Bytemeister
@Bytemeister@lemmy.world
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 3 days ago:
I don’t think “deportation” is the reich word to use at that point.
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 3 days ago:
Immediate collapse. No one would take the deportees long term. There would be a huge swell in support for the deported people, but very rapidly other countries would shut their borders. The only way to realistically deport that many people is to get them to self deport by intimidating them.
I’m not so sure this question is hypothetical anymore.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 days ago:
“Rollable” solar panels are still pretty stiff. You would need a beefier mechanism to handle the extra forces required. They also have a pretty significant “minimum turn radius” so they would need an entirely new design for their mechanism to work without damaging the panels.
They do make personal solar array with a surface area comparable to your umbrella idea, but those would take days to charge a cellphone, so the char you get walking around for a few hours is negligible.
It’s a cool idea, and would be a fun project to build and show off, but it’s not going to be marketable or practical without a whole lot of development in solar, battery and umbrella tech.
- Comment on This comic hung in my office for years 1 week ago:
For a fair comparison, I need to see the chess program give me my grandma’s family recipe for napalm.
- Comment on This comic hung in my office for years 1 week ago:
There is an aquarium supply store near me that has an open-top mudskipper display with a tree in it. Those guys definitely can climb trees.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 1 week ago:
Self-limiting system. As you black out, the circle gets looser, the Gs fall off, you wake up more, turn tighter, the Gs build again…
- Comment on Spiritual Safety Tip! 1 week ago:
“You should be in church right now!”
“If I was, then who the fuck would be serving you at Cracker Barrel right now?”
- Comment on Spiritual Safety Tip! 1 week ago:
…if they don’t convert you, you’re going to burn in hell for eternity when you die.
Some like it hot. Leave me alone.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
My wife worries about my drinking. I might have 18 cans of beer in a year if I’m really going crazy.
- Comment on Every time 1 week ago:
Yeah. It would be applied equally. Being an asshole “I got mine fuck you” politicians shouldn’t be something we tolerate, regardless of party affiliation.
- Comment on Every time 1 week ago:
I’d like to see a law in place that says if a congressman votes against aid for another state during a disaster, then they must resign immediately after requesting aid for their own state during a disaster.
Put your money where you mouth is.
- Comment on Every time 1 week ago:
Frankly, Cali, Oregon, and Washington ought to form a Western Coast Pact, where if one of them gets unfair treatment from the feds, they all lock down their ports. Trump’s tartif tax on Americans, plus shipping delays and extra shipping costs would make the general public pretty mad at the situation. Hypothetically, companies can (they won’t) absorb tariff costs, but supply line interruptions are immediate total chaos, and can have knock-on effects for decades
- Comment on what 2 weeks ago:
Huh. Usually refurb them and offer them up for free. E-waste recycling is a fancy term in my area for “trucking it across the country to a port, loading it on a boat, shipping it across the ocean and then having a 6yr without PPE burn it and bury it.” Honestly, throwing it in a landfill is less damaging at that point.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 2 weeks ago:
Hah.
That man has never been accountable for anything in his life. Hell, he’s made it to 80 eating solely McDonalds fast food. Fucking colon cancer and heart disease can’t hold this man accountable, what makes you think the spineless ass kissing money grubbers in Congress are going to do it?
- Comment on How can I start getting familiar with the plants, trees and animals around where I live? 2 weeks ago:
It started happening naturally for me as I got older.
It may also be because I married a biologist.
She sends me pictures of snakes to ID pretty much first thing every morning.
- Comment on Spidey Senses 2 weeks ago:
I know they typically don’t bite, and that their bites aren’t dangerous.
Fair warning, they may not be “dangerous”, but from the tarantula breeders I’ve talked to, some can “pack a whallop” which to me means painful as all fuck.
- Comment on Spidey Senses 2 weeks ago:
Fair warning, they have the same problem as rats… They live just long enough for you to get really attached to them. Lifespans are about 1 year for males, and up to 3 for females.
But, if you like them, you can always get a tarantula, which can live much longer.
- Comment on If this seems exaggerated to you then you haven't worked in IT long enough 3 weeks ago:
Email not in all caps. Clearly fake.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 weeks ago:
Burning it in a discarded toilet next to a truck stop is less disrespectful than this.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve never had a flag out front of my house.
The day that orange fucker kicks the bucket, I’m putting in a flagpole and flying that bitch at full mast.
- Comment on Spidey Senses 3 weeks ago:
Get a pet jumping spider. They don’t eat much, don’t need a large enclosure, you can handle them, and their venom is not significantly to humans (they don’t really bite anyway).
My partner has two of them on her desk, and catching them exploring or sunning themselves is a little happiness boost every time. Image
Here is one chilling out.
- Comment on Uber Eats or something idk 3 weeks ago:
I think you are required to make deflation porn a thing now. It’s like a rule.
I’m imagining some dude getting sucked off so hard he turns into dust or a raisin.
- Comment on Uber Eats or something idk 3 weeks ago:
Biggest reason why I started paying an extra 1k for housing per month… In 5 years, my crappy “luxury” apartment will cost more per month than my house. In 10 years, people will think it’s insane how cheap my house is per month.
Or the country could collapse and my property will be worthless, but at that point I got bigger problems.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 4 weeks ago:
…knee high thistles…
That all you got? Mine literally block the sun.
I’ve got Pine Warblers and Goldfinches up in that shit, and the flowers are absolutely covered in bees right now.
Also my yard sparkles at night. I’ll probably take the thistle down when it looks like its going to seed, since it’s not native, but while it’s providing useful habitat and not spreading, I’m going to let it be.
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 4 weeks ago:
Play with hot wheels and Transformers. Maybe take the afternoon and fold an entire ream of paper into airplanes, one design only, looking for small improvements on every crease, corner and pleat to create the perfect expression of that design.
- Comment on Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer? 4 weeks ago:
Pretty much when the US was the only super power to survive WWII unscathed.
Also, having developed atomic hellfire, and the will to use it (twice), kinda makes you the big kid on the playground.
- Comment on Anon likes trains 4 weeks ago:
Nope. Not at all.
- Comment on What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve had about 9 boosters at this point, and my nuts are so swollen from spike proteins that when I go to Walmart, they accuse me of trying to steal basketballs.
- Comment on Anon likes trains 4 weeks ago:
It’s the noise something makes when it goes over your head.
- Comment on no way right 4 weeks ago:
There are 1.765 million registered voters in Utah. Trump got 883k votes. Kamala could have carried the state by 200k people if they bothered to vote.
Unlikely, but still possible. If people in deep red states decided it was worth it to still got out and vote blue, even if they were going to lose.
