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- Comment on Damages elevator; the 2 days ago:
My friend is an ESL teacher. I sent this to her and said it’s probably the most cruel thing she can post in her classroom
- Comment on Anon tries programming in Java 1 week ago:
I only had one job that used C#, and it was the worst job I ever had. Even with the worst possible way to be introduced to the language, I still love it.
- Comment on There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? 2 weeks ago:
My favorite is “do you know the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion dollars”
Like, being a millionaire is a pretty sweet spot to be in if you’re lucky enough. Not quite like a millionaire of decades ago but still good. But if you’re a billionaire, a million dollars is basically a rounding error.
- Comment on AI Summary 3 weeks ago:
It’s a solution in search of a problem. And boy are they searching.
- Comment on Being an already decided voter in a swing state is swell 3 weeks ago:
Hmmm. Do pineapple and anchovies go together?
- Comment on I found the Lemmy bar in Reykjavik, Iceland! 5 weeks ago:
My friends (one of whom was vegetarian until fairly recently) went to Iceland recently and said that puffin was absolutely delicious
- Comment on Harris wants to end subminimum wages for disabled workers—if they're not behind bars 2 months ago:
every employer should be prepared to make accomodations for any qualified employee who may have a disability. We don’t have that
Employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for disabilities. Not every position/disability combination necessarily has a reasonable accommodation that can be done (a quadriplegic probably couldn’t be a baggage handler, for example) but I think you realize that with your “qualified” employee qualifier
- Comment on Harris wants to end subminimum wages for disabled workers—if they're not behind bars 2 months ago:
Accept the carve out for prisoners, not sure what’s up with that
You don’t have to accept it 😉
- Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable 2 months ago:
And here we are, not on TikTok or Instagram, and still seeing it
- Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable 2 months ago:
Yeah, that Franch dipping sauce in Breaking Bad was crazy!
- Comment on What's going on in Colorado? 2 months ago:
I live near Aurora. One of those city councilperson’s background is in owning a restaurant of all things. Totes an expert in international gang activity.
- Comment on My job offers "free" online consultations for mental health reasons. Every single "available" slot is during working hours. 2 months ago:
Depending on what exactly they’re doing, that could be practicing without a license
- Comment on Anon interviews for a job 3 months ago:
That’s a false choice if I ever heard one. Surely reasonably-paced increases in productivity could spawn job creation in other areas? And while modern-day capitalism is not exactly encouraging this, maybe we can take advantage of less manpower needed to make society function by having less time working (with a similar quality of life) for all? If there were only so many employment hours available, there are ways of distributing that other than raising the unemployment rate or artificially lowering it.
- Comment on You a sales bargain hunter or do you pay normal? 3 months ago:
I usually consider myself frugal, but try to get decent quality (a major part of the difference between frugal and cheap) and occasionally I splurge. Yesterday I bought 4 shirts. They came from a medium-high end store (Dillard’s, for those who have one nearby and know what I’m talking about). This is the time of year when lighter summer shirts are getting marked down. I’ve needed some more of them for a bit but waited for this moment.
Also, I’m a sucker for fancy cheeses and desserts from our Kroger variant. But it’s rare that I buy something that isn’t on manager’s special.
I browse Facebook Marketplace all the time for stuff.
Sometimes I want something and dream about it, and it takes an excellent sale to get me to actually buy it. Like the shades I got for my house last year (50% off at Home Depot)
I also brought a brand new car in 2022 when the market was bonkers. Not the fanciest car in the world (Chevy Bolt EUV) but it was a hell of a value, gas prices were going nuts with Russia having invaded Ukraine, and my 2005 Ford Focus wasn’t going to last forever (still serving my wife’s cousin’s stepdaughter well though)
I’ve also gotten furniture and stuff over the years. Maybe I’ll smile at the idea of a sale, but realistically so many things are “on sale” more often than not (even if that sale rotates between 25% off and BOGO half off)
I once saw a meme saying that being a Midwesterner means that if someone compliments something you bought, you need to explain that it was a good deal. That resonates with me.
Anyway, I’m procrastinating my nightly chores before bed. Thanks, but I need to work on that 🙂
- Comment on PSA: Libraries 3 months ago:
They don’t already? My library system has since at least the early '00s.
- Comment on Applied for a job and was asked to do a live interview. But all I get is this. 3 months ago:
I was thinking AT&T just provided whatever teleconference system they use
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 4 months ago:
That’s true, I have generally gotten my pizza elsewhere (not that I’m an anti-chain purist snob, but there are several options and Domino’s is my least-favorite). If Domino’s is particularly egregious, why was that your choice? Surely you knew that and a coupon wasn’t the only way they could do it?
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 4 months ago:
In my experience, damn near every pizza place has had combo deals and coupons and stuff. And no, I never had to give any extra information or data or app install or whatever that I wouldn’t have had to give for the order anyway. Just say “yeah, add that special to the cart”
Kinda like if you order a cheeseburger, fries, and drink instead of a #1 combo.
- Comment on I'm am myself and myself is bad at fitting in 5 months ago:
😟
- Comment on Anyway to make $20 a day online consistently? 5 months ago:
I believe you typically get the money withheld, and if when you file are determined not to have any tax liability, you get a refund between what you paid and what you owe. That’s just like anyone else, but that second number happens to be zero. I swear there’s an option in a W4 that you had/expect to have your tax liability be zero as well, but of course if you turn out to be wrong you’re in for a world of hurt
- Comment on Anthropomorphic 5 months ago:
English pronunciation can be difficult, though through tough thorough thought, it can generally be figured out
- Comment on Anthropomorphic 5 months ago:
dessert climate
- Comment on Who doesn't love Kit Kat's? 5 months ago:
In the US, it’s made by Hershey. At least the bigger complaint about that company is chocolate that’s not nearly as good as opposed to points at everything
- Comment on Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles 6 months ago:
and can’t even get you halfway across the state on a single charge
This is the part that needs to be rethought. Depending on speed and stuff, I can go about 200 miles on a charge. Want to go farther? Fine! DC fast charging is, in fact, fast. Plug in, take a pee break, stretch for a minute, and get a bite to eat. In 20 minutes, you can get a lot of charge in most cars (granted, my Chevy Bolt needs a little more time but that battery technology is relatively obsolete)
We already stop on the road for other reasons. It’s not hard to combine stops, and it will only get easier as chargers get built up. Stop pretending we need to drive 500 miles without stopping, that’s dangerous anyway.
- Comment on Every time I get an email about 6 months ago:
Or just… Not have 500000 partners in the first place
- Comment on Anon hates aluminum 6 months ago:
Someone took my stainless steal, but at least they cleaned up after themselves
- Comment on As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play ads when I pause a video 6 months ago:
no significant competition? Is that a joke?
For the type of service they are (hosting random one-off videos and series that anyone can load and optionally kicking back a portion to the content creators) - who are they competing against? If you go on the street and ask random people to name 3 streaming services that do that, you’ll likely get YouTube, “ummm”, and “I dunno”
- Comment on A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century 6 months ago:
That’s fine until you tell me that’s almost 40 years ago!
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 7 months ago:
Fl. Oz are actually nothing to do with weight. They are volume.
Well yes, but also no. It is a unit of volume, but it comes from the volume that an ounce of fluid (specifically water) uses. Not at all unlike a gram being based on a cubic centimeter of water, which we also call a milliliter. Imperial just makes that a little more transparent, which also makes things a little more confusing.
- Comment on Does mucous have calories? 8 months ago:
It’snotmuch
