_danny @ _danny @lemmy.world

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He might be, but I still get unpleasant vibes from how he writes.

Yeah, I'd rather not if he talks like he writes. Again, I am fully on board with his message, but he writes like someone who doesn't know how to have a conversation with another person.

This writer seems like a proper neck beard. I 100% agree with most of what they say, but this feels like it's straight out of 4chann

Edit: I read a few other articles of his and watch a few of his videos/interviews. This article is an extreme side of him apparently. I still think he is extremely socially awkward, he can't hold eye contact for longer than a millisecond and struggles to answer questions in less than twenty words.

I do fully agree with almost everything I've heard him say. I just don't like the way he says it.

I've literally never heard GUI said as "gee ewe eye" before.

You could just say UI, avoids the gooey phobia and sounds less weird than g u i.

I think those make sense as deviations. I've heard "my sequel" but you're absolutely right about postgresql.

The name is kinda irrelevant like hard vs soft g in gif. People know what you mean when you say either.

But in that same vein, the creator of the "graphics interchange format" says the pronunciation is soft g, but basically everyone says hard g... So "official" pronunciation is kinda irrelevant.

I don't judge anyone who uses whichever term they want, but I've just noticed the general trend in my smallish interaction bubble.

Honestly I could just drive around my area and wait until I find someone FaceTime-ing and driving. I see about three people doing it on the way home.

I don't care if it's stop and go traffic, you don't need to be on a video call while you're operating heavy machinery.

The only people I know who actually call it ess queue ell are either too new to know the "sequel" pronunciation, or the type of person you generally smell before you see.

Just think that each one of those carts is at least one fewer person in line for checkout.

It was a bad pun on "parallel"

I'd guess it's beside the others.

I'd double check that language you need isn't already on iPhone. They've added pretty much every language spoken by at least 100k people.

iPhone is really the only choice for the computer/smartphone illiterate. You can't easily put the device in an unrecognizable state, you can't install a launcher that drastically changes the GUI from the app store. iPhone justifiably gets tons of shit, but this is the exact use case it's designed for. They also have really good accessibility features, and they actually work in apps.

Android has tons of benefits, and I've had only android for the last 14 years. I think if you are planning on removing the settings app all together, you know it's not a great choice for them.

I would personally bet a full paycheck that in two years, most of these trucks have hauled no more than like a few pieces of furniture, a couple 2x4s, and maybe some bags of potting soil or mulch.

Definitely justifies daily driving a 7000lb, bullet proof, pedestrian slicer.

I personally think it's that people lack the time, motivation, and/or knowledge to cook themselves. I can make a cheeseburger and fries at home for about $3-5 in about thirty minutes, including cleanup. Compared to a $15 meal, it's roughly the equivalent of saving $20/h.

Another issue could be home size is way down. If you live alone, you can't buy one hamburger bun, you have to buy 8. You can't buy a quarter pound of ground beef, minimum package size is usually 1 lb. If you buy the material to cook one meal, you're committing to cook three to seven more within the next 10 days. So you've signed up for leftovers or up to four hours of cooking.

A start could be reducing the crazy subsidies cattle farming gets. We could reduce carbon emissions and have money to fund green projects.

I picked the best time to get into stardew.

the difference is so small you can barely tell

Guess you could say it's pretty fucking close.

Are they fucking morons

Close, they are mormons fucking

It really depends on what you buy. Some stuff is crazy cheap, others are pretty much the same price. If you're buying a single shirt from Sam's you're probably better off going to Walmart. Always check the per-unit price, and only buy what you're sure you will use. My favorite brand of yogurt is cheaper per unit than the great value brand at Walmart, and is almost 50% lower compared to buying it in packs of 4... But it takes up half a shelf in the fridge. But generally meat is just as expensive at Walmart/Kroger, often you can get it cheaper on sale at Walmart/Kroger than you can get at Sam's, and it's already in packages that you can just toss in a freezer.

Also, I don't know if Costco has it, but the Sam's app lets you scan and pay with your phone, so there's no lines for checkout or anything. That doesn't work to use the gift card trick though.

Excluding variable energy pricing, it's much more energy efficient to only heat and cool your home while you're actually at home.

Think of it like a tea kettle. It's definitely not energy efficient to keep the water boiling for the hours when you're not home just because you might want a cuppa when you get home. The only benefit keeping the water hot is to brew your next cup quicker. The water is cooling off at the same rate it would if the heater was off, but energy is being pumped into it to keep it hot and therefore it is constantly losing energy.

This is also assuming your HVAC's coefficient of performance is constant, which it's not, but it still generally is way better to avoid heating and cooling while you're away from home, especially if you live in an older less insulated home.

If you do have variable energy pricing, that can change things, and that's when a smart thermostat can really save you money. Instead of heating and cooling around your schedule, you do it around the pricing treating your house like a battery. See: https://youtu.be/0f9GpMWdvWI?si=LjiAjNf6t8cU8OZ2

This video really only really works if your home is relatively well insulated (as he points out). If it's not well insulated, you'll be uncomfortable basically all the time.

Generally if you're on a variable rate it's better to set the thermostat closer to the outside temperature when you're gone for more than 5 hours. If you're not on a variable rate, that break even point is like 30 minutes.

Dang, 30% off four months after release?