CaptainPedantic

joined 1 year ago
[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

That's one thing I'm putting some hope in. Tariffs and stupid shit like Worm Boy running our national health infrastructure into the ground benefit no one. Not big companies, not us little guys. I'd hope these big companies will lobby hard to mitigate the stupidity that is bearing down on us.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why would the WGBH logo give people nightmares? That thing was my childhood. We lived off of PBS shows. Arthur, Zoom, Between the Lions, NOVA, Frontline, Masterpiece, etc.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (6 children)

No, the wheels are made of aluminum, not plastic

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Literal crosshairs.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago
  1. He is a bleached sarcophagus.
[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He didn't get better.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Oh I understood. I agree with you.

I would argue that something that was once available at home that is then restricted to a single place that must be shared with lots of people isn't freely accessible.

My local library is within walking distance, but it's pretty small. The Internet is free but not awesome in terms of speed.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

If it's only available at one place, it's not freely accessible.

Logistically, how would that work? Libraries would have to be everywhere and they'd have to be massive. The IT infrastructure to support that would be immense. How would privacy work? Where could I go to have a private telehealth appointment, for example?

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The article says that we can distinguish 2 different smells that appear 60 milliseconds apart.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mail in voting across the board could be better than a federal holiday. In Washington, I get everything I need to vote in the mail: a ballot, a voter's guide, a postage paid envelope. I literally don't have to wear pants to vote. I can take a week to make a decision about something before I wander over to the nearest mailbox to drop off my ballot.

Never having done it, voting in person sounds awful.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right about raising prices, but it will benefit consumers. If you're making a recipe, you won't have to buy 2 things instead of one and then figure out what you're gonna do with a weird fraction of some ingredient.

It'll be less wasteful in terms of packaging too. That's better for the environment.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

For those wondering, the Marburg virus has similar symptoms as Ebola.

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