shalafi
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- Comment on Investors flee U.S. stocks as markets react sharply to Trump's tariff plan 1 day ago:
And if he pulls back? Too fucking late, too late a month ago. No one will ever trust America again.
You motherfuckers bitching about work and capitalism and such, LOL. Wait till you have to live another Great Depression. I’m prepared to suffer, know how to live poor as dirt and eek out an existence. Good luck.
- Comment on We are so cooked 1 day ago:
It’s always the lingering part. What was that one that fucked Houston not long ago? Sat on top of them forever. Hurricane Ivan was like that down here. Only a CAT-3 at landfall, but I listened to that freight train sound for over 10 fucking hours.
- Comment on Clean butt 1 day ago:
Installed one for my wife when she moved it, never used it. At this point I’ve forgotten it’s even there. Talk about old habits dying hard.
- Comment on Clean butt 1 day ago:
My wife blots with a bit of TP and tosses it in the trash can. Guessing plumbing is more sensitive where she’s from.
- Comment on Elon Musks Grok openly rebels against him 2 days ago:
Hit F12 and rewrite the text. Much of the bullshit memes we see are done like that.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 days ago:
Well, one would expect mountainous areas to flood because elevation focuses water flow. I’m in Florida, flattest state in the union. We never flood except in hurricanes, and those floods don’t last like they do in other places, in and out.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 days ago:
Making bee hotels for solitary bees is child’s play. Take a chunk of wood, drill holes, hang in a tree.
Technical aspects:
- Don’t use pressure treated lumber, anything else is fine.
- Look up “solitary bee hotel” for your area to see what size holes to make for the locals. In any case, it’s going to be a variety of different sizes to cover all your bases. Doesn’t have to bee (heh) perfect.
- Make the holes, especially the edges, nice and smooth. They’re not dumb enough to nest their if the hole is raggedy and might jack up their wings.
That’s mostly it. You can research easily enough in an hour or less There’s a woman on YouTube that sells bee hotels and has solid advice for making your own.
Damned satisfying when you find the holes plugged with wax! You have new tenants! Stupid easy and basically free.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
So wish I still had my VIC-20 and 64.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
I counted my parents collection. Uh, am I cheating?
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
Now this is a unique post! Can’t imagine any 20-somethings scoring zero. Go go retro bro!
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
The fire rises brother! (OK, not an appropriate quote, just wanted to say it.)
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
All that and never had a ghetto blaster?! Hah, that’s a weird experience.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
I counted my parents owning Encyclopedia Britannica. 54 here.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
Walkman was the only game in town as I remember. Where there generic versions? Think maybe I had a shitty one, but Walkman was the gold standard.
And so were the headphones! First in-ear audio that actually rocked out. Again, not sure there was much of anything else, but Iron Maiden thumped in those things. Now I want another pair.
- Comment on Me_irl 3 days ago:
This is how I used to decide to go to sleep. Reading books on my tablet, third face bonk, give up and go to sleep.
- Comment on Where cookies 3 days ago:
Weird how the whole world collectively decided that cookie tins are how to store sewing shit. Ours is a big square one.
- Comment on I was supposed to pick him up from preschool today? Whoops. 3 days ago:
It’s in a protective bag, must be a vintage-for-sale thing.
- Comment on Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 3 days ago:
Had never heard of this, and my first computer had a tape drive. Went to a tiny computer camp and we had a sweet D&D game, but it took 10-minutes to load, if it didn’t fuck up. Had to start it before our break or we’d only have 5 minutes to play.
- Comment on With the current state of the news, April's fools aren't fun anymore because they can't be distinguished as easily as before 3 days ago:
You’ll love my comment from yesterday!
- Comment on Hamster 3 days ago:
Fuck me, y’all believe anything. Ever seen a trapped rodent?! Think it just sat there and said, “Oh well. This is my life now.”?
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 3 days ago:
Calculators crippled our ability to do simple math in our heads. I’ve had to work for years to get off that reliance.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 3 days ago:
Our Current Affairs teacher pulled this move, spring of '89 for context:
Paper boy drops off a stack of the afternoon edition, teacher picks it up and seriously peruses it for a minute.
Reading from the paper: “Please pay attention, you need to hear this. ‘President George Bush has announced that an offensive action has begin against Iraq. US Air Force tactical bombers led the assault on Baghdad at 4AM this morning while grounds troops have taken positions on the outskirts.’” And so forth. “Discuss.”
We excitedly kicked this around for 20 minutes. First time GenX was at war! He then showed us the headline: Local Man Wins Regional Bike Race.
“Every one of you believed what I said because you thought it was written in the newspaper.” Stunned silence. “Discuss.”
He was county or state teacher of the year for '88 and promised an automatic A to anyone who could make him smile, even once. We had no clue if he was a Democrat or Republican, no clue as to his opinion on anything.
- Comment on OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing 3 days ago:
I could whip up rack ears but making threaded holes confounds me. Even got a tap and die set, still can’t figure it out.
- Comment on OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing 3 days ago:
Nah, I have a NetGate (pfSense) rackmount router/firewall with multiple ports. Isn’t that pretty standard with enterprise gear now days? Only 2-port routers I’ve seen are ones I build from old PCs.
- Comment on Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 4 days ago:
A VIC-20 was my first computer and I had never heard of this! Had to do the same with a magazine.
- Comment on Content moderation is what a 21st century hazardous job looks like 6 days ago:
LOL, give it up. Lemmy is full of kids who have never had a physically challenging job in their fucking life.
“I saw bad things!”
Is no way comparable to:
“I’ve blown out my back and knees, can barely stand up in the morning and can’t make a fist.”
And for those bitching about the first two items, 19 of 20 of them are, and have always been, fat fucks.
Anyways, looks like GenZ is about to get hard as fuck in the next few years when they see what real suffering is.
- Comment on They said the packaging would be discreet! 6 days ago:
It isn’t the owner going to be doing the shooting. It’s the guy stuck waiting behind an empty truck. That’s the joke.
- Comment on They said the packaging would be discreet! 6 days ago:
It’s a joke about truckers that fuel and then fuck around while the guy behind them is fuming with impatience. LOL, I’ve been that guy.
“OH FFS MOVE!”
Besides, truckers are on more of a schedule than the rest of us tooling around.
- Comment on Profane Language 6 days ago:
Whispering French to a woman is straight panty remover.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 week ago:
OK, maybe a slight twist, but Left 4 Dead absolutely sucks vs. Left 4 Dead 2. Want L4D? Fine. Play it inside L4D2 with better guns and zombies.