ryathal
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- Comment on Just read an article somebody stole 40k from an atm. How is that possible that an atm carries that much? And is it even possible to get inside an ATM if so? 22 hours ago:
Rough math wise and ATM can easily hold $40k. That’s 8.6 inches of $20 bills, it might be a mostly full ATM, but a believable amount.
As for how easy it is to break into an ATM, it’s not easy, but it’s not impossible. They are designed to be serviceable by a single person, so the doors and locks while strong, aren’t going to hold up to the force of a vehicle or explosives from someone that knows what they are doing. The hard part is removing the cash box, which depending on the machine it can be easier to take the whole machine. Once you get the machine/box to a second location the security is irrelevant.
- Comment on The past 2 weeks really have just been the Democrats doubling down and saying the quiet part out loud. 23 hours ago:
This post is not equating immigration and slavery. It is using this thing called a metaphor. It highlights an issue or argument using a comparison that shares relevant characteristics.
- Comment on The past 2 weeks really have just been the Democrats doubling down and saying the quiet part out loud. 1 day ago:
The US is absolutely importing cheap labor. It’s not even controversial that the H1-B program has been abused to do just that. The AFL-CIO admits immigrants are needed for labor, but they play more coy about the cheap part.
- Comment on Bombs Awat 2 days ago:
The average living room is pretty different than a tropical reef.
- Comment on Bombs Awat 2 days ago:
While these fish would be easy to catch at that time, they will taste like shit. Once they’ve spent some time eating something other than pellet food they taste a lot better.
- Comment on They're called leaves for a reason. 2 days ago:
Leaving leaves also kills the grass under them.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 2 days ago:
We don’t add that level of scrutiny to coal ash which there is much more of and equally dangerous forever. Nuclear is the the only power source expected to address 100% of problems at any point in the future before it can even start construction.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 2 days ago:
A nuclear accident with 1 attributed death and studies showing no discernable increase in cancer rates for residents in the surrounding regions that happened alongside a tidal wave with thousands of deaths is clearly evidence nuclear is bad.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 2 days ago:
What takes decades is the bureaucracy, it can take as little as 3-5 years without the constant attempts to slow it down. We know the plant can then run for the next 50+ years. It needs to be part of the solution because power demand is constantly growing and we need to phase out other sources. Solar and wind aren’t enough and can’t get built fast enough alone.
The alternative option is to just force China, India, and every African nation to stop developing. That would reduce power needs enough that solar and wind would be sufficient.
- Comment on Hate needs justification 4 days ago:
It’s not about hating the guy on the other side because someone told you to. I mean, you should hate someone because they’re an asshole, or a pervert, or snob, or they’re lazy, or arrogant or an idiot or know-it-all. Those are reasons to dislike somebody. You don’t hate a person because someone told you to. You have to learn to despise people on a personal level. Not because they’re red, or because they’re blue, but because ya know them, and you see them every single day. And you can’t stand them, because they’re a complete and total fucking douchebag.
- Comment on You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit 5 days ago:
Maybe one day enough younger people will be in elected that understand computers aren’t magic. There’s no fundamental difference between selling a DVD and a digital movie, from a legal perspective.
- Comment on Disney Said to be Considering a Surprising Replacement for Bob Iger: EA CEO Andrew Wilson - IGN 6 days ago:
But think of your sense of accomplishment in getting the legendary ending.
- Comment on YSK: US Senate offices pay attention to how many constituents are calling them on a topic. Democracy doesn't end at the ballot box 6 days ago:
The real power of the NRA is their membership is mostly reliable voters.
- Comment on YSK: US Senate offices pay attention to how many constituents are calling them on a topic. Democracy doesn't end at the ballot box 6 days ago:
Less than you would think, but it also depends on how you contact them. A physical call is way more powerful than an email. 10 people passionate enough to call can easily translate to 1k people passionate enough to vote about it.
- Comment on Feedback about our name: someone's concerns on sharing 3 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t share a reddit link in that scenario either, but it’s a decent point.
- Comment on Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically? 3 weeks ago:
- Land is scarce where people want to live, it’s always going to get more expensive as more people want to live there.
- Low interest rates caused large investment firms to seek higher rates by being rental owners instead of mortgage owners. This forced up rent to make returns on investment. As the realities of being a landlord are realized this might get better.
- New building nationally wasn’t keeping pace pre covid, but it was by a negligible amount. Post covid, new building is years behind where it needs to be.
- High interest rates now has effectively got people stuck in existing homes, because a new mortgage would be double the payment.
- Inflation happened, 20% of the increase since 2020 is just inflation.
- Short term rentals have devasted the residential market in popular tourist areas, forcing them to charge hotel taxes and follow those regulations is hopefully going to start correcting this.
- Comment on Can you smell what Koalas are cooking? 3 weeks ago:
Is that Carole Baskin in the background?
- Comment on Racism 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t the entire plot of mass effect basically all the other races being a bit racist against humans? They also neutered Krogans, and fought a war to exterminate the Rachni.
At least 40k is upfront about the hate.
- Comment on So bad it was actually entertaining 4 weeks ago:
Most of the failure seems to be having a massive menu that forces over use of frozen foods and massive food waste. Combined with management having no standards, so mediocre food gets worse and service becomes awful, which drives away customers.
Most every rescue is giving them a menu of 5-10 items and establishing basic standards. If kitchen nightmares chose restaurants that weren’t already completely out of runway they would be far more successful. There were way to many places that didn’t have the money to operate for 6 months to even have a chance of turning around.
- Comment on ‘We don’t want aid. We want dignity.’ Air-dropped aid kills 3-year-old Palestinian boy in southern Gaza, family says 4 weeks ago:
It was there for positive PR of Biden helping Palestinians.
- Comment on How does US "early voting" works logistically speaking ? 4 weeks ago:
Here’s an article from 2016 when it was more important.
- Comment on How does US "early voting" works logistically speaking ? 4 weeks ago:
This sounds nice in theory, but there’s a county in my state which hasn’t had a good count in my lifetime. All the collected ballots still get counted, and because the count doesn’t match a recount can’t be conducted by rule. Once ballots are in the box it’s functionallly impossible to determine illegitimate ones. There’s definitely legitimate mistakes that can cause that, but it’s essentially impossible to prove it was fraud and not losing a few stubs, a missing spoiled ballot, or someone just keeping a ballot that were merely accidental.
- Comment on Weather in New York City - December to January 4 weeks ago:
It’s cold, but generally not consistently well below freezing unless there’s a significant cold front which is semi-random as to when it happens, but periods of 1-5 days of extreme cold happen a few times per year. Snow is similar, over the course of a few weeks, there’s a possibility 1-2 days of a significant snowfall, but more likely several days of light to moderate snow that makes cities a mess.
Pay attention to the weather forecast before leaving, if there’s a winter storm coming, expect 1-2 days of not doing much/delays. If it happens to fall on a travel day, you may need to adjust plans earlier or later. You probably won’t have to worry, but being prepared is important.
- Comment on Super hero movies should have more scenes of them accidentally maiming people just because of the sheer amount of power they weild. 1 month ago:
Maybe season 1 of the boys. It devolves into disgust porn in the later seasons.
- Comment on Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track 1 month ago:
It shouldn’t be too hard to clean them with something running on the tracks, but it does seem less than ideal.
- Comment on Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track 1 month ago:
Covering parking lots is expensive and you lose spots to supports and there’s the inevitable car hitting those supports.
Putting panels between rail lines doesn’t need a structure so it should be far cheaper and easier to install and fix, even if they aren’t ideal.
- Comment on Missed Connection 1 month ago:
The raw stainless steel doesn’t help. Just painting or wrapping it makes it look like a real vehicle. It’s still off, but it’s no worse than the cube, Aztec, or other odd cars.
- Comment on Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time 1 month ago:
They do ESO makes anything else the company does largely irrelevant. Same as Blizzard back when Activision bought them.
- Comment on Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing? 1 month ago:
Doing that bankrupted jc penny.
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 1 month ago:
Artificial apple flavor is awful and that is what most companies would use.