Bytemeister
@Bytemeister@lemmy.world
- Comment on Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers 15 hours ago:
That’s right. The platters are heavy, and the reader head is light, so we just whip the reader head around at 7200rpm
- Comment on Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer? 2 days ago:
Pretty much when the US was the only super power to survive WWII unscathed.
Also, having developed atomic hellfire, and the will to use it (twice), kinda makes you the big kid on the playground.
- Comment on What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate? 3 days ago:
I’ve had about 9 boosters at this point, and my nuts are so swollen from spike proteins that when I go to Walmart, they accuse me of trying to steal basketballs.
- Comment on no way right 3 days ago:
There are 1.765 million registered voters in Utah. Trump got 883k votes. Kamala could have carried the state by 200k people if they bothered to vote.
Unlikely, but still possible. If people in deep red states decided it was worth it to still got out and vote blue, even if they were going to lose.
- Comment on Gold Phone and Mobile Service Blasted as Latest 'Trump Family Profiteering' 5 days ago:
Let’s put it this way.
Pretend I’m some semi-adversarial nation, like Saudi Arabia. I want trump to let off some sanctions, or tariffs, or in general give me preferential treatment compared to other nations. I want to give trump a big sum of money to do this, just writing him a check would be obvious corruption. So instead, I just book whole floors of his hotels during off-peak hours, and at a premium pricing. I don’t even bother having anyone stay in the rooms, so trump can even book those rooms again for additional money. I just “legitimately” sent trump a bunch of money, and now he is paying it forward by stopping investigations into my goons sawing journalists into tiny pieces.
If this sounds to far-fetched for you, keep in mind that it literally happened.
apnews.com/…/travel-business-saudi-arabia-malaysi…
This phone company trump has made really only exists as a bit of paper and some software. It has no infrastructure, no brick and mortar store fronts, nor any assets. It’s mostly an agreement with a large carriers to lease time on their networks, charged per usage amount. For this scenario, let’s pretend I’m Vladimir Putin trying to pay trump for leaving Ukraine high and dry. I simply put in orders for Trump’s phone service, and then never even use the phones. Hell, a physical phone is probably never sent. On paper, it looks like 100,000 people signed up for the service, but they never use any of the lines, so trump collects nearly 100% of the money, with just a little bit lost to keep a small server up to handle transactions and accounts.
If none of this makes sense to you as an obvious vector for trump to receive money from foreign agents, then I’d guess that you’re the kind of person who thinks that the mob ran legitimate protection services.
- Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26] 6 days ago:
Gonna go out on a limb here, and guess that people living in a cabin where the electricity only works a few hours a week aren’t going to by an electric car.
As for access to public chargers… I just spent the weekend in a rural area and had no problem finding a charger within 20 miles of me.
- Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26] 1 week ago:
If you screw up, you can usually get to a charger a few blocks away and snag 50% of your battery in 20 minutes.
I charge entirely off of a standard 120 outlet, and it easily handles my daily and weekly travel needs, along with my partner’s numerous errands and extra trips throughout the week.
- Comment on How bad is it that Israel has attacked Iran? 1 week ago:
That’s glossing over the many times he tells people to kill each other.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 2 weeks ago:
“Does is keep better time than my 15 dollar digital Casio? Is it sturdier? Will it last longer? Is it more comfortable? No? So you spent a ridiculous amount of money to buy a less functional watch made out of precious essential materials just to try to impress people like me?”
Honestly though, if you want to piss watch people off, just say “Oh, it looks just like a regular watch, thanks for pointing it out”.
- Comment on Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, after watching his Jubilee session, Jordan’s debate strategy boils down to…“I’d like to nitpick the definition of every word and supplant it with my own”.
- Comment on The joy of quitting a shit job with an asshole boss 2 weeks ago:
They do keep records, but rarely share them.
If your prospective employer says that they didn’t hire you because of what a previous employer said about you, and that previous employer doesn’t have rock solid evidence, then you can sue for lost wages, defamation, and get a nice chunk of policy.
When people called the store I was managing to get info on past employees, the only thing we would confirm was the time range they worked for us,
- Comment on This fell off my car, can I just rip it off and not care? 2 weeks ago:
Zipties, thread, scrap wire… I would try to put it back on, even badly if necessary.
No it is not necessary for your car to work. However…
It helps improve the fuel economy of your vehicle, which will save you money. It will reduce rust and wear on your vehicle, which will save you money. It costs a ridiculous amount of money to replace that piece of plastic. Typically, those pieces are layered on, and the the piece behind it may rely on the one in front to stay attached correctly.
If you plan to have the car for more than a year or two, I would recommend finding a way to remove it properly, or re-fasten it to the car.
- Comment on So close! 3 weeks ago:
My momma used to say “The broccoli is done when it can run through a colander”
- Comment on You really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your car 3 weeks ago:
Get a Bluetooth AUX receiver.
- Comment on So close! 3 weeks ago:
Acceptable.
I’m just having flashbacks of squishy broccoli from my childhood. No child should ever have to go through what I did.
- Comment on So close! 3 weeks ago:
Hominy intensifies.
- Comment on So close! 3 weeks ago:
Please stop boiling broccoli.
Fry it up, or get yourself a steamer basket.
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
The town my wife grew up in has 1 traffic light, and it’s of the blinking yellow variety.
Rural town.
- Comment on Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks. 3 weeks ago:
They’re very effective at preventing pregnancy and STIs.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 3 weeks ago:
Metro 2033. Played it in the dark with good surround sound headphones on, and it’s positively claustrophobic.
Last Light is good too, but at little too optimistic IMHO. 2033 nails that endless pit of despair feeling, with just enough lucky breaks that you might make it through.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Closest thing I can find going back in the thread is this.
You use them in busy public places that require movement. Like a zoo.
Let’s see here… Is it necessary to take your kid to a zoo? Is it necessary to leash your kid at a zoo?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You didn’t even read my last post.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I guess you’ve made 2 replies specifically to my comment and chose the whine option.
If you wanna keep whining, go for it I guess. If you can’t provide a scenario where it is both necessary to bring along a child, and necessary to leash a child, then I feel pretty secure in stating that I don’t believe such scenarios exist.
If your want to whine, whine, but without a defending statement or new point to argue, there is no need to comment further.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Who said they’re hiding?
Something’s lack of representation in media is not exactly a reliable metric of commonality, if it was, gay people sprang into being in the late 90s.
The point being made here is that gay people existed long before it was socially acceptable to be gay, and that the number of ‘out’ gay people goes up as the social acceptability goes up. This would imply that the same population percentage of people are gay, and what changes is the visibility. This is supposed to be an apology for why I don’t many children on leashes.
Please read the thread and understand the context before replying.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
So, if leaving kids is both common and normal/acceptable, then why the fuck are they hiding? Are you saying that the world is full of closeted child-leashers who just leash their kids on the privacy of their own homes?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Nope.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Swing and a miss.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I guess you could provide a practical scenario where it is both necessary to bring a child along, and essential that they are leashed, but I have yet to see anyone actually propose this.
Do you want to just whine, or do you want to take a swing at it?
- Comment on Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary) 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely.
I’ve got a car with level 2 automation, and after using it for a few months, I can say that it works really well, but you still need to be engaged to drive the car.
What it is good at… Maintaining lanes, even in tricky situation with poor paint/markings. Maintaining speed and distance from the car in front of you.
What it is not good at… Tricky traffic, congestion, or sudden stops. Lang changes. Accounting for cars coming up behind you. Avoiding road hazards.
I use it mostly like an autopilot. The car takes some of the monotonous workload out of driving, which allows me to move my focus from driving the car to observing traffic, other drivers, and road conditions.
- Comment on Common British L 4 weeks ago:
Depends on where in the Midwest. It’s a big place.
My partner’s small hometown has a few local dishes. One is a Cream of Chicken soup Sandwich, which is awful IMHO, and seasonal fall apple spiced doughnuts, which are fucking amazing.
My town is a foodie heaven, but an hour away in any direction, and you better like fries and burgers, because that’s all there is.