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[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Well said. I also grew up in a ‘rightoid’ family and can confirm.

I would also add that they tend correlate wealth as a sign of intelligence and hold wealthy people in the highest esteem.

They also try to emulate wealthy people via conspicuous consumption, creating an outward illusion of wealth and success. I have a family member on section 8 who buys luxury goods to lord their ‘success’ over their friends and neighbors. It’s absolutely mind blowingly insane.

 

Considering switching to Linux, but I have many questions.

  1. Gaming - I enjoy gaming and want a Distro that will let me play most games. I have read that keeping nVidia drivers up to date can be (was?) a problem. I currently use steam for 99% of my gaming, I’m aware steam is porting a lot for SteamOS, but what are the limitations of this? Will I have to wait for a port before I can play a new game? Are there stability issues?

  2. I’ve developed a lot of pretty basic macros for excel in Visual Basic, I’m not a programmer by any means, but I can write some algorithms to do QoL coding. Is making the switch to open office seamless? Will my .xlsx docs incur formatting issues? Will my macros translate to whatever editor is used in open office? Does open office use the same codes for cell functions? Are there statistic package add-ons like with excel? Essentially, I’m asking how much work is ahead of me if I make this switch?

  3. I do enjoy the old version of outlook and work with many people who use outlook calendars for scheduling. Is there a similar program that will work with the same functionality on their end? (E.g. a mail client that will allow me to accept calendar invites from others and confirm it on both ends?).

  4. I am familiar with Visual Studio and use it as my IDE for very basic programming (I like to tinker with automating certain tasks in games, again by no means a programmer). Is there an equivalent FOSS version that would have a low learning curve coming from Microsoft’s IDE?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It’s unbelievable that doctor is still advocating his anti-vaccination rhetoric after being part of the cause of the outbreak. Shame on him, of all the people in this story, he is educated enough to know better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I guess I start making donations to the post office by becoming a stamp hoarder?

 

Libellula saturata resting on sage

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

What a treasure trove of data they’ll collect on us all. I hate this timeline

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

This, I was also a hiring manager in sciencey fields. We also verified education, even with a robust job history. I share the same sentiment and could not embellish on my resume because it’s pretty hard to lie about technical expertise in science and engineering. Also, the labs I’ve worked in have very expensive instruments, not a good idea to ‘wing it’ with those things.

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

In case anyone wants a brief intro to Multiplexing

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Obligatory fuck airbnb

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I choose to believe the dog is alive and well. I think they wrote “last meal for our dog” as an indication of order (e.g. the last item on the list) to ensure that the cook took extra care to make sure there is no seasonings and so it could be prepped rarer than one would typically make for human consumption.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Could always get back at that asshat by donating your Tesla to PBS or NPR (assuming of course you could afford it).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

But the social media research I did says Vitamin A is the natural way to build up immunity! /s

Snake oil sales persons everywhere. Supplements should have been regulated by the FDA from its inception.

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