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@blitzen@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to say rightside up is unequivocally the “right” way, but I’m not really convinced the things you (and others) are saying is demonstrably safer in any real sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  But bulky transformers are a thing, so there’s that. In any case, what would make the ground on top “slightly safer”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  No-one is going to comment on the outlet being installed upside down?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Sweeney Is Still Crying About Steam AI Disclosures⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tim Sweeney is a professional cryer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It shouldn’t be narrowly focused on just video games. Should simply be anything digital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's insane that there’s no sound barrier on these stations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe OP was complaining about the noise the trains make from the perspective of the cars? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's insane that there’s no sound barrier on these stations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been to Chicago exactly once in my life, for just about exactly 24 hours, ten years ago. And while I did ride the CTA, it wasn’t the Red Line. Why was I instantly able to recognize this as Chicago? Rosemont Station on the Blue Line was my hotel stop, and that’s where I thought this was until I googled Garfield Station.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is to tie it to the inverse of the first 18 years. So perhaps [average life expectancy] minus 18 would put it in rough parity with average retirement age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My solution is that any restrictions (voting, holding office) placed on those under 18 also be placed on those older than [average life expectancy] minus 18. That might be too restrictive, so I’d accept 100 minus 18.

  Boomers want to increase the voting age to 18? Sure, but that also takes three years off the other end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This post itself ragebait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course there is. Three or four of those companies you can simply opt-out of, the other two are causing deep societal harm. The fact that you know which two I’m talking about proves my point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For starters, you could learn the difference between businesses you don’t like and those causing unavoidable and irreparable societal harm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I’d accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sacre blu⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a shitpost community. Screenshot here appears to be Twitter and so the context isn’t quite the same. Without context, any shitpost potential it has falls a little flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, fuck these two.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey Ed, what’s the point of fuck you money if you never say fuck you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨great to know!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a friend who works for Google, in a non-computer science department but one that does require some amount of decent computer hardware (compute, IO, etc.) They go through this cycle every year or so; their team uses MacBook Pros because it fits their needs the best -> department heads above them see this and take the MacBook Pros away and replace them with Chromebooks -> team cannot accomplish their goals on the Chromebooks, so they lobby up the chain and eventually get their MBPs back -> … ad infinitum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨great to know!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I carry a phone and small tablet for most things. Having them combined would be pretty cool. Although I have been bearish on foldables since the beginning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Progressive. And I’ve saved enough money to finally switch to pay in full on my next policy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this with all respect; can we not use Gemini or other AI agents as “evidence.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve personally never seen in my own policies any kind of financing when paying monthly. It’s always been policy total / 6 = monthly payment. Then there is a modest (and yes, mildly infuriating) fee per payment. When I said the fee was the cost of financing, I didn’t mean it literally was that, but more of an “effective” cost of financing. I’d love to see someone’s policy that has a financing increase line item.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is indeed mildly infuriating. Do you get the discount AND avoid fees if you auto-pay in full?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fee isn’t for the payment method, it’s for “financing” the cost of the policy over six months. I’m sure that there is no fee if you pay in full.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do Centrists know about electability?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The right wing base does not demand purity tests. Take that as you will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you Whatsapp⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WhatsApp has market share from the momentum gained in countries that didn’t have free/cheap SMS. I too find it wild that it’s the default in most of the world, and it’s super shady and super proprietary. The messaging that we have in the US is far far far from perfect, but at least it’s not Facebook Chat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the AI skeptic in my group, but even I use it occasionally for super targeted stuff. It’s pretty good at finding errors in my excel formulas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I needed that explanation like I need a hole in the neck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely, someone should’ve seen Barb and my acquaintances and give them [first**name**][lastname]@server.com email addresses.

  On a similar topic to your story, my mother worked at a high school when I was young, and in her second marriage her last name was Dick. Only took a couple weeks for her to go back to going by her maiden name at the school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew two D. Adcocks. Their email address must be fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We need a POC on a bill, but Teddy is pretty cool too. My third favorite Republican.