CompactFlax

@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Because splashback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fire and police tend to be male dominated professions.

  Nursing is a female dominated profession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Political parties coalesce in a representative government anyways. “Hey Sally, can you support my bill to buy flowers for the White House, and I’ll support your bill to buy guns for the army”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨emergency remote access⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Old laptop with SIM card and some outbound remote access (eg logmein, Tailscale) is what some people I know use. But it’s an expense. I just have a reboot script.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aged like milk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed. The USA is fairly unique in its gun culture - and violence. Far too casual. A .22 can kill a person, and there’s people driving kids to sports practice with 9mm and larger strapped to their bodies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My viewing position is about 330cm/11ft from the wall where my tv is mounted. That works out to roughly 80” television for 4K viewing pleasure. www.rtings.com/…/size-to-distance-relationship

  8k would be ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why trucks are required to have mud flaps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve got your network adapter set up to get an address from DHCP. If you need to host the server on 10.10.10.3, you need a network adapter set to that IP. the server can’t bind to 10.10.10.3 if no adapter is set to that IP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla FSD turns off more U.S. consumers than it attracts, survey finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been my experience that people are really resistant to handing over control to the computer - not FSD, but simple active cruise control and lane centring.

  Personally I like it, because I can offload some cognitive load while still being actively involved in driving; I don’t trust any of the self driving tech to be unsupervised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do farts at least nominally increase the overall temperature of the room in which they are extruded?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But isn’t there some contribution from the delta in pressure?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your ex needs a suite. Don’t do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's everyone doing tonight?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Beers at the neighbours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Third option: municipal fibre

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Entirely agree.

  Ui changes for the sake of pointing out how many ui changes you shipped for your annual review is what is making people upset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come glasses for hyperopia/farsightedness (reading glasses) are there on the shelves, but glasses for myopia require a prescription?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the thing; you can get gas station glasses and you’ll do ok, but nothing like having it dialled in professionally. Besides the risk of developing eye disease and not having it discovered early because no eye exams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice write up. @LadyButterfly@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  China decided to end their dependence on foreign fossil fuels.

  The USA decided to double down on oil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “It went to the billionaires” is the short version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Income tax rates go up like this (purely example) 0-20000 - 10% 20-40000 - 15 40-80000 - 20 80-100000 - 30 100-150000 - 40 150000+ 45%

  If you make 75000 in this example, you’re taxed 10% on the first 20k, then 15% on the next 20k, then 20% on the remaining 15k, so 2000 + 3000 + 4500.

  Lowering the top rate of income tax means that the people who earn more than whatever the limit is (150k in this example) pay less tax. Generally, the consensus is that the rates should shift to the higher income rather than the other way around.

  Quantitative easing is the government buying up bonds to support their value. If everyone stops paying their mortgage, the economy tanks because the bonds that represent those mortgages go to zero. If the government promises to buy some them in spite of the zero value, the value is propped up. The people who benefit, by and large, are capitalists (those who make their money from already having lots of money ie wealthy). But it makes the cost of loaning money lower, so it becomes easier to get a loan, which combined with limited housing leads to an increase in sale prices of houses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The money went to the budget deficit. Typically, a government takes on an amount of debt to effectively pay for today’s problems with tomorrow’s (devalued via inflation) currency, assuming that their interest rates are less than the rate of inflation. Austerity measures are designed to catch up on the repayment of the debt.

  The austerity measures disproportionately impacted the poorest households, while the wealthiest bore a much smaller burden. Spending cuts impacted the social security and public services the poor households rely on. The top rate of income tax was reduced, which left more money for the richest households. Quantitative easing shoved money into the financial system, which made loans easier to come by, which drove up prices of assets such as homes, which made those who owned them wealthier while those who didn’t own property are now unable to buy.

  The UK can pay someone to make sure that farm shops have slate roofs, and an inspector to ensure 16 mile radius goods sold there, but won’t fund social housing or medical care. The rich get what they want, and the poor get fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because of Margaret Thatcher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dairy farmers say worker shortage is threatening UK food security⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they complaining they can’t find people to work a split shift, milking and feeding? Automated milking parlours are a thing. Automated feed, water. Just check on them daily.

  But nobody wants a zero hour contract with an average of 1hr a day to do that, so is that what they’re complaining about?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shamelessly stolen from Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Dependapotamus” and “dependa” should yield some results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the best material for wiping out a cast iron skillet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I run my mortar and pestle through the dishwasher. It’s glazed stoneware, and is virtually non porous. Molcajete are an exception, but there’s not much good to be gained by having old spice and herb residue in cooking gear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the best material for wiping out a cast iron skillet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Soap and water. It’s cast iron, not silk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wi-Fi 8 won't be faster, but will be better - more details emerge just hours after Wi-Fi 7 protocols are officially ratified⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate the local ISP who hands out “free range extenders” as a promo. They all broadcast at 100% and use 80mhz channels. I pick up something like 150 networks in my house, which is just ridiculous.

  Then add in the garbage chip in my laptop… ugh. Channel sharing can’t come too soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree. Never have received tamper evident packaging from a pharmacy. what’s the point? They’re filled in front of me and handed to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get 120 days worth of meds at a time. A paper bag would be destroyed.

  But the option would be good, so that I can reuse the bottle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  👏off👏line👏back👏ups

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we must protect them from exotics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I love spending time in my garden watching the butterflies and bees, but gosh the mosquitoes are terrible, better spray them with a residual effect insecticide.

  what happened to the birds and butterflies and bees?