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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people eat this?⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, that’s like “milk toast “. My dad used to make that but looking back it’s likely from lean times on the farm when he was a kid…… put some milk on the stove, briefly dip slices of bread, then serve with a giant pat of butter. Also clearly influenced by the farm he grew up on being a dairy farm

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How/why does Microsoft teams exist?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the real issue is the idea of a “collaboration tool”. You could argue the only such ambitious tools I’ve tried are lotus notes and Microsoft Teams, and both were horrible: lots of services but in an ugly ui with poor usability. Teams and unreliable phone and notes didn’t have it at all.

  It’s much better dealing with a set of tools containing better implementations of the feature you want. Maybe it’s just not useful trying to cram that much functionality into one tool.

  And yes I’ll name names, I currently get much better results from

  • zoom for calls (especially with their generated summaries!)
  • slack for texting
  • files in a variety of tools specific to the need
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How/why does Microsoft teams exist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep up the pressure. We went through the same thing, but after a year of Teams misadventure, except finally realized the savings wasn’t worth it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How/why does Microsoft teams exist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you actually tried Teams? It stands above all the rest for number of issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually like this example. All too often we hear a kernel of truth, “the moon rang like a bell”, without context or explanation and can just apply logic that that seems reasonable with things we understand without questioning the result

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im stupid but have money⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you want out of it? Owning adds responsibilities and costs. If you don’t have a reason to own other than you can, why take on those responsibilities and costs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not realistic. Taxis barely exist in small towns and rural areas. You might try to claim that ride shares could respond to actual usage and they do in urban areas, but the one time my kid tried that it was a 2 hour wait. Also not realistic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Adequate transportation is a need for anyone living independently, and yes we share expenses for common resources including needs that don’t serve us personally. If my contribution can go toward a physics lab that only serves a subset group of students it can also go toward taking that serves a subset of students

  My taxes and tuition are paying for literally billions of dollars for stuff at my states public university system that I never use. It’s a great investment giving us one of the best education systems in the country.

  No one said parking is the only solution. Buses work decently even at everyone else’s expense, but if you’ll read my responses you should see I advocate for going further, even at everyone else’s expense: many universities are even better served by trains. There’s a difference between advocating only one solution vs advocating for one solution that works now vs one you hope eventually works. And both are far better than just depriving a subset of people of basic transportation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That may be fair in an urban environment where there is little space and there is transit or walkability, but you can’t just wish it into existence by making a few lives harder.

  In particular, many universities in the US are in small town or urban areas. They’re great at not requiring cars to get around campus. But students should also have a way to leave campus or even travel, or have a choice to commute from cheaper or better housing. It’s not a prison and they don’t control their surroundings

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re assuming that’s a realistic option. I’d also prefer it, but in the meantime we have to deal with reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My taxes and tuition are paying for literally billions of dollars for stuff at my states public university system that I never use. It’s a great investment giving us one of the best education systems in the country.

  The picture doesn’t say where they are but my youngest is at university in a rural area about two hours drive away. They have plenty of land for parking and it’s tough to get anywhere off campus without a car. More importantly I need to take a full day off work to drive him back after break, when he could get himself there if there was a spot to park

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are models that can run on raspberry pi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure no one is going to think an in-game now c is real

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How far do you wear your daily shoes out before bothering to replace them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even crazier when you started working from home at least part time since pandemic, so the shoes you’d normally wear to work get little use.

  I got divorced about five years ago and still have a closet full of shoes I apparently needed but they’re all unworn so I might have a lifetime supply

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there no instution or person that Trump go after? Or we are all just screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I can give an overly pedantic answer, it’s not him. I certainly never give such a vile human being a pass but …… his advisors have their own agendas. At least some of the evilness is their agenda and Trump is either the sock puppet, was bribed, or just doesn’t care about anyone besides himself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good night sweet prince⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oven cleaner chemicals are toxic plus cleaning an oven manually can be physically demanding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good night sweet prince⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Modern ones document some sort of steam clean process that is not as bad, but I haven’t yet tried it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good night sweet prince⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of those MCiGA dudes - Make Cast Iron Great Again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t, and shouldn’t try. Spending time in moderation is more important, so limit that. Sure when they’re little you have to open restrictions over time but keep the focus on recognizing ai slop and understanding the issues with it.

  Sooner than you think, they’re watching is out of your control so it quickly becomes critical for them learn about

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the ICE raids coming up at a very faster rate, do we need more self-defense (or community defense organizing) classes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More accurately I’m more pessimistic about direct resistance. Even if you’re kidnapped out of the country, at least you’ve survived and have hope. That law is on your side, so if we ever get back to following laws ….

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you ever had a shave in a barber shop or spa?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They must have misapplied the tits

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you ever had a shave in a barber shop or spa?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fine, how about “I have a great set of styling skills but am also willing to show off my personal appearance to maximize tips”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the ICE raids coming up at a very faster rate, do we need more self-defense (or community defense organizing) classes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is they succeeded partly by being the bigger force. You can do that when the enemy is a small local police force with the weapons of that time. However it’s not the same when it’s a larger militarized federal force that is already claiming “total Immunity”.

  If they have the overwhelming force and believe they have no limits, escalating will only escalate their response.

  But legally they don’t have “total immunity”. Legally there are limitations. Legally there are civil rights. Pursuing it through the courts is slow and uncertain, but much more likely to succeed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the ICE raids coming up at a very faster rate, do we need more self-defense (or community defense organizing) classes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Something may be better than nothing but escalating without hope isn’t better.

  It’s a bad idea to attempt force against overwhelming force.

  You’re much more likely to get good results by surviving and following through in the courts. Your strength is knowing your rights, filming everything, ensuring it’s clear on video when those rights are validated.

  For example, you may not be able to physically prevent an illegal search. But you can film it. You can make it clear that you do don’t consent to a search (while not physically interfering with their illegal activity). You can ask about their warrant. You can even ask for their grounds for suspicion. When they are on video violating that, it’s pretty damaging evidence. That won’t help you in the short term, but it will help in the future. If there is due process, you may get any evidence obtained illegally dropped. You can follow through with a civil rights proceeding. It won’t be fast or easy but you’re much more likely to eventually get justice, than any fantasies of violent resistance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the limits to masked so called ICE agents? Are they just let off the hook and disobey laws while not identifying themselves? Why can't I be in the right by them stopping me first and shoot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could be in the right. You could be legally correct. You could even survive. But who is there to enforce the law? Where are the consequences?

  ICE is not above the law but when the people charged with upholding the law and investigating abuses are the ones encouraging it, what can you do?

  Calling them fascists and authoritarians didn’t come from nowhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the limits to masked so called ICE agents? Are they just let off the hook and disobey laws while not identifying themselves? Why can't I be in the right by them stopping me first and shoot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Arguably ICE got all that extra funding because they were most willing to use immoral and illegal actions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without getting into current politics can someone describe to me what an authoritarian regime looks like?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, we’re crushing it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without getting into current politics can someone describe to me what an authoritarian regime looks like?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about most of these - nationalism is not necessarily authoritarian. Maybe authoritarians frequently use nationalism as one of their tools to keep the population in line

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Carney giving Trump the bird is obviously not the play

  Maybe if it were gold plated, and labelled “peas prize”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is could you get any of those manufacturing jobs?