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- Comment on Is there really anything stopping an evil government from just poisoning the water supply to commit a massacre/genocide/ethnic-clensing? 1 day ago:
Finally I get to be a superhero …. By the power of long showers I help make it impractical to introduce enough poisons into our water supply
- Comment on Is there really anything stopping an evil government from just poisoning the water supply to commit a massacre/genocide/ethnic-clensing? 1 day ago:
I suppose there’s staging a “terrorist” attack as an excuse to invade/nuke some other country
- Comment on Is there really anything stopping an evil government from just poisoning the water supply to commit a massacre/genocide/ethnic-clensing? 1 day ago:
My city facilitated that a decade or two ago by building new indoor reservoirs specifically for water treatment. Now we have a small handful of facilities set upon for massive chemical insertion and holding about half a day’s worth.
That being said, you’d still need the cooperation of people at each site, security at each site, truckers and suppliers. But that’s only one city: multiply that by the thousands of cities plus now you’d need huge amounts of chemicals that someone would surely question. That’s a lot of moving parts.
- Comment on Why was file search much faster in Windows XP than in subsequent versions? 3 days ago:
IF you turn off searching the internet and fetching ads, file search can still be fast. However Microsoft keeps resetting that so I just gave up - winfdows search is not worth ising
- Comment on It was all a lie, wasn't it? 5 days ago:
- looks around * …… now
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Maybe a better approach is to find out what seems attractive in that type of life. You may be able to find it still somewhat near what you’re used to. Massachusetts still has plenty of small towns, lower cost areas, and rural areas, as do the rest of New England. But you’ll still be near whatever friends and family, medical care, transportation, be able to go into Boston if you want, progressive politics, etc
Worst case scenario, the Adirondacks have plenty of cheap low priced places to live. It’s remote but not that remote nor that as jarring a change
- Comment on Best way to drink coke? 1 week ago:
The can. Because it’s the smallest serving size and I’m otherwise poor at moderation
- Comment on Good boy 1 week ago:
Wait til you read that second-last sentence about taking it off at seminary
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Also investigate what the apps do with your data…. Make sure they take good care of it.
That’s certainly the biggest reason I never succeeded with online dating. I’ve never been able to get past creating a profile, with all the personal data you’d have to give, and no way to trust any of them with it.
Maybe I’m biased, I knew someone a couple decades ago planning to build an online dating app and he spent most of his time figuring out how to monetize the data
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That’s the problem for those of us less outgoing, those of us whose hobbies are solitary
- Comment on To thy own self be true 1 week ago:
Sort of like hot dogs. I’ll eat them, but try not to know, how they’re made
- Comment on To thy own self be true 1 week ago:
Imitation crab tastes great, and isn’t really all that similar to crab. It’s a fish reduction good enough to stand up for tself, does not need to hide
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 1 week ago:
The solution is inheritance. If you want a more specific flag, inherit from the rainbow, but add an insignia. Now you have a unifying flag that is more meaningful. Also you can skip the complexity of trying to make everyone stand out because the rainbow is all inclusive.
For example, I also like the pink triangle pirate flag. If you want a gay flag, take the rainbow and add that pirate insignia. Think like the US flag which is also a bunch of stripes but with some star insignia. Now you have one clear insignia on a field of inclusiveness
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 1 week ago:
But if you include alphas , you need to be inclusive of betas and sigmas, and other Greek letters still undefined
- Comment on Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone. 2 weeks ago:
Just yesterday, my teen was asking about all the bollards on bicycle and paved walk entrances. People suck, or are idiots all too often
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
While I don’t know your situation, this is fairly common in new drivers. For most of us, experience gets us past the issue. Experience to make driving habits automatic rather than something we need to be anxious about. I watched both of my teens get much better at this over time, but I’m still very anxious about them.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s even stupider with the attack on universities. We’ve always benefited from a “brain drain” from other countries where many of the best and brightest come here for an education, and some of them stay.
We’re not just attacking immigrants who make our country great, drive the economy, and offset declining birth rates, but we’re specifically attacking those who might improve science, technology, innovation.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Sure , there’s always been some deportations. We’ve always patrolled the southern border and arrested and deported people trying to cross illegally. Sometimes it’s less humane than other times.
We’ve also usually granted refugee status to places having a hard time. We’ve usually not worried much about employed people. We’ve usually not kidnapped people from immigration court. Weve usually not had masked thugs terrorizing anyone not white enough.
Elon musk is probably the typical illegal alien. Came here legally on a student visa. Overstayed when it expired, but wasn’t really a problem and no one trying to hunt him down. At some point he caught up on the paperwork. And the economy benefitted.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’m pretty sure a large number of “illegal” immigrants are those who overstay their student visas or screw up their paperwork. People with a productive life who came here legally.
There’s got to be better way to catch up on paperwork.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Depends on where you’re from. Up in this blue corner I know very few who would support it. Ironically they’re immigrants.
- Comment on Ads when you’re pumping gas 3 weeks ago:
For those of us plugging in at home, ads can never happen.
- Comment on Using licence plate readers to track ICE 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think your assumptions about police are valid. In my state, police are not allowed to assist federal officials when no state crime is being investigated. While it is targeted at immigration, it has the plausible deniability of being general and a veneer of non-interference and fiscal responsibility. Sanctuary doesn’t mean police will act to help the victims, just that they’re not allowed to help the thugs
- Comment on I feel attacked 4 weeks ago:
Diet M3 I see on auto trader is $73k. That’s where I get off the bus
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
It is a society thing. There were many ways I never got along with my ex mother in law …… but one of them was that if I forgot my soap or shampoo and used my wife’s she made a big deal of it. I mean I would thank her for (passive aggressively) complimenting my scent but that’s annoying.
It’s just soap and shampoo. I generally prefer unscented and strongly prefer something that doesn’t trigger my psoriasis but the bottom line is getting clean
- Comment on I feel attacked 4 weeks ago:
Can older ones be had in reasonable condition for reasonable price? I never looked into those on the assumption they cost more and are not very common.
While I liked mg’s when I was younger, more recently I was a fan of Miata’s.
- Comment on I feel attacked 4 weeks ago:
I came really close to doing that as a younger adult. At one point it was almost a club, so many co-workers had an older mg. Unfortunately they are no longer as plentiful or cheap.
Now I’m tempted from time to time but would never spend the time to care for it myself, which is one of the reasons to get an older vehicle.
At the moment I have the practical needs that both my kids are driving but sharing one car and can’t yet afford their own. This is the first summer that coordination will be a challenge. I took a Quick Look into long term rentals and short term leases and they’re just too expensive. I don’t want to buy them a car that will just sit and rot for 10 months they’re in college. I am so tempted to get myself another fun car. Maybe a project or classic. For the summer I’d have one more vehicle to share for the family. If there was an issue with my main car, I’d have an option. And if it’s a fun car for me I don’t mind having it the ten months of the year they’re in school
- Comment on I feel attacked 4 weeks ago:
True, true, this is me too. I’ve got to admit to having to hold myself back from a full on outdoor kitchen. But I have a nice grill and a huge smoker, and I’ll be here every weekend wondering how to find people who want to share 15# of pulled pork or something.
I’ve actually gone overboard with cooking in general. Replaced teflon with cast iron and stainless steel, and a griddle top , and learned how to cook so many different foods from so many cuisines.
- Comment on I feel attacked 4 weeks ago:
What about the stereotype of buying a flashy car? Arguably that’s the one I fell I not: spending far more on a car than I ever have to get something flashy and different, and purely thinking of me for what felt like the first time in my life.
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 5 weeks ago:
2, 6, 9. Health, happiness, comfortable life.
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 5 weeks ago:
How. Two is just don’t gain weight. It doesn’t say anything about losing weight or about healthy nutrition. For those of us with a tendency to gain, this is all positive.
My most pressing health concern under my control is my weight. As an adult already overweight, I would be very happy to at least never weigh more than I do now