starlinguk
@starlinguk@lemmy.world
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 2 days ago:
Yes. The ticket is valid on most public transport at all times.
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 2 days ago:
It’s in Germany, people are really weird about WFH. Most people were forced back into the office, even software developers.
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 2 days ago:
That is the weirdest generalization I’ve ever read.
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 3 days ago:
There is no such thing as ‘a European’ woodland.
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 3 days ago:
My employer gives everyone an annual public transport ticket for commuting.
- Comment on How do I beat the roaches in this house? 1 week ago:
Depends. If you’re in a tropical area they could just be part of the local wildlife.
- Comment on The notion that "old is bad and new is good" is a seriously damaging part of western capitalism brainwashing 1 week ago:
My car is from 2005 and is definitely better than new cars. No touch screens, low maintenance, no subscriptions.
- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 1 week ago:
Do you have a laptop? I use my old work laptop to watch movies. Bonus: adblocker.
- Comment on Wife has COVID and I've had a lung infection for almost 2-weeks. Should I worry? (background in post, mods read the first bit!) 1 week ago:
The newer versions are just as bad as the old ones (and more contagious AND you’re immune for just a few months after catching them). Vaccinations just make them less bad.
Test again. It can take a while for them to work.
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 1 week ago:
They’ll succeed somehow. Even the awful people who died a ‘natural’ death tend to die an awful death because literally nobody wants to treat them properly.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I don’t find Germans reserved at all. Maybe it’s because I live in BW? I see spontaneous conversations between strangers all the time. On the train, sitting on a bench in town, during a hike, even on a parking lot (like today, a lady started a conversation about my Brandenburg license plate).
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Try all the sausages. Seriously. Every butcher has a different recipe. Whenever I’m somewhere in Germany I haven’t been before, I try a local Bratwurst.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on I hope you like TICKS 2 weeks ago:
Hopefully there will be a Lyme vaccine next year.
Around half of the people don’t get the bull’s eye, by the way. I wish more doctors realised this.
- Comment on Getting a little nature 2 weeks ago:
People forget that animals rely on feeders because said people have removed the fucking food from nature.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
Yup. Because she didn’t use the money she got to treat people properly.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
Guys, ‘suffering is good’ is literally a Christian thing. Mother Theresa used it as an excuse not to treat people because ‘suffering brings you closer to God’.
It’s bullshit, of course. It was made up as an excuse for treating people badly and (surprise!) making more money that way.
But that’s where OP gets the idea from. Religious indoctrination.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 weeks ago:
The dehumidifier will heat up the room, the AC will have to run more, and your electricity bill will be an absolute doozy.
- Comment on I have a question on how and when coal actually formed. 2 weeks ago:
There is no formation process. Coal exists because there were NO microbes to rot organic materials down. Coal stopped forming when microbes arrived on the scene.
- Comment on There's now more people that complain about AI then there is AI content on Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
AI lies, spreads misinformation and steals. So no, I would not be cool with it if it took up fewer natural resources.
- Comment on It's probably for the best that mosquitoes havent evolved so they're bites aren't itchy 3 weeks ago:
They often do when you’ve been bitten before.
- Comment on Are there any AI services that don't work on stolen data? 4 weeks ago:
Yes. Just not publicly available ones.
- Comment on In the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirties 4 weeks ago:
‘A lot younger’ was usually still in their twenties, unless they were nobility getting married off for political reasons.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 4 weeks ago:
Worse than medieval feudalism. Lords were expected to look after their vassals.
- Comment on It's utterly hypocritical that the "defence" industry/sector is not called what it really is, the war industry. 4 weeks ago:
The war is never on their soil? WW1 and 2 and Yugoslavia ring a bell? And Ukraine is a western country too.
They predict that Russia will attack western Europe in 2027, by the way.
- Comment on Lately, a great many people who used to say they didn't care about privacy because they had nothing to hide must be realizing what a flawed conclusion that was. 4 weeks ago:
‘NSFW’ includes the antifascist subreddit and subreddits talking about Israel and Gaza.
- Comment on How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news? 4 weeks ago:
This is absolute bullshit. People know WAY too little. Not too much. Which is why they vote for people who will destroy the world.
- Comment on It bothers me when cat memes refer to the pictured cat as "he," but I can tell from its coat pattern that it's female. I may know too much about cats. 5 weeks ago:
I’ve had a male cat and a female dog for the past 16 years and my dad still calls the dog he and the cat she 🙄.
- Comment on How to get a new line in a post, but not two? 5 weeks ago:
But then you have to hunt for the backslash. Two spaces is easier.
- Comment on Where are all the successful "red cities"? 5 weeks ago:
Miami only recently turned red.