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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Honestly good litmus test, if you got a Thinkpad that means somebody seems to listen to IT on what to buy which does bode sort of well for a tech job

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

...we also have brains capable of abstract reasoning, but nevermind that!

Not entirely convinced this is true of the people who claim 2 sharp teeth means we gotta do factory farming

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

I do know a few young people are tech/programming wizards but "generally tech savy" people seem to be declining. It's either you're really into it or barely know anything outside popular apps.

I feel like we also got a new kind of guy, the tech-forward digital illiterate. They run most of everything.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago

I'm here to report that divine punishment did get served, albeit god has a cruel sense of humor, so that specific whales jaw got sheared off by a speeding ferry, causing it to drown after hours of vocal, agonizing pain

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, the point is to see something like your birthyear or maybe that good summer in your 20s being described as too old to be relevant anymore stings

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All I'm getting out of this is further proof that the "general publics" sense of safety exists entirely removed from anything fact based

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Considering you said you're german, I think the whole Idea of "Ehrenamt" and subsidiaries of it runs counter to the entire system that has been built. If we monetize everything, I think it's fine that people get paid for taking time out of their day and bodies to do good shit.

Basically, don't do unpaid labour in this system?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Oh no I meant the first thing specifically lol. Nobody in that entire program cared about efficiency by KPIs. Why would they, that's enforced without training anyhow

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Having sat through corpo leadership training this isn't really even hyperbole. it was 60% this, 30% marxist theory repackaged with non-scary words and 10% good advice

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

IR Smoke Detectors with IOT would do the trick here and seem a likely choice on account of they didn't include some bullshit about AI recognition, but it also makes them hilariously easy to game. Just spray some axe near it, you know us teenage boys, we smell. Or hell, dust.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

also bypasses anyone in the IT Department having a shred of conscience because you don't even gotta really connect to the local network

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not with a 97% success rate but I don't know trigonometry and can do that in war thunder. you just vibe into it

 

Quote by some random cycling guy in /r/de that stuck with me.

It was in response to some carbrain malding their shit over the fact that you are legally allowed to undertake cars stopped at a red light in the same lane on the right in germany, if you're on a bicycle.

 

Just noticed I've never heard them discussed here. Surly basically invented them and called them the Corner Bars, but given it's "bits of metal pipes" you can get some without the name branding now. They're supposed to give you like a drop bar-esque experience except without changing out all the controls and most likely drivetrain, so if you ever wanted to try one, maybe this is interesting for you. You might have to readjust some cables or hydraulic lines.

I post this here because I feel like "how do I convert my flat bar into a drop bar" is a very common question in the bicycle world and while it is possible, it is often sort of not very advisable unless you like wrenching on your bike

 

Odd sentence, ain't it, but also like half the reasoning why people keep buying ever bigger cars and trucks.

The other half is "some other schmuck thinking this will snuff me out", which, fair, but how do you not arrive at the conclusion the eternal arms race of weight and height with cars is like, super bad?

 

How the hell was that popular for a while with the exact same crowd that cries terrorism if a bike lane is put in. I can't get an angle on how that wasn't immediatly shouted down, it's not like 10 years ago people were less carbrained. Even via racism I can't seem to find a reasonable explanation

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