billwashere
@billwashere@lemmy.world
- Comment on Title 2 weeks ago:
Yeah by my calc a 1kg of $100 bills is about 100K, but the kg of gold is roughly $140k-150K (I just checked and its $144K)
But then I’d have to sell the gold…
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
I lost an entire semester of college due to UFO: Enemy Unknown (a.k.a. X-COM: UFO Defense). This was in ‘94. I really need to go look at the later games. But man I loved that game.
- Comment on However you say it, youre wrong. 2 weeks ago:
As long as it’s fucking singular because the other way sounds stupid …
- Comment on Proof that math is real 2 weeks ago:
I’m gonna photoshop this to make it square.
- Comment on Sex Education 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Self sacrifice is honorable 3 weeks ago:
My first thought was how do you test this actually works?
- Comment on Is it just me or does it seem Google is either AI filled or becoming obsolete? Is there an up and comer that can be what Google used to be? Or are we stuck oogling stuff forever? 3 weeks ago:
If you can selfhost I’ve gotten degoog setup and enjoy using it.
- Comment on Find Cow 3 weeks ago:
Sorry….
- Comment on Find Cow 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 3 weeks ago:
I just watched several episodes of He-Man from the 80s today
- Comment on Gymnast stanning JoJo 4 weeks ago:
I bet she’s also really good a twister.
- Comment on Gymnast stanning JoJo 4 weeks ago:
Two things: 1: The strength to weight ratio on this person is off the charts. 2: Why does this anime have such weird poses? I’ve never seen it.
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 4 weeks ago:
It is. Cops are bored that time of night so anything like this gets blown outta proportion
- Comment on New mrbeast video is dark 4 weeks ago:
Ok that makes way more sense.
- Comment on New mrbeast video is dark 4 weeks ago:
I’m assuming the device gets passed on regardless if the button is pressed. If that’s the case, does it have any correlation to selfishness getting punished? Me living or dying has to do with the NEXT person being selfish, not whether I was selfish or not. Unless I’m missing something
- Comment on New mrbeast video is dark 4 weeks ago:
The Dark Knight I believe.
- Comment on Robotaxis can break traffic laws without fines under new California rules 5 weeks ago:
So Robot Wars - Mad Max sponsored by GTA?
- Comment on Before/beforer 5 weeks ago:
Just reverse rhem
- Comment on Call Grandma, we're meetin' at the shitter! 5 weeks ago:
I need this sign since every time I go take a shit my wife and cat decide to have an all hands meeting.
- Comment on They got us by the balls 5 weeks ago:
I’ve been in academia as a student and/or employee for 35+ years and yes so much is a scam.
- Comment on Need a AI update 1 month ago:
Seems like it was just a few days ago I post an internet story about an over engineered toaster….
- Comment on 2/10 people on Lemmy, is that you? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Some of you are too young to know what this is 1 month ago:
You know if this was a real product somebody would have bought it.
- Comment on First the frogs turned gay and now this 1 month ago:
Pretty sure they would never pay for a drink for the remainder of their lives.
- Comment on Should I tell my dad that his mistake almost cost me a fortune? 1 month ago:
There are much better than me in their fields of interest. But they are at the age that they think their parents are idiots (two are in their early 20s… the other two are older and starting to understand).
Here’s an example: The youngest tried to “explain” how some technology works and I had to go all Aslan on him … “Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written”. I’ve been working with computers and tech since the late 70s/ early 80s… I’m not that old just got started at a very early age and was good at it. He’s an environmental scientist so he’s no dummy. He’s just doesn’t quite grasp how much I know about certain things. Folly of youth I guess.
But yes they are better at many things, just not all. And yes I let them know frequently.
- Comment on Should I tell my dad that his mistake almost cost me a fortune? 1 month ago:
This is kinda hurting my head because I’m torn.
I’d want to know if I were the dad. I’ve been in IT for almost 30 years and I make mistakes and learn stuff all the time. It was very likely a brain fart moment.
The tricky part in my opinion is it coming from my kid. My kids are know-it-all assholes 😀 Luckily none of them are in IT.
If I were you I’d let it slide unless it happens again. I’d probably recheck his work a time or two just to verify it was a fluke. But old people retire for a reason. I’m old so I can say that.
- Comment on Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' 1 month ago:
Sounds like an excuse more than a reason.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
33,893.4 miles.
- Comment on Spring break on a budget 1 month ago:
Is this Destination Fucked?
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 2 months ago:
I think both are true. When the media is controlled and the populace is spoon fed bullshit for a long enough period of time, people who lack critical thinking skills eat it up and vote against their own self interests. People are also very unlikely to take responsibility for their own actions and find it much easier to blame others for their own shortcomings, which leads to tribalism and racism among other things. The other major issue is the giant wealth disparity causing a huge imbalance of power and influence. Couple that with the inability to have politicians not beholden to that power and money (citizens united) and you have the perfect storm of bullshit and corruption.
I really think the quote from Agent K in MIB really sums it up.
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals, and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.
Don’t get me wrong, there are people who are just trolls and assholes who are beyond saving. But I continue to believe they are exceptions rather than the norm.
