greenteadrinker

@greenteadrinker@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are asleep, post European windows⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a joke that American houses (in the eyes of Europeans) are made out of sticks (stud framing in the house) and paper (drywall is made from gypsum and has a paper backing)

  In European countries, their houses are made of tougher materials like stone, concrete, or some other material I’m forgetting about

  It’s a known thing in America that stray bullets end up in people’s houses (and sometimes their residents) when it’s an American holiday like 4th of July or Memorial Day

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: The Wadsworth Constant of YouTube videos⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s wild how short some videos are with sponsorblock enabled to skip almost everything. I don’t watch LTT for ethical reasons anymore, but damn, did some 10 minute videos go by in like 2 minutes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a software joke, but I’m not ready to release it yet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a culinary joke, but I’m still cooking

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jragon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite version of this joke was seeing NakeyJakey spell Drew as Jrew as a gag, which makes Anjrew a valid spelling too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't forget to tip your gas station⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Soon enough we’ll see robots argue against each other about tipping culture

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Living in a van instead of an old-fashioned house⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s recently released a video where he admits that he has had a “home base” for a few months (probably around 6 months at this point). For good reason too, basically his support network needed to be able to reliably plan to meet him at one place. It’s not like he’s renting an apartment to sleep in every night, but rather he’s using it as a place in between long trips where he can rest and his network can stop by and visit

  Granted, he hasn’t had a home base for like years (2020/2021ish). Still, he has a cool channel and gives a more normal vibe than other vanlifers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's important to read it right⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The ‘H’ and ‘S’ in Rhode Island are already silent, so it really is a meme saying that they live in Rhode Island

  It’s a subversion of the “I live in Spain, but the ‘S’ is silent” joke

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as you follow the rules of the road, I’m cool with it. The problems I have are with scooter users who ride against traffic

  And personally I wouldn’t want you to go on the sidewalk. I’d rather you stay the course and let me pass as it is a bit more predictable that way

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American living in Europe? It could soon be cheaper to renounce your US citizenship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s the FEIE in the US. Basically, in 2023, if you live and work abroad, you do not have to pay any taxes for any income you have earned below ~$120K

  FATCA in the article I believe is referring to the responsibility that foreign financial institutes (think banks) have to report your assets back to America

  So to answer your original question, you probably won’t get double taxed unless you make a high enough salary

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unpacking Amazon's stealthy mass layoff strategy in Seattle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It is kind of a new thing, but there has been more activity within recent years for employees at tech companies to unionize. Most notable would probably be NPR, Alphabet, and NYT

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It worked on my system⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  LK-99 is a room temperature superconductor. It’s a big deal, because it means that energy can be transferred with 0 loss and it doesn’t require loads of cooling to maintain that property (unlike “traditional superconductors” that need liquid nitrogen and other cooling to have that property). An analogy would be like if you got paid all of your paycheck all the time instead of having taxes taken out. The money you get paid is energy and the loss is taxes

  There’s controversy that LK-99 can’t be replicated

  Going over to the programming side, sometimes you’ll work on a feature and when others go test it, it doesn’t work. A common excuse heard is “well, it works on my machine”. Docker containers solve that problem by essentially (but not really) making a copy of “my machine” and letting people run the program/feature on that copy

  So the joke is, if the korean researchers were able to create it in their lab environment (their machine), why don’t they just make a copy of their lab and let others use it

  this is a very gross oversimplification, so feel free to suggest any corrections