mechoman444

@mechoman444@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A truck bed with a tonneau over it is just an SUV trunk with extra steps.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Except you know… That it’s not. A truck bed cover is on the exterior of the truck and can be often times folded over or removed entirely to expose the truck bed. The truck bed doesn’t extend to the interior of the car and is exclusively utility. Tonneau covers help with gas milage and theft prevention, they help things from blowing out of the truck bed. They have a ton of use.

  By your logic anything can be anything with extra steps.

  Your livingroom is a garage with extra steps.

  A cardio-vascilar surgen is a butcher with extra steps.

  Heroin is just like marijuana with extra steps.

  Ext.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. Crunchy roll was always crap. Watching anime in the raw is torture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… is suppose it is a good way to get the wrinkles out… I’ll give it a shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  YOULL GET AN UP VOTE ABD LIKE IT!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What? No it’s not when you practice you expect to get better… The results vary greatly.

  Also one would practice a variety of things that are completely different from each other not the same thing over and over.

  Also Albert Einstein never said that the first recorded use of the phrases is in the 1980s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incorrect?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kid saw an opportunity and they took it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I often have this discussion about DEI on this platform, and someone always responds with, “That’s not how it’s supposed to work.” And you’re right, but what happens in practice and what happens on paper are two completely separate things.

  The bottom line is that these lower to mid level employees are given a list of criteria and very little training in DEI itself. They’re then required to fill these slots so it looks like the company is making progress, when in reality it’s very likely they’re hiring someone underqualified.

  It’s true that many companies implementing DEI have seen an increase in profit margins, but I think that’s happening because DEI pushes back against nepotism—which, in my opinion, is significantly worse than hiring someone who may be slightly underqualified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The easiest thing in the world is not to connect your fridge to the internet.

  Also don’t buy Samsung refrigerators they are truly truly horrific.

  I’m an appliance repairman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My friend, who works as a license renewal and hiring manager at a large tech security firm, once shared something interesting with me. He said that when hiring under his company’s DEI standards, he sometimes had to bring on someone who wasn’t the strongest candidate for the role. The goal was to meet diversity requirements, but the tradeoff was that it occasionally meant hiring someone less qualified.

  According to him, if a hire brought in under those standards didn’t perform well, it could be harder for the company to let that person go. The emphasis on maintaining diversity created extra pressure to hold on, even when performance wasn’t where it needed to be. That situation, understandably, can affect the rest of the team.

  Personally, I don’t have anything against DEI. In fact, I think it helps reduce nepotism, which is a positive. But I also don’t think DEI always works out the way people imagine it will. Like many policies, it has both benefits and downsides.

  The reason I bring this up is because I think it’s a slippery slope when governments start drawing hard lines about who can and cannot be fired. At the end of the day, what tends to matter most is whether someone makes the company money.

  Take my friend as an example again: he’s only required to bring in $250,000 each quarter, but he actually brings in around $4 million. Because of that, he has survived multiple layoffs and has even been moved to different departments, simply because his performance makes him too valuable to lose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Volkswagen is so bad at this! They have phone connectivity but they bog down the infotainment with they’re own crap software. The GPS is so bad it slowes down the whole system. I will never use vw maps. Ever. Just stop!

  And Chevy just doesn’t have android auto on or apple play on their lower trim levels. But they do compensate by integrating Google maps at least.

  Kia is the best though. Minimal proprietary software. Plug your phone in and android auto automatically comes up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also just announced: new patents on covers opening and closing and adjustable legs.

  Virtual Boy games will all release at full price individually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve got to be a bot. Seriously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m assuming you’re the competent one.

  Believe it or not it’s really hard to get people to compare another person to a Nazi you really have to jump some hurdles to do that.

  For example Thomas Midgley, Jr. (Look him up) Is probably one of the worst human beings ever produced by our species and yet nobody really compares him to Nazis.

  On the other hand there is nothing more universally compared to Nazis than our current sitting president his rhetoric and the people that support him including your boy Charlie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not here to hand you evidence or play research assistant. I’m responding because your own tone was condescending and I’m not going to let it stand unchallenged.

  Charlie Kirk was a bigot and a racist. That is not an opinion but a matter of record. His rhetoric makes it obvious and your defense of him makes your position clear.

  If you think I was calling you tolerant or care if you are tolerant or not you completely miss the point of what I was trying to say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your prose comes across as deliberately nice and tolerant, but that only highlights how shaky your stance is. You frame “tolerance” as though it excuses supporting Charlie Kirk. It doesn’t. Using tolerance to shield a bigot and a racist is not a virtue, it’s complicity.

  Opposing Kirk’s rhetoric isn’t hatred. It’s simply refusing to let prejudice masquerade as principle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well. They’ve secured the local woods so we’re good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ya man. Mental health. Your boy Charlie was big in putting homeless people and transgenders in insane asylums.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol! Fantastic. This is wonderful thank you so much for commenting.

  So the big argument is cars and alcohol? Brilliant. Because when was the last time someone walked into a classroom holding a Toyota Corolla in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other?

  Cars exist to get people from point A to point B. Alcohol exists to drink. Guns exist to kill. That is the design. Pretending they are all the same is a false equivalence.

  We also happen to lead the world in school shootings and active shooters. Canada, which looks a whole lot like us culturally and legally, manages fewer gun deaths per capita. Maybe the problem is not cars or booze. Maybe the problem is metal health. Because guns are the end of the day are just tools used by humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course you did. And nothing can away the heroic and amazing thing you did that day.

  BUT! Being at ground zero and simply doing your job as a nurse during a crisis is not the same thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So no. That’s not it. A right is something that is guaranteed by law, such as freedom of speech or running water for your home.

  A privilege is something provided by law that isn’t totally necessary. Like a driver’s license or a concealed carry permit for a firearm.

  For the layman the two terms carry similar meanings but in law they are completely different things. The distinction is important.

  also let’s not get it twisted Charlie Kirk was Luigied.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The man lived and died by his words.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I concur

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  God. Are we back on this loop again?!! Incidentally what is the most selling game currently?

  A game about a bug with a needle? Super violent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

  ~Ben Franklin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I won’t get yt premium out of sheet principle but with the whole side loading crap going with android I might have to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? You just turn it in and let it run… It’ll drain your battery a bit faster but theres almost no effort on your part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ProtonVPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I stopped using Spotify over a decade ago. Now I just use Pandora which is actually still pretty good. And occasionally I’ll use YouTube music if I want to check out a new band or something. But Spotify is pretty usless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. Its grammer. No one says grammAR everyone says it with er. It’s spelled grammar due to tradition and nothing else. Same reason the ph is still prevelant in the English language.

  Ehhhhhh the English language is terrible!