Bustedknuckles

@Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the right answer. USA is first-past-the-post voting, so vote/campaign for who you love in the primary and vote for outcome in the general

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3211: Amperage⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, ~zero impedance house circuits won’t do anything bad to normal electronics - it’ll just make sure no fires happen in your walls. I do almost all home wiring in 12 gauge and larger for this reason

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨had a great birthday yesterday⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I get confused almost every time I read the other CNC

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨💀🌈🙏🌈💀⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a comedienne that stuck a line in my head " I’m attracted to men, but I don’t find them attractive"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gambling/crypto is all risk, porn is risk-free reward

  If people have more alluring alternatives for cheap dopamine, maybe video games can prioritize satisfying gameplay and narratives. Play has value, that’d be ok

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t imagine microwaves chasing me down an alley tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess worry depends too on how good an empire is at coming into being. You can argue that the Russian special operation is pretty damn ineffective (relative to expectation) And less dangerous than if Putin was marching toward the Atlantic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love big tech to lose

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you see gooner bait here after coming from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, language is fluid and meanings change

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is down for many users in major OpenAI outage - 9to5Mac⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “it’s not just you”? It’s not even me. I wonder how many complaints there were - would be a good metric of actual usage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m old enough to have played SimCity and there was a satellite power supply that only sometimes would miss the receiver and incinerate a swath of the city. Good times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can beat factorio with extremely inefficient gameplay, layout, etc. There are two achievements in that sort of “taught” me how to play better. First was the one that limited how many items you could handcraft, and second was the speedrun achievements. Both were doable but forced me to automate more and plan things out in advance, and I can’t remember any other game’s achievements that qualitatively changed how I played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In a fan of neti pot, despite how weird it feels, but be sure to read up on proper use (salt and sterile water!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Israel’s “Samson Option”: The Nuclear Target List that includes American and European cities…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not so sure about that now that I consider it. Military loves contingencies. If USA were to get invaded by Russia or China and somehow was losing and no one helped us for some reason, wouldn’t we threaten Europe or Canada etc? I can see crazy contingency plans being drawn up for dire circumstances

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Israel’s “Samson Option”: The Nuclear Target List that includes American and European cities…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it ok to want genocidal States to end?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Israel’s “Samson Option”: The Nuclear Target List that includes American and European cities…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They target “allies” if they’re not "ally"ing hard enough. Threatening the world to get what they want

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a real, actually working way to earn money online without having a job?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an ETF, you can buy as much or as little as you want. My understanding is that they take their money and sell options (covered calls) with at-the-money strike prices on NASDAQ. Each month, they pay out dividends, something like 1% per month (bit over 12% on a yearly basis). So if you park 100$, you get like a free dollar per month, or 12 per year.

  It’s not hugely popular because you pay short term gains taxes on the dividends, a lot of tech does better than 12%, the shares can decrease in value if NASDAQ goes down, and if you wanted to (and had the startup cash), you could do the exact same thing without paying the ETF fees - buy 100 shares of QQQ for 62k, then sell a covered call for a month out, rinse repeat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a real, actually working way to earn money online without having a job?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you parked a million dollars in QYLD, you’d get about $120k per year (pretax) in exchange for your contribution to society of “having a spare million dollars”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baby boomers want to axe property taxes. Millennials and Gen Z would pay for it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s true that some landlords would jack up rent rather than sell - especially as some people are stuck renting in a tighter market. Ideally you could separate corporate landlords from onesie-twosie landlords? A big issue is that landlords and banks are happy to artificially tighten the market with vacant housing. I think Vancouver Canada had a law that levied taxes on unoccupied housing - I should look into how that went

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baby boomers want to axe property taxes. Millennials and Gen Z would pay for it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen the idea floated that we jack up property taxes, exempting owner-occupied homes. I don’t think it’s that bad for seniors to downsize and increase housing liquidity and let people who want to get more out of local communities for their tax burden. We’re facing a lot of resistance to taxes and our schools are getting disrupted by budget shortfalls. I’m happy to pay more because I have kids who use the parks, sidewalks, schools, library, etc. a lot of seniors use less and don’t want to pay more. So maybe low-but-nonzero property tax for owner-occupied, and high tax for landlords like me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: 'This will devastate us'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of agree with you. I think people aren’t seeing that without the subsidies, the 300% price increase is just the actual price. ACA did a lot of good things, but the real insanity is the government subsidizing ACA plans but not directly offering a public option. Frickin Lieberman

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a lot depends on context. I’ve only been asked this in public razzing environments where joking back is appropriate “why? are you really loose?” Or “your dad didn’t complain” If flirty, “play your cards right and maybe you’ll find out” works. Like others’ve said. If joking and flirty, “what I lack in length, I make up for in quickness” To your question, I wouldn’t give a number. Treat it as a vibe check and be confident. your dick is fine, bro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its all bots, isn't it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, to be a bot! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I made the mistake of playing too much in early access and it was a lot of fun but I am worried it ruined the experience. Looking forward to trying a fresh playthrough!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3117: Replication Crisis⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The most famous version of this might be Millikan’s oil drop experiments to measure the mass of an electron. His notebook is full of qualitative judgments of his measured values and which ones to include in the final determination. The mass of an electron settled down pretty smoothly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Markets sink as debt worries hammer U.S. bonds⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I want to know is how many bonds we bought ourselves with our magic money printer in order to backstop rates at “only a little” above 5%

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My mobile spelling has gotten to be garbage because my phone keyboard autocorrects Sometimes and I’ve gotten lazy about Swype/deleting mid-word mistakes. My pen/paper and also physical keyboard spelling remains persnickety

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US tech tariff exemption may only be temporary, says Lutnick⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely. It makes me crazy that people can’t imagine what the consequences of American isolation will be. We built this position and lifestyle over generations, and every single other administration including his was smart enough not to fuck with it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Cheers", but set in a fantasy tavern.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a few podcasts like that I think. Notably Hello from the Magic tavern. A sitcom, even animated, would be pretty cool!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Huge Number’ of Federal Probationary Workers Laid Off, Bigger Cuts Loom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a full year for federal employees though