Shitposter while I tend to two babies. Maybe when I have my life back, I’ll help us get a few more niche communities back?

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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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    5 days ago

    I still listen to my local FM alternative rock stations and can’t stand Sombr, specifically that back to being friends song, which they play every two hours or so. The chorus lyrics make me feel dumber and the music itself is boring, I almost always switch stations when I hear it.

    Admittedly it’s somewhat of a generational thing, but then again I also disliked similar music from the past few decades so who knows.





  • Depends. First, if you need financing, it’s probably not a great time to buy although if things ever get sane, you can refinance. The interest has been high. If you can buy outright, though, that’s a non-issue.

    Second, it depends on where you get your income. Some sectors are shakier than others. Rely on public contacts? Avoid. Healthcare? Probably fine. Tech? No idea, probably a bad idea. If you might get replaced tomorrow, do not finance a home.

    Lastly, consider where. You don’t want a place that’s going to be hazard prone with global warning. Places are priced accordingly but if your home ends up flooded, set ablaze, or lifted to another location by a hurricane, probably not a great idea. There won’t be enough public support to make up the loss.

    I’m personally holding down my starter home but I had to buy points to pay down interest to meet a debt ratio, and my math suggested 8 years to make that a net gain. But the above reasons have factored into my holding back.



  • I want to add an additional point or two; unlike Reddit, people generally don’t care about karma (total up votes aren’t really counted and some instances don’t even do downvotes, etc) so even if we were mainstream you won’t see much karma farming. People post genuinely, although it might just be a dudes memes on their phone, etc.

    Another is regarding the culture, as you may still get banned from specific instances. For instance, there are tankies (authoritarian communists) in places we mostly defederated from that ban you if you criticize the Chinese government or even North Korea (!). World, a typical go to for Redditors, tends to be center left but had their own controversial moments. Personally I don’t mind their defederation choices except I have to use another instance to access pro-piracy stuff (which div0 folks have the best of).







  • I drink it with milk but my wife is lactose intolerant so she has it with oat. She prefers it to almond and soy milk, however there are vast differences between brands and types.

    If you want to try something genuinely competitive, I found the “barista” Oatley to be very good. Typically if it’s marketed for barista use, it’s thick and uses a different binding that works better in coffee. It’s not good for cereal and stuff, though, it often feels like drinking half and half. Lol



  • Yes, I read that but how? We 100% should be more concerned with fed implementation than what states were doing, as I’m betting it’s going to be as stupid as UKs approach to app based verification.

    I’m not sure they could even do that in a reasonable way when there are use cases like offline installs, no cameras, etc, but given Windows requires hoops to jump to avoid getting an MS account, that’s probably not going to be a concern of theirs (as Congress is exceptionally inept). At least the CA law seems to consider that, given it’s just self report.



  • If it helps, lane changing is one of the main reasons for congestion so if you’re only making a short trip (e.g. same city) you might as well keep right-ish.

    In heavy traffic it’s usually not even much slower, and sometimes even faster, so I often stay in the right two lanes if I’m just going downtown or something. I usually also help with the flow of traffic by letting people in and out for the three or four exits I’m passing, since I try not to tailgate.