ramble81

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ramble81 ,

A lot of people here are “use Linux!” Well as Linux’s desktop share goes up, so does it being a target for attacks. The more people you have, the less that are going to configure it correctly (that’s just a fact, and not everyone will be their parents tech support) so it’s just a matter of time.

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Now they’re trying to co-opt the word “progressive”

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Now if only we could get Trump to do the same damn thing.

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My biggest fear is the first targets will be the “mildly well off, but basically top of the working class” because those are people that are visible and are your neighbors or people you know that can actually take a vacation, and the 0.1% will stoke that as a way of keeping the spotlight off of them.

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And a lot of this comes from not fucking voting. I seriously wonder how things would be if voting was mandatory and everyone was given appropriate time off to do it.

ramble81 ,

I think he was meaning because of how easy it is to spoof and intercept sms. Use some thing like OTP that’s a common standard instead.

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Because of course it has…

Offer: high speed rail to connect the north and reduce people’s transit time

Best we can do: price hikes and fewer seats

ramble81 ,

I read it and was like “140 isn’t too bad”. Then I noticed it said per day, wtf?!

ramble81 ,

I mean he had to pay for the repairs somehow /s

Electric Aviation is already better than you think - Volts with David Roberts ( www.volts.wtf )

Electric vehicles that can take off and land vertically, but then fly like a plane, are already being sold and used by hospitals and shipping companies. These vehicles have 5 batteries that give it a range of over 350 miles using current battery technology, though the batteries are intended to be swapped over the life of the...

ramble81 ,

Posted this in another chat…

I’ve always been curious how electric planes will address MLW as they scale up. Even if you get similar energy densities and can cover MTOW, you generally count on reducing weight as you use up fuel and are lighter when you land. But with a battery your weight is going to be roughly the same. Will that mean you have to take into account the increased weight and will have less room for cargo/passengers?

ramble81 ,

Maximum Landing Weight and Maximum Takeoff Weight. Because of the stress put on the airframe when landing you don’t want a heavy plane. It’s easier to control when taking off because it’s smoother. So having the same weight on landing means the airframe will need to be beefed up, or you fly with less overall since more goes to the plane.

ramble81 ,

And you end up with the stupid idealist 3rd party voters that think “we’ll send a message with how we vote!” (Or don’t vote) not realizing the true impact they’re causing and the message it sends by having to go back to the center (which inches right more and more each time).

3rd party does have a place, but not right now with how screwed up things are.

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No, no it’s not. And if Trump is elected again, it’s on anyone who things as much.

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genocide joe

Tell me you’re a Russian supporter, without telling me you’re a Russian supporter… that’s all I needed to know, thanks for playing.

ramble81 ,

It’s pure “fuck you, I got mine” mentality. Most of these people will be long dead before the worst occurs, so they don’t care. Coupled with greed, they never think they have “enough” and will never change their ways in any altruistic manner, so they constantly need more and more. It doesn’t matter what the end state is, they’ll be dead and won’t care.

Disney told L.A. residents to move to Florida for a planned campus. They did, it was canceled and now they're suing ( www.latimes.com )

Walt Disney Co. continues to face fallout from its scuttled plans to move 2,000 California employees to a proposed Florida campus — a controversial decision the company reversed last year following the return of Chief Executive Bob Iger....

ramble81 ,

Best we can do is: do it or you lose your job.

ramble81 ,

Yup. It’s called the “welfare (or benefits) cliff”. It tends to happen at the lower end and the. Again at the upper middle end. There are quite a few tax breaks in the US you can’t take once you pass an AGI of $160-175K. Depending on if you were taking them, a raise could technically result in less net income.

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I always tell people to look at the average salary and home price for a year and calculate how many hours it’d take to buy a home. Then do the same for now and from the 70s, think it was almost a 5.5x increase. Inflation is fine when it’s across the board, but because salaries aren’t keeping up it’s creating bigger and bigger gaps.

ramble81 ,

Football fields

ramble81 ,

Doesn’t technically the bank own it until you pay off your mortgage? I’d be curious how many have the titles to their house.

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How does that change people’s responses?

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But two and keep one for parts

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Seriously. Pick a better unit of measurement. I’m not going to multiply it out by 86,400 x 365 to figure out the actual amount.

ramble81 ,

He wants them to be like Asian cultures such as Japan and Korea… you know the ones that are going through severe population decline, have some of the highest rates of suicide and family units are being decimated from having no other time. It really amazes me how single minded rich people can be and they think they have the answers to a complex problem.

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That explains the one that was in the movie. I was curious about that.

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It’s possible someone named Joan Rivers voted for him, but I highly doubt it was the famous comedian.

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“Oh. It’s you…”

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Cool cool. Remove oil and gas subsidies and let’s see how much the true TCO is for owners (not manufacturers)

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Yeah I have a discreet Atmos setup and most times I can’t tell if the speakers are being used (receiver correctly shows Atmos) but a sound test works.

ramble81 ,

Any online communities? What are your interests and most likely someone here on Lemmy is also a vore larping furry.

Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; most states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!

It’s a common misconception, but if you registered "Independent Party" you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with. What you actually want is called an "unaffiliated" voter status. The good news is, all you have to do...

ramble81 ,

In Texas you must register with a party to vote in their primary. Now that doesn’t mean you have to vote for them in the general election. Quite often I’ve registered Republican to try and influence the primary since I’ll vote for whichever Democrat makes it past the primary.

ramble81 ,

Don’t suppose you read your own link….

31. (§162.010). A voter who has affiliated themselves with a party is ineligible to participate in the party affairs of another party during the same calendar year. (§§162.012, 162.013)

Yes you can flip every year but you have to chose a party to vote in their primary. That’s what I said.

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And the only way you can vote in a primary is to register with them you can do it on the spot if you want, but once you do it, that’s it. You can’t immediately turn around and go vote in another primary. For that year you’re noted as being with that party (I’ve gotten more than enough magat spam to prove that). You realize everything you’ve posted and said supports what I’m saying.

ramble81 ,

Sadly, that’s not much different than the US

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That’s why I liked Deep Impact. It went must more (potentially) realistic than Armageddon. But the latter wanted its “common man, that people can relate to, saves the day” trope.

Embarking on a complete reading of Stephen King's novels. Just reading Carrie now. Wondering if when I get to The Stand I should read the original or the updated/revised.

I understand that the newer version has a different ending and some new characters and scenes that weren't in the original. But the original is what got all the accolades and was considered his best book....

ramble81 ,

When you get to the Dark Tower series, read the revised version of The Gunslinger. He went back after writing the other 6 books and cleaned up some loose ends and plot holes. Flows much better too.

ramble81 ,

Honestly I find that information irrelevant and that section could have been removed entirely. The actual point of the story was that a Ukrainian fighter jet attacked a target inside Russia.

ramble81 ,

The annoying thing is the vertical line (when this infographic came out) wasn’t updated so it just looks like a random line.

ramble81 ,

There was this show called “Night Shift” that was supposed to be set in San Antonio… complete with mountains in the background. (It was filmed in Albuquerque and San Antonio has no mountains near it)

ramble81 ,

Between this and the Japanese government dating app, just how out of touch are Asian governments with what is going on? (I guess that can be said of any government). I guess I’m more curious why we’re seeing such a widening gap like this. Where is the information breakdown occurring, or is this straight up willful ignorance?

ramble81 ,

To borrow a phrase… “Oh you sweet summer child…”

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“Of course not! That’s all russias land to being with, they’re just taking it back” — asshole

ramble81 ,

That’s the cool thing about the fediverse. Anyone can set up a new server at any point in time and host their content. No one is being stopped from doing that.

Oh… Don’t want to pay for money to set up and instance? Oh…. Don’t want to spend the time administering an instance? Oh… one may exist, but it’s not that popular so no one uses it?

ramble81 ,

Incidentally it can also work at your existing company. I’ve gotten 5 promotions in 6 years and my salary is 120% more than when I started. It’s less the company hopping part and more ensuring you grow in your career. I’ve found that it’s definitely about stating your desires (having a clearly defined “this is where I want to go in my career”), volunteering for the random projects your boss or their boss needs done and showing you want to grow.

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I mean, with lobbying, it’s already a country for sale. In this case it’ll just be more blatant and easily accessible to foreign interests

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