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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ice cream trucks still around?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear one sometimes, but either it zooms by when I’m not looking or it’s just going to the nearby playground.

  When my kids were little, we tried to chase it down a few times without any luck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Mexican food uniquely good with alcohol or have I just been conditioned?⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Well said, I came here to say something like this not as well.

  But definitely the pairing, the lime in common

  I’d also put Italian food up there as exceptionally well paired with Italian wines. Of course I like margaritas much better than Italian wines, so I rarely go there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer?⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  And a superhero would never mislead you !

  (At least that was true before The Boys showed a much more negative picture of superheroes)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Both heat and humidity. It feels like I went directly from heat to air conditioning with less than a week in between. Today is finally decent weather to turn it off and open windows but it might be only the second time this summer.

  It doesn’t seem all that many years ago that I objected to air conditioning on the grounds that it is expensive and you only need it a couple weeks of the year. But now it’s hard to see living without it where I am

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  We don’t have to agree with China’s politics to appreciate that they did a positive thing. And we shouldn’t have to emulate their politics to get a thing done. We should be able to do it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do dams pregame?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, it’s on my queue. I don’t generally listen to podcasts but a bunch of their titles look interesting . Thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do dams pregame?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So they were relying on 47 year old charts, not updated for climate change, to guide their operations. That seems mighty suspicious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do dams pregame?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for lots of good detail I’ve never seen befire

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do dams pregame?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This needs to be more public

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you have one of these?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Recently dug one up. My older kid is interested in retro tech, so he has the boom box, a record player and a cassette player. He’s started buying vinyl and cassettes, and discovered my old crate of CDs in the basement

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump just made It OK to continue paying disabled workers peanuts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically true here as well. There are both federal and state incentives, so I might have fallen for their reasoning too: it makes sense to protect those job opportunities

  However:

  • those government subsidies are tax incentives, so don’t help the charities that probably account for most jobs
  • state incentives are of course up to the state, meaning some are non-existent
  • it ever actually says how much

  However some key points of the story are evidence that removing the subminimum wage does not reduce employment opportunities: reality trumps feelings. I know the highlighted stories were picked for outrage but it surely outrages me just how poorly some of these people are paid.

  It’s all in the details and apparently our details are inhumane

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is talking 6 AH batteries. If that’s all SiC can do, why would Apple use it in place of current 18AH batteries?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple was never leading edge - their goal is to incorporate when it works well

  But you’re both cherry picking and wrong. There’s huge lists of features on every new phone, you’re picking two and deciding that means no innovation. Take a look at the dozens of other features on models from each manufacturer.

  SiC batteries that offer 6-8k mAh

  You’re complaining about battery chemistry that you believe is innovation, yet current batteries are much larger. Why switch if the technology is not as good yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As an American I’m still not convinced.

  Apple successfully sold themselves as a better choice, the “in”thing - to adults. Most adults I know have iPhones and the ones who don’t seem self-conscious about it. It might have partly to do with Android phones originally sold as the budget alternative. We’re the shallow ones.

  Kids can take their cues from adults: they see iPhones as the “better”, more desired choice. But also take it to the next level, with teasing and bullying.

  I find it hard to believe anyone cares about the color of text bubbles, especially since kids don’t use iMessage, despite all the media making that claim. It’s just an excuse, but the social stigma is real

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The specific request is kind of interesting - when I was a kid, everyone had to wear Nikes or get teased. However for my kids, Nikes were always out.

  Fads always come in cycles

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Competency implies having some qualification other than loyalty, listening to subject matter experts, considering consequences. The result of competency could easily be just a matter of degree and awareness.

  For example, tariffs can be a powerful tool for addressing specific trade inequities or supporting local production, especially in conjunction with other tools. Many US administrations have successfully used them. Only an incompetent buffoon would just throw them down everywhere all at once as the only tool, or as a bullying tactic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And some turnip brain has thrown down a random slalom course of giant boulders of tariffs, terrorizing immigrant labor, and a full clown car of national “leadership” whose only qualification is personal loyalty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts y'all⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When someone says you stand like you have a stick olio your ass, they mean the other way. It should help keep you vertical

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s perfectly legal to install a 240v outlet. They’re most common for electric stoves and dryers, but you also see them for machine equipment in a garage or workshop, air conditioners, electric heaters. There’s no reason you couldn’t have one in a kitchen.

  Finding an appliance to use it might be different. Not only would an appliance for another place be designed for different electrical system (eg 50Hz instead of 60 Hz) but there would be none of the typical certifications and it would have a different plug. Technically there’s nothing stopping you, but you’re probably past the threshold of plausible deniability.

  That being said, it was tempting!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis in the media⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But the question is deaths by car and you don’t need to entirely get rid of cars to make a huge difference.

  • inspections. It boggles the mind that some places don’t have them

  Traffic calming really can work. I’m not talking about speed bumps, but things like curb bumps to narrow the road at intersection while increasing pedestrian visibility. My town’s master plan is driven by accident stats, so every road rework is a noticeable improvement

  A couple years ago my town repainted a two lane road into one lane plus turn lanes. Now traffic is slower and calmer yet you get through that area more quickly. Most importantly it’s no longer one of the most dangerous roads in town

  Most recently they built a median. This was a dangerous intersection because it always backed up so impatient people would blast straight through in the turn lanes, causing accidents. Now they can’t

  And yes, because of Florida Man, my town built medians at every railroad crossing so idiots can’t go around the gates. We never had that problem, but idiocy is contagious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I was looking at the bougie ones then.

  My kettle is glass and stainless, and everyone I noticed was either glass or stainless

  My pour over funnel is silicone. Like plastic but different. Assuming it’s food grade, less likely to be harmful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Best way to recover from a spin is push the yoke to straight down and rudder opposite the spin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, exactly as I remember it … from decades ago!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So does my mom, but hers is really ancient.

  I used to like them but since I got the kettle, I prefer

  • more convenience for multiple cups or for ramen, more flexibility
  • no plastic to drink
  • fewer moving parts
  • easier to empty, dry, put away
  • it looks cooler
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At one point many years ago, there was an fad for a “hot shot” small appliances. I guess it’s a similar functionality to a kettle but with more moving parts. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared though.

  Holy crap, they still exist!

  • …bestreviews.com/best-sunbeam-hot-shot-water-disp…
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone concerned about the quantity of plastics you consume, coffeemakers have a lot of plastic but kettles do not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was tempted. If 240v kettles or other small appliances were generally available, I would have

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. Got it for French press coffee for me and hot cocoa for the kids.

  Realistically I rarely use it and I really can’t claim it saves noticeable time but it’s so simple and and cheap an appliance that i consider it well worth it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you safely film a group of masked armed men while they are in the process of committing a crime, without them knowing that you are recording? [USA]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that it helps the victims but maybe we need a bunch of falsely abused and detained reporters able to afford significant lawsuits.

  I like to think I’d stand up and do it, but I’m white and in a state where we don’t often have such conflict.

  I mean we do, you can’t avoid it with the current administration. However it’s just not as often. Actually a couple of weeks ago one of my city councillors was roughly detained for videoing a gang of masked thugs depriving people of their rights. However while I don’t think it’s as simple as racism, he is Hispanic and that clearly makes a difference