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- Comment on How much support does the idea of "Mass Deportations" (in the USA) actually have? Do you actually know Americans IRL that support these policies? 4 hours 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 How much support does the idea of "Mass Deportations" (in the USA) actually have? Do you actually know Americans IRL that support these policies? 1 day 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 How much support does the idea of "Mass Deportations" (in the USA) actually have? Do you actually know Americans IRL that support these policies? 1 day 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 How much support does the idea of "Mass Deportations" (in the USA) actually have? Do you actually know Americans IRL that support these policies? 1 day 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 days ago:
For those of us plugging in at home, ads can never happen.
- Comment on Using licence plate readers to track ICE 3 days 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 1 week ago:
Diet M3 I see on auto trader is $73k. That’s where I get off the bus
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 2 weeks ago:
2, 6, 9. Health, happiness, comfortable life.
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 2 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
- Comment on Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work? 2 weeks ago:
Iron man and other Marvel movies started being very science. Oriented, but quickly combined magic or turned to magic
- Comment on Why is it so hard to buy the same toothbrush twice? 2 weeks ago:
Electric are worse. You should still replace the heads regularly, but now you’re dependent on the specific company continuing to support your toothbrush
- Comment on Why is it so hard to buy the same toothbrush twice? 2 weeks ago:
This is way too true of way too many things.
How about sneakers? I need orthodontic sneakers so it’s not even a fashion thing. I finally found a pair that doesn’t make my feet hurt … you have a customer for life. Oops, those are no longer made
too many spoons disappeared, I want to buy more. Nope, that pattern was discontinued right after you bought the set.
Or even just packaging? I pve always bought this product and you have a customer op for life but I don’t see the product I npdont see it. There’s something of the same brand: Is it the same, or do I need to search for a new thing
- Comment on I'll go first 3 weeks ago:
Plus if you let us know where your hide-a-key is, we’ll bring the pizza in for you
- Comment on Apple TV+ is painful as fuck 3 weeks ago:
As someone in the ecosystem and who has no interest in watching on Windows, works for me.
- smart tv app just works
- iOS/iPadOS devices just work
- subscription is trivial to manage on iOS
My objections were
- do not like using smart tv apps
- FireStick does not have an AppleTV app
- I was set to try an Apple TV device but the current version was released 3 years ago so I have been hoping for an updated one
- shows were outstanding but it had less content than other streaming services
- Comment on Hollywood doesn't want you to know this secret. 3 weeks ago:
My teen wanted to go to a movie until he found out it was $17.50
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Have they seen how far right our left is?
I would vote for communism or most socialism either, but our left really has to move back to the left
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
We can though. Yes it was a minority of a minority and not likely to have made a difference. I blame everyone who voted for the end of democracy, human rights, rule of law, but especially those who voted most against their own interest
Latinos and people from West Virginia. wtf did you do that for. You’re the people hurt the most, but you’re taking the rest of us down with you
- Comment on Dammit dad 3 weeks ago:
It was that hoity toity deer family walking by, with their white tails in the air like they’re better than us. We had to go out and “mingle”, show them we belong, help them understand the real hierarchy in the woods - but we got tired of chasing that vanity and took a while to get back
- Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code? 3 weeks ago:
You’re assuming ai writes useable code. I haven’t seen it.
Think of the ai more as a writing assistant, like autocomplete or stack overflow but more so. The IDE I use can autocomplete variables or function calls, but the ai can autocomplete entire lines of code or entire unit tests. AI might try to fit an online answer and related doc to solve a problem I’m seeing. AI might even create a class around a public api that is a great starting point for my code. AI can be a useful tool but it can’t write useable code
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 weeks ago:
I would have thought the opposite. I remember having a familiar conversation: “we need a sanity check in the password: what would no sane person do?” I believe we cut it off at 64 characters, but I can see someone thinking 24 is kore than enough, if they’ve never used a password generator.
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 weeks ago:
Even worse, when you can’t figure out why, or how to configure the generator, then end up having to type your own anyway
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 weeks ago:
Wasn’t it one of the first us govt encryption algorithms, operated on 8 byte blocks?
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 weeks ago:
I’ve seen this behavior too, I forget where. For me it was a bit easier since the fields displayed a different number of stars. I did spend too long trying to figure out how my password manager could be failing that way
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 weeks ago:
- Don’t hold back - everything gets a unique email address, a generated password, unique username and profile info.
It’s only the damn phone number that can be used to connect my data. Can’t do anything about that.
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 3 weeks ago:
To me the anti-vax thing is the worst “flat earther “ theory.
- if you do the math, you see vaccinations are an overwhelming benefit, second only to public health efforts as the most benefit to health at the least cost and danger
- if you have a basic understanding of contagion, it’s clear that avoiding vaccinations is antisocial, anti society. Personally I think should be criminalized. Where else are we allowing personal choices where someone gets injured or killed and the perpetrator faces no consequences.
- we all know how ridiculous the autism claim is. Even if you fell for it at the time, it’s been shown ridiculous for half a century now. Why would you cling to this?
- conspiracy theory? Really? Consider how many people would need to be involved in that conspiracy. Ask yourself: for what purpose?
I suppose I’d by not being first in line for a new one. There are manufacturing and logistical issues with any new product that might affect what you get