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- Comment on Has anyone told MAGA they are free to shut themselves off from the rest of the world all on their own. Honestly they do a pretty good job of it already. 5 days ago:
Not only Austin, but Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and even Dallas are solidly blue
- Comment on RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted 6 days ago:
Well.sure, but this is all so far beside the point…
- Comment on Google wants to make its 2M-mile fiber network fully autonomous by year’s end 1 week ago:
What exactly makes me a “sucker” in this situation?
- Comment on Google wants to make its 2M-mile fiber network fully autonomous by year’s end 1 week ago:
I’m on cheap Google Fiber. It’s been $70/mo since we first got it about 6-7 years ago. Before that, AT&T and Time Warner had a duopoly in my area, and getting to tell them to go fuck themselves was the sweetest day of my life. They are awful businesses who treat their staff and customers like shit while delivering inferior service. I’ve rarely had a problem with Google Fiber, and if there’s downtime, they give you a prorated discount. Customer service is really easy to access, also, vs waiting on hold on in person in line with the other ISPs.
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 week ago:
WTF dude, check the dates
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 week ago:
I totally get having beef with a specific article, but the Guardian is more than one article my dude.
The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal
The Guardian view on Gazan genocide charges: Israel finds itself with a plausible case to answer
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 week ago:
The Guardian’s always been pretty on point. As far as awful media sources go, I don’t know why you’d select one that’s relatively decent
- Comment on WTF is the teacher doing 1 week ago:
One could argue thats a severe problem
Yes
- Comment on WTF is the teacher doing 1 week ago:
You just repeated the same two reasons they gave like they were different.
- Comment on Obama wasn't a hero; he just wasn't terrible 2 weeks ago:
I believe Obama didn’t have the confidence to disrupt the military industrial complex as it was operating post-GWB. I also think he feared the political repercussions of seeming “weak” on defense, which I think he misperceived. This was perhaps the most serious flaw in his presidency, which was otherwise great in regards to domestic policy
- Comment on Obama wasn't a hero; he just wasn't terrible 2 weeks ago:
There were some things he did I disagreed with, and a lot he did I agreed with. I’d take another Obama presidency any day given where we currently find ourselves
- Comment on Why Does Dr. Wily Keep Getting Away? Is the Legal System in 20XX a Joke? 2 weeks ago:
Pretty sure in atleast a couple of the games, he says “I’m good now!” And everyone believes him until the double cross
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Astrophysicist?
- Comment on Trump fires Trump 2 weeks ago:
And here I thought he was about to sign an executive order that it’s spelled “Dow Joans” from now on and Pam Bondi was going to prosecute anyone who disagreed
- Comment on Despite constitutional limit, Trump says he's seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term 3 weeks ago:
Stop listening to his words and report what’s actually happening, news media
- Comment on Shower drains and storm drains are the same thing in theory but not practice 3 weeks ago:
Storm drains usually lead straight to creeks, rivers, or other bodies of water, whereas your sewage goes to a water treatment facility first. Totally separate systems (in most places)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Evolution as a theory predates our understanding of genetics by many decades. Even before we were able to sequence genes, we were using morphology and a variety of other factors to determine relationships between living organisms.
Well, along came genetics. We discovered that neutral mutations in DNA tend to happen at consistent rates, which meant we could compare DNA of two organism to see how similar they were, and could even use their differences to estimate how long ago they had a common ancestor.
How can you “confirm evolution is real?” Sequence the genes of many organisms and compare them. Build your very own tree of life.
- Comment on Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k? 3 weeks ago:
You just want to log in to your 401k account and take control of where your investments go. You always want to be invested in funds with low expense ratios, like index funds, but you can also pick funds that are invested outside the US. Most of my 403b now is in index funds or low expense ratio funds invested in Europe, Asia, and emerging markets. I just have a bad feeling about the US market for the foreseeable future for some reason
- Comment on What should I do with this patio? 4 weeks ago:
If you remove and repour just the center slab, you’re going to change the pressure against the ground which is likely to cause some shifting among all the surrounding tiles. You’re definitely going to find someone willing to replace just the center tile, but if you do that you’ll almost certainly be in a position in a couple years where you’re looking to replace the whole thing.
I’d save up to remove it all, and think creatively about what an entirely new patio could look like. You don’t have to replace it on its current footprint, but I can’t see enough of your space in this picture to give you any layout recommendations.
- Comment on Brian Eno: “The biggest problem about AI is not intrinsic to AI. It’s to do with the fact that it’s owned by the same few people” 4 weeks ago:
Welcome to every technological advancement ever applied to the workforce
- Comment on The weather is definitely changing. 4 weeks ago:
Uhh…climate change denial predates widespread internet adoption by quite a bit
- Comment on What are some slow acting poisons? 4 weeks ago:
A lot of detailed information on the Wikipedia page. There are a ton of different ways people can come into contact with mercury, and a ton of different formulations of mercury with varying effects. For what symptoms adults may exhibit from the most common form of organic exposure, look no further than RFK Jr., who himself has stated he has mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna:
Due to the body’s inability to degrade catecholamines (e.g. adrenaline), a person with mercury poisoning may experience profuse sweating, tachycardia (persistently faster-than-normal heart beat), increased salivation, and hypertension (high blood pressure).
It also causes memory impairment and reduced IQ. RFK Jr. seems to really fit the bill here.
But for something truly terrifying, try dimethylmercury. People can get one drop on their skin, then several months later start developing symptoms, and die within a year. It even soaks right through rubber and latex gloves: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury
For full symptom progression, check out Minimata Disease.
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 5 weeks ago:
Way to make someone expressing concern about someone else instead about your politics
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 5 weeks ago:
He shared a lot about his life on here and I worry he set himself up for failure moving to the UK. Based on what he’s said, he had a condition where he no longer wanted to eat, and then stopped working for a long time because of that. He seemed to expect that finding a job was going to be easy moving to a new country, but that’s not typically the case, especially after having not worked in years.
After moving, he talked a lot about finding a job, which had me wondering what changed. While he wasn’t working, he was spending 12+ hours on Lemmy every day, with like well over a hundred posts/comments per day, and constantly talking about not being able to work. Going from that mindset to desperately trying to find a job in a foreign country seems like a mindfuck.
- Comment on Amid Trump crackdown, illegal border crossings plunge to levels not seen in decades 1 month ago:
There’s been a precipitous decline happening every month since December 2023
- Comment on What ever happened to QAnon? 1 month ago:
QAA has become one of my primary information sources. They’re at least good at making all this entertaining
- Comment on Your boomer parents after giving you the most outdated job-seeking advice of your fucking life [Day 86] 1 month ago:
No, but a week’s growth is far from a “wildman styled beard” lmao
- Comment on Your boomer parents after giving you the most outdated job-seeking advice of your fucking life [Day 86] 1 month ago:
Like I said, a week of stubble lol
- Comment on Your boomer parents after giving you the most outdated job-seeking advice of your fucking life [Day 86] 1 month ago:
Something like 15 years ago, I was in grad school and my elder boomer father in law told me “when it’s time to find a job you can shave your beard.” Only this wasn’t a beard, it was just me not having shaved for a week. Is that what he would prioritize if he were hiring someone?! I’ve met few people in my life who are less in touch than that man
- Comment on The Fed is stuck in neutral as it watches how Trump’s policies play out 1 month ago:
I sold my treasury bonds two weeks ago. I have a serious lack of trust