FireRetardant

@FireRetardant@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is also CAFE standards that made small, effecient vehicles require extremely high emissions standards while allowing looser standards for larger, less effecient vehicles. Effectively limiting foriegn market influence while increasing both the price and size of the average vehicle on American roads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure big oil and car companies have been bailed out by the US government in the past. Plus america designs most of its cities so that you need to own a car. Seems like both markets are equally “free” at the end of the day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be both, but at least if i don’t catch any fish I’ll catch a good buzz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be time to find another job⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whenever his milk starts going off at home, he locks it up and brings it to the office to see how long people will respect the locks before throwing away rotten milk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue comfort could come after more time together in the right circumstances. Many couples choose to live with one sides parents to save money given the housing shortage many countries are facing. The catch is, this typically only works when both the parents and the couple are respectful of each others privacy and boundaries. This often equates to turning a basement into an apartment with sperate bathroom and kitchen/kitchenette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not okay.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  YMMV but i still see lots right around dusk at the edges of wetland areas. Not denying they are threatened but there are still some places they are able to live and those places should be protected. Wetlands do a lot more for us ecologically and hydrologically speaking than just fireflies anyway and are one of the most important ecosystems to be protected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Art imitates life⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Randy takes off his pants when he wants to fight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cuppa Jill⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Give me a cup of wet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The city is so lively⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  See the thing is, this could be just about any road in any city in north america. We refuse to build real places, just lanes and parking lots

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No looky for you!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Except Alec apparently

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For the little guys.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dragonflys, bats and many other animals rely on that as a food source, then other animals rely on the animals eating mosquitoes. Mosquitoes also spread disease which can act as a natural population control for some species. Everything is interconnected in ecosystems. The animals present, the temperature and chemistry of the water, the depth and nutrition of the soil, the plants that grow there. A minor change can ripple throughout the ecosystem and cause major consequences long term. Some of those changes occur naturally, but for the most part humans change ecosystems faster than they can naturally react.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of respect for Doug Cockle, the VA. He could use the outcry to try to get another big deal and make more money as the main character, but instead he recognizes the witcher is bigger than him or his character and is happy to have another person take the lead role and the spotlight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rare insults dropped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its gotta be, the devs of the game would want you to trust the advisor so they’d make them charismatic and friendly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the conspiracy theories involve that shadow group opressing people, removing rights from people, hiding truths, and transfering wealth to the higher classes.

  A lot of what trump is doing goes along with that. I think this is not solid evidence against shadow government theory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to juggle in the park?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ive seen this a lot and i don’t think it is weird. One thind I’ll mention is people are probably going to stop and watch you, ask questions, maybe even ask if they can try. If that won’t bother you while practicing then I’d say go for it and get out there juggling. You could probably leave a hat or something on the ground and people will toss you a couple of coins just for letting them watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue the DLCs did more than you imply. The extra modes of transit gave more options to move people, painting a custom park area made cities feel more realistic than premade square parks, universities could be a great centerpiece for a neighborhood. Its not like vanilla was unplayable, but the DLC defintely added more creativity for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In wet areas or areas during a snow melt, sump pumps are a big factor. Many people have emergency generators or battery back up pumps if their sump pit has a lot of flow.

  Also rural people will often lose power to their water pumps and disinfection equipment for drinking water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never played cs1 on release, only played after it was nearly 10 years old, but my understanding is it vastly improved over updates and dlc (which unfortunately did cost more but did at least add meaningful changes for the most part).

  Im curious to see where CS2 stands in 3-5 years when mods have really taken off and the devs had made most of their major tweaks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if you feel you can’t get back to sleep, do your exercise early. Maybe it’ll save you time later for a nap or an earlier bed time. I find if i wake and feel decently rested even if its not wake up time i prefer to just start my day there than interupt another sleep cycle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop wasting taxpayer money!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not only health from exercise, but also a reduction in car crash related injuries, and the whole city benefits from cleaner air with less cars on the road. Theres also the huge financial savings because each mile traveled by bike is far less expensive for society than a car mile (road surfacing, signage, registration, traffic enforcement, subsidized parking, less pavement needed for a bike lane vs a car lane, etc)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bros being bros⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You should make it more like 12-16hrs. What if they get drunk and high again at the same time tomorrow?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump crashing the economy, Trump dying from whatever, Vance taking over and taking credit for any kind of recovery sounds almost like its planned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We grow up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He looks like hes 12 in that photo and 35 at most otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sorry I can't read"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nut 5 times back to back, without ever getting soft, who is this super human?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are any calls without caller ID legit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whenever I call 911, my phone notifies my that blocked numbers will be able to call for a little bit after dialing 911.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are any calls without caller ID legit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to set my phone as a private number. I’d have to call customers sometimes to confirm times or discuss jobs, but most customers didn’t need access to my direct number and we’d rather them contact the office than contact me directly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can add self-driving to non-Teslas via comma.ai's "openpilot": an open-source, LiDAR-based dashcam module⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  User choose to install their own software, meaning its now the softwares fault the car killed a pedestrian.

  I’m all for open source but even closed source profit based systems haven’t mastered self driving, this seems a little bit ridiculous to use on a public roadway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When bad guys capture you, instead of torture, they should just have someone charming take you out for drinks.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah they really mess with you. You’re tortured most of the time except those times they clean you up, get you tipsy and send you with the honey pot. Rinse and repeat everyday until one of the methods breaks you or the honey pot falls for you for real and plans an escape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The path we are going is just doubling down on that future. Even if transitioning and slowing our impacts won’t fix things, it could help slow the changes down to a more manageable pace. Doubling down on burning more oil, and overall more consumption, could increase the rate the climate is changing at. It could overwhelm garbage and recycling capacity (this is already true in many places or sectors).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also access to shaving products and accessories is getting easier. Hand held electric razors are getting smaller and can do a lot of the work before a blade makes a smooth finish.

  That said, as a male i hate shaving my privates smooth. I find the hair acts as a natural lubricant, without hair everything either gets sticky or feels slimy down there.