sygnius @ sygnius @lemmy.world

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This doesn't surprise me. A lot of tech companies that are located in California just had massive layoffs in 2024, which I would think is a significant contributor. Tiktok, Google, Amazon, Riot Games just to name a few.

Thanks for the clarification!

I'm really hoping it does get immediately repealed when the next Dem is elected as Speaker.

Have you looked at your ballot? You're usually not just voting on just the primary candidate. There are also elections for senators, congressmen, judges, and town and state amendments usually included. 15 to 30 questions isn't unreasonable. However for a town of 8,000, not sure how many town specific questions there are.

The rule change that McCarthy allowed also affects Democrats. So just 1 Republican vote can oust a Democratic Speaker. They really fucked over both sides.

Because of the rule change, it's going to fuck over Dems too when they take over Speaker of the House. Reps are just going to oust every single Dem elected to the position every single day. All they need is one vote to challenge the Speaker. I really hope they nullify the rule.

Keep in mind there are roughly 15 to 30 questions on each ballot. If they're manually verifying each answer on each ballot, then it's really easy to make mistakes.

IU - Love Wins All

A deaf girl and a blind guy navigate a post apocalyptic world where they are being hunted down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JleoAppaxi0

This doesn't beat foss, but if you're willing to meet halfway, you can do Spotify for cheap. It's about $15 a year by taking advantage of their regional pricing in India. Method is to go on Amazon.in and buy a years GC to Spotify, then log into Spotify via VPN in India, then apply the GC.

What is the main reason why you want to move away from Spotify? Is it the cost or another reason?

COMAC, but there would be no way a new manufacturer would be able to keep up with global demand.

https://skift.com/2024/02/25/can-chinas-new-plane-compete-with-airbus-and-boeing/

Airbus doesn't have the safety issues Boeing has. Airbus put in the proper R&D including safety into the A320neo to make it a safe plane. Boeing needed to play catch up to make something that could compete against Airbus's plane and decided to cut corners.

I wouldn't say it's MUCH better than 10 years ago, but they're definitely making an effort to expand the train system. Blue Line goes all the way to Union Station now instead of just 7th & Metro. Purple line is in development to go to at least UCLA. Expo line, not sure if that was completed before you left, but connects from Santa Monica to Union Station now.

Not sure if you've been to LA, but they have been working on expanding the train system in preparation for the Olympics. So they're trying to do both, use the private sector with Waymo, and were already using your tax dollars to expand public transportation. Seems like a win for commuters to me, unless you're an Uber driver.

I'm a little mixed on this. I do think he should be lower on the rankings due to a lot of his shitty policies.

However, he has also done some significant differences that still affect us today. He did make GPS globally available to the public at no cost. Could you imagine having to pay to use your GPS every time, or not having GPS available to you at all unless you were in the military?

leaving us with a president that we'll over most of America didn't vote for.

Keep in mind that in the last 30-something years, Republicans have only won the popular vote once for the Presidency, and that was back in 2004.

They're not wrong about the addiction to dopamine hits. However, this is such a big waste of time and money on such a poor way to handle this.

Yeah, after the update, it only answers if I unlock my phone. It's not as convenient as it was before.

I noticed that Hey Google wasn't working from the lock screen anymore. Pretty annoying.

I'm going to recommend getting an app called Feedly. You can setup what you want to see on the feed. Put only educational or scientific articles, or customize it with sources that meets your need.

On the Skagen side, it looks like they completely stopped making the hybrids. They pretty much took down the smartwatch/hybrid section.