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What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected?

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  • I'm here in my van on a hot hot day doing 'work' (in this case a little browsing of lemmy).

    cooling me down is a "arctic air' USB fan with a little water reservoir providing a misting action. I think I said, "as seen on tv" like six times after buying it because how stupid can you get -- but i needed a fan and this is what the local hardware store had that ran on USB.

    Wow. I love it. Fast, quiet, low power, good air, and the misting function is awesome. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. (assuming it doesn't break within a week).

    • Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

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  • because when you get right down to it anything they did would be themselves doing it and thus subject to themselves NOT doing it. so the founding documents cut to the chase -- impeach the fuckers if they need it.

    (of course, as you hint, they didn't appropriately plan for party capture)

    • Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people?

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  • If they don't want to text you because they care what your device is, they're not friends you want to have.

    (this goes both ways. Lots of apple hate in this thread but, wtf, just get on with life folks. if you give a shit what hardware I run, or think i care about your choices, we're probably not going to be friends).

    • US House Republicans move to silence Wall Street in climate fight

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  • From the article,

    Republicans who lead the House Financial Services Committee plan to spend the next few weeks holding hearings and voting on bills designed to send a clear signal: Corporations, in particular big investment managers, should think twice about integrating climate and social goals into their business plans. Committee conservatives will target the process in which advocates pressure public companies to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals using the shareholder voting process.

    Of course this is all signaling so they don't really care if its a workable proposal. They're just continuing their bullshit fight to block votes they disagree with. In politics its disenfranchisement and whatnot and here its blocking shareholder votes. As you point out, even if they succeed in muzzling everybody they disagree with they'll still be forced to confront the business reality: this stuff is real and good businesses plan when real shit goes down.

    These fucktards don't seem to care though.

    • Deep space experts prove Elon Musk's Starlink is interfering in scientific work

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  • They're metal things sitting up there where the sunlight hits them. What you're seeing is the sun reflecting off them. Its like how you can look up and see a plane all bright and in the sun even at dusk when its starting to get dark on the ground.