MsPenguinette @ MsPenguinette @lemmy.world

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Because literally nobody is suprised by trump as this point. We all know what he is at this point. Biden popped the fascade that has been carefully crafted to keep us all thinking he was doing alright despite being old as fuck.

I totally forgot to include carplay in my long list of things. It's such a dependable and clutch feature. Good carplay support had way too much influence in my decision of what car I bought.

I dislike this logic. It's really a black and white / all or nothing approach. Also, I think the photos app is just a microcosm of a bigger consideration. That being which OS do I trust more overall if I trust some of the built I apps more?

I don't think people will actively choose to vote for Trump over Biden in protest. I agree it isn't going to be a race for undecided voters but rather trying to convince people to go to the polls and then actually get them to vote for Biden.

If something g doesn't change, I think we are going to see a huge dip in voter turn out for dems. I'm sure it'll still be massive but the Delta between Trump turnout and Biden turnout will be historic

There has been a lot of talk now about "what's the plan for when trump gets reelected if we decide not to vote for Biden?". And it's a great question without a good answer. I've mentally prepared myself for Trump to win. I know that I'll likely be one of the people who vote for Biden on election day but I also think we need to have a plan for the people who won't fall in line.

Conservatives are great at falling in line. Expecting liberals/leftists/etc to fall in line is a recipe for disaster.

If I had to come up with a plan, I'd say that we should start maybe having some room for a "at least vote down ballot" message. Cause if dems significantly sweep the house/senate, maybe some checks and balances could be in place (but I won't hold my breath). But that motivation could get people show up like how the uncommitted movement in primaries worked for driving turnout.

I'm scared shirtless tho. I'm mentally preparing myself for a second term Trump. One other wildcard in this is that I really don't know how gen z is gonna act. The world is real bleak for them and I think they might really intentionally decide to be accelerationists instead of being able to be motivated by harm reduction.

DNC ego is why we got Trump in 2016.

Also Trump voters don't care about their candidate being shitty. It's a feature not a bug. Biden has people with standards and morals to motivate. Relying on the shittiness of trump is a losing move. Biden was inoffensive in 2020, that no longer the case this time round. This all is how we end up with trump again

So first, I will say that the phrase "stopping me from switching" kind of implies that I'm looking to switch but can't.

I used to have android between the iPhone 4s and the iPhone X. Back then, there were significant features that I wanted that I couldn't get from iOS. Tho now there isn't much that android has that I don't feel I have access to that is significant .

As for what keeps me around and happy with iPhone is

• I'm in software engineering and I have always been mac person. I know windows has had the Linux subsystem for a long time now but it feels like a new feature and clunkier than max being freebsd based. My current job forces me to use windows, and I hate it but it's been 4 years, so I've adjusted. That said, the Mac/iPhone/iPad interoperability is great
• I love my Apple Watch. I'm sure Android wearable have gotten better but the integration feels complete and well supported. I don't have to worry about my phone getting updated and my watch stopping working
• The find my network is pretty great. I know there are other solutions but airtags are great. All of my devices also have seamless location tracking and sharing out of the box.
• I pay for the TB of iCloud storage (it's outrageously priced but I'm used to it now). It's great to have all my devices able to just all be using it. Latest addition to my icloud usage was using the Logitech Circleview doorbell and camera. It saves directly to icloud. I don't have to worry about storage and I also don't have to worry about the company sharing my footage with cops cause the data is stored in my icloud drive.
• it's not flawless nor perfect but knowing that there is app review before something gets published makes me feel better about the entire ecosystem. Kind of like how a bouncer at a bar let's ya know that when you go inside, the riffraff had to at least sneak in
• apple pay works great for me
• having all my devices made by the same company is a pro for me but I know others might see it as a con. But my Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV, HomePods, AirPods, etc all just being from apple means I have less to keep up with. I don't have to worry about a matrix of who makes what and when it's gonna get updated or dropped
• resell/trade in value is great cause old devices have such a long life due to software updates
• my shit just works and I'm happy
• I know it might be contraversal but I trust Apple. Be it them having a pretty good record on user privacy, or them not allowing bloatware cause of user experience, or them not cramming AI into shit the same way everyone else did (even with the upcoming IOS, their implementation seems well thought out and conservative
• backups and transferring to new devices has been completely painless (which I do suprisingly often)

Over the years, I've gone from being a major tech enthusiast to now not wanting to have to futz around when I'm not on the clock. I still like getting tech and adding it to my home, but I don't get in the weeds anymore. I just want my shit to work. I want my stuff to just work for my family.

I dunno, tweaking and futzing used to be important to me. But now confidence and simplicity matter more to me now

NOT SURE WHO TOOK THE BRUNT OF THAT ONE!

I'm not a capitalist but glad the free market regularly aligns with DEI. Thought the company I work at would back off a bit to the news coverage of outraged hysterics but they've doubled down.

I dunno. I read it after seeing your comment and it suprised by your assessment. Black eyes take forever to heal. They have to see that every day in the mirror for weeks while also trying to deal with the trauma of the attack.

I think it's great they walked away, but then again, doesn't seem like the kind of situation where it's a group of people looking to maim or kill

So I had no context for how big that is and why it's newsworthy

To put the sheer size of the 8 GW solar farm in perspective, the three largest solar farms in the world by capacity are China’s Ningxia Tenggeli and Golmud Wutumeiren solar farms, with a capacity of 3 MW each, and a 3.5-GW solar farm outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.

Tho still didn't understand the scale until I looked up a stat on nuclear

Nuclear energy has been powering the U.S. grid for the past 6 decades and produces around 1 gigawatt of power per plant on average.

Then again, I thought, maybe nuclear power might be less productive than I think it is, so looked up a list of biggest power plants in the world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_power_stations#Top_20_largest_power_producing_facilities

• Number 1 is Three Gorges Damn at 22 GW
• there is an 7.96 GW nuclear power plant in Japan
• but 8 GW would be the 10th biggest power plant in the world

Then I learnt that that nuclear power plant has been out of action since like 2017. It'll soon(?) be active again but for now the record for biggest nuclear is held by a 7.4 MW power plant in South Korea

In conclusion, my ADHD medications have worn off and I should go to bed

It's my goto daydream when I'm rawdogging a boring situation

jfc what kind of sacrifice do I need to make to what ancient diety to get him to step down?

I think we gotta have a conversation as a society about when the hand over the reins to the kids. I'm in my 30's and glad life expectancy peaked cause seeing the gerontocracy from this end is horrifying.

Why is racist in qoutes?

I take no shame in the schadenfreude I experienced in hearing this

Is this house loss?

Suprising how numb we all are to countries saying they will make an entire population suffer rather than talking about fighting the military. We are just one or two layers away from countries saying "we'll kill all the babies till they regret even thinking about looking at us sideways"

I think you said elsewhere that they are new and that they are photoelectric rather than the radioactive ones.

I'm purely taking a shot in the dark but I'm wondering if you should try sealing up the hole(s) in the wall that you made to run electric and to mount the detector

My thinking is that dust might be getting caught up in a tiny draft through that hole and it's so close to the source that it sets it off. Cause like, if wind hits the side of the house, there can be some positive pressure in the crawlspace which often also means inside the walls.

I guess maybe somehow there could be some stream or condensation as well. If it's right by the front door and the humidity is high, maybe the hot air from outside meets the AC air and causes a tiny amount of condensation. Or if you live in hellscape temperatures, maybe there could be some vapor generated because of the hot air.

He's such an egomaniac that reproducing is a kink for him. Imagine being one of those kids and knowing your dad gets off at your very existence while him also caring so little about you other than your genes

Eh, if the government fucks up then it has to pay, the taxpayers should pressure the government to not fuck up again if they don't like having to pay for making people whole

Great, the one time we needed Boeing's world renowned quality control