Whelks_chance
@Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
- Comment on Trump tariffs prompt slump in shipments to US ports 1 day ago:
I think the theory is that if things are made in the US there’s less reason to import anything. So in a way this proves the plan worked.
Step two, build and staff factories all over the place to immediately fill the gaps on the shop shelves. This activity is left as an exercise for the reader.
- Comment on Philosophy moment 3 days ago:
Truck bandwidth
- Comment on Or more 3 weeks ago:
Exactly it. I want a light conversation with no expectations or requirements. Knowing someone’s name is not required to tick that box.
- Comment on Or more 3 weeks ago:
Easy, meet various guys in pub, chat every few weeks, repeat for 30 years. Noone ever suggests adding each other on Facebook. Actually I know very little about them, but if we’re both there at the same time we’ll talk about nothing for hours.
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 4 weeks ago:
Damned right
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 4 weeks ago:
Schedule, I have to say the correct pronunciation every time I hear it said differently.
- Comment on Iceland knows what's up 4 weeks ago:
John Green talks about it often
- Comment on Here, have some unpleasant knowledge about Mario. 4 weeks ago:
Look up ant cordyceps, learn how some fungus can move around, and then have trouble sleeping for a few days.
- Comment on I tried THIS and it actually works all the time 5 weeks ago:
I love the ambiguity of what you’re supposed to throw in the river
- Comment on Let's begin Friday with a smile 5 weeks ago:
This was a breath of fresh air during the doom scrolling
- Comment on HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback' 2 months ago:
Just in case, it’s a reference to the Sun newspaper “winning” the election for Tony Blair’s New Labour government
- Comment on Wheres Waldo, for the educated 2 months ago:
It’s Charlie in France
- Comment on Looks legit, but can it actually be a real thing? 2 months ago:
I’m going to have to numb you.
Num num num num num num.
- Comment on English is a strange language. 2 months ago:
Important hyphenated.
CSS is a strange language too
- Comment on UFO expert not ruling out Russia or China links to drones seen at RAF bases 4 months ago:
I’d be more surprised if a “UFO expert” ever did rule anything out.
- Comment on UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up 5 months ago:
I was thinking the same. This will attract people who are essentially independently wealthy, and so don’t actually need this income. Which adds a nice classism based barrier to entry too.
- Comment on Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’ 5 months ago:
I know plenty of people who work full time in real jobs, and also rent out a house. Renting a single building doesn’t give you enough to quit your job where I live.
- Comment on Ah yes, regression 6 months ago:
You asked for a line, they gave you a line, what more can be asked for?
We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it “outlying data” and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.
I’m not bitter about my formal education, honest…
- Comment on hard to argue with 6 months ago:
Female presenting profile pic, we don’t actually know anything about the human who typed it
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 6 months ago:
Rtf is far more lightweight than docx. It’s closer to markdown.