ultranaut

@ultranaut@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Vanilla Flavoring Actually Come From Beaver Butts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Vanilla flavoring not from a vanilla orchid is more likely to be made from wood than beaver. Lignin in wood pulp can be used as a precursor and is much cheaper than beaver butts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ludonarrative Harmony: what makes games unique as a medium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently received the Ludonarrative Dissonance achievement in Uncharted 4 for killing everyone instead of sneaking around. I found it a funny way to get scolded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found my people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Are the pink things jelly beans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Nobel "Peace Prize" winner professes her love for Israel and promises to move the embassy to Jerusalem.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They gave one to Kissinger. Having love for Israel is fairly tame relative to the mass murder and multiple wars that monster facilitated. I don’t think anyone serious about peace can take this award seriously. It’s nice when they pick someone decent but I wouldn’t count on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  xerces.org may have info you are looking for. Depending on where you live you may be able to find seeds of local flowering plants that do well as a lawn replacement, for example: northwestmeadowscapes.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ibuprofen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you spice up your life for so long it starts to hurt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you introduce the Fediverse to other people?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like existing social media they are familiar with except there’s multiple versions run independently which are connected together using a shared protocol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally, read the news: news.google.com/search?for=free+speech&hl=en-US&g…

  You are debasing yourself for a tyrant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think you are scoring points in a debate? We can all see what is happening in the news, we can read the threats from the President. Playing these games here isn’t going to work. You know what you are doing is wrong. If it were the party you oppose wielding the state against businesses in this manner, your tune would be completely different. It is obvious what you are and why you are here. I’m not interested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not interested in feeding sealions, you seem capable enough to use the internet on your own. It’s obvious now that you are a partisan who will defend Trumpism regardless of what is going on right in front of your face and I find that boring. I hope some day you do value freedom enough to advocate for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, pay attention to what is happening? Go look at the words of Carr. Go look at what Trump has been saying. It is completely transparent that critics must be silenced or the power of the state will be used to interfere in your business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to either be uninformed or not commenting in good faith. The FCC explicitly coerced Disney, Trump in his own words says they are going after these companies for being critical of him. Using the power of the state in this way is categorically different than social movements trying to “cancel” people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kimmel said MAGA was desperate to prove the shooter wasn’t one of them. That is literally true, they immediately started spinning stories before facts were known. At the time it was still unclear what was going on, which is probably why Kimmel didn’t say the shooter was MAGA and only that MAGA was currently trying to prove he wasn’t.

  Also, in the US you are allowed to lie for political reasons all you want. Even if we assume that Kimmel somehow knew the motivation of the shooter and then lied about it, that doesn’t change the fact that he has a right to freedom of speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, they have. Being seen to capitulate on free speech has pissed a lot of people off. His ratings are irrelevant, people who hate Kimmel are pissed because it’s not about him specifically.

  Your image with the Kimmel quote is a different situation. Businesses are free to make business decisions, that is exactly the problem here. They were not free, and as Trump has reiterated, there’s now a new censorship regime enforced by the FCC which is going to continue interfering in these businesses to silence critics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be so sure about that, the Disney brand has taken a major hit here. I think it is still impossible to say what it is going to cost them but it will cost them, they certainly aren’t making more money out of this. It is not a situation that makes the line go up, people are absolutely pissed at Disney.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think your upper bound is too many droves, the limit is total Disney Plus subscribers.

  Here is some potentially useful data: statista.com/…/disney-plus-number-of-subscribers-…

  To me it looks like their numbers may be trending down already so a boycott could be extra effective. If they have lots of customers already considering leaving then giving them an excuse like participating in a boycott in defense of free speech could help accelerate that trend and make a bigger impact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They have significantly less sex than previous generations did at comparable ages. It’s been well established by multiple sources at this point, although I don’t think causality is understood yet so it could be unrelated, or more likely porn accessibility is only one factor in the decline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The nuance seems to be that he made stupid partisan statements not because he is a partisan but because he is stupid. He profoundly misunderstands Trump and Republicans if he genuinely believes that nonsense. Its hard to trust someone with such terrible judgement, and its hard to trust Proton because they handled the situation so poorly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I am being paid to do a job all I really care about while I’m working is doing the job. I might judge people for their failings and look down on them for being shitty, but I really don’t care because I’m just there to do the job I’m being paid to do. I might feel bad if people are talking shit and spreading rumors about me or whatever, but I don’t give a shit because I’m at work to work. If people are slacking off and not working when they should be, that is an issue for management to deal with. If people are spreading rumors and creating disruptions with gossip and drama, that is an issue for management to deal with. I care about doing the job I am paid to do, anything else going on at work is not my problem. I don’t think I’m actually that thick skinned or anything really, I’m just maintaining basic professionalism in what is supposed to be a professional environment.

  To me it sounds like you have shitty management and shitty coworkers. You can try to be a catalyst for change in a more positive direction if you want but it might be better for you to find a more professional workplace. Also, I do think if dumb drama and gossip at work bothers you this much finding a job with fewer coworkers or a more independent role would probably be a better fit for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨does the new employee eventually stop being the one given the most tasks?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would guess there’s others at work who feel like you do about the alphas and the power structure. Perhaps gathering allies would be a helpful first step. Since the alphas keep things running and management obviously values them you should tread carefully.l though. If you can get viewed by management as someone who gets things done and knows what’s up they might be more open to changes you suggest, especially if you have a bunch of unhappy coworkers supporting those changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would have to happen to make everybody realize we weren't exaggerating when we said Trump would be like Hitler?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was listening to recent focus groups talking about him and this idea that he is a tough guy going after bad guys was a unifying theme. Its bizarre to hear it but for the people caught up in the Republican media ecosystem there’s still this whole other Trump. Despite all the evidence they cling to this image of him as some kind of powerful and macho leader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I try to only ever talk about work at work. I’m friendly and helpful to everyone but I am completely boring, if we aren’t talking about a work topic I keep it vague and uninteresting. No one wants to hear about how you spent the weekend doing laundry or yard work so they stop asking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Beko washing machine must be junked because it thinks the load is imbalanced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an expert but I would look into replacing the control board itself rather than trying to fix it. If you can reset it, I would guess it uses a jumper like on an oldschool motherboard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its a regional thing, some parts of the country it is very common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds more like a crazy person did a crazy thing and happened to use AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Florida sues some of the biggest porn platforms, accusing them of not complying with the state's age verification law⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be surprised if the bouncers are all off duty cops too, or hired from security companies owned by cops. That seems to be a very common arrangement when a business wants to ensure the local department remains friendly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. I had to wait until I was 25 before they would let me. I’m quite a bit older now and have never even slightly regretted it.

  It is potentially possible to reverse. Although its an expensive surgery with low chances of success to get it reversed. I think its also possible to directly extract sperm for artificial insemination but I’m not aware of that method being commercialized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Has Reportedly Scrapped A Sequel To Star Wars Outlaws⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I gave up on it because sneaking around and getting caught so easily got boring fast and wasn’t particularly fun. Everything else about the game seemed fine but the sneaking mechanic was designed poorly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Taxes like that typically apply only to money beyond the limit so if you hit 3 million and a dollar you would be paying 95 cents in tax on that dollar only.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repairing Broken Sofa?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an expert but I’ve dealt with a few sofas over the years. I think your best bet is trying to replace either the broken leg or all of the legs. Removing the legs and resting it on something can work but you risk it sliding around. Sofa construction tends to be straightforward, the frames are mostly just a big rectangle made from wood, if its not wiggling around you are probably fine.