zxqwas

@zxqwas@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My girlfriend is keeping me a secret from her family. Am I stupid for feeling upset about this?⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I can understand her hesitation if her parents are on the conservative side.

  You live in a free country but until she is 18 the parents have a lot to say. Even after the age of 18 and moved away from home she has to consider their wishes or risk having her family refusing to have any contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is something you like to tell people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to have a lot of these. Not sure where I lost my need to tell anyone about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you do them a disservice. But it’s your life story and your choice.

  I can certainly appreciate your lack of appetite for being an activist. I have a mild aversion to activism even for causes I support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As you are doing it you never realize⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking the same but I realized I am not sure I have a computer with a CD drive or a mother board that supports my old IDE drive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d also have to solve the problems of them working with each other instead of against each other.

  What happens to your blood pressure? Do they beat at the same time then how do you mitigate the pressure spike. You now have twice the capacity your blood vessels are meant to handle.

  If they don’t beat at the same time how do you make sure blood does not just go back and forth between the hearts, but actually does something useful?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You mean it gets worse?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah when I grew up I was a confused bag of hormones who had not yet learnt to deal with anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You mean it gets worse?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know, I’m more and more satisfied with life the older I get

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an acquaintance that have their own "password system" that involves having a "core" set of characters, plus a few unique characters for each site; Is that system safe?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than a lot of other methods. What are you protecting, from who and how annoying would it be to recover if it went wrong. I don’t use a password manager because I’d lose the file for sure and it would be just as inconvenient to recover as if someone hacked me. I also don’t have any sensitive stuff. Work on the other hand I have a password manager.

  The lowest hanging fruit is using a leaked/hacked/stolen list of accounts/emails and passwords and trying them on other sites. You should be safe from that.

  If you have sensitive information someone would be willing to break the law and spend a few thousands of dollars to get you’re not safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I rent a botnet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d double check that it’s legal.

  Also you’re giving money to people who usually does not do legal things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Books don’t require power or any complicated electronics to be of use.

  Mostly an advantage in some apocalypse or stranded on a deserted island scenario.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd choose 4 tbh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
  6. As long as i can stop smiling at funerals. I’m not unhappy but more is better.

  Then 4. 5. Or 9. Are my options.

  I’ll probably take 9. I have enough money today but I’ve been disciplined with my spending my entire life. It’s just something that I can stop thinking about.

  4. Or 5. Would just be vanity, but if I’m happy I don’t really see the problem. Maybe 2. So I don’t have to think about that either.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s usefulness is in it’s simplicity, not in the accuracy or precision at an individual level.

  Especially if you like lifting weights you can get some wild errors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what language would be best for me to learn?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  French is probably the most wide spread. Mandarin has most people, but only in one country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you list the average democrat voters priorities vs democrat leadership priorities?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Voters: economy, as far as maintain and increase their living standards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can keep it at what you consider an acceptable level then it’s fine.

  In my case I tend to go from keeping an acceptable level for a few weeks, then one becomes two that becomes three and then I’m back at the original unacceptable level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like riding a bike. If you’ve never done it it’s going to be hard but give it a few hours of deliberate practice you’ll be fine.

  And again like with a bike you should probably practice away from traffic to begin with…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In my country they have enough support from both the left and right leaning voters. Also a vast majority of voters think there are more important issues to deal with.

  Some parties (we have 8 with >4% votes) have an ideological position that we should abolish momarchy. No party is actively campaigning for it, because it’s seen as unimportant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Causes corrosion.

  Causes circuit boards to swell and deform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you show me the numbers?

  The numbers I found unsubsidized gas is about USD0.5/kWh and battery is USD150 per kWh. This is a 10 minute search so the quality of those numbers are dubious, I’m prepared to have my mind changed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were still more expensive than fossil power on standby last time I looked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would legal procedure change if every citizen eligible for jury duty was aware of jury nullification?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t think it would substantially change.

  Most people believe most laws are somewhat reasonable.

  Besides it works both ways. A jury could vote to convict a person they believe to be not guilty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds expensive.

  And the chemicals decompose into what? How do you get whatever they decompose into out of the water?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For the factory workers in the industrial heartland it will be good.

  For the general population it will be bad.

  The idea of manufacturing more, cutting budget deficit etc may be a good idea. The way they go about it with trade wars pissing off countries usually friendly to the US is dubios. The DOGE and internal politics does not seem much better but that is not really any of my business as a non American.

  Also if you want to cut deficit you should fund the IRS more, not less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t find it annoying and I certainly don’t know a lot.

  I know a lot about my narrow field of expertise and hobbies. I’m ignorant about so much useful knowledge and skills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux help and actual pros and cons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First step is to check protondb if your favorite games are somewhat reasonably easy to get working.

  Most work fine. There are some that are outright broken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are popes always really old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Because you can see his previous work and determine if you think he is suitable for the job.

  2. If you make a bad pick he will see himself out soon enough anyway. Pun not intended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, why would I?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  16 you’re getting close to the age where you have to learn from your own mistakes.

  A responsible 42 year old is better than a 17 year old that deals drugs anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He is also be 81 by then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unlikely any bigger conspiracy or billionaire will try. They could wait 3.5 years and not have to bother with anything illegal.

  MAGA candidates don’t seem to do well without Trump, so even if a republican wins it’s unlikely to be whatever this is.

  If he is somehow allowed to take a dump on the constitution and get a 3rd term, maybe.