nwtreeoctopus

@nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not so fast!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am brave enough to support public flogging of landlords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bicycles should be allowed on the road with the full rights and requirements (tags, inspections, and insurance) as motor vehicles.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but I’d love if we (in the US) actually tested drivers and expected them to be competent.

  And, I guess, we’d have to build trains and good busses and subways so everyone didn’t have to drive to make the broader economy work. Becaus so many of these fuckers don’t deserve to drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not so fast!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. Make 'em even higher. Plus all the other suggestions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not so fast!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Make it less economically attractive to own multiple houses (ban Air B&B, high tax rate on ownership beyond primary residence, ban corporate ownership of certain types of home, etc) and maybe we’ll see some shift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transcribed text of Samantha Fulnecky's assignment, paper, and professor's comments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It was probably intended to serve, at some level, as proof they’d read the article and to get students to organize their thoughts and opinions before a followup discussion.

  I hope.

  (If you just mean do you get graded on this crap referencing her actual essay… then, yes. You do get graded on it. And she got the proper grade.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. 404 Media Tracked Themselves.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These specifically or just Flock cams?

  Here’s a start: DeFlock Me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Psyllium husk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’re quite a few studies linking increased dietary fiber to reduced lead levels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you cheat in video games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheating to get around parts that aren’t fun for you is just valuing your time. I’ll cheat any way that improves the fun of the game. Sometimes, that’s extra ammo or money or materials I don’t want to grind for.

  That said, my favorite games are still Souls games and the only “cheats” I like there are ones that make the game harder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That is what I meant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Have taught Au/ADHD kids who range from one to five. I’m an ADHD one, but one of my favorite students is a total ADHD five.

  Seems like it’s all over the place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus, they may be able to come in slightly cheaper on volume discounts on components.

  I’ve always built my on PCs, but there are times when the whims of the market have made pre-builts cheaper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He was disappeared from an ICE detention center.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars is an ode to the stupidest use of battle lasers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically a mix of Westerns and Samurai flicks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨His last pickup rolled over.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re really better for dust and such.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a mysterious force secretly changed EVERY clock worldwide one minute forward, how long would it take until people notice, and how would people/governments react?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It says countdown timers and the like would also jump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The eye-popping amount of money Elon Musk has already slashed from the Education Department as staff melt down⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy how dumbfucks think that this somehow equates to a tax reduction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. But context matters. I doubt everyone would have gotten too riled up if he was hailing a cab instead of showing alignment with neofascist ideals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with male loneliness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are still some out there, but so many businesses prioritize turnover to raise profits that it can be difficult to have a place to just hang out with friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with male loneliness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Referenced in a lower comment, but that loss of a meet and hangout place is often called a “third place,” as opposed to work or home. The show Cheers is a depiction of a third place in that it’s a place where “everybody knows your name” and the norm is staying and chatting, not spending a few bucks and running out.

  There are some interesting suppositions about how this loneliness became more and more endemic with the decline in bowling leagues. People, men in particular, just have fewer regular hangout activities and so get more and more lonely. Things like bowling leagues, lodges, and the corner bar all were meeting spots to socialize and they have declined or morphed over the years, losing their original social role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Maybe solar? But it’s energy intensive. I sort of imagined these hypothetical folks were very wealthy and could afford tenders and the like to bring them food and fuel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of ships have water-makers that turn seawater into fresh water.