[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 1 month ago

Fed prosecutors have a 97% conviction rate. The dude is gonna role a 100-sided die and needs a 98 or higher lol. He is done.

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 month ago

I don't see that as cringey. She was just scared 😟

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 month ago

According to Trump, leaders all over the world are calling and going to see Trump to laugh at the USA.

So like, which ones? Which leaders are visiting Trump to laugh at the USA? And why is he accepting them over and over? Why are world leaders wasting their time laughing at the USA with Trump? Tell us, Trump!

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I've seen videos on it from leading YouTubers. They do a good job at covering the maneuverability of it, but they don't explain enough of the electronics to satisfy my appetite. I understand that it's is great at electronic warfare due to advanced processing power from advanced chips. What are they doing with all that electronic power, running an LLM chat bot to deceive the enemy in their own language and ray tracing graphics on the helmet HUD?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

There is an extension/add-on for Firefox called Video Download Helper that lets users download embedded videos from all sorts of websites. While it works as a simple Firefox add-on sometimes, for a remarkable portion of sites (e.g. on Vimeo) it says that it cannot do so as installed and states that the user has to install the companion app to their computer. Does anyone know if this is safe or is installing it placing myself in any risk? If you suggest against installing the companion app, do you have any other recommendations on how to download videos embedded videos from websites?

Edit: I'm on a Debian-derivative distro.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/askscience@lemmy.world

In other words, is there any individual cell that can decide between two or more options, or all they all solely chemical and mechanical reactions without any self-determination at all?

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 months ago

how to find authentic green texts on 4chan?

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anyone know where this is?

Edit: Found it! It's Los Caracoles (The Snails) pass in Chile next to the Argentine border.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Referee, umpire, official, judge, etc. Why are there different names rather than just one?

edit: by request, stewards also.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Ok, the title was an overuse of emojis as a joke. But seriously, I like some limited use of emojis because it helps me convey intention/emotion so that I'm less misunderstood and also adds some more feeling/fun to text content πŸ˜„

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[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 155 points 3 months ago

I looked into the things that were done to try to keep Trump in office. They seriously tried to conduct a coup. No doubt. It's not ambiguous. It wasn't a wacky protest that Trump kind of got riled up and it went too far. Trump wasn't the only one involved. They didn't try to take advantage of a loophole. They straight up tried to overturn the election using corruption, intimidation, coercion, and violence. It didn't fail because it was a bad attempt. It was stopped by many people that had integrity. We were this close 🀏 to losing what we have of democracy. The fact that Trump et al. isn't in jail or worse is a sign of how infected our system is.

Someone please prove me wrong. I want to be wrong, but I can't convince myself that I am.

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Car insurance is relatively simple. I shop around, telling them how much coverage I want. They request my driving history, and give me a quote. At any time, I can shop around and change insurance policies without any problems. Once it's time to collect payment, it's a relatively simple matter. What makes health insurance so difficult, controlling, unreliable, and expensive? For example, with health insurance:

  • Can only shop during a specific enrollment period

  • Policies are so complex, the vast majority of the population can't understand them

  • It's commonly provided in part by the employer because buying a policy otherwise is prohibitively expensive

  • Insurance companies are notorious for denying payments

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It's basically the same thing, but out of the other end of the GI tract πŸ‘ŒπŸ’¦πŸ’©

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I'm asking because as a light-skinned male, I always use the standard Simpsons yellow. I don't really see other light-skinned people using an emoji that matches their skin tone, but often do see people of color use them. Maybe white people don't naturally realize a need to be explicit with emoji skin-tone or perhaps it's seen as implicitly identifying or requesting white privilege.

  • Is there a significance to using skin-tone emojis, and if so, what is it?

  • Assuming there might be a racial movement attached to the first question, how does my use of emojis, both Simpsons yellow and light-skin, interact with or contribute to that?

Note: I am an autistic white Latino-American cis-gendered man that aims to be socially just.

Autistic text stim: blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 !!

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Say there's a forest, but there's a small cleared area where a family can build a place to live. What's the geographical term for that?

Edit: The word I was looking for was a clearing. A glen was suggested as well, but that is a space between rolling hills, while the space I was thinking of was on flat land.

Thank you everyone!

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Just out of curiosity, I'm interested in understanding the experience of running a franchise as an "owner" of the location. I have no intention or desire to run one myself, yet I find it interesting. From the outside, it seems like a weird relationship in which you are the owner and not at the same time. You own the location, but mostly everything major is decided and dictated by the franchise company. So, what's it like?

  • How do you view your relationship with the franchise and your employees?

  • What do you label and describe your position as?

  • What are your responsibilities?

  • What is it like to manage your employees?

  • What are the benefits of running it?

  • What are the downsides?

  • Is it a lucrative investment?

  • Was it hard to get into and start up? Were there any major barriers initially?

  • It is easy once you get used to it, or is it a lot of work?

  • If you suddenly didn't have the franchise, would you try to start it again?

  • Anything else I might not have thought to ask?

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 7 months ago

This idiot is gonna get busted for fraud. Aside from the letter, if this goes to court, they're going to need evidence that the account was actually paid in full. His bank is gonna have to show the transfers/checks, which we know he never made/wrote.

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 7 months ago

Like the cop would even understand that statement

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 7 months ago

"brb crying" -> πŸ₯Ή

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 7 months ago

I am male and have worked in both. Here are some trends I saw, which of course all have their exceptions.

Advantages of mostly male workplaces

  • People are less likely to be offended
  • Straight forward communication
  • People are quicker to feeling comfortable with each other
  • People are quick to forgive each other

Disadvantages of mostly male workplaces

  • Can be rough
  • Can result in hypermasculinity and competitiveness
  • More aggressive toward each other
  • Less compassionate of weaknesses or setbacks
  • Solutions to problems can be intense and aggressive

Advantages of mostly female workplaces

  • More understanding of individual differences
  • Solutions tend to be less harmful/aggressive
  • Individual weaknesses are accepted and accommodated
  • Setbacks due to unexpected circumstances are more tolerated

Disadvantages of mostly female workplaces

  • Gossip and drama
  • People can hold grudges for a long time
  • Shady and deceptive interpersonal interactions
  • People form cliques
  • Indirect communication with double meaning
  • Intentional misunderstanding to play power games
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