AlDente

@AlDente@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean scrambled porn, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Amazon Echo graveyard⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also have the TimeStack and it’s great. However, my one complaint is that there’s no external power switch, and therefore, seems to use up batteries quicker than it should.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot moderation could be coming to your town⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I must say I don’t like the idea of a social-credit-score bot.

  Regarding your implementation, I saw the summary of your own comments elsewhere in this post and I noticed all the annotations were on upvoted/blue segments. Other summaries you posted focused more on negative/red segments. Would it be possible to enforce a minimum of 1 or 2 from both categories?

  Also, would you be kind enough to read my tea leaves? Am I an acceptable citizen of the Lemmy community?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the coming flood of AI-generated content might actually free the soul of Internet⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No funny allowed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the coming flood of AI-generated content might actually free the soul of Internet⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, it was a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no perfect vacuum, even in deep space. In the space of our Solar System, there is on average 5 atoms in every cubic centimeter. In interstellar space, there is on average 1 atom every cubic centimeter. In intergalactic space, there is on average 1 atom every 100 cubic centimeters. It’s a gradient, but much like the perfectly straight lines and flat planes in the original question, perfect vacuum is a theoretical construct that is impossible to achieve in our reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brought to you by the vertical mouse gang⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was experiencing some wrist pain at work so I had my employer buy me one. If you have real ergonomics concerns, you can always try that route.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s proper etiquette to use the wording from the title when posting an article. OP did everything right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat-pump water heaters are a winner for the climate — and your wallet⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just installed one recently. Got $500 back in a rebate frome the electric company and will get 30% back in taxes at the end of the year. I haven’t had it running long enough to see what the average electric bill reduction will be; however my last bill (and first full one with the new heater) was my cheapest in the 5 years I’ve been here. I don’t expect it will take long to pay for itself compared to the highly inefficient 20-year old model it replaced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you think people aren’t printing firearms with an Ender 3, you are a fool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix is planning to raise prices… again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And my Kodi!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My first snake plant brightening up the place as the days get shorter. 🍁⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck yeah! Looks great. 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope everyone here is having a wonderful day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothesis: Insufficient moderation tools lead to instance protectionism, which leads to a decline in the overall discussion quality on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, some people would complain about bringing back zombie threads, while others whine that people didn’t use the search feature to find existing threads on the topic. You can’t win either way with forum gatekeepers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For what it’s worth, I’m not the one downvoting you. I appreciate your perspective. However, if nobody can retire without the ability to pay $200k/year, very few people will ever be retiring. I believe working with patients in these terrible situations, has created a form of selection bias were you don’t see the successful retirements. Not everyone needs a Fat FIRE, and I would prefer to live frugally and retire early vs working away my life until a regular retirement age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  To add to this, you are also expected to withdraw more year after year along with inflation. If your safe withdrawal rate allows you to withdraw $40,000 on year one, you can withdraw $40,800 the second year (assuming 2% inflation). Dispite this increase, your portfolio should still grow. If you are withdrawing all of your gains, you are setting yourself up for failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No, you always take less than the increase. This is why most FIRE plans revolve around living on 3-4%. The gain percentage minus withdrawal percentage should ideally leave you with a number greater than the losses due to inflation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a long way of saying your “best-case scenario” is actually a worst-case scenario.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re ignoring that your balance will increase over time through interest and stock gains. I believe this is historically around 8%, exceeding inflation.