Rediphile
@Rediphile@lemmy.ca
- Comment on There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? 1 month ago:
If I have $250k in shares I can also use that as collateral for a mortgage to buy a house. It would be pretty odd and problematic to be taxed on that like it’s income when it’s not, despite me spending it on a house…because I need to pay it back.
I agree with the rest though. And definitely would love to see 90% for anyone reporting extremely high incomes.
- Comment on Eat lead 1 month ago:
But could he heat up a burrito so hot that even he could not eat it?
If not, that’s pretty weak. But if so, also pretty weak.
- Comment on Literally Nineteen Eighty-Four 1 month ago:
Ur*
- Comment on Krillin 2 months ago:
Some krill are basically the same size as a grain of rice though.
- Comment on Those books are different from how I remembered… 4 months ago:
It’s not 60 for everyone, but it is for some. Everyone has vastly different lived experiences dictating their ‘choices’ of which page.
So yeah, behavioural psych-ish.
- Comment on Those books are different from how I remembered… 4 months ago:
“Welcome to page 60! Just as anticipated, your rebellious nature resulting from your loved experiences left you no choice but to rebel against the rules of the book and pick this page.”
- Comment on Stages of grief 5 months ago:
Beans are delicious. Potatoes/fries are also delicious. They are in no way comparable forms of deliciousness.
That would be like trying to replace my love of alpine skiing with gothic literature.
- Comment on Stages of grief 5 months ago:
I really want someone to sell legit butter but marketed as ‘I can’t believe it’s not margarine!’
- Comment on Loyalty 5 months ago:
No one in their right mind would disagree with your position.
- Comment on Thanks, Google 5 months ago:
In my experience many recreational motorcyclists specifically seek out curvey roads as they are fun. Am I missing something?
- Comment on Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis breaks 25% of the law. 5 months ago:
Cannabis as a whole is federally regulated.
- Comment on Anon can’t have a factual argument 7 months ago:
There are as many or as few races as we decide to make up at any given time. There is no scientific basis for drawing an objective line between racial groups. And ‘mixed race’ people like me just fuck it up more and more as time goes on.
- Comment on Anon can’t have a factual argument 7 months ago:
I feel like there are at least 12 people in Iran… Maybe even 13
- Comment on Pro-Tip: you can discover things other people have known for centuries 8 months ago:
I discovered a nice Thai place in my neighborhood recently… Although yes others knew about it, it was still a new discovery to me.
- Comment on Anon catches feelings 8 months ago:
Going into anything with low expectations is usually best.
- Comment on You will certainly not regret 8 months ago:
The regret is the missed second beer due to consuming saltines for no reason.
- Comment on You will certainly not regret 8 months ago:
Yes. Just like all recommended calorie intake figures include the calories needed to process the digestion of food.
- Comment on You will certainly not regret 8 months ago:
I’m currently at hour 47 of only beers, no food and no water. Can’t say I’d recommend it.
- Comment on temperature 9 months ago:
I was in a sauna at +95 Celsius for several minutes the other day. And within the same week I felt -35 Celsius cold on my bare skin.
Both could kill me provided a bit more exposure, but they don’t instantly. Meanwhile, +4 Celsius can also cause death by hypothermia pretty easily in the right circumstances.
So, while I like the idea, I think implementation will be hard as there is no clear death number on either end of the spectrum. Not to mention humidity, clothing, exertion, level of hydration, etc…
- Comment on temperature 9 months ago:
The freezing point of water seems a hell of a lot more relevant to what humans consider ‘cold’…which is why it’s the zero. The boiling point of water isn’t the zero in Celsius after all.
Also ‘cold’ as a concept is often represented with symbols related to frozen water such as snow flakes and icicles.
- Comment on Hollywood Keeps Reminding Us Why We Need Physical Media More Than Ever - IGN 11 months ago:
No I just memorize all the ones and zeros. /s
But yes, you are correct. I still feel it’s important to remind people that the only alternative to streaming isn’t like DVDs or vinyl records or something.
- Comment on Hollywood Keeps Reminding Us Why We Need Physical Media More Than Ever - IGN 11 months ago:
No need for physical media when it comes to file sharing. But if you really hate the environment so much, I guess yeah… sure, physical media accomplishes something.
I haven’t deleted any downloaded content in about 17 years now.
- Comment on A rant about an experience I had with Google maps today. 11 months ago:
Had you accidentally turned on ‘avoid highways’ by chance? Because the one time that happened to me it was.
- Comment on When people say that apps are stealing your data, what exactly does that mean? 11 months ago:
I was pointing out that the person calling me a corporate teat sucker was they themself one, as evidenced by their use of an iPhone.
- Comment on Just do it. 11 months ago:
You can give them as obviously as you like. Even hand them the physical card is fine. It’s still fraud if they use it without your explicit permission.
- Comment on When people say that apps are stealing your data, what exactly does that mean? 11 months ago:
I also trust Apple less…
- Comment on When people say that apps are stealing your data, what exactly does that mean? 11 months ago:
-Sent from my iPhone
- Comment on When people say that apps are stealing your data, what exactly does that mean? 11 months ago:
And yet I somehow knew Google was collecting my personal info because it was obvious. That’s the entire point of the company lol.
When someone searches ‘big donkey dicks’ in the url bar … where exactly did they think the browser was pulling those results from? Could it be a website… called Google?
It did exactly what it was described as doing it, which is basically no cookies and no user history (for the user or other users of their computer to see). The TV commercials about buying presents for loved ones never implied anything more.
- Comment on When people say that apps are stealing your data, what exactly does that mean? 11 months ago:
When most people talk about companies ‘stealing’ their data, it’s just companies doing what they explicitly stated in the terms and conditions and these people agreed to.
The whole Google incognito mode drama right now is a great example of this. It literally always said ‘incognito will not prevent employers, websites you visit, or your ISP from collecting data’ when opening a incognito tab. So yeah, obviously Google also knows what you are looking up and they never implied otherwise at all.
- Comment on UFO believer Ashton Forbes falls for $3k scam with fake evidence 11 months ago:
Anyone good at guarding themselves against people trying to fuck with people doesn’t become a conspiracy theorist in the first place.