andrewta
@andrewta@lemmy.world
- Comment on Should I just lie on job applications and say I have a college degree? 1 day ago:
Valmund used to be Voldemort but got caught lying and had to change his name. So yeah this is a bad idea.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
I like this. Explains it fairly well
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 3 days ago:
Tell your mom you and her need to go to a therapist. Maybe a therapist can help to figure out how to move forward. Then tell your dad the same thing.
Maybe some of what was going on behind the scene will come out.
No one on lemmy will be able to give you a good idea of what to do or how to move forward.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Just curious what sort of abusive behavior
- Comment on If not intentially a minority and I get into a fight and I did not know they were gay, palestinian, jewish, or whatever. Can I still be charged with a hate crime? Or does one have to know first? 1 week ago:
As others have said. No you shouldn’t be charged with a hate crime. You didn’t know they were gay.
But let’s be honest when do facts like that matter when it comes to prosecutors that just want a win in the court room. So they might just charge you with the hate crime and destroy your name publicly. Then ask if you’d like a plea deal before it goes further.
- Comment on If not intentially a minority and I get into a fight and I did not know they were gay, palestinian, jewish, or whatever. Can I still be charged with a hate crime? Or does one have to know first? 1 week ago:
Or maybe it’s a hypothetical question
- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 1 week ago:
It’s like most technology today. You just randomly keep pressing buttons until something happens, then memorize what you did to get there. There really is logic in most of it.
- Comment on Why does (human) organ trafficking exist? 1 week ago:
Exactly. Too much demand and not enough supply. People get desperate and will look for a way to buy the organ.
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 2 weeks ago:
Dry, stale, over priced.
Wouldn’t bother.
Just donate the money directly to that Girl Scout group.
- Comment on Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines? 2 weeks ago:
As much as I hate AI, you be amazed at how many times I’ve gone to a search engine typed in a question of how do I do X?
The search results when I click on the webpages may or may not be right half the time the people who designed the webpage didn’t put allthe information in so the information is either incomplete or wrong.
The AI result at the top of the page more often than not is actually correct.
- Comment on If my county passes a new tax for um lets say a new jail. They staff it and build it and everything with the tax money. How come it seems the tax is there forever? Why not get rid of it when built? 3 weeks ago:
Simply put because they want more money. Even though the jail is paid for at that point. They’ll just keep the tax and keep collecting and then spend it on something else.
Want to hear something that’ll really piss you off? Every year or a couple years and they’ll replace furniture and computers in city offices that need to be replaced. It’s totally in workable condition but they’ll spend the money anyways. Their argument is well if they don’t spend the money then they won’t get the same budget next year so they have to spend it now and yet the reality is they don’t need the equipment.
Then the city turns around, spends even more money on other crap they don’t need and then raise your taxes. Claiming They need more money.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Bunk bed. His mom was always on top.
- Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online? 3 weeks ago:
North central part of the US
- Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online? 3 weeks ago:
To me there is nothing wrong with asking or stating what country you are from. Unless you are from a really tiny country it doesn’t really matter if you state your country. For example I’m from the US which doesn’t tell you anything really about my exact location.
The US is about 3,000 miles across. That doesn’t included Hawaii or Alaska. It’s about 1,582 miles from top to bottom of the US again not including Hawaii or Alaska.
So my saying I’m from the US doesn’t give up much really but it gives people an idea about something about me and my heritage.
- Comment on Did I just dream this? Wasn't some kind of Steam app available on PlayStation some time ago? 4 weeks ago:
He’s asking about Steam not streaming
- Comment on Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon? 5 weeks ago:
Dragon. Not sure which type though.
Might just go with Tiamat.
- Comment on Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon? 5 weeks ago:
With a dragon any backyard is your backyard.
Never mess with a dragon. You are soft, tender and taste good with ketchup.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Still needs more context.
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Is this a reward for something?
Are you saving a life?
No context no answer
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
It’s literally saying everything. It’s a seven day ban. After that go on back.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 5 weeks ago:
Oof
Lol
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 5 weeks ago:
This is probably the most realistic answer. Either you die quickly or you’d wind up, spreading some major contagious disease that nobody has a defense against and wipe out a huge section of the population.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 5 weeks ago:
I like your style. If you really wanna have some fun, don’t name the United States as the United States, but name the year and then say something to the effect of the most powerful nation in the world will come under rule of an authoritarian individual who has dreams of becoming a dictator.
- Comment on Linux help and actual pros and cons 1 month ago:
Here’s what I did. I got an external USB drive and I installed Linux mint on it. That way the windows drive inside the computer was left alone. Worst case scenario I just reboot the computer go back to windows. I was I was up and running.
Once I had Linux Installed on the external drive, I then installed steam on the external drive.
I play Guild wars 2. I did not buy the game through steam. I bought it directly from the maker of the game. So what I did was, I went Guild wars two website. Downloaded the executable, which is obviously Windows executable to my Linux computer. And told Steam to run it as a non-steam game. I just had to make sure I went into the settings for steam and turn the compatibility for the game on. Once the game was installed into Linux . I then just ran the game under steam in Linux no big deal. Works flawlessly.
I had to copy all of my music MP3 files over to Linux, That’s not hard to do.
Linux meant as others have said is very friendly for new users. It’s basically plug-in play. I have a printer made by brother that worked out ofthe box. The only thing I’ve never been able to get to work on that printer is on the physical printer itself there is a button called scan. It doesn’t work under Linux for me. I even went through the brother company to get tech-support. They said the drivers are installed and everything is set up correctly, but the button still doesn’t work. They say it’s something to do with my firewall, but I’ve pretty much given up on that.
I ran it that way for better part of seven months. Seven months being from when I first install Lennox to the external drive to now. Over the weekend I actually formatted the drive on the inside the computer and just installed Linux there.
You see the problem running on an external drive is it runs slow as hell. I mean to bring up a web browser. Can take you a minute and half. But I did it that way just so I could test Linux without destroying the windows install in case I did something wrong. But everything works fine. I can do what I want so there is no point in running on the slower system.
Linux mint has a package manager, Think of it like add remove programs. Only this package Manager has a ton of programs that you can add to the system. It goes out to the Internet and find these programsand then categorize them under games, music graphics, etc. And all you have to do is just click on the program then click install and it just takes care of it.
Strongly recommend trying mint as your first step into Linux.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Look at the number of up vs down votes. That should tell you where the thoughts are of others. Have a nice day.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
“Not obligated”. Tell that to the teen who wants to live their life but is stuck home every Friday night to watch their siblings.
Can they help once in a while ,yes.
But too many parents become seriously self entitled, and before anyone claims I’m not that old, so how would I know? I’m over 50. Fair amount of experience with entitled people.
And not calling it baby sitting and trying to call it “taking care of the sibling” is just splitting hairs.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Not sure why you are getting down voted. You have a point
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 1 month ago:
Thank you
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 1 month ago:
Yeah your instructor taught you wrong. Think about about it. Unless you turn your blinker on to let people know your want over how is anyone going to give you enough space to merge in? If I give a three second follow distance and you merge into that space you are quite close when you pull in front of me. That’s a way to create road rage or an accident. Because I’m probably not going to see your blinker if you hit the blinker and move. You need to hit the blinker to let others know you want to move then check for space.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 1 month ago:
To be honest this just creates problem. Put a loud chime on it so it starts singing after a while. What we have now is a tech that allows people to signal to short of a time potentially creating accidents
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 1 month ago:
Personally that tech shouldn’t exist. People rely on it and don’t give others around them enough time to realize a lane change is about to happen.
Turn it on. Let it blink a few times to make sure others know you are moving. Change lanes. After you are in the lane then turn it off.