Bytemeister @ Bytemeister @lemmy.world

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Longtime computer "nerd" here. 8 years ago I would have balked about spending more on a cellphone than my gaming PC, but I end up using my phone more hours per day than my desktop so I bit the bullet and bought a nice phone. Now my PC is basically a dedicated entertainment device, and my phone is my go-to for email, chat, music, videos, reading, documents, and even some work.

If I wasn't an avid gamer, I probably wouldn't have a desktop or laptop at all right now.

And I will be switching to Linux this year, mainly because of Windows 11 and the general direction the Microsoft is going. I've got a laptop to test with and when I have the hang of it, the big battle station is getting switched too.

Seems a little early for it.

The argument for billionaires is "why should the government be allowed to set arbitrary caps on the amount of wealth you can accumulate" which I generally agree with, but it's clear that wealth hoarding has become a problem. Maybe we say that the most you can keep is 1 billion. Once per year, any personal wealth over 1 billion is surrendered. So you can earn as much money as you want, but you need to spend it or surrender it.

Seize all of Trump's assets in NYC

Especially considering the rating of those bonds dropped after some ignorant spray-tanned chimp decided to skullfuck a functioning and stable economy.

Better than that remove all immunity from law enforcement officers if...

They do not have a signed judicial warrant.

They do not verbally and visually identify themselves and the branch or organization they work for.

Without those two things, they cannot be verified as law enforcement acting in official capacity, and they should be treated as regular civilians. If a bunch of regular Joes jump out of a van and try to black bag you, you should have the right to defend yourself with lethal force.

Put cheap "rum" in it.

When the tree of Liberty is thirsty, all hands are welcome that are willing to help in the watering.

This means "I don't care where the fuck you are at, you can come on over and fight fascism if you want, we cool"

Pretty sure you can do that for home as well, just as long as you aren't in S mode.

Otherwise, admin console and clear the file permissions.

All that being said, for your average user, if you are trying to delete a file and windows says you don't have permission, it's probably best to leave it alone.

Ohio is mostly corn and "Hell is real" billboards.

Whichever 21 Pilots "song" was played most recently in my vicinity.

I think on a purely technical note, Air Conditioning goes beyond just cooling the air and involves reduction of humidity. Personally, I wouldn't consider it AC because you'd have to keep refilling the evaporator resivor, instead of just powering the device, but that is a nitpicky item that isn't technically a requirement.

Only if you use a better working fluid and add compression and expansion steps, but a long pipe in a ditch filled with water isn't what I would call AC quite yet.

Painting your house a lighter color. Can’t say how effective but makes sense intuitively.

Probably makes a big difference. I just measured my patio, grass and driveway temps today with an infrared themometer. Grass was 109, patio was 123, and the blacktop was a whopping 148. My wife has been talking about using a cream or neutral gray finish on the driveway, and a 20 degree difference is definitely worth it.

Thats basically how earthships are cooled. You can also run the pipe through an evaporative cooler to cool the air even more.

I don't buy into the "too big to fail" idea for individuals.

I really think it only applies to banks, mainly because they hold the money of common people. Anyone else should be allowed to fail. Probably the greatest financial policy fuckup of my life was bailing everybody out in 2008 and not holding anyone accountable for their actions. That gets back to risk and reward breaking down. Those companies should have been allowed to fail. The money, workers and demand for services don't disappear, they shift to more stable competitors.

"Blue no matter who" doesn't mean "vote for the second worst person". What it means is anyone who has any shred of decency isn't a republican anymore, and republicans cannot be allowed to win at any cost, or they will very quickly backslide civil rights and start a war in the Middle East.

I think the Dems will back Mamdani, since he's going to win the primary. There are a lot of naysayers about the Democrats who think otherwise, it will be interesting to watch the space in the next few weeks.

Also, if the Republican pull his citizenship then I'm going to fucking riot.

I too, killed the last owner of my car to get a good deal.

I'm down. I think every year, we ought to take the richest person in the country and redistribute 50% of their assets.

Hmmm. Good question. I'm not an economist, but I'd say it was around the time Reganomics got started, maybe a little bit beforehand, since I think Reganomics was probably a consequence of the powerful having enough money to out-fund the general populace.