Apathy Tree @ ApathyTree @lemmy.dbzer0.com

I aim to be more human. I aim to be less apathetic as a human. Apathy grows

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I’d definitely prefer that, personally, but I think that would be a tough sell in most of the US at this particular point in society. Especially when most construction of new homes isn’t really urban so people don’t feel the space confinement the way they would in a more urban setting (they just look past the row homes and go “well that field could be housing so I don’t want this”), and with the sprawling layout of suburbs, they would feel super out of place to the point where I bet NIMBY mentality would prevent it.

Perhaps if that was a more normal option here, but it’s pretty uncommon for now.

They got rid of side yards but have halfway decent back yards, according to the info in it, to smoosh them all together.

But also I’m down for that too. I hate mowing my lawn. I don’t use the lot for much, so what do I care if it’s tiny?

Having read this the other day, it seems the lots for them are smaller so it’s still better than typical suburban sprawl, but yeah not by very much. It’s like duplexes, just without the shared walls.

At the same time, I totally understand the logic of the buyers. Condos and apartments really aren’t the same as having your own property that nobody really has say over but you. You can’t make big changes to a condo without approval of the building owner or whatever even though you “own it”, you share walls, and have no yard.

It’s just one more piece to the puzzle, it’s not meant to be -the-solution, just one of many.

lawl, nobody here has electric mowers. You can’t even find them in retail stores most of the time. I’m not saying that’s a good thing, but just because you haven’t personally used one by your 20s doesn’t mean they aren’t damn near mandatory elsewhere.

I have one I bought online and it struggles to get through my tiny yard. It uses batteries, but same basic concept. The grass is just too dense in the area for them to be practical, unless you want to go over the whole thing twice every week. Some people do, and good for them, but the vast majority simply won’t.

And sure maybe a snowblower in the south is overkill, but around here (and frankly in a ton of areas) if you don’t have one people -feel sorry for you and offer to help- because we do get a lot in a typical year. But also useful for old people, those with physical problems, etc. shoveling snow is hard work, unless the most you ever get is a dusting.

I’m not sure where you got the idea that a person needs to own tools in order to use and need fuel for them. That’s just silly. I borrow tillers and shit from friends all the time and have to get gas for them. Don’t own them, but use them. Same if I were to rent shit from the hardware store. You have to refill them before return.

That’s basically what Portugal did. Sounds like it’s working pretty well for them.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-portugal-tackled-its-addiction-epidemic-to-become-a-world-model-1.5178848

I don’t think lawn mowers, snow blowers, and other ICE landscaping tools, are “very marginal use cases”. Sure they might not use a lot of gas, but most everyone with a lawn/driveway has them (at least mower and blower).

But also, yes, it’s a convenience store. Other than maybe in cities, we often don’t have any convenience stores at all, just gas stations with shops inside.

Same, I have a bar a few lots from mine, and it only gets bad a few weekends a year.

I have neighbors that blast music while having super smoky fires and getting piss drunk, though. They are much much worse than the bar. Hands down. Because I can’t have windows open about half the time without my house smelling like smoke (a smell that gives me migraines).

On iOS the health app does this, plus it stores your med list in your emergency info (if you allow it, which I do due to blood pressure meds) in case of accidents.

My favorite is when the ringing from power resonates with the tinnitus and ends up with an oscillating tone. Drives me absolutely insane.

I’m in the same boat. Got my tubes tied years ago basically because I saw the writing on the wall and knew I didn’t want kids ever. I’m glad I did but man, the thought of an ectopic pregnancy in this climate is truly terrifying.

12 for those hardworking tropical chads

(Did I use that right? It was uncomfortable.)

I love purple but I would hate this kitchen.

My living room walls are purple but less intense than this and offset with blues and off-white. You have to be careful with purple. It gets overwhelming quick.

lol what a waste of money.

And this… this sentiment.. ongoing and supported by their own actions as it is, is how they fall.

We have no respect for them and the institutions they uphold. They are gangs. We are an occupied country.

We should give them as much respect as they give us. None. They deserve nothing but contempt and misfortune.

I appreciate the reply, because you took the time, but that was the “needs Mac” option.

I don’t have a Mac, won’t get one, and emulating is frankly too much work for a ringtone. Garage band doesn’t run on windows or Linux afaik, at least not without being a pain.

That’s the problem. On android, zedge can not only download but set ringtones for you even for individual contacts if you like, because it’s amazingly basic. I used it for years.

I miss that very basic customizing.

iOS is the worst.

Absolutely worst thing I’ve ever done to myself intentionally (and that list is looooooooong).

I really liked messing around with android, it was basically why I got into Linux… spent years messing about with android so Ubuntu felt so similar. It was an easy transition for me. (Other distros, even Debian based, have not been so welcoming, and I don’t want to go back to Ubuntu, but it felt.. right.. so I probably will.. unless someone tells me about a similar ui for anything else ;) )

I do hope Linux gains at least enough support as an OS for mobile that one can make it work.. I mean windows had a phone (possibly several shitty phones run on windows..?) and that wasn’t a big deal but Linux..? clutches pearls certainly not!

While I’m super glad it works for you (honest I am, that’s literally the point of tech, to do what you need) I’d never buy a pixel. At least not without the full intent of de-googling it.. and that’s exactly the problem with android right now. Android is largely a spyware platform for Google. Apple is not better, to be clear. Both options suck and we have no real 3rd party alternatives. Which we should have. Instead we have none, globally.

The hardware might be there (and frankly I’ve heard really good things about pixel hardware; lots of people buy them to flash other OS on) but the software is literally designed to spy on you so.. I’m super not into it.

I’m thinking about buying a fairphone and putting idk.. lineage or graphene on it.. been a while since I bought a device for the sole purpose of putting different OS on, but maybe it’s time.

If Linux phones were viable daily drivers I’d be using one of those. Fuck all this proprietary bullshit. But even that is difficult because Linux is many things but “all encompassing “ is not one of them, and never will be.

I know (but man the validation feels nice!) :) I am the walking incarnation of Murphy’s law not just for this, but my whole life. I think I’m a black hole of bad so other people can have better. 🫡 (yes I know that’s not how it works, but it makes me feel slightly better about the fact that everyone around me does great).

No, it was a design flaw with the phone I bought. If you used anything other than the OEM charger you were risking breaking your charge port. And it legitimately broke, not just dirty : /

I bought before this flaw was known. Too bad too because it was usb-c, so it -should-have worked with whatever but it was designed ever so slightly out of spec…

They don’t make phones anymore, unsurprisingly…

That is from such a long time ago.

How have things not improved??? It’s been mumbles years! What the fuck are we doing??

Nothing outrageous, I baby them and try to buy at least decent quality. They just.. never last.

I am, however, the walking incarnation of Murphy law, so like.. it’s not surprising to me that this happens.. (same as I’m the one with all the apple issues for no reason)

My last phone, the charge port failed about 2 yrs, I used it for 3 (fortunately still had wireless charging so I could have used it longer technically, but wanted to try apple before it was mandatory to give up)

Phone before that, the speakers failed so I couldn’t even take calls, about 2 years. (I don’t listen to stuff, so this wasn’t volume abuse or something causing failure)

Phone before that got bricked during an update but that was a cheap phone that didn’t have recovery because I was broke. Can’t afford to keep replacing shit even used..

Prior, mobo failure. You get the idea.

Only one phone broke because of something I actually did to it, and that was way back when slide out keyboards were still a thing, a Sony Xperia pro. I flashed a newer android version and then tried to revert to an older version (playing with custom roms) and broke the governor chip so the battery would read zero when not on the charger.

And I do fix things when the parts are available, economical, and it’s possible to fix, but that isn’t always the case.