[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Don't disagree. Might be purely placebo effect, but I'll take it.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I am not a medical professional of any sort.

I have found that when I get the scratchy throat that typically leads to a cold I start a regimen of ibuprofen, pseudoephedrine, and fluticasone (allergy nasal spray). About half the time it avoids the cold altogether.

Does it actually work or am I fooling myself? I don't have hard data but I'm convinced it works for me.

Oh, and get some rest. I tend to get sick when I'm sleep deprived.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Appreciate your perspective. Makes more logical sense than the "shouldn't have used ethanol" responses I got. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

Just finished restoring an old Jeep and had the brand new fuel pump give up within the first tank of regular gas. Everyone I talked to the first thing they asked was, "Did you use ethanol free gas?" Like it was some street smarts thing I should have known.

I would have thought by now any component built in the last decade would be built to withstand modern gasoline mixes. Joke's on me.

[-] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago

I'm attending an all day workshop tomorrow with a bunch of leaders at my job and I expect this is a better summary of the upcoming proceedings than anything else in existence.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Seriously. Can we stop this ridiculous obsession with "generational" comparisons, please, and the click bait that goes with it? Let's instead start learning empathy and stop trying to force fit everything into an arbitrary category. Can we really not, collectively, as a species, grasp nuance and the eternally changing state of everything?

Probably not, but here's to hoping.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Put your salami in that and it's gonna come out looking like chorizo

Pure poetry. Your words have convinced me to keep my junk outta exotic fruits.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

I have seen these in airport parking garages - green when the spot is empty, red when occupied and visible from the end of the aisle.

What really blew my mind was seeing the exact same functionality for stalls in the restroom.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 4 weeks ago

I wonder if this type of economic calculus would mean a supply of inexpensive, second-hand panels might be available in the next few years.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

The design is based on the false assumption that Google's page-ranking algorithm favors accurate results and not SEO-gamed garbage. Google Search has been broken for some time, and now the company is relying on those gamed and spam-filled results to feed its new AI model.

God I love this so much. Though I'd bet there will shortly be two Google search algorithms, one for us engines of consumption and one directly from 2016 only for the AI to feed from.

At thrice the energy consumption, of course.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Good choice. Your version is much better.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Didn't Uber start as a ride sharing app? As in, "Hey we're both headed in the same direction! I'll give you a ride in my vehicle, stranger, if you pitch in for gas." Then they realized with a few tweaks they could turn their pool of near-slave labor into profit. Enshittification accelerates.

Maybe there's a Fediverse-like solution for gig work that doesn't suck all the humanity out of it?

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