[-] john89@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago

Tariffs only exist to protect the profits of the ruling class.

Do not be fooled. Tariffs are not good for us.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago

Immigration is a good thing.

We should be encouraging it with the stipulation that past a certain point, immigrants have to settle in rural America to help rebuild its dying towns.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but establishment democrats only care about appearances.

And it works, consider how many useful idiots vote for them in primaries.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago

No wonder no new nuclear power plants have been built in a generation when the ones coming online now were all delayed by a generation.

I encourage you to take a look at any infrastructure project.

Going over budget and past deadlines is normal.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Japan is very racist.

I'm not saying every nation that doesn't have to deal with diversity isn't racist. I'm saying the only nations that "aren't racist" are the ones who don't have to deal with diversity.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago

Only 41%?

We still have work to do.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago

When I was 15, I knew it was wrong to stab people. It's not like getting into a fight on the playground. When you bring out a knife, or any deadly weapon, you immediately escalate things way beyond what school administration can handle.

As a kid, I knew there were crimes I could do that were just "boys being boys." Smoking weed, petty theft, vandalism, even getting into fist-fights. I also knew there were crimes that were off limits, such as rape and murder. Just about everyone around me knew the same thing, too.

You're advocating for a culture that encourages kids to commit more crimes and more serious crimes than they otherwise would because they know they will get off easy.

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submitted 8 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social
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submitted 9 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

The controller I'm using shuts off after about 5 minutes of idle time. I tried adjusting the value in Steam, but it doesn't have any effect.

Does anyone know where this value may be stored or how I can change it to be much longer?

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submitted 9 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I use it all the time and have for years. Just seems like a weird feature to lock behind about.config and say it's not supported while they still support things like Pocket.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/rust@lemmy.ml

So, apparently the chrome/geckodriver processes will terminate on their own if the user sends ctrl+c to the console. It will not terminate on its own if the program finishes running naturally.

If you're interested in terminating it on your own, like I also was, here is how I went about it.

use std::process::{Child, Command};

fn main() {
	let mut s = Server::default();
	s.start();
	s.shutdown();
}

struct Server {
	child: Option<Child>
}

impl Default for Server {
	fn default() -> Self {
		Self {
			child: None
		}
	}
}

impl Server {
	fn start(&mut self) {
		self.child = Some(Command::new("./chromedriver")
			.spawn()
			.expect("ls command failed to start"));
	}

	fn shutdown(&mut self) {
		input(None); // wait for input so you can observe the process
		self.child.as_mut().unwrap().kill();
		self.child.as_mut().unwrap().wait();
		println!("shutdown");
	}
}

pub fn input(prompt: Option<String>) {
	let mut input = String::new();
	match prompt {
		Some(prompt) => println!("{}", prompt),
		None => ()
	}
	io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).expect("Failed to read input");
}
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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

The streaming sites listed on https://rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming have plenty of duplicates. Essentially, they're the same sites with different names/skins but the exact same content.

It would be beneficial to the community if we could consolidate these down into groups according to which ones are the same.

We can still list all of them, but perhaps do it together so people don't waste their time trying out the same site under a different name.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

I've printed similar objects with a different colored PLA, but I ran out of it and switched to this.

Is it possible that this could be influencing the outcome?

I have tried reducing the printing speed by 50%, but this did not seem to have a significant impact.

[SOLUTION] The problem was a loose screw. The offending part as well as the new result are pictured below. It's not perfect, which I guess is actually a part of the model this time, but it's good enough for my purposes and way better than what it was before.

I figured this out by twisting the Z-axis thingy manually all the way to the top to see if I could feel any issues. Towards the top, it would start to 'skip', where I would turn and pretty much nothing would happen. I assume this has to do with the lack of lube at the top because my prints rarely go that high. I checked to see if the screws were loose, and sure enough, the top one was. I tightened it up and now my printer is printing like the beast I remember!

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submitted 10 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Isn't it enough to just enter your password once to login, then receive a warning whenever you're about to do something potentially dangerous?

If it's such a big security risk, how come the most popular and widely used operating systems in the world and their users seem to be unaffected by it?

I guarantee, most new users coming to Linux from Windows/macOS are going to laugh and look at you funny if you try to justify entering your password again and again and again.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago

Then why are people doing it illegally?

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago

Immigration is a good thing.

On average, the more people contributing to an economy bolsters it.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 11 months ago

How come the only videos we can see are ones from news stations with talking heads?

Shouldn't there be a bunch of raw camera footage taken with people's phones?

I don't need some shitty news station to curate or manufacture information for me.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

Nah. It's what happens when you support the growing disparity in wealth for generations.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 11 months ago

Castration is 100% cruel and unusual punishment.

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submitted 11 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Petroleum_Holdings#Paria_Fuel_Trading_Company_diving_tragedy

Of course, there is no direct admittance of "we knew it would be cheaper to let them die."

Instead, they say "we had no legal obligation to rescue them." That's the answer for the people who were born yesterday.

Big oil truly is a disgusting thing.

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