kent_eh
@kent_eh@lemmy.ca
- Comment on How come there aren't any moral geniuses? 2 days ago:
Being able to operate at expert level in one area of endeavor doesn’t guarantee that you will be at that same level in all things you do.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 6 days ago:
“it’s tradition” isn’t much of an explanation
It’s not a moral answer, but it is an accurate answer.
- Comment on Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles 1 week ago:
Want to go farther? Fine! DC fast charging is, in fact, fast
Sure, but those need to exist at the appropriate locations, ans be maintained in working order - neither of which is the current reality in a lot of places.
Add to that the lack of availability of affordable EVs and you are going to have the slow adoption we currently see.
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I was planning to get an EV of some sort the last time my vehicle needed to be replaced, but there were none available at the time that fit my budget and my needs.
I still intend to have one relatively soon, but the practical realities are still an impediment.
- Comment on Does Instagram or YouTube Shorts get you? 3 weeks ago:
If you’re coming up on an hour or more, you should really look at that script again.
Depends what the video is about.
If it’s a how-to demonstrating a long and complex process, then it should be as long as it needs to be.
But if it’s a political rant, then yeah, get to the point already.
- Comment on Just 2 people. 5 weeks ago:
and that every church should house two homeless people
Not even directly house. Even helping support those 2 people would go a long way toward demonstrating that churches actually do some good.
- Comment on This grocery store charges a hefty handling fee and asks for a tip when using online ordering. 1 month ago:
until we actually hold these giant companies accountable
Got any practical method of doing that?
- Comment on This grocery store charges a hefty handling fee and asks for a tip when using online ordering. 1 month ago:
Fuck off with the tipping bullshit already.
Pay your damn staff properly and stop trying to guilt your customers into subsidizing your cheapness.
- Comment on Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program you run, and when and where you ran it 1 month ago:
Updates forced at inconvenient (or inapropriate) times aren’t a good thing though.
Don’t interrupt my work right bloody now.
You can update later when I’m done doing what I’m in the middle of.
- Comment on What horrible errors are people like you guilty of? 1 month ago:
If enough people “don’t understand the question”, it’s probably a bad question.
- Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot. 1 month ago:
It’s not hard to detect when the standard includes the phone indicating what it’s doing to the carrier.
- Comment on Not buying a shaver from Philips again.. 1 month ago:
Is the charge voltage the same on both?
- Comment on What would happen if all of humanity don't need to work any more ? 1 month ago:
Time to grab me some Soma and check out who is on the carousel tonight!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
In 2024 there have been more “mass shooting events” in the US than there have been days in 2024.
One that happened 7 years ago isn’t top of mind for most people.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
A man that feels he has nothing to lose is a dangerous thing.
Especially if he has easy access to large quantities of weapons and ammunition.
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
they used random cloth ones and the surgical looking ones. The
While not as good as a properly fitted N95, they are still more effective than no mask at reducing the spread of airborne particles from the wearer.
Remember that masks were always mostly about protecting others, not so much about protecting the wearer. And I think that’s where the loudest resistance came from - selfish people who don’t give a fuck about the wellbeing of other people.
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
Science is often communicated to the public via either companies, politics, or the media. Which al have their own interests and issues in representing “scientific facts”.
Science is communicated using whatever means has an audience.
Science is also communicated much more precisely and accurately in scientific journals, but those generally aren’t easily accessible to the wider public.
Do you have a suggestion to how we might solve those 2 overlapping problems?
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
what’s the reason that public is cheaper
The number of middlemen is removed and their profit motive is removed from the equation.
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
People act like their mamas never told 'em to cover their damned mouths when they cough or sneeze
Nor to wash their hands before eating (or even after going to the toilet.)
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
Flat earthers and moon landing deniers have entered the chat…
- Comment on 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G mobile data made some sens as it represents generational leaps in the technology itself but then Xfinity wants to advertise "10g" internet... 2 months ago:
Wireless “G” labeling has always mostly been marketing want anyway.
The actual technology has used more pragmatic (if less marketing friendly) terminology.
- Comment on How is it possible to start a business if you have no money and skills, but have an idea? 3 months ago:
Anyone can start a business, but there’s very little chance that it will succeed or even survive very long without money and business skills.
- Comment on Could you stay in the roundabout indefinitely? 3 months ago:
The Motorway InterLane Fuelling system is an invention ahead of its time.
- Comment on If you work for a gig app in the US they make you go thru this charade when doing taxes where you're treated and taxed as an independent business owner. joke country 3 months ago:
Our neighbour is a bad influence on us when it comes to things like business practices.
- Comment on Amazing advertisement for Threads by Instagram! 4 months ago:
As the number of people who personally had interactions with the OG Nazis continues to reduce toward zero, the people who are following that same fascist ideology will start to slither their way into influence and the whole cycle will try to repeat.
- Comment on The way this is spelled out really irks me. 4 months ago:
It’s the new truck nutz.
He’s compensating for his poor self image.
- Comment on stupid smart TVs 4 months ago:
I don’t care what’s “important” for some random marketing executive to know about me and what’s happening inside my house.
I bought this device and I will use it how I want and not how these predatory bastards want.
- Comment on What's the deal with buying single cans out of a multipack at a bottle shop? (Australia) 4 months ago:
That’s going to vary by jurisdiction.
Where I am, retail can only sell in the package sizes provided from manufacturer due to various labeling (and other) regulations.
The cans in a 6 pack are labelled differently from the ones intended to be sold as singles.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Especially in the Middle East and a large proportion of Africa?
Are you aware of Mike Johnson and the people who enable him?
- Comment on YouTube comment deletion is out of control, can't say anything anymore even when completely sensible. Is there a text format (alternate characters) that allows you to bypass detection? 5 months ago:
No one is understanding a very basic point, seemingly.
Maybe that point isn’t being well explained.
Or maybe people disagree with your basic premise.
- Comment on Restaurant Bill 5 months ago:
Or the restaurant should factor labor costs into the price of their meals
This is the answer.