jmiller

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

The first change needs to be teams pay for their own stadiums instead of them being taxpayer funded from cites and states. I don't care if it will drive tourism, use that money to take care of the purple in the city and make the city a nice place, even make it a nice place for a stadium, but make the team owners/pro leagues pay for their own damn stadium.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately, everything does at this point. We need to stop making them now, in a few more decades may be too late.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Metric measuring systems are superior in almost every use case, with the exception, I think, of how temperature feels to us. As arbitrary as Fahrenheit seems, it does seem like a more natural scale to talk about the weather or body temp. The smaller units are nice for these purposes too. 0 being very cold and 100 being very hot feels less arbitrary than -18 and 38, even if celcius is more logical and easier to use for many other things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At some point it almost stops seeming like greed and more like the willful extinction of the human race. But I'm probably just underestimating the greed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Pick one and get something started! Be the change you want to see!

[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As a bald guy with a beard, yeah it does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Shoot, the page is gone. I really wanted to see the AP article addressing this very important issue, lol.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

I've watched enough Supernatural to know a demon possessed corpse when I see one.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This isn't a science related meme. I can understand you not being sure where to put it, I haven't seen a "Racist Memes" community on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm out of the loop on Pico. Are their products not available in the US? I did a quick search and didn't find the Pico 4 for sale here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sure he's got climate wins, but some of the wins are questionable, like giant hydrogen hubs. Hydrogen sounds great on the surface, but the more you dig into it, the more issues crop up. Some of these hubs will end up producing hydrogen by burning fossil fuels, and that isn't a win at all. And speaking of not winning, we are producing more oil and natural gas than ever before. That's why we aren't excited about his "Climate Wins", they are offset if not overcome by losses.

Having said that, regarding the Climate, pollution, and everything related, Trump is the worst choice. He's already promised Carte Blanche to oil execs if they donate to his campaign. (Not in those words of course, simpler, more incoherent ones.)

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And it costs municipalities less money than the problems it prevents, so obviously we shouldn't do this everywhere and raise the standard of living for everybody. Because it wouldn't be fair, somehow.

 

It is a strange looking vehicle, but there are a lot of things I like about the company's philosophy and approach.

 

We recently attended a wedding in Atlanta, and we and some inlaws stayed at a Vrbo rental. One of the guests lost their balance and ripped the toilet paper holder off the wall. It was fasted with drywall anchors, and the damage is contained to the area under and immediately beside the holder base, less than a 3" circle. The holder is not damaged. We took pictures and sent them to the owner, telling them to let us know what the repair cost. They responded today that they had a quote for $500.

I am from a much less metropolitan area in a midwestern state, so maybe I'm out of touch with contractor prices there, but that seems very high. Any locals with insight?

 

Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve HVAC performance.

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