Rivalarrival @ Rivalarrival @lemmy.today

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In my area, "Don" is pronounced with the mouth wide, jaw open. Force a smile as you say it, and you should be in the ballpark.

"Dawn" is pronounced with the lips pursed. Kiss your grandmother on the cheek.

I'm going to reject that criticism in this particular case. PiHole is a significantly more complex setup than Tailscale or ZeroTier. While I agree that it is beyond expectations for the "average person", so is PiHole.

An OpenVPN server on a dynamic IP address is not that far beyond the skillset of the average PiHole user, especially if they are using an open source router with OpenVPN and DDNS preinstalled.

Tailscale or ZeroTier are well within the capabilities of a PiHole user.

Tailscale, zerotier, or any other VPN server on your home network can keep your mobile device on your pihole network regardless of physical location.

I'm told there are differences between "merry", "marry", and "Mary", but I don't believe it.

Chuck Schumer currently has less power than Jon Stewart.

Seeing what Chuck Schumer does with power, I'd say this is a good thing.

We are comprised of tangled chains of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, with a sprinkle of various others. Plastic is slightly more complex chains, developed from the dead and entombed carcasses of ancient flora and fauna. That entombment process adjusts, but doesn't fundamentally alter the chemistry of those chains.

Yes and no.

If you regularly donate, your PFAS levels will be well below average, so your blood/plasma will actually lower the recipient's concentrations. Not quite as low as it brings down your concentrations, but still lower than average.

Further, with plasma, they extract the proteins to produce various medications. That process leaves the PFAS with the remaining, depleted plasma, which is then discarded.

But, even if your concentrations are significantly above average, and the recipient receives whole blood/plasma from you, they are only receiving 1 unit from you, adding to 8 or 9 units of their own. Their net blood concentration rises only 1/8th above average as your own concentration.

The lifesaving value of your PFAS-contaminated blood is infinitely higher than the risks posed by your PFAS.

Tl;dr: Don't discard your blood.

Regular plasma donation is the most effective treatment. Blood donation works, too, but you can only donate blood every two months, versus plasma donations up to twice a week.

Far easier ways to make/acquire gun powder, and far better explosives available. Fireworks make a lot of noise and light, but they aren't particularly strong explosives.

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Do you not?

Beer and bread share a common ancestor: gruel. Put grain in water to soften. Works better if you also heat the mixture. Now you have a carb-rich slurry or paste in which bacteria have been killed off, suitable for staying alive.

Don't eat it all right away. Let it sit around for a bit, and wild yeasts will grow in it first, before bacteria start colonizing it.

Pour off the liquid: that's a primitive beer. Let the remaining mash dry out a bit; that's a primitive bread.

Actual beer and actual bread are just evolutions along the same lines.

The point is that, because it's a flat rate, you end up paying more the more money you have.

The rich dont spend much of their money on consumer goods. They spend most of their money on investments, financial services, etc.

So when you and I spend nearly 100% of our money on consumer goods, we are paying 25% of our income in taxes. But the richest among us, whose consumer spending amounts to 10% (or less) of their earnings, pays just 2.5% of their income on taxes.

Flat rate taxes on consumer spending are wildly regressive.

Government operates by accepting our individual political authority, and utilizing that investment of power to provide paid services to customers ("taxpayers").

Our investment of political power makes us shareholders. Like any shareholder, we are owed a return on our investment. The government should be paying a dividend to each and every citizen.

Take your upvote and choke on it, dad.

Maybe we're a carbon based intelligence that just goes through a meat phase.

Yeah. Because you have to pay people to do things they dont want to do.

I don't think the Guillotine Party is going to have that problem. I think people will be lining up for the opportunity.

Reminds me of Admiral Patrick

That's enough internet for today. Good night, Lemmy. Never change.

Full body condoms FTW.