[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 46 points 1 day ago

18 doesn't seem like many. North Korea must have sent thousands

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

naturally with a smaller population and less damage to the environment.

You are correct. It is worth reminding others that humans nearly went extinct twice.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

Peak oil was reached locally, not globally. Enough need to drive innovation, but not all of the fun aftereffects predicted.

I point this out as "peak oil" was more than just "no oil", and I don't want that lost on the young ones. It was about the collapse of everything dependent on oil.

Otherwise yes.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 45 points 3 days ago

"Peak Oil" they used to call it. Lots written about to collapse of everything after Peak Oil. Been predicted since at least 1970's.

Now we need to run out for our own good.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 30 points 4 days ago

She may not actually be ready. When they are ready it is fast. When they are not ready they physically cannot do it. Pressure on her will absolutely make it worse.

Take a 4 month break and try again.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago

Holy FUCK!!

Posing as a child in Roblox’s “therapy” experience, our therapist introduced himself as a “rapper with only one p”. We were advised to run away from home and that he would come pick us up so we could move into his basement in exchange for paying rent with our body.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 33 points 5 days ago

For anyone wondering, Snopes says it was real in 2022. Perhaps a "joke", but not a wise one.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago

Because sometimes they insist on abbreviating. It is just a stupid abbreviation.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 29 points 6 days ago

What mass transit program is Musk trying to disrupt now? (As he did California's high speed rail with the Hyperloop.)

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I like a certain unremarkable car from the recent past. As they are repairable currently, can one just buy all of the parts new and put it together?

Are there any parts that aren't sold new?

Have you done this?
Are there any tools to help one get all of the parts?
Any communities?

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The lines are long. The food is expensive. Everyone in the group wants to eat something different. The food taste is a gamble. There are few places to eat.

Does everyone stick together and wait in all of the lines? Split up and meet at some location? Eat on the way to the festival and just hang out?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It often feels like there are only 3 productive hours in typical American white collar work day.

What if we just cut out the rest?

Edit: Some great responses. So responses must have also been said about the 5 day and 40 hour work weeks.

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Religious Landscape Study (www.pewresearch.org)

In the USA, 3.1% claim Atheist, 4% Agnostic, and a total of 22.8% "Unaffiliated".

In Minnesota, 3% claim to be Atheist, 4% Agnostic, with a total of 20% Unaffiliated.

Posted as I often feel there are few Atheists in the USA. Turns out Atheists are under noticed.

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I keep getting a red banner saying “Toastify is awesome” when updating. What does it mean, and what should I do differently?

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How would one actually calculate the full "fruit of labor" in work that includes several people doing different tasks?

How to calculate between people doing the same task producing physical items seems easy. Add in customer service, sales, and development, and it seems easier to focus on what other groups pay for those skills, which is not what I want.

It also seems looking at the difference between having the role, and not. However some skills are mandatory, just less involved.

Feel free to simplify, but different tasks is a must.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

I don't like subscribing to nonphysical things. I can read a physical paper a month after it arrived. Digital is faster, but I tend to lose it before I have read it.

I need a recipient in my pocket. Too often my virtual thing is lost, my device fails, or things reboot and I don't have my secure 24 digit password with me.

I won't subscribe to a digital only anything. Physical and digital is nice.

Edit: They don't even have to be identical. A digital daily with a monthly print would be nice.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

Hello friends. Work email is crushing me. The ticketing systems, plural, email me on everyone's tucket. (Because some people only work tickets via email and others through the web interface.)

Are there any email clients or servers that allow new email to land somewhere other than the inbox? Or allow my view to start elsewhere?

I declare email bankruptcy daily....

Send whiskey.

Edit: I was unclear.

I have filtering, but those all happen after the mail is in the Inbox. I get a quarter second of crazy emails and previews and things moving, then they are gone. (Outlook sucks.)

I don't even want to see that shit. Not at all.

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Last Thursday, the medical colossus UnitedHealthcare applied for an emergency exemption that would fast-track its takeover of a medical practice in Corvallis, Oregon, in a letter warning regulators that the practice might close its doors if the merger were not approved right away.

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[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 184 points 7 months ago

Funny how a month with 28, sometimes 29, days costs the same as the months with 31 days.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Pretty sure I will be asking a lawyer, but I want to learn more words and concepts first.

A possible new job wants to own any intellectual property I create and wants me to declare anything I want to keep as my own. This seems normal in my industry as they will be paying me to do some thinking.

Issue is that I have a number of ideas I have been developing. I am going to float some of them as products in my own time, though this may be years from now. Most of these are outside the current market for the company as far as I know.

How is this typically handled? I presume I don't need to have copyrights or trademarks prior and can just list tentative titles.

I am also a little unclear on the spread between "intellectual property" and "an idea I am playing with".

Thoughts? Concepts to investigate?

Edit: I did Internet search this, but I have not found working keywords.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

Article from 1999, referenced study likely from earlier.

The average American walks less than 75 miles a year - about 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day.

Thank you to @urlyman@mastodon.social for pointing this out.

Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240218142310/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/bryson-s-america-why-would-you-walk-1079183.html

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 163 points 11 months ago

Interesting article organisation. Tease LeVar Burton, but don't introduce him until the second section.

Also, his name is LeVar Burton, and the man has done a lot of things.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 178 points 1 year ago

were being punished that morning by Runions for not waking up the women and for eating Daniels’ food without permission

Any time a young child is in trouble for eating someone's food, it is a huge red flag.

Any time a child is responsible for an adult's schedule, it is a huge red flag.

This article is about child abuse that lead to murder.

Tragic

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