Dark Arc @ Dark_Arc @social.packetloss.gg

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I thought that said Waffle House... And I was very impressed that Waffle House was taking such a strong stand on this issue 😂

I mean, it's also illegal to try and kill yourself, or do various other dangerous stuff. So... Maybe?

Plus, it's not so much about the pedestrian safety as it is keeping traffic moving by stopping pedestrians from just walking out in front of cars wherever they please. I'm not sure how that precedent is set, since I assume most other countries also give pedestrians the right of way (in the places they're supposed to cross).

No democratic president has had a super majority in decades. If you think they have, you're sorely mistaken.

Manchin and Sennima (a flimsy senate majority of 1) were not going to get it done.

It's not excuses, it's reality and you should pay more attention to it before spreading propaganda.

Plenty of sites operate on advertising or paywall based methods or additional services beyond what they publicly offer.

The web is a lot of things not just free "journalism" and personal blogs.

This argument that all websites should just be free content that the author not only takes the time to write but actively loses money to host is just not realistic.

while Dems were in power, and the Democrats did nothing to stop it

This is straight up misinformation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Legislature

The Idaho Legislature is controlled by Republicans via a super majority.

The United States Legislature is half controlled by Republicans.

The bigger problem could become selective enforcement to target and harass people.

Totally fine. That website does not at all benefit from your presence if you're not paying them in any way (unless it's a social media website).

Surely there's some sort of "you can't just jump out in the middle of traffic" law though? That's basically what our jaywalking laws "do" (in the limited cases where they're enforced).

There are of course the exceptions where someone gets a bit power trippy.

I just don't have carpeted areas ;)

Yeah, I went to Germany ... we need to fix this. It could be so much better, we should copy the German's and use full doors.

I found it weird that alcohol seemed to be sold only in liquor stores. But you can buy a machine gun in Walmart.

That might be a Florida thing(?) Definitely not an Ohio thing.

The food. Don’t get me wrong it’s nice and all but the quantity. Take sizzlers, you go in order your main meal then get an endless buffet for free. Like I couldn’t eat my steak when it arrived as I was full from the buffet.

Yeah buffets aren't all that common... But they're probably more common here (especially in touristy spots) than other countries.

• syrup all over breakfast items and people bigger than id ever seen were gorging and then taking a box home too.
• enthusiasm: grown ass adults whooping and hollering as we were queuing for rides. I’m a man child myself but it was startling.

Fair.

• Jaywalking. Wtf

Yeah... Especially in touristy spots and very urban spots some people don't care. I'm assuming you've witnessed Florida man that cuts across 6 lanes of busy traffic.

I think the average American normally only jaywalks if the street is pretty much empty and they don't feel like waiting 3 minutes for the light to change.

That is divisive even within the country.

I was raised in small town Ohio and taking your shoes off, especially in a strangers home (occasionally not in your own because of practicalities like going back and forth to unload the car), was considered part of common etiquette along with not wearing hats indoors.

Both of those things really depend on your family though as I've definitely met people that just don't care.

There was another model of sorts in "scroll" but they got acquired by Twitter and ... Who knows if that technology will ever get used again.

The scroll model was that you pay $5/mo or so and the Internet becomes ad free (at least for sites that had a relationship with scroll). The money you paid got shared with the sites you visited based on your relative usage (and of course scroll kept some for themselves too).

If Mozilla brought something like that back to the table, I could get on board.

Consider this: every website where you block ads is now inaccessible to you. How did that belief work out?

This is why you use fish shell and just type something vaguely similar to what you remember and hit the up arrow key.

I just play them exclusively with friends and mute random people that get obnoxious.

You don't need an epoxy of any sort for this ... just a grinder, some more mortar, and a joiner.

This is just something that happens with masonry after decades.

One thing I've learned since becoming a home owner ~5 years ago... There's a lot of stuff on the Internet that tries to get you to a point of hysteria.

https://www.premiumwaterproofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/stairstep-cracks.jpg

https://www.du-west.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bulog1-1920w.jpg

This is the kind of stair step crack you need to worry about. It's a big gap, many blocks, etc. It's a sign part of your foundation is sinking.

What you have is a block missing some mortar and a crack below (which can happen if water gets into the block ... which happens when you're missing mortar). You can have someone look at it, but I think an honest contractor would tell you "get it repointed or do it yourself, keep an eye on it."

That just looks like weathering. I have some similar cracks (... that I really do need to get to sooner or later...), it just needs repointed to prevent further water intrusion (take out the old mortar and put new mortar in).

I would not bother your insurance company with this.

This headline seems way weaker than necessary BBC.

Sudan civil war: Women raped by paramilitary fighters

Actually, I guess that's not the headline, it's just the post title.