impudentmortal

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What does it say about me that I use one of those tubes that squeezes every last bit out of the tube from the end?

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

Screw the rules, I have money

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The worse is when a solution seems obvious but doesn't work. Then you lose your mind clicking everything until you get the actual solution.

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

Fry ground pork and break them into small pieces (like 1/2 cm diameter). Add minced garlic (and onion optional), salt, and Maggi seasoning.

Eat with rice, butter, and fried egg (optional). To make it more nutritional, add some sort of vegetable. I like stir fried spinach with garlic and fish sauce.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone is saying home made and they're right. But if you are too lazy, I've found that Mexican supermarkets will have fresh store made salsas that are good and decently spicy.

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

If you're white, the pepper

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, these last 3 months have felt like 3 years so maybe they're on to something.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Partially true. Though female sloths will release a mating call, it looks like a female in estrus will be about 200% more active than normal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But you're missing the point that the population of Japan specifically is on the decline and has been for decades.

Even if we take out the cost of pensions for the elderly out of the equation, if people aren't having kids to replace themselves, there won't be enough working age people to fill every job needed.

For reference, the Japanese birth rate as of June 2024 was only 1.2. If that trend continues, in say 20-30 years, there will be about 1/2 of adults then as there are now.

The easiest and most immediate solution for Japan (and South Korea which is also having the same problem) would be to ease immigration so that more people can come in to work. But that doesn't help in the long run nor does it address the cultural and societal factors that have lead to this point. And even then, since both countries are so homogenous, it would be hard for natives to accept a huge influx of immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (8 children)

On the one hand, yes having a child with a higher quality of life is better than having many children.

However, there's a good Kurzgesagt video about how the severe decline in birthrate can doom a population. Basically, if a population is not at the very least replacing itself, it will run out of young workers to keep the country going and vastly skew the proportion of elderly people to young workers. Small, rural towns will not survive since young people will flock to cities for work.

Though the video is based on Korea, the same concepts apply for Japan as well.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Grave of the Fireflies is a good one and has been mentioned a few times already.

Fox and the Hound has several tear jerker moments, though most memorable for me is when Todd is returned to the forest.

Land Before Time was my first parent death in a film that I can remember. And unlike Bambi, this movie shows more of the consequences of losing a mother at that young of an age.

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

I'm Just a Kid...in my ass. I don't like what this is implying

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Tried updating the voyager app on Android but I get this error message. Going from 2.24.0 to 2.24.1

Any help is appreciated!

 

From The Main Duties of the Vice President

 

I've got a lot of devices that need to plug into an outlet at my desk. Right now, I have 2 surge protectors completely full.

I wanted to get a smart surge protector to auto turn off/on devices I don't want left on all the time (ex: speakers, monitor, DAC/AMP, printer). But the smart surge protectors have fewer outlets than my current one.

My question is, how do you manage your outlets when you have a lot of devices that need to be plugged in? I don't want to have 3 surge protectors plugged into the wall. I'm already drawing a lot of power in my home office with my mini fridge also plugged in (on the opposite side of the room).

I've also heard of something called UPS. Would that be better than plugging it into a surge protector?

For those curios, the devices I have are:

  • Two monitors
  • Speakers
  • DAC/AMP
  • Router
  • Modem
  • Printer
  • Ethernet Switch
  • PiHole
  • Solar panel monitor
  • NAS
  • Landline phone
  • Backup external hard drive
 

I'm looking to replace my old Netgear Nighthawk with a new router. Currently my house does have some dead zones which we make up for using a powerline. But the powerline isn't always stable and we have to switch wifi networks depending on where we are in the house.

My question is, is it better to get a mesh network or a standard router with either range extenders (ex: TP-Link OneMesh) or mesh features (ex: Asus AiMesh)? I couldn't really find any article that listed the differences between mesh routers and standard routers with extendable features. They only compare mesh routers with standard routers.

More info:

Preferably, I would like to go with the standard router for the higher speeds and extra ports but I'm afraid that won't solve our dead zone issues. Also, buying two or three standard routers is way more expensive than a mesh network with multiple satellites.

Speed and signal strength are important for me since both I and my brother WFH and do online gaming. Unfortunately, the home office (where the router is) and bedrooms (where we game and where my brother works) are on opposite sides of the house. Another note is that when the garage opens, my brother loses signal in his room for some reason. I haven't experienced that despite being closer to the garage than him

 

Preferably S. OC (ex: HB, NPB,Costa Mesa, FV) but wouldn't mind recs for other cities.

 

I wanted to get my mom YouTube Premium for her birthday but don't want to pay the ridiculous annual price for my country (especially since she mostly just watches YouTube shorts). She uses an iPhone so trying to get adblocker would be too much of a hassle, especially if it stops working. She won't be able to figure out how to fix it.

I've tried using account sellers in the past but the last one I used had some issues and now I can't add my mom's YouTube account to a different family account for another year.

I am able to use a VPN to buy premium for cheaper from a different country but they require a credit card for that country. Is it possible to get a virtual debit/credit card for different countries?

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