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- Comment on Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption 6 days ago:
Inb4 “both parties are the same”.
While I hate stuff like these rollbacks, we are already starting to see EVs save people money on gas and service, and they are stupidly fast compared to ICE counterparts. That’s something Americans of all stripes can get behind.
Once I tried an ebike, I realized I never wanted to go back to gas engines. So fast, so much torque, and pennies to charge vs $70 gas tanks at Costco (even more at a normal gas station). It just makes economic sense to run PEVs in all major urban areas in addition to mass transit.
With traffic and some protected bike lanes, even a conventional bike can almost beat a car in a 7-14 mile drive in my city. An ebike makes it even easier.
- Comment on Gender-specific toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England 6 days ago:
The only unsafe bathroom I’ve ever been in is one where the stalls had not been properly secured to the floor, and the whole thing looked like it was on the verge of collapse.
…All the unisex bathrooms either are physically walled off, or have floor to ceiling stalls with the privacy covers on all cracks. (US)
- Comment on That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit 1 week ago:
Not to mention google and apple deliberately C&Ding stuff like the awesome first party youtube apps and stuff like project islandwood. They deliberately tried to stopp their apps from working because they knew what would happen if WP succeeded.
- Comment on Gender-specific toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England 1 week ago:
This is absolutely bizarre. At least in NA, there’s a decent number of family/unspecified restrooms, which are also gender neutral and usually have a changing station. Some have gendered bathrooms as well. But for stuff like apartments, usually they just do a few unspecified bathrooms as it is easier to do.
This seems awfully unnecessary and expensive just to spite, what, 1% of the UK population?
- Comment on Men over 30, what do you keep in your bedside nightstand? 1 week ago:
A clock, kleenex, and a good book.
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 2 weeks ago:
Elon Musk vs. Twitter, lol (timestamped)
- Comment on You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 2 weeks ago:
They already have Spot dogs that can do fire supression. But they need the mechanical arm that the newer revisions introduced.
- Comment on Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power 3 weeks ago:
Selling the power to other regions is alright, but what I’d really like to see is pumped storage. Even just two grey water reservoirs- massive, probably underground. “Spend” all that free electricity during the solar day. Release that energy as hydropower during the mornings and evenings to reduce surge pricing and demand on the grid. Sell additional power as needed, but don’t let solar go to waste.
Batteries are…okay… but lithium ion cells will last 10 or 15 years before needing to be replaced, which seems wasteful when we have perfectly reusable options like pumped storage, which involves a few pumps, a hydroelectric turbine, and two cement or dirt reservoirs, one higher than the other.
I’m sure whatever we do, it will fix itself in time. I just hope CA doesn’t permanently cut incentives over this “problem”, haha.
- Comment on Is there a more politically and ideologically diverse alternative for Lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
I’m a queer leftist but get kinda sick of the three topics on lemmy: linux good/america bad/Rust sometimes OK.
I want like…aquarium subreddits that are active. I wanna see mountain bike subs with good advice and live threads. I wanna see local subs that have the hottest details on obcure things like the best nude community gardens or some shit, haha. I wanna see Subaru forums where you can learn how to add a better sound system or replace an intercooler. Hell, even local city subs, where they talk about the best protected bike lanes now that summer is approaching.
- Comment on Global PC shipments return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes in 1Q24, says IDC 4 weeks ago:
Your PC is a bit less dusty on your desk. If it’s extremely heavy (eg, custom watercooling), you might want to put it on the floor. My standing desk started sagging ominously under the load.
- Comment on Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites 4 weeks ago:
Oh no, now I will have to pay $50/mo to re-watch marvel movie 832 and an action movie where the main character has to go on a 2hr quest for revenge after someone shot their pet.
…I barely watch movies anymore, there’s not been a ton of great new stuff imo. I’m so sick of subscriptions, too.
- Comment on How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house? 5 weeks ago:
I have a pair of slippers inside if needed, but I really just keep my shoes by the door and wear socks.
- Comment on Discord to Start Showing Ads for Gamers to Boost Revenue 1 month ago:
Discord in March announced plans to launch the new ads, which it calls Sponsored Quests, and they will become part of the platform beginning in the coming week. The ads will be targeted to users based on their gameplay, age and geographic location data, and they will appear in the bottom left corner of users’ screens, said Peter Sellis, Discord’s senior vice president of product, in an interview.To earn rewards, users must stream themselves, completing an in-game task from the advertiser while at least one friend is watching. Users who watch their friends can then set off on quests of their own.
The only Sponsored Quest I’m interested in is a blowjob by Peter Sellis, lmao. There are myriad alternatives to discord. Their hamfisted attempt is gonna drive away users. Move your office away from San Fran or something if the budget is tight.
- Comment on Cities: Skylines 2 now has mod support, so you can soon annoy drivers with Spaghetti Junction 2.0 1 month ago:
Disappointed that they are rejecting Steam workshop in favor of a proprietary mod platform.
- Comment on The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing 1 month ago:
No, it is $60, I just feel like other studios don’t work half as hard as Larian does per title and still charge more money.
The sheer amount of script and voice acting in the game is insane. All the balanced fights, scripted scenes, level designs, characters, mo-cap, and rigging…I don’t even want to think how many hours that all mist have taken. Not to mention developing and writing a script, each with multiple choices and logic branches.
…meanwhile COD and 2K Sport game are reskinning their games every year and charging $70 and putting Nicki Minaj as an operator, haha. More power to them. It just feels like one studio is putting in the effort to justify a higher price and still charging the normal price.
- Comment on The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing 1 month ago:
FO4 was…okay imo. It pales in comparison to NV and 3 imo though.
- Comment on The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing 1 month ago:
It’s honestly the only modern game worth $70 imo. One campaign run is like 126+ hours. Additional playthroughs are possible from other characters, which tells the story from different perspectives. Can go to areas you missed in the first playthrough, too :)
- Comment on If Adams Apples are primarily male, why aren't they a common fetish? 1 month ago:
Complements are nice regardless of gender or orientation. Was flattering to be called cute by guys even if I wasn’t interested in them :)
- Comment on Abysmal revenue stats of 30K mobile apps show why devs keep pushing for subs 1 month ago:
Maybe I’m in the minority, but there are exceedingly few apps I use daily. Firefox, Spotify, Telegram, Email*, and Hue. Chase and Schwab weekly. News, YouTube and Lemmy clients every few days.
The only subscription I have is to a newspaper and Spotify. I don’t want or need a subscription to an app I use less than once a month.
*this is a third party client. I only use it since the original email client got ads.
- Comment on Looking for emotional game recommendations 2 months ago:
It’s worth it. Mads Mikkelsen and Léa Seydoux should have won awards for best supporting actor(s). Emily O’Brien had some tearjerker parts too. It’s far more than the sum of its parts.
- Comment on Looking for emotional game recommendations 2 months ago:
Death stranding, a space for the unbound, celeste, Dust: an elysian tale, pokemon mystery dungeon Red rescue team (GBA) or blue rescue team (DS). Baldur’s gate 3 has some personal stories that are extremely wonderful. Bad things happening to good people, and things largely working out depending on how you play. Battlefield One’s campaign had some stories that made my heart ache for characters. People laying down their lives so that their friends can get back to their families.
Detroit: become human was SO close if not for a hamfisted twist. Inscryption isn’t as emotional but packs a wildly interesting story.
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 2 months ago:
They need to become a private company again. And fire the Douglas team.
- Comment on Have you started planing this years garden plants yet? You might need these 2 months ago:
Acidic soil + UV, for sure.
- Comment on Scientists find a simple way to destroy 'forever chemicals' — by beheading them 2 months ago:
Thank god, especially since everything is off the shelf, too.
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 2 months ago:
24h time makes way more sense, especially when working with servers late at night. Hate 12 hour time’s annoying AM/PM issues, particularly when typing the time into server refreshes or dealing with 11pm - 12pm (am) slip ups.
- Comment on Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court 2 months ago:
Should be a gofundme paid for by the morons who support this nonsense. It would be excruciating expensive, too.
- Comment on Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court 2 months ago:
Some places don’t allow same sex couples to adopt. Laws around adoption might be weaker, too.
- Comment on Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court 2 months ago:
The biggest suprise to me is that Alabama has a Supreme Court.
- Comment on These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump 2 months ago:
They should be, smh. We should start writing to our reps.
- Comment on Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click 3 months ago:
That would be fine with me too. I think every two would be my sweet spot if it was something like spotify.