Ajen
@Ajen@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 20 hours ago:
Yes, obviously they’re for communicating with other drivers, what gave you the impression I meant otherwise? I was responding to this in your last post:
Unless you turn your blinker on to let people know your want over how is anyone going to give you enough space to merge in? […] You need to hit the blinker to let others know you want to move then check for space.
There are a lot of times where it makes sense to wait for a gap in traffic, rather than asking people to let you merge. And in those situations you would check for space before turning on your signal. You should still use your signal, even if you know you already have space to merge.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 21 hours ago:
LA has infamously bad drivers. In many parts of the country people will slow down and give you space to move over when you have your signal on. They’ll also do a proper zipper merge in a lot of places.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 21 hours ago:
Yep. If I know there aren’t any other cars within a quarter mile of me then the turn signal is just a formality. At best it tells other drivers the lane change was intentional, at worst it’s a (miniscule) waste of time and energy.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 21 hours ago:
That only makes sense if you’re driving on a busy road. If seems like half of the commenters here only drive during rush hour, and the other half only drive on rural roads.
If there isn’t much traffic it makes a lot of sense to wait until you have an opening and then turn on your signal, instead of turning it on before checking for a gap.
- Comment on Homer Simpson irl 1 month ago:
Personally, if I had something like that, that wasn’t causing me problems and wasn’t linked to future problems, I wouldn’t want to know. Especially because of how unknown it is. It sounds like there’s no way that information could be of use to anyone other than a researcher, so it actually seems right that you can’t share it.
On the other hand, I’m glad your other friend got their sinus checked out.
- Comment on Homer Simpson irl 1 month ago:
I’m curious, what exactly are you worried about with your friend? Are the abnormalities you saw linked to a treatable disease?
- Comment on Hate crimes 1 month ago:
Yeah, racism is considered normal in many parts of the world and you wouldn’t have a progressive spouse/partner, they’d both be racist.
- Comment on Anon fixes Super Mario Bros 2 months ago:
Fair enough.
- Comment on Anon fixes Super Mario Bros 2 months ago:
Why can’t/shouldn’t a game be both? Plenty of games have easy modes and cheat CONSOLES.
- Comment on Halp. 2 months ago:
You don’t have to use the same unit in all situations. Just ask the British.
- Comment on Contributing to the local economy 2 months ago:
AWD might help you avoid getting stuck, but it does nothing to avoid getting in an accident. A cheap 4 cyl FWD with chains or winter tires would do better than a Subaru with crappy tires in icy weather.
- Comment on "Images of 'Saint Luigi Mangione, The patron saint of health care justice' have been making rounds on social media" 3 months ago:
He can’t become a Saint until after he dies, unfortunately.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
No. Since you asked, I think the communication issues are most likely caused by both people involved, not just the man. I think the wife (in the OP) was expressing her own frustration when she suggested divorce, then felt like she had to follow through with it when OOP didn’t react the way she wanted/expected him to. It sounds like neither person in that relationship is communicating effectively.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
A lot of men genuinely have trouble communicating with all women (beyond superficial day-to-day interactions). I don’t think that’s misogynistic, I think it’s a symptom of a bigger problem in society. Boys aren’t taught how to interact with women, and when they fall back to what they were taught about interacting with other men they quickly get themselves in trouble.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
I think they’re expressing frustration about not being able to communicate with women, and I think it’s easy to misinterpret that frustration as aggression or misogyny.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
It’s not misogynistic to admit you have trouble communicating with women.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 4 months ago:
There’s also jury nullification.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
One way to tell is that people don’t get denied medical care because they don’t have insurance, they get denied care because the hospital doesn’t think they will be able to pay. It doesn’t matter to the hospital is the money comes from insurance or out of the patients pocket. Unlike most patients, this guy can afford 7 figure medical bills.
- Comment on ugh i wish 4 months ago:
Yeah, that’s why you mix it with raw milk.
- Comment on ugh i wish 4 months ago:
OK, but pasteurization doesn’t sterilize it either. Also, OP was making a joke…
- Comment on ugh i wish 4 months ago:
Try this:
- Comment on Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning! 4 months ago:
There’s a lot of data out there about software engineering salaries, but not as much for cybersecurity professionals. How do cybersecurity salaries compare to SE salaries?
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 4 months ago:
Maybe take a break from the doomscolling/doomposting and try to relax.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 4 months ago:
Because superconductors are even more expensive than breeder reactors.
- Comment on Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest 5 months ago:
I don’t know what military life is like, but that hasn’t been my experience as a civie. Most men I know wouldn’t go to the doctor for something mild enough that it could be treated with ibuprofen.
- Comment on Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest 5 months ago:
Isn’t 800mg Rx-only? If they’re doing it under their doctor’s supervision, then that’s their business.
- Comment on Anon takes the horsepill 5 months ago:
False - you can get a DUI on a horse (in some states).
- Comment on What percentage of lead gets washed off the fingers of a typical human after handling lead solder? 5 months ago:
It’s not necessary, but it has advantages. Namely, it’s easier to work with and melts at lower temperatures (less risk of damaging components and burning yourself). Also, while lead has its risks, they’re easy enough to mitigate.
- Comment on What percentage of lead gets washed off the fingers of a typical human after handling lead solder? 5 months ago:
Lots of conjecture and misunderstanding in the other comments. Thanks for posting actual sources.
- Comment on UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up 5 months ago:
Only 4x? Not sure what UK rates are like, but it could easily be 10x that in the US.