usrtrv

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[โ€“] usrtrv 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Hence why I also said advocate.

If there are no relevant ballot issues, you will need to find like minded people to create petitions. Start small: Painted bike lanes, reduce speeds in neighborhoods, signage, etc

The other option is be angry and bitter on the Internet. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] usrtrv 22 points 6 days ago (6 children)

This is why you vote/advocate for bike friendly infrastructure to exist where you currently live.

[โ€“] usrtrv 3 points 6 days ago

The house I grew up in just got a wired connection (fiber) in 2024. We had 3G by 2009 but the data caps and cost made it not ideal. Couldn't even get ISDN.

[โ€“] usrtrv 5 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, restart Project Sundial.

[โ€“] usrtrv 1 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on location in the US: hurricanes, blizzards, wild fires, Texas, etc

I would say I lose power every couple of years for a short amount of time because of heavy snow.

These issues could be mitigated if we built more underground lines.

[โ€“] usrtrv 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really depends on the content you consume. A lot of indie games and old games could benefit from 1080p. Especially with small text. And for more power hungry games you can always choose 720p

[โ€“] usrtrv 10 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't seem like their point was to trigger? Unless you're triggered by the word flesh?

I'm not a vegan/vegetarian. But I recognize from a purely thermodynamics perspective that meat is less efficient than a plant based diet. They're efficiency losses for feeding plants to another organism instead of just eating those plants directly.

Before agriculture, meat was basically required for humans. Let wild animals consume inedible plants and then hunt using very little of your own resources. Now that equation has been inverted since we control the entire chain of resources.

You can be mindful of environmental issues and efficiency without taking a moral stance on meat eating. There's really no easy answer, it's very complex. Pollution, water use, land use, pesticides, nutrition, etc are all factors.

[โ€“] usrtrv 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I always dislike this take because it pretends the US doesn't have this exact issue. I've known people with less than ideal insurance who had very few doctors to pick from in-network and would take months to get an appointment.

Long wait times still happens in the US. Just like it can happen in public healthcare.

[โ€“] usrtrv 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is true for any Android app requiring Bluetooth communication, not sure about iOS. An app might be able to figure where you are at based on the Bluetooth beacons (or any wireless) devices around. Hence treating it as a location permission as well.

This has been changed starting with Android 12 where they have specific Bluetooth permissions that filter out Bluetooth beacons. But it will probably take while before apps update using the new permission

https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/bluetooth/bt-permissions

[โ€“] usrtrv 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh woops. I must have missed it last time I checked ifixit.

[โ€“] usrtrv 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

~~Seems like they don't sell replacement OLED screens yet either, which is a shame.~~ Especially since they've been so good with replacement parts.

[โ€“] usrtrv 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

120V is the American outlet. Japan uses electric kettles just fine at 100V. I think the reason they arnt super prevalent is cultural. Not speed.

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