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- Comment on We can play that game too 1 day ago:
As someone who works on private wells and water systems, its always baffling to me when someone with a “hunt camp” more luxurious than any house I’ll ever afford is complaining about the cost of our services. Like dude your “camp” is 2000 sqft and and 200 kms from the nearest city. Yea its gonna cost a bit to make your well water clean, clear, and safe to drink while running on a solar system.
They’ll even start to question my wage and why the bill costs so much (as if i have any say) completely tone death to the struggles of people outside their class. They imply if i was paid less their bill would be much cheaper despite me barely making enough to own my own tiny home and my wages really aren’t a major cost on the bill.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 6 days ago:
Canada was going to have the inequality anyway. The immigration is a scapegoat for the declining quality of life but many policy decisions outside of immigration were already impacting quality of life. The housing bubble and oligarchy/monopoly of major sectors (grocceries, telecommunications etc) are the main issues driving inequality in Canada.
Canada could support its ambitious immigration goals if it were willing to invest in the country to support them, such as extensive public transit overhauls and nationalizing essential services like rail, communications, and energy.
- Comment on Another angle of this modern art installation 1 week ago:
As soon as I saw the image this is exactly what I started doing in my head.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Im my experience I end up with wet dreams well before an erection is going to wake me up.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
It can if they currently have an unhealthy habit or addiction to fapping or porn.
- Comment on In the future, there will be a sad scene of widow watching AI porn of their dead spouse 2 weeks ago:
“Not ready to commit to our full package yet? For a monthly fee we won’t delete all that data we illegally collected while you decide if you want your loved one to be forgotten forever or not.”
- Comment on Zero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issues 2 weeks ago:
Zero tolerance never made any sense to me. When I got bullied and beat up, I’d still get punished, so it basically encouraged me to be violent back since the punishments were the same. It also kinda went directly against all the anti bullying stuff the schools would be pushing for.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 2 weeks ago:
From what I’ve heard, people farthest on the left of the scale can not only picture an object but rotate it too, often while remembering what the non visible sides would look like. The best example i can think to describe this is rotating a rubix cube without mixing up the patterns/colors.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 2 weeks ago:
Are you able to see your memories more like dreams or are your memories more like a vibe?
- Comment on In the future, there will be a sad scene of widow watching AI porn of their dead spouse 2 weeks ago:
Not just that. They’ll offer services where you can text and talk wuth them and they will mimic the decreased vocabulary, voice, and tone. All for a very reasonable, and predatory, subscription fee structure.
- Comment on We all do this 2 weeks ago:
For instrumental rock I like Nick Johnston’s work, IAH is also pretty good. Listened to a lot more artists when i was studying in college but have forgotten many of them.
Justin Johnson is an instrumental blues/country/rock guitarist with a pretty wide range of sounds.
For more classical style music I’ll often just find a playlist but the album that got me into that style was the Child of Light soundtrack by Couer de Pirate. Actually many video game soundtracks and artists are great instrumental music, work from Jeremy Soule is often relaxing and fantasy driven, Marty O’Donnell is known for his work on the Halo soundtracks and has some great instrumental/orchestral rock tracks.
- Comment on We all do this 2 weeks ago:
The music for me can vary, i find music without lyrics is easier to concentrate with. Stuff that sounds classical or instrumental rock/metal is what i tend to play for concentration
- Comment on TFW you get the old gang back together 2 weeks ago:
Trump may be more public and arrogant about it, but its not like that kind of company is new to rubbing elbows with US presidents or administrations.
- Comment on Also the day that the world found out that Hitler had a micropenis. 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks ago:
I can vouch that a shower beer often brings my energy back post shower.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago:
Sorry, you drill and process your own oil for your own fuel supply?
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 5 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? 5 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? 5 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 1 month ago:
The lead ones are more expensive but improve the flavor of most beverages.
- Comment on Banana 1 month 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 1 month ago:
I have a buddy who likes them so green they are nearly crunchy
- Comment on do it cowards 1 month ago:
Its just a Smart Pipe rip off
- Comment on No fears of AI and job loss 1 month 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? 1 month 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