The_v
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- Comment on Damm WaterCatholics 5 hours ago:
The watermelon picture. It’s crunchy red.
- Comment on ‘Not what our roads are built for’: Trump’s hope to see more US cars in Tokyo, London is a hard sell 7 hours ago:
They don’t fit on U.S. streets either. The crew cab, extra long bed vehicles are over 22’ long and over 8’ wide with mirrors.
They can’t park in a regular parking spot of 9’ x 18’. They don’t fit in an minimum parking space size of 8’x16’
Their turning radius with a wheelbase of over 14’ puts them on par with small box trucks. They are difficult to drive, heavy and rarely used for the purposes they are designed for.
I drive one for work but it’s the smallest vehicle I could find that would fit my needs. I am one of the very small minority that actually use it for what it’s designed for, towing, off-road, hauling stuff in the back etc… Then I get home, park it and drive my wife’s small SUV around. It’s so much easier and nicer to drive.
- Comment on Damm WaterCatholics 9 hours ago:
It’s always fun when that one pops up.
Seedless watermelon against catholics -
I took that picture.
- Comment on Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows 20 hours ago:
The bug riddled bullshit they lauch with is never worth what they expect people to pay. I don’t even buy games anymore until they are 3-5 years old. By then it’s usually getting close to an acceptable finished product.
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 2 days ago:
That’s why I have it uploaded to a cloud service but I have the entire collection backed up on my phone, 3 computers and a few miscellaneous SD cards.
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 2 days ago:
Having a collection of music in files that I own has been my go-to for years. Currently VLC says I have 701 hours of music in files on my phone. That’s only 29.2 days worth.
- Comment on You can (probably should) remove personal information from a photo before uploading it to social media 1 week ago:
By default I always turn off the location setting on the camera. I disabled it as soon as they introduced it as a “feature”. I thought it was creepy as fuck and dangerous. Without the location most of the rest of the information is pretty benign.
For example her is the full metadata from a picture I took yesterday.
Aperture: 182/100 Date: 2025-07-30 15:40:26 Date digitized: 2025-07-30 15:40:26 Original date: 2025-07-30 15:40:26 Digital zoom: 1.0 Exposure bias: 0/6 Exposure mode: Auto Exposure program: Normal Exposure time: 4.7824007651841227E-4 sec. Flash: Off Focal length: 5590/1000 35mm focal length: 24 F-number: 1.8 Image width: 2304 Image length: 4096 Lens model: OnePlus 13R back camera >5.59mm f/1.9 Light source: D65 Camera make: OnePlus Camera model: OnePlus 13R Camera maker note: {“PiFlag”:“0”,“nightFlag”:“4”,“nightMode”: “-1”,“asdOut”: [“0”],“apsAsdOut”: [“1”],“apsAsdClsOut”: [“1”, “0”],“iso”: “286”,“expTime”: “0”,“fType”:“50”,“bkMode”:“0”,“aideblur”:“0”,“aisState”:“8”,“algo”: [“65,72,16,19”],“filter”: “:-1”} Lens max aperture: 182/100 Metering mode: Center weight average Orientation: Normal Photographic sensitivity: 80 X dimension: 2304 Y dimension: 4096 Scene capture type: Standard Scene type: Directly photographed User comment: oplus_2097184 White balance: Auto
The only thing they would get is the model of phone I use. Which is essentially public information for every app maker I have installed on my phone anyways.
- Comment on parking 3 weeks ago:
It’s a storm runoff ditch. They are about 20-30cm wide and 0.5-1m deep.
Gotta pay attention when walking around them.
- Comment on M'ananas 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on parking 4 weeks ago:
It is an old Soviet design. Many countries in the old Soviet block states have this. I just about did a one legger down them a couple times in Uzbekistan.
- Comment on Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes 4 weeks ago:
No that never happens /S
I used to work with a supplier that hired a former Monsanto executive as their CEO. When his first agenda came out I told their sales team them they were idiots to have fun looking for a new job a few months.
The CEO bailed after 2 years to start his own “consulting business.”
1 year later the company lost 75% of their market share and was laying off people left and right. They are still afloat barely.
After a couple years “consulting”, the CEO went to another company in 2023. He didn’t bounce fast enough and got caught on this one. He was fired 2 weeks ago and the company shut their doors except for a handful of staff to facilitate the firesale of the companies assets.
- Comment on Hey.. 5 weeks ago:
For me, stopping, getting out, and getting some coffee wakes me up for 2-3 hours. I also listen to audiobooks as I drive to keep my brain working. A good engaging story is better than a nap for me.
- Comment on Brazil's supreme court rules that platforms like Facebook and X can be held liable for user posts, requiring them to remove content even without a court order 5 weeks ago:
The court’s decision also introduced the concept of systemic failure, which holds providers liable when they fail to adopt preventive measures or remove illegal content. Now, platforms will be expected to establish self-regulation policies, ensure transparency in their procedures, and adopt standardized practices.
Pretty sure this would cover Lemmy and most traditional forums as long as they have a written policy and standards that are consistently enforced.
- Comment on The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs 1 month ago:
In 2025 it would be anything above 3.6 million. It’s a ton of money but here’s a list of a few people that hit it.
aflcio.org/paywatch/highest-paid-ceos
Now if they added in a progressive tax rate for corporate taxes as well… Say anything over 500 million in net profit is taxed at a 90+% rate. That would solve all sorts of issues. Suddenly investors of all these mega corps would be pushing hard to divide up the companies into smaller entities.
Wealth tax in the modern age could be an inheritance tax. Anything over the median life earnings of individuals could be taxed at 100%. So median earnings in my area is $65K * 45 years (20-65k) = $2.93 million.
- Comment on The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs 1 month ago:
Taxes can go either way. It depends on how they were written.
The tax code after the Great Depression allowed for massive expansion of public projects in the U.S. It was 63% for the top earners. During WW2 the top tax bracket was at 94%.
When the boomers were all born the tax bracket was above 70% for the top earners. This high tax bracket is what fueled the creation of a large middle class, public infrastructure, schools, research, space exploration, and the massive military buildup and wars. It also acted as an effective anti-minopoly/oligarchy system because the tax system discouraged it.
Then in the 80’s Reagan slashed the taxes for the top earners down to 28%. its never gotten above 40% since then. Most high earning companies have so many exeptions today that the real tax rate is often 0%.
Because of it the infrastructure built during the 50’s-70’s is degrading and falling apart. Public services are declining and the middle class is shrinking as people become more impoverished.
- Comment on Frigging peas 🫛 1 month ago:
sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw058
He did a little massaging of the data.
- Comment on The history of societal collapses are all just examples of Universe 25 2 months ago:
Now I want to see human population density compared to birthrate 25 years later for regions with a current sub-replacement birthrate.
“Losing the social skills required to mate” sounds like many people I know.
- Comment on Remember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend! 2 months ago:
Barrels were reused until they could no longer be repaired or salvaged. Cooper’s had steady guaranteed work for their skills.
Consumption was mostly at the public houses/taverns for the lower/middle classes.
- Comment on Remember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend! 2 months ago:
Well your going to wish you weren’t so curious with this one. Source of this information: several museum visits around 30 years ago after a pint or three, so the info might be warped.
Gin is a double-distilled 40% or higher spirit flavored with juniper + other flavors.
The source of the alcohol was any carbohydrate or starch source. Whatever was cheapest. It was mostly wheat and barley at the time but just about anything else cheap could be used like rye, turnips, etc. For the cheapest rotgut the ingredients was stuff considered unfit for animal feed (rodent feces, insect damage, molds, water damage, etc).
Since their ingredients were highly questionable, their input cost was minimal. Heating was from coal. They also started making larger batches which further reduced down the cost.
Logistics - Canals at this time period was the most important logistic. One donkey pulling a barge could move as much as 50 wagons. Tons of goods were transported cheaply and efficiently on the barges. The gin was shipped in casks/barrels like beer/ale. Bottles were very expensive and reserved for the elite.
Public sanitation consisted of a gutter on the side of the road. The entire city smelled like the open sewer it was.
The gin was not served in bottles. It was served like beer or ale into cups/mugs/communal tankards etc … mostly earthenware, leather or wood.
- Comment on My little guy I have had for 3 decades now. 2 months ago:
Naw I have to keep him small to fit in the space. Eventually I want a house where I can let my poor little guy to grow up big.
- Comment on My little guy I have had for 3 decades now. 2 months ago:
Water + evaporation + water collection tray = salt buildup. Depending on the water source it can take decades or a few months. It’s one of the top reasons not to use softened water on houseplants. The addition of sodium can mess them up quickly.
It’s pretty easy to remove however. I haul the plant outside and run around 50 gallons through the pot in a day or so. You can do the same thing in a bathtub for smaller plants. After leaching the pot always fertilize the plant.
- Comment on My little guy I have had for 3 decades now. 2 months ago:
They just need something to lean against. It’s leaning against the window. Since I never rotate it, it does just fine.
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- Comment on 8 years of RBF 2 months ago:
Growing up in Montana, we had a herd of around 20 mule deer on the bottom fields.
With a little bit of time you can easily tell them apart. There is quite a bit of variation in their appearance; head shape, body size and shape, ears, coloration, etc. When the bucks start growing their antlers every one is different as well.
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 2 months ago:
I had like $9.22 remaining credit from some international calls back in 2002 I was going to use…eventually.
- Comment on Seattle Sets the Stage for Automatic Traffic Camera Expansion - The Urbanist 2 months ago:
I drove over 7K miles last month. I would much rather see traffic enforcement cameras than police cars sitting on the side of the road.
Traffic cameras attempt to document actual behavior with real evidence in an impartial manner.
Most cops are dumb, undertrained, and overpayed parasites on society who have violent and agressive behaviors. Then they sit on the side of the road being bored out of their minds all day. When an accident does occur they mostly stand around directing traffic while the paramedics, firefighters, and wreckers do all the work. Hell the most useful thing I have seen them do is remove debris from the road with a broom and dustpan.
City I lived in had a serious issue with people running red lights at a few intersections. Many fatal accidents and pedestrian injuries happened because of it. They put in a red light light cameras on the worst intersection. The first month it generated over $350K in fines at $125 each. Around 2,800 drivers ran that intersection. Within 3 months the number of tickets dropped to under 20 per month. The number of accidents dropped respectively as well.
- Comment on Kremlin says Russia ready for mass mobilization like in WWII 'at any moment' 3 months ago:
BYOD - Bring your own donkey.
- Comment on To whom it may concern 3 months ago:
When I was first out of college I used to get 8-10 of pre-payed envelopes every week. I kept a PO box for my mail that I would check weekly.
I would have maybe 1 or two pieces of real mail and a full box of junk.
So I started folding up the junk mail I to the 8-10 prepared envelopes every week. This was all done at the counter next to my PO box and dropped mailed back right then.
It was quite cathartic.
- Comment on Tariffs on Canadian goods having a 'devastating effect,' U.S. farmers say 3 months ago:
Actual spread of farmers.
5% intelligent well educated people with an above average understanding of their business.
15% solid businessman with a good understanding of economics and business.
20% mechanics who run large equipment and farm on the side.
60% drooling idiot welfare babies sucking on the teat of government subsidies.
- Comment on Retirees 'stunned' as market turmoil over tariffs shrinks their 401(k)s 3 months ago:
I am thinking we haven’t seen anything yet on this one. This one could decrease the total value on the exchanges by 75% or better.
If the orange cheeto doesn’t reverse course, massive layoffs will begin in 2-3 months as companies run out of cash.
The great depression was so deep and long because they thought tariffs would help them get out of it. Surprise, it didn’t work.
