IronKrill

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[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The original post is equivalent to saying "this mirror is 1/8 the brightness of the light bulb in my room" and then buying 8 mirrors and turning off the light bulb.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If you're not getting cold, then no. If you lived in a colder climate or had worse heat generation then yes.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

I would happily bet money that federation keeps getting kicked down the road. "Oh, we have to do X first. Also Y just came up, and you know it was a waning moon last night so...." They have no reason to enable it as long as things go their way.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Email does not have issues finding emails. For a much better post than I can write, read TheChargedCreeper's comment above about the on-boarding experience they (and I) experienced.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Well said. This almost perfectly describes my experience with Mastodon as well. I ended up joining a Firefish instance later which was better, but no amount of "antennas" or topic follows helps when your instance has 20 users and it can't find anything.

I'd imagine a platform supposedly started by the people who founded Twitter, built from what supposedly was once an internal test of modifications to Twitter, to have an easier onboarding experience than whatever Mastodon did back when I tried it.

Bluesky works almost exactly like Twitter right now. It makes a vague mention of federation on signup but it's basically irrelevant and everything right now still goes through their central server, so there is no issue finding content or users.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's likely not as bad as you think. :) It took a bit of adjusting for me realising I didn't have several endless AskReddit threads a day to scroll through, but for 99% of my usage it's great here. It's also nice being able to interact with posts while not being one of the first commenters. I get more interactions here than Reddit. The only things I go to Reddit for are specific subreddits like dashcam videos, but that's a once a month or perhaps less frequent affair.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Genuine curiosity, why would Canada Post get into banking? Do they have some administrative advantages that would help, or is there no better department?

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember everyone saying the exact same in 2016. "Maybe Dems will reflect." Other than putting up a white man for 2020, I can't see a single difference in their approach ever since.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She literally said this though.

"I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory. I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power."

Source

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In the context of this chain, it should be noted most immigrants don't go through US grade schools.

 

This question's on my mind because my coworker today mentioned they would vote for Trump if they could (mind you this is 2023, in Canada). I don't generally have the talking points or the desire to fight about it, so I just deflected the conversation. But I often wish I was more strong-willed and could try to figure out why someone believes what they do and, if it's invalid, then convince them otherwise.

Thus, I'm curious what you all would say or what you've done in the past!

 

According to the uploader:

Byron, Georgia — On Friday July 15, 2022 Byron Police officers were given a look out on a SUV driving reckless on GA Hwy 42 coming into town. The caller said the vehicle was driving into the other lane almost hitting oncoming traffic. When the vehicle got to the intersection of Hwy 42 and Hwy 49 witnesses blocked the vehicle in. Byron Police officers arrived on scene and attempts were made to talk to the driver and she was uncooperative and would not talk to officers or respond to commands. Officers placed Stop Sticks under her tires to deflate the tires if she drove off. After several minutes the driver backed into a car stopped behind her and then pulled forward hitting a Byron Police officer and a Byron Police car.

The driver then backed up again and pulled forward hitting two witnesses and another Byron Police car and drove going north on Hwy 49 with one flat tire from the Stop Sticks. Officers attempted to block the car and she backed into a third Byron Police Car then drove forward hitting a Byron Police car for the second time causing serious damage to the car. The suspect continued on Hwy 49 for a short distance where Byron Officers were able to block her in and take her into custody. The driver was identified as 24-year-old Sierra Hibbert of Warner Robins, GA. She also had a small child with her that was not hurt in the incident. No officers or citizens were injured seriously in the incident. The Peach County Sheriffs assisted during the incident and is handling the investigation and criminal charges against Hibbert.

 

I have wanted to go on a road trip for a while, just driving off to nearby towns in my hatchback and exploring. I'd start small, like a day or three. The main thing holding me back is uncertainty of what to bring and how to do it, amongst other issues. I think I can figure out the food and sleep, but I was wondering:

  • Where to access showers?
  • Where to refill water?
  • Is it worth bringing a tent (could I set it up outside of a campsite)?
  • Where can I park when I need to sleep (that I won't get in trouble for)?
  • Am I missing anything else?

Was hoping some of you might have advice. I don't have a whole lot of good people to go to about this IRL.

Edit: Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to respond!

 

The comedic timing on some of this video is impeccable.

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