NarrativeBear
@NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
- Comment on A WHO official says the US-built pier in Gaza not sufficient in delivering aid to Palestinians 6 days ago:
Is it just me or don’t European trucks look better then North American trucks? Probably safer for pedestrian traffic as well as automobile traffic, as the driver does not have his sight lines obstructed by the front hood.
- Comment on The only way things can get better is by acknowledging that things aren't as good as they could be 1 month ago:
Absolutely, though I do wish more of the public and local governments would follow this type of mentality. Seems like most local towns and cities have lost this.
Seems like everything’s more along the lines of “if it’s not completely broken, then don’t bother fixing or even improving it.”
- Comment on As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play ads when I pause a video 2 months ago:
Until they pull a Microsoft and start throwing ads into the paid model as well.
Or like all the other streaming platforms that had add but you paid the subscription.
- Comment on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths 2 months ago:
Some of us are 30-45 and not 6-16
- Comment on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths 2 months ago:
Cars linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths.
- Comment on Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. 2 months ago:
I’m allergic to fruits, penguins are not real, demons scare me, I’m not into sexual things, and its too warm where I am to wear mascots. Windows I have no issues with.
- Comment on If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time? 2 months ago:
Good point on the taxation, as taxing automaton may result in less incentive to automate.
IMO the Star Trek type utopia would only work if we had replication technology like they have in the show. Those machines that essential make anything you want from food/water to material things out of thin air.
- Comment on Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. 2 months ago:
For a moment when you look at the chest it seems like there’s a six pack.
- Comment on Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. 2 months ago:
Can we opt out of windows?
- Comment on If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time? 2 months ago:
I believe OP was referring to a utopian Star Trek style UBI where all things are provided with matter replication. Essential life at that point is the betterment of ones self and evwyone around them.
But you are correct in our world currently UBI would work more as a cushion or buffer. It would ideally allow individuals that are stuck in jobs they hate, to move to jobs they actually enjoy and are good at.
It would mean less fear of loosing a job and give workers more power. You would not be able to live on the wage at your current life style, but it would allow you to at least survive in someway if you lost your job.
I believe the best way for something like this to get implemented is by taxation of businesses that have automated they workforces. For example a car production line has removed human roles and replaced them with machines, or a store removed cashiers and replaced them with self checkouts.
- Comment on If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time? 2 months ago:
Its funny that basis things like working plumbing, or access go clean water could be considered luxurious.
I would keep my current job as well but take a day off each week (instead of one of my weekend days) to cleanup my surrounding neighbourhood. I would probably use the extra income to repair some wood benches, buy paint to cleanup graffiti on walls, and throw down grass seeds along local trails.
- Comment on FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote 2 months ago:
I give it a 4 out of 7
- Comment on Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone 2 months ago:
- Comment on Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone 2 months ago:
Didn’t I pay for the OS?
- Comment on How do I fix this? 3 months ago:
You can cut them with a multi tool if you have one, no harm in that. You essentially just need them out of the way so you can put new nails.
- Comment on How do I fix this? 3 months ago:
Take off the drawer handle (the two screws), this will release the wood drawer front from the drawer face plate.
Once you have this wood you can fix it back to your drawer with a L- bracket. If the wood is broken too much on the side, you can replace this part with a piece equal in size and depth.
Like others suggested, pull the nails out and then add your new drawer front, nail it back in (or use screws, pre-drilling your screw holes). Then put your face plate back on.
- Comment on What would be a good glue to repair this spatula with that wont he toxic or come undone in a dishwasher? 3 months ago:
This right here unfortunately, the glue will cost more if you only use the glue once. We live in a world where items are easier/cheaper to throw out then repair.
Though I guess the cheapest thing you could do is drill a hole on the backside with a drill and put a screw through it. Only a short screw that goes into the cylinder/shaft.
- Comment on I wonder if the aliens are as amused / shocked by what goes on in Florida as we are 3 months ago:
This fight here, am alien can confirm
- Comment on YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google 3 months ago:
Best feature so far
- Comment on What is on your "things to 3d print" list? 3 months ago:
2 new dresser legs, a handle for a dryer.
Pretty much replacement parts for things around the house as much as possible.
I am even in the process of printing replacement parts for the 3d printer as well as backups in the event something breaks.
- Comment on Linkwarden - An open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and preserve webpages | March 2024 Update - Support for Sub-Collections, Bulk Actions, API Keys and more... 🚀 3 months ago:
I would find this interesting and useful as well, especially as one of the things holding me back from ditching chrome all together is all my bookmarks.
Would love to somehow import them all into linkwarden to have a centralized bookmark location.
- Comment on Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court 4 months ago:
Not sure exactly what companies store these frozen embryos, but if the company closes or you pass. How are the embryos disposed of?
Does the company need to keep them frozen and alive indefinitely? Or is it murder if they are terminated by the company? What happens if the freezers/cooler breaks? Who is responsible for the now classified murder?
- Comment on What exactly do they want us to do? 4 months ago:
Guess there is not enough pack out and pack in signes installed around the area.
Seriously though, Everest should start requiring expedition groups to bring down bodies of any of its members that drop dead. Though it may be difficult if conditions are hostile and such.
Litter is definitely a huge issue on the mountain unfortunately. Individuals should bring down more than they brought up.
- Comment on The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years 4 months ago:
Less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years sounds like most video games now.
- Comment on What exactly do they want us to do? 4 months ago:
Everything you bring with you, you take back with you. This includes the bodies.
Jokes aside, it’s just good manners to always leave an area cleaner than you found it. This means pick up after yourself and anything extra you find in the area.
- Comment on Colorado funeral home owner kept cremated remains of at least 30 people, police say 4 months ago:
Got to stock up
- Comment on St Vincent and the Grenadines court upholds laws criminalizing gay sex 4 months ago:
Why can’t people just let other people be happy.
As long as what you do does not cause others physical harm or have the potential to cause others physical harm then all good.
- Comment on Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought 4 months ago:
E-waste, I say no to these same as I say know to straws, or plastic forks for takeout.
- Comment on Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton 4 months ago:
Mega was my option for family photo storage. Mainly used for instant upload to a shared folder between all of us.
As an added step, with some automations, my NAS server (TrueNAS) would sync my mega photo album to my local Nas storage. Files older than two years would be purged from mega and archives on my home NAS would stay intact.
Since then though I swapped mega out with my own personal self hosted nextcloud instance.
- Comment on New York City files a lawsuit saying social media is fueling a youth mental health crisis 4 months ago:
Our parents told us tv would rot our brains growing up, and now we grew up and tell our parents to get off Facebook as it will rot their brains.