HubertManne

@HubertManne@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird that we "take a shit". I don't know what other people are doing, but i definitely leave a shit, not take it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Your doing it wrong. You gotta own that shit!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah 25% the equation still leans wfh (ie from above: you would be better off staying work from home) but somewhere over that it becomes a fair trade off if you like money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  oh yeah its all about people like me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  fend off some shitty people from destroying it. Not a majority of elected positions. Again your expectations of robust go beyond anything that is feasible. With a monarchy one monarch can bring it down. Despite the orange buffoon he would not be able to do it without all the congress collaborators. His first term was actually a constitutional crises we got passed. Barely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Its incredibly robust. Its lasted over two hundred years through several constitutional crises. Its possible it might even survive this. Whats happening now required complacency of a majority of both houses of congress, a large swath of the judiciary, plus the executive. Thats pretty damn robust. Its like saying a bridge is not robust even though its stayed up when some of its supports got destroyed but once over half of them were taken out it finally started to crack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah you can't be taught about future failures of a system. The only way for it not be able to not be working is for humans to not be in the equation of government. Which is one of the reasons ai taking over does not scare me. Either they kill us all. Win for the planet. Or they run things properly. Win for everybody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if U.S. housing and U.S population projections hold, the Electoral College will shift further away from Democrats after the 2030 census.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. You do dream big.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  checks and balances is not a lie it just does not work when folks don't do their job. its like they did the patriot act because bush jr. didn't do his job. No system can work when a significant amount of the components are bad actors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if U.S. housing and U.S population projections hold, the Electoral College will shift further away from Democrats after the 2030 census.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I just so want to see red state americans to wake up and see a massive flip in the midterms in their strongholds. Yes. I know. I fantasize a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taco Bell Says 'No Más' to AI Drive-Thru Experiment⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  oh yeah. They don't even come close in most cases. Subway maybe but like dominoes and mcdonalds have some real loss leaders in their app. Anyway im not going to be putting in to much effort because honestly I was on myself to stop eating fast food and its sorta great they made themselves dead to me. I firmly think they have essentially eliminated a whole section of customers as im sure my wife and I are not the only ones. Certainly not the majority as I see folks in line at the drive through and grub hub showing up at my complex. Maybe one percent. Its really funny because I thought much of it was food addiction but now I realize a lot of it was the cheap and convenient aspect and cheap is pretty important especially with my recent financial realities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah what you have at the end is sorta my thought line. You want to go all censorship at least get off your ass and do it yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  yup but at least then they would be leading the charge for people to leave their state.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  and those spam filters get trained by people marking emails as spam. Its funny that they publicly just admitted that they are less popular than democrats from a source that cannot possibly have been biased.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Problem with dementia is the slow progression. When you can decide to end it you likely can think rationally enough that you should not and when you are at the point of it actually being bad enough you likely are not fit to decide that. Also just like a kid it can be fun to watch shows or eat tasty food or listen to or even sing songs. So if you are in a position to have a good enough environment for it it might be fine. So if your wealthy enough it might not be to bad. When you go physically down though it gets much worse as someone with physical issues can still have intellectual pursuits to enjoy. In the end the us at least does not allow any kind of death with dignity. Best you get is DNR orders and hospice which will allow you to die by not intervening. If your unconscious this can include withholding liquid till you die of thirst. No giving you to much barbituates though. That would be killing you and that would be a no no. But if you can't drink you can be allowed to die after a few days as your organs shutdown.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is bullshit. It should be on mississippi to block the sites or require local isps to block them. The providers are on the internet and not going out to be in mississippi. Places should wall themselves off if they can't handle the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LOTR: The fellowship of the ring. The game that people and history forgot.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this the one where you start as frodo and have to use the ring somewhat?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how good are you at lying during job interviews?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't but I would not shadow someone for a day unless they were paying me. Im not sure I could go 7 hours without a break and would likely demand one somewhere around 5 or 6.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if U.S. housing and U.S population projections hold, the Electoral College will shift further away from Democrats after the 2030 census.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because a state has historically voted a particular way does not mean new people to the state will vote that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taco Bell Says 'No Más' to AI Drive-Thru Experiment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This has been a wonderful development for me. As a non smartphone person the deals being in the apps has been part of whats gotten me to stop using fast food. The main reason is the price but the online deals would have had me back if I could just stop in and order them. Its mom and pop shops for me until they get roped into the app ecosphere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  again the idea is given the incentive the other spouse would find it worthwhile to change jobs by getting an equivalent one local to the others. Remember both jobs are incentivizing living locally not just the one spouses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really. If one spouses makes significantly more than the other it makes sense to go near that spouses work and the other one to find a job close by when the local incentive is in place. The distances was just an example to show that decisions of a couple will line up with the major earner and when there is incentive the other will change jobs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I apologize if it felt like a personal attack. It was more dripping sarcasm. But the reason for the employees being so randomly located is because there is no incentive from the employer. Where couples work is often influenced by where the other partner works unless you are in the enviable position where both have great jobs. So when someone gets an incredible opportunity on the other side of the country the other spouse does not stay with their job and take a flight to commute each day. They look for work closer to that great opportunity. Similarly someone married to someone in the military which ironically does have incentives to live close by.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to admit that what you are getting paid is to low though considering what it takes to do what you do. Even doctors and lawyers are not making what they should as the issue is at the extreme top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  thats a bit out there but in terms of eggs I estimate minimum wage if it was the same when I was young would be somewhere between $45 and $75 per hour. It still amazes me how much money I was paid back then as a high school student.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Also I have seen many office location decisions seem to be about the ceo's commute.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  this. I am interviewing for an in office position and we start the day with a call with the other folks in house. Its like that dead like me episode where she sits back to back with the guy but he insists all communication should be email.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to add a rider to pay at least minimum wage for interview time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree here. I get your mister moneybags being able to live anywhere and your preference is the only deciding factor but some are taking cost into consideration. Paying for commute would cause businesses to take location into account for profitability in terms of employee time. It would make sense then for a company to even provide a benefit like a subsidized loan for property closer to the work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my yes. My big nastalgia thing is when I lived in a neighborhood just outside city center and my commute was three miles. I would walk it, go four miles out of my way to bike the lakefront, or if weather was bad enough take transit. Most of the time I was getting nice exercise with the commute and I could pick up some things on my way home. I mean a lot of that is just not being in a car really and of course that outside of work most everything I needed day to day was walkable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah in most cases if a job gave you a 25% increase for always in office and you are wfh you would be better off staying work from home unless your wage was inadequate to begin with (which unfortunately it often is).