CaptainPedantic

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why would the WGBH logo give people nightmares? That thing was my childhood. We lived off of PBS shows. Arthur, Zoom, Between the Lions, NOVA, Frontline, Masterpiece, etc.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (6 children)

No, the wheels are made of aluminum, not plastic

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago
  1. He is a bleached sarcophagus.
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He didn't get better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Oh I understood. I agree with you.

I would argue that something that was once available at home that is then restricted to a single place that must be shared with lots of people isn't freely accessible.

My local library is within walking distance, but it's pretty small. The Internet is free but not awesome in terms of speed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

If it's only available at one place, it's not freely accessible.

Logistically, how would that work? Libraries would have to be everywhere and they'd have to be massive. The IT infrastructure to support that would be immense. How would privacy work? Where could I go to have a private telehealth appointment, for example?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mail in voting across the board could be better than a federal holiday. In Washington, I get everything I need to vote in the mail: a ballot, a voter's guide, a postage paid envelope. I literally don't have to wear pants to vote. I can take a week to make a decision about something before I wander over to the nearest mailbox to drop off my ballot.

Never having done it, voting in person sounds awful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right about raising prices, but it will benefit consumers. If you're making a recipe, you won't have to buy 2 things instead of one and then figure out what you're gonna do with a weird fraction of some ingredient.

It'll be less wasteful in terms of packaging too. That's better for the environment.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

For those wondering, the Marburg virus has similar symptoms as Ebola.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I religion is shit, but mosquitoes (and the myriad of illnesses they transmit) have killed more humans than humans have.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

~~Irregardless~~ regardless

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm right handed but I use my left hand to type and navigate my phone. I also have my number pad on the left hand side of the keyboard.

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