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Retro racing game (horizonchase2.com)
 

Retro racing game with a great soundtrack.

 
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everyone has a vested interest in 50% of the population feeling good about the other half. And certainly we should all feel safer about being with fellow humans than with a bear. The fact that some of us don't feel that way means we should try to make them feel safer.

Thanks for the post. Does anyone have advice on how to become a moderator?

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

I still have a checkbook for the occasional handy man that doesn't want cash or transfer. I'm pretty sure most apps take a cut from business accounts, and others will report to the IRS when you make a certain amount, so for some workers it makes sense to avoid the apps.

Zelle is somehow the one that is usually free and does not report, but my credit union has a daily limit for Zelle transfers, so if the bill is larger, I offer payment in check as an alternative to cash since it's safer.

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

Any idea on why unmanic was not performing well? If it's unrelated to ffmpeg, you could try tdarr.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think the generalization isn't really about white men per se, but about the demographic in power. Give a group unchecked power long enough and they forget how that came to be. I agree that it's not a rule, and maybe should be expressed as more of a heuristic: if you are speaking to someone that is in power, and you don't look like them, they might think you are not empowered.

Don't let the lack of nuance in that statement take away from all the very valid points being made. The plight is real, and hopefully the white men who are enlightened enough to not confuse circumstance with natural order will read and know to not take it personally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I think HVAC will continue to be a necessity, especially considering the changes in climate we've seen. It's true that demand is seasonal though, so maybe you just need something temporary, at least until summer?

In regards to a career change, if you're serious, don't be deterred by the sunk cost fallacy. If you're not familiar with the idea, look it up: there's a lot of research and advice on how sunk cost tricks people. The gist of it is that yes, past investment in something matters, but only to the extent that the alternative can compensate for it in the long run.

Do the research on the alternative and crunch the numbers, if you'd be better off doing something else and it's promising then you should consider it seriously. Just remember what you learned: sometimes jobs come and go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, please elaborate. I can't tell if I agree or not.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/37957

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Just curious, what's the site called?

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

Not necessarily, communist governments sound a lot like the application of force and control over resources because smaller communities are not trusted to do it fairly.

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

Thanks, hadn't seen the Pinocchio unit of measure before but she apparently earned 🤥🤥🤥🤥.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's almost like people seeking power are more likely to abuse it.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12909215

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I think the show does a good job at showing how easy it is for Dale and Bill to swap too. Just recently watched the episode where they basically end up in a ditch because they didn't really know how to use a digger - it's hard to tell who is dragging down who.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11364171

"I need to ask my staff," Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed.

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) on Sunday got called out for routinely taking credit for delivering money to her district — after opposing the bills that provided that money.

During an interview on CBS News Miami, host Jim DeFede asked Salazar about a ceremony she attended last month where she presented a check for $650,000 to help small businesses at Florida International University.

“You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” said DeFede, the host of CBS’s show “Facing South Florida.” “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?”

She did vote against that $1.7 trillion government funding bill. It was a massive and memorable bill that almost every House Republican opposed.

Salazar said she couldn’t remember that vote.

“Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—”

“But you voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, right?” DeFede interrupted.

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