’s just that the waste has to be recyclable or incinerated.
- Comment on Why do you still look worried? 11 months ago:
It’s the only way to know for sure.
If you want to live in absolutes. Yes, but then you’ll want to irradiate the area to get any surviving spiders that were hidden underground.
- Comment on Why do you still look worried? 11 months ago:
You can’t prove something doesn’t exist.
This is the problem with when scientists declare a think extinct. They can’t prove it’s gone. They can sample and say “we haven’t seen one in a while, we think they’re gone”.
It’s the same with spider infestation. I’d you have seen one for a while, you can declare it’s resolved, but you’re never really sure.
PS spiders are better than bedbugs. A former employer I was at had a bedbug problem. That sucked for people in that office.
- Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking? 11 months ago:
In a previous life, I did loss prevention. The average shrink rate in retail in the USA is 2%. That means 2% of the merchandise leaves the store without being paid for.
An average Walmart does millions in sales each day. Conservatively 2% of one million is $20,000.
Thousands of dollars of unpaid merchandise leaves a big retailer every single day. It’s part of the cost of doing business. That’s also why online retailers are cheaper. They don’t have to deal with external theft. They still have internal theft.
Shrink is the industry term. It’s merchandise that isn’t paid for and isn’t there when inventory happens. Theft is most of it, both by customers (external) and employees (internal). It’s also things that aren’t rang up right at the register, damaged merchandise that isn’t removed from the system correctly. It’s a big umbrella term.
- Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking? 11 months ago:
Fair enough. Those don’t exist anywhere near me. IMO blue = Walmart
- Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking? 11 months ago:
You’re in a Walmart.
They claim to be cheaper so they can have that drabby distopian look.
In the good parts of town, they look nicer. In the poor parts of town they’re legit worse than that.
Fwiw, I’ll pay the extra dollar per shopping cart for the superior look of a target. Target is generally cleaner and crisper looking. As always there are exceptions to that rule.
- Comment on Tax time 11 months ago:
Your employer is required to submit the amount you were paid and the taxes that were withheld. The IRS knows how much you owe assuming that is your one source of income and you don’t have deductions beyond the standard.
- Comment on That kid bulked up big time 1 year ago:
- Comment on Why do humans put salt on nuts such as cashews (assuming they don’t just require salt to form)? 1 year ago:
Salt makes things taste better.
- Comment on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's open world is inspired by The Witcher 3 and Horizon 1 year ago:
Once you got the blimp it was legit open world.
- Comment on My friend on social refuses to see how this is a pyramid scheme 1 year ago:
Yes, my friend did several of those in the early 90s. He mailed many dollars. Never did he get a dollar.
- Comment on I just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY? 1 year ago:
And here we have why I have not connected my smart dishwasher to the Internet. Those 2 extra wash cycles don’t seem worth it. Especially considering I only ever use the most powerful sounding wash cycle.
- Comment on We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed? 1 year ago:
The prevalence of semi auto guns with quick changing magazines.
- Comment on Car wash: touchless or soft touch? 1 year ago:
With Soft touch you risk that the caked on mud will scratch your paint as it’s best of you’re car rr that the previous guys mud is still stuck on the soft touch brush. If you have any non stock exterior accessories, they may get ripped off by the car wash as it flails your car clean.
Touch less it’s just water cleaning your car. Sometimes you need a scrub. Think of how some things get clean in a mediocre dishwasher and some things you have to scrub clean before that go into the dishwasher.
I’ll use whatever’s available. Though I have a preference for the soft touch as it cleans better.
- Comment on How does one resist getting into protracted arguments while still staying informed? 1 year ago:
Being informed and not getting into arguments aren’t related.
Don’t argue with people. If they want to disagree with facts, walk away.
- Comment on We all need to heal. 1 year ago:
IMO it’s more “thanks prison industrial complex”.
The prisoners are just there to satisfy the funding.
- Comment on How Do You Deep Clean a Mattress? What Tools Do I Need? 1 year ago:
You want to get a good mattress pad. You can wash that in a washing machine and keep your mattress clean.
To reduce smell in your mattress, kill the bacteria. Spray with 1 part vodka 2 parts water. Let it fully dry before putting sheets back on.
Stains, those aren’t going away. That’s why you wanted a mattress pad.
- Comment on Me trying to convince my friends to join Lemmy 1 year ago:
Thank you!
Followed. I’m still short on dog pictures though. If you’ve got suggestions is live to hear them.
