triptrapper @ triptrapper @lemmy.world

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Is that how you think this works? Nobody gets to choose where they're born, and people tend to stay close to their families or other support systems, and their jobs. They might have partners or kids who are similarly invested in the area. Not so easy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disagreeing with your general point that right-wing terrorism is ignored by the media. Just wanted to clarify that you said "every one of them had a manifesto" but the Vegas shooter did not. That said, a lot of the details of his life are things I associate with right-wingers: worked for Lockheed, owned rental properties, 2nd amendment, lots of cruises. Like you said, I would describe his motive as "disdain for other people/society" but for some reason that's not considered terrorism.

FWIW, the Vegas shooter did not have a manifesto and I don't remember seeing any evidence that he was a white nationalist.

You're getting downvoted and I'm soon to follow, but everything you said is reasonable and it's almost never wrong to ask for evidence. I continue to be surprised at how tightly this community clings to the narrative that non-voters alone decided the election.

Is it possible to set up the pihole so certain devices are unfiltered? My partner works in digital marketing and needs to test that her clients' ads are functional.

My oldest sister got [what she believes to be] COVID in Feb 2020. She's been on disability since then, and while she's not cognitively impaired, she can't walk around for more than 60 seconds before having to lay down again.

I'm really proud of everyone for not making the tired "835 kilograms! What would someone do with 750 kilograms?" joke. It's just the worst.

I'm naive. What's the motive for an attack like this?

What you're saying is true in fact, but I feel like you're letting the price gougers off the hook a little. Eggs are popular because they're versatile, nutritionally dense and traditionally cheap. Eggs are almost the best breakfast kids can have before school because they help with focus and keep them full. There really isn't a replacement at the same price point. I don't think we should expect them to be so cheap that we rely on animal cruelty, but they shouldn't be a luxury item either.

EDIT: to clarify, it's the protein and fat that help with focus and fullness, not eggs specifically.

Yes, for a long time I've said that traffic jams are caused by brake lights, rather than deceleration alone. If you leave enough space ahead of you, you shouldn't have to touch your brakes very often, and letting off the gas should be enough.

I mostly play handheld, and I got a gaming pillow from Mechanism. It sits on my lap and holds the deck at the right height and angle. My hands used to fall asleep from squeezing the deck to hold it up, and this has solved it. I would play docked more often if I had a controller with rear buttons.

Capricious: From earlier caporiccio, from capo +‎ riccio, literally “curly head”. People believed that curly hair was a sign for a capricious and unruly character.

Thank you for doing what you do!

Oh my god that didn't even occur to me. Maybe I am a beginner!

To be honest, I recently got a TCL Roku TV and I almost gave up on trying to use it as a dumb TV. I'm not a beginner at this, but setting up a network connection was so embedded in the initial setup, from the moment you turn the TV on. I did a couple factory resets and I could not figure out how to bypass it. Turns out I had to set it to "store display mode" at a certain point and then connect my other streaming device.

That's cool. It didn't occur to me that anyone was preparing to fight back physically.

This one really hurts to think about. What an evil act. She deserves to be alive, the officer(s?) deserve to be in prison forever, and whatever payout the family receives should come from the department's pension fund.

"Our youth love luxury.  They have bad manners and despise authority.  They show disrespect for their elders and love to chatter instead of exercise.  Young people are now tyrants, not the servants of their household.  They no longer rise when their elders enter the room.  They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up food and terrorize their teachers.” -Socrates ~400BC

Maybe the distributor wanting an extra excuse to charge more for a little while?

What's insane? That she was wrongfully convicted, or that anyone is questioning her guilt? If the latter, we should never stop scrutinizing the government when they're able to lock people up for life. To be clear, I'm not making a judgment about Letby.