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- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 1 week ago:
Most people in Europe rent. It actually has advantages over owning depending on your situation.
- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 1 week ago:
They mean anyone with more stuff than they have.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
BMI is sketchy and at the boundary points doesn’t take build into account. Still, at large BMIs it does reflect a general fat burden.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
No, the reason people are fat is diet and lack of physical activity, they just don’t want to give up their lifestyle. Nothing changes “calories in vs calories out”. Saying it is “glandular” and such is a way of defending your drug of choice, food. If you keep a food diary you quickly realize how many more calories you are eating than you admit. Now changing that is tough because every fiber in your being is fighting you and it requires a multipronged approach. I know people who have lost weight and kept it off through diet and changing their attitude towards food (i.e. not treating it like a reward).
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
When I returned from Asia and landed in Denver by how fat everyone was now. I swear I could’ve counted the number of obese people in East Asia on one hand but in the Denver airport I think it would be safe to say about 80% of the people there were noticeably obese. It certainly isn’t due to a lack of food in Asia, they practically force feed you in China.
- Comment on Young Frankenstein is not available for streaming 3 weeks ago:
And once again we see the advantage of owning vs renting.
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
It’s a post post
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Just damage the other posts…
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Yup. And people keep posting from the hottest markets in the US. “I can’t believe the prices in Palo Alto!” Live in a rural area and have a shitty commute like the rest of us.
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Has a nail gun but no table saw
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Clinch them like you are building a boat?
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Reverse them and let him bang into the fence
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
And show him that screws don’t need to go 2 inches past the boards you are joining.
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Omg I just noticed the screws. The guy just bought the longest ones he could find.
- Comment on So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence. 3 weeks ago:
Bet they don’t own a table saw and this is the length the store sold them at.
- Comment on Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old? 5 weeks ago:
Maybe folks have just grown out of most fast food. It is generally too greasy for my stomach now.
- Comment on Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old? 5 weeks ago:
We do enjoy stronger tastes as we get older.
- Comment on There is one uncleared level remaining in Super Mario Maker, with 18 days to go before the servers shut down 8 months ago:
This?
“Tool Assisted Game Movie” tasvideos.org
- Comment on Thank the EU there’s a prominent “Reject” button nowadays 11 months ago:
Put a button saying accept all or make you go into a 2nd screen where you have to pick what you want. Guess what most people do to get it out of the way?
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
I know people who don’t use a password manager so every time they have to type in a pw they have to go through the reset process.
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
“My computer hates me” I’ve heard that one
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
I have to constantly explain to my wife that if she can’t reach a website it is likely on their end and there is nothing I can do until they fix it. I explain there is a chain of connections involved and me sitting and staring at her laptop for an hour isn’t going to fix it.
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
The majority of people are genuinely thankful for your help. Sometimes they put off asking for help until they are very frustrated and you catch some of that heat but they calm down quickly. They also really like it if you have to sit down and work on their computer because it means they have an excuse to not work and have some coffee. There always seems to be that one person though that you dread helping because they are always pissy and sarcastic and blame you for everything.
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
I had this with a person who said their screen stayed blank no matter what they did. I came down, saw the power light on the monitor was off, saw the plug was not plugged in, and fixed it. She was very embarrassed.
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
I hope they installed the waterproof version
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
Googling problems with Windows I find the majority of the results are MS support telling them to reset the OS. No attempt to debug the issue just nuke it and see if that fixes it. Then you read the next comments and inevitably they say “Nope, didn’t fix it”. I really dislike scripted responses like this.
- Comment on IT support work be like 11 months ago:
I’ve been on both sides of it. One of my favorite IT moments was changing to a new phone. I couldn’t access my mail until I did a two factor auth process. Of course they emailed me my code to unlock my email. Good thing I also had a pc at home with access to my email.
Then I was supporting a lab. One woman was clearly aggravated when she called. She said no matter what she did her screen was blank. I head right over and just look at it for a few secs. I check the lowest hanging fruit solution first and see the power light on her monitor isn’t on. I see it is unplugged, plug her monitor in and problem solved. I’ve never seen a more embarrassed person than her. lol
Networking has to be the most thankless job in IT. You are invisible when the system is working, which is 99% of the time. It stays up like that because they are monitoring it and maintaining it behind the scenes. When it fails though the failure can be catastrophic for everyone, we literally cannot do any work without it. Then everyone’s eyes, and criticism, is on them.
- Comment on Are mall Dojos more common these days? Given the vacancies. 11 months ago:
From b&m to online and back. The cycle of life.
- Comment on Are mall Dojos more common these days? Given the vacancies. 11 months ago:
Yup. Sitting at home and just accumulating stuff without going out gets boring
- Comment on Are mall Dojos more common these days? Given the vacancies. 11 months ago:
They overbuilt. Outdoor malls aka “Villages” are the trend now and are doing well around my area.