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Can somebody please tell Waze I don't care about vehicles parked on the side of the road? Or at least that this is not a fundamental safety issue and should be a toggle on feature?
  • Interesting. I very much want to know. A truck drifts into my lane to give the parked car more distance. Any driver doing anything unexpected when I'm on a motorcycle, extra vulnerable to everything.

    The parked car itself isn't a safety issue, what happens because of it might be. Waze gives me an increased edge against other drivers' unpredictable reactions to the parked car.

  • Bidet users, how do you dry your ass afterward?
  • Hot water isn't even that fancy anymore. My ~$30 Amazon bidet ties into both hot and cold taps. I just let it run slow enough to not hit my butt as I'm pooping, which is more than enough time to flush the tubes with warm water, then crank the pressure up to reach my ass with a warm spray. No icy shock needed.

    No electricity needed, purely pressure from the water lines and a mechanical valve.

  • What happens if Trump dies before the election? What impact do you think it would have for the next 4 years?
  • ChatGPT prompt:

    Write an obituary for Trump in the style of a Trump speech.

  • What are your favorite bands from more obscure, lesser known countries?
  • Alien Weaponry, New Zealand metal band comes first to mind. Lots of Maori influence, all three members have Maori ancestry.

  • what to send other than flowers to say thank you?
  • A card or letter? Obvs is changes by location, but my local govt people can't even accept a cup of coffee.

  • just found a flea on our cat, do we go full nuclear?
  • I would be regular vacuuming floors and furniture every day, laundering anything that I can, and putting things in the freezer that I can't launder. Plus making sure pets flea treatments are up to date. Cat bed gets deep cleaned.

    Flea #2 sighted and I'm hunting for steam cleaner deals with your gf.

  • Answered: Is there such a thing as "overqualified"?
  • Yeah, but hiring is a big series of assumptions. Resumes and interviews only give you so much confidence on how a person will actually do in the job.

    Speaking for myself, I want to hire quickly. I get 10 resumes for 1 spot, I'm not going to agonize over whether the PhD is having a mid-life change and really wants the fast food job, or if they are going to split in a month, or hell, if they have some addiction or personal problem that prevents them from holding a job that matches their qualifications. If there's a candidate that meets the reqs and seems like a fit, I'm moving right along with them.

    If the PhD is convincing in an interview that they're really just looking for a switch, sure, but I'm not going to waste a lot of time and energy waiting to be convinced when there are other candidates with a more expected profile also vying for the job.

  • Police allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal info • The Register
  • Doesn't this seem like an inefficient way to go about? Locked in a flying tin can with the same ~100 people for a few hours. I would think a public library or busy transit station would net way more info, with the added advantage of not being locked in if someone starts getting suspicious.

  • Answered: Is there such a thing as "overqualified"?
  • Sure. More qualifications means more pay will be expected. And if all that needs done is The Thing for $, no reason to pay $$$ for The Thing+++.

  • Tea versus Coffee
  • So do green and white. Green may even have more caffeine than black tea. I hope they're drinking caffeine-free herbal teas.

  • Tea versus Coffee
  • Coffee in the morning. Switching to working from home, I started drinking way too much coffee but I'm back down to one cup a day typically. More than the excessive caffeine, I started noticing my teeth getting more sensitive, which I think was due to having coffee sitting on the enamel so much more. So one cup, drink it within 30 min, then brush my teeth.

    Bubbly water or tea the rest of the day if I feel like something other than water.

  • Do you think this law should pass?
  • Before people get excited, search penal code 377. OP is misrepresenting it and slapping a rainbow over it.

    377 is a anti-homosexuality law. Protections for men who have been raped are still needed, but are a separate issue from 377.

    Here is the text of 377:

    Unnatural offences: Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation: Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section.

  • Sleepers of lemmy, do you have your cell phone in your dreams?
  • No. Sometimes I have a computer in my dreams but it is usually useless.

  • What's the coolest thing you found while metal detecting?
  • My keys, which is the reason I got a cheap detector. I haven't used it since, but have loaned it out a couple times for other people looking for their keys.

    A small child nicked my keys and dropped them somewhere in a large field. A detector was cheaper than a new electronic key for my car.

  • It's Saturday, what have you watched this week?
  • I Saw the TV Glow. I'm glad I followed advice and didn't read about it or watch trailers beforehand. Oof, what a gut punch of a movie.

  • Be honest... Are you a bad person?
  • Not by any moral framework I focus on, no, I'm not "bad".

  • Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web
  • Fair use once it's posted on the web? Thank you very much for the framework to pirate anything and everything.

  • [Silly Thought Exercise] What over-the-top absurd person would you choose to replace Biden who you think could actually body Trump, and why?
  • I watched clips of her on late night shows before I tried getting into any of her standup. Her standup is very dry and deadpan. I haven't seen her TV show of the fictionalized account of her and her wife getting together, doesn't really sound like my jam.

    To me, she is the epitome of "don't need a lot of formal education to be wicked smart".

  • [Silly Thought Exercise] What over-the-top absurd person would you choose to replace Biden who you think could actually body Trump, and why?
  • I've been watching clips of Tig Notaro standup lately. I think her smack talk would go over Trump's head (most does that is anything beyond anatomical or golf related, tbf) but I would enjoy her deadpan zingers.

    Real answer is any seasoned politician under 60 should be able to talk circles around him. Both sounded bad last night, Trump's only win was in comparison to Biden's energy level.

  • What drew you to the high seas?

    Inspired by a post since deleted, I feel bad for probably coming off judgemental about the poster's taste in the movie that drove him to consider sailing.

    The earliest desired media I can remember that drove me to figure out sailing was DC Talk, a Christian rock band. Pop music was not allowed in my house, so a Christian group was tantalizing and scandalous to a rebellious, young Vanth. Things escalated from there.

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