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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe ts just taco bell

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even his doctors are full of it⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The dude has my build, and I’m around 300 pounds. Actually I’m only 6’2”, so especially if he’s claiming he’s taller than me, that weight is way off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a weird one: every other date is “normal” order but for some reason this is an exception. Also weird that we call it with backward date more often than its actual holiday name

  • July 4 is a normal date
  • Independency Day is the name of the holiday
  • so why do we usually refer to it as “Fourth of July”
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radiation from 5G networks, vaccines, reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field, consumption of Doritos, and even chemtrails.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  BAH-nnnannnaaannnnaaaaaaaaaa!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I sue my apartment management company?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to start with local laws. They’re different depending on where you are. Including city.

  I’m with all the advice about consulting a lawyer to figure out where you stand legally, but most likely a lawyer is too expensive for the amount in dispute. Definitely also investigate small claims court in your area

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, that was quite a read, thanks. Amazing technology

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are any calls without caller ID legit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At least some are legit. I’ll also add onto the doctors office example. Their main number probably has caller id, but the numbers they call back from tend to not. I assume it would be true spoof similar businesses where they might call back from multiple lines but are too small to use any sort of switchboard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  While I don’t understand gender politics, alternate pronouns and labels, I long since realized that it doesn’t matter. I’m all for everyone living their lives their way with equal respect. You do you, and be the best you you can, whatever you that may be, and I’ll be happy to call you friend

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure, left wing are most of what I see here, except for trolls and bots

  If I needed a label, probably Progressive. I liked Biden’s platform and agreed we needed to try a centrist like him to see if it was possible to start working together again. I also believed he did at least as well as anyone could, and if his legacy hadn’t been torn to bits by turnip would have positioned the US well for decades to come. He could have shifted that Overton window, sowed the seeds that a more Progressive candidate could reap.

  But if I try to articulate a common theme for my current beliefs, it is to invest in the future. I’m a strong believer in a good education for all as the foundation of our future. I’m inspired by the possibilities of science and technology.

  Earlier in life I thought I was much more Conservative but the twisted thing is I now say the same things from a very different perspective.

  • I’m a strong believer in family values: every family member deserves equal respect and human rights, every new parent deserves quality time with a new child without regard for work, every child deserves the best healthcare without regard for their parents income, every child deserves a top notch education and the resources to succeed at it, every elderly or disabled person deserves to have their needs met and continue a decent life.
  • I believe in innovation and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. A solid education for all allows each person the opportunity to achieve their potential. A comprehensive safety net lets each person reach for the stars without fear, lets them dare to fail without perishing, allows them to learn from a failure and try again.
  • I believe in self-sufficiency and independence. Every person deserves a basic income to survive without burdening anyone else. Every person needs healthcare sufficient to recover without losing their independence, their savings, or their loved ones. People who choose city life should be able to walk out their door with only what they carry, and get anywhere.
  • I believe in fiscal responsibility. Every investment to look toward the future, build a better society, a better environment, a better humanity
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like how do you oppose bulldozing through the rainforest of Panama, while taking a hard line on everyone’s right to medical care. Yeah a machete and a scalpel are both knives but they’re not both the same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can even easily get takeout if I don’t feel like

  And I’ll take that up a notch. I currently live in a small city outside a large one, and I can walk to get takeout, from

  • American diner
  • Greek kebabs
  • Pakistani kebabs
  • several Indian restaurants
  • several Chinese restaurants
  • several Mexican restaurants
  • at least one Salvadoran
  • at least one Chilean
  • some sort of African thing I haven’t yet tried
  • …… and so many more

  Our new family activity for pandemic was to walk for takeout from the new Punjabi restaurant, and eat dinner on a bench in the town common…… try that in your small town

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When mine is configured for aggressive regen, it slows the vehicle to a stop. You couldn’t push the car, for example

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re certainly welcome to your opinion, doodad that’s one persons shiny new toy that ends up in a trash heap is someone else’s useful tool.

  Personally I could argue my smartwatch is better than my phone: it can do almost every phone can, almost everything I used to carry a wallet for, plus warn me if I’m dead …. And it doesn’t let me waste an evening doom scrolling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, my EV also has neutral and park. It can be very useful to yet the wheels freewheel or to lock the wheels. However no PRNDL shifter control for usability

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, actually a low mode would be useful for exactly this, in exactly the same use cases as for ICE cars. Whatever my regen is configured as, if I’m heading down a steep icy hill, maybe I could use an easy way to maximize regen. Heck maybe my battery is not warmed up yet so I don’t have effective regen, but I could really use it for that hill even if that battery can’t use it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meritocracy"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are. I’m sure there are policies against discussing confidential actions on commercial services. I’m sure there are approved services they could have used, that there is security policy to use. I’m sure no external people would have been allowed to I’m sure they’re monitored for various leaking data. I’m sure there is someone accountable for making it so.

  It’s not just that these are dumbasses who made a stupid mistake, but they are almost certainly so convinced of their own superiority that they don’t have to follow policies that everyone else does, policies that prevent stupid mistakes like this.

  The real problem is they are above the law. They are royalty not accountable to any rules or ethics. That’s the real problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think he represented leaded fuel in aviation correctly, although he wasn’t wrong. It’s an economic and legal issue

  It’s important to understand this is propeller planes only: jets and turboprops always used jet fuel with no lead. The octane benefits to piston engines really don’t apply to turbines so it was never a concern. However commercial aviation is almost entirely turbines. The most active, profitable and by far the largest part of the industry never had a problem.

  Those piston engined propeller planes though… that entire industry was destroyed by litigation and lack of economies of scale in the 1970s. Not only is this a small part of the industry with less profit, not only was the industry mostly destroyed, but now most of those airplanes in active use are old. Very old. They keep flying much longer than for example a car, and there are very few aircraft produced every year. Also note the small volume of fuel used, and lead contamination means this has few refiners and limited distribution: there’s not much profit

  So there have been attempts to develop an unleaded fuel for decades, but why does it never happen? Everyone seems to support the idea. Economic and legal. To support a new fuel, engines potentially need to be modified, aircraft performance certified, and someone needs to take legal responsibility for any problems. Who’s that going to be?

  • Even if there was an approved fuel, and it was available, and the remaining manufacturers took full legal responsibility, and all new aircraft were certified for that fuel, there are so few aircraft manufactured that it would take centuries to replace the fleet
  • Most of the aircraft fleet is orphaned: theirs is no manufacturer. There’s only an owner and a mechanic, and even if there was an approved fuel and it were available, and there were known engine modifications they could make, there’s no way they could re-certify the aircraft with a new fuel nor any way they could cover the legal part
  • Most of the fleet has been privately owned for many decades. We have a general legal principal that things are “grandfathered” to when they are first sold. For example, building codes change every year but your house is still ok because it’s grandfathered in since it complied when it was new. Same with most of the small aviation fleet: they’re good when they meet the standards in place when they were new. In most industries, this is not too bad since there’s turnover but this industry collapsed so completely that there essentially isn’t turnover

  So because of the collapsed industry meaning very little new development or manufacturing, the high legal bar because of safety requirements, the sheer age of the fleet, and the general legal principal of grandfathering, there’s just not enough opportunity to move forward

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  7, easy spitball shooter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not the same animals that need to be controlled, but boar is delicious!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone built a monument dedicated to those less endowed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right wing evangelist installing bollards so no one can corrupt his penis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be honest and tell us what you see⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally missed that but now can’t unsee it. Before your comment I was in team “sword fight”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love cheese. 🧀 Do you love cheese? 🧀😄⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck, I hope you succeed.

  I have to say cheese would be a bigger obstacle for me than meat, and both would be a huge challenge. I already respect your willpower!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Many Americans Really Live Paycheck to Paycheck?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I make what most people here would consider a good salary but am somehow in the ranks of paycheck to paycheck. A huge part of that is supporting a family, ridiculous housing costs, and loss of college financial aid.

  If you reply that I should be able to do better, you’re probably right. However since divorce I was finally able to set aside an emergency fund and start saving the max toward retirement, but financial aid considers those part of the family contribution to my kids college, so I can’t win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. You too might be a criminal, gangster, drug dealing, illegal immigrant that should be deported. If China won’t take you back, we can dump you somewhere else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see them coming for all of us. It’s just not practical to arrest everyone who complains.

  It all comes down to other characteristics:

  • are you someone influential or high profile they can make an example of, to promote fear?
  • do you have any connection to another country, no matter how tenuous, where they can use this as an excuse to deport?
  • are you part of another demographic bias they want to persecute, such as lgbt, where they can use this as an excuse to legally persecute?
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can’t HVAC be made smarter?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried that once but it wasn’t for me. If it’s been cold out and is suddenly warm, I’ll bask in the heat or open windows.

  Actually I’m a bit annoyed that my car does that. I set the car thermostat to heat to a specific temperature but then it also cools to that temperature. I haven’t figured out if there’s a way to set it to heat (or cool) only

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Dog Buddy just turned 4 years old yesterday. I flew home for it. And we give him all kinds of snacks and treats all day long. Question is. Does he actually know its his B-Day or just we are.....⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We always include the dog for Christmas. In my lifelong total of four dogs, they all were uncertain the first year, a little better the next year, and after three were all set to jump in and unwrap their presents. While they have no concept of Christmas and probably no explicit memories of previous Christmases, they do seem to learn year over year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, Lemmy, now I’m “that Dad”. After reading this, I went to dinner with my two teens and one of their girlfriends, so of course I had to bring this up. All three have started working after school and will need to file their taxes this year so they need to know.

  But holy crap is that a seriously uncool conversation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was an entertaining 90 minutes of YouTube! And I definitely saw that face

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks