[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Every time I'm bent way over and pick up something I'm amazed it even works without me tipping over. I guess that's as much our hips and legs, but it's still pretty amazing.

Back injuries suck and all but it seems like the job it has to do is insanely complex. I don't think anyone could design a robot that could bend over and pick up stuff for 80 years without needing repairs.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

fetish websites which I have to use for work.

Can you share some details on this? My curiosity is killing me.

Edit: I guess you did answer this in another comment. I assumed work meant an employer and was wondering how that could possibly be unless you worked at pornhub or something.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

I had an idea to trick a gig app into paying more.

One of the variables Walmart Spark uses to determine pay is how long a trip is estimated to take, using Google Maps data to estimate driving time.

I've noticed that on Saturdays Google maps wants to reroute me around a particular section of street in my town, even though it's by far the fastest route. On Saturdays various groups are allowed to collect donations on the town common, which is on that road.

I realized that is making Google maps think there is heavy traffic, because drivers end up pulling over briefly to give the donations, but they never pick up their phones or leave the car.

My idea is to do that, but along the one road that leads from Walmart into town. I could buy 20 cheap phones and have someone slowly creep back and forth along that road, causing Maps to think it takes 30 minutes each way, thus driving up the pay.

I won't actually do it because the increased pay wouldn't offset the cost of 20 phones and service, but it's a fun idea.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

Beanis died for my sins

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Risky buy unless you know the seller and that they got it from a pharmacy. There's a ton of counterfeit Adderall out there, and it's always meth. Even the XR gelcaps are counterfeit now.

Meth isn't a terrible substitute, but it's not going to be dosed correctly or even the same dose pill to pill. It has a much longer half-life.

Ritalin is probably safer because it's less controlled in other countries, so it might be cheaper to import the real stuff than press fakes.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I went to a tourist thing where you can ride a train up a mountain. They offered us the option to ride on one pulled by an old steam locomotive that they only run on special occasions.

It was really cool looking, but I wasn't prepared for the amount of smoke involved. The train cars were open and I felt like I smoked the equivalent of 500 cigarettes on that short ride.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This pdf has his manifesto with footnotes that explain everything and a lot of good research into the stuff that led up to it.

It's a good read, it changed my opinion of Dorner. I still fully approve of his later actions, but his motivations were basically all personal.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I don't think the algorithms are the valuable part of social media sites. It's the active users that make up the network effects. Meta has likely already figured out the algorithms already, Instagram reels is struggling because creators go where the viewers are and viewers spend the most time on the platform that has their favorite creators.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I think the only way it will work is if you connect via Bluetooth(if the echo dot can do that). Casting basically just sends a URL to the device and it fetches the audio feed itself. Since xmanager isn't on the echo, it can't block the ads.

I have the same issue when playing through my Google Home's. I tried looking for a domain to block through my router, but I couldn't find one that wouldn't also block the music.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I'm bouncing back and forth between tears and rage

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

There's an Xposed module for this. Make sure you have the latest version of lsposed installed before trying it.

https://modules.lsposed.org/module/com.android1500.gpssetter

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

In New Hampshire a new law has started allowing parents to put their kids in private schools and keep the public funding. In my tiny town we have a private Christian school newly created for the purpose of taking this money. Each kid that leaves our public school costs the community money because you can't fire 1/20th of a teacher or close 1/400th of a school.

Our schools were already poorly funded because of New Hampshires stupid fucking tax system. There is no income tax and no statewide funding of education, all of the funding is local. The poorest towns pay the most to educate each student for the obvious reason that poverty causes a lot of problems for kids. We also have the lowest property values. This means our town, the poorest in the state pays 10 times the tax rate that the richest community pays, and ends up with the worst schools.

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