FireRetardant
@FireRetardant@lemmy.world
- Comment on Also the day that the world found out that Hitler had a micropenis. 2 days ago:
Single issue voters have never made any sense to me. I’ve never seen a political party platform that i agree with 100%. I try to weigh out all the party platforms, how they address different classes, issues, and geopolitics. I try to pick a platform that I think has the most potential to address some major issues with the least amount of things I’d want to protest against.
I will vote for a party that is proposing something I’m strongly against if I think many of their other proposals are great. You can still hit the streets and protest the stuff you disagree with even if you voted for the party proposing it.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 5 days ago:
I can vouch that a shower beer often brings my energy back post shower.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 5 days ago:
My schedule changes frequently. On days i start at a normal time i tend to get things done in the mornings. Days i start early i get stuff done after work. I find the best trick for getting stuff done after work is to start right away. Even sitting for just 5 minutes can be detrimental to my motivation.
Part of what helps motivate me is in my area electricity is cheapest between 7pm and 7am. So i try to do things like laundry early in the morning and i try not to use my computer much until after 7pm. Even my wifi is often off during daytime hours (i live alone and work away from home). I know the savings are minor, but i find that extra financial incentive is all i need sometimes to wash the dishes at 6:30 pm and relax afterwards.
- Comment on Arguing for the car as a good method of transportation is like arguing that having personal diesel generator to power you home is a good idea 1 week ago:
We currently pay to maintain car infrastructure regardless if we own a car or not. Per mile traveled, transit is far cheaper to maintain than roads are.
- Comment on Arguing for the car as a good method of transportation is like arguing that having personal diesel generator to power you home is a good idea 1 week ago:
Frequent tranist. Missing a tram is no big deal if another is coming in 5 minutes. It needs to be a tram with priority tracks and signals so it stays on schedule.
Missing a tram and losing 5 minutes is the same as hitting a couple extra red lights or being delayed due to construction or a collision. Planning to arrive a few minutes early fixes any issues you would have from possible delays.
- Comment on Arguing for the car as a good method of transportation is like arguing that having personal diesel generator to power you home is a good idea 1 week ago:
You’d have a hard time driving through that snow as well, so there are snow plows and such that make the road drive able. Most places that accomdate winter cycling have dedicated snow equipment for the dedicated cycle lanes.
- Comment on Arguing for the car as a good method of transportation is like arguing that having personal diesel generator to power you home is a good idea 1 week ago:
These systems would probably work a lot better in Canada if Canada built half decent transit. Many of those trips could likely be replaced with decent transit, freeing up cars for trips more specific to that use case.
- Comment on Arguing for the car as a good method of transportation is like arguing that having personal diesel generator to power you home is a good idea 1 week ago:
Sorry, you drill and process your own oil for your own fuel supply?
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 2 weeks ago:
It depends where they are, how well you cleaned, and what you got rid of, probably some luck too. In my case bites were not frequent at all. There are methods to kill them without chemicals by subjecting them to certain temperatures as well.
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 2 weeks ago:
I had what i suspected were bed bug bites and a few times they would bite in a cluster somewhat similar to this. I moved out of that apartment and haven’t noticed any bites since but never actually confirmed i had bed bugs.
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 2 weeks ago:
I was thinking the same. I’ve been bit by a lot of things but never recall being bit by a spider (at least while conscious). Maybe 1 or 2 bites I’d believe but 5 would be incredibly unlikely.
- Comment on #environmentalist 3 weeks ago:
The lead ones are more expensive but improve the flavor of most beverages.
- Comment on Banana 3 weeks ago:
I’ve got 2 bad things
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The included wrapper isn’t very rigid and can split and mash around. I’ve had several bananas turn to paste if they are forgotten about in a backpack or work their way to the bottom and end up crushed by other items.
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Fruit flies.
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- Comment on Banana 3 weeks ago:
I have a buddy who likes them so green they are nearly crunchy
- Comment on do it cowards 4 weeks ago:
Its just a Smart Pipe rip off
- Comment on No fears of AI and job loss 4 weeks ago:
With the rise of dead internet theory, comment bots, and bots in games, one could argue AI still mimicked them
- Comment on Is airtags really useful? 4 weeks ago:
My work uses one to kinda track my work van. It seems to be less about surveillance and more about they know what end of towm I’m in or how far along my scheduled jobs i am. It probably isn’t that accurate as they rely on apple devices to ping but i don’t own any apple products so it just relies on any iphones i pass while driving
- Comment on Share your poops! 4 weeks ago:
This one was a bit ahead of its time, if it debuted 3-4 years ago or later i think it would have gotten even more attention and views.
- Comment on Share your poops! 4 weeks ago:
Now with SmartPipe integration
- Comment on If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not? 4 weeks ago:
I’d say lying is not a great idea if its someone you’d like a sexual relationship with as they’re going to find out anyway. That said the right answer is all about context. You could spin it playfully and use the find out type of lines or stay mysterious with something like “a man can’t share all their secrets”. If you’ve got the confidence you can give them an accurate number or idea of size visually. I’d bet the confidence/delivery of the response matters more than the actual number for most people.
- Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem 1 month ago:
100% agree. If whoopi goldberg had chose their name for gender purposes, i could see them getting hate and being told it’s a stupid reason etc.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 month ago:
I use spotify and i was very reluctant to start. Eventually i caved because i wanted an algorithm to help me find new music and for the most part spotify does a decent job at that. As things get more expensive it will be one of the first things I’ll cut out.
- Comment on Gen Z job crisis: Maybe there are just too many college graduates now 1 month ago:
Some people aren’t great at white collar positions. I work trades and my boss’s grandson is a teen who is very smart and works hard on some jobs, but he struggles in school. White collar positons for people with high energy or long term focus issues can struggle in them. We aren’t able to let the robots do everything yet so we still need people to work trades. Schools should be providing quality pathways to both.
I think the bigger issue with the trades is the overtime culture and excessive hours most of them face. With better hours with the same pay i think the whole industry and workers standards would benefit.
- Comment on Gen Z job crisis: Maybe there are just too many college graduates now 1 month ago:
There were entire generations told diplomas were the only path to success and only “stupid people or drop outs” would do trades or jobs without a degree. Anecdotally speaking, most of the people I know who have jobs paying enough to purchase a house are in the trades, and most of them have phenomenal job security due to being hard to replace with another worker.
- Comment on Shh 1 month ago:
The lab is a much more controlled environment. I trust a lab tech to dispose of the tips as per protocol, which could reduce the number of tips that end up as litter.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Pretty sure its just hate and the vast majority of them don’t even know what medical science can do for a trans person. The vast majority of people who transition do not regret it which leads me to believe the treatment is more than some depressing impossible goal.
- Comment on Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief 2 months ago:
Its all because the heat pump moves heat instead of making it. It can be hard to grasp until you understand the refrigeration cycle. It almost feels like a cheat code.
- Comment on Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief 2 months ago:
What I’ll probably try to do is install the AtA heat pump first. Then I’ll do the plumbing for the in floor heat and hot water on demand before doing the AtW heat pump. After that i might upgrade my floors to something with better thermal mass. I’m gonna do as much work as i can myself. I’ve only got a 600 sqft floor to heat and I’m just gonna install pipes under floors from the unfinished basement/crawlspace. The I’ll seaI the basement with professionally done spray foam.
- Comment on If spiderman shoots webs from his wrists would not the tension of shooting and swingiing up a skyscraper pretty much break his wrist? Also why SpiderMAN shouuldn''t it be SpiderTEEN? 2 months ago:
As others have mentioned he does have super strength but i would argue thats not the whole of the story. He is usually moving with the web not being tugged in random directions so the force would be similar to swinging on a rope swing, which many normal people do without breaking their wrists. The tugging would be more likely to dislocate or rip off rather than break. Most broken wrists occur from bad angles of the force or from landing on the wrist, not from a tugging or swinging motion.
My anecdote to contribute is i once had a rope wrapped around a solid object in a lake. The other end was loosely looped around my wrist while i was on a pontoon boat. The driver was backing up so we could do some measuring and i ran out of rope, it damm near pulled me off the boat but my wrist not only stopped the pontoon but kept it in place against the motor breifly without breaking. Its all about the angle of the force.
- Comment on Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief 2 months ago:
Heat pumps have really come a long way. I’m planning on installing an air-to-water heat pump for hot water on demand as well as powering in floor heating. I’m going to pair it with an air-to-air heat pump to provide instant temperature increases if desired and cooling during the summer