[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Isn't it dumb that if I Google "Amazon" the top result is their ad and the next is the same link without the ad? Would make way more sense for the Amazon's ad to be the top result if I googled "Wal-Mart"

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Like a random intrusive ad? No, but when I Google something simply to go to their website and their ad is the top result I often decide if I like them more or less than Google before deciding to click the ad link vs the regular search link (I assume they pay Google a little extra for ad clicks). Amazon gets the ad click most others do not.

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Dog? It's an okay name I guess

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

I can't remember the specifics well enough to state anything as fact, I'm pretty sure we had something on campaign finance that disappeared after voter approval, and I know we had a ballot initiative on minimum wage that they reworked after the fact into something better than many places, but not quite what was voted on. Marijuana felt like they straight manipulated rules and it disappeared with their reasoning being that it technically was more than one rule at once.

Even if my poor explanations aren't great, I can state as a fact that our voter pool seems to not care at all that their elected officials don't give two shits about their interests. I know plenty actually do, but our averages voter just looks for the R

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And minimum wage laws, and campaign finance laws, we show up to for the ballot measures, but not for the people in office.

Edit: or we're perfectly happy voting for people that go against our voting interests. It's horrible either way

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

One of the dumber parts of this is that, prior to Roe vs Wade being overturned, SD had an abortion ban on the ballot twice since (guessing here) 2006 and voters voted it down both times. Roe v Wade gets overturned and our elected officials immediately enact they're own rules and now we have to fight for our rights back. I hate that our state still votes for Kristi and others like her, but hopefully we can get a little win bank this year.

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

Always have to vote for the furthest left that has a chance to win and hope enough others follow suit. Our system sucks, but the biggest thing holding us back is how far right the country currently is. Even though depressing, your attitude is currently our best shot and I appreciate that you're one of the seemingly few on this platform willing to voice it.

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

This one was subtle enough I'm counting it. Took me thirty seconds of not understanding the joke before suddenly realizing I lost

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Also looks like it could be spider mites. I'm not sure how common they are outside of large scale agriculture, but I've found them on my grandma's flowers before. Underside of the leaf may have small traces of spider webs, but the mites themselves are very difficult to see without a magnifying glass without having a trained eye for them

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I may have missed it in another comment, but I believe part of it is the cost of lives. During the space race someone dying would've just been part of the risk. Now we are using more automation and a human fatality might risk a company's ability to continue its pursuit.

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I thought it was going to be that the protest was for gun rights or something and he'd do a 180 on the validity of the protest

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 29 points 1 month ago

What am I if I know what it means but didn't think it was worth a laugh?

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submitted 8 months ago by rjthyen@lemm.ee to c/askandroid@lemdro.id

I have a Motorola edge plus that will not connect to mobile data. It will show several bars of service but the 4G icon is greyed out like it knows the service is there but will not access it I can make calls and send texts as long as they can be sent as an sms text. I use straight talk as a provider so my talks with customer service have been difficult, but they assure me my plan is in order and go straight to restarting the device (which does not work).

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I'm considering trying a factory reset of the phone to see if that corrects any settings on my end, or maybe buying a new SIM card and reactivating the service? But I don't know if there's any chance that would work or if I should just try harder with customer service.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by rjthyen@lemm.ee to c/gardening@lemmy.world

My wife and I started a new garden this year, and it ended up bigger than we needed so we dispersed some old seeds we had in the extra area. Ended up being fun and are harvesting some extra produce, but there's a few plants I don't recognize. I'm unsure if some of them are even seeds we planted or being new ground that was once my aunt's yard we uncovered some extra plants.

I'm new to linking albums so someone let me know if something doesn't work.

~~https://imgur.com/4c6BWbr~~

New link https://imgur.com/a/tYThG0j

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submitted 10 months ago by rjthyen@lemm.ee to c/jerboa@lemmy.ml

I'm guessing there isn't at the moment, but I can't stand how overloaded the feed gets with the copy and pasted posts from reddit.

I get that a lot of communities here are small and are trying to add content to up engagement, but, for example, I'll see 5 plus posts from r/aitah in a row with no comments and I don't see why many people would even consider replying when the OOP isn't even here to see it.

I'm actually considering blocking some of the communities that have a lot of this, but don't want them gone once their original Lemmy posts get more frequent.

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