jcit878

@jcit878@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  please don’t give them ideas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How embarrassing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Harold Holt was an Australian PM who disappeared at sea, presumably drowned.

  We named a pool after him

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Industry Struggles to Curb Misuse as Users Exploit Generative AI for Chaos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  andre antunes got it to write a song in the style of muse and he added the music. it was half decent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You’ve just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription | Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn’t making quite enough money...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  its really not that nuts though, unless you make assumptions about people’s houses being too big or soundproofed or whatever. never had them, never needed them for 3 kids

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another 62 ‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims Sue Pornhub for $600 Million⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just can’t get behind (heh) OF personally. evey video I’ve ever seen has just looked like a tiktok/insta “influencer” having sex and it is just a massive turnoff for me. the lighting is just so off all the time. looks more produced than actual produced stuff. just doesn’t do it for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  exactly. its a crime from a different era, risks far outweigh reward now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  all those things are risky as fuck with police AI number plate recognition these days. it would take no time at all to track someone down over $50 theft

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  petrol is about 1.5x the price in Australia compared to America with similar geographies to deal with

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones should have FM radio again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  one of those windy radios you crank for a bit would be better for emergencies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones should have FM radio again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  my kids dont understand the concept of entertainment that isnt on demand. like at all. even if its one of the rare occasions we will put something on FTA tv they act like why cant i just watch it later, they simply dont comprehend the idea that you have to watch/listen to somethng at specified times otherwise you miss it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You had unrestricted access to the internet as a child, didn't you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  the lack of expected noises in a lot was pretty confronting too. it’s not always like the movies with people screaming their guts out, those were the ones that stuck with me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You had unrestricted access to the internet as a child, didn't you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  nah too old, from the “the simpsons are corrupting the youth!” generation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  cool, definitely not a typical network

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Weekly thread] What is the best movie you watched last week? 23 September⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  jaws is how I remember port is left and starboard is right

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Weekly thread] What is the best movie you watched last week? 23 September⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a bit late to the party but just watched Don’t Look Up for the first time. Wow! satire done well. a little too well. I missed a lot of the hype and didn’t think it would be memorable but it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen all year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  if its a relatively flat coastal location, its possible. FWIW I work for a water utility in a coastal city and we have a desal plant. Ive seen the figures. the cost of desalinated water compared to the catchment water is an order of magnitude difference. Sounds like LA it would be ideal for the environmental reasons alone though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  you are completely missing the point mate.

  desalinated water STARTS at the lowest possible point in the catchment. Rain water does not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What traits did you pick and would you recommend them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  oh gotchya. thats handy cause i either tell my companions to go away or they leave me due to my…choices

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  the issue with water networks is they work great when you have the source (usually dams) upstream, water essentially is gravity fed throughout the network with only some localised pumping for certain elevated locations. wastewater again gravity fed towards treatment plants at the lowest point (usually the ocean), so usually, its fairly efficient, despite still requiring enormous amounts of energy.

  this doesnt solve that. it has the source where the end point is. the desalinated water needs to be pumped up, to then be gravity fed through the network. In some places, it is worth the cost and energy due to water scarcity, and im not knocking the technology. but claiming its cheaper than tap water is patently false because the distribution cost is far higher

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What traits did you pick and would you recommend them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  street rat, which has come in handy a few times

  introvert: seen it come up once in dialogue, doesn’t seem to matter much

  can’t remember the 3rd but I assume it’s as impactful as the others.

  I also must have chosen some skills in economics and medicine as I see that come up in dialogue a lot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  but maybe 100k people bought the big ones then, now a AAA title can sell millions or tens of millions of copies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  cool, but the real cost of desalination is transporting the desalinated water upstream, which presumably would also need to be done here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy.ml turn into authoritarian?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll leave the sad post history stalking to you, seems you’ve been doing a lot here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy.ml turn into authoritarian?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  this thread is just you stalking people and copying their comments. can you do me? maybe the one where i enjoy watching mobiks getting blown up in drone videos, that seemed to upset a few tankies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy.ml turn into authoritarian?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  no just the actual tankie stuff

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, the IRS is watching — A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  er, by default any profit is taxable for them while as a lemming you get a tax free $600 profit before it impacts you

  but fuck ticketmaster anyway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  i know, and the YT music interface in my opinion, is shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I often wonder are we in some sort of “data bubble”? all this obsession over collecting it but not actually providing stuff people will pay for surely has an endgame

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its 'year of efficiency'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  who’s the redditors? wrong site champ, you lost or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think its the same thing here, you pay for premium it gives you access to YT music