corsicanguppy @ corsicanguppy @lemmy.ca

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So #bothSides ?

Like, this one guy is failing at every measure of character, integrity and leadership; but this other guy trusted the long-time ally too much and too long, and is pulling away from their war-criminal self a little too slowly. So basically just as bad as the first guy. Can't tell them apart.

That kind of #butHerEmailz response was your goal?

Stop trying to make a story of this.

The old adage says "progressives need to fall in love; conservatives need to fall in line."

It means conservatives and their focus on loyalty means they neither express or accept any criticism of their party's leadership. Progressives, though, always exist in that sea of doubt and always need to be convinced of the validity of their candidate because they're always reassessing.

TL;DR -- this outrage over negative comments is a little too fanboy, a little too accepting for actual progressives. It's not their way. This outrage that is being reported means there's more conservatives learning how to be progressive and need some help. Let them in the idea that doubt is okay and not to be angry about the disloyalty.

I have animal control, SPCA, and animal hospital people in my family. Strangely, they've all heard a variant of "my dog would never" to which they've wanted to reply "then why is your dog here today?"

Telescoping leashes, while I have you. The hardest lesson for a dog owner is learning why they're not compliant with leash laws. In the city, too.

As one of the newer "pet friendly" apartments, 2/3 of the units here have a dog or two.

The reality is different from your summary there, for the vast majority. We all worry for the dog in '08 whose people never seem to take him out, but the rest of us are pretty cool.

Even in the elevator it can be chill and calm with like 3 dogs in a small box.

About 170 units in this place. That's a lotta dogs.

That's cute from a casual. I love the light anarchy manifesto.

Now that I don't carry an automatic weapon for part of my work, I see no reason to be part of the problem and I'm happy to leave it to the pros. But dunning-kruger is a hell of a thing.

One can jump out of the way of a car, because it isn't faster than the speed of sound.

Since that's the crux of the gun-clutcher platform, yeah.

someone organizing on an union is doing far more.

Because a union - and I'm in one - helps organize ..... you can get there. vvvvvvoooooo... you're almost there.

Ohai. I rode the 1998/99 wave, got hit with the crash, took a cut in one job and grabbed a side-hustle, got laid off in 2006 in the company's 117th round of layoffs (bru-tal), and never been laid-off again. Because if I even smell a whiff of stink-of-death, I'm out. I still have the side-hustle, and in the gaps I just bulk up on it to narrow the gap. Works okay. Now my main gig is union, and since I deliver on my goals and I'm not a sociopath, I have some confidence they'll keep me around for a few years. That'd be neat.

I know a guy who was let go a year ago. Dude's like 170 IQ - and while people say that, this guy's dizzyingly smart. 3 degrees, he can teach, code to spec, rebuild your delivery pipeline so it fucking howls, manage nerds, and he's been interviewing like it's his job for a year without lasting results.

Some shitty company in Connecticut just flew him out for a project wrap-up, as he's been helping save their ass since their completely out-of-his-depth manager reached out on a public forum for some clue. Like, without him they'd've been 4 kinds of fucked and he was looking for something to keep him sane for a few weeks.

Handshake and a free dinner and sent him packing. Because they could. They got what they needed, and they foolishly think they can get it again when this idiot fucks up again in a month.

I worry a lot of nerds are getting fish-hooked like that, when they just want to make things go and maybe also eat regularly.

GenX is still a problem

Don't I know it. The kids I went to school with are saying the stupidest things -- and we took the same classes!! I can't explain it.

Nice counting. Now let's do SATA ports and fan power connections. only 3 or 4 for 20 years. What's up with that?!?

I feel in America that anyone labeling another "liberals" is telegraphing a lot of incoming bullshit and won't be worth the time after that.

Maybe after this election we'll see a drop in unsubstantiated crap by people needing attention.

So we know someone's okay with laws being broken, but we're just not sure how much crime this person's cool with. If you want more crime than I do, and you're thus wanting reduced safety for everyone, are you then really different from 'muh raghts' anti-vax weenies who want to carry Whooping Mumps at will and kill my grandma?

automations

Heh. That's like "traffics".

want it to detect that I've entered the room

This is a thing. If you don't want motion sensors and you want it to know your cousin from your cat, Cisco and others can pinpoint the location of people on a real time map (like that map in Harry Potter) by your cell or Bluetooth.

Local cops use it to log where people were during concerts and events and see who was nearby when a bad thing happened.

I like how Iceland does it.

A plant powered by hydroelectric power pumps volcano-melted steamy glacier water in scalding water pipes (past more lava sometimes, ohai Grindavik!) to homes in an entire village, for hot water and heat, along with electricity.

It's like their entire economy and survival is based on volcanoes melting glaciers. F'n primal.

We can't do that here, but it's a good system if you can get it and nothing melts all your glaciers away.

I work two jobs and one of them pays well. I say this only to say that even on my relaxed budget the cost of some of the meds the doc's tried to give me - basically on speculation - were a "how about no".

And I think I'm up there for pay. Like, how the hell is your middle or low income even going to make that choice? Is it to tick the "spoke to patient who declined meds" check-box?

So yeah, I think the 1 in 4 is low.

The problem with a phased approach is people are impatient and fomo-y.

The benefits of a phased approach is the people most in need can be prioritized as we build out a whole new billing and costing model for medication supply and distribution without collapsing the system we have. Apparently that's important AND not an overnight thing. Who knew?

But bully for the cons for bringing that up on the sly.