recklessengagement @ recklessengagement @lemmy.world

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Don't connect it to the internet

Voting sites really don't cost that much money. They probably spent more money putting up this measure than it would cost to just run the damn thing.

When I work elections, the county pays me roughly 180 bucks for the whole day 6am - 8pm (I dont do it for the money, obviously). The smallest one i worked had around 3-5 people, so less than 1k in labor overall.

All of the devices and materials aside from the ballots get re-used for each election, unless there are equipment changes. The voting locations themselves are often donated spaces, like churches and schools. There are also election technicians, but they're serving multiple precincts and dropping one location won't make much of a difference. Everyone else involved is usually already a salaried government worker.

All this to say, closing a precinct to "save money" is a pathetic excuse. Everyone has the right to vote. It should be the first thing we make sure we budget for.

This is a good sentiment. Just because your specific in-group believes something doesn't mean its common knowledge. It is still deserving of attention.

How can I acquire one of these deployable friends

wish this was me

In my defense, my pattern recognition works a lot better with depth perception and movement

I recently stumbled upon SDF and it honestly filled me with so much hope and inspiration, that something so cool and benevolent could be held sacred for decades and has persisted through all the changes and enshittification, it felt like climbing a mountain and finding a perfectly preserved monastery with libraries full of wisdom still stewarded by living digital monks.

And yet when I share my enthusiasm with anyone, they say "i don't get it, just looks like an outdated website to me..." -_-

Generally, I'm against violence towards journalists - but dishonest and manipulative headlines like this tend to make me reconsider my stance, if but for a moment.

Implying you can control or induce these hyperfixations in a productive way is disingenuous at best, measurably harmful at worst.

If you work in a job that can use use the chaos in a productive way that's great, but I'm willing to bet you still face abnormally high difficulty with general life tasks, and consistently struggle to enforce a work/life balance.

You're not helping people with ADHD by posting this. You're establishing an unattainable standard for people that are already doing everything in their power just to get by.

Iceland Air?

I had one of these, not bad at all. Sometimes a simple sandwich is all you need when you're sleep deprived on a red-eye flight.

If this works, could you theoretically cover crop fields in solar panels as well? That's a ton of usable space

That is fascinating - thank you for taking the time to share :)

Man I fucking love this community sometimes. This is like the 5th fantastic self hostable open source software I've seen since joining lemmy, and every time, it gives me that feeling of discovering the internet all over again.

I've joined a few of these before and gotten payouts in the range of $100-$350, from Google and Meta.

Until I joined Lemmy I had no idea how militant vegans could be. I sorta just assumed they were a different brand of vegetarian.

I'm not opposed to their ideaology in any way, but after reading the comments on a few posts that found their way into my feed... I had to block their communities. It didn't seem likely that I'd be reading any productive discourse there.

This is just the game "Hypnospace Outlaw"

If you're a fan of shenanigans, have some friends to play with, and know how to avoid the script kiddies, it can be quite fun.

I CAN CONFIRM THIS WORKS

A few years back I was away for a while and came back to a nasty mouse infestation. When faced with the prospect of deep cleaning and sanitizing items, it made it WAY easier to get rid of stuff that I didn't CRITICALLY need.

Anything important I put in the work, anything not got tossed. I was able to cut back significantly.

Also gave me an excuse to spend a bunch on storage - everything is now stored in clear sealed plastic bins with labels - and left me with enough trauma that I'm now quite vigilant about cleaning :P

Recent changes in GTA Online moderation now censor words like "meth" and "cocaine" in chat...

...in a game where large portions of the gameplay are focused around selling meth and cocaine.

I like it here. People are quite nice for the most part